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Into the distance a ribbon of black
Stretched to the point of no turning back
A flight of fancy on a windswept field
Standing alone my senses reeled
A fatal attraction holding me fast how
Can I escape this irresistible grasp?
Can't keep my eyes from the circling skies
Tongue tied and twisted Just an earth bound misfit I
Ice is forming on the tips of my wings
Unheeded warnings I thought I thought of everything
No navigator to guide my way home
Unladened, empty and turned to stone
A soul in tension that's learning to fly
Condition grounded but determined to try
Can't keep my eyes from the circling skies
Tongue-tied and twisted just an earth-bound misfit, I
It takes a strong woman to stay by herself, in a world where people will settle for anything just to say they have something. - Queen's Gambit.
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Red-tailed Hawks bear a determined, if not scowling visage. They are a handsome and successful species, and I wish we had one around our place to help out with the mousing.
I think the partially obscuring branch adds to this image. I hope to show that this is not just a photo of a species, but of a unique being in the world.
Photo from Davis County, Utah.
Be determined, not stubborn.
Determination is positive, feels light and will take you far. It´s a willingness to change as needed, keeping an open mind.
Stubbornness is a heavy feeling, a refusal to budge. A negative, closed mind and will hold you back.
[I´m working on that, I was the most stubborn person you can imagine...;)]
Taken at mystical Natthimmel which is closing today for redecoration.
Very large, primarily ground-based cuckoo. Adults are streaked rusty brown in nonbreeding plumage. In breeding plumage the head and front are black. They can fly, but are more typically seen running/flapping across roads, or clumsily crashing into dense vegetation. Unlike many cuckoos this species builds its own nest and does not lay eggs in nests of other species. Voice is a familiar repeated ‘whoop,’ and a screeching cat-like hiss. (eBird)
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We heard coucals many times during our trip, but this was one of the very few times we actually saw one. It was in the midst of its morning ablutions and sun bath (hence the ruffled feathers on its back), when we came around the bend in the river. It stopped briefly to peer at us, determined we were not a threat (it was far away and very high), and went back to its bath.
Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory, Australia. October 2022.
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Thanks a lot to my friend Dheeraj for his patience and co-operation.
LIFE IS A DRAMA TAKE PART IN IT WITH YOUR HEART AND SOUL
Determined Racoon eating the bird seed that he previously knocked out of the feeder while it is raining, must be hungry, shot in North Carolina.
I was determined to wring something painterly from my Helios 44-2 58 amd mounted it on my Nikon D850 using a Nikon PK 11A teleconverter with the thin type m42 adapter. I used a wide open aperture for this shot but did stop down as far as f/5.6 for some shots. I honestly thought I had some wonderful painterly bokeh when checking the LCD.. sadly I didn't notice that the tiny flowerhead of the Stitchwort in all my shots had a sort of glow around them..I have noticed the same thing from other lenses but hadn't used the Helios in years and never on the Nikon. The only way to stop this looking a bit err, a lot spectral imho, was to use the paintbrush in photoshop and carefully paint away the offending glow from just around the white petals and burn the detail back into the petals. The annoying thing was the histogram looked perfect with no blown highlights. The spectral glow simply a feature of that lens...
I started to catch up with everyone yesterday btw but as I cook dinner as my family come on a Wednesday as well as fetching Leo from school and collecting his guitar from his home on the way etc etc, I am still behind as time was short so my apologies....Sue :)
I was determined to get some sunrays, but had to work for them. I must have looked very odd, ducking and weaving through the trees looking for that right spot. The sun was not playing and rays were in short supply but managed to bag a few. This wonderful arch of branches reaped quite a few images that you will see during the week, but they framed the sunlight perfectly for this image.
Taken at Brush Hill Nature Reserve, Buckinghamshire
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One day you finally knew
what you had to do, and began,
though the voices around you
kept shouting
their bad advice --
though the whole house
began to tremble
and you felt the old tug
at your ankles.
"Mend my life!"
each voice cried.
But you didn't stop.
You knew what you had to do,
though the wind pried
with its stiff fingers
at the very foundations,
though their melancholy
was terrible.
