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This beautiful male goldfinch was shot through my kitchen window while finishing the last of the sunflower blooms.
There is no season when such pleasant and sunny spots may be lighted on, and produce so pleasant an effect on
the feelings as now in October.
-- Nathaniel Hawthorne
bemooster Baumstamm vor nassem Herbstlaub
allen Besuchern und Freunden meines Fotostreams ein herzliches Dankeschön für eure Kommentare und Kritiken, Einladungen und Favoriten.
all visitors and friends of my photostream, a heartfelt thank you for your comments and reviews, invitations and favorites.
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allen Besuchern und Freunden meines Fotostreams ein herzliches Dankeschön für eure Kommentare und Kritiken, Einladungen und Favoriten. all visitors and friends of my photostream, a heartfelt thank you for your comments and reviews, invitations and favorites
It was deep afternoon when shadows begin to grow, light becomes gold, and you realize that this particular day has reached its destiny. Like old age, it’s not yet over, but there’s no denying the time of day.
― Vicki Covington
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But I remember more dearly autumn afternoons in bottoms that lay intensely silent under old great trees.
-- C. S. Lewis
A person should go out on the water on a fine day to a small distance from a beautiful coast, if he would see Nature really smile.
-- Augustus William Hare and Julius Charles Hare
[Larger puts you there...]
There is nothing in the world more beautiful than the forest clothed to its very hollows in snow. It is the still ecstasy of nature, wherein every spray, every blade of grass, every spire of reed, every intricacy of twig, is clad with radiance.
-- William Sharp
for not being around much. Yesterday, 28th January, we suffered an extremely close family bereavement, so I am not able to be on Flickr very much. Please forgive my absences. You are all very special to me, but this is something which has devastated us. (My husband's son died suddenly at the age of 48 from an unknown cause. He was buried yesterday, 8th January - a moving and wonderful experience - but painful, as you can imagine.)
Thanks so much for your understanding and I hope things will return to normal before too long. Meanwhile, I hope you like this painting of Windermere under thick cloud.
Cruising the spring shoreline offers a myriad of photo ops, the eye moving from spot to spot, the ear taking in the variety of sounds a wilderness provides. The challenge always becomes one of deciding which image of many deserves further attention after initial review...as well as keeping the canoe stable and in position for the shot. Here an example in which I tried to avoid ripples from the canoe while avoiding moving into the scene itself. (SOOC)
Thank you to all for your kind words at this most difficult time. Your friendship and thoughts, and, yes, even prayers, are greatly appreciated and provide welcome solace.
I've always found that one effective way to counteract grief is to stay involved with one's routines and habits as much as possible. They provide needed distraction. For me, Flickr is certainly that and serves the purpose well.
Here, a recently discovered grouping of white water calla lilies found tucked away in a secretive boggy backwater off the lake.