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I photographed Melissa as part of my Flickr 100 Strangers project. This photo of Melissa with reflections of me in her sunglasses was one of the portraits I took of her. The one I selected for the project can be seen here: www.flickr.com/photos/jeffcbowen/18960305355/in/photostream/

I was on Front Street in downtown Toronto this morning, checking out an historic building that was redesigned by Aaron, a retired Architect and my Stranger #818 (www.flickr.com/photos/jeffcbowen/18248730940/in/dateposted/). Part of the building is complete, including a multistory addition above it, and part is still undergoing renovation. I was starting to unlock my bicycle to move on when I saw her. She was coming toward me on the sidewalk with her beautiful blue scarf and circular sunglasses. She had a composed, relaxed air about her as she passed me and my curiosity was tweaked. I stopped her and she removed her earphones. I proceeded with my usual “Excuse me. My name is Jeff and I’m doing an amateur photo project….” She agreed without a second thought and said it sounded like a great project. We shook hands. Meet Melissa.

We were on a busy sidewalk with the building front on one side and a huge street construction project on the other side. It was “scramble time” as I looked at the immediate surroundings to come up with a way to make use of the opportunity. I posed Melissa between the building of interest and the building next door: The Hockey Hall of Fame. I knew the bright light in the laneway was less than ideal but I proceeded. I asked if I could straighten her sunglasses and she said “Sure. That’s ok. They might not straighten. They’re kind of wonky.” She was right. “Ok” I said. “That will be part of the character of this photo.” We shared a laugh. I had to photograph from the other side of the sidewalk and I appreciated the pedestrians who stopped to wait between “takes” so as to not get in the way. People can be so accommodating.

Not sure that I had a good enough image (see comment photo) I asked Melissa to move a few steps to the open doorway of the building under renovation. The workmen were inside and I called to them to ask if it would be ok to step inside the doorway for “just one minute” to take a photo of Melissa. They looked at each other and waved me in. I positioned Melissa inside the door with construction disarray behind her and balanced myself on the step outside the door. It was somewhat precarious but it worked. I asked Melissa to remove her sunglasses and suggested that she follow up her smiling photo with a relaxed, neutral expression and figured I had the photo. Thanking the workmen, we stepped onto the sidewalk to chat.

Melissa, 22, was born and raised in Toronto. She is a recent college graduate with a major in Public Relations. “Oh, so you’re probably just hitting the job search?” “Well, pretty much. But I think I’m going to take a little break for travel first. I’m going to Quebec where I hope to learn some French which will make me more marketable.” Smart strategy. What was she doing when I interrupted her progress? “Oh, I was just walking to the park to relax and read a book. I like to alternate fiction pleasure reading with more serious reading.” I can remember one of the joys of finishing university was being able to read whatever I wanted to read without guilt that it wasn’t a textbook. “Any words you would like to share with the world?” Melissa laughed at the scope of the question. “I know, I’m just making life difficult for you” I said. She replied “No. Just give me a second. Uh, I think I would say to make time to do the things you value and don’t put them off.” I think she was talking about travel. “What do you like to do when you’re not going to the park to read?” I asked. “Well, I like food. I mean I REALLY like food.” “Your favorite food?” “Let’s just say I REALLY like food.” (smiling)

From the few minutes we spent together Melissa came across as very friendly, relaxed, and sincere. There was a gentle honesty about her and I thought it striking that she responded to my unexpected project request as if it was the most natural thing in the world. I think these nice qualities show in the portraits.

With that I thanked Melissa and freed her up to get to the park on this beautiful, sunny Toronto morning. Thank you Melissa for taking the time to meet and for participating in 100 Strangers. You are #834 in Round 9 of my project. Have fun in Quebec and good luck with your job search. And be sure to enjoy some of that Quebec cooking!

Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by the other photographers in our group at the 100 Strangers Flickr Group page.

