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We're on an orange alert for strong winds, so here's a photo from our beach on a lovely, calm day.
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Church of St. Sergius and Bacchus, Constantinople
present Küçük Ayasofya Mosque [Little Hagia Sophia] Istanbul
Küçük Ayasofya Camii
Kumkapı neighborhood, Fatih district, Istanbul
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Eκκλησία τῶν Άγίων Σεργίου καί Βάκχου, Κωνσταντινούπολη
Μικρή Αγία Σοφία
Main structure completed in 536
Architects Isidorus of Miletus and Anthemius of Tralles
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Just a simple, quick upload for the weekend. I am drawing blank right now as far as writing anything for this image - all I know is looking at it it makes me feel nostalgic for something I can't quite define. Allow me to to borrow from a song what perhaps I want to express about this moment (I refer to all my images as moments). And I hope you will take the time to listen. A BEAUTIFUL GOODBYE - Video will open in a new window.
We were told about a trophy fishing lake in Manitoba, where the browns are huge. Well yes indeed they are.
We each caught the biggest brown trout for us so far but not without some drama.
No not to the fish, even though they fought like a freight train and were so strong as to launch themselves up for a hug and then self release.
No, the drama was with the weather. We arrived with some cloudy conditions and amazing fishing. So what if the clouds got fuller and darker and wetter, and downpoured for the 3 days we stayed? So what if our lakeside campsite became a lake? With the best trophy fishing we've had in a long long long time, we endured and fished. Until we couldn't. Until the heavens opened for too long and you couldn't see the lake for the storm.
Time to go, and apparently we picked the exact right time to leave, as Manitoba Floods to this area were so intense that a state of emergency was declared.
For us, with amazing fishing and trophy size, it was a state of elation.
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A little Common Ringed Plover on the shore in Corralejo on Fuerteventura.
They seemed almost unconcerned with me slowly wandering nearer, although I did start to get that wary-eyed look.
A Stranger - 30 Seconds Project
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Carl Zeiss Interview - English
f4.0 − 1/80 - ISO125 - No Flash - Nikon D800 - Nikon 105mm F2 D DC
When you kill an ant or a small insect, do you ever think he has a whole family waiting for his return? No, you only think for yourself..
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A real treat after a long, hot and dusty day in the Mara. These beauties came out of the wooded area behind one by one. There were 2 males a little further to the right having a tussle. Besides checking us out, this was the only shady spot thanks to a tree further left. I just love those faces with their gorgeous eyes. Best viewed large on black.This one is for you, Annelie....
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An up close and personal shot of Highland Light in Truro, MA.
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This shoot was almost canceled because of the weather. Friday evening, the weatherman said that it was going to rain right at 3pm...which was the initial time we were going to meet up and shoot. I figured I'd wait till the morning to check Accuweather for one last time before heading out.
Luckily, the the rain held off and we were able to go through with the shoot with A Faylene Sky. The member on the right....did the BEST impression of the old guy from Family Guy, talk about hilarious comments. Such a good time.
This is the second spot that we shot at. The first one was adjacent to this one, a street. No sooner did we get all setup, that one of Taunton's Finest came to inform us that it was "still a through street" so we couldn't shoot their and have chords in the road. I ended up really, really liking this spot much more.
The trip home was another story. Chris from ChrisB Photography and I stopped at Micky D's to grab some food...I went to go start my car only to find out that my battery died! Got a jump from a friendly passer-by.
Big Thanks to Chris for helping me out today, she's a great band photographer from South Western, CT. Definitely check out her photostream (link is posted above!)
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B800 shot through beauty dish to camera right
B400 shot through large softbox for fill
B800 to camera right for rim
B800 to camera left for rim.
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... to spring !!
Crocuses - Large On Black
in our garden - Frankfurt-Nordend
Happy meteorological beginning of spring !!!
The captain and crew of the SS Dungeness out of Glasgow pose for a photograph in Irelands oldest city, Waterford! A nice cheerful group to start our week while outside the sun is shining and all is well with the world!
The general consensus is that the location and date here are very likely correct and as expected (the Waterford quays, perhaps opposite Ferrybank, in August 1910). Based on this the suggestion is that the captain was then Capt. John Henderson. Who perhaps moved on to another Clyde Shipping Co. vessel in late 1910 or early 1911. We like [https://www.flickr.com/photos/johnspooner]'s suggestion that this was somehow a "farewell" commission by or for the crew. Other interesting details and images of the vessel linked from the ever-interesting comments....
Photographer: A. H. Poole
Collection: Poole Photographic Studio, Waterford
Date: c.17 August 1910
NLI Ref: POOLEWP 2089
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A Rose Breasted Grosbeak. I haven't seen one of these around my yard for several years. All of a sudden, this morning this guy just pops into one of my trees. Below is a shot from the back side.
