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"smile on saturday" theme "balancing act".
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With such long legs and an uncooperative tree limb, it takes a balancing act to find the perfect perch to rest upon.
I’ve been collecting beach glass for as long as I can remember!
Piled up for Smile on Saturday theme, Balancing Act.
HSoS 😊
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Babies act out when they're hungry, cold, tired. They do this for survival.
Marilu Henner
Waxwing birds are not true long-distance migrants, but wander erratically outside the breeding season and move south from their summer range in winter. In poor berry years huge numbers can erupt well beyond their normal range, often in flocks that on occasion number in the thousands.
A new Waxwing family in the tree about 50' outside our balcony.
My wife caught this one!
This lovely White Cow acted like a model, posing neatly and showing her beauty.
We were along, she and me, and although we couldn´t speak one each other, I think we felt well communicated and we thought the same about nature.
It was a moment of pleasure in Cerro de La Golondrina, in the nearby of Navacerrada village.
I hope you enjoy this picture and I take advantage to wish you a peaceful and healthy Wednesday!
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Esta hermosa vaca blanca actuó como una modelo, posando pulcramente y mostrando su belleza.
Estábamos juntos, ella y yo, y aunque no podíamos hablarnos, creo que nos sentíamos bien comunicados y pensábamos lo mismo de la naturaleza.
Fue un momento de placer en el Cerro de La Golondrina, en las cercanías del pueblo de Navacerrada.
¡Espero que disfrutéis de esta foto y aprovecho para desearos un miércoles tranquilo y saludable!
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"I vanish into poetry as the sunlight mingles with the mist
I spy a boat across the water as I greet the sunrise in a lover's tryst." - AP (inspired by Oleg)
Soundtrack : www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaouEHiuuYM
VANISHING ACT - LOU REED
FLOAT IN TO A MIST
Take me now
while I am up
while I am down
while I have happy news to read
and sad news that I found
let me float into a mist
and vanish from the Earth
let me fly above the clouds
and see below the fields where birth
and death flow side by side
like the strongest river and sea of yellow flowers
and hope and faith walk hand in hand
show me how this promised land
softens and hardens beneath my feet
like sand and toffee apples cracked
and parched and suffocating defeat
self-deprecating and all I lacked
was time to heal
and time to be me
to run and laugh
to fly high and free
but you gave me an anchor to my life
and you gave me free will
and I squander these gifts
and I still get ill
but who is there who will take my hand
and who is there left who will understand
that here on earth is the promised land
but we break our promises
like we break the wind
and we take the love for granted
and give so little back and so much binned
what becomes of the seeds that are never planted
I could tell you I was sorry
I could try to make it right
but I don't deserve the chance
my broken wings are ever-ready for fight or flight
so let me go now gently
let me float into the mist
it's too little
it's too late
to wonder if I will be missed
what will make me happy
what will make me smile
I give to you my everything
I run that extra mile
but nothing that I do can ever
make up for the gaps
the silences
the way I run
the things in me that don't relax
so now I sit here crying
but am I crying for you or me
I do not like pity in any form
life and love is such a mystery
and I feel like first night in dorm
homesick lovesick puppy dog tales
and tears trickling like Niagara
Falls and fools and spout like whales
the little lies you whispered to me
were the sweetest and the ones that cut
and for all I know that I am foolish
I could see we were wedged deeply in a rut
but what is the answer I do not know
I have no purpose or place to go
yet I find myself dreaming and distancing like
Virginia Woolf in sheep's clothing
pockets ladened heavily as the shroud
shrink wraps around me the fear and the loathing
loses it's lofty wafty transparency
as I float into a mist to meet my destiny
and the mist is half of mistake
and the other half is take
and I hope for goodness sake
I will come to my senses before I wake
oh why do so many words sound the same
but when they are written look really quite different
I am just as I am but “somehow different” (Thank you Dieter)
and I remain just the same I am not indifferent
but in or out or roundabout
all roads lead to Rome or roam
spinning the wheel and tossing the dice
a spinning wheel's yarn twined hearts to bring them home
and now I am at the water's edge
my barefeet stepping into the foam
who will prevent me will it be a mistake
as I float into a mist
the earth beneath my feet doth shake
as I float into a mist …
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Contrary to the poignant emotions evoked in my poem, I am pleased to say that the feeling was fleeting as are all emotions aren't they ; 0) I would like to share with you some good news.
On my birthday I received from my doctor long-awaited news. Earlier this year I underwent a small procedure and a biopsy was taken. I was told to expect cancer and now I learn that it is benign, so I am once again thanking God for a miracle. If I had to store my miracles in a box, I would require a very big box! : 0) I have a small scar from the stitches. It's a bit bumpy still, but is fading already. I like to touch this scar and remind myself of all the joys in my life and all the love and light that surrounds me and how each and every day is a miracle.
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Balancing Act - Pulled this image from 6 years ago. Not a subject I photograph frequently, but a very elegant species. The new software really brings old files to life.