Update: I received a very nice email from Melissa saying she had enjoyed our meeting and she was positively impressed by my photos. She thanked me and wished me well on my continuing project. It was very nice feedback.

even the disarray of nature is naturally beautiful

Relayed message to Lord [redacted]. Message will self-destruct after playback.

It is as your eminence predicted. The Hutts are in disarray, having been unable to stabilize their economy after Jakku. The New Republic is continuously pushing sanctions against systems in Hutt Space, condemning slave trade and illicit drug production. Hutt interest in Oba Diah is increasing, since they started to prosper, aided by [redacted], a recent benefactor.

We have arranged meetings with the Besadii on Sleheyron. I am confident that we will be able to take over their tibanna refineries in exchange for saving their slave trade. We are working with the garrison on Mogoshyn, and they have agreed to support this operation with equipment, and ancillary specialists to get the refineries back to peak production.

If the deal goes through, I estimate that we will be looking at several thousand slaves. We will need to do a work-ready assessment in transit. I need confirmation for the location [redacted] of the first slave shipments.

I will report back once the deal is done.

- Lord Siv Korho

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Exploring the ideas around a less known Hutt system like Sleheyron has been interesting. There's not a lot of story material on Sleheyron, but it is a prominent world with enough interesting details (Slave trade, Tibanna refinement etc.). I imagine Sleheyron is a more run-down and gritty version of Nar Shaddaa. This also shows the less "Imperial" side of the SCS. Clandestine dealings in order to keep the wheels turning.

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The subject of this image is a group of three galaxies, collectively known as NGC 7764A. They were imaged by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, using both its Advanced Camera for Surveys and Wide Field Camera 3. The two galaxies in the upper right of the image appear to be interacting with one another. The long trails of stars and gas extending from them give the impression that they have both just been struck at great speed, thrown into disarray by the bowling-ball-shaped galaxy to the lower left of the image. In reality, interactions between galaxies happen over very long time periods, and galaxies rarely collide head-on with one another. It is also unclear whether the galaxy to the lower left is interacting with the other two, although they are so relatively close in space that it seems possible that they are. By happy coincidence, the collective interaction between these galaxies has caused the two on the upper right to form a shape, which from our solar system's perspective, resembles the starship known as the USS Enterprise from Star Trek!

NGC 7764A, which lies about 425 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Phoenix, is a fascinating example of just how awkward astronomical nomenclature can be. The three galaxies are individually referred as NGC 7764A1, NGC 7764A2, and NGC 7764A3. This rather haphazard naming makes more sense when we consider that many astronomical catalogs were compiled well over 100 years ago, long before modern technology made standardizing scientific terminology much easier. As it is, many astronomical objects have several different names, or might have names that are so similar to other objects’ names that they cause confusion.

Image Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, J. Dalcanton, Dark Energy Survey, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Fermilab (FNAL), Dark Energy Survey Camera (DECam), Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory (CTIO), NoirLab/National Science Foundation/AURA, European Southern Observatory (ESO); Acknowledgment: J. Schmidt

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The Common Grackle is not common, nor is the story of their "range" in this part of California. They come through Contra Costa County every year for three weeks are so to molt, grow new feathers, and leave for where I don't know. This female is missing her tail feathers and will have new ones in about two weeks.

I found them by accident. I was on my way toward the country dump to find, of all things, pelicans. On the way, I pass a natural lake that often has shorebirds, flocks of pelicans, and Snowy Egrets although they're always too far from shore to get a shot. On one day in August, 2013, I spotted a bird I'd never seen before, then another and another. They looked like they were in stages of "reconstruction," not looking healthy by any means. When Common Grackles molt, they molt! I saw a few that lost all their feathers. Anyway, they congregated around a Mexican Food Truck that comes every year to service the workers in and around the dump and old car wrecking yards, knowing that, given enough time, they'll be fed.

I researched the Common Grackle's range, and it turned out that they warranted a dot on the range map for northern California. That dot is the food truck. When the truck is not here, neither are the grackles, but it's here at the same time the birds are coming through. You will not find the dot on continental range maps. In fact, you won't find any western states on their range maps except for a thin yellow line (migration).

