We are trying to get out of the deep darkness in Europe ... perhaps Christmas Light will show us the right way to take back our future.

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Stiamo cercando di uscire dal buio profondo in Europa ... forse la luce del Natale ci indicherà la strada giusta per riprenderci il futuro.

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Happy Immaculate Day and ♪♫♪♫ Merry Christmas ♪♫♪♫ to ♥ ♥ ♥ Everyone ♥ ♥ ♥

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♥ ♥ ♥ Christmas Atmosphere ♥ ♥ ♥ - © Kris de Curtis (YouTube Video)

♦ ♦ ♦ Christmas Atmosphere ♦ ♦ ♦ - © Kris de Curtis ( Christmas PhotoSet )

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Best View: Large On Black

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finally I have created the look I am after. great light and shadow game.

After spending most of the day sitting on the main & even having a yard crew use for a little to switch the train, M841 departs Etowah with the 3194 on the point. 9-18-22

Storm Jocelyn passed through yesterday and Rob and I decided to head west to find some post-storm light. With the wind dying down around midday it was disappointing to find most of Inverpolly and Assynt blanketed in low, grey clouds. We eventually broke through the clag heading north to Stoer Point where it was almost a blue-sky day at the lighthouse. After a while having some fun capturing the stormy seas we again reversed course and headed back into a still cloudy Assynt to some potential sunset locations. We had spotted these oft photographed islands in Loch Assynt on the way up and liked the way the islands were pretty much submerged by the high water so it was great to see a glimse of the sun as it finally broke below the cloud and 10 minutes later, disappear behind the hills. This is a 3 image exposure blend to deal with the extreme dynamic range.

yay, my second tattoo..a little puzzle :)

and can't wait to make the next!

how are you guys? I hope fine.

take care my flickr friends

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Finally, after all these years not only did I get to see a pair, but I was able to get a photo. According to the park biologist, this is one of a breeding pair which hatched in the wild. I feel blessed at being able to see them. Zion NP

Finally started doing a little series I've always dreamed of doing! xx

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Finally - after three weeks in Iceland - I got to see some northern lights. They didn't last very long, and I then stayed up until 1am hoping for more. When nothing showed up I went to bed, but set my alarm for literally every hour for the rest of the night to check! Finally got up at 7am thinking they were looking promising only to get dressed and go outside to find it had clouded over...

Oh well, hopefully I'll get a few more glimpses in my last couple of weeks here.

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!

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Finally an easing of the restrictions on travel in Scotland and Iain (Highlandscape) and I were able to meet up for the first time in many months. We decided on a fairly ambitious trip despite a 'blue sky' forecast and set out to make a previously unvisited location towards the top of Skye. On the way we made a short detour to the Old Manse at Kilchrist with the imposing backdrop of Blaven and Beinn Dearg Bheag.

bird cherry

My fav flower, Pasque flower, longed for!!

Wish you a new lovely week.

Texture: My own

She waits patiently for the snow, and it's finally arrived.

Some Instagram fun for the weekend :-)

”The Clone Wars continues with Ahsoka Tano, once a Knight of the Jedi Order returns to aid in the Siege of Mandalore. We find ourselves in the midst of the powerful scene captured from the recent Clone Wars trailer now built with Lego bricks. Ahsoka Tano can be seen inspecting her 332nd troopers alongside her old master, Anakin Skywalker and friend also second in command of the 501st Legion. Captain Rex.”

Now that I’ve had some time to get things in order from BrickFair I can now show my Soldiers of Mandalore build here on Instagram. From showing teasers at it in form of posters on my stories, to talking about it on streams, I revealed this model at BrickFair and online and was greeted with great support from the community.

I do though need to give credit where credit is due to some people who helped.

Thank you to Luca s projects for helping me design the flight crew members seen in the lower section of the build.

Many thanks to M5 Builds for creating and selling me his Republic Gunship to be used here.

Would also like to take the time and thank the sponsor for this build CloneArmyCustoms for supplying the large sum of troops used.

Be sure to leave a comment and tell me what you think. Until the next build 👋

Took longer than expected to get it done. An Ileus sent me to hospital. Doctors suggested that I should rest a couple of weeks afterwards.

Dropped out t Killalea reserve to see the art installations today ... some great works on display I thought I'd share my interpretation of them..

السلام عليكم

اخباركم ؟

الحمدلله تخرجنا انا واخوي مع بعض

وسبب لبسه للرسمي لانه بالتخرج طالبين كذا

وانا اقول الف مبرووك يابو هادي ومنها للاعلى

taken by: me

Place : Belguim

Model : my brother Sultan

I spy the snowman sitting on the table in the backyard. Last week this was all covered. We have a mess with the melting too. Gone thru allot of rock salt and using the chipper to divert water flows. Never seen it so bad. But for a few days it feels good to see some of it MELT.

Finally got out to do some hiking this weekend. A very short section of the trail popped out of the woods and along the train tracks. As we were on our way back to the woods, a Norfolk and Southern train roared by.

Finally.

Finally the day I've been after!

I'd long had my fill of blue skies before we even got to July and have been pining for days like yesterday with changeable weather and light.

My hike took me along the northern edge of Kinder Plateau, probably my favourite part of the park. The weather took a real turn after one o'clock and I knew there was a chance of catching some great light with perfect conditions for formation of rainbows, this came to fruition when I got to Fairbrook Naze, beautifully framing "The Toadstool".

What this photo doesn't convey is the how strong and cold the wind was, a rude awakening to the new season and truly world's apart from my last hike just two weeks ago...there were even little flecks in snow in rain at one point.

Hello autumn!

credits:

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So few butterflies this year, but the sulphur yellow immediately found a matching spot in my garden!

My passiflora were growing lush vines all summer but only now decided to bloom in purple and pink...

Rolleiflex 2.8F Planar, Kodak Ektar.

York Rail passing the York Housing Authority's Maintenance Facility ***OR*** for railfans and history folks: York Rail GP15-1s ease past the former Maryland and Pennsylvania RR Station and Offices on former Maryland and Pennsylvania trackage. The locomotives are about to cross East Market street and begin work in Poorhouse yard. 'And' finally my timing was right to catch them... Early Morning sun catches the top of the old station.

Fall colors even in D.C. - but I don't mind it being a seemingly endless summer, otherwise...

Yesterday we went to Los Rios where I was looking for Matilija Poppies. No poppies, but we did find this cat sleeping on the porch of an abandoned building. I stood around taking pictures and calling Kitty, Kitty, until I woke her up. She wasn't amused and jumped up and ran off.

She belongs to someone because there was a sign on the porch saying, "Don't feed the cat!"

saw several attempts by this bobcat to catch a gopher before it finally succeeded

Finally! A colorful sunset after the rainy days.

I was working late at the office at 2000 hours when I noticed that the skies look promising so I took a train ride to Richmond and was lucky to squeeze off a few shots.

The colors disappeared really fast!

(I may not be around much from now and over the weekend; family commitments)

Finally sitting down and reflecting after an amazing day at the bachelorette party and drinking fall drink. Mmmm fall is coming soon and 13 days til i say i do ekkk.

This was taken at Autumn in Sonder. An awesome to check out to get you into the fall spirit.

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The drink is from ChicChica and its called Fall Frappe

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