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Closer gacha parte deux - sexy lace dresses, red is rare (they suit pussyfoot lace heels) 39L a pull at ToDA
Some baby turkeys (turkey ducklings? turkey goslings? what is the word for turkey babies?) that my friends are raising.
CLOSE ENCOUNTER
(you can sing this)
So friendly and forthright--
Speaks her mind with no fear.
Refreshingly honest--
Glad I did lend an ear.
Her youth was deprived,
Yet she struggled through life.
Thoughts ran through my mind--
Might this be a perfect wife?
I would love and adore her,
Keep her safe from all harm.
Yet something deep inside me
Did sound an alarm.
While I longed to hold her tightly,
Like I'd found a new-born pup--
I soon realized the problem:
She just wouldn't shut-up.
She wouldn't shut-up
She just wouldn't shut-up
If talking were like hockey,
She would win the Stanley Cup.
Her life story-- maybe interesting,
But more fit for a memoir,
Than someone trying to get lucky,
Getting drunk in a local bar.
On and on she would ramble,
Pretzel crumbs filled the air.
I searched for an excuse
To get out of my chair.
Finally, I managed an interruption--
So she' d focus on me,
As I made well-known motions
Of my need to go pee.
In the men's room, I huddled--
I'd absorbed way too much info.
The one recourse I had,
Was to climb out the window.
I ran down the street--
Afraid she'd discover me walking
While my ears took several days
To lose the sound of her talking.
Now a night seldom passes,
That I don't want her back,
Until my subconscious disgustedly taunts me:
"Yackity--yackity--yackity--yack!"
"Yackity--yackity--yackity--yack!"
"Yackity--yackity--yackity--yack!"
"Yackity--yackity--yackity--yack!"
No way could I handle that all night in the sack.
"Yackity--yackity--yackity--yack!"
"Yackity--yackity--yackity--yack!"
"Yackity--yackity--yackity--yack!"
If they made better ear plugs...
I still wouldn't want her back.
B. Kite -- 10/10/2023
Der Gipfel des Grossvenediger hüllt sich in Nebel oder Wolken - und das knapp bevor wir die Venedigerscharte erreichen. Schade.
The summit of Grossvenediger was wrapped in mist and clouds - and that shortly before the saddle between Grossvenediger and Kleinvenediger. Pity !
Photo by Cody Williams.
Structure Closing Party
Monday June 25, 2012 6:00pm - 9:00pm @ Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams (1526 14th St NW Washington, DC 20005)
A celebration to conclude the Benevolent Media Festival.
Join us for “Structure,” a party set against a backdrop of stunning images taken by photojournalists dedicated to using their craft for social change. Whether shot in the field or displayed in your home, these compelling visual stories inspire viewers to celebrate human dignity and support sustainable development in communities worldwide.
Prints will be available for purchase at the event. Sizes range from 8” x 10” to 30” x 40” and print prices range from $50 - $1,000. 25% of proceeds from prints sales benefit participating photojournalists and 50% benefit Architecture for Humanity and Architecture for Humanity - Washington DC chapter, a non-profit design services firm committed to building a more sustainable future through the power of professional design.
Architecture for Humanity's DC Chapter will also be featuring a small-scale 3D model of [IIII] Box, a fresh initiative that promotes community development by repurposing recycled cargo containers to activate vacant lots and bring positive change to neighborhoods throughout Washington, DC. The [IIII] Box aims to be self-sustainable, green and flexible enough to adapt to different communities and their respective needs. Learn more: www.boxcollective.org/.
Raffle items by Photoshelter and Zipcar!
Doors open at 6pm
$10 online
$15 at the door
Includes complimentary drinks and appetizers
All proceeds to benefit Architecture for Humanity
Enter our raffle: PhotoShelter, the leader in portfolio websites for photographers, gives away a FREE Standard Account, a $329 value with 60 GB of space to archive and market thousands of your high quality photographs.
Hosted by: Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams
Curated by: Nuru Project
To benefit: Architecture for Humanity
Petrie the cockatiel real close up. Normally you wouldn't want to be this close to Petrie 'cos he'd rip your eyes out but he's sooooo pretty.
raking through my hard drive i found this, that i took in cruden bay on my first DSLR (eos 300d) tis good to go back and see your old photos,
Thats Tara having some fun on the beach............
