Sand and salt are mixed in the wind.

Halden, Norway

"DESCUBRIENDO AGUA EN MARTE"

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Entered in JULY 2021 CONTEST: Waterscapes in TMI Group.

Entered in "SCI FI" ~~ KP June 2021 Contest

Entered in Mystic Space Challenge - May 2021

Entered in New! Challenge 203.0 ~ Abstract Scape ~ The Award Tree.

THANK YOU ALL MY KIND FLICKR FRIENDS. YOUR COMMENTS AND INVITATIONS ARE VERY MOTIVATING AND APPRECIATED.

GRACIAS A TODOS MIS AMABLES AMIGOS DE FLICKR. SUS COMENTARIOS, INVITACIONES Y FAVORITOS, SON MUY MOTIVANTES Y APRECIADOS

Images and textures of my own.

Querétaro - México.

NIEBLA*

Entrevelo el ansia de ver la belleza del aire entre la niebla

para que evada el efluvio que flota entre la frondosa vida,

no veo en la distancia por tus velos de niebla perseguida

entre el encanto del campo en las mañanas presumidas.

Críspulo Cortés Cortés

Hauptbahnhof Leipzig, Querbahnsteig

first snow fall on our mountain ( Boxing Day)

this is has been the hardest season i"ve experienced . Nick you would have loved this image, You are so missed.

A lone stack gets the full force of the North Sea at Selwicks Bay, Flamborough Head yesterday.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR VISITS, COMMENTS, AWARDS AND FOR ANY INVITES.

Pend Oreille River, looking south.

The little musician plays...

I hope we can continue to grow as a community, founded on kindness and compassion, where we listen, learn, and lift one another up.

And, as always, I am grateful for you.

Thank you for listening to my stories, for sharing your thoughtful comments, for your friendship and inspiration.

Keep shining bright!

🎧 tune

Hey you, out there in the cold

Getting lonely, getting old

Can you feel me?

Hey you, standing in the aisles

With itchy feet and fading smiles

Can you feel me?

Hey you, don't help them to bury the light

Don't give in without a fight

Hey you out there on your own

Sitting naked by the phone

Would you touch me?

Hey you with you ear against the wall

Waiting for someone to call out

Would you touch me?

Hey you, would you help me to carry the stone?

Open your heart, I'm coming home

But it was only fantasy

The wall was too high

As you can see

No matter how he tried

He could not break free

And the worms ate into his brain

Hey you, out there on the road

Always doing what you're told

Can you help me?

Hey you, out there beyond the wall

Breaking bottles in the hall

Can you help me?

Hey you, don't tell me there's no hope at all

Together we stand, divided we fall

TAXI to the new ELVION

... the old barn, in the last light of the sunset ...

Frisches Grün über den Alleen der Insel Rügen, wie hier bei Garz.

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Embalse de El Villar, Madrid, España

I woke up the other morning to a beautiful winter scene here at my home in northern Michigan. It’s especially pretty because the colorful leaves haven’t fallen yet.

Thanks to Flickr for choosing my photo for In Explore!

Thank you to all for the kind comments!!

Kloster Andechs vor Zugspitze

Die Rakotzbrücke im Rhododendronpark Kromlau (auch Teufelsbrücke genannt) am Abend. Aufgenommen nach der Sanierung bis Juni 2021

The Next Global Depression Is coming and Optimism Won’t Slow It Down.

The world is confused and frightened. COVID-19 infections are on the rise across the U.S. and around the world, even in countries that once thought they had contained the virus.

Let’s start with the word depression. There is no commonly accepted definition of the term. That’s not surprising, given how rarely we experience catastrophes of this magnitude. But there are three factors that separate a true economic depression from a mere recession. First, the impact is global. Second, it cuts deeper into livelihoods than any recession we’ve faced in our lifetimes. Third, its bad effects will linger longer.

A depression is not a period of uninterrupted economic contraction. There can be periods of temporary progress within it that create the appearance of recovery. The Great Depression of the 1930s began with the stock-market crash of October 1929 and continued into the early 1940s, when World War II created the basis for new growth. That period included two separate economic drops: first from 1929 to 1933, and then again from May 1937 into 1938. As in the 1930s, we’re likely to see moments of expansion in this period of depression.

Depressions don’t just generate ugly stats and send buyers and sellers into hibernation. They change the way we live. The Great Recession created very little lasting change. Some elected leaders around the world now speak more often about wealth inequality, but few have done much to address it. Large segments of society, particularly people who weren’t already on the verge of retirement, were able to hunker down and later return to the same approach to saving and investing they practiced before the crisis. They were rewarded with a period of solid, long-lasting recovery. That’s very different from the current crisis. COVID-19 fears will bring lasting changes to public attitudes toward all activities that involve crowds of people and how we work on a daily basis

Even with all this Knowledge we have to carry on and keep thinking positive. We have to stay strong and stick together. This depression wasn`t the first and won`t be the last.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0VEESYIgoY

Thank you for your visits, comments and favs!

