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Shells and sandstone on Hilbre Island. Hilbre Island is the largest of a group of three islands at the mouth of the estuary of the River Dee, the border between England and Wales at this point.
13. Shell/s theme for 116 pictures in 2016
The Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad, often abbreviated as the C&TSRR, is a 3 ft narrow-gauge heritage railroad that operates on 64 miles of track between Antonito, Colorado, and Chama, New Mexico. (Wikipedia)
Uppercase waist-high letters outside the Norwood Oval proclaiming mateship and loyalty in the Australian armed forces.
We don't touch the foxes ever, but he likes to get close!! and he's very sociable and photogenic!! Captured at British Wildlife Centre, UK
Supported by steel girders and beams and lit in blue and white: the underpass at Essen central station.
I really appreciate any Views, Faves and Comments and I will try to visit your sites in due course. Thank you.
Found you in the bedroom
Vacant, set in gloom
Jamming all your fingertips into all your wounds
Baby, it's a dog day
Don't you let it rule
Cause I could hold your whole weight
If you asked me to
I am starting to see stars and moons
(It's an awful sham, but I follow suit)
This is how it ends, a courageous boom
(Neighbours wave their hands, as we're passing through)
And it's awful sad that two lovers bloom
(Come and watch them dance, dance into their doom)
I am starting to see stars and moons
Smarter men than I have fallen
For the fraudulence
Braiding all their broken parts into sourness
So how could you believe me
When I say to you
That no one in my hollow heart
Holds a candle to you
Found you in the bedroom
Vacant, set in gloom
Jamming all your fingertips into all your wounds
The first time Timmy and Snoop met, 6 days after Timmy moved in with me.
Little Timmy and Gentleman Snoop checking each other
In loving memory of wonderful Snoop (5/2005 - 16.10.2020)
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Happy Caturday 24.1.2026 "Visitors"
Sorry, I didn't have the time (pensioner stress 😁) or opportunity to take any new photos this week. So I had to dig into the archives.
You and i
Wilco - Wilco (The Album)
Tú y yo, podríamos ser extraños por muy cerca que estemos a veces. Es como si nunca nos hubiéramos conocido. Pero tú y yo, creo que podemos soportar todo lo bueno con lo malo. Crear algo que nadie más tenga excepto tú y yo...
Me in you
Kings of convenience - Declaration of dependence (2009)
You and Me
The Wannadies - Be a Girl (1994)
A Promise (Instrumental)
The Cinematic Orchestra - To Believe (2019)
Life as One
Skinshape - Filoxiny (2018)
Labyrinth Spider (Agelena labyrinthica) & Sweat Bee (Andrena Sp.) | 05-2022 | Ticino | Switzerland
My best photos are here: www.lacerta-bilineata.com/ticino-best-photos-of-southern-...
More TICINO/TESSIN Wildlife Photos (all taken in my garden in Monteggio/Ti, Switzerland): it.lacerta-bilineata.com/ramarro-occidentale-lacerta-bili... (the website exists in ESPAÑOL, FRANÇAIS, ITALIANO, ENGLISH, DEUTSCH)
My latest ANIMAL VIDEO (warning, it's a bit shocking): www.youtube.com/watch?v=4T2-Xszz7FI
A version in color of this photo (and of one where the spider attacks and is in focus) you can find here: www.lacerta-bilineata.com/other-fauna?pgid=krc12ip9-c9a0a...
THE STORY BEHIND THE PHOTO:
I was trying to get a good shot of a labyrinth spider in my garden, when suddenly this little sweat bee got caught in the web. As the bee frantically tried to escape the sticky trap, the spider attacked. I thought the little bee was all done for, but to my surprise, it used its sting to great effect.
The spider attacked again and again, but it had huge respect of the little fella's sting, and it just couldn't get the right angle to overwhelm the bee and tie it up. Eventually, the spider retreated, and the little guy made it out alive and unharmed.
Now for those of you who feel sorry for the spider that lost a juicy meal, don't worry: that web of hers was incredibly efficient, and she feasted like a queen every day during the time I was there (which is probably partly the reason why she gave up relatively easily on the little bee).
