There's a giant doin' cartwheels, a statue wearin' high heels

Look at all the happy creatures dancin' on the lawn

A dinosaur Victrola, listenin' to Buck Owens

Doo, doo, doo, lookin' out my back door

Tambourines and elephants are playin' in the band

Won't you take a ride on the flyin' spoon? Doo, doo, doo

Wondrous apparition provided by a magician

Doo, doo, doo, lookin' out my back door

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This picture immediately put an old Creedence Clearwater Revival song into my head. My parents loved CCR. They were only 19 and 20 when I was born, and some of my happiest childhood memories are of their friends coming over, music playing, everyone dancing, while my cousin and I watched and laughed at the grown-ups. Funny how one little Second Life picture can suddenly take you somewhere you haven't been in years.

(♥♥♥I will finish everything I am wearing tomorrow...so sorry my loves my game crashed : ( ♥♥♥

Head: Sugar

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Sunlight filters through a mature woodland canopy, revealing the textures of bark, leaf litter, and earth. A fallen tree anchors the foreground, providing contrast against the vertical rhythm of the surrounding forest. The image explores themes of time, resilience, and the enduring cycles of the natural world.

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Waldkirch, Canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland, Suisse, Svizzera.

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Taken at Chena Lakes Recreation Area in Alaska, where a light snowfall earlier that morning had left only a fleeting touch of winter. As we drove around taking in the scenery, this lone spruce nestled among the pale birch trees caught my eye. I loved the contrast of the deep green spruce against the delicate, almost silvery backdrop of the surrounding trees.

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Hello dear flickr friends. Thank you very much for your kind and lovely comments. They are much appreciated.

Just bringing forward the shot of wild and free horses/ponies wondering about in the forest. It was a lovely surprise and sight for me.

Wishing you all a very happy Friday and weekend ahead. : ) xo

Lizards can dream too.

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Alt und so schön.

Siamo gli alberi della Piana del Cansiglio.

Ci ergiamo fieri sotto l'immenso cielo d'inverno, le nostre braccia tese verso l'infinito. Custodiamo segreti antichi, sussurrati dal vento tra le nostre chiome gelate.

Ogni stella sopra di noi è un compagno silenzioso, ogni notte un respiro condiviso con l'universo in un posto veramente freddo, alle volte, ma al quale siamo abituati.

Siamo le sentinelle della terra, radicati nella quiete della piana, il tempo scorre lieve come neve sulle nostre radici. Vediamo passare generazioni di esseri umani, ma noi siamo sempre qui, puntati verso le stelle.

PS: I più attenti noteranno un batuffolo di luce, a destra verso l'angolo in alto. E' la grande galassia di Andromeda, a 2 milioni di anni luce da noi..

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I used to feel the word “no” rise behind my teeth

Then change my answer halfway so nobody would leave

I’d rehearse an apology before I’d done a thing

I got so good at being easy, I forgot what I meant

I thought being easy to love meant needing less

Till my own voice sounded like somebody else

I won’t go missing from me

Not to make somebody stay

I won’t edit every truth

Till there’s nothing left to say

If my hands shake, let them shake

If I need you, I’ll speak

I can need somebody close

And not go missing from me

Now I catch the automatic “I’m fine” before it lands

Yesterday I said, “No, I can’t,” and let that answer stand

The silence after felt enormous; I waited for the blame

Then morning came, and I was still here, still inside my name

Now truth can shake and still be true

I can reach for you and still know where I end

I won’t go missing from me

Not to make somebody stay

I won’t edit every truth

Till there’s nothing left to say

If my hands shake, let them shake

If I need you, I’ll speak

I can need somebody close

And not go missing from me

The first time I said, “Stay with me,

I don’t want to do this alone,”

My voice broke on the last word

I almost swallowed it whole

But needing you was not surrender

And the room did not collapse

I heard myself tell the truth

And for once, I didn’t take it back

I won’t go missing from me

Even when I ask you to stay

I won’t edit every truth

Till there’s nothing left to say

Let my hands shake, let them shake

You can hear the whole of me

I can love, I can be loved

And not go missing from me

This time, when I hear myself,

I answer.

I won’t go missing from me.

Golden sunlight streams through dense pine trees in a serene forest, creating radiant sun rays and a magical natural atmosphere.

La lumière dans les branches

Au milieu des troncs sombres, le soleil ne se contente pas d’éclairer : il traverse, découpe, irradie. Pris dans le maillage des branches, il devient une source presque organique, comme si la forêt elle-même produisait sa propre étoile.