These grackles made it very difficult to photography. They strut, and they're fast. They like tall reeds by the lake which is walled off by a large wooden (slat) fence, and they would fly to the truck and back to a perch near the lake or in a 50 foot palm tree. But, I finally came out with a few photos of male and female in all stages of disarray.

Last night I had the first clear night since I don't know when. Was I ready - of course not! The observatory PC had died a few weeks previously and had been sitting in the house since repair. Cables were in disarray and I still hadn't sorted out the spacing for my QHY8 and Baader Coma correcter. As I was fixing all this it started to rain! 5 mins later it was clear again and the scope slewed around to target - just as I pulled the power plug out re-routing other cables!! Undaunted I re-aligned and started exposing. The sky was indifferent and there was so much water in the air I could see it twinkling in a torch beam. I started a run of 300 sec exposures with a view to going longer only to see water dripping from the back of the Quattro. The primary had completely dewed over, not something I've seen before! So this image is 5x300 secs with a dewed primary. :-)

I've kept the processing subtle in keeping with the subject.

QHY8 (the original one), Skywatcher Quattro 250CF, EQ6, PHD etc

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Nest is driven by the idea of creating a space of comfort and introspection within a system of complexity and disarray. The overwhelming nature of information and everyday life is expressed through the chaotic texture and asymmetrical form of the installation. Composed of modular cells that contain a weave of colourful webs, NEST provides both shelter and playful moments of light and shadow within the space. The interior experience allows the visitor to momentarily step away from the noise, pause, and view the world through a clear lens.

starkness of what she wears

disturbs them in every way

a garment of oppression they say

with the religiosity of a muslim woman

they play insult her humiliate her

degrade her everyday

a racist hate they convey

in a wanton way

but women in skimpy clothes

does not bother them

their own backyard in

promiscuous disarray

their decadent values

they demoralized values

they ostensibly display

Tramway Historic District

Eagle Lake Tramway and Locomotives along the Allagash Wilderness Waterway

North Maine Woods, Maine

Switching gears here on our North Maine Woods trip with our arrival at the "Ghost Trains". I had visited this site about seven years ago when I paddled the Allagash. Some improvements have been made, the most important being that it is now "easily" accessible from the land. And it is well worth the trip into the woods and the hiking involved.

These train cars, which once carried logs between Eagle Lake and another lake a good bit further along on the logs trip to the Penobscot River, were abandoned and have decayed to their current state.

I will continue to post pictures from this site for the next week or two. I hope you enjoy them. Better yet, I hope you are inspired to visit the location. Be aware, it requires travel on logging roads far from civilization. Be prepared.

After landing the shuttlecraft inside the small hanger of the Horus Deep Space Telescope Array, Nova Team is shocked to find the place in utter disarray. Emergency lights are flickering, small fires have broken out on the deck and the smell of arid smoke fills the air. Main power is clearly offline. However, it appears there's minimum life support, but not much else.

Captain Knight, Lt Sydney Stargazer, Lt. Elizabeth Erandis, and Ensign Kayden Korren cautiously walk out onto the hanger deck. Initial scans are inconclusive. There seems to be some sort of dampening field preventing anything but local scans, limiting the scanner's range to a mere 2 meters. Not much help there. What happened here and where's the crew?

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Hey gang, just a little note about this series. These upcoming photos are a bit darker than you're used to from me. When I say "dark" I mean in tone, plot and content (though visually they tend to be darker too). I wanted to do something a little different this time to ramp up the suspense, action and danger to our crew. I'm not saying that all Nova Team photos in the future will be this way, just this particular series. As we work our way through the story it'll be obvious what I'm going for and emulating. ;-) Comments always welcomed!

