Am letzten Herbsttags Abends wo noch die letzten Sonnenstrahlen schienen, mitten im Ruhrgebiet Bochum Hordel machte ich dieses wunderschöne Herbstbild, als ich von meinen Herbstspaziergang zurückkehrte. Während in Bayern sehr viel Natur zerstört wird, werden im Ruhrgebiet sehr viel Bäume gepflanzt, und es entstehen sehr viele Natur-Wohlfühl-Oasen. Viel Spaß beim Betrachten.

On the last autumn evening, when the last rays of the sun were shining, in the middle of the Ruhr district of Bochum Hordel I made this beautiful autumn picture when I returned from my autumn walk. While a lot of nature is destroyed in Bavaria, a lot of trees are planted in the Ruhr area, and many natural oasis of well-being are created. Have fun viewing.

在去年秋天的标签晚上在那里似乎仍然在鲁尔区波鸿Hordel最后的余辉我做了这个美丽的秋天的画面，当我从我的秋天散步回来。而在巴伐利亚多少本质被破坏，很多树被种植在鲁尔区，有很多自然健康的绿洲。喜欢看。

في الخريف الماضي خلف المساء حيث لا يزال يبدو أن مشاركة أشعة في بوخوم Hordel الرور منطقة أدليت به هذه الصورة الخريف الجميلة، وعندما عدت من بلدي الخريف المشي. بينما في بافاريا ودمرت الكثير من الطبيعة، تزرع أشجار كبيرة في منطقة الرور، وهناك الكثير من الواحات طبيعة العافية. استمتع بمشاهدة.

On our back yard fence, this leaf, and the vine it's attached to, have survived the elements, including sun, heavy rain and winds, for months. Even in a very stiff wind, when other dried leaves on the fence are fluttering, it does not move.

Friends, I expected to 'graduate' from Planet Earth this month. But, due to a very surprising development, that has changed. I now have at least a few more weeks, possibly more, here in this body. Quite a roller coaster ride. I will continue to post photos on Flickr and on Facebook as long as I am able to.

Thank you very much for your kind interest in and support of my photography, and well-being. I am grateful. ♥

Baboon mom taking care of baby`s well being.

Tarangire Nationalpark, Tanzania

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A rainforest is an area of tall, mostly evergreen trees and a high amount of rainfall. Rainforests are Earth’s oldest living ecosystems, with some surviving in their present form for at least 70 million years. They are incredibly diverse and complex, home to more than half of the world’s plant and animal species—even though they cover just 6% of Earth’s surface. This makes rainforests astoundingly dense with flora and fauna. Rainforests’ rich biodiversity is incredibly important to our well-being and the well-being of our planet.

The beach of los Genoveses in the natural park of Cabo de Gata,

La Playa de los Genoveses en el parque natural de Cabo de Gata

A rainforest is an area of tall, mostly evergreen trees and a high amount of rainfall. Rainforests are Earth’s oldest living ecosystems, with some surviving in their present form for at least 70 million years. They are incredibly diverse and complex, home to more than half of the world’s plant and animal species—even though they cover just 6% of Earth’s surface. This makes rainforests astoundingly dense with flora and fauna. Rainforests’ rich biodiversity is incredibly important to our well-being and the well-being of our planet.

A rainforest is an area of tall, mostly evergreen trees and a high amount of rainfall. Rainforests are Earth’s oldest living ecosystems, with some surviving in their present form for at least 70 million years. They are incredibly diverse and complex, home to more than half of the world’s plant and animal species—even though they cover just 6% of Earth’s surface. This makes rainforests astoundingly dense with flora and fauna. Rainforests’ rich biodiversity is incredibly important to our well-being and the well-being of our planet.

Great crested grebe

natural behavior

unrestricted satisfaction of all desires is not conductive to well-being, nor is it the way to happiness or even to maximum pleasure

Erich Fromm

A rainforest is an area of tall, mostly evergreen trees and a high amount of rainfall. Rainforests are Earth’s oldest living ecosystems, with some surviving in their present form for at least 70 million years. They are incredibly diverse and complex, home to more than half of the world’s plant and animal species—even though they cover just 6% of Earth’s surface. This makes rainforests astoundingly dense with flora and fauna. Rainforests’ rich biodiversity is incredibly important to our well-being and the well-being of our planet.