Vielen Dank für Eure Besuche, Kommentare und Sternchen!

Please don't use this image on websites, blogs or other media without my explicit permission. © All rights reserved

It was about this time of night that we set out on a falling tide and a waxing quarter moon. I looked back through the strait to see the twinkling of our home’s gas lights, knowing you were there pacing in the night breeze the way you always did along the widow’s peak. That was lifetimes ago and how blessed are we that we happened to find one another in this life, that we will always be.

WPDNature

Tune♫

"Pero lo cierto es que el bosque no atrae a los hombres tanto por su belleza como por ese algo sutil, esa calidad del aire, eso que emana de los árboles antiguos y que renueva y cambia un espíritu agotado de un modo tan maravilloso. Los hombres decepcionados han venido a buscar consuelo en estos bosques desde mucho antes de lo que podemos recordar. Aquí mucha gente perpleja se ha apartado de las presiones de la vida, como uno se refugia tras un ventanal en las noches de mascarada, y aquí encontraron tranquilidad y silencio; y también quietud, que es la madre de la sabiduría...".

Robert Louis Stevenson.

En el valle de Pulul, amaneciendo.

Región de la Araucanía, Chile central.

Bateaux dans la fumée au festival de Loire à Orléans

A minimalist study with a cyclist and a female passenger that I saw in Vietnam. - Instagram 2020

a bridge that spans the canal between Sporenburg and Borneo Island

Galerie König Berlin

I was surprised just how many people were on the beach when you zoom in.

Wentworth Estates.

What story will we tell?

How we learned to heal and make a better world... ?

Every one tells a story... every story is different... and hope is more than optimism...

Mr. Mister - "Broken Wings" (Official Video)

What a year we had in 2020…

All the scheduled flights were canceled this year, spent nothing booked vacation along the coastline in Quebec, driving over 6,000km in the remote area… Got up almost every early morning for sunrise… Along the coastline, always had surprise, found falls along the river, the strongest waves I have ever seen… Also along the mountain valley, fall colors covered the mountains, reflected on the lake like mirror…

Another driving trip, even far north, over 3,000km in the rural area, seldom saw people, but saw the sign “Be sure fill your gas because no gas station in the next 500km”…

I had the most sunrise photos in 2020, at Niagara Falls, although most time there was no sun, but there was sun in my heart...

As a healthcare worker, I felt the stress in 2020, even everything stops, we can not stop… I had my second COVID vaccine today... Appreciate we are alive, healthy… What else we expect... 😉

I appreciate having the most support from my photography friends all over the world here! Huge thanks for all my dearest friends with me in 2020!!! 💕 Hope a better 2021!

Canon EOS R5; EF100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM

ISO50, f/9, 100mm, 1.6s

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I surprising felt myself drawn to an autofocus lens!

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA

Another shed shot, I actually set the up on a couple of metal rulers as I wanted to show the small scale of these, but ended up preferring the smooth DOF version!

HMM

I accepted Mandy Galileo Redo challenge now its yall`s turn .

If I tag you take an old pic from your flickr feed and redo it . Show everyone how much you have learned and grown

The Original Shot

Heathens by Twenty One Pilots

Shot at Sunny's

pose selfie boy 6

[RA] Enchantress Body - Maitreya

[RA] Enchantress Face - Catwa

Izzie's - Catwa/LAQ/LOGO - Face Moles medium

~Shiny Stuffs~ Black & White CATWA Applier Set (lashes)

Izzie's - Catwa - Applier Demon Eyes

+ Radioactive Eye R (reflective pupils)+ {aii}

+ Radioactive Eye L (reflective pupils)+ {aii}

E.BEAUTY - KYLIE SKIN [CATWA] - BOM // EYEBROW

ShadowLight Ultimate v1.3

FAC BodyLight v1.0

FOXCITY. SkinFX - Antisocial (For Dark WLs)

CATWA TEETH B [Small] v3.2

CATWA EYES RIG Kimberly v3.2

CATWA HEAD Kimberly v4.5

Maitreya Mesh Body - Lara V5.3

Cynful Mina Piercings - Collarbone - Maitreya Lara

~LF~ Barbell -Kimberly-

~LF~ Dimple Piercing -Kimberly-

^^Swallow^^ Princess Ears Left

^^Swallow^^ Princess Ears Right

[RA] Enchantress Hair - Fitted w/ materials

**CC** - Enchantress Halo (add to wear!)

**CC** - Enchantress Aura (add to wear!)

[RA] Enchantress moon crown

Deviance - Necromancer - Collar - Dark Shadow

Deviance - Necromancer - Skirt Front - Dark Shadow

Deviance - Necromancer - Wrist Band R - Dark Shadow

Deviance - Necromancer - Skirt Back - Dark Shadow

Deviance - Necromancer - Top - Dark Shadow

An experiment in light and shadow. This is not a B&W photograph. The color is lost due to contrast.

I found these commercially dyed

flowers at the market. Just a little light and contrast added.