A major storm hit the Midwest on Saturday February 23rd. The storm dump rain, ice, and snow, followed by high winds. The result left the westside of the state of Iowa in complete disarray. Railroads scrambled to keep lines opened and many were drifted in. The UP worked a few Jordan Spreader jobs to get lines back open Tuesday. Here a Spreader works the Jewel Sub from Eagle Grove to Ames. I was highly disappointed they did alot of plowing overnight, which isn't normally common, but desperate times call for unusual things. Here the crew speeds up for "another big one" north of Gilbert. By the time there was enough light, this guy was almost to Ames and done plowing.

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Over the week of the Nightscaper Conference we had a lot of interesting conversations about the social media influence on and aspects of environmental impact. There's no doubt that the mass exploitation of the "outdoors" has seen a tremendous uptick in recent years and the accessibility of hobbies like Photography has lead to a decline in the outdoors experience (not to mention the degradation and damage of a lot sensitive areas) for many people, myself included. Having said that, "we" (me included) are also part of the problem, how do we balance finding really interesting locations to shoot and trying to share our results with the social media attention that place gets, ultimately resulting in more cars, more feet, more damage to that specific area. Ultimately it comes down to just not sharing location information anymore. And so I preach this, pick a road and drive down it, chances are you'll find something interesting to take a picture of and you don't have to worry about sharing the location. Anyone can do this, we don't need to crowd out spots and throw the local area into disarray, find your own dirt road and cool location and keep that spot to yourself.

This image was a lot of work, I'm working on something that I don't think anyone else is really doing, utilizing cooled astro cameras to do landscape astrophotography. In this case an ASI533mc Pro was paired with a Voigtlander 21mm Nokton. The tricky part is the stretching of the fits files as well as the color balancing, it's difficult to get a consistent stretch from exposure to exposure and since there are no color profiles for these cameras it's difficult to get good/consistent color information. It's a work in progress and I hope I can develop it into something people might be interested in down the road. Until then, I'll continue to struggle.

14 subs went into this image, sky shots are 2 minutes at f2.5 and Gain 0, foreground shots are 2 minutes at f1.4 and gain 100.

The Werri frames continued....

Pentax K1 w Tamron SPAF70-200/2.8

ISO400 f/11 200mm -0.3ev

Single frame raw developed in DxO PhotoLab 6, colour graded in Color Efex Pro 5 and finished off back in PhotoLab.

Found this poetry on the web and thought it suited the pic.....

"Dancing Under a Moonlit Night"

by Amber "V" Moonstone 1/16/08

Can you slip away onto a moonlit ride

Filling me with your magnificent scent

of aromatic juniper and sage.

Sending vibrational energy deep within

my mindful awareness of your masculinity.

Your lust driven madness

captivates my inner Goddess

exposing my vulnerability

to succumb to your heated touch

and overwhelming sexual desire.

Dancing under a moonlit night

like lovers intoxicated

on love's potent filled drink

erasing life's pain and disarray

to reveal the nakedness of pure need.

When this need to unite love's passion

in a dance of heated intoxication

then it will be gloriously celebrated

as the last triumphant scream is heard.

All credit to the author of this poem: www.authorsden.com/visit/viewPoetry.asp?id=211942&Aut...

Grassy disarray.

Arlo Disarray May 2015 [ hellopoetry.com]

Specks

I've got specks of the universe stuck in my teeth

From taking a bite of tonight's skies

Tidbits of galaxies swim through my head

And the blackness gets locked in my eyes

Voices from every direction call my name

The noise is too much, and then my brain pops

Selfishly, I grab onto the sky before I leave

Time rips in half and everything just stops

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So, as it turns out, I'm not dead!

I recently moved, so my Lego collection was somewhat in disarray for a few weeks, but I've rectified that, and I'm back to building!

In other news, I've officially made plans to attend Brickfair Virginia at the end of this month, so I've been building on quite a few projects that are going to be revealed there!

Shout out in the comments below if you're going to be attending BFVA!

