Blow my mind, blow my mind, blow my mind now

Take me high, take me high, spin me right 'round

Don't know why, don't know why it's burnin' me out

I won't get it right, stay at home all night

Out of sight, out of sight, I'm hidin' right now

You're dynamite, dynamite, yeah, I got no doubt

Way too tight, way too tight, I need a time-out

I can't get it right, stay at home all night

'Cause I believe I'd rather fall asleep than fall in love

And I believe that someone in my bed is not enough

And I believe I'd rather fall asleep than fall in love

And I believe it's only in my head, yeah ...

I could find anywhere this bright sea blue door in the Mediterranean. I just happened to be one of the many who passed out of her doorstep in Adamas. Milos Island, Aegean Sea,Greece.

Credits♥

🎧< Aural Inspiration *Gabby Barrett - I Hope (ft. Charlie Puth) 🎧

🎧

I, I hope she makes you smile

The way you made me smile

On the other end of a phone

In the middle of a highway driving alone

Oh, baby, I, I hope you hear a song

That makes you sing along

And gets you thinking 'bout her

Then the last several miles turn into a blur, yeah

I hope you both feel the sparks by the end of the drive

I hope you know she's the one by the end of the night

I hope you never ever felt more free

Tell your friends that you're so happy

I hope she comes along and wrecks every one of your plans

I hope you spend your last dime to put a rock on her hand

I hope she's wilder than your wildest dreams

She's everything you're ever gonna need

And then I hope she cheats

... Like you did on me ...

* Credits *

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I've played a lot of characters in second life for a long time now. All genders, many walks of life, a handful of loves, a larger handful of tears. I don't talk about my sexuality often because at the end of the day, I am me.

I wake up to me, I go to bed with me.

I am me and I like people that are similar to my likes and loves.

I love creativity, I like playing games, I like goldfish but honestly love pangolins more.

I care that people should be free to be who they want to be. I care that they're being supressed. That I'm being supressed. That I only get a virtual platform to enjoy safely, even then it's not always the case.

I'm lucky to have a partner that enjoys every part of me and supports everything that I am.

I hope everyone will find the same love someday. Be it with someone, someones, or just themselves. And if you already have that, I hope you cherish it.

And if you haven't seen it, you really need to watch Kinky Boots. This was one of my own first door opening experiences.

. . . when I think of You !

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Stanford Warren, Essex UK

just because I miss drawing my hands...

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#ArtIsMyTherapy

#VanityProject

After long months of work and less time I will restart again at flickr. The hard times ended with spectacular holidays at Tuscany! It was a really relaxed holiday in Sant'Angelo in Colle, near Montalcino. And off course I used the opportunity to visit all the nice photo spots at the surrounding.

This is my first image of that two weeks, it shows the cypresses at Val d'Orcia, a famous spot between Montalcino and San Quirico d'Orcia.

Nach langen Monaten mit zu viel Arbeit und zu wenig Zeit, ist es jetzt soweit, dass ich mal wieder mehr Zeit für flickr habe. Diese lange Zeit endete mit einem wunderbaren Urlaub in der Toskana, in Sant'Angelo in Colle. Natürlich habe ich viele Fotos mitgebracht, immerhin war unser letzter Urlaub in der Toskana vor 12 Jahren.

Das Foto zeigt die Zypressen im Val d'Orcia, ein bekannter Fotospot an einer Straße. Dahinter liegt noch der Zypressenring, der mir aber nicht zugesagt hat. Aber dieser kleine Zypressenhain ist einfach ein wunderbares Motiv, besonders im beginnenden Abendlicht.

Ein Tag Schnee

I wanna taste your content

Hold your breath and feel the tension

Devils hide behind redemption

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xv9InPzAYbA

happy today.

then I accidentally watched the news.

**Could we please remember that there is still a war going on....do whatever you can to help Ukraine.

Credits on my Blog

sinsofvanity.blogspot.it/2018/03/i-smile.html

'I am Here' is a macro photograph of a plant from my neighborhood. It is a part of a series.

You called me liar

I agreed

I'm living in the fire

Don't you see?

I always told you

I'll be here

But I've changed the colour of my skin

You've got to understand my mess

You've got to understand my lousy face

I only take you down, down, down, down, down...

🎵"Chameleon" - Daria Zawialow🎵

Antonio Banderas is very annoyed because there is no snow.

