Can you see the years?

There are fifty of them in this face. Some hard ones, and some not quite so bad. Some fat ones, and a lot of lean ones, barely scraping by. But they are all here on this face, every single one of them. They appear in many places.

Can you see the years in every wrinkle on my face? Each wrinkle comes from a worry, a tough lesson, a lost love, a heartache or a heartbreak. There are many of them, but each one was a building block of character in whom I would eventually become. Each crease a reminder of the things I have done, or the things I have left undone. Each line a visible mark of the consequence of my choices.

Can you see the years in each grey hair upon my face? They did not just magically appear overnight. They come with the hurt of losing a friend, the sadness of being misunderstood, the longing for love that will never be. They come with each and every hardening of my heart, a stone laid in place to close off the outside world from reaching the wounded heart inside me.

Can you see the years in my eyes? Behind the blue eyes lie the sorrows of my past. Failed friendships and marriages that haunt me constantly. The failures in past ventures and efforts, making me more calloused against the world, cynical by nature, reserved in sharing my true self with anyone.

Then came you. Your passion, your compassion, your kindness. These things have somehow vanquished the years from my face. Each line washed away like the footprints in the sand are washed away by the ocean's tide. Each grey hair restored to a brilliance like the sun breaking from behind the stormy clouds. Each sorrow and sadness washed away like rain, streaming like tears down my face. You have erased the years, and given me purpose and meaning - a reason for existence. You have broken down the stone walls around me given me room to run and grow. You have given me hope at the chance for love once again.

Can you see the years.....disappear?

~Dwayne

Poor ol Moorhen looked a tad lonely. Told me no one liked him, he was misunderstood and no one ever saw he was a handsome beastie that was a great parent and a fabulous survivor in a cruel world with inhabitants that forget you exist and take from you when it suits their needs but give nothing to you in return. Even the ducks get food chucked out for them and after all, those legs are better than Betty Grables'. So I took his picture and told him a joke to cheer both of us up on a cold windy day in a deserted park. We did have a laugh, me and the Moorhen, playing peek-a-boo behind the willow. Holywells

Iguanas of Florida

While most areas in the United States are more temperate and don’t make great homes for most iguana species, Florida is something of an anomaly. Since its subtropical climate makes it warm and humid year-round, Florida has become an ideal home to many species of reptiles, amphibians, and other animals we normally see in distant, isolated rainforests and on tropical islands. But what iguanas in Florida are actually native to the area? Additionally, are there any invasive species?

There are no iguana species that are actually native to Florida. Instead, the three main species currently living throughout the state are invasive species. Humans brought these lizards to Florida from nearby islands via cargo ships and independent releases throughout the 1960s and 1970s. Eventually, their populations exploded. Florida just happens to be an ideal environment for iguanas, with its warm, humid weather and diverse plant and animal life for the massive lizards to feed on.

Florida’s three main invasive iguana species are the black spiny-tailed iguana, the Mexican spiny-tailed iguana, and, of course, the green iguana. None of them are originally native to Florida. However, over time, they’ve all become misunderstood yet highly invasive nuisances, wreaking havoc on the state’s plant and animal life and causing serious damage to both man-made and natural structures with their feces and elaborate burrows.

As we look at each of these species in a bit more detail, we’ll be able to understand why they are so damaging to Florida’s ecosystems, exactly how each one was introduced to the area, and what sort of measures state officials are taking to reverse the lizards’ environmental impact as humanely as possible.

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As I faced (and continue to face) very intense, life-long mental health struggles that can be very disabling, challenging and disturbing for me, I remember spending many evenings outside at home just watching and photographing the sky as a way to try to help myself stay alive and survive. Seeing, watching, taking note of, and eventually capturing the clouds I saw seemed to naturally become one of the many ways I coped with my own intense, heartbreaking and disturbing reality. I appreciated the beauty, the colors, the variety and uniqueness of what I saw in the clouds, and how the clouds seemed to tell a story—and sometimes I could relate to the story I saw in them.

Through multiple devastating and traumatic experiences, the Bible had been misused and God misrepresented as I was treated in unhealthy, harmful and destructive ways by others. This resulted in my time spent reading the Bible (something I’d faithfully done for multiple decades that—in the past—had been safe and uplifting) becoming an extremely overwhelming, very difficult encounter which caused me to engage in intense self-criticism, self-condemnation and self-harm. But I wouldn’t give up on God—deep down I trusted His faithfulness and goodness rather than the human harm I’d experienced (though this harm was extremely wrong, intensely painful and deeply devastating). I’m thankful God didn’t give up on me and continued to communicate His care for me, perfect love for me and His understanding through His creation by showing me stories in the clouds.

The clouds seemed to tell a story I could relate to—in a way I could visualize my own experiences in the formations, light, darkness and colors I saw. It was like being able to relate to the story I saw portrayed in the clouds was a way God showed me He sees me, the brutal truth of my devastating experiences, my understandable thoughts and behaviors due to my traumatic and harmful personal experiences and that He still cares for me when I feel abandoned, used and misunderstood by some people that I once trusted who were no longer trustworthy.

We all have a story. Perhaps you can relate to parts of my personal story. And it is my hope that somehow, sometime, in some way, maybe you can find some hope in your story.

________________________

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Looking back at my childhood through my recently turned sixty-three-year-old eyes, there is so much to thank God for. Each and everyone of us were created, designed and wired to be different…it is part of Gods plan. And it is somewhere in that three-part recipe that our gifts, those tools that we are to use here on earth are derived. As far back as I can remember, I have been blessed with the highest levels of gullibility, immaturity and imagination…an awesome combination that allows me to constantly entertain myself in the void between my ears.

