150 Years Old (1869 or earlier)
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Listening to Carole King today… another old Rocker that’s made beautiful music for a number of years.
Carole King is an American singer, songwriter, and musician who has been active since 1958. King has made 25 solo albums, the most successful being Tapestry, which held the record for most weeks at No. 1 by a female artist for more than 20 years.
Her record sales were estimated at more than 75 million copies worldwide. She has won four Grammy Awards and was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. She has been inducted twice into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, as a performer and songwriter.
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The Hooded Merganser:
Spotted this Female Hooded Merganser Strutting Her Stuff after finishing a breakfast of Frog Legs alfresco. The legs were still attached to the frog, so it took her awhile to dine, but she seems to have had a Happy Ending : )
Hooded Mergansers are fairly common on small ponds and rivers, where they dive for fish, crayfish, and other food, seizing it in their thin, serrated bills. They find their prey underwater by sight. They can actually change the refractive properties of their eyes to improve their underwater vision. In addition, they have an extra eyelid, called a “nictitating membrane,” which is transparent and helps protect the eye during swimming, like a pair of goggles.
Hooded Merganser ducklings leave their nest cavity within 24 hours of hatching. First, their mother checks the area around the nest and calls to the nestlings from ground level. From inside the nest, the little fluffballs scramble up to the entrance hole and then flutter to the ground, which may be 50 feet or more below them. In some cases, they have to walk half a mile or more with their mother to the nearest body of water.
The oldest recorded Hooded Merganser was a male and at least 14 years, 6 months old when he was shot in Mississippi in 2009. He had been banded in Minnesota in 1995.
(Sony, 200-600 @ 600 mm, 1/400 @ f/6.3, ISO 5000, edited to taste)
The Breenhold Gardens.
29 The Avenue, Mount Wilson.
The Blue Mountains.
Photographed in Autumn of this year.
Friday 5th May, 2023.
And here is David Bowie with a 2016 re-mastered version of his iconic hit-song: 'Golden Years':
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rztH3WXltNw
My Canon EOS 5D Mk IV with the Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L lens.
Processed in Adobe Lightroom and PhotoPad Pro by NCH software.
A Smooth 'Chestnut' filter from the Flickr Photo Editor.
Old faithful, how I'm missing getting down there.
Just in case you had forgotten what she looked like :)
The song says it all
Macro Monday "Book"
Not just about the famous brand, its about design work over the last decades and as it should be, its widely read and used as you can see!
Millions of years of wind, water and sand have created these rock formations. Indirect light in the late morning conjure up a picture of the colorful sandstone with many color gradations.
Location: Top Rock Plateau, Coyote Buttes North, Vermilion Cliffs National Monument.
Millionen Jahre Wind, Wasser und Sand haben diese Felsformen geschaffen. Indirektes Licht am späten Vormittag zaubern aus dem bunten Sandstein mit vielen Farbabstufungen ein Bild.
Ort: Top Rock Plateau, Coyote Buttes North, Vermilion Cliffs National Monument.
Revisited this small lake close to my home on a frosty and snow day in January 2023. The last time, when I was on location, it was quite some years ago. It was summer and the lake was completely dry. What a different view this day! Looking forward to my next visit.
March 2023 | Niefern
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I have been complaining over the years our Northern Mockingbirds are Bossy and chasing all the birds from the feeders,
Have not seen them lately, perhaps thats why for 5 minutes it was lifting its wings as to tell me here I am!
Taken from 50 feet away on top of our Arborvitae's.
Wrocław
is the historical capital of Silesia and Lower Silesia.
Today, it is the capital of the Lower Silesian Voivodeship.
The history of the city dates back over a thousand years; at various times, it has been part of the Kingdom of Poland, the Kingdom of Bohemia, the Kingdom of Hungary, the Habsburg Monarchy of Austria, the Kingdom of Prussia and Germany.