L’arbre n’apparaît plus seulement comme une forme végétale, mais comme une architecture vivante, un filtre naturel où la lumière se brise, se diffracte, se déploie en halo. Ce que l’œil perçoit ici n’est pas seulement un paysage, mais une rencontre entre matière et rayonnement, entre l’opacité du monde et sa soudaine révélation.

Dans cette scène, la pénombre n’efface rien : elle donne au contraire toute sa force à l’éclat. La lumière surgit du cœur du sombre, avec cette douceur puissante que seule la nature sait offrir.

Une image de passage, d’endurance et d’apparition — là où le regard comprend que même retenue par les branches, la lumière ne renonce jamais.

Light Among the Branches

Among the dark trunks, the sun does more than illuminate: it passes through, cuts across, and radiates. Caught in the web of branches, it becomes something almost organic, as if the forest itself were generating its own star.

The tree no longer appears as a simple vegetal form, but as a living architecture, a natural filter where light breaks, diffracts, and unfolds into a halo. What the eye perceives here is not merely a landscape, but an encounter between matter and radiance, between the opacity of the world and its sudden revelation.

In this scene, darkness does not erase — it gives strength to the brilliance. Light rises from the heart of shadow with that quiet power only nature can offer.

An image of passage, endurance, and emergence — where the eye understands that even held back by branches, light never gives up.

There was a slight fog lingering in the air from the morning which didn't add a great deal of atmosphere but did diffuse the light enough to make conditions great for a little bit more woodland photography.

I stayed local and took a walk across the tracks and into the countryside just a few minutes from my house. I spotted this one in the summer and had it at the back of my mind for autumn, turns out I returned at just the right time.

This is the part where I should say something like; "the branches represent the tendrils of winter reaching out to claim the woodland for the winter" and some of my photographs definitely do have a narrative behind them, but really, I thought the backlight looked rather pretty to my eye.

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Golden Sun Rays in a Peaceful Forest

Au cœur du littoral, cet arbre se dresse comme un témoin de la force des éléments. Sa silhouette tourmentée et penchée raconte des années d’exposition aux vents marins. Chaque branche semble avoir été taillé, presque sculptée, par la persistance des embruns chargés de sel et de magnésium.

Loin d’être brisé, l’arbre a composé avec cette pression constante pour créer une forme unique, une œuvre d’art vivante façonnée par la nature. Le soleil, perçant à travers le feuillage dense, vient rappeler que même dans les environnements les plus rudes, la lumière trouve toujours son chemin.

Une leçon de résilience et d’ancrage, là où la terre rencontre la mer.

Sculpted by the Wind

In the heart of the coastline, this tree stands as a silent witness to the power of the elements. Its twisted, leaning silhouette tells a story of years exposed to powerful sea winds. Every branch seems to have been guided, almost sculpted, by the persistence of salt and magnesium-laden spray.

Far from being broken, the tree has adapted to this constant pressure to create a unique form, a living work of art shaped by nature. The sun, piercing through the dense foliage, serves as a reminder that even in the harshest environments, light always finds its way.

A lesson in resilience and grounding, where land meets sea.

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"... every child can remember laying his head in the grass, staring into the infinitesimal forest and seeing it grow populous with fairy armies ..." – Robert Louis Stevenson

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2015 © Christina Melton

in explore 18.12 2023

It was a peaceful morning in the forest today. The sunlight danced through the trees, casting gentle shadows on the moss-covered ground. The fresh, already autumnal air and the delicate play of light and shadow gave this moment a special magic. It amazes me how serene nature is in the early morning – as if time stands still. 🌲✨

Es war heute ein ruhiger Morgen im Wald. Das Sonnenlicht tanzte durch die Bäume und warf sanfte Schatten auf den moosbewachsenen Boden. Die frische, schon herbstliche Luft und das zarte Spiel von Licht und Schatten verliehen diesem Moment eine besondere Magie. Es ist für mich erstaunlich, wie friedlich die Natur am frühen Morgen ist – als würde die Zeit stillstehen.

There are numerous remnants of human activity in Padley Gorge, related largely to the quarrying that happened in the area. A large cutting and ramp works it's way up the gritstone creating a trackway to Lawrence Field which is full of root systems, vegetation and trees.

It’s incredible to see the way that nature is slowly reclaiming and repairing these human made disturbances, although the impression left will always be there to some degree.

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This image focuses heavily on the concept of chiaroscuro—using strong contrasts between light and dark to give a sense of volume and drama. The viewer's eye is naturally drawn across the textured, sunlit slates of the pavilion roof down into the stark, black voids beneath. The inclusion of a small, distant silhouette provides a crucial point of scale against the heavy stone pillars, transforming a simple woodland structure into a moody, narrative-driven landscape.

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Winter without snow, most of the land looking grey, but then one late afternoon the late light falls through the leafless trees by the lake...

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