As a child, my father would play with my wiring by telling me made up tales of Indians, horses and one of his most memorable, where King Kong lives. They were never set in meanness, always in play. I am sure when he stopped telling me these stories, it wasn’t because I started catching on, I’m sure it was that it became boring or just too easy.

As a child, we almost always had a boat and our favorite (looking back now, it was our only) location to cruise was the Ohio River. We would launch at The Rubaiyat Boat Harbor, our family’s business and travel upstream. If you were out in the river, it was easy to look to the Indiana shore in Utica and see a large, rough-cut opening in the hills that paralleled the river.

I’m not sure if someone asked about it, or if he just threw it out there but I still remember that exact moment. The sound and gentle rocking of the boat, the green of the surrounding trees, the partially clouded sky, the way the sun glistened off of the somewhat newly cut stone, when my father said with authority “That is where King Kong lives!” Little did he know, I instantly believed and could not take my eyes off of it in hopes of getting a glimpse of the giant, misunderstood gorilla. A few times per summer, for years we would pass that place…now known to just be a rock quarry, and I would just get quiet and stare in hopeful wonderment.

Fast forwarding from the 1960’s to January of 2024 and we are fishing in Costa Rica on Lake Arenal. As our guide headed in towards shore so I could photograph some Caimans, this view of Arenal Volcano came into view. Instantly, I felt the warmth of my father’s love, took this photo and said to my adult self “Now that looks like where King Kong lives!”

Note of truth: In an attempt to pass on our finer family traditions, I have taken my two oldest grandchildren in our boat out past the old Utica rock quarry to show them where King Kong lives. Unfortunately, the area has now been heavily developed with houses and I’m not sure if either know who King Kong is. An effort that made me, and I am sure my father smile down from heaven.

...are what warms my heart and gives me peace and security. I didn't have many opportunities to follow the butterflies and visit them in the wild outside in the summer months, because other things needed my attention and patience. There was the fox family that I was able to accompany for a long time. There was the heavy rain here, which determined our actions until mid-July, and of course there was my beloved family that needed me. So it was that just a few days ago I was able to discover this butterfly early in the morning in a beautiful natural meadow where I live. They were short and very intense moments where I was able to completely forget myself while photographing the many beautiful butterflies.

Question for you, dear friends: Would you criticize my new nature photo and tell me what I can do better on this one? I am of the opinion that only good and clearly expressed criticism helps us move forward in what we love to do. It has very rarely been the case for me that someone who always thinks everything about my pictures is good, has brought me a step forward in photography. Please don't get me wrong. I really appreciate all of your wonderful compliments and am extremely grateful for them. But honestly, is there anything you think needs improvement in my pictures?

For me, standing still means going backwards in what I love doing most. I am constantly improving and trying to test myself. ( I'm still like a child in this case and says straight out what I think ). Unfortunately, something happened to me recently with a criticism that I would rather not have communicated, because it was completely misunderstood even though I tried to formulate it as objectively and clearly as possible. It was important to me to show this person that you can improve your work to achieve a more pleasing result, which in turn can give you a lot of additional joy and motivation. At least that is my view of things that didn't end well. I am personally extremely sorry about that. That was not what I wanted to achieve with the criticism I made there. Maybe my poor english made it even more worse.

Now back to my question. Would you like to tell me openly and honestly what I could improve about my personal photography? I would be extremely grateful for constructive criticism, which can be formulated in clear, understandable sentences, so unambiguous and open criticism is what is needed. If there is none of that, that's fine too. Thank you dear friends for your open mind and all your kindness you gave through all the years. It means the world to me. Love you all.

"The butterfly counts not months but moments,

and has time enough."

“You do not just wake up and become the butterfly. Growth is a process.”

“Butterflies are nature’s angels. They remind us what a gift it is to be alive.”

My favourite Rogue of them all, and the most misunderstood one of them all, Axel Walker aka the Trickster. I'm kind of surprised nobody tried the legs on him yet, as it works with the blue on his torso. Anyway, I figured I'd try it out since I still have 2 pairs of blue/yellow legs left.

In Japanese cuisine, sushi (寿司, 鮨, 鮓, sushi?) is vinegared rice, usually topped with other ingredients, including fish (cooked or uncooked) and vegetables. Outside of Japan, sushi is sometimes misunderstood to mean the raw fish by itself, or even any fresh raw-seafood dishes.[1] In Japan, sliced raw fish alone is called sashimi and is distinct from sushi, as sashimi is the raw fish component, not the rice component. The word sushi itself comes from an outdated grammatical form of a word that is no longer used in other contexts; literally, sushi means "it's sour."

There are various types of sushi: sushi served rolled inside nori (dried and pressed layer sheets of seaweed or alga) called makizushi (巻き) or rolls; sushi made with toppings laid with hand-formed clumps of rice called nigirizushi (にぎり); toppings stuffed into a small pouch of fried tofu called inarizushi; and toppings served scattered over a bowl of sushi rice called chirashi-zushi (ちらし).

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Excuse me, but did I say "no more fairies"? No, I meant no more sad fairies, you misunderstood me... ;-) LOL!

Textures used here are from the generous Ghostbones and the one with writing is another free one, but I can't remember where I got it :-( I download so much stuff that I often fail to keep track. I'm so sorry :-( If you see this, let me know who you are! Thank you!

