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Blog: thebellemodeblog.wordpress.com/2018/03/26/do-it-for-me/

I thought we were doing what we could to practice personal safety with all this COVID-19 stuff, then I caught these two Trumpeter Swans in the back pond this morning. If they can do it, we can do it too!

Just kidding folks. Just a little photoshopping to add a little humor to our lives. No swans actually wore masks!

The backstory is that a friend in Anchorage mentioned that he had seen either swans or sandhill cranes on the pond behind his house. Of course, our ponds are still frozen, and it's early, but not to early for the swans. He said they were indeed swans, and that he was initially confused because they were wearing masks - teasing me because of the COVID-19 situation. Well, I loved the image it created in my mind and I made it so.

As quaresmeiras são plantas que pertencem à família Melastomataceae, a mesma família do manacá-da-serra (Pleroma mutabile).

MIMOSA

Mimosa lanuginosa

FABACEAE

Flowers in Nature

Bush flowers - that are born spontaneously, without any care or cultivation.

Flores do Cerrado

Flores que nascem naturalmente, sem cultivo ou qualquer cuidado. Flores na natureza.

Bioma Cerrado

Água Mineral

Parque Nacional de Brasília

Brasília, Brasil

January's Explore Takeover theme: Botanicals: Flowers & Foliage

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What a boring question.

I do believe in love and the good in you and me...

Warm hugs.....

Quaresmeira-do-cerrado

Pleroma candolleanum (espécie )

Melastomataceae (família)

Seu período de floração e frutificação se inicia em junho e termina em setembro.

Flowers in Nature

Bush flowers - that are born spontaneously, without any care or cultivation.

Flores do Cerrado

Flores que nascem naturalmente, sem cultivo ou qualquer cuidado. Flores na natureza.

