I know that you too have not had an easy life, you have a chance to return to a normal life, so seize this chance and continue without thinking of those who hurt you ...

So I hope with all my heart you will take the right path 😢

Music 🎧 : Angus & Julia Stone Big Jet Plane Milk Live At The Chapel youtu.be/l6rIviVAGNg

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MY FRIENDS,

I KNOW THAT THIS IS A VERY HARD AND DANGERIOUS PERIOD AND WE ALL ARE CLOSED IN OUR HOMES AND CANNOT GO OUTSIDE..

EASTER WILL BE NOT SO HAPPY AS BEFORE AND WE WILL NOT HAVE THE POSSIBILITY TO ENJOY SPRING AND FLOWERS,

BUT THIS CUTE DUCK IS NOT TO END SMILING...

I WISH YOU ALL, MY FRIENDS,

ALL THE BEST..

STAY AT HOME AND BE SAFE...

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Spring is again

with the sun and rain

but always joy is

and i wish for you all only this...

Spring has colors deep inside

and magic is side to side...

flowers are all over the world

and we can hear only one word:

Joy, Life, Magic for today

every moment day by day...

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Did you know that Parakeets, Owls, Myna's etc.. all share the same kind of home? They nest / roost in holes / hollow of tree trunks that are often created by other birds like Woodpeckers. On this day, we found several coconut trees with such holes in them. And a large flock of Rose Ringed Parakeets was active with some of them in these holes - while others were on the branches nearby.

The spotted owlet had occupied one of those hollows in the tree and the Parakeets clearly didn't like that. So they were continuously making calls and one of them even landed on the hollow to scare the owlet away. The owlet came out and landed on this perch very close - this was around 3 PM. It was sleepy, yawning and had droopy eyes. We felt sorry for it, but didn't disturb the fight and watched from a distance.

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::: SILENCE - cKey poses:::

Location: ° At The Green Story

::: Brett Young - In case you didn't know :::

I can't count the times

I almost said what's on my mind

But I didn't

And just the other day

I wrote down all the things I'd say

But I couldn't

I just couldn't

Baby, I know that you've been wonderin'

Mm, so here goes nothin'

In case you didn't know

Baby, I'm crazy 'bout you

And I would be lyin' if I said

That I could live this life without you

Even though

I don't tell you all the time

You had my heart a long, long time ago

In case you didn't know

The way you look tonight

That second glass of wine

That did it

Mm

There was somethin' 'bout that kiss

Girl, it did me in

Got me thinkin'

I'm thinkin'

One of the things that I've been feelin'

it's time you hear 'em

In case you didn't know

Baby, I'm crazy 'bout you

And I would be lyin' if I said

That I could live this life without you

Even though

I don't tell you all the time

You had my heart a long, long time ago

In case you didn't know

You got all of me

I belong to you

Yeah, you're my everything

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Well, I know I’ve never been to Spain, can’t say for sure about this little guy, though, what with all the worm holes and Ley Lines in my yard. Actually, he looks a lot like Michelle’s, so the wormhole thing would not surprise me. This could have easily turned into a silhouette shot but with the help of Lightroom I was able to make a beauty shot out of it. So, we started spring with a Robin and we are concluding summer with a Robin. As per usual, there are ten thousand different ways to present this, but I decided to keep cropping to a minimum because I fell in love with the leaves. But as the song says Oklahoma, Arizona, what does it matter …

Never been To Spain – Three Dog Night

I always know when autumn is upon us. The days grow shorter, a chill electrifies the air, and the camellia sasanquas in my hedge in my rear garden start to flower. Well, there may me no chill in the air - quite the contrary actually - however my camellias are budding and the first perfect bloom has appeared.

My "Plantation Pink" camellia sasanqua is always the first of my camellias to blossom in Autumn out of the specimens in my camellia hedge at the rear of my garden, and it seems to have thrown almost overnight. Where yesterday there were tight buds, today there are crepe like blooms.