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Misunderstood, misjudged, misbegotten

Wolves and humans have shared the planet for millennia. But in the last few decades we seem to have run out of space. How did that happen? Human species keeps growing, expanding and taking over territories of other species, leaving them with no home. When wildlife, especially predators, are seen close to the areas now overtaken by humans, they are usually killed, seen as enemy. Most often labeled as a threat, as "an individual with something wrong with it as they wandered too close to humans". They have as much right to exist on this planet as we do. I wish we could coexist with these magnificent creatures and not drive them to extinction. I wish more people would see the wolves as incredible as they truly are and not believe in irrational, brainwashing statements of wolf haters who would like to see wolves gone. Completely. Eradicated. Extinct.

Minnesota has most wolves in the lower 48 states of the United States. Wolves have not been legally hunted there for over ten years and are federally protected as threatened species. (Sadly, this will most likely change under the current president.) Right now, around 3000 gray wolves live in the state of Minnesota vs for example 300 individual wolves in the entire country of Finland. Finland is 64% larger, with more forests and uninhabited areas. Also, human population in Finland is just under that of Minnesota. (5.5 million vs 5.7 million). As a Finnish citizen who was born and raised in Finland, I travel there yearly and follow the wildlife/nature closely, therefore the following:

Wolves are critically endangered in Finland but are hunted regardless of EU directive that strictly protects wolves in all EU member states. In 2024 Finland downgraded this protective status to "allow more flexible conservation status and wolf hunting to manage the wolf population." The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry is again allowing to kill 28 wolves yearly OUTSIDE of the reindeer husbandry areas and double that number with exemption permits IN LAPLAND where reindeer are raised for human consumption. Also, poaching continues to be prevalent in Finland. There are about 200 000 reindeer in Finland vs 300 wolves. Needless to say, the wolf population is fast declining and the future for gray wolves is extremely bleak in the country for its natives, the gray wolves.

"This isn't a wolf problem. It's a human problem." - Dr. David Mech (International Wolf Center)

detail from an old school atlas

1806 ... nouvel atlas portatif ...

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Maps And Legends

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He's not to be reached, he's to be reached

He's not to be reached, he's to be reached

Called the fool and the company,

On his own where he'd rather be

Where he ought to be, he sees what you can't see, can't you see that?

(chorus)

Maybe he's caught in the legend,

Maybe he's caught in the mood

Maybe these maps and legends

Have been misunderstood

Down the way the road's divided,

Paint me the places you have seen

Those who know what I don't know

Refer to the yellow, red and green

(repeat chorus)

He's not to be reached, he's to be reached

He's not to be reached, he's to be reached

He's not to be reached, he's to be reached

The map that you painted didn't seem real

He just sings whatever he's seen

Point to the legend, point to the east,

Point to the yellow, red and green

Maybe he's caught in the legend,

Maybe he's caught in the mood

Maybe these maps and legends

Have been misunderstood, been misunderstood

Is he to be reached? He's not to be reached

Is he to be reached? He's not to be reached

Is he to be reached? He's not to be reached anymore ...

R.E.M

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I am the one than in the world is lost,

I am the one who in life has no north,

I am the sister of the dream, and of this sort

I am the crucified ... the painful ...

A shadow of thin and faded fog,

That the bitter fate, sad and strong,

Brutally pushes for death!

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I am the one who cries without knowing why ...

I am perhaps the vision that somebody dreamed,

Someone who came into the world to see me,

And that never ever found me!

- own translation from "Eu", Florbela Espanca

*many thanks to my dear friend Tre Meldazis, that kindly let me in into this amazing SIM before be open to public... here is one of lot of stunning spots in "La Vie"!

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Bruce Springsteen has long been a polarizing figure in American music and culture, often hailed as "The Boss" for his blue-collar anthems but criticized for his politics, persona, and perceived inconsistencies.

The song "Born in the U.S.A." specifically—released in 1984 as the title track of his blockbuster album is ground zero for much of the controversy. The tune is widely misunderstood as a fist-pumping patriotic rocker, thanks to its anthemic chorus and bombastic production, but Springsteen has always insisted it's a bitter protest song about a Vietnam vet's disillusionment: coming home broke, jobless, and abandoned by the system after fighting a senseless war.

The song's legacy has sparked fresh scuttlebutt in recent years. In August 2025, frontman Aaron Lewis went viral blasting Springsteen for "duping" fans with "one of the most anti-American songs ever" disguised as a hit, accusing him of not appreciating his success and faking his blue-collar roots while living like a billionaire. Springsteen embodies the American Dream for some, but for others, he's a symbol of liberal elitism hiding behind rock 'n' roll grit. — Summary by SuperGrok AI

(I know this is old, but I'm pushing it to the front to quote the following. Puts things into perspective.)

Quoting from Nienie. Visit and read.

I just received a phone call from my dear brother in law Andrew, who reports that Lucy is in labor. I love imagining Lucy at the farm house giving birth to her daughter Besty Aurora (named after yours truly).

I have thought several times this month that if I use the accident's time to a pregnancy, my baby would be due this month. Then only joy would come about...even those late night nursings are far better than late night pain.

But alas, its not true.

No cuddly baby to hold, nurse and love. Just questions, frustrations and grief. But that's that. Enough of that 'woe is me' crap.

Today I:

Enjoyed watching the girls lay in the sun sprawled out on the trampoline. The sun shinning and warming their bodies.

Nic and Ollie sat in the garden like cabbage-patch dolls...of course Gigs was naked.

Page came down to clean my house for me.

