Angry skies close to home.

So, I've just started blogging for Evil Baby and I don't mind telling you that I'm head over heels. They have a fantastic mix of sugary cute, geeky, and wickedly goth that I find irresistible! When I saw the Medula horns, their exclusive for The Dark Side event (on until April 31!) I knew I had to remake my cute faun avatar. I love the sheen and organic curve to them! And the Pixelated Earrings add a cheeky touch of dark to all the cyberpunk glow!

Expect lots more from this charming creator!

Had the chance to finally get to visit the well known Ice caves in south Iceland.

I was expecting waterfalls, giant caves but it's just the beginning of the season for ice caving and right now the big caves are not really secure places to go...

Then, we still had the luck, in the middle of a giant storm, to visit the small but beautiful northern lights ice cave...

such lights, reflections, colours, harmony in this space!

If you visit Iceland in winter, I warmly recommend you to visit these caves in south iceland area close to the famous glacier lagoon Jökulsárlón, and don't hesitate to take the photographer's tour, longer and made for taking pictures!

Happy Tree-mendous Tuesday!

Having fallen right into the Church Pond just 15 minutes earlier, I was dripping wet and feeling very cold, but very determined to carry on making images, as the light was the best it had been for several weekends. I thought about all the times in previous weeks when I had left my house expecting a glorious sunrise, only to be scuppered every time by banks of cloud on the eastern horizon. So this was, quite literally, a golden opportunity to make some attractive autumn images. This composition, however, was made in a hurry and definitely not one that I had planned beforehand. I cropped the image in order to lose some very ugly overhead wires.

For Macro Mondays

Theme: Contradiction

And then that happened.... :) Soon to be Three!

Baby Odinson Due Feb 1st, 2024

Kitja made me so happy with this Uber release! I love the hoodie dress, tied shirt combination so much! Wasabi Pills hair. I also threw in some man-candy! He's wearing a shirt/jacket combo by Native Urban available at Mens Only Monthly, Doux hair, L'etre skin on a Catwa mesh head. :D

Tbh, I need work on multi-subject pics, so you may be seeing more of these on here! <3

Didn't expect to get much today due to a lot of cloud, thin, thick and all degrees in between, this was a brief spell before midday taken at 11.47 UTC (end point) over a 5 min period - 1725 frames out of 20,000, using PIPP, AS2 and CS5 for processing.

This must have been at the beginning of the X9 flare.

Equipment:

Skywatcher 120ED

Celestron AVX

Daystar Quark Chromosphere

Point Grey Flea 3

I was driving around the neighborhood looking for a nice place to use my 10 stop ND filter for the very first time. I was lucky to find this nice pier with such a great view of the sunset!

I loved the result, and the quality is way higher than what I expected.

Tokina 11-16 + 10 Stop ND filter, perfect to start my second year as a photography enthusiast.

Since I met Miguel :) I always thought he would most likely like to read when he learned. He is very observant, curious, he loves to always listen carefully to all the stories of the family and their ancestors ... and yes, he likes to read. What I did not expect is that it would also be a flip of the Pokemon Manga. But yes, he loves to read backwards stories with unpronounceable names :))

Yesterday we went to buy a couple of books in a large well-known bookstore. I was able to take just a couple of photos before they told me it was not allowed. But a minute later, a shop assistant approached and whispered to me: "I am very sorry for that, I hope you had enough time to take the picture of your son reading because it is a nice memory to capture"

'Dingdong’ says the doorbell of Mummy Marian's house.

ME:

I am in the kitchen, can anyone see who is at the door?

OLEG:

I'll go and see who it is

PETER:

I'll go with you.

AUNT LUCY:

Wait a minute you two. I think it's for me.

(Aunt Lucy walks to the door and opens it.)

Well...well...my dear ma'am as in Ham!

How nice to meet you again. I have received the message of your arrival. It has been a while since we have seen each other.

PETER:

It's her...I mean.... it's...it's her really....it's Queen Lilibet.

I need to brush my teeth....and.... I have to brush my hair...be right back.

OLEG:

Wait Peter!

First make a bow to Her Majesty and welcome her.

(Peter and Oleg bow to Her Majesty)

We are so happy to see you again Your Majesty.

HM QUEEN LILIBET:

I'm also so happy to see you all again.

Me and my butler Benjamin are making a stopover in the Netherlands before travelling on to Bearingham Palace. We are coming straight from Australia.

Um...Benjamin...can you take my gloves?

