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Taken back in May when I first discovered this beautiful part of West Sussex near Steyning. This area has since become my favourite place for countryside walks and provides so many landscape photo opportunities.
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I needed a new project. SL had become a bit, well, not so exciting for me in the last little bit. So, what do we do when it all gets a bit ho hum drab and dull feeling? Well, we (meaning me!) do lots more of these things: go shopping, create a new home, go and find pretty places to explore, and play dress up. So, I am excited about my newest SL digs...and, of course...this adorable new pup from Rezz Room, out at the current round of Uber, makes the perfect lil gardening buddy. And yes, wearing a gorgeous dress from Bauhaus makes taking on garden chores oh so glam! :)
Sorry for not posting photos for a few days.
My RL work has become busy again.
I'm off today, so I want to take a lot of pictures 😊📷
Have a beautiful spring weekend to all 😉🌸
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Vibing -- Hazel Collar -- Gold (The Saturday Sale Items)
hydrangea is opening up but still needs to become pinker,
wants to become as pink as the one in the back
The telegraph cables hum
And few can decipher who the message is from
And it deliver it quietly
Cause some don't get much company
The harbour becomes the sea
And lighting the house keeps it collision free
Understand the lay of the land
And don't let it hurt you
Or it will be the first to
The water, the water
Didn't realize
It's dangerous size
The mountain, the mountain
Came to recognize
It's a steep and rocky sides
More than realized
Pale as a pile of bones
You hope for your babies
And this is how they grow
Wind-battered, knocked over
The teeth by the shoulder
Watching the grey sky
That's acting like a good guy
The water, the water
Came to realize
It's a dangerous size
The mountain the mountain
Came to recognize
It's steep and rocky sides
Came to recognize
It's steep and rocky sides
More than realized
Lyrics from Feist - The Water
Lara has become part of our family for some time now... We found her abandoned in the streets and she was in a very bad shape... I cannot believe there are people that do this to animals! Those people don't deserve even the oxygen they breathe!..
Since we adopted her she has become a totally different dog. She is now very happy and very good friends with Lucky! Of course she is always with us where ever we go!
Lara has a family now! She is an adorable dog and we do our best to make her feel happy!
So here she is! I present you Lady Lara!
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Countryside station🚉
Only a few trains come a day.
In the morning, for commuting, going to school,
The station becomes a lively landscape.
The baked good smell of bread has come.🍞
Student carrying freshly baked bread into his mouth.
Dad buying bread for lunch.
The train will depart.
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Let's do our best today as well.😉/~~~♥
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Lyrics by Jones 2.0, Fearless Soul | Music Composed by Patrick Rundblad
Transcript – “I AM ME” Official Music Video – Fearless Soul
I AM ME.
I’ll never pretend to be another.
I will never want to BE another.
I will not change who I am just to fit in.
I AM ME.
I am not perfect… but I’m working on myself… working to become the best version of myself.
I’m not putting on a mask no more
The true me can’t stay hidden
I’m not putting on a show no more
I’m not gonna act to fit in
Yeah I might not be perfect
but I’m working on my best version
I’m on my way
Yes I’m on my way
If I have to I’ll walk alone
Being myself is all that I know
Want me to change to fit in?
I won’t.
I am me.
I can’t pretend to be what I’m not
In my own way I know I am strong
I am free to do what I want
I am me.
If I have to I’ll walk alone
Being myself is all that I know
Want me to change to fit in?
I won’t.
I am me.
I can’t pretend to be what I’m not
In my own way I know I am strong
I am free to do what I want
I am me.
Yes I am
I am me
I’m not putting on a mask no more
I’ve got my own life to live
There’s so much more I can give
I walk my own path
I won’t pretend to be another
Never want to be another
Won’t apologize for being me
That’s all I can be.
Yeah I might not be perfect
But I’m working on my best version
I’m on my way
Yeah I’m on my way
If I have to I’ll walk alone
Being myself is all that I know
Want me to change to fit in?
I won’t.
I am me.
I can’t pretend to be what I’m not
In my own way I know I am strong
I am free to do what I want
I am me.
Yeah I might not be perfect
But I’m working on my best version!
I’m on my way.
I’m on my way!
If I have to I’ll walk alone
Being myself is all that I know
Want me to change to fit in? I won’t.
I am me
I can’t pretend to be what I’m not
in my own way I know I am strong
I am free to do what I want
I am me
Yes I am
Yes I am me
Yellow water lily, that I think is really pretty! I hope you all will like it! Have a great weekend! Better viewed large!
So this is a bit different for me but I wanted to play around with the darker side of Second Life and Alia had this cool skin to pair with Naminoke's spider set.... so my attempt at going dark. Be Kind. :P....
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How lucky I have become?