Vigorous and fast growing, Camellia Sasanqua “Plantation Pink” is an upright evergreen shrub with masses of large sweetly scented single to semi-double, soft pink flowers and a wonderful centre of golden yellow stamens. The blooms occur over quite a long period between March and June in the Southern Hemisphere which makes them very popular. They are often used for hedges or to cover walls.

:::... You will never know - Imani ...:::

It breaks my heart 'cause I know you're the one for me

Don't you feel sad there never was a story, obviously

To never be

And you will never know

I will never show

What I feel, what I need from you, no

You will never know

I will never show

What I feel, what I need from you

With every smile comes my reality, irony

You won't find out what has been killing me

Can't you see me?

Can't you see?

Important to know: Iguanas are capable of severely injuring people, other animals and themselves when their body language messages are not recognized. Most iguanas clearly sign that trouble is ahead. They nod their head and wave their dewlap side to side.

The dewlap is a fold of loose skin hanging from the neck or throat of an animal, like a cow. Iguanas use their dewlap to communicate. First, an extended dewlap can simply be a greeting. An extended dewlap is often used to say hello to another creature during mating and most generally as a territorial sign. Second, it can be a form of protection. A threatened iguana may extend its dewlap to intimidate a predator into thinking it is much larger than it is. Third, an extended dewlap may be a sign that the iguana is trying to adjust its temperature. An extended dewlap on an iguana basking in the sun is quite normal. It may be catching sun to warm up or catching a breeze to cool off. So it's important to consider "the big picture" when reading an Iguana's body language.

Parts of an iguana... www.bing.com/images/search?view=detailV2&ccid=Up3IVbC...

Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Miami FL

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Endeans Mill is deep in the central North Island and close to Pureora Forest Park. A wonderful historical site filled with aging relics of the timber industry.

As far as I know the first to describe this exuberantly orange Azalea was the well-known German-Dutch botanist Carl Ludwig Blume (1796-1862). He wrote his short description in 1823 almost immediately after becoming director of 's-Lands Plantentuin (Kebun Raya) in what was then Buitenzorg, today Bogor on Java, Indonesia. There has been some confusion about the provenance of our shrub, whether China or Japan. Apparently both varieties are so alike that the scientific name on which scientists agree is Rhododendron molle (Blume) G. Don, subsp. japonicum Kron.

If you want to learn more go to the fine article - including great maps - by Kathleen Anne Kron (1956-) in the Edinburgh Journal of Botany 1993, pp.279-281. Worth a read.

Every detail is outlined here:

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.:: ♫ Vibez ♫ ::.

♫♪♫ ... Don't keep me waiting

I've been waiting all night to get closer

And you already know, I got it for ya

You know the vibes, know the vibes, put it on ya

If we're moving too fast, we can slow up

Baby, this far from mediocre (no)

You know the vibes, know the vibes .... ♪♫♫

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when you're so in love

and your souls touch

but it's still not enough

♬ where does it go? ♬

*check my Primfeed to see color version

the things:

Ana Poses - Florence, natural animated & breathing stands @ Uber

Ison - Catalina & Marina set

Stealthic - Boundless @ Equal10

+ Bang Set 4 - Classy Bang @ the mainstore

♡ taken @ Elysion

#noai

Did you know that during Autumn, we have a changing of the leaves in Florida also? Of course, not to the extent to the states north of us, but we do have a significant change. (More so in North Florida)

This picture was taken in Chipley, Florida. Many, many years ago, I would swim in this lake as a young fellow. It is known as Blue Lake Park and is a very nice place for families who want to have a picnic and go swimming. There is playground equipment for children too.

I'm sure you will notice the moon already coming out.

One more thing - I live about one mile from here and am able to take my grandchildren here for them to enjoy it as much as I did when I was their age.

Thank you for taking the time to read this...

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I know you all have pretty much concluded that I am sick and twisted... but, hey! It's October... and that's the way it should be! Right?!! (at least for a couple more hours!) Happy Halloween! This whole year has been pretty scary anyway!