In case you're interested, you can find the color version of this photo and of one where the spider attacks and is in focus through the link above, but the reason I prefer the one in b/w (intentionally "over-sharpened" to create a "grainy", "grungy" look ;-) and with the focus on the little bee is that it reminds me of the posters for horror/sci-fi B-movies of the 50s like 'Tarantula' or 'Them' - and I adore those 😉
As always, many greetings from Switzerland; try to stay out of the heat and let me know what you think in the comments 😊
For Smile on Saturday.
This is in a neighbour's garden, every time she found a lost flipflop, or thong as we call them in Australia, she would bring it home and nail it on the dead branch of her tree. She no longer lives there but the tree and the flipflops remain.
Many thanks for your visits, kind comments and faves, very much appreciated.
Finally I had the chance to go and do some flower shots, today the temperature was very pleasant here in PA 73 F, a little cloudy sometimes but I didn't mind at all, I needed some light and I got it.
White flowers are very hard to take since they reflect a lot of the light, but this time I guess I was lucky and the clouds helped me this time, live and learn!
Here is something interesting about dahlias:
The secret of life...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHWHPPHpAj8
Have a great weekend everyone!
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Photography is one of my passions, and nature photography is my favorite.
I have been in Explore for more that a hundred times, and it is an awesome experience to have your photos showcased in such a special way.
I thank your for coming today, for leaving a comment, and make a favorite of yours this photo, (if that is the case) thanks again!
The best part of this forum is the contacts and friends that I have made over the years, that have the same passion for this art that is called photography!
Martha.
The Forest Tower in Zealand, Denmark. The tower is 45 metres tall, and the platform at the top is situated 135 metres above sea level. This makes it the highest accessible point in all of Zealand.
Water and Fire
Salt&Pepper:
S&P Siren bikini top and botom - 12 single colours or Fatpack
The interactive item operates with the original Aquasense system.
Wet and Dry version - set dry time! Towel to get dry.
S&P Siren crown with hud for crown and gems
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DOUX - Rehab Hairstyle
Kuznetsky Most is one of the most beautiful pedestrian streets in the historical center of Moscow.
The street got its modern - and at the same time historical - name thanks to the Kuznetsky Bridge across the Neglinnaya River. Today, Kuznetsky Most Street attracts citizens with its high-quality landscaping, an abundance of architectural monuments and an unusual relief: due to the significant difference in heights between Petrovka and Rozhdestvenka, the city landscape looks especially picturesque.
Kuznetskaya Sloboda on the high bank of the Neglinnaya River - Neglinnaya Upper - appeared in the 12th century, but its heyday came only at the end of the 15th, when the Cannon Yard was built in the vicinity, and the Moscow prince Ivan III ordered to settle in it blacksmiths and grooms who served new production. At the turn of the 15th-16th centuries, Novgorod and Pskov were annexed to the Moscow principality, and craftsmen of various professions from these cities were moved to the Neglinny Upper.
In 1737, the street burned out during the Trinity fire, but rather quickly new buildings were built on it, in which foreign shops began to be located. Gradually, the street turned into the abode of foreign trade: the French showed particular zeal, opening fashion and haberdashery shops here, thanks to which Kuznetsky Most became the main shopping street in Moscow. During World War II and the fire of 1812, it practically did not suffer from the fire, since the French guard took over the protection of the business of compatriots. After the war, trade flourished again, and many fashionable shops were opened on it (almost all of them were foreign, most of them were French). The abundance of foreign shops made Kuznetsky Most the most fashionable and aristocratic street in Moscow, which it remained until the 1917 Revolution.
During the Soviet era, the street lost part of the historical buildings, many buildings were rebuilt, and the street gradually took on a modern look.
After the reconstruction carried out in 2012, the Kuznetsky Most section from Bolshaya Dmitrovka to Rozhdestvenka became pedestrian.
Today Kuznetsky Most Street is a well-maintained pedestrian zone, where city holidays and festivals are often held.
Despite the losses of the Soviet years, a large number of architectural monuments have been preserved on it: tenement houses, partially preserved city estates and passages. Among them are famous Moscow sights: the building of the Moscow International Trade Bank, Khomyakov's trading house and others.