Morning photoart capture at Nth Stradbroke Island, Queensland, Australia.

Canon EOS 7D Mark II

Alon-ness (vis-a-vis loneliness) is usually hard to attain in a society constantly on the move, time-poor, too busy, and always encouraging group-think and sharing. The value of solitude, despite the now sometimes difficult circumstances, is highlighted here.

A rainforest is an area of tall, mostly evergreen trees and a high amount of rainfall. Rainforests are Earth’s oldest living ecosystems, with some surviving in their present form for at least 70 million years. They are incredibly diverse and complex, home to more than half of the world’s plant and animal species—even though they cover just 6% of Earth’s surface. This makes rainforests astoundingly dense with flora and fauna. Rainforests’ rich biodiversity is incredibly important to our well-being and the well-being of our planet.

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My name is Luciene Liilaa.

I am a Physical Education teacher, Yoga teacher, Master of Usui and Karuna Reiki, Yogaterapist.

I teach training courses in Yoga, Yoga Therapy and Reiki at LiilaaAnanda Ashram in Brazil.

I have been organizing immersion trips in Yoga and Reiki for 7 years in Peru( Machu Picchu) and Índia.

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A rainforest is an area of tall, mostly evergreen trees and a high amount of rainfall. Rainforests are Earth’s oldest living ecosystems, with some surviving in their present form for at least 70 million years. They are incredibly diverse and complex, home to more than half of the world’s plant and animal species—even though they cover just 6% of Earth’s surface. This makes rainforests astoundingly dense with flora and fauna. Rainforests’ rich biodiversity is incredibly important to our well-being and the well-being of our planet.

A rainforest is an area of tall, mostly evergreen trees and a high amount of rainfall. Rainforests are Earth’s oldest living ecosystems, with some surviving in their present form for at least 70 million years. They are incredibly diverse and complex, home to more than half of the world’s plant and animal species—even though they cover just 6% of Earth’s surface. This makes rainforests astoundingly dense with flora and fauna. Rainforests’ rich biodiversity is incredibly important to our well-being and the well-being of our planet.

My friend, Mario Scattoloni, asked me to upload 10 works of mine with the goal of promoting positivity, passion, and attention to our love of art on Facebook for 10 days and this is my second creation. It is based upon my painting called "Save the Family" which is about my own family.

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Seelenheil und leibliches Wohl - das gehört in Bayern zusammen.

Ehemaliges Kloster und Biergarten in Benediktbeuern. - Former monastery in Benediktbeuern and beer garden.

A beautiful Lioness we spotted while on a 2023 photo safari in the Serengeti National Park, Tanzania. She stopped her search for prey just long enough to show me those eyes.

In the savannas of Africa, female lions play a crucial and dynamic role in their familial groups, shaping the social structure and bearing the responsibility for the pride’s survival. Contrary to some common misconceptions, lion prides operate within a matriarchal social structure, where females hold the key roles in decision-making and coordination.

Lionesses are the primary hunters within the pride. Their exceptional teamwork and strategic approach to hunting are essential for the pride’s survival and well-being. Together, they deploy strategic hunting techniques, such as coordinated flanking and ambushing, to outwit their prey. Their synchronized efforts increase the likelihood of a successful hunt to secure food for the entire pride.

Male lions are typically responsible for protecting their pride from other males. However, the females play a vital role in defending the pride’s territory against threats such as leopards, hyenas, neighboring prides, and occasionally other males. The survival of a pride often hinges on the lionesses’ ability to protect their territory.

The lionesses’ strong maternal instincts are at the foundation of the pride’s social bonds. As a group, they are responsible for raising and nurturing the cubs. They teach essential survival skills, including hunting techniques and social behaviors, which ensure the continuity of the pride’s legacy. The pride communicates through vocalizations and body language, fostering a strong sense of community. The bonds formed among females contribute to the overall success and stability of the group.

