it was difficult to watch scenes like this...continually thinking would it make it in the end!

Danke für Euren Besuch, ich habe eine kleine Pause eingelegt, ab der kommenden Woche bin ich für Euch und Flickr wieder im Einsatz. Bleibt bitte weiterhin achtsam und gesund, alles andere wird sich dann wieder langsam einfinden. Liebe Grüße, kommt gut in das Jahr 2022, Magrit

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Thanks for visiting, I'm taking a little break, I'll be back in action for you and Flickr next week. Please continue to be mindful and healthy, everything else will then slowly settle in again. Best wishes, come well into the year 2022, Magrit

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Merci de votre visite, j'ai fait une petite pause, à partir de la semaine prochaine je serai à nouveau en service pour vous et Flickr. Continuez à être attentifs et en bonne santé, tout le reste reprendra doucement le dessus. Amitiés, bon début d'année 2022, Magrit.

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Continuing on my clean up of the most recent images, still shooting and still staying safe.

Thank you for visiting and for all the very kind words, very much appreciated.

Shot at Courtenay BC. Vancouver Island. At first glance this mountain looks beautiful. but look closer and you see the scars of clear cutting that the logging companies have unfortunately been allowed to continue with.

I continue searching and searching for another soul, someone wrote a note that gave me hope, there must be a way to find that person. Now after days of searching I found this door, with another note written on it. Could this be the same person trying to warn me about someone, or something that lives here? What could be inside here that made someone go to the lengths they did to keep it there? Why does it say don't go out when it seems like the real threat is inside?

Taken at Quoted Memories.

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Stone Harbor Point, New Jersey, USA

During August and September, we observed 4 juvenile Piping Plovers in the same general area of the beach. They were usually in the tire tracks or up in the dunes on the dry sand. Nice images but I prefer my shorebirds in the surf or on the wet sand. It was late in the afternoon with about 90 minutes of light left when we came upon our 4 friends. Were where they? In the tire tracks of course. We had to make a decision. Do we wait and hope that the birds move to the water or continue on our way and hope to find something else to work with. We decided to give them 15 minutes. Boy am I glad we waited. They did indeed head to the water and were outrageously cooperative. They made up for all the hours we patiently waited over the summer. We took tons of images but this was my favorite.

Nikon D7200 with Nikon 500mm f4 G VR lens and 1.4 converter

1/2000 f5.6 ISO 800

Thanks to all who take the time to view, comment on and favor my images. It is very much appreciated.

For You are my rock and my fortress; Therefore, for Your name's sake, Lead me and guide me. - Psalm 31:3

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Continuing my series on Kawhia..........

My appreciation and thanks to all of you for your comments awards and faves.

Continuing my long lost pictures of Cuba, again taken on a Kodak compact camera.

I wanted to take a moment to thank all of you. Thank you for the views, the faves, the comments, the awards, but most importantly the inspiration.

Yes, this is a virtual world, however it gives me moments to escape the rigor of RL and let's me connect with my creative side, however big or small it may be.

I appreciate your time, effort, and your incredible artistic abilities. I have learned so much and continue to do so. Thank you for posting incredible places for me to visit and explore as I make my own way through this life.

Thank you for being here, sharing your voices to help me remember mine.

Thank you.

…continues at the Pool, Central Park, New York

Thanks for all your continued support,encouragement,favs and invites.

Part of my mood and atmosphere set.

Continuing the theme of "quirky Indiana", today's feature is this old Impala sitting on the top of a metal tower.

One may ask "why", and I don't have an answer. But this is (or was) part of a menagerie of unusual stuff that included a vintage motel sign, old railroad cars and junk trucks. All located at a train station that was converted into a seafood restaurant. The business has since closed and to my understanding most of this stuff have been removed from the property. I'm not sure if this car is still there or not!

Charlestown, Indiana

UPDATE: Unfortunately this car (and everything else) has been removed from the property as of 10/2021.

Continuing my Toy-ronto Life series...

Happy Miniature Sunday!

Some golden coloured Toronto cityscapes through the TS vision :-)

Continuing with my Positive Flags of the Nations project.

Thank you for your kind visit. Have a wonderful and beautiful day! ❤️ ❤️ ❤️

Autumn Continues, although when I finally got out yesterday, I saw that the trees weren't nearly as full as they were last week

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Cromford Mills.

OrWO Universal Negative 54 - iso 100

Voigtländer 35 CL

Ilfotec LC29 1:19 ~ 10 minutes (on one leg)

Epson 4490

Continuing on with my positive flags of the project of the nation.