The house is in a bit of disarray since the husband moved out, but because of this I've come across a few long-forgotten treasures. Okay, it looks like I first picked this book up in 2004 so I don't know that it counts as long forgotten, but I haven't seen it in a while. And I was glad to be reunited with it. It is heartbreakingly beautiful.

I took this in the first Iowa cemetery I visited this past summer. I didn't spend a lot of time in the state, though I have explored it pretty well a few years back.

Though the grave looks lonesome and solitery, I was feet away from a busy two-lane, with trucks and cars passing by at an almost constant rate.

I remember spending quite a lot of time setting up this shot. I wanted something fitting for the disarray of the stone and grave itself. Placing the camera at an angle (I'm almost always so careful about levels), and through the use of movements, I exaggerated the oddness of this little space.

The camera was high above it and I stood on tip toes to see through the glass.

When I pulled this shot out of the tank, I was immediately taken by the negative. I try not to judge the final photo by how the negative looks - I do my best not to even look at them. But this time around, I was excited to see what I got.

And what I got was this .

Hazel Waite lived for only seven months in 1900. Her parents, Malden and Evelyn, had two other children who lived incredibly long lives. While all were buried in Iowa, Little Hazel is the only one in this Sioux County cemetery.

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'But Not For Me'

Camera: Chamonix 45F-2

Lens: Schneider-Kreuznach Super-Angulon 8/90mm

Film: Fomapan 100

Exposure: f/8; 1/200sec

Process: FA-1027; 1+14; 9min

Iowa

July 2023

Tufted Duck / aythya fuligula. East Yorkshire. 23/06/19.

‘WASH & BLOW DRY.’

I liked this preening pose and the way the wind had lifted the lengthy 'tuft' feathers into disarray!

I assume, because of the time of year the image was made, that this male had started to change into his eclipse plumage? Any thoughts or observations would be welcomed.

BEST VIEWED LARGE.

CWPT has saved more than 125 acres of the First Deep Bottom battlefield in Henrico County, Virginia.

The First Deep Bottom Campaign at the end of July 1864 was a Union offensive north of the James River to complement the explosion of the Crater at Petersburg. Two corps of the Union army led by Winfield S. Hancock, in company with much of the army's cavalry, crossed the river and attacked the Confederate defenses south of Richmond on July 27, 1864. That inconclusive fighting occurred along the River Road (modern Rte 5).

The next day, July 28, Hancock sent his cavalry eastward via the Long Bridge Road in an effort to extend around the Confederate flank. An aggressive small Confederate battlegroup consisting of infantry from both the First Corps and the Third Corps led by General Richard H. Anderson dashed eastward to block that movement. Anderson's three brigades attacked southward into and across the Enroughty Farm (the modern Butler property), striking dismounted cavalry from both Torbert's and Gregg's divisions. For a short period there was very heavy action. The Confederates captured one piece of Union horse artillery, probably either on the Butler property, or possibly just off it to the east. Eventually the Union cavalry became organized enough to counterattack effectively, driving the Confederates off the field in some disarray. They captured several Confederate flags in the encounter.

This action represented the heaviest fighting during the First Deep Bottom Campaign. Hancock suspended his offensive and retired south of the James. Total casualties in the July 28 fight at the Enroughty Farm surpassed 800 (350 Federals and approximately 500 Confederates).

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Bosnian Controlled Turkey 2046

After the Bosnian evacuation the entire country fell into disarray, the last Bosnian controlled territory, Turkey was the main source of these problems. Mass protests in multiple cities turned violent as soldiers took matters into their own hands by firing on the crowd killing 13. These protests turned into the December Revolution which was quickly quelled. Then 2 weeks after the last of the revolutionaries were silenced or killed a second revolt broke out this one toppled the already weak Bosnian government. Within 2 months the new government collapsed and the last bits of the Bosnian "empire" died. What was left of Turkey is now in anarchy.

Woooo Brickfiesta is next week hope to see a few of you there.

Nice foggy September morning yesterday.