In the lion pride, females emerge as the unsung heroes, weaving together the threads of survival, protection, and legacy. Their role as huntresses, defenders, nurturers, and leaders is integral to the pride’s success.

(Nikon Z8, 100-400/5.6 @ 340 mm, 1/250 @ f/5.6, ISO 1100, edited to taste)

A rainforest is an area of tall, mostly evergreen trees and a high amount of rainfall. Rainforests are Earth’s oldest living ecosystems, with some surviving in their present form for at least 70 million years. They are incredibly diverse and complex, home to more than half of the world’s plant and animal species—even though they cover just 6% of Earth’s surface. This makes rainforests astoundingly dense with flora and fauna. Rainforests’ rich biodiversity is incredibly important to our well-being and the well-being of our planet.

... Our individual well-being is intimately connected both with that of all others and with the environment within which we live.... Our every action, our every deed, word, and thought, no matter how slight or inconsequential it may seem, has an implication not only for ourselves, but for all others, too ~ Dalai Lama

Well, being alone is not always a bad thing. I hope that everyone enjoys the weekend whether you are alone or with those that you love! :)

Well being tomorrow is the 4th of July what better than featuring a a unit built by Alco for this weeks SNS. 4260, 4262 and 6544 are at Vancouver in this Greg Stadter classic. It's December 1978 and the 4262 is producing smoke in the finest Alco tradition. Chuck Schwesinger collection.

Above all, do not lose your desire to walk. Every day I walk myself into a state of well-being and walk away from every illness. I have walked myself into my best thoughts, and I know of no thought so burdensome that one cannot walk away from it. ~Søren Kierkegaard

In the foreground is the Royal Castle (Dresdner Residenzschloss). Much of the castle was destroyed during WWII and I remember it well being in ruins, to a large extent, as late as 1978. Its restoration has been completed in 2013 and it is such a pleasure to see it whole again.

An attempt to embed Puccini's Tosca in my self-written poem. The content of the work doesn’t represent my well-being ... I am drinking a gin tonic and "flirting only slightly with death" - smoking :) ...

Hope you will enjoy it ...

Cheers, Bes

E Lucevan El Stelle (Tosca) - embedded in my self written poem:

True love requires the great art of daring to dream awake with open eyes, to use the gentle wings of the imagination as a brush and the grey and desolate façades and streets as a canvas to clothe them anew with bright colours, to give them beautiful, gentle forms - to float with their lightness, to float a dark night on silver shining clouds under the bluish shimmering warm moonlight. To reach places and labyrinths where space and time dissolve.

However, true love is not readily accessible. She is the little sister of the soulless fear-demon, who stands protectively in front of her when an eager soul comes too close to her little sister.

"As proof of your true desire, I demand of you the courage - you must summon to prove your worthiness" she thunders menacingly. As proof she demands fearless, unconditional and selfless willingness to run with passion into her open knives. She invites you to an unequal duel on a cold and dark stage of a brutal dramaturgy where you meet your merciless antagonist who will not forgive any mistake or naivety. She is powerful, prosecutor and judge at the same time.

And if you lose the bitter fight, she will ask you as punishment in a mild but authoritative voice to turn your back on her and close your eyes. Then she will whisper lovingly and reassuringly "I won't kill you right away, I'll let your life escape slowly" and in the same breath ram a knife into your back, piercing your heart.

The deep pain pierces the whole soul

The limbs slacken, the body is one with the earth

The fear-demon applauds... and shouts in a rush of joy “Coda!!!!” (Final act in opera)

The pupils close with dignity like a heavy dark blood-red curtain after a stage performance

The song, conducted by memory, sung by the pain of lost love resounds deeply melancholy to pay its last respects.

Now you are a passive spectator of your own tragedy, listening to a music that was staged just for you:

Bes

"And the stars were shining

And the earth was smelling

The orchard gate creaked

And a footstep grazed the sand

She entered, fragrant

She fell into my arms

Oh, sweet kisses, oh, languid caresses

While trembling, I stripped the beautiful form of its veils!