My travels now define me, the thoughts of where I've been put a smile on my face...
The thought of a future trip brings out the child in me, so excited and giddy.
this photo makes me laugh^^^
As I remember it;
I had just got into Yellowstone, National Park, this lake was on my left hand side, I pulled over into a turn off,
grabbed my gear and headed down to the shore.
I found out I was at Lewis lake (fyi)...,
Setting up at sunrise It was a little cold, off in the distance as I snapped the shutter a crow kept jawing away at me... he was not happy i was there.
I kept laughing at how much noise this bird made.
End result this photo.
The Colored Canyon is one of the most visited attractions of the Sinai Peninsula / Egypt.
This subject is pretty close to the ground. Because of the large amount of dust that has been blown up, it can hardly be seen and becomes visible by pouring some water over it.
Der Colored Canyon ist eine der meistbesuchten Attraktionen der Sinai-Halbinsel/Ägypten.
Dieses Motiv befindet sich ziemlich nah am Boden. Wegen des vielen aufgewirbelten Staubs ist es kaum zu erkennen und wird dadurch sichtbar, indem man etwas Wasser darüber gießt.
Sunset in the Mojave Desert, Twentynine Palms, California
As 2022 draws to a close, I am looking forward to turning the page on this year, which has been a difficult one for me, and starting the new chapter that is 2023.
There are a few lines from a Josh Groban song called "Thankful", that I have always loved:
Even with our differences
There is a place we're all connected
Each of us can find each others' light
For me, Flickr has become a beautiful place to find that light and that connection, especially in a world that seems to grow increasingly dark and troubled. So I want to share a deep and sincere Thank You to all my Flickr friends and contacts for the light you give and all the ways in which you uplift my spirit. Thank you for sharing your talents and creativity which both awe and inspire me, for sharing your beautiful places, special moments, and great adventures, for your thoughtful and generous support of my photography and writing, and most of all for your personal kindness, caring, and humanity. I truly enjoy all of the conversations, comments, and connection with each of you, and am incredibly thankful for your encouragement and good wishes through some of the tough times this year.
I am profoundly grateful to have met such wonderful people here on Flickr. Because in the words of the incomparable Maya Angelou in the poem below,
"Nobody, but nobody, Can make it out here alone.
I wish each of you health, happiness, and beautiful light (both in photography and life) in the new year ahead!
Alone
by Maya Angelou
Lying, thinking
Last night
How to find my soul a home
Where water is not thirsty
And bread loaf is not stone
I came up with one thing
And I don't believe I'm wrong
That nobody,
But nobody
Can make it out here alone.
Alone, all alone
Nobody, but nobody
Can make it out here alone.
There are some millionaires
With money they can't use
Their wives run round like banshees
Their children sing the blues
They've got expensive doctors
To cure their hearts of stone.
But nobody
No, nobody
Can make it out here alone.
Alone, all alone
Nobody, but nobody
Can make it out here alone.
Now if you listen closely
I'll tell you what I know
Storm clouds are gathering
The wind is gonna blow
The race of man is suffering
And I can hear the moan,
'Cause nobody,
But nobody
Can make it out here alone.
Alone, all alone
Nobody, but nobody
Can make it out here alone.
Normally I'm here to show you Croydon car parks but here's one from another part of London, in Stratford, in East London, to be precise. For someone that likes to shoot architecture car parks are always an interesting challenge. They are usually very symmetrical with distinguishable lines and shapes. There's always likely to be an abundance of light and shadow because car parks are likely to not be fully enclosed, leaving room for lots of contrasts in tone and light. If I go past a car park I always look for a composition of some kind.
I've subtitled this 'when day becomes night' because this image was a post processing challenge that I set myself. This shot was actually taken in the middle of the day, at 1pm to be exact. I wanted to see if I could make it appear as if was taken at 1am instead.
HSS
Sint Nicholaskerk is the most seen and at the same time overlooked church in Amsterdam as well as being one its most recent constructions, no one can miss this iconic structure upon arrival to the city walking from Centraal Station your eye is immediately drawn to it at 58 m in height it towers over the city skyline.
This Roman Catholic Church was designed by Architect Adrianus Bleijs and is a nod to the past combining elements of neo-Baroque and neo-Renaissance styles, completed in 1887 it was made a minor Basilica in 2012.
The church is dedicated to the 4th century charitable patron saint of children that became our Santa Claus as well as the patron saint of sailors and prostitutes, another winning combination.
In the Netherlands Santa Claus is known as Sinterklaas and a feast has been celebrated for over 700 years in his name and adopted in the early part of 20th century the tradition of leaving small gifts in children’s shoes was practiced on Dec 6th which has evolved now to become a Dec 5th evening tradition of gathering of family and friends to exchange gifts and laughter.