Lots of debris, still, from the massive rainfall we got last week. Can't explain the vertical branch/tree.

Second shot.....a nice sized flock of Canada geese, in disarray as it gets ready to settle on the river for a while. I love the way geese give a photographer plenty of squawking time to get the shot ready. There is something deep, primal and stirring about the sound of geese in flight.

You can click on the geese if you care to.

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For years the Roman Empire has been conquering "Barbarian" peoples and subjugating them. One such people included the Celts across Europe. Years earlier the Romans defeated the Celts in Spain and France. In 43 AD the Roman Empire invaded Britain and gradually conquered much of it. Some Celtic tribes even allied with Rome. One group was the Iceni under their King Prasutagus and his Queen Boudica. When Prasutagus died, he left his lands to his young daughters, however the Roman Emperor Nero did not care and seized them. Boudica was flogged and her daughters were raped. In a weird ironic way, she was experiencing what her collaborator husband did to tribes who didn't submit to Rome. Boudica was enraged at this and started a rebellion. She allied with other Celtic tribes and they quickly mobilized.

In the beginning of her rebellion the Celts attacked the city of Camulodunium, a home for Roman Veterans and burned it to the ground. At the same time the Roman commander Gaius Suetonius Paulinias destroyed the druids on the island of Mona (Now Anglesey, Wales). Boudica then attacked Londinium and burned the city to the ground.

Suetonius chose the battlefield where he and Boudica will finally meet. It was a narrow gorge with a wide plain. The Romans were outnumbered but had the best location possible. Once the Celts charged at the Roman lines they were met with javelins being thrown and arrows being shot. They were in disarray and the Romans moved in and quickly destroyed them. The Celts had a wagon train set up behind them with Women and children who were also killed in the battle. According to ancient sources, Boudica poisoned herself and her daughters were killed.

The Roman Empire secured dominance over Southern Britain (England and Wales) but never made it to what is now Scotland. They in fact built a wall in 120 AD and made the Picts pay for it.

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This is what happens when I'm trapped inside for the weekend. I end up just taking pointless double exposures of nothing, so I've made these chaotic double-x's into a series. Photo is made up of multiple windowsills in my house.

Pentax ME Super 50mm f1.4 expired film

Maxeys, GA (Oglethorpe County) Copyright 2017 D. Nelson

Commission (on-faith): Museu da Imaginação, São Paulo

- Integrity 信

These are the Five Constant Virtues of China; values on which the Chinese people have formed their moral code and looked to for guidance in social development and progress throughout the centuries. Predicated on the ancient tenets of Confucianism, the Five Constant Virtues have retained their fundamentally humanistic role in the broader Chinese culture and have been passed down to modern society. While the state is and has always been overseen by law, law can only restrain. It is incumbent upon individuals, therefore, to pursue virtuosity and civil progress by observing a moral code which encompasses benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom, & integrity.

600 years ago, these as well as other fundamental Chinese principles beyond count, were implemented at an unprecedented scale in the construction of a new capital city, now known as Beijing. The entire city was planned along a single north-south axis. Emperor Yongle of the newly established Ming Dynasty ordered the construction of an Imperial Palace at its center. The undertaking would last fifteen years, resulting in the conscription of numerous soldiers, 100,000 skilled artisans, and one million civilian laborers. By 1420, they had created the largest palatial complex the world has ever known, covering an entire square kilometer with nearly a thousand palace structures consisting of a fabled 9,999 rooms. Such a monumental feat of construction was indicative of imperial supremacy in ancient Chinese culture and, indeed, befitting for the official residence of the Ming and Qing Dynasty emperors, each of whom were known as the “Son of Heaven” in their own times. To the everyday Chinese person, however, the Imperial Palace was little more than the occasional glimpse of yellow rooftops above the ten-meters-high walls and fifty-meters-wide moat surrounding the perimeter, and was known as the Forbidden City as unpermitted entry was punishable by death.