My dream of love has vanished forever

The hour has passed and I die in despair!

And I have never loved life so much before!"

E Lucevan Le Stelle - Tosca (Giacomo Puccini)

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*Working Towards a Better World

Children must be taught how to think, not what to think. -

Margaret Mead

Don't handicap your children by making their lives easy. -

Robert A. Heinlein

I am featured on aamora.com if anyone is interested:

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"Lassen Sie mit einer heißen Tasse Kaffee einen stressigen Arbeitsalltag ausklingen, verbringen Sie Zeit mit Freunden und Bekannten oder genießen Sie einfach für sich das historische Ambiente der Hamburger Speicherstadt.

Unser Café lädt zum Verweilen und Entspannen ein und mit unseren kulinarischen Genüssen, wie unseren hausgemachten Kuchen und unseren selbst gerösteten Kaffees, sorgen wir für Ihr leibliches Wohl. Zudem backen wir tagesfrische Tartes. Die ur-französische Delikatesse können Sie zu unserem frisch aufgebrühtem Kaffee genießen. Je nach Vorliebe werden die Tartes in süßer oder herzhafter Variante serviert."

Kaffeerösterei Burg

"End a stressful working day with a hot cup of coffee, spend time with friends and acquaintances or simply enjoy the historic ambience of Hamburg's warehouse district for yourself.

Our café invites you to linger and relax and with our culinary delights, such as our homemade cakes and our self-roasted coffees, we take care of your physical well-being. We also bake fresh tarts every day. You can enjoy the quintessentially French delicacy with our freshly brewed coffee. Depending on your preference, the tartes are served in a sweet or savory version.

Burg coffee roastery

kaffeemuseum-burg.de/genusswelt/

Good Saturday morning everyone, and hoping everyone stay safe and well and has a fabulous weekend.

Here is one from yesterday and a very exciting series for me as well, being able to spend some time with this magnificent bird of prey, who we very rarely see, thanks to my friend and shooting partner ............. again.

Thanks for visiting everyone, very much appreciated indeed.

Last night I went to see A Complete Unknown, the new Bob Dylan Biopic. I'd heard wonderful things about this movie and it did not disappoint. I adored it. The sherpa and I were the only ones in the cinema which meant that I could sing very loudly and applaud all the songs. I felt like part of his audience. The opening scene is one where Bob Dylan goes to meet his hero Woody Guthrie who lay very sick in a New Jersey hospital. He plays him a song called "Song to Woody", written in 1962. The last couplet in the following verse really stood out to me.

Hey, hey Woody Guthrie, I wrote you a song

'Bout a funny ol' world that's a-comin' along

Seems sick and it's hungry, it's tired and it's torn

It looks like it's a-dyin' and it's hardly been born

I leaned across to the Sherpa and remarked how fitting those last two lines feel for our times. In fact it was a thought that surfaced often while listening to Dylan’s songs throughout the movie. Which brings me back to this image in Thailand, and, really, the entire trip.

The simplicity of island life stood in contrast to the complexities and horrors of the outside world. Life there may not be easy, (it looked really hard to me!) but everyone has a role—the women, the men, even the children—and there’s a quiet dignity in that. They don’t have much, living in humble wooden shelters, often pieced together from large bits of driftwood. Yet, there’s a warmth that comes from their sense of community.

Most people on the island know one another, and life is built on connection and mutual support. They help each other, woven together by shared purpose rather than individual ambition. I think that’s one of the most profound things we’ve lost in many parts of the world, the shift from community to self-interest, from collective well-being to personal gain.

Nothing could be more evident than what is happening in the USA.

Anyway, do you self a favour and see the movie and forgive my rambling!

A wetland is land where water is above, at or near the surface near most years. These are transitional areas between terrestrial and aquatic swamps, sloughs and ponds, unvegetated flats and bogs. All these types of wetlands, with the exception of bogs, are found in the Everglades.