I really like this one, even though the composition is slightly off, but i love the tones in it.
Nah! She was just picking her nose! This made me chuckle.....even other great ape species can have bad habits!
This photo is through a glass window at the Sumatran Orangutan Sanctuary, looking up high at this beautiful adult female Orangutan, sitting up very high.
Shortly after this photo, she performed amazing acrobatic moves to reach and gather some food, placed even higher.
Once widespread throughout the forests of Asia, orang-utans are now confined to just two islands, Sumatra and Borneo. There are two genetically distinct species: the Sumatran orangutan (Pongo abelii) and the Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus). The two species show slightly different physical characteristics. Sumatran orangutans have lighter hair and a longer beard than their Bornean relatives, and Sumatran males have narrower cheekpads. Both species are highly endangered due to habitat loss and poaching.
The orangutan is one of our closest relatives in the animal kingdom, sharing 96.4% of our DNA. Indigenous peoples of Indonesia and Malaysia call this ape "Orang Hutan" which literally translates as "Person of the Forest".
Orangutans are unique in many respects. They are the only Great Ape in Southeast Asia, and indeed the only Great Ape found outside Africa. They are the only "red" ape, and the only strictly arboreal ape, meaning that they spend their lives in the forest canopy, even building nests in the trees in which to sleep. The other Great Apes (chimpanzees, bonobos and gorillas) do climb and build nests in the trees, but tend to spend their lives on the ground.
Orangutans primarily eat fruit, and spend up to 60% of their time foraging and eating in order to get enough energy.
Orangutans are highly intelligent and gentle animals. They use tools in the wild and have excellent memories to make mental maps of their forest home in order to find fruiting trees throughout the seasons.
Females can grow to 1.3 metres in height and weigh about 45kg. The males are larger, growing to 1.8 metres tall and weighing up to 120kg.
Physical description
Sumatran orang-utans have a long red/ginger coat. They have long facial hair, unlike their Bornean counterparts. Orang-utans are the largest arboreal (tree-living) mammals. Males may not develop cheek pouches and throat sacks until they are 20 years old and even then it may not happen at all.
Orangutans breed more slowly than any other primate, with the female producing a baby on average only once every 7-8 years. Infants are dependent on their mothers for at least five years, learning about survival in the forest. Orangutans live for around 45 years in the wild, and a female will usually have no more than 3 offspring in her lifetime. This means that orangutan populations grow very slowly, and take a long time to recover from habitat disturbance and hunting.Melbourne Zoo has set up a forest of poles for the orangutans and gibbons to use, simulating a real wooded forest. This sort of forest has been pioneered for use in Sumatra in special reserves set up as rehabilitation centres for injured, sick or orphaned orang-utans to build up survival skills before being released back into the wild.
Sumatran orang-utans are more sociable than their Bornean relatives, due in part to the mast fruiting of the fig trees, where large groups come together to feed. Orang-utans are long-lived and females tend to only give birth after they reach 15 years of age.
Because of increased availability, the diet of Sumatran orang-utans has a higher percentage of pulpy fruit and figs compared to that of Bornean orang-utans.
Royal Melbourne Zoo, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
The final day of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics. We take Gold in Men's Hockey and then the Closing Ceremonies.
This project's inspired by NIN's song Closer (<-- click! to listen)
...my whole existence is flawed
you get me closer to god...
Dedicated to all NIN lovers (:
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FIND Dialogue 2018: Binhi
Hosted by District II - University of Connecticut
13 October 2018
Storrs, Connecticut
lesson learned: never take a close up without proper make up, no matter how perfect the skin is.. digi-cams reveal everything!
strobists:
one diy ring light in front of the model, one optical slave behind at minimum power.
Students protest the proposed closing of 54 Chicago public schools. Here, one student holds a sign that reads 'Don't Stop the Music' as the Kelly High School marching band plays near by. (WBEZ/Robin Amer)
Currently up for scoring at Threadless.
Also available as art print and other items at Society6.