BENJAMIN:

At your service Your Majesty!

AUNT LUCY:

Let's go inside. I'll put the kettle on.

We'll have a cup of tea.......

Benjamin and Her Majesty Queen Lilibet are bears from the UK, hand crafted in Merrythought, a British historical factory. The plush is mohair and the paws are made of cotton velvet

Aunt Lucy is a Steiff Bear.

Natalie Imbruglia ~ Union Chapel ~ Islington ~ London ~ England ~ Thursday 11th 2017.

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So I got to see the gorgeous Australian Singer / Actress Natalie Imbruglia at the Union Chapel in London last Thursday & as a member I was able to bag a front row pew, as it's in church, I was also able to use my DSLR EOS Canon 70D without getting grief from the security, which makes a change lol.:) Anyhoo Natalie was as amazing as I expected her to be and a great time was had by all.:)

Have a Fabulous hump Day Wednesday Y'all..:)

Cairo, Illinois

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quick post.

will catch up tomorrow.

My friends probably expected me to take a photo of bars of chocolate for this topic - an obvious choice for me. But, amazingly, those bars were still on the shelf when I finished shopping today. I would like any of them, except chilli. Of course, I may need shopping again later this week…!

SJ72 HPC is a Volvo BZL Electric single decker with MCV bodywork new to Western Buses in February 2023 as their number 31003.

It is one of 25 similar buses expected for Kilmarnock and Irvine local services and is seen here in Galston on service 1B (Kilmarnock-Galston).

[17:36] Taladis Tower wrinkled his nose as he came down from the small ramp. Reaching up the dark cat pulled the cigar from his mouth - tossed it to the floor and proceeded to step on it. He walked forward and leaned on the railing that led to the beach, looking over at the Cyborg Zero.

[17:39] Damienn Kiranov is blatantly amused when he sees the black cat walk up to the railing. He takes a drink from his flask, then puts it back in his pocket. A wry smirk crosses his lips as he speaks. "Well well well. Look what we have here. Sure as hell took you long enough. Surprised?"

[17:41] Taladis Tower grumbled in response to the man's comment. Instead, he moved down the sidewalk - as he walked he was unwrapping the gauntlets around his wrists. He tossed them on the ground as he continued to walk, only leaving the wrappings on his hands. Closing his fists, he just looked at Kiranov with that cold expression.

[17:43] Damienn Kiranov yawns. "Oh God. Now we go to this again... What are you gonna do now? Hmm? Seems kinda pointless to start a brawl when we don't have an audience."

[17:44] Taladis Tower wrinkled his nose at Kiranov's comment before practically growling out, "This isn't about people watching." His ears falling against his head, "You were supposed to be dead."

[17:45] Damienn Kiranov laughs and shakes his head. "You've got to be kidding me... Do you really think they would've left out any explosives training when I worked as an operator?"

[17:47] Taladis Tower grumbled lowly, "I don't care. I walked away because I expected you to be dead. You shot me, you left me for dead. I left /you/ for dead, you were just supposed to die. Now - we're somewhat at a crossroads, aren't we?"

[17:49] Damienn Kiranov pops his knuckles and takes his flask out of his pocket. "I guess we would be. So, what's your choice? I could care less about continuing this boring rivalry, since you're not the one I was looking for." He takes a drink from his flask, then pockets it.

[17:50] Taladis Tower watches Kiranov's movements carefully. Tal's cold gaze soon locking on the man's face once more. He wrinkled his nose, a grumble escaping his lips, "Next time that I see you? This won't be 'boring.'" Tal growled as he turned away, then knelt over to pick up his gauntlets before wandering off.

Peace and Tranquility.

A few cows lying down during Max's walk at lunch time today.

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Have a party to go to tomorrow night, this is the invite:

[We are having a little party to celebrate the re-publication of...]

** SKY PIRATES...

** DRAGon LadIES...

** RazoR GirLS...

** Prim SmuggLERS...

** AndROID SlaVERS...

** And a FEW

JUST plain

F R E A K S.

CHARACTER & COSTUME

WE expect YOU to come in character of course...

but in the 'ZONE, character... CHARACTER?

... well, it is a matter of intensity, not form.

And if you are still mystified, read the accompanying history, in this loooooong, involved, tedious note.

Above is what I came up with, below are the details.

