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The Laugavegur is a famous trekking route in South-West Iceland from the hot springs area of Landmannalaugar to the glacial valley of Þórsmörk . It is noted for the wide variety of landscapes on its 55 km (34 mi) path. The route is typically completed over 2–4 days with potential stops at the mountain huts at Hrafntinnusker, Álftavatn, Hvanngil and Emstrur. An ultramarathon is held on the route each July. It is possible to combine the trek with the Fimmvörðuháls route which goes over the pass from Þórsmörk to Skógar for an additional one or two days or an additional 25 km (16 mi). Landmannalaugar, Þórsmörk, and Skógar are all reachable by bus during the summer. A bus from Hella connects with Álftavatn once a day during the summer.
The Laugavegur is a famous trekking route in South-West Iceland from the hot springs area of Landmannalaugar to the glacial valley of Þórsmörk . It is noted for the wide variety of landscapes on its 55 km (34 mi) path. The route is typically completed over 2–4 days with potential stops at the mountain huts at Hrafntinnusker, Álftavatn, Hvanngil and Emstrur. An ultramarathon is held on the route each July. It is possible to combine the trek with the Fimmvörðuháls route which goes over the pass from Þórsmörk to Skógar for an additional one or two days or an additional 25 km (16 mi). Landmannalaugar, Þórsmörk, and Skógar are all reachable by bus during the summer. A bus from Hella connects with Álftavatn once a day during the summer.
BSORI2022Contest - Entry 1 -
He carries me through times or darkness.
He lives to silence all my fears and wipe away all my tears.
He makes me feel at peace in heart and calms my troubled mind.
He lifts me up when I am feeling down, gives me hope and inspires me.
He listens, understands my past and believes in my future path.
He walked into my life and accepted me the way I am.
He is my earthly Angel with a beautiful mind.
You are min Engel mine.
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❤💕❤❤💕❤ My dear Beautiful friends here, in advance I want to thank you all for your always kindness and support, I appreciate you all immensely. Please Know that I am grateful for each one of you for taking the time to look at my pictures and for all of your kind compliments and comments. You all mean a lot to me, and you make Flickr a lovely place to be and to share pictures.
I am not very active here on Flickr these days, and hope you all can forgive me for not being here as much as I used to. I have also closed my groups as for now until I have more time to spend here. I will however post a picture in-between. Huge hugs, much love, light and peace to you all my dear friends here ❤💕❤❤💕❤
A favourite album this time of year is George Winston's "Winter." While caught up in the bliss of the historical Ukrainian church in Redwater, AB with gigantic snowflakes falling past my lens, the clarity and detail of every note was unmistakable. How pristine the sight, and how perfect my recollection of these fine piano melodies.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKZpjoKqkGc
“Snowflakes are one of nature's most fragile things, but just look at what they can do when they stick together.”
*Please view LARGE for best snowy detail
**Textures courtesy of various sources
***Always___Thank You for your generous visits and comments
2023 Photo 114/251: A pair of great egret chicks learn Preening 101 as they wait for their next meal at the St. Augustine Alligator Farm in northeast Florida. c.2023 John M. Hudson | jmhudson1@mindspring.com
This Buzzard was eating worms at the reserve it always makes me smile as they run and stomp about between each unfortunate worm and still manage to catch their prey with seeming ease but absolutely no grace at all ,
An unusual obelisk stands on the central square of the Trinity-Sergius Lavra. It was established in 1792 by the famous scholar and church leader - Metropolitan Plato (Levshin). On each side of the obelisk is a medallion with a text explaining exactly what role Laurus played in a given era ...
Many people know the monastery of St. Sergius of Radonezh as the spiritual center of Russian Orthodoxy and a collection of remarkable architectural monuments. But not everyone knows how important he played in the sharp turns of Russian history. And it’s hard to say in which country and how we would live today, if not for this monastery.
St. Sergius taught people primarily love and forgiveness. He himself set an example of humility in the most difficult situations.
Thousands of pilgrims come to the Lavra daily. There are 11 temples in the monastery.
Trinity Church is not the largest in the architectural ensemble of the Lavra, but it is here that the majority of those who came to the monastery are in a hurry. The whole time the temple is open for people to visit, the flow of people going into it does not stop: pilgrims hurry to bow to the relics of the founder of the monastery, St. Sergius.
