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Sgarrach Sidhe - Scots Gaelic for Snow Faerie
[pronouncd: Skara Shee]
During a very brief lull in today’s snow storms, Salyx decided to have a knee-deep traipse through the white stuff.
Here, she is looking up at the roof of the house, where more snow is accumulating. I thought she looked a bit fed up and is, perhaps, swearing in Gaelic ... or in Cat. 😉
#snowedinagain
South Carrick Hills
SW Scotland
A brief description:
Anhedonia is the inability or reduced ability to feel pleasure. When a person suffers from anhedonia, they lose interest in the activities, hobbies, or experiences they used to love. Anhedonia makes relationships a struggle and a chore, no matter how close the people were before it manifested. It comes in two distinct flavors:
* Social anhedonia - when someone does not want to engage with other people and becomes withdrawn.
* Physical anhedonia - when someone does not derive physical joy from physical actions. For example, a hug can leave them feeling cold or empty.
Anhedonia — Denis Stelmakh
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« Une génération qui ignore l’histoire n’a ni passé, ni avenir » (Robert Heinlein)
UN BREF RÉCIT DE VIE
J’ai marché vers
De vieilles cabanes de pêcheurs
Oubliées par le temps
Abandonnées les unes contre les autres
Sur un banc de sable fragile
Face aux vents de tous les horizons
Rêves d’autrefois
Aujourd’hui délaissés
Sans lumière
Sans vibration
Simple curiosité
Offerte à la vue des voyageurs de tous les horizons
J’ai peint un ciel orangé
Pour redonner -
Le temps d’une poésie imagée -
Une brillance chaleureuse
À ces histoires de vie mariées à la mer pour toujours.
Les goélands les raconteront
Par delà tous les horizons.
«Tous les horizons rêvent » (Josephine Bacon, poétesse Innue)
Patrice photographiste
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"A generation which ignores history has no past and no future. » (Robert Heinlein)
A BRIEF LIFE STORY
I walked towards
Old fishermen's huts
Forgotten by time
Abandoned against each other
On a fragile sandbank
Facing the winds of all horizons
Dreams of the past
Now neglected
Without light
Without vibration
Simple curiosity
Available for travellers from all horizons
I painted an orange sky
To restore -
The time of a pictorial poetry -
A warm shine
To those stories of life married to the sea forever.
The gulls will tell them
Beyond all horizons.
“All horizons dream” (Josephine Bacon, Innu poet)
Patrice photographiste
A brief detour to take pictures by the lake is better than any medicine for me. And it was foggy, even at midday, which was unusual. I get excited by how the light bounces around this sort of weather and get a sort of breathless urgency to get out and capture it before the wind blows it away. It so happens it was Tuesday.
Jordan Lake, North Carolina, USA
A brief description of this photo:
A while ago, someone who shall remain nameless, had put out a photo with a catchy description, inviting participation. That said, I took part in said event only to suffer multiple injuries, the only one of which that I made known was the damage done to my hand by their apparatus. With that said, I was kindly rebuked in my mentioning of my injured hand. Then...in another encounter with said individual, I was told to send them my medical bill...well, since they offered. I took them up on it and on my way to mailing my bill to them, since it was tax season and they could afford my medical BILLS...ahem. I went to my mailbox to submit my envelope and tripped over another ill kept SL sidewalk, thus causing me to lose my balance and my crutch and in doing so, my envelope was taken away by a strong wind... a suspicious wind, mind you but nonetheless..my envelope was lost as well as my medical BILLS, that they were going to pay. The only proof of this, is one of the many CCTV that SL has in our cities.
If the person who is responsible for my broken hand sees this, my bill is forthcoming either by SL Postal Carrier or a strong Windlight wind!!!!
Now I'm off to pop some Oxy, as all this typing aggravated my hands, both good and broken!!!!
PS If anything is misspelled or is seen as an incomplete thought... I was in extreme pain typing this and reliving the whole experience.
Collab with my dear friend leanresident who took me back in time :-)
The title for the photo is also the title of a movie from 1945.
What a touching story! <3
Details: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brief_Encounter
Location: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Bora%20Lota/204/46/42
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Bear Creek Golf Club - Forest City
Our local golf course is gifted with these beautiful trees. The blossoms will be very brief as we are finally getting some much needed rain today!
So tiny and delicate, but a tree full is quite the sight!
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Wandering Percher (Diplacodes bipunctata)
I took some time out to visit the Vic Uni Pond today to see if there were any signs of the Grebe Chicks hatching. While there I spotted a good number of Dragonflies flying around. This Percher obliged by pausing for a brief rest so I could get a shot.
……They lasted only for a brief moment but it was a sight to behold for sure. What you can't hear are the gentle tumbling of pebbles as the tide ebbs and flows - quite magical. Alan:-)…….
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A brief encounter with 37403 "Isle of Mull" in platform 2 at Carnforth.......... having rode behind her down from Preston, back in August. 2016.
The film "Brief Encounter" 1945, was based on a one act play of 1936 by Noel Coward, titled "Still Life".........
The Jin Mao (金茂大厦) in Pudong at 93 floors is one of the tallest building in the world, but not the tallest building in Shanghai (上海). Opened in 1988, the architecture takes in account the Chinese tradition of pagoda, of course in different scale. Designed paradoxically by Chicago company (SOM). Main occupant is Hyatt Hotel from 54 to 88 floors. In elevator, on the way to the top we met Anthony - a Chinese American originally from Seattle. After a brief conversation, he mentioned that he was the General Manager of the hotel. He suggested going the 85 floor for the best view of the atrium. The view from the hotel may be spectacular, but we could not experience it, as the whole city was shrouded in heavy fog.