Style Card:

Hair: .+*Inem*+.Silver [MS]

Skin: ND/MD Galaxia masked skin

Ears: .: Black Heart :. Cyber Neko Ear I Blue Preset

Tail: .: Black Heart :. Iron Scorpio Tail ((Modded to invis the scorpian stinger))

Bracers: .: Black Heart :. Solaris Patrol Forearm I

Dress: *League* Scoop! Dark Grey/Black

Boots: Blaze* Stiletto Boots - Black

Shape: Alady

Model: Bianca Bender

Kingsdown.

I wasn't expecting to see much today so I took the small lens for my walk around my "Lockdown" patch. Everything was going as expected until I was walking up Bay View Road when a red kite drifted south over my head. As I followed it I saw 2 more floating around then realised there were another 4 on the ground near the huge muck heap. As I tried to get a little closer another mob of around 14 birds appeared from the south west and then another group drifted in from the north. In the end I counted 39 circling around.

They were mainly distant but the odd one came closer.

They then all moved towards the sea then north out of sight; I read they went over Deal.

A very pleasant interlude in an otherwise uneventful walk.

With withdrawal expected soon 55 year old 86637 and 86622 are seen leading 4L97 Trafford Park-Felixstowe south between Baldwins Gates and Stableford - 30/05/2020

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We wanted to share the good news with all of you and what better day than Mother's Day! We just ended our first trimester and baby is due in August! Stay tuned to see if it's a boy or girl and follow along on this journey with us. We are both so excited!

My wild river reflection...!!!

Each moment that I am in close communion with my wild river, there is always that unexpected reflection that occurs just when I least expect it ... in fact for me the photography is definitely a sacred art….!!! Ü

An impressionnist photo safari concentrated mainly on a daily basis (or almost) on my small piece of planet of 55 000 square feet …!!!

A Thoreau "waldennienne" approach …!!!

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L'inattendu...!!!

Reflet de ma rivière sauvage …!!!

Chaque instant que je suis en étroite communion avec ma rivière sauvage, il y a toujours ce reflet inattendu qui survient au moment où je m’y attend le moins… pour moi en fait la photographie est définitivement un art sacré...!!! Ü

Un safari photo impressioniste au quotidien concentré essentiellement (ou presque) sur un petit morceau de planète de 55 000 pieds carrés ...!!!

Une démarche "waldennienne" à la Thoreau …!!!

A 1956 Ferrari 410 S and the Pacific ocean. Classic Cali.

never expect that the ground was so mudly that I slip and twisted my leg...but it so worth all the pain and effort for my walk.

Sometimes the gift you are given is not what you were expecting and that can be a good thing. When Don and I went to Merced Wildlife Refuge last week we expected to be photographing birds. And we did, but we also had the opportunity to observe and photograph a coyote family. We first saw a single coyote eating a rabbit. We immediately stopped the car and went into action. I photographed out the car window while Don slowly got out of the far side of the car and took his shots using the car as a blind. We were silent and in awe as we watched. Then a second coyote appeared, and then two more. They greeted each and frolicked a bit before fading away into the brush. In all, we had 9 minutes with them. It's one of the very best wildlife experiences I have ever had!

This bird is like a ghost showing up when least expected, however so small easy to not see it unless your actually looking for it. Anyway I had my trusty camera at the time and fired a few shots and noise from my camera drove her away, (as this is a female).

Having said this, I will use my silent shutter camera next time so maybe I can get some better shots, because this shot is not so good as flower covering the head. So any of you bird lovers stay turned as I hope to get some better Pics. when this little girl shows up again!

Thanks for viewing, faves and comments!

I've been unable to find much documentation about a Black Skimmer's commitment to its mate. From what I have observed, it appears that they are monogamous and very dedicated to each other and their family. In this image, the female is sitting on eggs while her mate stands very close by. When intruders come too close, both the male and female will become agitated and call to warn them off. Keeping a low profile and respectful distance from the ropes is critically important during this stage. Once the eggs have hatched, the male will become very busy hunting for food to feed their young brood. I hope to witness more of this behavior tomorrow morning when I return for a very quick trip to the beach. July 27, 2018

“When we least expect it, life sets us a challenge to test our courage and willingness to change; at such a moment, there is no point in pretending that nothing has happened or in saying that we are not ready. The challenge will not wait. Life does not look back. A week is more than enough time for us to decide whether or not to accept our destiny.” PC

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The Racetrack is a playa--a dry lakebed--best known for its strange moving rocks. Located in a remote area of California's Death Valley National Park, the heavy stones appear to move across the dried lake bed known as Racetrack Playa, leaving a trail behind them in the cracked mud.