Bioma Cerrado

Flores do Cerrado

Água Mineral

Parque Nacional de Brasília

Brasília, Brasil

Art Week Gallery Theme

21 April - 27 April our theme is:

~~~ Spring Mood ~~~

ARCOS DE VALDEVEZ (Portugal): Espigueiros do Soajo.

O conjunto dos Espigueiros de Soajo compõem uma eira comunitária constituída por 24 espigueiros, todos em pedra e assentes num afloramento de granito. O mais antigo data de 1782. Alguns destes espigueiros são ainda hoje utilizados pela população. (Wikipédia)

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“The merest breath reached out to me in the wilderness and halted me in my tracks. I cocked my head to listen intently to the rhythm of the earth; for the direction of the wind; to the whisper of the trees and in that one defining moment, my mind was made up and I stepped out boldly into the unknown direction of the path that will take me who knows where, but it is the beginning of a new and exciting journey and all I had to do to reach this point was to stand still; to listen; to observe; to be guided by the instincts within me that served me so well in the past and in so doing now, I leave the past behind and my heart and soul are glad to be separated from the weariness that had settled so heavily on my shoulders. My steps are light as is my entire being as I begin again …funny, I only just noticed that begin and being are anagrams of each other … “ - AP

Soundtrack : www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsA-Xc6gWDE

DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO? - DIANA ROSS

Life from a snail's point of view and mine too ; 0))

Which way shall I go?

UP?

ACROSS?

DOWN?

what a dilemma

I cannot decide on a whim

WHAT IF …

too many what ifs …

while I wait I am silent

I try to think strategically

1. Supposing I reach the top

and don't like what I see!

2. Supposing I go across

sideways and merge my colours

subtly into Mother Nature's palette

3. Suppose I go back down

no WAIT!

I already came so far

to go back would be wasteful

of the time

of the experience

mmmm … the wall has tiny microscopic little beasties

they taste good though the wall itself is roughly hewn

a moveable feast

Who am I?

What am I?

A snail carrying her home upon her back

free to roam the open road

oh well, ok … the open wall if you please

I passed a slug a little while ago

a slug is surely just a homeless snail …

I should be more content with who I am

after all I am not homeless

I am not helpless

I am shielded from predators

I am the queen of my own castle

I hear a bird

a Dunnock I think, perhaps two

one is thin; the other fat and round as a Robin

they sing so prettily

I have no audible sound

but my heart sings

my mind thinks

I feel and climb this wall to evade capture

and to avoid being trodden underfoot

vain creatures; humans … they love my slime

they apply it to their skin

it heals and makes them smooth

I can heal myself if my outer shell cracks

I am tired now

I want to sleep but I have not yet decided

UP?

ACROSS?

DOWN?

It is quite a conundrum for a snail

oh there she is with her camera

I cry to her to make sure she gets my best side

of course she does not hear me or does she?

I think she might well do

she is in tune with nature

in harmony with her surroundings

she is in my domain

and I am in hers

together we can do great things

she has a profound effect on me

suddenly I decide

to enjoy the ride

the wind in my hair

oh wait!

Do I even have hair?

So much I do not know

I teach her

she teaches me

together we coexist

she leaves me to my meanderings

while she goes off a-wandering

tomorrow is another day

I will decide then, perhaps

UP?

ACROSS?

DOWN?

What's that she's saying?

“Au revoir little humbug”

What on Earth is a HUMBUG??? *

- AP - Copyright © remains with and is the intellectual property of the author

Copyright © protected image please do not reproduce without permission

* Humbug is a boiled sweet that is striped like a little snail and very sweet : 0)

Not every day is a good day,

live anyway.

Not everyone tells the truth,

trust anyway.

Not everyone will love you back,

love anyway.

Not every game will be fair,

play anyway.

This is a view of Baixa do Bomfim, a place below the Holy Hill where the Bomfim church is located, one of the most visited churches in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.

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Esta é uma visão da Baixa do Bomfim, local abaixo da Colina Sagrada onde fica situada a igreja do Bomfim, uma das igrejas mais visitadas de Salvador, Bahia, Brasil.

deserto do Atacama

Young does

youtu.be/OqV-embx_tA

-Well I think she's a...

I love that this man's has all his family pictures on behind him on the wall of the store.

Faial da Terra, São Miguel, Azores, Portugal.

Accessible by a steep but well signed pedestrian trail, “Salto do Prego" is a beautiful waterfall in the middle of a forest of incense and acacias, located above “Faial da Terra”, a small village on the southeast coast of the island of São Miguel.

Faial da Terra, São Miguel, Azores, Portugal.

Acessível por um íngreme mas bem sinalizado trilho pedestre, o Salto do Prego é uma bonita cascata no meio de uma mata de incensos e acácias, localizada a montante do Faial da Terra, uma pequena povoação na costa sudeste da ilha de São Miguel.

Jerusalem do Romeu, Brangança, Portugal