It was already late
enough, and a wild night,
and the road full of fallen
branches and stones.
But little by little,
as you left their voices behind,
the stars began to burn
through the sheets of clouds,
and there was a new voice
which you slowly
recognized as your own,
that kept you company
as you strode deeper and deeper
into the world,
determined to do
the only thing you could do --
determined to save
the only life you could save.
by: Mary Oliver
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Have a GREAT day my friends!!!
a determined poppy grew from a crevice in the rock face at Coyote Hills Park in Fremont, CA. Happy Sliders Sunday!
Lucia is a Latin name meaning "light". Women named Lucia are determined in character, who know what they want and who struggle to make their dreams come true. It's my daughter's name.
For more than a century, beginning in 1855, the North Point Lighthouse stood tall, overlooking the water and beaming out its light to protect and guide ships and watercraft. Keepers and their families lived and worked at the North Point Light Station, ensuring that the bright light was broadcast through fair weather and foul. It symbolizes a time in our history when waterways were the highways between cities. Lighthouses facilitated water travel and commerce on Lake Michigan, throughout the Great Lakes and beyond.
It has recently been restored to its early 20th century charm through the determined efforts of a group of committed volunteers.
NRHP ~ Keepers Quarters and Lighthouse 1984 Historic.
The little man is determined to hit a home run...
It's that amazing time of year again when one of my favorite events returns to our universe. Yes, I'm talking about 6º REPUBLIC!
Filled with incredible decor and inspiring delights, take a journey to other parts and discover something exciting and new!
Skippy was inspired to create his universe with the help of taikou's new Batting Center Collection, which is, of course, available at 6º REPUBLIC!
Skippy included the following:
taikou's batting center building complex, baseball bat, baseballs, pitching machines, batting center neon light, batting cage nets, catcher wall, payment machine, baseball bat rack, baseball bench, money changer machine, instruction poster, beverage fridge, and baseball posters!
Let's play ball!
- makeup: Rubedo (ava)
- hair: Vanity Hair (35)
- eyes: Repulse (toxic)
- body tattoo: Lilithe (lukthu)
- top: Wicca's Originals (lethia)
- skin: YS&YS (marta)
- head: LeLutka (avalon)
- body: Maitreya (lara)
For some reason, people have been telling me what they think of me recently. I've had scary (x2), determined, disciplined, amiable, enthusiastic and anally retentive. Don't I sound like a barrel of laughs 😂 Here I employed determination to get out of bed at 1:30am 😁
Don't think I've posted this one before, the wider view from my amazing morning on Latrigg.
The Australian magpie (Gymnorhina tibicen) is a medium-sized black and white passerine bird native to Australia and southern New Guinea. Although once considered to be three separate species, it is now considered to be one, with nine recognised subspecies. A member of the Artamidae, the Australian magpie is placed in its own genus and is most closely related to the black butcherbird (Melloria quoyi). Currawongs have yellow eyes, whereas Magpies have red-brown eyes and Butcherbirds have very dark brown, almost black eyes. It is not, however, closely related to the European magpie, which is a corvid. The adult Australian magpie is a fairly robust bird ranging from 37 to 43 cm in length, with distinctive black and white plumage, gold brown eyes and a solid wedge-shaped bluish-white and black bill. The male and female are similar in appearance, and can be distinguished by differences in back markings. The male has pure white feathers on the back of the head and the female has white blending to grey feathers on the back of the head. With its long legs, the Australian magpie walks rather than waddles or hops and spends much time on the ground. Described as one of Australia's most accomplished songbirds, the Australian magpie has an array of complex vocalisations. It is omnivorous, with the bulk of its varied diet made up of invertebrates. It is generally sedentary and territorial throughout its range. Common and widespread, it has adapted well to human habitation and is a familiar bird of parks, gardens and farmland in Australia and New Guinea. This species is commonly fed by households around the country, but in spring (and occasionally in autumn) a small minority of breeding magpies (almost always males) become aggressive and swoop and attack those who approach their nests. 59940
Yesterday was National Bird Day and spent some time south of town watching 8 eagles over a hour enjoying some road kill and having some good spats. This mature landed and heading for the food. Determined look on the face!!!
