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Peter wanted this particular rhododendron because it makes a particular chemical compound that he has been interested in during his scientific career. I don't remember what the compound is, and I don't particularly want to ask him, because I have no patience today for one of his chemistry lectures... They are always way over my head!!
because of our deep need to complain ;-)
Lily Tomlin
Climate Change Matters! Resist the Ignorant Orange Clown Prince!
The Waterfall of the Gods, Viking cruise excursion, Northern Iceland's Natural Treasures
Goðafoss translates from modern Icelandic as "the waterfall of the gods", a nickname said to come from a myth from Iceland's history. According to legend, after converting the country to Christianity, Þorgeir Ljósvetningagoði (one of the main rulers of the island at that time) threw all his pagan idols into the waterfall, thus changing the Viking gods for the Christian god.
Ancora un'immagine della Yotun Cup (regata serale di contorno alla Barcolana) per me importante perchè nella barca centrale veleggiavano dei cari amici
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Another image of the Yotun Cup (evening regatta accompanying the Barcolana) important to me because some dear friends were sailing in the central boat
There are now birds that I turn my nose up at. Not because they aren't beautiful, but because I now think that after hundreds of shots I have had enough of them. Such is the case with the kestrel. Still a red list species, so you should jump for joy every time you see one, because you have to immortalize such a rarity for posterity. Not so, because a praying kestrel is soooo passé for a bird shooter who is becoming a bit blasé.
At this moment I actually had that too. Far away a kestrel on a post, "just let it sit and poop on that thing, I'm not going to take a picture of that".
But hey, blood is creeping where it can't go, so I grabbed the camera and took pictures. I wanted to see how long it would last before she (yes, she is a female) would choose the air. It works as follows: take 10 careful steps, take a photo and then take another 10 steps, etc. This time I was able to sneak up to 20 meters and the lady just stayed put. I even caught her starting to fall asleep. So luckily I wasn't interesting either. At 20 meters distance I decided not to sneak any further, because I could now see her tonsils. So let her sit on her post!
Untitled, because I don't know what kind of bird this is. I just love this shot of standing in shallow water and his reflection in the ripples.
Moss Landing, just north of Monterey, California.
So, apparently, it is a Marbled Godwit:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marbled_godwit#Distribution_and_hab...
Because of good behavior during the holidays, Benny gets a present from Mummy Marian.
ME:
Benny?
I have something for you
BENNY:
Wow....a present....for me?????
ME:
Yes Benny..it's just for you
Because you've been so sweet during the holidays.
I know it is very difficult for you to share something when it comes to something delicious. I've seen you can do it and I'm proud of you. So this is all for you... just open the package.
Benny tears off the paper:
BENNY:
WOW!!! Mummy! That's a big one! It has more than 3 layers!
Thank you Mummy.....I love you so much!!!!
May I also give Jago a piece?
ME:
You decide Benny...it's your pastry!
BENNY:
I love Jago very much...he is my best friend and that's why he gets half of the pastry.
ME:
Well Benny...that's really nice of you.
I think Jago likes it too
Because of a very cold May and the unexpected snow on May 9th, many flowering plants in our backyard are yet to set buds, may be they won't for this season. I was very happy to see the arrival of the little florets on the pink spirea this morning.
Im Herbst 2019 war ich zuletzt am Mittelmeer.....dann kam Covid-19
Bestimmt heißt der Mann nicht Luke und sein Pferd heißt nicht Jolly Jumper. Ich kann euch versichern, dass der Reiter eigentlich Zigaretten rauchte und glücklich(lucky) sollte er bei den täglichen Sonnenuntergangsritten eigentlich sein, oder?
In autumn 2019 I was the last time at the Mediterranean Sea.....then came Covid-19
Surely the man's name isn't Luke and his horse's name isn't Jolly Jumper. I can assure you that the rider actually smoked cigarettes and he should be happy (lucky) because of the daily sunset rides. What do you think?
Very happy, because this year 2 little grebes stood at the lake near to my home during 2 weeks. Sadly weather was very bad and I couldnt approche (dist +/-30m) so I had to use the TC1.4x from the other shore.
Très heureux, car cette année 2 grèbes castagneux sont restés au bord du lac près de chez moi pendant 2 semaines. Malheureusement, le temps était très mauvais et je n'ai pas pu m'approcher (dist +/-30m) donc j'ai dû utiliser le TC1.4x depuis l'autre rive.