I know that it has reached an end of my journey and it's about time to say goodbye.

i know what you're thinking: not that thing again! i am here to tell you... yes, that thing again.

it's one of the few DSOs i can actually get time on from my treehouse observatory.

29.3h total,

mount: mach1gto

camera: STT-8300M with astrodon 5nm filters

OTA: at6rc with 0.8x televue reducer.

guiding: FW8G-STT with PHD2

first full project using SGP for automation.

all processing in pixinsight 1.8

II know I spend far too much time trying to photograph blue jays. I find it a personal affront that they seek to do their best to hide behind the first layer of foliage when they fly away so you can't get their photo.

So, it was with great glee that I tracked this one into a tree where he thought he was invisible but he did not take into account the angle I had on him which gave me a tunnel through the leaves to where he was sitting.

By the way, did you spot the moth that he has captured?

'I've come to believe that it’s worth getting to know your fearful mind... it’s never going to leave you. You can’t evict it. It’s more or less hardwired into your psyche and will accompany you onto every stage you set foot on, into every job interview you go to, and every new relationship you enter into. It’s there, and it’s not going to shut up.'

Michelle Obama. 2022. The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times, (p. 73), Crown Publishers

Approximately 2.5 cm/ .98 inches across

As shot. Slight crop.

* NB. Bibliography or reference notes are not in one style yet. Please forgive for now.

Let me know what textures you would like to see!

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You can see some of my textures on my sim here maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Honey/50/83/22

You know, we may download them to our computers, we may just leave them on our phones. And the physical print, the end of the process, is the thing for me. I like to hold and look at a beautiful object, and it feels like it completes that circle. Otherwise, the work just feels unfinished to me. If it just exists in the ether, or if it just exists as a cheap work print, it’s not quite there yet. I need to finish the project I began.

Mark Power

HBW! HGGT! Truth Matters!

Cape jessamine gardenia, 'Chuck Hayes', j c raulston arboretum, ncsu, raleigh, north carolina

If you know how to see it, tomatoes also have their star.

Si la sabes ver, los tomates también tienen su estrella.

Si la saps veure, les tomàtigues també tenen la seva estrella.

Thanks for your visits, favorites and comments. HMM !!!

Those who know me personally will know I have a little van and like to travel around the UK for my photography. I recently spent some time in Brecon and West Wales for just under two weeks. And I really loved spending time focusing on photography again. Just getting through some of the pictures now and so I have lots of wildlife and landscapes stories to come. :)

This Image is from the first night where I walked up Pen Y Fan. I set off at 1am and only reached the peak at 6am as I was too distracted taking pictures of the stars on the way up! But I was just in time for a beautiful sunrise. :) It was seriously an amazing walk in the night and would highly recommend to anyone.

Having some problems with photoshop at the moment and it seems to not work or crash when I'm using it anyone else having problems?

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Tartiste Style Here

*you know what I mean.*

[Blaink]: The Boiler Room

[Blaink] Mainstore: Teleport

[Korpov]: Crow Jacket

[L&B]: Swear Axel Pants

[Sixis]: Sylus Shoes

[Sonya]: Stefan Hair

available at Access Alpha Teleport

[777 Motors]: Tracker.X (mainstore release)

[777] Mainstore: Teleport

[Unique Poses]: On My Way Poses (includes bike - not shown)

[Unique Poses] Mainstore: Teleport

Hair: NO!Project Dash Hair @ Men Only

Head: CATWA HEAD Jackson

Shirt: Etham Carter Polo Shirt @ Men Only

Jeans: [AB] Relax Jeans @ Men Only

Credits

... knows the key command for the © symbol by heart.

Sherilyn hair by Tableau Vivant

Only at Colllabor88

Glasses "Vintage"Silver Bike Black by URIZASK

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All my thanks, all my gratitude for your encouragement, your comments and to enjoy my photos. You amaze me at each of your publications, with your talent, your know-how, your imagination, your sense of observation, your costumes, your sets, your humour, your poetry... Thank you again.

Credits - whitt-icisms.blogspot.com/2022/09/desire-knows-no-boundar...