And Mr. Nielson made me whole wheat waffles with blueberry's and strawberry's atop with warm maple syrup.

Let me talk about Mr. Nielson for awhile.

Mr. Nielson thinks I am cool. He told me so. He also tells me he loves me every hour of the day. Our relationship has changed a lot since we moved in together again in February. Our bodies very different but our hearts the same. Lots and lots of love.

Most days I look in the mirror and cringe at what I see. I have a whole reconstructed nose, platypus lips and discoloring.

Call me vain, but it hurts.

No longer do I have the freckles and natural rosy cheeks. My hair is still short and scars cover a good portion of my face.

Dr. Coates in the burn unit said to me at my latest appointment;

"This too shall pass"

I wanted to slap her. How does she know. I turned bitter. But I still think about it, so I must have actually needed to hear that so I don't want to slap her anymore.

Mr. Nielson sees these trials in my life and loves me just the same. He has never stopped. Daily we talk about the accident sometimes sarcastic and sometimes serious.

Today was serious.

He recalled when he had woken up from the coma, everybody wanted to know what happened. Who was flying? Why did we crash? Was the plane out of power? And he didn't want to tell anyone anything except for me. He felt out of control and misunderstood. He told me he needed his "wifey".

Days after he woke up, he begged to see me. The nurses stabilized Mr. Nielson well enough so he could be wheeled to my room. I lay bandaged up like a mummy with eight different apparatuses keeping me alive and there he talked. He let everything out.

Of course I don't remember our visits while I slept but I know he mustered everything he could to get to me everyday so we could "chat".

I will never know what it was like for him day after day in tears seeing the love of his life the woman who bore him children, fed him the best meals of his life ( I might add) lay silent for so long while in a coma.

Why we go through hardship is something that is necessary. Life wasn't meant to be easy, we all know that one. Despite all the junk I deal with everyday, I still have Mr. Nielson. We are still alive, laughing at funny movie lines, kissing children, watching weekend mindless television and eating at Cafe Rio for goodness sake.

He will love me even if I don't. He will kiss me when I cry. He will (and does) jump for joy when I wake up in a good mood.

He is the best.

So even though my "baby" should be due this month he gently reminds me to press forward as a pregnant elephant.

For their gestation period is 22 months.

awesome.

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An awesome sight, awesome sauced.

(Thanks Tara)

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The Parish Church of the town of Schärding reflected in the waters of the River Inn. Taken from the "Innbrück" (Inn Bridge) which here leads from (Upper) Austria to Germany (Bavaria) - and vice versa!

Another shot with a "TOY" lens on a PENTAX Q.

05 TOY LENS TELEPHOTO

18mm f:8 - manual focus, fixed aperture.

Don't look for sharpness - with a toy lens at infinity it just isn't there, but the picture should make for pleasant viewing on full screen at normal viewing distances.

***The PENTAX Q "Toy lenses" are tiny manual-focus primes with a fixed aperture. They were rather misunderstood and never caught on. I think that's a pity. If one takes the trouble, they can give beautiful results. They are not really toys, and are anything but simple to use well. As with any equipment, you have to recognise the possibilities and respect the limitations.***

P.S. If you do dare to zoom in (you do so at your own risk!!!), you'll make out a flock of pigeons on the church roof. They breed in an empty basement in a house on the other side of the alley. My photo "A curious visitor" shows the window where they go in and out. You can see it in my Album "Window Wednesdays".

Labyrinth - The Raven's Weakness (Amalie and Ciaran)

...Well, I'm still imagining a dark lit place

Or your place or my place

Well, I'm not paralyzed, but I seem to be struck by you

I wanna make you move because you're standin' still

If your body matches what your eyes can do

You'll probably move right through me on my way to you

Well, I'm not paralyzed, but I seem to be struck by you

I wanna make you move because you're standin' still

If your body matches what your eyes can do

You'll probably move right through me on my way to you..

Finger Eleven - Paralyzer (Acoustic)

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Once upon a time Vin and I had started a roleplay world inspired by Jim Henson's Labyrinth; in particular what happened AFTERWARDS. We've decided to create the characters that inhabited this world of the Underground and its King/Queendoms, and bring them to life. It all started with Jareth and Sarah's children and their epic love stories...and it has epically continued on and on through the generations.

What this world means to Vin and me...it is more than words can say. We put our souls into this world and what it represents. But it is our pleasure and excitement to be able to bring them to life.

The ones who kickstarted our whole story was Amalie (the eldest child of Jareth and Sarah who become the first Pure One) and Ciaran (a disgraced Raven prince who was the first to be known as: The Raven).

Upon first meeting, Ciaran did everything in his power (using rather cruel tactics) to scare away and send home the young woman who had come to his realm. He saw her as an enemy; someone who could and would undo everything he'd worked so hard for...

However Amalie was able to see past the mask and see Ciaran for who he really was: a misunderstood, broken man. She helped him regain his 'humanity' and therefore in him gained not only her greatest protector...but the love of her life.

Here in this scene, we're going behind closed doors. Heh, Amalie has always been Ciaran's greatest weakness and as he's told her numerous times, "You are always such a tease." After all one of her favorite things to do was tease and turn her husband on to see how quickly he would lose himself (especially since she appeared so sweet and innocent in public most of the time).

~

I have Vin to thank for setting up these poses and scene! Much rawrness to be had!