Species: White-faced Ibis (Plegadis chihi)
Location: Northern California, CA, USA
Equipment: Canon EOS 7D Mark II + EF 400mm f5.6L + 1.4x III Extender, Handheld
Settings: 1/1000s, ISO: 800, f/8 @896mm
This Great Blue Heron landed in the top of a cedar tree but the branches were too flimsy to support its weight. So he struggled to maintain his balance. It was rather entertaining to watch for about 30 seconds until it flew off to find a more stable perch.
We observed this fun behavior at The Nature Conservancy's Cheyenne Bottoms Preserve in central Kansas.
Starting a series of wading birds, not all of them will actually be wading at the time the photos were taken. Audubon categorizes wading birds as a group of birds that have physical and behavioral adaptations for living on or near water. They are known for wading in shallow water to find food, and many have long bills, necks, legs, and toes, like herons, egrets, spoonbills, ibis, etc.
Here, a Great Egret performing an impressive balancing act while scratching its neck.
This shot was taken at Canoa Ranch Conservation Park south of Tucson, AZ.
I thought I'd better get back to my old tricks! :))
I hope everyone is keeping well.
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In 2008 nam het toenmalige ACTS 3 locomotieven van de serie 1600 in dienst. Hiermee konden de zware containertreinen uit Leeuwarden en Veendam gereden worden, die eerst in handen waren van een 1200 en een 6700.
Op de winterse ochtend van 27 November 2010 passeert de van Railmotion gehuurde 1606 Steenwijk met aan de haak een vol beladen Leeuwarden shuttle onder nummer 50063 vanuit Leeuwarden naar Ijsselmonde. Vanaf Ijsselmonde zou een dieselloc de trein verder rijden het Rotterdamse havengebied in.
Inmiddels is alles aan deze foto verleden tijd, de Leeuwarden shuttle rijdt niet meer, HUSA heeft haar spooractiviteiten gestopt, en de 1606 rijdt inmiddels bij RRF in het fraaie ‘hommel’ jasje onder het nummer 4401.
Sunday's forecast for Glen Affric looked promising for some potential mist so I managed to persuade Iain (Highlandscape) along for a sunrise shoot. We were initially restricted to some 'minimalist' mist shots, disappointed that the mist and low cloud blocked any chance of some sunrise colour. However, all was about to change as the sun broke through the mist tops, with the next 30 mins or so providing some of the best light and environmental conditions I have witnessed,
Ghosts in the photograph, never lied to me. I’d be all of that. A false memory, would be everything. A denial my eliminent. What was that for?
Try to be bad.
What kind of fashion is this flash infatuation
Is all this admiration mutual?
Need no lessons in emotional starvation
That look in her eyes is too good to be true
So now you got a good reason
(Now you got a good reason)
Yeah, but you just gotta learn
(You really oughtta learn)
Is what makes the world turn
Stand up, stand up
The more you do it, the less you fall down
Stand up, stand up
Put your head in the clouds and your feet on the ground
Stand up, stand up
For the time of your life, you turn it up loud
Stand up, stand up
The wharf in Coupeville Washington was built in 1905 to export grain produced on Whidbey Island. The town sits on Penn Cove, a sheltered bay that provided a safe, sheltered harbor during the early settlement of the area. In 1792 Capt. George Vancouver named the harbor in honor of, as he wrote, “a particular friend.” It is thought that the person honored was either John or Richard Penn, both of whom were grandsons of William Penn, founder of Pennsylvania.
Before European settlement, 3 permanent villages inhabited by the Lower Skagit People were located around Penn Cove. The largest village called at bəc̓adᶻali, or “snake place" occupied the site of present day town of Coupeville.
Cmdr. Charles Wilkes of the US Navy charted the small bay in 1841. Wilkes was the American born great nephew of the former Lord Mayor of London John Wilkes. He led US Expeditions to the South Pacific (including Antarctica) and Puget Sound. He was an important and controversial naval leader during the Civil War and ended his career with the rank of Rear Admiral (retired).
In 1850 Issac Neff Ebey became one of the first non-native American settlers and farmers in the area. Others soon followed and made land claims as provided by the Donation Land Act of 1850. Also, in 1850 Captain Thomas Coupe laid out a town on the shores of Penn Cove which today bears his name, Coupeville. It became the center of commerce for the Island, an important port, and during the late 1800s, home to many active and retired sea captains and mariners.
The wharf is a contributing property to the Central Whidbey Island Historic District which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. To better protect the unique history and landscape, Coupeville and its wharf was included in Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve in 1978. This one-of-a-kind unit of the National Park System preserves and protects the historical record of the exploration and settlement of central Whidbey Island from 19th century to the present.
References:
www.nps.gov/ebla/learn/historyculture/index.htm
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebey%27s_Landing_National_Historica...
www.ebeysreserve.com/learn-about-the-reserve
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_N._Ebey
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coupeville,_Washington
npshistory.com/publications/ebla/nr-cent-whidbey-is-hd.pdf
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coupeville_grain_wharf
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