813. China 05, Shanghai. 2019-Apr 29, P1130733. Uploaded 2021-Oct-01 Lmx -ZS100.
Briefly at rest in a riverside meadow in the Parque Natural Canon del Rio Lobos in Northern Spain (3124)
The sun finally came out late this afternoon (just) after 5 grey and miserable days. This is a 10 sec exposure - will try to make it the last of my sun photos for a while!
A healthy looking coyote makes a brief appearance allowing a couple of quick distant shots before darting off into the brush.
Nikkor 80-400, f/7.1, 400mm, 1/640, iso180
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As many SL photographers I roam the sims looking for something to shoot. I came upon the water’s edge seeing a woman sitting all alone… for some unknown reason I put my camera down and sat beside her.
Here are her thoughts as I did that …
There is a woman, sad, broken wandering aimlessly from place to place. Thinking of nothing… just numb and in pain, wanting only to speak to no one but be alone.
She comes upon this peaceful beach one of many she has visited just to sit and stare at sky and waves dashing against the sand.
A man quietly speaks to her, not in the rude way of most but quietly softly perhaps even a gentle tone.
She finds she can bear to exchange words with him and soon the sun started it's decent
The sky ablaze with color as it starts to darken for the night
He offers his hand she takes it somehow knowing it will be ok. Her hand planted in his firm and warm as the night starts she thinks with a small smile hmm nice…
Chatting quietly as if they had been close friends for awhile, they were so at ease… a soft kind of happiness that just lays over you gently.
Night approached…and soon they parted wondering if there will be another time such as that.
The night started and the moon smiled brightly just for a brief moment… ~CarryAnne
An endless field of sunflowers on a farm in Kansas. It's rather sad that these beauties only last a few weeks at best, but what a glorius few weeks it is.
Mike D.
A brief walk in the outdoors, not much to see except the odd wave to a passersby which felt good, people I'd never met or known nowadays you get a wave back. Making interesting photos out of nothing is the mission. Stay safe everyone ;-))))))))))))))))))))))))))
It didn't hang about long enough for me to work out whether flare or rogue grass stems were causing the fuzzyness.
I like the early morning glow though..
I took this photo almost 3 years ago in the beautiful " alpine " village of Betws-y-Coed in North Wales. I was only learning photography at that stage so forgive me the mistakes in the pic.I love the power of the water and the partly hidden cottage in the trees though. There`s a small hotel just across the road from here, where Ive often stayed overnight on my tooings and frowings between Ireland and England. The landlord knows me quite well now and he always tries to give me a room where I can here the "music of the river" as he calls it, from my bedroom window through the night Its very beautiful and I just drift off almost instantly. Ive had a few weekends there too as its right on the edge of Snowdonia National park which is a haven for naturalists and hillwakers and outdoor people like me.. I will be there in the spring next year without fail so Ill meet you there in the Rainbow Cafe or in the old station Railway Carriage Cafe. Now wouldnt that be something!!! Trevor Howard and Greer Garson { "Brief Encounter" } eat yer heart out!!! lol!
Ill be leaving here tomorrow after 11 years so Im a bit emotional at the moment but I suppose Im lucky to feel that way. Do keep your fingers crossed for me!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betws-y-Coed
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"The Four Roads "
" One country road, leads me to the school house by the river,
And one country road, to the graveyard where my Mam and Daddy lie,
One country road where I strayed with a loved one in the shadows,
And one dusty road that leads me on my journey far away "
Hugs, P@t.
From Ham Hill, South Somerset. Same view, different day, different clouds, and a hint of sunlight over the landscape. Also known as British Summer.
Little Wattlebird (Anthochaera chrysoptera)
Pondering which flower on the Gum tree might have the sweetest nectar.
These amazing aeronauts have been around for million of years.
i am no entomologist, but I think these are Common hawkers.
Fossils of very large dragonflies have been found which are over 325 million years old.
Dragonflies are predators, both in the many years they spend as aquatic nymphs, and for the few days or weeks they spend on the wing as adults. The encounter with the air is a brief one, long enough for reproduction, forming that familiar heart-shaped posture, as can be seen in the photo.
It's amazing to watch as a dragonfly darts around the reeds, they really aerial experts, dashing speeds and changing direction in the blink of an eye, and even flying backwards.
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After waiting over an hour for mainline moves, Engineer Robert King and his CN L501 heads back south to work industries off the Waukesha Sub towards Schiller Park. At left is Metra's Fox Lake Subdivision, center the CN Waukesha Sub Main and a rarely-used Metra-CN Connection at right. Near 50MPH wind gusts and Minus 28 Degree windchills made the time spent outside of the car brief.
I was looking for a pic last night and stumbled across this fellow. I was sitting on my passenger door using Gertrude as a tripod when this fellow appeared maybe three feet from me, he posed for a snap and was gone. Brings a smile to my face every time I see it, hope it does the same for you. :-)
This collared kingfisher (todiramphus chloris) would sometimes make a brief, early morning appearance on a tree at the edge of the sea. The bird would invariably fly back into thick mangroves after a short time. Photographed at Rimlay Bay, Hat Yao Noi, Phang Nga, Thailand.
As I walked up the Elgol Road back to the car I spotted this ewe nicely silhouetted against the evening sky. Sheep can be very skittish, so I approached cautiously and managed to get off a couple of shots before she bolted.
Taking that breath, composing oneself, before breaking down another wall and building another bridge
Model: Krystal Smith
After covering the same stretch of path for quite a while, managed to picture this Green Fritillary on the South Downs near Truleigh Hill West Sussex - June 2022.
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