The cough mother chapel in Postmünster an der Rott, it was built in 1748. People with sore throats and coughs used to make pilgrimages to the chapel and hoped for recovery. That's where the name comes from.

Dogweed (Glechoma Hederacea)

The herb "Dogweed" with its tiny blue flowers is traditionally used for colds, flu, coughs, respiratory infections and a remedy to lower fever as the plant is rich in vitamine C.

It is also effective for cystitis and urinary infections.

The herb is then used in dried form from which one makes tea........

Wheatear bringing up a pellet 🤔 Never seen this before and happy to be corrected. Only noticed it going through shots once home. Sadly i missed the head shake and dispersal.

My dog is from REZZ ROOM : Puppy Boxer Gacha Set ( Animesh ) .

Available at Rezz Room store !

Looking out from Old Parliament House into the smoke haze from bush fires. Canberra. On a clear day you can easily see across the lake, past the Australian War Memorial building and the hills beyond.

What a treat to be able to combine wildlife and landscape photography! Alpine coughs are part of the crow family. They pair for life, may nest at higher altitudes than any other bird and they quite like my cereal bars!

Today’s theme for the Macro Monday’s group is MEDICAL. This is a photo of the top of a small bottle of cough mixture.

Thanks for visiting.

HMM.....

Thanks for all the faves and kind comments!

The clock strikes 12 and it's the beginning of another year. The same hopeful cycle on restart. New years resolutions? Bitch, please. Promises of doing things you loved more? Who are we kidding, darling? Learning new passions, exercising more, going out more...? Haha, stop making me laugh!

I see you entering this new year as broken as ever. Devoured by a flu that clogged your nose, barely allowing you to breathe. A cough that pains your throat every time you want to feel some relief. Your family so far away from you that you regret those days deeply when you locked yourself in your room on such occasions instead of spending it with them, just sitting in the same room and stealing warm hugs.

You sit in this empty room, looking out at the city lights below the dark sky, trying to ignore that you are also bringing with you a broken heart. A heart that's beyond exhausted of always pouring itself with hope. You thought this year was going to be different? Didn't you learn from last year, honey?

Friendship is the only blessing you were graced with. You did make new friendships, strengthened old ones, lost some and had some wonderful unforgettable memories...and lessons.

As if to make this moment even more dramatic and movie/novel like, it started raining heavily. Can you wipe of that smile? You look like an idiot...

P.S. Happy New Year.

Another fun (coughs) time with Gwyn.

As per the usual, "Matthew... are you free?", "Sure, what do you need....?" Well this is what I got myself into...ill prepared, not properly dressed and more importantly put on some rickety old sled, with a Blonde driver!!!!

The end result... Traction but nonetheless a wonderful time with a dear old friend.

Shout out to the horrible driver Gwyn lucky for you, I'm still alive! Next time I am driving... definitely driving!

Taken at the Blueiceglacier in Berchtesgaden

European Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)

Macro Mondays: "Heart"

COVID finally caught me last week. I got great care and have gotten past most of the cold/flu symptoms. This simple over-the-counter cough drop was a staple in the first few days of the infection. A little heart shaped bokeh for effect.

The image is about 5 cm (2 inches) on the long edge.

Coughing up a pellet.

Thanks to all who comment or mark as a favorite it really is much appreciated.

Or as we would say in Norfolk, suck one when you have a bad tizzick.

Macro Mondays theme 'Candy'.

Government has declared an end to most of the anti-Covid-19 guidelines during the next couple of weeks. Apparently there's less coughing...

Tussilago down through the millennia has served as an antidote to coughing as indeed its name suggests. But it does apparently wreak havoc on the liver. So it must be used with caution.

I've posted an earlier picture of our Sunny plant from Groningen (www.flickr.com/photos/87453322@N00/8650629309/in/photolis...). This one though was taken yesterday in Shaffy's Tuin here in Amsterdam.

*cough*cough* roxifiranelli.com/2017/01/19/the-good-girl/

Golden crowned kinglet

At The Fifty ~

Fancy Decor: Sauce Pan - Coral (Gold)

Fancy Decor: Dutch Oven - Coral (Gold)

Fancy Decor: Skillet - Coral (Gold)

At Kustom9 ~

Pitaya - Folk kitchenware - Saucepans (pink)

Pitaya - Folk kitchenware - Plates (pink)

Pitaya - Folk kitchenware - Utensils (pink)

Pitaya - Folk kitchenware - Cheese (pink)

Pitaya - Folk kitchenware - eggs (pink)

Pitaya - Folk kitchenware - Spices (pink)

[North Oak] + slimshaker stove

[North Oak] + Ezra Fridge

Other items used ~

7 - Ice Cream Neon

KraftWork Kitchen Rails . Paper & More Rack

KraftWork Kitchen Rails . Books Rack

KraftWork Kitchen Rails . Cutting Board

..::THOR::.. Diner Hanging lamp - Mint - BONUS

..::THOR::.. Spring Fling Water Kettle Mint

[North Oak] + Modern Kitchen Set (left counter / 4 drawers, double counter / doors, Island)

Soy. Reed Screen [Sudare] Light -Down

Soy. UTD - Wall decoration tile sheet [blue]

brocante. mid-century accent chair / cream

floorplan. judgy portrait / impress

floorplan. judgy portrait / bullshit

Apple Fall Cushion - Cockatiel

Apple Fall Reclaimed Plank Shelf

{vespertine} - wisteria branch vase arrangement.