Hindleberg ist the easternmost mountain is Austria, geologicaly it belongs to the Carpathian Mountain chain. A lookout tower - Königswarte - (publicly accessible) and a listening station are built on its top. There is much speculation about the listening-station and theories that it is financed in part by the NSA. Not so kosher for a neutral country like Austria, who knows...

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That's not the real reason why the mountain has such name, (Pink Mountain) but I can say that yesterday it has really deserved it. The Massif, as seen from more than 150km, with a 400mm, at the sunset, when the peaks are covered with snow, takes a peculiar pink color while a sea of fog was covering the whole Padanian lowland. Some birds are crossing the frame, who can see them?

I didn't know it was an actual meteorological term.

Drizzle is a light precipitation consisting of liquid water drops smaller than those of rain – generally smaller than 0.5 mm (0.02 in) in diameter. Drizzle is normally produced by low stratiform clouds and stratocumulus clouds.

Owing to the small size of drizzle drops, under many circumstances drizzle largely evaporates before reaching the surface and so may be undetected by observers on the ground. The METAR code for drizzle is DZ and for freezing drizzle is FZDZ.

Is it drizzle or mizzle?

A misty drizzle. The term is commonly used in Devon and Cornwall to describe a mixture of fine drizzle and thick, saturating mist or fog. Although mizzle might seem like a clever portmanteau combining mist and drizzle, it likely derives from the Low German miseln or Dutch word for drizzle, miezelen.

Wellington, Somerset, UK.

PuT yOu iN tHiS bOx I mAdE fOr TwO....

I KnOw WhErE mY bOnEs ArE bUriEd*

Another waterfall, another sunset, more from Iceland....

Answers on a post card if you know where ? I do remember the day so well and another reason to hang on to photo's... When we were getting my gear from out of the car I sipped over but as is always the case I think more of my camera and its safety than my own. It didn't help that the more I tried to get to my feet the more impossible it became. My husband and I were in stitches because I was on sheet ice lightly covered with snow and just kept slithering around in the same spot. I eventually got on to my knees and crawled to where I could get to my feet. My mind just remembers the name Goyt Valley so I'm hoping my brain hasn't got completely to pot yet :) Sue ...

This photo is a collaborative effort by Redd and myself.

Redd took the photo and I edited. Thank you Redd,

For such a wonderful capture…

Dream Bay, Adult

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“The Summer Knows” by Michel LeGrand (Movie theme from “The Summer of ’42”)

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This Florida native knows how to hold a pose. Perched on a rock like a reptilian yogi, the turtle stretches its neck toward the light, one clawed foot gripping the stone with quiet determination. Its shell, etched with age and softened by moss, tells a story of stillness and survival.

The water around it is clear and calm, revealing a bed of submerged rocks that cradle the moment in earthy tones. It’s a portrait of patience—no rush, no drama, just the art of being.

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Why she was smiling. It was the beer. Tiradentes, MG, Brazil.

Do you know that too? You come to a beautiful place, a landscape panorama, a special stretch of coast by the sea or the shore of a lake and in the most beautiful places there are high fences, walls, villas or entire residential or hotel complexes.

Luckily it's not the case everywhere (in my beautiful Elbe Sandstone Mountains, for example, the view belongs to everyone) but I've experienced it several times in other places.

Then there are sights that you have to qualify for (either with money or with connections).

This also partly applies to this beautiful view of the famous “Blue Wonder”, a landmark of the city of Dresden.

When you get up here, you quickly notice that there are one house next to another. And every house has really high and opaque fences. Only from here, on the terrace of a rather chic restaurant, does one have a relatively unobstructed view.

Since I wanted to take a photo but didn't plan on eating here, I secretly sneaked onto the empty terrace (luckily it's winter) and set up my tripod in a dark corner.

Since I didn't bother anyone with anything, I think it's fine so far.

However, I would like to emphasize that I did not climb over any fences to gain entry. That would go way too far and I would skip the photo (which has already happened several times).