Wrocław became part of Poland again in 1945 as part of the Recovered Territories, the result of extensive border changes and expulsions after the Second World War.
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To my dearest brother James
28 years, the lines are blurred, my memory faded yet still the pain goes on.
-HummingBird-
People don't sing about days that didn't happen and...
People don't cry for tears that weren't shed
Time doesn't stop when you close your eyes, and our...
Big ol' clock will keep on ticking till it dies
Can you hear the hum of the hummingbird?
Can you smell the breeze carrying leaves that it lured?
Can you cry for your mother and your father too?
Can you breathe until there's no air left in you?
What if there were no wings on a butterfly? And...
What if we walked a thousand days?
How long would it take if we all held hands? And...
How many miles could we go before our heads lay down?
Can you hear the hum of the hummingbird?
Can you smell the breeze carrying leaves that it lured?
Can you cry for your mother and your father too?
Can you breathe until there's no air left in you?
No one's going home tonight without a heartache and a moon light
Keep on moving on until there's nothing else to move on to and we're gone
Can you hear the hum of the hummingbird?
Can you smell the breeze carrying leaves that it lured?
Can you cry for your mother and your father too?
Can you breathe until there's no air left in you?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNSL8OseCBI
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Five years ago, this tiny furry creature arrive to our place, and made it brighter.
We called her Momo, after the character from the Michael Ende's book. Immediately, she made a special bond with our younger kid. And she has grown-up, and we are all happy.
"It starts in the morning
When you're lying next to me
I'm rolling, I'm rolling
I'm rolling so quickly
Now I'm not a doctor
And I'm not a lawyer
I get a prescription and set it on fire
Blow me a kiss
I'll be happy for the rest of my life
And I'm so happy 'cause you're so happy
I'm so happy 'cause you're so happy..."
Travis: youtu.be/-YV7thZFA_4
Thanks for all the fav's and comments all year. I'm looking forward to the new year so I can see all of your wonderful images
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”
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This old bridge was beautiful but difficult to get a shot of. I wanted to make the clutter a part of the picture but there was just so much, and then the harsh sunlight. I had to work a bit to come up with this. I'll be shure to get back to this subject.
One step closer
I have died everyday waiting for you
Darling don't be afraid I have loved you
For a thousand years
I'll love you for a thousand more...
Time flies by, it's already late spring and I'm still posting the autumn photos. I'm not even mad. I've discolored this one a little bit, it seem like a hundred years from then. Time flies by, not very fast, when you can't do anything and you're just hybernating to get through the time to another realm...
'Golden Years' tulips at The Everglades Gardens.
Leura, Blue Mountains - 90 minutes drive west of Sydney.
Photographed on Monday afternoon, 5th October, 2020.
The Leura Gardens Festival.
Blue Mountains.
My Canon 5D Mk IV, with the Canon 24-105mm lens.
Golden Years. A one-day late happy birthday to the arguably greatest president ever, Abraham Lincoln. The Lincoln Memorial in infrared.
Hadn't seen one in years and then spot this guy two days in a row at our park, opposite sides eating completely different items. Day one was all the new hatch of millions of tiny flies and day two he was snatching bees in midair!
Scotch Argus Butterfly:
Despite its name, the Scotch Argus is not only found in Scotland; it is also found at two sites in the north of England. A freshly emerged Scotch Argus is a sight to behold; the dark brown velvety upper sides making the butterfly appear almost jet black from a distance. The butterfly is unmistakable when seen basking with its wings open, when orange bands containing distinctive spots are revealed. This butterfly lives in well-defined colonies that are often very large.
Like the Mountain Ringlet, the ability of this butterfly to survive cool temperatures means that it was probably one of the first species to recolonise the British Isles after the last ice age, over 10,000 years ago. The English colonies, Arnside Knott and Smardale Gill, are both found in Westmorland. Colonies are much more numerous in Scotland, where this butterfly can be found in most of northern, western and southwest Scotland. This butterfly is absent from the lowlands of central Scotland, many of the western isles (including the Outer Hebrides), Orkney and Shetland.