Many thanks for your kind comments and favs.

Ficam no Pavilhão Japonês.

...the first time when you discovered mysterious things on the attic? And you were sue you just found Santa's stock

Terceira, Azores - 2022

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"You know life

Sometimes you just gotta stop caring about like

What everybody else thinks and just live your life, you know

Look

If you ain't failed couple times

You ain't ready for this

I don't crumble under pressure

I go heavy with this

Driving straight to the hole, I don't need no assist

If all I got is one shot, You know I ain't gone miss

I never take a hater serious, I'm petty with this

Never been the type to fold, I don't straddle the fence

Yeah, I might lose it all, I'll get it right back quick

I'm like a walking casino, 'cause I'ma takе that risk

I ain't scared of nothing but the old version of mе

I'm fired up, boy I love the cold version of me

I love the way I took the pain and now it's working for me

I'm coming back for everything that was taken from me

Ay what you thought it was, I'm like the little engine that could

They love my drive, they just wanna know what's under the hood

I wish you would tryna stop me, you gone get what you deserve

I'll show you how to take it from the bottom to the first

I know they tryna say you can't do it anyway

(talk your piece)

Ain't got no money in the bank, do it anyway

(I'ma do it)

I know you failed a couple times, but that's alright

We don't care what people think, do it anyway

I know they tryna say you can't do it anyway

(talk your piece)

Ain't got no money in the bank, do it anyway

(I'ma do it)

I know you failed a couple times, but that's alright

We don't care what people think, do it anyway

I remember when they said I couldn't, so now they ask me how I do it

When you really know you got it, you ain't never gotta prove it

When you started from the bottom, you ain't never scared of losing

Everything, all on God, is the only way I do it

Scared of what?

Scared of who?

Boy, I been had the juice, with an extra side of sauce

Boy I been had rague

Baby I got so much flavor and the pain is the seasoning

I promise I'ma get it, it don't matter what the season

I do it any day, everyday

I'ma get it in every way

Know they try to say that I can't, but I still doing it anyway

I don't care what they gonna say

I don't care what they gonna think

When you out here chasing your dreams, you don't care if people sleep

I wake them up when I speak, it's just a matter of time

Getting everything for me, it's just a matter of mine

I got audacity and confidence, a deadly combination

Yeah, I hear them talking, I just call it admiration

I know they tryna say you can't do it anyway

(talk your piece)

Ain't got no money in the bank, do it anyway

(I'ma do it)

I know you failed a couple times, but that's alright

We don't care what people think, do it anyway

I know they tryna say you can't do it anyway

(talk your piece)

Ain't got no money in the bank, do it anyway

(I'ma do it)

I know you failed a couple times, but that's alright

We don't care what people think, do it anyway

Eeh, eeh do it anyway

Eeh, eeh do it anyway

Eeh, eeh do it anyway

Eeh, eeh do it anyway

Know they tryna say you can't do it anyway

You ain't got no money in the bank, do it anyway

I know you failed a couple times, but that's alright

We don't care what they said, do it anyway"

Lyrics Source:

genius.com/Erica-mason-do-it-anyway-lyrics

Video:

youtu.be/BqUTWq92hsU

Juliette Néron

Five months and a half

PENTAX Image

I came across the beauty the other day. Pretty but don’t touch.

Loja da Florália em novembro de 2022.

It's party time at Calke Abbey for the local residents

Sao Miguel Azores. This was taken on day one of my 2 week photography trip to the Azores.

.....um recanto no meio do caminho....

Blog and video isabellecsite.com/2018/05/16/harriet-searches-for-the-hen...

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Quaresmeira-do-cerrado

A espécie Pleroma candolleanum (quaresmeira-do-cerrado) é nativa do cerrado e ocorre nos Estados da Bahia, no Distrito Federal, Goiás e Minas Gerais, entre 900 e 1.000 metros de altitude. Pode atingir de 2 a 9 metros de altura e seu período de floração e frutificação se inicia em junho e termina em setembro.

Flowers in Nature

Bush flowers - that are born spontaneously, without any care or cultivation.

Flores do Cerrado

Flores que nascem naturalmente, sem cultivo ou qualquer cuidado. Flores na natureza.

Bioma Cerrado

Água Mineral

Parque Nacional de Brasília

Brasília, Brasil

Art Week Gallery Theme

This week 300 June -6 July our theme is:

~~~ Blues and Purples ~~~

The old abandoned Bradmill denim factory, Yarraville, Melbourne.

Observando o fotógrafo registrando o belo por do Sol

Me questiono em como ele percebe aquela cena.⠀

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Pois a percepção que temos do mundo é única em cada um de nós

Os olhos nos permitem enxergar, mas o que vemos é fruto do que sentimos.

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Reflito...⠀

A percepção de um mundo fisicamente único

É multiplicada na individualidade de cada um de nós

Logo, surge uma grande questão.⠀

Se cada um cria seu próprio mundo⠀

Qual afinal é o mundo real?⠀

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