In years past, the apparent movement was blamed on everything from space aliens and magnetic fields to pranksters. But until recently no one had actually seen the rocks move, which only added to the mystery.

As noted on the National Park Service website, the mystery was finally solved in 2014 when in a paper published in the August 27, PLOS ONE, a team led by Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, paleobiologist Richard Norris reported on first-hand observations of the phenomenon. Because the stones can sit for a decade or more without moving, the researchers did not originally expect to see motion in person. Instead, they decided to monitor the rocks remotely by installing a high-resolution weather station capable of measuring gusts to 1 second intervals and fitting 15 rocks with custom-built, motion-activated GPS units. The experiment was set up in Winter 2011 with permission of the National Park Service. Then –in what Ralph Lorenz of the Applied Physics Laboratory at the Johns Hopkins University, one of the paper's authors, suspected would be "the most boring experiment ever" –they waited for something to happen.

But in December 2013, Norris and co-author James Norris (of Interwoof and Richard's cousin) arrived in Death Valley to discover that the playa was covered with a shallow pond no more than seven centimeters (three inches) deep. Shortly after, the rocks began moving.

Their observations show that moving the rocks requires a rare combination of events. First, the playa fills with water, which must be deep enough to allow formation of floating ice during cold winter nights but shallow enough to expose the rocks. As nighttime temperatures plummet, the pond freezes to form sheets of "windowpane" ice, which must be thin enough to move freely but thick enough to maintain strength. On sunny days, the ice begins to melt and break up into large floating panels, which light winds drive across the playa pool. The ice sheets shove rocks in front of them and the moving stones leave trails in the soft mud bed below the pool surface.

I don't know...I am still going with the space alien theory!

Telluride, CO

When you go on a 8 day road trip to capture the fall colors and aspens you would think your best shots are going to be of the aspens, right?!?! Nope. This and another waterfall shot may just be my favorites. I haven't used my neutral density filter in a long time, but this area was perfect. We actually went to go find another waterfall and found this one as well. I wasn't expecting such good water flow after such a dry year. The fall colors also helped add a little more color to the scene.

... expecting a few hot days with 30° to 35°C again ...

HBW !

Red Cactus Dahlia / Dahlie with Rudbeckia bokeh

in our garden - Frankfurt-Nordend

A multiple exposure light painting. Not technically a self portrait as it was shot by miss 4 year old. Under my direction of course XD turned out neat O!

The Swans have returned and are at work on a new family. Mom is sitting on her eggs and if you look over her shoulder, you can see dad through the reeds, close by.

The St. Louis area can sometimes come up with some interesting and unexpected sights.

GP40WH-2 #9969 (ex-MARC #69) idles away the hours on the Granite City Cut-Off in Madison, IL. After a few days parked here off Race street by itself, UP's YMA-51 came in this morning and added CSX baggage car "Taos."

The Taos looks to have been built as ATSF Baggage Car #3680; later becoming Amtrak #1167, then #1256; then Mid-America Car Rail Leasing (MRLX) #800863, a number still stenciled on the "B", i.e. rear, end of the car. It is also numbered CSXT 994367.

Looks like the geep is probably here to collect some newly-rehabbed leasers from Mid-America. Wonder what's going to be added tomorrow.

ANother day, another Grevillea. This time, I found this 12 foot shrub just blooming. I don't know how long it flowers, but this should give y'all plenty of time to come and see it. I think that the flower of this one is one of the prettiest and certainly not quite as bold as the others which you'll see in due time.

Grevillea petrophiloides (pink pokers) is a shrub grevillea native to Western Australia. It is 1 to 3 metres high, with thin, needle-like leaves and dense, cylindrical flowers. Grevillea petrophiloides occurs in sandy and rocky areas. The fruits are sticky follicles, 5 to 7 centimetres long. The flower stalk two weeks before this was taken was like two six inch tightly packed - like catkins - and there was the promise of hundreds of stamens. I fully expect the Anna's Hummingbirds to start showing up (they're nesting right now, the only time of year when I don't see them on a regular basis). And the bee hive in the willow tree trunk down the street is just showing signs of life. It's spring!

I'd like to have given this the black background treatment, but it's just not possible with such tightly packed flowers. I knew that when I was choosing this particular branch, the only one without part of the tree as background. Rather, I could position myself to get one of the paths to be "behind" the flowers and naturally blurred at that time of day.

View large to see the individual stamen emerging.