While Dutch Sinterklaas celebrations are mainly for the children its adult component is an annual grievance poem written to the recipient that must rhyme and be read out loud by the subject at the evening party all in good fun but beware you may get as good as you give.
I took this on Sept 10th, 2017 with my D750 and Nikon 28-300mm f/3.5-5.6 Lens at 58mm 15 sec f/16 ISO100 processed in LR, PS +Lumenzia, Topaz , Luminar and DXO
Disclaimer: My style is a study of romantic realism as well as a work in progress
Isolated from other walls and buttes working to become isolated pillars, Standing Rock is a well known feature of Monument Basin in Canyonlands, often seen and photographed from Grandview Point on Island in the Sky 2000’ / 600 m above. The north-facing slopes still hold snow from a significant storm 3 days prior to when this photo was taken.
Standing Rock was first climbed in 1962 by Layton Kor and colleagues, because as they put it “it won’t always be there.” They described the Organ Rock shale that the pillar is made of as "layers of rye-krisp sandwiched between layers of kitty litter." As you might guess few people have been on the summit of this 300’ / 90 m tower.
I had visited this area a year ago, managing to get a flat tire and lacking the appropriate lug nuts for the spare… that saga is best forgotten ;-). This year’s trip was successful in that I managed to drive the entire White Rim road, though the conditions were tricky at times with snow, ice, and slippery mud on steep slopes. The weather was also dicey at times with high winds, occasional snow, and cold temperatures. But hey, dramatic weather sometimes yields beautiful scenes.
Piranha rouge/Red-bellied piranha
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Did anyone tell you
that in each subway train
there is one special seat
with a small hole in it
and underneath the seat
is a tank of piranha-fish
which have not been fed
for quite some time.
The fish become quite agitated
by the shoogling of the train
and jump up through the seat.
The resulting skeletons
of unlucky passengers
turn an honest penny
for the transport executive,
hanging far and wide
in medical schools.
(Edwin Morgan, "The Subway Piranhas")
I must say, I was shocked when I saw how nighttime changes an owl's face. While they become fearsome predators at night, they also become much more adorable to us humans, who have evolved to perceive large eyes as captivating and innocent.
In an effort to find area barred owls, I set out to a local park before sunrise and came upon this Eastern Screech Owl (Megascops asio) in the dark. This darkness was so inky and thick, in fact, that I could not see if he was in his hole or not, so trained my tripoded camera on the hole, manually focused, and finally saw him in the preview window! Shocked for sure by those massive pupils staring down at me, a frog (which he swallowed greedily prior to this photo and while I watched) in his talons!
Interestingly, owl eyeballs are not balls at all, but so well evolved for night vision that they have elongated into eye cones. For this reason, they cannot move their eyes in their sockets, and have evolved wildly-flexible necks. With their highly acute retinas replete with rods (the light and movement sensing eye bits), there wasn't much room for cones, and so most owls see limited or no color!
hand bags and glad rags by Rod Stewart
"Sing a song of six-pence for your sake
And drink a bottle full of rye
Four and twenty blackbirds in a cake
And bake them all in a pie
They told me you missed school today
So what I suggest you just throw them all away
The handbags and the gladrags
That your poor old Granddad had to sweat to buy you"
I love this time of day, the sun is going down and the moon is rising. I think it is romantic!!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=G54lfxiid_w&feature=related Taken It To The Streets-Doobie Brothers with Michael Mcdonald
“To escape death, she'd become death.”
-Sarah J. Maas, Crown of Midnight-
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is not likely to be an assassination from ambush. It will be a slow extinction from apathy, indifference, and undernourishment :-(
Robert M. Hutchins, "A Letter to the Reader," The Great Conversation: The Substance of a Liberal Education, 1952
HMM! Words Matter! Truth Matters!
butterfly iris, 'Nada', j c raulston arboretum, ncsu, raleigh, north carolina
"Simplicity, carried to an an extreme, becomes elegance." Jon Franklin
I adore the simple lines of a lily flower.
We have others that become available, so keep an eye on the website.
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Sometimes it's good that there are no limits, sometimes it's good that there are. Sometimes these boundaries also become blurred. One then not always recognizes what is above or what is below. Or to put it another way, where begins above and where begins below. ;-)
Janet was sorting out some flowers to be saved or binned, this one caught my eye, so I placed it on our granite worktop, and only lit from the LED under the wall units lights, I started to waste some time !!!...........
Once the weather becomes warmer, the Western Boxelder bugs leave the warmth of our houses and start exploring the great outdoors. Even though I appreciate knowing who or what is sharing my abode, I do appreciate that they vacate the premises for awhile. ;) There's great information to be found here...https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boxelder_bug