Today in 2020, at a time when typical daily life has been thrown into disarray, it might seem somewhat imperceptive to personally commit to realizing an 84,000-parts landscape; especially when that commission has been put on hold indefinitely; especially when the principle architectural hierarchy of that piece is based on balance and order; and especially when that landscape would turn out to be my largest yet by a margin of 20,000 parts. Eccentric artistic impulses aside, I rest more easily on these uncertain nights grateful for an audience who perhaps find themselves just as much in need of the inspiration beneath Forbidden City’s imperial yellow of the tile roofs and the elegant red of the endless brick corridors, as I certainly was at the bleak mid-March outset of this undertaking. Ultimately, I consider this piece an exercise in virtue- the five most constant of which would be the benevolence not to expect perfect circumstances in order to create, the righteousness to recognize and remain steadfast in the pursuit of growth, the propriety to sometimes take a risk in such pursuits without promise of reward, the wisdom to seek positive influences while recognizing the profound lack of access many face, and the integrity to uphold the other four while striving to remain true and honest in intention.

While walking in the woods of the Nuuksio National Park, I came upon a silky mess and it's proud owner on some branches.

Not only was the spider's web messy, but it was also cluttered with all sorts of debris from the forest blown by the wind.

I already had the old film lens, Nikon 35-70mm f/2.8 on my camera, and by that time I already knew that the lens makes things look very obscure.

I proceeded to photograph the web and it's owner handheld without any thinking or any real composition in mind.

First I didn't think anything of the picture, but when I came home to my computer and started processing it, I started to notice the details, the colourful reflections of the individual strings of web and the overall chaos that was going on, I really started to enjoy the picture that was developing on my screen.

While the picture isn't going to win any awards, it is still something that I enjoy.

The picture also got me one step closer to buying the lens.

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Sleepy Eddy_Round Glasses (Tortoiseshell.b)

Unorthodox- Lone Facial Hair

::K:: Loose Singlet Homme

::K:: Cropped Wide Pants Homme

Hotdog - Morning Slippers

{-Maru Kado-} Fish pillow and cat

Nutmeg. Disarray Wicker Basket Dark v2

.:revival:. suspended fireplace black

.:revival:. rocking chair

dust bunny . fiddle leaf tree

dust bunny . potted cheese plant

Apt B // Shabby Finds Rug

Scarlet Creative Xander Skybox

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I hope I am not the only one who is happy that summer is coming to an end. This summer was exceptionally HOT where I live. I am not a fan of the heat. I also think I can speak for just about anyone when I say, we are close to another season and year ending. I am super excited for autumn and all that is autumn in Second Life. It is not only my favorite season in RL but here also. Sweaters and jeans, boots and leggings and all the autumn colors that come with it.

This land was a piece i have been working on for the last week or so. I decorate when I need to just let go of RL and the things that are bothering me.

I went to the L2 Studio sim for a bit of inspiration when I wanted to compliment Miss Lindini Lane on her choices of Decor. Simply adore her shabby chic style. I happened to come upon this build; The Writers Shed. I have been to this sim many times and I had never seen it. So happy I had because it was so lovely to decorate. Not only that, Miss Lane was so gracious, she offered it to me as a gift ♥ So thank you again for your generous gift!

You might be able to tell, the inside is packed full of amazing decor. While this home is small, it is fabulous to decorate for any person who loves decor as much as me.

There are a few items I would like to spotlight. TBF- The Black Forest is in this round of Cosmopolitan with an amazing set. I especially like the Kerosene Lamp, it comes with different options as well as being able to carry it with a bento pose. Check out this item and the others he has just inside the entrance this round starting Monday September the 7th.

