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I thought it was so funny to see this place in Santorini with the table on the outside of the building so high up....a cool optical illusion! Last Caturday was dinner for one and this Caturday is dinner for two!
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Expect to see more of this face on my feed again. This is the return of "me."
I have been told that when people think of me this is the face they see.
So I will of course continue to show other faces in my photos, I will try to show this face more often than the others.
[Deadwool] Enigma glasses - smoke can be found @Alpha till May 17.
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"Leave no stone unturned. Deeply explore the beauty of your life."
Quote - Neil Gaiman
My absence lasted a little longer than expected. Back from vacation, unexpected work on the garden turned out to be possible again....stones from the driveway removed and replaced with gravel for the parking space and borders for new plants.
Hope that now finally a quiet time will come. Happy start of your week ;-))
The Krall Barn is believed to be the oldest existing log barn in Lebanon County. The effort to save it first kicked off in 2007, when the structure, then located east of Schaefferstown, was saved from destruction by a cooperating owner, Howard Scharff, who worked with Schaefferstown’s Bill Ross by offering to donate the barn if it was dismantled. The way it stands now, most of the exterior of the Krall Barn is nearly complete. But there are many smaller, inside projects yet to be tackled. The education center is expected to make it easier for visitors to enjoy their time at the 110 acre historic site that features three locks of the Union Canal, an engineering feat visited by none less than President George Washington himself during its construction.
-Jeff Falk -www.lebtown.com
This was a surprise two-for-the-price-of-one shot which was thrilling but not expected. I was focused with the hawk on the right when the other flew into frame. The pair spent time narrowing down the area that the first hawk had zeroed in on and proceeded to search for the prey. Ultimately they came up empty handed but watching their unified effort was pretty darn interesting! I did comb the picture looking for any sign of what had garnered their interest, but came up without a clue.
"As monogamous birds, breeding pairs typically mate for life, and only change partners if one of them dies."
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We shoveled the deck at 10:00 a.m. There was two inches of accumulation. Fifteen inches expected by tomorrow morning. East Calais, Vermont.
Looks like great expectations ahead for this pair...
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Judgement was solemnly passed...
''You are not from these lands and have been found guilty of terrorising and killing the local wildlife''
''How do you plead?''
The evidence was overwhelming and the Mink knew it...
''Guilty your honour''
''Then you shall be sentenced to death by metal trap., have you anything to say?''
''Yes I do'' said the Mink
There was a stunned silence in the courtroom., what could the Mink possibly say?
''Respectfully., it's you who are guilty of of putting me here in these lands., all I do is what comes naturally to me.. What do you expect me to do? Starve to death?''
The judge stopped to think for a moment...
''Well I think we'll just ignore all of that., the truth can be a bit inconvenient at times and there's no point in complicating things...
Put him in the metal trap and kill him anyway''
''Next case?''
''Red Squirrel complaining about being evicted by imported Grey Squirrels your honour''
♫ Mood ~ Shinedown - Simple Man
See No Evil
by Billy Collins
No one expected all three of them
to sit there on their tree stumps forever,
their senses covered with their sinuous paws
so as to shut out the vile, nefarious world.
As it happened,
it was the one on the left
who was the first to desert his post,
uncupping his ears,
then loping off into the orbit of rumors and lies,
but also into the realm of symphonies,
the sound of water tumbling over rocks
and wind stirring the leafy domes of trees.
Then the monkey on the right lowered his hands
from his wide mouth and slipped away
in search of someone to talk to,
some news he could spread,
maybe something to curse or shout about.
And that left the monkey in the middle
alone with his silent vigil,
shielding his eyes from depravity's spectacle,
blind to the man whipping his horse,
the woman shaking her baby in the air,
but also unable to see
the russet sun on a rough shelf of rock
and apples in the grass at the base of a tree.
Sometimes, he wonders about the other two,
listens for the faint sounds of their breathing
up there on the mantel
alongside the clock and the candlesticks.
And some nights in the quiet house
he wishes he could break the silence with a question,
but he knows the one on his right
would not be able to hear,
and the one to his left,
according to their sacred oath--
the one they all took with one paw raised--
is forbidden forever to speak, even in reply.