~Memory, all alone in the moonlight

I can dream of the old days

I was beautiful then

I remember the time I knew what happiness was

Let the memory live again

~Andrew Lloyd Weber, CATS

youtu.be/5mlllRdIfqw

Essen

Ruhrgebiet

NRW

"Something sad seemed to reason with my doubt

Guiding me through the hideout

Thread me a lifeline before I drown

I've been here for a while now

Lights off in the rest of town

Still vacant in the early hours..."

Alfa Mist - Door

51:52 Peace

For this second last theme of the year…peace…I have photographed Otis and Fleur again in a festive setting.

For me, the holiday season is about peace, giving and forgiving, and inner joy. I don't want gifts for Christmas - what I want is world peace. I know that's asking a lot, and I don't expect it to happen, but we can start small. We can smile at others as they walk by - just a smile will often melt a heart and make someone's day. We can accept others as they are, even if they are completely different from us. We can respect others, because each of us expects to be respected. We can be positive, and live each moment to its fullest, as we really don't know if it is our last. And we can love without expecting anything in return. I believe that all these things will bring inner peace, and that's a start. It's not easy, but it's a goal to work towards.

Rumi said, "Out beyond the ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I'll meet you there.

That's my philosophical post for the year….

"I never cared:

- I never cared if you were “gay“ until you started shoving it in my face, and the faces of our children.

- I never cared what colour you were, until you started blaming my race for your problems.

- I never cared about your political affiliation until you started to condemn me for mine.

- I never cared where you were born until you wanted to erase my history and blame my ancestors for your current problems.

- I never cared if you were well-off or poor, until you said you were discriminated against, when I was promoted because I worked harder.

- I never cared if your beliefs were different from mine, until you said my beliefs were wrong.

Now I care !

My patience and tolerance are gone.

I’m not alone in feeling this way there are millions of us who do......

and we have had enough !"

copy&paste&share

~ found in the comments on youtube ...

I'll never forget the songs we used to play

And when I put 'em on

The feeling never fades out my body

I hope you're thinkin' of me (mmm)

There won't be a night, there won't be a place

Where you don't cross my mind

Where I don't see your face in somebody (mmm)

I hope you're thinkin' of me (mmm)

People say we're fools, people say we're dumb

People say we're caught up in temporary love

We don't know what we're doin', they say we're too young

But they don't know a thing about us

I'll wait forever, that's what we said

16th of September, lyin' in my bed

I'll wait forever, it's never too late

Couple thousand miles is just a little space

I'll wait (mmm)

There won't be an end, can't forget the start

When you're far away, it's like we're not apart

I'd play my money

Just to hear you say you love me again

People say we're fools, people say we're dumb

People say we're caught up in temporary love

We don't know what we're doin', they say we're too young

But they don't know a thing about us

I'll wait forever, that's what we said

16th of September, lyin' in my bed

I'll wait forever, it's never too late

Couple thousand miles is just a little space

I'll wait (mmm)

-🎶-

Less is more for me

When there is less it's easier to spot

What you have around you

Who you have around you

Appreciating less is for me a gift

It's not always easy to jump off the roller coaster we call life

But now and then we manage to stop and think

Is this how I really want to use my precious time

I'm happy I stopped

I'm happy I did my choices and followed my intuition

I know in my heart that I'm on the right path

There will be bumps, I know that, but what is life without bumps

When you dealt with them you will have a glorius time again

and again

and again

and again

Yesyes

I'm in love, sigh

Geeez what a Man

National Gallery of Australia, Canberra.

A cute, and tiny, snail that I found exploring the rain-soaked top of our compost bin.

Taken with my MP-E 65mm lens, at 2x magnification (I think; must make notes!)

I will take you forever

And there will never be anyone else in my heart but you

And I will take you forever....

www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvS53j5sR4M&list=PL09kF0z52N4...

Rotterdam

Cube houses are a set of innovative houses built in Rotterdam and Helmond in the Netherlands, designed by architect Piet Blom and based on the concept of "living as an urban roof": high density housing with sufficient space on the ground level. Blom tilted the cube of a conventional house 45 degrees, and rested it upon a hexagon-shaped pylon. His design represents a village within a city, where each house represents a tree, and all the houses together, a forest.

(Wikipedia)

Das Kubushaus (auch Kubuswohnung, Baumhaus) ist ein Entwurfsmuster für Wohngebäude, das von dem Architekten Piet Blom auf der Basis von würfelförmigen, auf einer Ecke stehenden Baukörpern entwickelt wurde. In Helmond und Rotterdam wurden zwei Gebäudekomplexe errichtet, die modular aus diesen Baukörpern zusammengesetzt wurden.