“Action and reaction, ebb and flow, trial and error, change - this is the rhythm of living. Out of our over-confidence, fear; out of our fear, clearer vision, fresh hope. And out of hope, progress.” (Bruce Barton)
Ebb current of receding tide at Kenfig beach. Kenfig NNR, Bridgend, Wales, U.K.
Blaue“Schmucklilie“
Auswahlfoto:
Für“Looking close…on Friday!“
Thema:“Blue and Green“ am 27.05.2022.
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A cloudy winter day, no more snow and the rain begins tonight. The bare trees soon will begin showing the first leaves of Spring.
Thanks for your visit and comments, much appreciated!
♫ Michael Bublé - Help Me Make It Through The Night (feat. Loren Allred) ♫
Help Me Make It Through The Night
Take that ribbon from your hair
Shake it loose and let it fall
Lay it soft against your skin
Like the shadow on the wall
Come and lay down by my side
Till the early morning light
All I'm takin' is your time
Help me make it through the night
I don't care who's right or wrong
I won't try to understand
Let the devil take tomorrow
Lord, tonight I need a friend
Yesterday is dead and gone (yesterday is dead and gone)
And tomorrow's out of sight (and tomorrow's out of sight)
And it's sad to be alone
Help me make it through the night
I don't care who's right or wrong
I won't try to understand
Let the devil take tomorrow
Lord, tonight I need a friend (Lord tonight I need a friend)
Yesterday is dead and gone (it's dead and gone)
But tomorrow's out of sight (but tomorrow's out of sight)
And it's sad to be alone
Help me make it through the night
I don't want to be alone
Help me make it through the night
You don't have to be alone
I'll help you make it through the night
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Wit is de kleur van de Maan, goddelijkheid, onbeperkte levenskracht en mogelijkheden. Wit neemt geen warmte op en straalt geen warmte uit. Wit wordt in verband gelegd met de zon. ... In de magie staat wit voor, pure zuiverheid, licht, vitaliteit, waarheid, levenskracht, en energie.
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White is the color of the Moon, divinity, unlimited life force and possibilities. White does not absorb heat and does not radiate heat. White is associated with the sun. ... In magic, white stands for pure purity, light, vitality, truth, life force, and energy.
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Last year I planted several bulbs of the Snakes-head fritillaria, believing (according to the packaging) that they were all the traditional pink/red colour - so I was amused to see this one appear recently. Although a completely white variant 'Alba' exists, this particular flower seems to have characteristics of both the regular and white forms - a mutation perhaps? It doesn't seem to matter to the little snail who is happy to feast on either colour (if the damage to some of my other fritillarias offers any evidence). The morning sunshine provides backlight that shows off the translucence of the flower and the snail .
For Looking Close on Friday theme 'Flowers and/or Buds'.
No snails were harmed in the making of this photograph.
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This is midnight, an abandon cat my son and his girl friend adopted several years ago. She's a good cat.
Splash Tattoo by Vegas :. available @ Kinky Event then at .: Vegas :.
Cynful Casual Baddie @ Equal 10
UPDATED for Legacy Copacabana flip flops from Thalia Heckroth
Spring Break Pose by PosEd available @ Marketplace
We are back at the East Coast for three days and have managed a window of WiFi…
Wishing you all a wonderful weekend and hope to catch up if I manage to get online between dog walks :)
.... not quite abandoned...
It was always hard to make a living in the Outer Hebrides. The remoteness and the limited opportunities have been luring the young to the mainland for jobs, education and more choice. As a result there are many abandoned houses on the islands. ... and sheep, always sheep! They are freely wandering the pastures, cliffs and the streets, precursors of the famous "Harris Tweed".
Table and chairs on the summer terrace in the hotel "Moscow". city of Uglich. Russia. I have rarely been in a hotel, but walked past this place ... stop light, shadows and lines are very interesting.
I stood and watched leaves drift to the pond, and realized they usually land "face" down..I waited and waited and then this one landed upright and in sucha pretty spot. Hope you are not tired of all my autumn...I did catch a gorgeous sunset tonight so maybe that will come next.. Oct. 20 #387 on explore..up to 121