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I had not expected to see such a young one in the month of December
Red Squirrel
sciurus vulgaris
eekhoorn
écureuil roux ou 'écureuil d'Eurasie
( Eurasische ) Eichhörnchen
ardilla común o ardilla roja
scoiattolo comune
esquilo-vermelho ou esquilo-vermelho-eurasiático
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I expect there may be many images of snail shells for this theme, so decided to give my snails a rest this week and photograph my cycad house plant that has just put up a few new leaves - all the tiny 'leaflets' have coiled ends when they first appear that will straighten as the leaf grows. On this particular leaf, one of the little leaflets has grown a bit ahead of the others and shown off the lovely details of its coiled end.
For Macro Mondays theme 'Spiral'.
The image was done as a 5-shot focus stack at f3.5, focusing on the tight coil which was 1cm across.
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Great crested Grebe's are are great fisher birds., but neither of us expected to see this!
The fish was big! very big!
And our beautiful Grebe didn't quite know what to do about it!
He swam around for a few moments with his prize trophy., attempted to put it in his mouth a couple of times., the fish having that 'this isn't going to work., put me back' look on its face
Eventually the Grebe conceded., dropped the fish., and off they both went
This really was a fish to far!
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I never expected to have to look for this medal and photograph it. This is my best award so it had to be this one and not any other coin or certificate. I didn't find it easy to make it work. AT ALL ! Everything I did looked pretty boring. But I think in black and white it looks better than in colour although the ribbon is a lovely royal blue and the edge of the medal midnight blue. I have the correct box with the smaller medal and the lapel pin but found that even harder to combine. Probably would have been too big for MM anyway.
Croome .. Expect the unexpected. Incredible innovation, devastating loss, remarkable survival and magnificent restoration. All in one place
Field daisies always bring a smile to my face. Often they pop up when you least expect to see them...but they bring a burst of sunshine to a cloudy day. Of course, there is always another way of looking at these simple little flowers. "I don't know whether this is the best of times or the worst of times, but I assure you it's the only time you've got. You can either sit on your expletive deleted or pick a daisy."
Art Buchwald
It’s with great pleasure that we confirm that the 2012 37th Scottish Transport Extravaganza will go ahead finally this year!! Get the dates in your diaries and keep your eyes peeled for entry forms and further information in the next few weeks! Saturday 7th and Sunday 18th July
A massive range of makes and models spanning over 100 years of motoring history will be on display at Glamis Castle this weekend.
A record number of entries were received by Strathmore Vintage Vehicle Club (SVVC) for the Saturday and Sunday Scottish Transport Extravaganza, which is expected to attract a five-figure crowd.
The vehicles cover all forms of motoring from an 1881 Penny Farthing to a 520bhp Noble Works which was built by Lee Noble and previously owned by TV presenter James May of Top Gear fame.
A Series 1 Land Rover which once belonged to Castle Motors in Forfar – once the town’s biggest – will also be on display after being purchased and preserved by the club.
Visitors will come from across the world to attend the rally which takes in everything from bicycles and cars of every marque to military vehicles and articulated trucks.
Stephen Dear from SVVC said: “This year’s Extravaganza is the 43rd event to be held in the grounds of Glamis Castle and continues to be one of the premier vintage/classic vehicle rallies in Scotland and beyond.
“This year we have a record number of entrants over the weekend with approx 1,500 entries received.
“This year we also have 51 different car clubs covering all makes and interests displaying their vehicles.
“We have approximately 150 mixed traders selling a variety of wares and also a craft marquee.”
The ring entertainment this year will be the Joseph Peace Fire Stunt Spectacular – blending fire stunts with comedy in a fusion of modern circus and pantomime fun.
Don't expect miracles to arrive with fireworks and fanfares. They appear quietly, modestly, on Angels' wings.
See my journey in Gazipasa Turkey youtu.be/5MqJ_88XpZ8
At an altitude of 11,000 meters in the region of Eastern Europe. Golden hour!
I'm sure no one expected me to post a moose in my horns and antlers series. But here he is. A pretty impressive bull moose found in Roosevelt National Forest, Colorado.
Antlers are the fastest growing tissue in any mammal and can grow an inch a day. A big bull moose can grow an 80-pound rack in a summer, adding a pound of bone a day.
THE SEEKER
I am in a house, I know it well, but I have never been there before. There is no light, just me. The halls are empty, it is without life, without the things to bring it to life, no pictures, no tables, no chairs. It is a bleak house, dark, shadows, and even the light that seeps through the cracks, is dark. In the middle of the room there is foreboding, it is under the floor. I feel my hair stand on end.
I look to the door, the door, into which one must never go.
I stand and know that I can't run, I can't hide, because the dark of the house, is outside too. And I know it's time to leave, but I find myself walking, walking toward the door, the door that I must never open, as it leads to the room, the room into which one must never go.