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A very interesting essay on the myth of the Sirens, the fish-women (but also bird-women):

“Mermaids continue to emerge on the surface of contemporaneity from the whirlpools of our imagination precisely because they remain the symbols of the fluidity of being. In which we struggle to recognize ourselves. So much so that we mistake the flow of our blood, which resonates in a shell, for a marine echo. The song of the sirens resonates in us like the voice of the nature lover who seems to want to speak to us, and then turns her back on us, misunderstood. And return to sink into its mystery."

Un saggio molto interessante sul mito delle Sirene, le donne-pesce (ma anche donne-uccello):

“Le sirene continuano ad affiorare alla superficie della contemporaneità dai gorghi del nostro immaginario proprio perché restano i simboli della fluidità dell’essere. In cui tentiamo faticosamente di riconoscerci. Tanto da scambiare per un’eco marina lo scorrere del nostro sangue, che risuona in una conchiglia. Il canto delle sirene risuona in noi come la voce dell’amante natura che sembra volerci parlare, per poi voltarci le spalle incompresa. E tornare a inabissarsi nel suo mistero”.

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Yes, hypnosis is a real phenomenon and is recognised as a valid psychological therapy. It involves inducing a state of focused attention and heightened suggestibility, which can be used to help individuals manage pain, anxiety, stress, and even some dependencies. While it may be misunderstood or misrepresented, scientific evidence supports its effectiveness as a therapeutic tool.

Hypnosis under the supervision of a trained therapist is generally considered a safe alternative or supplement to medication. Adverse effects are rare but can include headaches, dizziness, drowsiness, and feelings of anxiety or distress. In some cases, hypnosis can induce false memories.

False memories - - sounds dangerous to me. I wonder if Donald Trump has these' as he seems to have some odd memories of what he actually said on occasions.

I'm scratching at the surface now

And I'm trying hard to work it out

So much has gone misunderstood

This mystery only leads to doubt

And I didn't understand

When you reached out to take my hand

And if you have something to say

You'd better say it now

Glen Hansard

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I was never thinking that the seascape shooting can be so adventurous like this morning. I went with Michael to Shelly Beach-Manly to take some shots but I must have misunderstood his email. Seriously, when he told me that this was going to be an adventure, he was right!!

We decided that instead of walking for half an hour to our destination we would take the shortcut via a steep road down to the cliff in pitch black darkness (5.30 am). Well Michael had a flash light and I forgot mine at home, bottom line – we finally reached our destination with some additional scars, bruises and scratches on my legs and feet. I had slipped a couple of times and fell despite my Spiderman powers and my new wet shoes!!

We met Oat ( Hangingpixels) and few more photographers; good thing is to see how many people enjoy photography, sunrise and seascape shooting.

About photo:

Single RAW shot at F: 16 E: 1/60 – filter: Cokin P ND 0.4x and Grey to increase contrast, post processing: Lightroom / Tone Mapping / Photomatix / B&W Styler

Excerpt from webapp.driftscape.com/map/4060ecae-7510-11ec-8000-bc1c5a8...:

Untitled by Cheyenne Gold: I migrated to Canada from Trinidad as a child with my parents and siblings and we settled in North Etobicoke, eight minutes away from this mural location. For newcomers, it is very important to keep in touch with elements of home and feeling represented, and I remember not feeling represented and frankly misunderstood as someone from a small island. So I saw this mural as an opportunity to contribute to the visibility of Caribbean culture and I asked myself what would I have liked to see on a wall when I was a young immigrant Caribbean child growing up in this neighbourhood. I chose to depict a recognizably natural Caribbean scene of an island silhouette and a sky full of texture, colour, and contrast through a familiar tie-dye pattern, that would hopefully appeal to children and families. Elements of international travel are also highlighted in this piece to represent the resilient journeys embarked upon by Caribbean migrants.

Caribbean people represent a plethora of cultures, in Trinidad specifically a majority are descendants of Africa and India post-colonialism, and even after centuries of adversity and linear migration, people of the Caribbean diaspora seem to always successfully revive their identity even when “home” is outside of the Caribbean region. Thus, to me, Caribbean migrants, of whom make up the second largest ethnic group of North Etobicoke, are naturally resilient.

still life[1]

on a shingle beaten by waves

i sleep with my head amongst the rocks

the trains go through the summer

quiet as paper

a huge doe comes to the garden gate

a yellow birch leaf floats away

in the black water

you walk in like the Sunday sun

with your laughter caught on your lips &

your hair dancing

off the rafters hangs an old yellow dress

you walk about my seat

playing with blue plums

opportunity lights up a cigar & smiles

dust rises swelling slow

in the pale pink of dawn-shine

where beauty stands & waits with gravity

to start her death-defying leap

we could run away at some point

i say that just to amuse you

but you don't know who i am

these are just words

& i have a horror of not

being misunderstood... spoors fall

the sound of moss spreading

today you are wearing her mask

eyes half closed on the languorous

taste of a smile

i can hear the dangerous groaning

under the weight of my lacy dreams

with the end of my breath

which is the beginning of yours

i see every minute fall on me with

a click like the blade of a guillotine

who is it gnawing at my lips

from between my own teeth?

the peacock once again strutting

about the yard alone

[1] Quoted/Paraphrased: Hitomaro (trans: Kenneth Rexroth), Thomas Merton, Yu Fu (trans: Rexroth), Janis Baltvilksa, William Everson, Cynthia Cruz, Li Po (trans: Ezra Pound), Wanda Coleman, Robert Penn Warren, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, John Ashbery, Tristan Tzara, Savita January, Oscar Wilde, Rikki Ducornet, Nicole Espagnole, Debra Taub, Andre Breton, Italo Calvino, Olga Orcozco, Franck Andre Jamme

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It has been rumoured that the size of the church was the result of a miscalculation when it was built (supposedly the architect was working in centimetres, which the builder misunderstood to be inches, which are 2.54 times larger). Further studies, however, have shown that the church was actually intended to be as big as it is, so it could easily accommodate a half of the area's population at the same time.