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#sliderssunday
#Shocktober
#Halloween
Creepy encounter with the Bogeyman. Or maybe the Boogie Man? Because who says abandoned sanatoriums must be creepy places haunted by the poor souls of the people who once had been treated there? The artists that have decorated a wing of one of the many buildings of this long abandoned lung sanatorium nearby Berlin must have believed the latter, because almost all of the art there is horror-themed, just like this enormous creature consisting of branches (Blair Witch, anyone?). But, wait a minute... There are branches, but there are also cables, and coloured light bulbs. Party lights! And seriously, can a creature who partly consists of colourful party lights be evil? Just imagine him all lit up like a Christmas Tree ;)
This reminded me of an anecdote my mother, magrit k., once had heard during a guided tour at Beelitz Heilstätten (another old, but no longer abandoned sanatorium also nearby Berlin). And that anecdote gives rise to doubts that these sanatoriums were per se sad places, places of pain and suffering: Back in the day (at the end of the 19th / beginning of the 20th century), as you might have guessed, men's and women's dormitories were strictly seperated from each other. But that didn't stop the patients from finding ways to visit each other at night. How? At one point, someone had found access to the underground logistic passages which connected the entire building complex. Those passages were off-limits for the patients, of course, but has "off-limits" ever stopped anyone? So, at least for some time, there there must have been quite a busy nightlife with regular, merry get-togethers among the patients, before the hospital's management noticed what was going on, and put an end to those "indecencies" by locking the passages for anyone except authorised personnel ;)
So maybe also this sanatorium isn't haunted by lost souls, but the spirits that linger there are of a good-natured, happy kind instead. And the creature in my photo isn't the Bogeyman, but DJ Boogie Man. So let the fun begin :)
HSS, Everyone!
Bi-Ba Butzemann
Gut, nachts im Dunkeln, womöglich noch ganz allein, möchte ich dieser schauerlichen Zweig-Kreatur (die Blair Witch lässt grüßen), die ich 2018 bei einem Fotowalk mit Flickr-Freunden in einem Gebäude einer verlassenen Lungenheilstätte bei Berlin (nicht Beelitz) gefunden hatte, nicht begegnen. Vielleicht ist sie aber gar nicht so furchterregend, wie sie auf den ersten Blick aussieht? Denn wenn man genauer hinsieht, merkt man, dass der Körper dieses Butzemanns nicht nur aus Zweigen, sondern auch aus Kabeln und bunten Glühlampen besteht. Und eine bunte Party-Lichterkette ist doch so ziemlich das Gegenteil von furchterregend, oder?
Und wer sagt eigentlich, dass in verlassenen Heilstätten auf ewig die verlorenen Seelen der armen ehemaligen "Insassen" herumspuken? Vielleicht spuken sie ja herum, haben aber ihren Spaß dabei? Das lässt zumindest eine Anekdote vermuten, die meine Mutter (magrit k.) mal bei einer Führung durch die ehemalige Lungenheilstätte Beelitz erzählt bekommen hatte: Zur Glanzeit von Beelitz, Ende des 19. / Anfang des 20. Jhdt., waren die Schlafsäle von Männlein und Weiblein natürlich brav voneinander getrennt, handelte es sich doch schließlich um ein anständiges Haus. Was allerdings die Patienten nicht davon abhielt, sich des Nachts gegenseitigen Besuch abzustatten. Wie? Irgendjemand hatte wohl mal die – fahrlässigerweise unverschlossenen, aber natürlich nicht öffentlichen – Versorgungsgänge unterhalb der Gebäude entdeckt. Beelitz muss also eine zeitlang ein recht reges Nacht- und Partyleben gehabt haben. Bis zu dem Zeitpunkt, als jemand von der Krankenhausleitung das bunte Treiben bemerkt und dafür gesorgt hatte, dass die Versorgungsgänge nunmehr stets verschlossen zu sein hatten.
Vielleicht ist also dieser Butzemann gar keine finstere Kreatur, sondern ein fideler DJ, der zur Geisterstunde die Platten zur allnächtlichen Sanatoriumsparty auflegt. Wie heißt es schon im bekannten, evtl. bis dato falsch interpretierten Kinderlied: "Es tanzt ein Bi-Ba-Butzemann in unserm Haus herum, fidebum. (...) Er rüttelt sich, er schüttelt sich (...), es tanzt ein Bi-Ba-Butzemann in unserm Haus herum." Vielleicht haben wir hier gerade wieder einen Mythos entzaubert ;)
EXPLORE#
I cannot walk through the suburbs in the solitude of the night without thinking that the night pleases us because it suppresses idle details, just as our memory does. - Jorge Luis Borges -
listen ( A MAESTRO)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YaznEwvfpxA&featu re=PlayList&...