I am sweating, I want to call out, I am trying to scream, it's primal, but there is no sound, there is no voice. I am unable to call for help. I try to move my arms, but they are frozen.
I am though the door, the room that vibrates with fear, darkness - something is moving in the secret passage, the secret passage that lies beyond the room. It is a narrow corridor, and I am bending to walk into the passage, and it leads to a room above the house, in the attic, I feel the cold, it is icy, and I fear for my very soul - I feel the negative energy that seeping into my skin. I am trying to shout, trying to leave, trying to turn away, wanting to run. A shape emerges out of the wall, it comes to me, draining all the goodness from me, and I feel terrible fear and dread, I want to fight it, but I am helpless, I am powerless, I can't move, but I know now, I must face it, I must fight for my life, and every fibre in me is screaming - and I remember .
I have been here before, and it is always the same, when the presence comes I wake up screaming and sweating, my pulse is racing. I have been through this many times before, and I am shaking and quaking, but I realize - despite these confrontations - I do not wake up dead, just terrified, and I begin to feel that perhaps, perhaps, these is no danger here. I have spent nights telling myself before I fall asleep that if this dream comes to me again, meet fear with love.
Now I know I was dreaming. I am out of the icy house. I am awake, lying in my bed. I am calmer now, I try to move, but nothing happens. I can't move anything, but I can see my room, and I feel a rising panic, and I feel the icy cold. There is someone standing at the end of my bed, staring at me. I am trying to scream and move my arms, to wake up, nothing happens. I see him standing clearly in my room, he has followed me here .
Now I will need to fight, but I can’t move, and he can, what are the rules in this situation, I am powerless. It is terrifying. Move !, Move !, Run ! Nothing. Then I remember “Do not get angry, that gives it power”. I stop struggling, start to calm down. He isn’t moving or doing anything, he never has, he just stands there.
"Hi", I think to myself.
"Can you hear me" it says in a sweet peaceful voice.
Oh that's great, he isn't even hostile, he’s doing his best not to terrify me and here I am like a wild animal, scared of the unknown, that's just great. He has been coming to talk to me, to give me wisdom -but his presence has seemed so terrifying , that he can’t even talk to me. I guess he has been coming and waiting patiently for me to meet him with love, not anger and fear. Well this is embarrassing.
I didn't expect a dialog, and I am now wanting to wake up. It's not fear this time, this guy had a very calm and gentle voice, but James Bond just climbed through my window and I sensed things were only going to go downhill from here.
Note to self, you got to do something about the quality of your dreams - oh, and thanks for the lesson in love and fear.
PS - The next day, many, many years ago - we went swimming with friends in mountain pools. The river water in Africa is dark and you can’t even see your feet in the water. We swam across a large, deep pool. I jumped into a big pothole at the end of the pool. There was a waterfall crashing into one side of it and the sandy bottom felt soothing on my feet. No one else wanted to jump in, and I realized, I had forgotten to be scared. The dream sequence has never returned.
PPS – Lucid dreaming is common, and trying to wake up during a nightmare is too – the immobility comes from your body preventing you from sleepwalking in response to dream situations – so it can feel disturbing while dreaming, but it is a good self preservation mechanism that is there to protect you from real harm. So the fear is gone and I am happy to dream on. And I work with dreams and treat them as an active state. If something is bugging you, think about it before you sleep, it can help resolve while you are off to never, never land
© G P F for All images and text, please do not use without my express permission. From THE Book That Dreams.
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Yoda says:
"Do or do not, there is no try."
Thanks to my brother for this Yoda statue source.
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I think that the best experiences you get come especially when you don't expect anything.
This is Karmøy, facing towards United Kingdom and the North Sea.
This evening I brought my old mom on sunset adventures and we had a blast 😂
Precious memories 🙏
Did you expect anything different?! It was always going to be bike cogs, problem was I’d left it til yesterday and it was the most miserable of days, so needed the phones light as well as a flash, I’m sure I could have done a better effort but various other factors meant that this was the best I could muster.
Thanks for stopping HMM
“A taste of what to expect” when the Scottish autumn is in full splendour in the Trossachs area of Scotland. The trees, like oaks, birches, and rowans will be ablaze with a fiery palette of deep reds, rustic oranges, and brilliant golds. Their branches will be adorned with these colourful leaves which will then reach toward the glassy surface of the loch below, and where the still dark waters of Loch Ard will act as a perfect mirror. A season not to be missed……….