Wetlands are essential to human well-being as they allow water to seep into underground aquifiers which provide the fresh drinking water we need. Wetlands help prevent flooding and erosion by slowing surface run-off while acting as a natural treatment plant to filter pollutants in the water supply. They also provide shelter and food for many insects, birds, fish and other animals. Two-thirds of all threatened and endangered wildlife species in the United States live in a wetland eco-system. Wetlands are crucial for migratory birds too.

In this family Fynn is responsible for the well-being of the tomatoes which means that he spends a lot of time with them, watches over them and I suppose he talks to them too. He does that every year and is quite successful. Last year we had a fantastic tomato harvest.

I add another capture in the comments.

“We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop.”

- Mother Teresa

Soundtrack : www.youtube.com/watch?v=5t5QSiydF9Y

WISE ENOUGH - LAMB

As the sun moves slowly down

towards the end of day

the golden hour lights ancient walls

the cold rough stone is warmed

and embers glow on ashen grey

the patterns from the latticed windows

paint an abstract randomly

marking time before the soft nightfall

I capture mellow yellow momentarily

Inside is cool and dark with memories

tranquil feelings still my mind

outside the light seems brighter somehow

while darker shadows fall behind

the cemetery is hushed with whispers

from places we will someday go

for now I am alive and joyful

I feel no sense of loss or woe

my footsteps echo on the flagstones

my hands caress the smooth and burnished wood

where other hands once did the same

and other feet trod where I stood

highly polished wooden pews

hassocks worn and faded now

I kneel to pray; wait for the answer

I hear more when my head is bowed

I ask for signs and always see them

I listen for the wisest voice

In all the things that are sent to try us

there's no need to suffer, we have a choice

look around; the world is crying

we may feel helpless, but there is no need

for every tiny gift we give

we plant a tiny little seed

from that one seed; that solemn gesture

a promised deed will bring a smile

to the faces of the strangers

who we have helped another mile

there are some who wish to silence

the voice I have; the love I give

but in the quieter moments of my day

I hear them crying and I forgive

recently I learned the secret

of how to still my racing mind

a simple act of conscious softening

of letting go; the gift of leaving past behind

I never knew it could be that easy

to achieve a sense of such well-being

but it only took a single moment

the tick-tock of a clock in time

It's something that I used to do

when I was just a little child

when I was closer to the angels

when I was small and meek and mild

we should listen in the silence

to the gaps that come in between

the words that others whisper to us

to find the truth; see what it means

often words themselves are without meaning

but the way they are delivered says much more

be kind and love even those who hurt us

even long after they closed and slammed the door

we set off on our different journeys

we meet and sometimes we must part

we learned a lesson or taught another

I engrave my lessons on my heart

I walk my path now in the silence

in the distance; who knows where

I live each moment with each breath

I will be here; more often there.

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White elephants are considered sacred in Buddhist countries and promise happiness and well-being. But the way in which they are kept couldn't be more contradictory, and it suggests that this is why the animals are particularly spoiled. But a visit to Burma's white elephants reveals the opposite.

Six of the nine white elephants that are in captivity in Burma are vegetating here in the elephant house in the capital Nay Pyi Taw. They eke out their lives on a few square meters.

A taxi driver explains that the tied animals are a symbol of the power of the military. So everything is under control.

In fact, a prominent Burmese elephant expert, who is afraid of being named, confirms that the highest army generals and their entourage visited the white elephants in the capital Nay Pyi Taw regularly.

One of the country's two vice presidents is also one of the weekly visitors. They all believed the animals would bring good luck and maintain power.

Weisse Elefanten gelten in buddhistischen Ländern als heilig, versprechen Glück und Wohlergehen. Doch die Art und Weise, wie sie gehalten werden, könnte widersprüchlicher nicht sein.Es läge nahe, dass die Tiere deshalb besonders verwöhnt werden. Doch ein Besuch bei Burmas weissen Elefanten entlarvt das Gegenteil.