For those wishing to go to this place, to cruise or just to sit on the white sand and watch the sunset...its Saint Barthelèmy - french Caribean -
I have a special fondness for bamboo, not because they grow everywhere here in Indonesia but because of the philosophy behind it. Bamboo could easily bend in strong winds, but they rarely break. It is its durability and vitality that amazes me the most. HGGT!
because in the real world, where photographs are made, these subspecies, or races, interbreed shamelessly and continually :-)
John Szarkowski
Ukraine Matters!
bearded iris, j c raulston arboretum, ncsu, raleigh, north carolina
After seeing a video by Thomas Heaton, we thought: We have to find it and photograph it.
We fly a while with Google, and then YES we found the region
The photo took a lot of sweat, because it certainly wasn't a childish hike. But definitely worth photographing this 300-year-old Pine tree.
You do me a big pleasure when you click to ENLARGE. It’s also more pleasure for you. (i hope so)
If you would like a picture of me on the wall, you can click the link below
www.werkaandemuur.nl/nl/beelden/Johan-Pannekoek/47489
Thank you in advance for your interest and comments on my photos. That ‘s much appreciated.
Ophrys apifera (Bienenragwurz, bee orchid) Klosterneuburg, Niederösterreich, Austria. I had to publish another potrait because I like them so much.
...because some loves are never forgotten...
It is a cloudy day...but in Boulder, seems like there is always a bit of sun around! We went to the very old Boulder Cemetery on Ninth Street for this photo shoot. More pictures to follow.
HUGE thanks to Cagla of Blythe Chic for this amazing Corpse Bride Set! We adore it!!! Hugs and love to you, Cagla!!!
Because it sounds so much better than "pond scum". From a series of photos of what I call Primordial Soup, all of them shot around the San Francisco Bay Area in tide pools, ponds, wetlands, and maybe even one or two from fountains.
My friends call me Cardigan B because of my love for a soft, fluffy cardigan sweater! Amias rocks the house with the Elene outfit (This month at Anthem event). I may be listening to the oldies but Amias made a gorgeous modern update on the sweater girl outfit! This outfit is available in 20 different colors that allow you to mix and match your own unique style!
Click on the photo and get a close up of the detailing on the perfect cable knit sweater which fits perfectly over the ribbed cropped top. Completing the look is the perfectly pleated plaid skirt! This is a great outfit for dancing at your favorite SL Club or just hanging out at home listening to records and enjoying a cheat day milkshake!
To get this look:
COMPLETE OUTFIT: Amias - Elene (This month at Anthem)
HAIR: Magika - Holly
NECKLACE: AvaWay - Astrology Signs Tauruss
SHAKE: Littlep - Milky Shaky Macha Milkshake
PHONOGRAPH: TBF - Vintage Phonograph Set
PICTURE: Sycamore Designs - Love Every Minute
BACKDROP: Minimal - Light Room Backdrop 3
POSE: Secret Poses - Posing & Dancing 1
SKIN: The Skinnery - Darnya in Honey
BODY: Maitreya - Lara
HEAD: LeLutka - Inez
LIPSTICK: PAIX - Gloss Exposion
EYESHADOW: Goreglam - Courtship
Iris Bloom ...... Wisdom
♩♪ Lιʂƚҽɳ ♫ www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yqguk0nqW0&list=RD-sWnEWpS_f...
She never searched for the loudest voice.
She discovered that wisdom often arrives in silence, carried gently by time, patience, and the courage to truly see.
Framed by velvet petals touched with gold, she reminds us that the deepest beauty is not found in what we know, but in how gently we choose to understand one another.
Some souls do not shine because they seek the light.
They shine because they have learned how to carry it.
"Wisdom is the quiet light that never asks to be seen."
Made with my Second Life avatar, Ai and edited in Photoshop
Because when the sun shines, we'll shine together.
Told you I'll be here forever
Inspired by verses of Rihanna's "Umbrella" with thanks and respect.
- Just Because: Layla Dress
@Fameshed June round
- Rama Salon: Charis Hair
@Fameshed June round
- Rise Design: Banje Set - Necklace/Bracelet
@Fameshed June round
- Glam Affair: Kora skin applier (Tone 007) on Lelutka Korina Bento head
@Uber
- Avi-Glam: Tease Eyes
- Astralia: Balcony Flowers
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