During wintertime, services are held in a smaller "winter church" (built in 1935), since the main building has no heating. New "Winter church" has been built to there asa same as the older year 1953

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Portrait of a Rajasthani woman. The red dot in the center of the forehead is called a bindi. It is often misunderstood as an Indian cultural tradition, but is actually a Hindu symbol. Hindu tradition holds that all people have three eyes, the two outer ones used for seeing the outside world, the third one focusing inward toward God. As such, the red dot signifies piety as well as serving as a constant reminder to keep God in front of a believer's thoughts.

3 avis -- all me with a camera-view-saving hud

Just so you know I am not blogging for anyone so it's not an ad but I love this hud because it let me put myself as a frame girl, fish and monkey in the same place with the same camera view without using a green screen. I found the Timeless Photo hud at the Focus Photography Fair which had some cool things just for photographers like this hud and eeps and stuff.

All three avatars are me and I photographed myself in the SL Domino Photo Studio box at the Photo Fair with Sandy Burgess' Timeless Hud's Photography Hud. You can save your camera view on the hud which allowed me to pop home to change avis and then pop back to arrange my "new model" self on the set, then click the button and I took the same photograph with the same view. I even finished the last shot the next day as I had to go do something so came back to SL later.

I love that the hud saved my camera view. I layered the 3 photographs in photoshop and then just erased wherever my avatar was.

I learned about the hud at a "photo storytelling" class given by Wren Carling at the Photo Fair.

Photography Hud by Timeless Huds, Sandy Burgess (sandy.burgess). 2nd Floor at the Photo Fair.

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and on SL marketplace store: marketplace.secondlife.com/stores/238411

SL Domina Photo Studio using their Professional Version Z Ultimate. I chose the eyeball wallpaper for the background and the Tree Swing in the Outdoor section of the 3D Scene Rezzer Menu set out on the 2nd platform of the PhotoFair

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and can be found on SL marketplace store : marketplace.secondlife.com/stores/42537

or inworld : maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Arinya/123/54/2001

February Focus Photography Fair: Feb 11 until Feb 25th. There are vendors selling stuff very useful for SL photography as well as contests and daily events like SL photography classes and DJs

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Avatar 1 : FishEye Avatar by Wilds of Organica

I think it's worth a mention that you buy the avatar and the skin seperately. maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Organica/139/178/35

Avatar 2: Baby orangotan by Ripped Winkler

Used to be free on Winkler's New Moon space. I got it back in 2017 but the sim is gone so no more free baby orangutan. He still sells monkeys avatars and a giant gorilla on SL marketplace. marketplace.secondlife.com/stores/9949

Avatar 3 : Meta_Body Frame Girl by Meilo (meilo.minotaur)

Used to be free as part of the 2011 Meta_Body project headed up by CapCat Ragu and Meilo Minotaur at the Delicatessen sim. At this point, looks like the free strange avatars that were part of the Meta-Body project are no longer available as the sim is currently under construction and the Meta-Body project is gone. I don't know when the sim will reopen or if the strange avatars will be placed back out but the sim has art projects on an irregular basis. Places that may post info when the construction is finished:

inworld group: Delicatessen

secondlife:///app/group/19405ea8-39ae-bacd-4e1b-c16a03bd5695/about

blog: delicatessensl.wordpress.com/ (worth noting the last post was 2019 about an RL exhibit of an SL exhibit with SL people telling stories based on parts of the exhibit in text. I thought it was a cool concept)

flicker: www.flickr.com/groups/sldelicatessen/

I originally did this photo for the SL Domina photo contest at the Focus Photography Fair but misunderstood the deadline. I thought it was a photo submission deadline but it is actually the voting on the photos deadline so I was too late to get any votes as I submitted the day of the deadline. So no one viewed my image in their contest.

However, I was happy because it gave me an excuse to try out the Timeless Photography hud and I found it easy to use and I love, love, love it. I love being able to go to the sim as different "people" and creating a "group" shot. I hadn't taken an SL photo in a long time (April 2021! Can you believe it?) so this was fun and I got to pull out some of the stranger avatars I've picked up in my journeys in SL.

It is worth noting if Focus does voting contests at their fairs and you want to join the smaller 1000L voting contests, make sure your pictures are submitted before the previous contest ends. They seem to put up the photos to be voted on after the deadline of the previous contest and end the voting on the stated deadline of the contest. This is not true of their big 100,000L photo contest as that seems to be the deadline for photo submissions.

In the quiet of the night, where shadows mourn

And hollow winds caress the weeping trees,

I linger in the echoes of a love forlorn,

A captive to the pain that never leaves.

You were the phantom touch upon my soul,

A fleeting breath of life that swiftly fades.

Yet in your absence, I am less than whole,

A specter lost in time’s relentless shades.

My heart, a sepulcher of dreams denied,

Entombs the whispered hope that once was bright.

Now, only darkness in these veins resides,

A bleeding wound that festers in the night.

Your name, a curse upon my withered lips,

An echo in the chasm of despair.

I drown in shadows of your fingertips,

Grasping at the emptiness you left there.

Oh, cruel love, that wounds with silent grace,

You carved your name into my bleeding heart.