There also may be a few items listed that you can't see. This is because a lot of them might be in the garden shed or just inside the home. I will try to sift them out before I post, just know I did the best I can ♥

A full inventory of items is listed below, enjoy! ♥

TBF- The Black Forest

TBF Hand Water Pump LI:4

TBF Kerosene Lamp On A Stand LI:3

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Apple Fall Coastal Pier Steps LI:1

Apple Fall Market Barrow - Fields LI:5

Apple Fall Pumpkin - Black & Silver LI:1

Apple Fall Pumpkin - Blue & Gold LI:1

Apple Fall Pumpkin - Buckskin I LI:1

Apple Fall Pumpkin - Buckskin II LI:1

Apple Fall Pumpkin - Buckskin III LI:1

Apple Fall Pumpkin - Casper White I LI:1

Apple Fall Pumpkin - Casper White II LI:1

Apple Fall Pumpkin - Fairytale I LI:1

Apple Fall Pumpkin - Fairytale II LI:1

Apple Fall Pumpkin - Fairytale III LI:1

Apple Fall Pumpkin - Fairytale IV LI:1

Apple Fall Pumpkin - Great White LI:2

Apple Fall Pumpkin - Jarrahdale I LI:1

Apple Fall Pumpkin - Jarrahdale II LI:1

Apple Fall Pumpkin - Mr & Mrs Squash LI:1

Apple Fall Pumpkin - Musquee Stacked LI:1

Apple Fall Pumpkin - Porcelain Doll LI:1

Apple Fall Pumpkin - Sweet Dumpling I LI:1

Apple Fall Stacked Herb Pots - Bleached LI:1

Apple Fall Stacked Herb Pots - Clay LI:1

Apple Fall Tree Stump w/ Hatchet LI:2

Ariskea[Fluffy] Warm Color [Nutmeg] LI:4

Ariskea[Velvet] Mums Pot [Lemon] LI:4

Black Forest Boulder 3 v.018 LI:2

Compulsion Basket 1A LI:3

DaD "Rustic Garden - Bundles of beauty" c/m LI:10

DaD "Rustic Garden planks C" c/m LI:1

DaD "Rustic Garden planks D" c/m LI:1

DaD "Rustic Garden planks E" c/m LI:1

DaD "Rustic Garden planks linked" c/m LI:3

DaD "Rustic garden - Watering Can with lights floor - c/m LI:3

Dahlia - The Secret Garden - Dress Form with Stand LI:5

HISA - English Garden Shed LI:27

HISA - Wall Foliage - A LI:5

HISA - Wall Foliage - C LI:2

L2 Studio The Writer's Shed (mesh) 37 li LI:35

LOVE - SUNSHINE MEADOW - SUNFLOWER LI:1

Nutmeg. Basin and Watering Can LI:2

Nutmeg. Disarray Old Jar Plant LI:5

Nutmeg. Garden Getaway Clutter Exclusive LI:8

Nutmeg. Garden Junk Barrel LI:1

Nutmeg. Garden Junk Broken Chair / 1 PG LI:4

Nutmeg. Garden Junk Broken Chair / 2 PG LI:5

Nutmeg. Garden Junk Broom LI:5

Nutmeg. Garden Junk Brushwood LI:2

Nutmeg. Garden Junk Bucket / 2 (No Shadow) LI:1

Nutmeg. Garden Junk Bucket / 3 (No Shadow) LI:3

Nutmeg. Garden Junk Candles LI:2

Nutmeg. Garden Junk Milk Can LI:2

Nutmeg. Garden Junk Net Bag Bonus Item LI:2

Nutmeg. Rustic Fence Post / 1 LI:10

Nutmeg. Stacked Buckets LI:2

Nutmeg. Summer Bliss Drapes w/Shadow LI:12

Nutmeg. Old Tricycle Black

Nutmeg. Basin and Watering Can

Nutmeg. White Bucket

Sari-Sari - Garden Shovel Sign LI:1

Skye Woodland Path Rooty Riser LI:8

Skye Woodland Path Trail Joint Cover LI:1

dust bunny . botanical tote LI:2

dust bunny . harvest . haybale LI:1

dust bunny . spring potting table LI:12

dust bunny . welcome mat . hello . group gift LI:2

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