Sechs der insgesamt neun weissen Elefanten, die in Burma in Gefangenschaft sind, vegetieren hier im Elefantenhaus in der Hauptstadt Nay Pyi Taw vor sich hin. Sie fristen ihr Leben auf ein paar Quadratmetern.

Ein Taxifahrer erklärt, die gefesselten Tiere seien ein Symbol für die Macht der Militärs. Es sei also alles unter Kontrolle.

Tatsächlich bestätigt ein prominenter burmesischer Elefantenexperte, der Angst hat, namentlich genannt zu werden: Höchste Armeegeneräle und ihre Entourage besuchten die weissen Elefanten in der Hauptstadt Nay Pyi Taw regelmässig.

Auch einer der beiden Vizepräsidenten des Landes gehöre zu den wöchentlichen Besuchern. Sie alle glaubten, die Tiere würden Glück bringen und die Macht erhalten

Prayers for the well-being and safety of all the wonderful people of Hawaii as Hurricane Lane passes.

Friendship is an extraordinary mixture that humans feel the need to develop, feel and maintain for a harmonization of group life. It is of a bewitching resonance, making a softness and an ardour of well-being, to live well and especially to communicate well. It surpasses benevolence, which goes far beyond simple behavior and a gracious sympathy customary to good morals. Friendship is this bond woven with tenderness, benevolence, altruism, generosity and especially honesty.

We all have families and friends that we love. Surely before starting a war, or even considering continuing a war, a person should evaluate the devastation left behind after the war.

War causes the destruction of physical infrastructure, the psychological well-being of children, those fighting in the war, and those left under the bombing. The destruction of families, both psychologically and through death. The scarcity of food and general products. It interferes and can destroy general transit, interferes with the education of children, caring for the sick and the elderly. Leaving many homeless.

Finances are very tight after the war. In other words, life is totally changed for the worse for quite a long time after a war, basically all for nothing. Usually started in the name of tyrannical power and wealth. There is nothing good about war, everything is good and possible about peace. In peace life still has its ups and downs but not by force and democracy has its legitimate place.

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“Urban Ecosystem Restoration” mural painted by Millo for Street Art For Mankind

From the Street Art For Mankind instagram post:

It features the artist’s signature clumsy character in a surreal setting, attempting to reclaim his space in an urban jungle that has forgotten our primary needs. It poetically and powerfully underscores the importance of green spaces in urban environments. The character demonstrates the strength of these spaces, their transformative impact on our reality, and how they enhance our well-being. It’s a clear invitation to reconnect with nature in our cities.

Well being England , I think we see more grey skies than blue 😁

19c and very humid 80% here in Chelters...

Together the male and female Common Loon offer food to their chick. Loon parents show compassion and concern for their chicks well being.

Upper Michigan, Sylvania Wilderness

Taikodani Inari Shrine is the demon gate of Sanbonmatsu Castle (Tsuwano Castle) in 1773, when the 7th lord of the Tsuwano Domain, Norisada Kamei, prays for the peaceful protection of the Tsuwano Domain and the well-being of the people. It was the first time that the Fushimi Inari Taisha Shrine in Kyoto worshiped at the peak of Taikodani at the northeastern end.

So... yea this ones bitter sweet. Being on tour, the drinking the parties, the drugs, I really let myself go. The avi in the first picture wasn't confident, low self esteem, felt like the crosshairs on him were judging. The after pic is where I'm at today, 8 months on, tirelessly working in the gym and eating clean. Honestly I'm so happy I've made these changes and not because of my size but just for my overall health and mental well being. I feel like 2021 is my year!

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for over a year I watch the Hotel building going up and the trees well being.

all went well. the Ombú tree looks healthy and is buds, will flowering soon.

more about here

www.worldagroforestry.org/treedb/AFTPDFS/Phytolacca_dioic...

Le Nuage is the first inflatable private building in Europe. It is an extraordinary ethical and poetic construction. It is a bubble of 3000sqm of facilities and services, dedicated to health and well-being. Four villages are articulated around the four floors of the building to centralize in one place all the expectations of people who care for a healthy and fulfilling life.