Thank you for your kind visit. Have a wonderful and beautiful day! xo💜💜 💕💕💕❤️❤️❤️

A follow-up to a previous shot

This Kestrel wasn't going to give up easily

But neither was the owl

Transferring the hapless vole to it's mouth (releasing its claws for offensive/defensive duties) the aerial dogfight continued

That look of determination on the owls face telling you all you needed to know... he wasn't going to give up his well earned lunch without a fight!

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So you thought I was done with the Spiders? Ha! No chance. Temporarily I was without them as the usual locations are missing said Spiders due mostly to the change in the weather; but completely by accident I found another location against a different backdrop, these are much harder to photograph as there is no back light, just the night time black of the canal behind the metal railings where these little ones are living, so focus is a challenge even with the assistance of the Focus Illuminator.

Still, I have taken hundreds of new photos and many I will continue to post up here, this Orb Weaver was navigating between two rusted metal bars, against the street lights behind it, gave a really Urban Midnight feel, hope you enjoy!

Here's to another weekend, I hope everyone has a great one and so as always, thank you! :)

PS: Zoom in :)

Continuing along Merry Dale Clough and the Colne Valley Circular (W. Yorkshire UK)

* To continue our globetrotting we now arrive in the Lofoten Islands in Norway.

The drive through the Lofoten Islands from Solvar to Reine was full of interest. Lots of beautiful places to stop off at though time as ever was limited. I thought the little settlement of Hamnoy looked particularly attractive I could have done with more time to explore it properly. This is a view of the harbour of the village .

I must say that while Highland Scotland was stunning I still think the Lofoten Islands in Arctic Norway are the most beautiful place I have visited in Europe . Scotland does have one or two advantages though, its a lot closer and much cheaper to have a holiday in

THANKS FOR YOUR VISIT TO MY STREAM.

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Continuing cleaning up my desk-top folks, but will admit had an excellent day doing what I love to do, photography, and in my honest opinion it was a good day all around.

Will start to edit them tomorrow and will continue to clean up my desk-top.

Thanks you all so very much for visiting and for all the kind words, much appreciated.

What is continuing in Ukraine is heart-breaking, but their efforts to keep Russia out of their country are heroic.

Art by Heesco, Abbotsford.

Hoverfly on Nightshade

Bittersweet nightshade is a slender perennial vine, found in creeks and wetlands, as well as field edges, gardens, parks, and roadsides. This plant is toxic to people, pets, and livestock, apparently not to Hoverflies or Bumblebees!!

To all flickr users and followers continue to be safe!!

Tune ♥

Credits ♥

Baiastice - - Polo Shirt Dress

available in 16 colors

each color HUD: Hide/Show Panties - dress Solid & Sheer

Continuing my December theme:The colour Blue

Blue glass with freesias .... having fun with some flower shots from last month .... as it's too icy to venture out much this week ;o)

A Happy Bokeh Wednesday ;o)

The colour Blue: Here

Still Life Compositions: Here

The Glass set is here: Here

My freesia set: Here

My "Critters in Winter" series continues today with something more conventional (after an insect and an arachnid, equally improbable to find active at this time of year). American Robins nest and breed in the village; during May and June their wake-up calls begin around 3:30 to 4:00 a.m. Some years they linger quite late and get caught in the first winter storms. This surely must decrease their survival chances; migration is a hazardous time for them even when all goes well.

My own misgivings aside, robins and other migratory passerines have provided me with plenty of good photo ops in the late fall and first days of winter. In 2014 my neighbour, Adam, had a bumper crop of crabapples on his trees, and half a dozen species took full advantage. So did I. I especially liked the obvious colour co-ordination here, and the hoarfrost that coated all the branches and fruit.

Perhaps this fruit festival powered them southbound to their next stopping point, likely somewhere in Montana. I'll never know. But the robins keep returning each spring, so whatever they do seems to be working for them.

Photographed in Val Marie, Saskatchewan (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission ©2014 James R. Page - all rights reserved.

Continuing with my Positive Flags of Nations project.

Thank you for your kind visit. Have a wonderful and beautiful day! ❤️ ❤️ ❤️

Continued from yesterday. Mamma RSH with her young--a tight crop. This was right after the two parents watched me from across the river. Another few moments, she'll leap out of the tree and fly above me. I think she knew I was Camera Guy--I doubt any of the tent dwellers have a camera like mine--or at all. They do have their supply of needles, though . . .

The Nikon D7100 and the 200-500mm lens produce fine results. This is a rather tight crop, and it still came out just as well as if it weren't cropped at all, even in large view. I'll have the less cropped version of this and another in the distant future, more of Mamma here in the near future.