The Laugavegur is a famous trekking route in South-West Iceland from the hot springs area of Landmannalaugar to the glacial valley of Þórsmörk . It is noted for the wide variety of landscapes on its 55 km (34 mi) path. The route is typically completed over 2–4 days with potential stops at the mountain huts at Hrafntinnusker, Álftavatn, Hvanngil and Emstrur. An ultramarathon is held on the route each July. It is possible to combine the trek with the Fimmvörðuháls route which goes over the pass from Þórsmörk to Skógar for an additional one or two days or an additional 25 km (16 mi). Landmannalaugar, Þórsmörk, and Skógar are all reachable by bus during the summer. A bus from Hella connects with Álftavatn once a day during the summer.
We each have our own childhood landscapes, where our Journey begins...
map: Where our Journey begins - Fall of 21, Whispering Windz
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tune: youtu.be/zWwyyf2PWsI
English translation:
Sun grave
Falling asleep I want to go back in time
some years ago
to be a small boy
who likes to play and who is with you
It seems to me a lot of years
I was a boy who wanted to know the world
and I played with you
I´ll get back and wish to be with you
to recall memories
but I have bad news
Dry soil here only
without flowers, without water
kneeling down
I do reverence by rembrance
I say goodbay but something remained
from those days of us
and I know I´ll stay faithful
Dry soil here only
without flowers, without water
kneeling down
I do reverence by rembrance
I say goodbay but something of us remained
from those days
and I know I´ll stay faithful
I can´t sleep and I wake up
and can´t resist the thought
to come back in time some years ago
to be a small boy
who likes to play and who is with you
translator: Šárka-Jana
― Buddha
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“Each person deserves a day away in which no problems are confronted, no solutions searched for. Each of us needs to withdraw from the cares which will not withdraw from us.”
~ Maya Angelou
The past is over.
The future may never be.
The present is all that exists.
Live each moment to the fullest.
- Unknown
2023 photo 18/347 I was hoping to see birds when I took a walk Wednesday around Abbott Lake at the Blue Ridge Parkway's Peaks of Otter. Instead I found a quiet landscape locked in winter dormancy. These frozen berries by the shore were the only splash of color. ©2023 | jmhudson1.com
This Cooper's Hawk and I looked at each other across my backyard while we pondered why the sparrows and finches were absent today :)
Among the bird world’s most skillful fliers, Cooper’s Hawks are common woodland hawks that tear through cluttered tree canopies in high speed pursuit of other birds.
Dashing through vegetation to catch birds is a dangerous lifestyle. In a study of more than 300 Cooper’s Hawk skeletons, 23 percent showed old, healed-over fractures in the bones of the chest, especially of the furcula, or wishbone.
A Cooper's Hawk captures a bird with its feet and kills it by repeated squeezing. Falcons tend to kill their prey by biting it, but Cooper’s Hawks hold their catch away from the body until it dies. They’ve even been known to drown their prey, holding a bird underwater until it stopped moving.
(Nikon D500, 500MM + TC 1.4, 1/500 @ f/5.6 ISO 1100)
The Columbia Icefield is located in the Canadian Rockies astride the Continental Divide along the border of British Columbia and Alberta, Canada, the ice field lies partly in the northwestern tip of Banff National Park and partly in the southern end of Jasper National Park.[1][2] It is about 325 square kilometers (125 sq mi) in area, 100 meters (330 ft) to 365 metres (1,198 ft) in depth and receives up to 7 metres (280 in) of snowfall per year.
Each year the ice free water in this area attracts a number of wintering swans. To get close enough for some shots I tromped along the edge of the river through about a foot of snow. The weather was great (cold and sunny) making for an enjoyable outing.
Each year at this time I try to photograph my first sighting of the wild flower Prairie Crocus - Anemone patens . It is also know as a pasque flower as it arrives right around Easter. Once again this year, it is right on time. We saw the first one on Good Friday.
I have been tracking the crocus appearance on Nose Hill for 15 years now. In 2016, I saw the first crocus on March 19. In 2020, it was as late as April 25.
When I'm not looking for wild flowers, you can find me on Twitter
The Laugavegur is a famous trekking route in South-West Iceland from the hot springs area of Landmannalaugar to the glacial valley of Þórsmörk . It is noted for the wide variety of landscapes on its 55 km (34 mi) path. The route is typically completed over 2–4 days with potential stops at the mountain huts at Hrafntinnusker, Álftavatn, Hvanngil and Emstrur. An ultramarathon is held on the route each July. It is possible to combine the trek with the Fimmvörðuháls route which goes over the pass from Þórsmörk to Skógar for an additional one or two days or an additional 25 km (16 mi). Landmannalaugar, Þórsmörk, and Skógar are all reachable by bus during the summer. A bus from Hella connects with Álftavatn once a day during the summer.
There is life in the garden and ice on puddles all day.
2023 one photo each day
123 in 2023 #45 growing