Kennt Ihr das auch ? Ihr kommt an einen wunderschönen Ort, ein Landschaftspanorama, einen besonderen Küstenabschnitt am Meer oder das Ufer einen Sees und an den schönsten Stellen stehen hohe Zäune, Mauern, Villen oder ganze Wohn- bzw. Hotelkomplexe.

Es ist zum Glück nicht überall der Fall (in meinem wunderschönen Elbsandsteingebirge gehört der Ausblick zum Beispiel jedem) doch ich habe es anderen Ortes schon mehrmals erlebt.

Dann sind es Anblicke, für die muss man sich qualifizieren (entweder mit Geld oder mit Beziehungen).

Dies gilt teilweise auch für diesen wunderschönen Blick auf das berühmte "Blaue Wunder" ein Wahrzeichen der Stadt Dresden.

Kommt man nämlich hier oben an, dann stellt man sehr schnell fest, dass hier ein Haus neben dem anderen steht. Und jedes Haus hat wirklich hohe und blickdichte Zäune. Nur von hier, der Terasse eines ziemlich schicken Restaurants hat man einen relativ freien Blick.

Da ich ein Foto machen wollte, jedoch nicht vor hatte hier zu essen, habe ich mich heimlich auf die leere Terasse geschlichen (zum Glück ist gerade Winter) und mein Stativ in einer dunklen Ecke aufgebaut.

Da ich niemanden bei irgend etwas gestört habe denke ich, dass geht soweit in Ordnung.

Ich möchte allerdings betonen, das ich über keinerlei Zäune geklettert bin um mir Zutritt zu verschaffen. Das ginge dann deutlich zu weit und ich würde das Foto sausen lassen (was auch schon mehrfach passiert ist).

more of this on my website at: www.shoot-to-catch.de

I know, I know... Christmas is almost here. But I'm in Texas - it just now dropped down below the 80s!

Another lifer! I don't know exactly what this Baird's Sparrow has stuffed in its bill, other than a green caterpillar, but this is almost certainly food for its young brood. And this is certainly a Baird's. Slightly different views - not as sharp due to heat shimmer - showed the necklace of dark streaks on its upper breast. It was about the size of a Grasshopper Sparrow - quite small - and no doubt I have mistaken others for the latter, over the years. It isn't a lifer until you can I.D. it, until you know what you are looking at.

Google will tell you its conservation status is "Least Concern", but according to Cornell this species has lost 65% of its population since 1967 and is a "Red Alert Tipping Point species." Its decline is mainly due to habitat loss as native grassland is converted for agricultural usage.

Cool Fact: Baird's Sparrow was the last new bird described by Audubon (in 1843).

My pal Madonna has a cool story about this species. When she arrived in Val Marie in 2014 as Artist in Residence at the Convent Inn - coincidentally the same way I landed here - a guest flew in from Washington specifically to add a Baird's to his life list. He rented a car in Regina, drove down to our little community, and spotted his first Baird's before he even checked in. He was over the moon with excitement.

Photographed in Rosefield, Saskatchewan (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission © 2026 James R. Page - all rights reserved.

We know spring has arrived here in Australia when huntsman sightings increase. They are harbingers and heralds of the warmer months.

This was my first encounter of the 2022 spring season on August 25, a Heteropoda sp. male, seen on the inside of an empty flower pot in the garden.

Spiders within genus Heteropoda are known commonly as giant huntsman due to the impressive sizes some species can achieve when fully grown.

This male had a body length of around 2 cm. I'm not sure if he is fully grown as yet.

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You know the type. Goes to the store just for a liter of milk. Will not take a basket in the store and dumps it all on the belt by cash register. Carries it home under arm, in the pockets, under the chin. Shit, of course, always happens. Especially, if you carry eggs. I want it to write about Pawnbrokers; well, next time. Queensglad Pawnbrokers sign seems to be of older vintage, but the Pawnbrokers are around only since 1996.

542. TMR Toronto 11. Dec, 2020, P1440490; Uploaded 02. Jan, 2021. Lmx -ZS100.