-tb- Spring Living - Radio (Green)

BROKEN ARROWS - Rose Frame - Flowers II

BROKEN ARROWS - Rose Frame - Spring I

BROKEN ARROWS - Rose Frame - Flowers III

BROKEN ARROWS - Rose Frame - Flowers I

dust bunny . tiered hanging baskets . brown

dust bunny . desert dreams cacti . style e . shade 1

dust bunny . desert dreams cacti . style a . shade 1

dust bunny . hanging plants . spider planter

dust bunny . kitchen clutter . cutting boards

dust bunny . kitchen clutter . potted herbs . parsley

dust bunny . kitchen clutter . potted herbs . rosemary

dust bunny . kitchen clutter . potted herbs . basil

dust bunny . kitchen clutter . canisters . pink

dust bunny . spring cleaning . trash can . silver

dust bunny . smoothie time . yellow smoothie . decor

dust bunny . smoothie time . green smoothie . decor

dust bunny . smoothie time . blender

dust bunny . smoothie time . prep area

dust bunny . gumball machine . flowers . blue

dust bunny . leafy rugs . tropical . pink

dust bunny . leafy rugs . fringe leaf . green

dust bunny . sweetheart lunch . potato chips

dust bunny . unicorn cookie jar

dust bunny . paradise plants . pineapple plant . pink

*Cough cough*

Now continuing from my previous photos caption.

"I imagine the rays of lights are the angels of the interwebs coming to collect Flickrs long lost...dead soul. "

The angles of light have also come for my many long lost...long dead followers. Are you still here? Seriously.

(Cough, cough, cough!)

Wet floor signs ...not sure what they mopped the floor with

BG - VARONIS - "Mad Stalls" @ Equal 10

Coughing up a pellet while feeding on a rat

"I coughed a lot last night and kept both my mom and me up lots of the night. So I got zoomed off to see Dr. Bahou at 9 a.m. He touched my throat without permission and so I hacked a big cough at him. He said, 'Yes, Bordetella - AKA Kennel Cough'.

Really? I don't go to kennels or even to the dog park because I eat tennis balls. So now I have to take a pill twice a day which is hidden in something yummy. I can easily work it around and spit it out but then it gets put on the back of my tongue and I have to swallow. Ugh!

The worst part is no playing with Gracie for 10 days!! That's right, 10 days! I'm upset and will not look at that camera, just going to sit here with my favorite toy and look unhappy."

...cough!...

My attempt at the "Macro Mondays" theme "Candy".

Shot with a (Tomioka) "Tominon MC 48 mm F 4" (enlarging) lens on a Canon EOS R5.

None of my work is Ai assisted and is copyright Rg Sanders aka Ronald George Sanders.

from the garden hide

Snowy Owl

Please cough into your elbow!

Taking a morning walk just before sunrise, and this deer pops his head up. I must have woke the deer up as I coughed.

My Grandfather had a bad cough, but he smoked cigars. The teacher shakes his head as this was not the answer he was looking for.

It looks like we will have two weeks for some Quaffing.... Ontario is going to be in lockdown.

Happy Teddy Bear Tuesday

European Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)

Coughing up a pellet.

Coughing up a pellet

I was watching this female Kingfisher as it sat quite quietly . I decided to put on the 2x converter to see how it stood up quality wise on the 600. Just as I switched the camera back on and refocused on her, she started acting very strange....... well I thought, it is a female lol. Then all of a sudden she regurgitated this huge fish pellet. I knew they did such things, but had never seen it before !!

Pauling Farm, Valley Forge

cough syrup

Macro Mondays: "EDC"

It took me a while to figure out what to shoot for this challenge. I only carry keys, wallet, and phone. But I do carry cough drops in my jackets, so this will have to do. Black acrylic sheet and lit with window light.

The image is about 5.75 cm (2.25 inches) on the long edge.

Male Kestrel coughing-up a pellet

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Been away a bit.

Baffled how it happened but the Monday after Christmas began coughing. Started as a tickle. Then turned croup like. Was able to get to urgent care that Thursday and a rapid test was positive for covid.

Because of my recent cancers I qualified for the myoclonal antibody treatment. Felt remarkably better for a bit.

But this sure has been a roller coaster.

I feel so bad for the unvaccinated. If I've been this awful after three Pfizers, I can't imagine surviving without having been vaxxed.

I had been given Prednisone for the croup/bronchial inflammation which I didn't start taking until I lost the sense of smell. Surprisingly the sense came back after two days.

A week after I showed symptoms, Kim showed, but hers were very different. She had severe nausea and headache. She hasn't had the respiratory involvement, but her test this past week was also positive. She's on the recovery roller coaster too.

Sometimes we feel some better, then it all hits again.

Been using our large gym ball to lie over. Way back at the beginning of the pandemic a bunch of us who had been Physical Therapists had talked about the importance of lying prone and the importance of postural drainage, which we used to do for patients in the hospital before Respiratory Therapy took it over.

Lying on one's chest on the ball supports the diaphragm and makes coughing more comfortable. Pushing forward to get the head low and butt high will help get secretions moving and excreted. Plus rolling on the ball is very good for the back.

I suppose my involvement here at Flickr will be a bit spotty for awhile yet. Hope everyone stays well.

This has been baffling. We've been masked whenever we've left the house. Kim goes to work but since she showed symptoms after me, I'm the likely one to have given it to her. In the week before showing symptoms I'd been once to the grocery store. And I've always double masked. I've always brought along my alcohol spray bottle to spray down the shopping carts.

One thing we haven't kept up is the wiping down of the grocery items before bringing them into the house. And we haven't been wiping down the Amazon packages that get delivered. But that method of transference has always been very low on the list. Being unmasked in a closed space has always been the chief method of transmission.

Go figure.