Happy Winged Wednesday.
The little man is determined to keep the streets clear for Santa...
Skippy envisioned his universe with the help of the following incredible creations:
Bad Unicorn's Mister Plow Lounger, which is available at The Men's Dept. (TMD)!
Bad Unicorn's Tower Blocks, which are part of the Endz Backdrop Collection, available at the Arcade!
Toro's Bangkok Chinatown Apartments, which are available at TMD!
NOMAD's Snow Rocks and Snow Walls, which are part of the Snow Landscaping Pack, available at Collabor88!
And the little snow shoveler wears the following warm clothing:
Deadwool's Deserter Jacket, available at TMD!
BellEquipe Design Store's Gloves!
Vale Koer's Tactical Flip Boots!
Stay warm, and keep shining your light, my friends!
The design was determined in part by the unique complexity of the construction site itself. For example, the building’s entire load-bearing structure will be only supported by the pillars of the platforms below, and one of the facades will be realised within reaching distance of the station hall’s overhead lines.Taking this into account, the design opts for a prefab glass façade, which will be realised on site during the scheduled train-free periods.
A young American Avocet must quickly learn to find food on its own and this one was foraging actively, albeit with the protective presence of a parent. (In this case, the adult is the male as determined by the slightly upturned bill — that feature is strongly curved in females.) This endearing scene unfolded at Weed Lake near Langdon in southern Alberta, Canada.
I'm still trying to outsmart this tenacious individual who raids our bird feeders. They're quick learners and realising that beyond me shooing it away it doesn't have a lot to fear so waits until I'm a couple of meters away and scampers behind the shed, onto the fence and to the top of the conifer hedge where it waits for me to go back inside and then quickly returns for another feed while I'm not looking.
Unfortunately, here in the UK they are considered a pest because they have displaced the native red squirrel in all but a few places. The grey's are often infected with squirrel pox which they are resilient to, unfortunately the disease is fatal to red squirrels and it is this factor which has decimated our red squirrel population. Shame because they are entertaining to watch.
The first time I saw a Short-tailed Hawk it was in a Cypress Tree having lunch. I looked and looked through my bird books and references online and couldn't identify it. It was a dark phased individual and everywhere I had been looking showed it in its light phase, like this one. When I saw this one soaring down in Miami, I was pretty sure that it was a Short-tailed. Looking at images online I believe that this one is a juvenile. The adult has a more distinctively dark head and whiter chest and belly. They eat smaller birds, like grackles, red-winged black birds and meadowlarks. I've read that they hunt from the air, often making a series of swoops down taking their prey off a perch or possibly in the air. It's a sight I've never seen and only rarely see this species. (Buteo brachyurus)
Correction. Thanks to the help of several folks and my own research I've determined that this is a Red-shouldered Hawk. (I hope I'm right.) Short tailed hawks have a cleaner belly and chest and the light phase has a very dark head and the white of the chest forms a thick line up to the bill. Learning is half the fun.
Hello to all my Flickr friends. As many of you know, just over a year ago my beautiful wife Marilyn had a stroke. Her road to recovery has had its ups and downs. Last February, she came home from the rehab hospital in a wheelchair, but by late spring she was able to walk short distances with the aid of a walker. She was gaining strength and more independence with each passing day. Unfortunately, this past November she had two falls, with the second one putting her back in the hospital. But again, her strong determination has resulted in her fighting through the pain as a result of the falls, and the limitations caused by the stroke. Another Christmas and New Year day in hospital, but she will be home soon. I took this photograph over forty years ago when I was shooting and developing black and white film with my Canon 35 mm SLR camera. I love her look of determination, which has been one of her qualities ever since I’ve known her. This determined spirit has been very strong over the course of this past year.
For all of us, this past year has been difficult, but we must always look forward to the New Year and tackle any challenges, good or bad, that come our way. So, to all of you, a very Happy and healthy New Year.
My participation on Flickr will continue to be limited in the coming new year, but hopefully by the summer I will return on a more regular basis.
The film that I used for this photograph was Kodak Tri-X pushed to 1600 ISO using Diafine developer to process the negatives.