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Continuando a minha viagem pelas aves de rapina nocturnas, hoje calha a vez à coruja-do-mato.
Esta é a menos vistosa das rapinas que habitam a noite e dificilmente se mostra de dia. Os olhos são negros e as cores das penas sombrias. No entanto o seu canto é o mais característico da noite, com um melancólico e arrastado "huh" seguido de uma pausa que antecede 4 "huh" trémulos seguidos. Facilmente, soprando as mãos em concha se imita esse som... se o artista for bom até pode ser que alguma apareça a ver quem é o intruso!
Diz o povo, que muitas vezes é tão ignorante, que a coruja é um mau agoiro... neste caso o povo tem razão... a coruja é um mau agoiro para os ratos!
Coruja-do-mato, adulto / Tawny Owl, adult (Strix aluco)
Alcochete, Portugal. (18/08/15)
A strange fairytale........
finally finished.!
Technique: colored pencils, color markers and tempera on 425gsm watercolor paper, 25 x 18 cm...
A World War II RAF re-enactment group from Lincolnshire, pose in front of the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight Lancaster Bomber to show their support for Armed Forces Day.
Armed Forces Day is a national event held to celebrate the work of all our Service men and women, past and present. The National Event for 2014 will be held in Stirling, Scotland.
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A Pentland Panorama and Midlothian Vista.
Possibly a Vist-rama, or a Pano-sta
The roads we take lead many ways and we often look past their brilliance. Then in this case you continue on as you proceed along your way home. Just a touch of road and a lot of scenery with an excellent sky to overlook and to be overlooked when you take in the view. There is a heat haze in these images that brings about a softening and leaves a distant feel for this journey to hearth and home.
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HI ALL, To my AMAZEMENT!! I was able to get on the internet right now!! No clue why I haven’t been able to for more then a month. No clue how long I can stay on or if I will be able to get back on anytime soon.
My health is oretty lousy with allergies on top and pretty bad to. No covid I have been tested more then once. The guy in the next apartment seems likely to have covid, but refuses to be tested or mask up or isolate and the building doesn’t seem to be able to do anything. Guy next door says it isn’t his problem if anyone gets it they were ment to get it.
Anyway I have been stuck in my apartment due to health so I haven’t encountered him much so that is a good thing.
How are you all doing?? I hope well!! Enjoying life?? Doing anything fun this summer??
I better send this while I hopefully can.
Please take care and prayers for you all.
I hope you are all well. :)
Charles.
I do force this old body out for walks when i can and of course I need food so to get grocerys a very painful difficult thing to do. Ordering them to be dilivered is not affordable for me and not have internet accesse makes that not possible even if i could. But getting out some is good and thus these two pictures.
Hugs all. No clue when I'll be on again.
Charles.
I am wondering if 2015 could possibly be the year that I take Helene to a new level. So far since I began cross-dressing fifteen years ago, then age 41 with much smoother skin, I have transformed into my female alter-ego mainly in privacy and usually alone. I have rarely net another transvestite. I did venture out in public very briefly in 2002 but soon lost my nerve and since then have felt queasy at the prospect of going out in public while dressed as a woman.
I'm aware I have been fortunate enough to be complimented on my appearance when attempt the art of female illusion. My problem is I cannot quite see myself as others do, I feel a complete failure in my efforts but I’m not gloomy or down, far from it. I feel elation and joy and love to be dressed as a woman. I just feel I don’t actually look remotely feminine in any way. I wish I did.
However, I feel my fears on venturing out starting to recede somewhat more because I so enjoy the rare occasions I become Helene that part of myself is desiring to actually spend time actually being her out in the world. There is an enthusiasm starting to build within me.
The adorable and supportive Pamela Lennon has encouraged me for several years now and I am grateful to her. Another T-Girl, Claire Doolan, has also been encouraging me and I am grateful to her as well. The warm hearted Amanda McG has been truly wonderful and has really boosted my confidence considerably recently.
I now find myself musing on what I will wear and how I will style my wig for the day I venture out….there, I’ve said it…venture out…
Yes, I am now musing over the prospect and I’m not quite as fearful as I was. My problem is I genuinely want to be perceived as female not male. I do not want to be a man dressed up i want to be a woman completely when I venture out. Obviously, this is down to me getting the look right, getting my behaviour and mannerisms right and coming across convincingly as female. I want this so much I feel momentum to g through with it pushing me within.
I often hear remarks such as don’t worry about passing, just be who you are. Well who I am is a man that seeks to pass, that’s what I dream of. I don’t ant anything else. I want to go out and portray myself as a woman wholeheartedly for the period I am dressed and acting as one. It’s my goal. I‘m not keen on just settling for a lesser experience I have been heading for this one for all of my adult life.