Der Kubus mit der Kantenlänge von 7,5 Metern ist gekippt und steht auf einer Ecke, so dass drei Seiten nach unten und drei nach oben zeigen. Blom sprach von „Straßenhaus“ und „Himmelshaus“.

(Wikipedia)

Tonight I feel like the world won't miss me

So much to say but there's no one listening

If we're alone are we all together in that

I threw a penny in a well for wishing

and prayed for all the things I think I'm missing

A little time is all I really need

I am doing the best I can with everything I am

Don't you know nobody's perfect

Do you understand how hard I'm trying to do the best I can

The best I can

A second chance to give you something

It takes a lifetime to come from nothing

I refuse to believe in running away

I am doing the best I can with everything I am

Don't you know nobody's perfect

Do you understand how hard I'm trying for you

I am doing the best I can with everything I am

Don't you know I think you're worth it

Do you understand how hard I'm trying to do the best I can

The best I can

I got a picture of what matters and I keep it close to my heart

It's a little faded but so am I

Cause I am doing the best I can with everything I am

Don't you know nobody's perfect

Do you understand how hard I'm trying for you

I am doing the best I can with everything I am

Don't you know I think you're worth it

Do you understand how hard I'm trying to do the best I can

The best I can

'Best I Can' ~Art of Dying~

Taken at Furillen.

I was probably more surprised than this Pileated Woodpecker when it was suddenly right in front of me as I walked through a wooded area. It did stay there while I took a couple of close range photos and kept walking. A high ISO shot from the darkness of the tree canopy.

Thank you for viewing

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For my friend, whose son has cancer …

UPDATE : 31.8.17.

I am very happy to have received news yesterday from my friend to say that following a successful operation the final reports now confirm that her son is all clear and does not have cancer. Thank you from the bottom of my heart to all of you who left messages of hope, good wishes and love and who said prayers for him. My belief in miracles has always been strong and I wrote a poem which I am posting today before the final results were received, because I had every faith in a happy outcome <3

“A butterfly that lands on you or flies around you

or enters your house is a sign from Heaven that all will be well.” - AP

Soundtrack : www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8QJmI_V3j4

BY YOUR SIDE - SADE

Every moment of day and night

I am with you in your plight

I hold your hand throughout your fight

and hold you close to me

Every second that the sun

warms our hearts; let everyone

light a candle for your son

and keep him in our prayers

Every minute that the moon

lights our way through darkest storms

in my heart I know that soon

sadness falls away

Every hour that I breathe

I think of you and I believe

that all the goodness that you are

will guide you to be strong

Every night and every day

I pray to God, your son to save

a butterfly will come your way

a sign your guardian angel's there

Every time I think of you

I know you're thinking of me too

you gave me hope when I needed you

now it's my turn; I am by your side.

- AP - Copyright © remains with and is the intellectual property of the author

Copyright © protected image please do not reproduce without permission

THANKS FOR YOUR VISIT AND FAVES

ON THE REACTIONS I WILL TRY TO RESPOND BACK

Oké nog eentje dan (voorlopig) -))

Deze kleine ondeugd kwam recht op mij aflopen ondanks het geblaas van moeder gans, heb dan zelf maar een paar stappen achteruit gedaan voor dat moeder gans in actie kwam :-)))

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Okay one more then (for now) -))

This little vice came right up to me despite the blowing of mother goose, then I took a few steps back myself before mother goose took action :-)))

I see her in ways nobody else can.

I see her deaths.

I see her lives.

I see the depths of her oceans.

I see her in My Vast skies.

I see the love she possess.

I see electricity pulse through her touch.

I see behind the windows of her eyes.

I see her true beauty.

I see me.

I see unity.

I see my past, present, and future within her.

I see her.

I adore her.

I cherish her.

I love her desperately.

I see our eternity.

There is no life without seeing her.

I see her.

... what to do during the Corona Crisis ...

tip 14

LIMG_7474_lr

I personally love this time of year in the garden as lots of blue appearing. My ceanothus is just beginning to burst out with it's beautiful blue blooms. So hopefully the garden will be a mass of honey bees also real soon. Hope you are not feeling to blue out there! HSoS