Yet all I have is this forsaken place,

Where love and loss are never far apart.

-----------------------Death in Love ---------------------

In the shadows where the living dare not tread,

I dwell in endless night, a specter’s grace.

The world beneath my touch turns cold and dead,

Yet in my hollow heart, there is a place

For one who never saw my veiled face.

He, a demon bathed in fleeting light,

Unaware of the gaze that followed near,

Unknowing that I longed to end his night

And claim him for my own, to hold him dear.

But love is foreign to a soul austere.

I wander through the world with scythe in hand,

A harbinger of fate, of final breath.

Yet, what is Death but love misunderstood,

A longing for the end to be our thread?

I’d reap the very stars to see him spread

His mortal arms and whisper my true name.

But he, enraptured by the day’s bright flame,

Would never see the beauty of my dark domain.

Oh, how I envy life, that fragile grace,

The warmth of skin, the beating of the heart.

For just one touch, I’d halt the earth’s embrace,

To stop all time and tear the world apart,

If only for a moment in his arms to start

A dance of shadows in the dying light,

Where he and I could merge as day with night,

Two souls entwined before the endless flight.

But love is not for me, nor fleeting bliss.

I am the end of all that lives and breathes.

Yet in my endless duty, I dismiss

The aching void that my cold heart beneath.

I reap, I take, but never do I keep.

For what is Death but love’s eternal sleep?

And so, I watch him from the dusk’s soft veil,

A silent guardian of his demonic trail.

I long to whisper, yet my words would pale

Against the beauty of his fleeting strife.

For in his mortal pain, I find my knife,

A blade that cuts me deeper than the grave.

Yet still, I yearn, his dark and silent slave,

To feel his love, the one thing I can’t save.

So I shall wait, eternal, ever near,

A shadow in the corner of his eye.

And when his time has come, I’ll draw him near,

With tender hands, beneath the starless sky.

For only then, in Death, will he be mine,

A love that blooms beyond the reach of time.

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When I was shooting this, a gentleman came over to me and asked, "Do you know what this aircraft is called?" "Ef one one seven?" I asked. His response, "No: ef one seventeen." The irony is that he asked the only question I would likely answer correctly except, "Does this thing have wings?"

After reading all the brochures they gave me about this new exhibit, I knew a little more. One of the most fascinating things to me was that pilots had a suitcase of sorts that hung from one of the bomb rack positions. If they got deployed somewhere far away, they packed clothing and other needs in this container and ground crews hung it in the bomb rack. Once the bomb bay doors were shut, there was no evidence the "luggage" was inside.

The docent told me the original low observable skin was very chemically toxic. Museum staff had to get every last sliver of it off the aircraft. I think he said they replaced it with new aluminum skin then painted it all black. Replace the entire skin? This seems impossible. Maybe I misunderstood. Somewhere I saw an unclassified factory photo of these and they appeared to have a conventional aluminum skin.

The displays in this hangar reveal that many of the aircraft's major components were shared with other military aircraft. Landing gear and nose wheel were from other aircraft. This is brilliant because it cuts development costs and you already have the parts in the logistics system.

There's a big opening below the cockpit windscreen. I'm guessing some electro-optical gizmo was shoehorned in there.

The worst things that happen in systems engineering are where the guy that tries to help you is not the expert.

— Alan C. Brown

Journalism grade image.

Source: 9,300x2,500 16-bit TIF panorama file.

Please do not copy this image for any purpose.

Ungeduld und Stolz gehören zu den Haupthindernissen auf dem Pfad. Nur, alles, was sich zu lange hinschleppt, ehe es zu etwas nur irgend Sichtbarem wird, verliert an Bedeutung

The #FlickrFriday #Wood challenge

In 1987 a household name weather forecaster, live on TV, told the UK that the weather centre had received a call from a lady asking if a hurricane was approaching. "I can assure you there isn't" he informed us. Predictably (unless you are a weather forecaster I suppose) within hours, southern England was flattened by (err) strong winds which, while technically not a hurricane, certainly felt like one. A chap down the road from me discovered that his Porsche had newly installed living accommodation - ie a caravan on its roof. Ahhhh, schadenfreude!

OK, there's a bit of hyperbole there, but very many trees did indeed assume sudden landscape orientations on that night. Part of the image above features such a tree which now provides new habitats for fungi such as clustered bonnets like this one. It's an ill wind that blows no good as they say.

Clustered Bonnets, pretty much the commonest fungi in ancient woodland, are saprobic, meaning that they live on dead or dying matter. They are among the few organisms capable of consuming cellulose and lignin which are the main components of wood. In doing so they break it down and it is ultimately returned to the soil. Without saprobic fungi our woodlands would retain dead wood which would inhibit new growth. I should emphasise that what we see here is only the fruiting body of the organism, most of which is a huge thread-like structure called the mycelium, hidden away in whatever the fungus is growing upon. It is this that does the work of breaking down (in this case) the tree trunk, releasing nutrients into the soil. Fungi are a frequently overlooked, often misunderstood yet vital part of The Kingdom of Life. They photograph pretty well too.

This photo was taken as shown with a 12mm extension tube. Warm winter sunlight falling on decaying bracken provided the background colours. Some tweaks to colour channels and a vignette complete the processing.