This is a picture taken on the camera self timer last June. It was evening and I was trying my utmost to create a real world female appearance. To be honest I felt rather nice and excited in this outfit. I was aiming for a feminine nicely dressed woman look with (hopefully) nice enhancing make-up and a shorter contemporary hair style. I am not very tall as a person and my face is quite bland with a weak chin (all good for me as a transvestite). I feel a shorter hair style back combed helps create a slightly more elegant shape to my whole body shape. More importantly, I find when I wear a shorter wig style I feel more feminine, it feels more real to me than the favoured transvestite choices of long hair styles. Some aces suit longer hair but I find a shorter wig opens up my face ore and is a bit more feminine as a result.
I usually study real women that look stylish and feminine and I noticed the key is choosing a hair style that works with ones facial shape not necessarily a hair style one wants to wear because as transvestites it fits more our perceived ideal of how a woman should look.
I believe fervently that discovering what works and looks female is the key to succeeding in creating a convincing female appearance. We usually pursue a goal of that which we like, which is fair enough, one should be free to enjoy what they like, but often that does not mean it is going to work out for the best. My mantra for several years is ‘be the woman you can be, not the woman you want to be’.
If you are keen to become a convincing looking woman then being willing to have an open approach is the best way to proceed in my personal view. It’s all bot getting the mix right and finding the right combinations of styles and make-up application. So often transvestites just put on things in a hotchpotch manner and don’t apply their make-up with any kind of direction to making the most of feminising one’s face. Cross-dressing is fun but you if you seek to pass then some discipline and direction needs to be adhered to of one wishes to look realistically like a woman. It is an art form and becoming skilled in the art of illusion is a skill worth mastering.
I would suggest one does not become too drab and dowdy, nice clothes are out thee for women of all ages, why blend in so much one is invisible. I know my vanity likes the feeling of being admired as a woman. I like the idea of being seen as feminine and (hopefully) attractive and if at all possibly, stylishly dressed. I would enjoy admiring glances for these reasons. It is what I call the right kind of attention. I know many women certainly enjoy admiring attention. As Helene I too would like that.
I suppose Helene frees up suppressed flamboyant aspects of my persona. The dressing up, the make-up, the hair, the click of the heels, the swish f hem on a dress…yes, I want to catch peoples eye but I know it is all just down to my vanity. I do feel more emboldened as a woman so I wonder just how I will become once I have ventured out on a few occasions? Will the dam break? Will I thrive on being Helene the woman out an about? I cannot help feeling I will probably get completely at home with the persona, something within me feels sure of this though I cannot say why.
I’ve reached the point now in my life where women I see and admire and who are quietly confident and draw the admiring glances of both men and women have inspired me to the cusp of I too want to become one of them (albeit part time). I want to be waking along in a tailored skirt suit, legs on display clad in nude coloured tights, feet swathed in stylish high heel court shoes, a perfectly ironed tailored blouse and precisely applied make-up and a beautifully styled wig with my nails painted and a fragrant air of perfume. Yes indeed, I really would like to be such a woman.
Will I finally become such a woman?
This year? Maybe…
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a renewal,
a new shop name
beautiful, refined yet hip with a modern blend of new and old
presently full of a blend of antiques mostly French
more candles and beautiful home furnishings, trimmings and ornamentation is in order
Gorgeous prints, well framed, gift cards, vases, candles, etc
Cool lamps and shades to adorn and bejewel
and a name
The shop is in a very high end , mid town , main street neighborhood with multi million dollar homes but this is a new world lately with the housing bubble, burst, market economy and stock market issues . SO..... my son and I will have to infuse this new shop with beauty but also with economy (both our wallets and their wallets have been affected)
Feel free to suggest names
do not feel offended if I, we, choose not to use it, them
but, when stymied, why not go for it !!
Think high end home furnishings shop in large cities and you will have won half the battle
If I do choose a name that someone mentions via email or here......I will give full credit !!
My nightly companion. I'm not a very good pianist. In fact I'm a very lousy one, but I would spend entire nights playing because the moment my fingers touch the keys I become addicted; an addict to rhythm who cannot find an apt closure to his piece. It isn't until the break of dawn and the gentle knocks of the sun rays on a cold window that I realize how much time has passed, and to appropriately grasp the full, wider image, there would normally be an ashtray and a still-lit cigarette, perhaps an empty glass in a room overwhelmed with smog and tremendous silence.
I wish life could be as simple and melodic as pressing a key to produce a wonderful and passionate note.
Remember though: Even if you suck at life, it is always worth playing because you can never create a bad melody out of something so beautiful, and when the night is finally over, your randomly performed, lousy sonata will still resound after that silence.
"it beats a lonely rhythm . . all night long"
* Sorry for the very long absence. I shall be back soon to catch up with every one.