Bottrop

Ruhrgebiet

NRW

„...Meine Heimat ist voller Metaphern. Aber nein, hier ist kein Ros entsprungen... Die Nächte zwischen den Feiertagen sind für mich etwas besonderes. Die Wahrscheinlichkeit, in dieser Zeit jemandem auf meinen Streifzügen zu begegnen, tendiert noch mehr gegen Null als sonst schon. Und selbst der Weihnachtsmann scheint einen Bogen um diese Gegend zu machen. Vielleicht benebelt ihn das Benzol in den Kokereidämpfen zu sehr. Oder er lässt sich gerade an einer der immer weniger werdenden Buden mit Pils voll laufen. Ich würde ihm einen Jägermeister ausgeben. In der Hoffnung, dass ihm der Alkohol die Zunge löst und er mir so erzählt, was er beim Überflug über Bottrop so denkt. Diese Stadt ist ein Escape Room, den nur wenige als Gewinner verlassen. Und das meine ich ohne jeden Pathos und ohne jede Gefühlsduselei. Bonjour Tristesse. Der wohlige Schauer beim Betrachten der Realität. Ich darf im Bottroper Süden das Obst und Gemüse aus meinem Garten nicht Essen. Und jetzt ist das Wohngebiet gegenüber dem Malakoffturm auch noch von Grundwasserbelastungen betroffen. Aber egal. Hauptsache, der Motor kommt nicht ins Stottern... Ab und zu höre ich in der Dunkelheit das Knallen der Flamme, mit der das Kokeigas abgefackelt wird. Und dieses Leuchten am Himmel ist mir mittlerweile so vertraut, dass es mich nicht einmal mehr beim Schlafen stört. Schöne, heile Ruhrpottromantik. Meine Worte mögen zynisch klingen. Oder verbittert. Aber das sind sie nicht. Ich und meine Frau wohnen hier. Und wir werden hier wohnen bleiben. Aber ich bin es leid, dass die Dinge nicht beim Namen genannt werden. Ich betrachte meine Heimat als meine Habseligkeit. Und dieser Besitz verpflichtet mich, sie so zu zeigen, wie ich sie sehe. Ich will sie nicht auf- oder preisgeben. Ich stelle sie manchmal bloß, zeige sie in ihrer ungeschminkten Schönheit. Aber ich liebe sie... Wo ist die Verpflichtung derjenigen, die für vielen Missstände hier zuständig sind? Aber Weihnachten ist ja das Fest der Liebe und des Verzeihens. Wir beide machen es nachher wie die Fackel dort hinten, die ihr nicht sehen könnt. Wir beide werden uns auch einen Brennen. Ausnahmsweise.... I don't believe in a promise. Unless it's one I made myself...“

Oddisee - Want to Be

www.youtube.com/watch?v=zc-t4oacQto

i crave the way your lips would suck the darkness from my soul.

how your tongue would make love to all the demons in my mouth.

the way your saliva painted rainbow hues on the walls of my throat.

and i crave the way you could tame this lawless beast inside me.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoQrH6EMnas

Outback the other day, birds were flocking in the trees and I became motivated to take a few telephoto shots. So along comes this Cardinal. Just beautiful...

(From Wikipedia)The northern cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) is a North American bird in the genus Cardinalis; it is also known colloquially as the redbird or common cardinal. It can be found in southern Canada, through the eastern United States from Maine to Texas and south through Mexico. It is found in woodlands, gardens, shrublands, and swamps.

The Terminator Theme 1984

www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIRQQjVYQ78

Waiting here, as I sit by the stone

They came before me

Those men from the Sun

Signs from the heavens say I am the one

Head - LeLUTKA Lilly Head 2.5

Skin - Lulu - Boataom

Body - Lara by Maitreya

Hair - Ciara by Doux

Eyes - Snow Eyes V1 by S0NG

Ears - Gothic Longing by Pumec

Jewelry:

Nose ring right - Diamond Nose stud by PUNCH

Nose ring left - Mina by ~LF~

Cheek Piercing - Ariana by ~LF~

Left Ring - Luxe Wedding Ring Linsey by Ysoral

Right Ring - Kimberly by Orsini

Clothing:

Shorts- Solstice by Blueberry

Top - Solstice Lace Set by Blueberry

Wrap - Solstice Fringe Wrap by Blueberry

Boots - Solstice Sandals by Blueberry

Tattoo - Body and Soul by Vegas

Backdrop - Skaters bu CEBO

Location - Penny Lane Backdrops

Pose - Ailsa-Selfie by Psycho Byts

Forbidden Emotions ©

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I love seeing the turtles basking in the sun on a winter's day at the local park in Portimao, Portugal.

A Chinese anemone ~ Anemone hupehensis.

I was complaining (to myself) the other day that I couldn't find any white ones, which I prefer.

Oh yes I can, just round the corner from home. They hadn't flowered the last time I went past.

Better viewed large and thank you for your favourites.

purslane flowers lasted longer than a day.

#53/122 I Wish..../122 Pictures in 2022