When I'm about to lose you, I known how important you are to me.. I'm deserve to be treated this way , I know :) . But I just want to make you happy for the time I've wasted before when hurting you ... Please, let me heal our love :) and I know that I can't do without you.. Don't ya know ? You said you'll give me a chance and I'll do all my best, I swear :) ! Thank you my-can't-replace :) ! I have a lot of thing to tell you now, but I have fear that you won't listen because you need time now so everything I say just make you feel annoy.. And I really want to hear your true thinking for not doing anything that hurt you anymore because I can get your feeling better, know what you really want.... want to write down a lot but don't know how to write that don't make you misunderstood ... Ah, I think that what you've done to me these days not only make me feel awful but also hurt you a lot, right ? Right now, I still can't get all of your feeling, just a bit, but I don't want you to hurt yourself that way ... Do whatever you want to me, just PLEASE DON'T HURT YOURSELF :) ! I'm begging you :) ! Ilu,Ilu,Ilumtetisaid ! :]

I may not respect you the way you want but now I've known how you feel the time before (not all but a bit) :] and I'll hold your hand tight , won't ever let it go any once more time...

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Luôn bên em những phút vui buồn.

Và em chợt nhận ra

Tình yêu chính là anh,

Vậy mà em cứ mãi kiếm tìm...

You know what, yesterday when the lock of the helmet was broken , my feeling was as same as when the frog broken ... I'm afraid that something bad would happen .. :)

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Mount Indrasan [left] is located at an altitude of 6221 metres above sea level in Kullu district, Himachal Pradesh, India. Mt. Indrasan is considered as the most difficult mountain to climb in the Pir Panjal range of the Himalayas because of the challenges involved in scaling it. It was first climbed on October 13, 1962 by an expedition organized by Kyoto University Alpine Club, Kyoto, Japan.

Mount Deo Tibba [right] is a mountain located in Kullu District, Himachal Pradesh, India at a height of 6,001 metres. It is situated in the Pir Panjal Range of mountains. It lies to the southwest of Manali above Jagatsukh village. The first reconnaissance of Deo Tibba was made by General Bruce's guide, Furrer, who reported that one of its ridges looked climbable from the Hamta nala. The route to the summit of this peak has a challenging terrain as a climber has to cross over steep ice passes, glaciers with crevasses, rock fall area and moraine. The peak is exceptional in a way that the summit is not a pointed ridge but a snow dome just like an ice cap. It requires a load ferry, crossing technical terrain difficulties, using fixed ropes, crampons, ice axe etc. It is sometimes misunderstood as a beginner's peak for novice mountaineers as it is relatively easier when compared to Stok Kangri and often climbed by NCC and local agencies.

As per local beliefs, Deo Tibba is the assembly site of the gods. According to the Hindu mythology, the dome shaped peak of Deo Tibba is where the gods sit. Hence the name Deo meaning ‘Gods’ and Tibba meaning ‘hill'.

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This year we tried some miniature "Japanese Eggplants" which are fabulous for recipes, especially Ratatouille! No need to peel or seed . . . chop chop . . . simmer simmer . . . yum yum!

"Eggplants are finicky, complicated, and often misunderstood.

If you know how to treat one well,

then it shows that you have know-how and dedication."

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When you are in doubt, be still, and wait;

when doubt no longer exists for you, then go forward with courage.

So long as mists envelop you, be still;

be still until the sunlight pours through and dispels the mists

-- as it surely will.

Then act with courage.

Ponca Chief White Eagle (1800's to 1914)

I is feeling sad. last week I made a tiny mistake and it wasn't my fault. I have been storing up naughtiness for months and it just had to come out. The next thing i know the whole world knows about my one tiny mistake.

i have been so GOOD for months looking after my Mum , giving her lots of cuddles , making sure she gets out into the forest and just giving her lots and lots og love and TLC.

Poot Tiva . You have indeed been the best Nurse and yes you are a little angel really xxxx

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I feel lost in this world, I'm an outcast

I'm walking alone, guess I'm the only one

Like I don't belong

Got no trust for this place, do it my way

I'm fighting 'cause I'm lost in a dangerzone

Just bring it on

I'm the good and I'm the bad guy

Every little story has two sides

I'm the villain and the hero

No fear, no, oh-oh

'Cause I'm the only fucking real one

I don't need to bring the big guns

I'm the villain and the hero

No fear, no

Eh-eh-eh

Eh-eh-eh-eh

Won't get shot by the ones tryna blame me

I'm facing a war, but I'm not going home

I'll lick my wounds

They're tryna take mе, break me

Only made mе stronger

Tryna change me, shake me

But I didn't bother, no, oh-oh

Oh, no, oh-oh

I'm the good and I'm the bad guy

Every little story has two sides

I'm the villain and the hero

No fear, no, oh

'Cause I'm the only fucking real one

I don't need to bring the big guns

I'm the villain and the hero

No fear, no

Eh-eh-eh

Eh-eh-eh-eh

'Cause I'm the only fucking real one (real one)

I don't need to bring the big guns

I'm the villain and the hero

No fear, no

Eh-eh-eh

Eh-eh-eh-eh

I'm the good, I'm the bad, yeah, I'm the bad

Bad, I'm the good, misunderstood

Be the real one, break the rules

Feels good to be bad, yeah, I'm the bad

Bad, I'm the good, misunderstood

Be the real one, break the rules

'Cause I'm the only fucking real one

I don't need to bring the big guns

I'm the villain and the hero

No fear, no

Eh-eh-eh

Eh-eh-eh-eh

'Cause I'm the only fucking real one (real one)

I don't need to bring the big guns

I'm the villain and the hero

No fear, no (oh-oh)

Eh-eh-eh

(Eh-eh-eh-eh)

'Cause I'm the only fucking real one

Real One - Smash Into Pieces