Thanks for Viewing.

....the deconstructed birthday bouquet.

lumen print, ADOX MCP 310 paper

all white daisies.

lumen color was adjusted using the scanning software.

Grimaud

continues...

Framed in my last picture, this shows the trail continuing, hugging the lakeshore. If you look closely you can see a man and his dog.

We had some visitors last night - mom and dad western tanager and a couple of their youngsters. I had the feeling last year that one of the many western tanagers we saw during the spring had nested nearby. This year I am convinced that is the case. I was unable to get a shot of one of the adults feeding the "teenagers" (one shown here) so that will be my goal over the next week or so.

Thanks so much to everyone who takes the time to view, like or comment on my photos!

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Continuing with BIF shots with this Brown Pelican coming in for a landing. South Padre Island, Texas.

Some Info From the Cornell Lab:

"Pelicans incubate their eggs with the skin of their feet, essentially standing on the eggs to keep them warm. In the mid-twentieth century the pesticide DDT caused pelicans to lay thinner eggs that cracked under the weight of incubating parents. After nearly disappearing from North America in the 1960s and 1970s, Brown Pelicans made a full comeback thanks to pesticide regulations.

While the Brown Pelican is draining the water from its bill after a dive, gulls often try to steal the fish right out of its pouch—sometimes while perching on the pelican's head. Pelicans themselves are not above stealing fish, as they follow fishing boats and hang around piers for handouts."

sometimes the conditions determine our way...but not change!..

Continuing on the movie Matrix line : The red pill ( Truth) , the blue pill (illusion) and now the Green pill !

Pearls of Health !Natural and Medicinal. Composed with Pomegranate pulp - seeds and an Omega-3 pill. For a healthy heart and body.

In modern life , a combination of healthy food and supplements are essential to stay healthy.

And obviously, a healthy lifestyle as the base.

Continuing the unofficial Rock island theme I seem to have stumbled into...

In its short life, this railroad has already been captured from every possible angle above ground level. That being said, there was no way I was going to pass up a chance to grab my own shots; it's simply too far from home for my typical day trips. Thus, after a Thursday afternoon on the Fordyce & Princeton in Arkansas, I worked my way east to Cleveland, MS, and drove the remaining 45 minutes early the next morning.

The Mississippi Delta Railroad's two Rock-painted geeps sun themselves on a quiet Friday morning in Sumner, Mississippi. From the railroad's website: "The Mississippi Delta Railroad, MSDR, based in Sumner, MS, operates a total of 85 miles of track in Northwest MS from a connection with the Canadian National Railway at Swan Lake, MS." Unfortunately, the railroad didn't turn a wheel - except for a hi-rail truck - but it was worth a stop to get these while still clean and fresh. Just had to wait a couple hours for the shadows to recede a bit. Note NS (ex-SOU) MoW caboose #500000 behind the power, across the street.

A fitting end to my 2020 tour, because the first clouds I had seen all week started to roll in later in the morning and this was pretty much the end of it all.

c'est la vie...

We have the bubbly in our sight! Thank you all SO much for your support for our 365 Days Blythe, starring in my stream, (not the group! haha...I just re-read that...she is only my little star) my baby, La Mer! Honestly, I am so emotional these days, that I am tearing up as I type! One year! But could I have continued without all of your sweet comments and encouragement? I don't think so! So...La Mer and I say a thousand thanks and lots of love to my wonderful flickr friends!!!!

It's a WRAP!

Will you still see LOTS of La Mer in 2009? LOL...she has become my confidante, my best friend...how could you not? We are closer than ever! Instead of being sick of her, I am all the closer to her. I adore her.

La Mer is wearing a tutu by Blythe Chic...you know we love you, Cagla!!!!

After holding for XCoal at CP-Mout Jewett, southbound SIRI re-enters the main to continue their southward journey. A trio of widecab SD60s are the power for today's manifest.

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Fs cho nhóc .....

Khóa cmt vì chùa dữ qá ...

Fav đi nhé :D

Và anh mong ta mãi bên nhau hoài anh sẽ quay lại để ôm em khi đã sai...

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To be continue :x

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It will be an expensive property when it's done

Continuing the series about current floods in Paris.

Don't miss the drowned building on the left ... usually people gather by the hundreds just in front of that building so they can share a picnic by the Seine.

Have nice day, my friends !

Continuing my National Park wildlife series with this bugling bull elk photographed on frosty morning in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada.

(Explored April 7, 2016)

Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, Oceanville, NJ, USA

DSC_31421G11 - Processed in GIMP 2.8.6