Courtesy of UK Butterflies website
Years later the earth recovers. I was at Yellowstone in the early 1990's right after the major fire in 1988. The landscape was surreal. I returned some 25 years later to see the recovery and the rebirth. It was a quieting moment for me to not just see the recovery, but to see how long the recovery was taking. I was barely a man on my first trip and feel like a half a lifetime has passed since then. Healing take a long time. This would was from just a fire. I struggle at times to think of what the recovery will be if we attack the air, water and earth they way our current legislators seem bent on doing.
Hope that you enjoy your Saturday.
Four years ago today, I lost my wife, the best friend I ever had.
Give this a listen as you hopefully, enjoy the photo
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eG_rArV84iY
God's given us years of happiness here
Now we must part
And as the angels come and call for you
The pains of grief tug at my heart
Oh my darling
My darling
My heart breaks as you take your long journey
Oh the days will be empty
The nights so long without you my love
And when god calls for you I'm left alone
But we will meet in heaven above
Oh my darling
My darling
My heart breaks as you take your long journey
Fond memories I'll keep of happy ways
That on earth we trod
And when I come we will walk hand in hand
As one in heaven in the family of god
Oh my darling
My darling
My heart breaks as you take your long journey
Give your gal/fella a big hug. Take your kids somewhere fun. Time is the most valuable, and scarcest, resource you'll ever have. Make the most of it. You're not promised tomorrow.
Taken at Sunny's maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Sunny%20Side%20Up/115/89/30
[Song: "Your Long Journey" by Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, off the 2008 album "Raising Sand" ]
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After well over 60 years of taking photo's I can honestly say you never get bored with it... even after another dark, grey day we got the a glimpse of a sunset tonight. Notice f/0 and 0.0mm - that's because I used a manual only Extension Tube.
with my best friend!!!
I remember our wedding like yesterday, so many years have passed... with many pounds later, lots of wrinkles and gray hair and in David's case, a loss of hair...
but we are so very blessed with a beautiful family and three amazing grandchildren...
Life is good and I hope it continues for many, many more years to come!!!
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Today its now 3 years ago when i posted my first picture here on Flickr, thanks for all the support over the time!!
It's fascinating, I've visited this staircase several times. This is a picture from the first visit over 4 years ago.
Today, without remembering that I had already selected the picture back then to edit it, without knowing it, I selected it a second time.
When I had finished editing it, I found this old, finished edition from back then. I liked the picture and frame of the old picture better.
Nevertheless, I then tried to bring the reworking in the same direction and then also took over the old framework.
If the second attempt is as good as the first, or if the images are similar in quality, I don't know. In any case I find that they are very different despite all the similarity ... and therefore brought them both ...
4 years ago I decided to publish the photo upside down ...
this time I decided to take the original alignment ...
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Scan from the film picture.
Our street runs into this green field, where we walked our previous dog, who lived for 14 years (he is in the picture as a 6 month old puppy with me), and then the second dog, who is now 12.5 years old.
Thank you all for visits, favs and comments, it's greatly appreciated!
1500 years ago, everybody "knew" that the earth was the center of the universe. 500 years ago, everybody "knew" that the earth was flat. And 15 minutes ago, you "knew" that humans were alone on this planet. Imagine what you'll "know" tomorrow.
Well, another year comes to an end. Not quite the year I had hoped for after the lifting of COVID restrictions, but it has had some highlights, a trip to Skye being one of them and a trip to Cornwall later in the year being another. The problem with these type of trips though, is that they seem to make it harder to get enthusiastic about the less dramatic locations closer to home. Although this image shows what can be achieved more locally.
We have struggled to get out as much this year as we had hoped, possibly due to a large dose of CBA, hopefully 2023 will be better
Wishing you all a happy new year