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I learned it till it thumped my head to numbness

Yearning it would let me rest

And then I learned it more, I learned it again

And then, just when I thought I had it done

I found myself mid-mistake, realizing I’d not yet begun

I have seen the lions turn to cubs

I have seen the hunters turn to prey

Our lessons will come again tomorrow

If they’re not learned today

autumn in the spring :-)

I came across this image and had an instant desire to process it today :-)

Near Otterberg, Germany

This could well be a tabular iceberg that has been stranded on a shallow and exposed to erosion for many years...

Taken 45 minutes before sunset around Snow Hill, an island southeast of the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula.

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I couldn't get any closer to this "greenish" crumbling house and you know I wanted to :)

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An old ghat along the Hooghly river. The banks of the Hooghly River in Kolkata tell the tale of an old, forgotten empire. Kolkata, once the seat of British power in India, and the capital under the British Raj until 1911, Kolkata saw stagnation after India's independence, and everywhere shows the scars of former struggle and imperial rule. It was this river that made it possible for the British to build their economic hub here and that made Kolkata into one of the largest urban areas in the world.

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Leonard Cohen: It Seemed the Better Way

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Iceland

Goldfield, Esmeralda County, Nevada

The 2020 census put the population of Esmeralda County at 792. At one time Goldfield alone had a population over 20,000.

Fairy Inkcap | Coprinellus disseminatus | Psathyrellaceae

Samsung NX1 & Helios 44M - 58mm f/2

10mm Macro Tube | f/4 | Manual Focus | Available Light | Handheld

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Lincoln County-Washington State

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The wharf was built around 1917 and was originally used to store coal for bunkering vessels. From the 1970s it was used as a transshipment facility for exporting coal from the Hunter Valley. Wharf operations ended in 1992.

Even in such situations, we can detect beauty... Wish you a wonderful weekend...

Navarre, old stores building and underground grain storage

Mueang Chiang Mai District ~ Chiang Mai Province, Thailand

Sony DSC-HX1, ISO 400, f/4.5, 33.6mm, 1/160s

old mudbrick 2 room miner's cottage, slowly returning to nature.

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There were once

dying galaxies

and crumbling moons

under my skin, but then

you touched me

and brought my universe

back to life.

- d. Antoinette Foy

Credits♥

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Thanks for the recipe Stephanie. It turned out delicious.

Here is the link to the recipe:

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decaying brickwork of an old homestead, a once proud and well to do family in the early goldrush days

for wall Wednesday, hww!

I helped to build this (Crumbles Castle) 1973/4

Made largely of granite setts and leftover cement that 'ReadyMix' donated (and the cement we mixed manually till we got a motorised mixer). The walls are 3 feet thick at ground level,

(skin of 2 rows of setts filled with cages and concrete) so are not just going to fall down! I built the shuttering for the 'Main' beam (and poured the concrete around the steel cages that reinforced the huge 'Beam' that the 'Big Tower' sits on. (see 'Crumbles' Album)

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Abandoned Farm, easily accessible and next to a parking place.

Camera: Canon Eos 7D

Lens: EF-S17-85mmF/4-5.6-IS-USM

Aperture: f/9.0

Focal Length: 75 mm

Shutter Speed: 1/80

ISO: 125

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Some urbex/rurex photography from a derelict Admiralty facility near to Arrochar, Scotland.

This building was part of the Loch Long Torpedo Range which operated on the loch from 1912 to 1986. Testing peaked during World War II with some 12,000 torpedoes being fired down the loch. The building now is completely unsafe, naturally, and that manhole opening you can see centre frame is an open 15ft drop to the loch below surrounded by jagged rough concrete pillars. You definitely have to watch your step!

This is a previously unpublished shot from March 2020 just after I had decided to begin shielding from infectious people, some four weeks before official guidance. I thought a 'torpedo range' shot would be timely given that the Russian Navy is about to conduct a military exercise in the Irish Sea directly above our massive swathe of Trans-Atlantic undersea communication cables. What could possibly go wrong?

Enjoy!

Douglas County-Washington State

I helped to build this (Crumbles Castle) 1973/4

⭐️Thank you in Advance for your kind ‘Faves’ and visits they are so very much appreciated. 👍

I cannot always ‘Thank’ everyone individually, for their visits and ‘Faves’ however, I will always try to respond and thank all those that leave a ‘Comment’. If I do not reply to your 'Comment', it is not because I am ignoring you, it's because I have not seen the 'Comment'.

Your 'Comments' do not always appear in 'Notifications' or Flickr mail, so, I am sorry for any delay in responding. Often your 'Comment' is only spotted 'On the Page' on the day, that I see it. (seen ONLY when replying to someone HAS 'Commented' on the image, and I see a notification)

Former Glory

This was taken at Crater Lake National Park, Oregon. This is a high point of the lake's rim. Crater Lake itself is several hundred feet below this point. The severe winters and the rock type itself are creating a loose and deteriorating face. (Southern Oregon Cascades Trip DSC_8030.jpg)

Macro Mondays - Decay

Image measures 2 1/4" on the long side.

This is part of the leather strap on the case of my 1930's Remington portable typewriter. A few months ago I was moving the typewriter. The strap fell apart and I almost dropped the thing on my toes. : )

Happy Macro Monday!

I love him!!! As a child I already enjoyed this smell of freshly made yeast dough. The homemade, rolled out yeast dough with the sprinkles came in the oven and gave off a delicious scent. Wonderful! And then, when the cake was ready, to nibble on this warm cake ... This forest in the early morning hours, flooded with spots of sunshine, reminded me a lot of the delicious, warm homemade crumble cake. I think we also had a piece of cake in the afternoon after the hike.

An old door and wall that has definitely seen better days