The other night there was a hard frost and when I went back to the park's garden, the dahlias were toast - they'd turned black and had keeled over. To cheer myself up, I thought I'd brighten this scene by modifying colours and adding an effect in Topaz Studio. HSS!

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From The Eastern side of the Millennium Bridge and still looking at the dome of St Paul's.

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Viggiano ( Basilicata ) Italia

when the talk was over there was a bit of a chase until both birds settled on trees a good distance from each other

Belted Kingfishers 8736

An inverted image of Le Lac de Bethmale

This snapping spot is located at Siziwan, where just across the lighthouse on the hill top of Qijin in Kaohsiung City, Southern Taiwan.

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"It is not enough to stare up the steps, we must step up the stairs."

Quote - Vaclav Havel

The beginning of the other side of the staircase of the Academie voor Muziek, Woord en Dans (Academy for Music, Word and Dance) in Mortsel (Belgium).

Facade of one of the ancient buildings in the Schnoor quarter. This particular building dates to 1631.

The inscription on the lintel reads: "AN GOTTES SEGEN IS ALES GELEGEN 1631" (roughly: "All depends on God's blessing")

The Schnoor quarter is the oldest documented quarter of Bremen and it has largely preserved its medieval character.

First mentioned in the 13th century. The two oldest remaining buildings are from 1401 and 1402 respectively. Some buildings are just remaining facades or have been relocated from other locations.

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Short Eared Owl - Asio flammeus

Over much of its range, short-eared owls occurs with the similar-looking long-eared owl. At rest, the ear-tufts of long-eared owl serve to easily distinguish the two (although long-eared owls can sometimes hold its ear-tufts flat). The iris-colour differs: yellow in short-eared, and orange in long-eared, and the black surrounding the eyes is vertical on long-eared, and horizontal on short-eared. Overall the short-eared tends to be a paler, sandier bird than the long-eared.

The short-eared owl occurs on all continents except Antarctica and Australia; thus it has one of the most widespread distributions of any bird. A. flammeus breeds in Europe, Asia, North and South America, the Caribbean, Hawaii and the Galápagos Islands. It is partially migratory, moving south in winter from the northern parts of its range. The short-eared owl is known to relocate to areas of higher rodent populations. It will also wander nomadically in search of better food supplies during years when vole populations are low.

Hunting occurs mostly at night, but this owl is known to be diurnal and crepuscular as well. Its daylight hunting seems to coincide with the high-activity periods of voles, its preferred prey. It tends to fly only feet above the ground in open fields and grasslands until swooping down upon its prey feet-first. Several owls may hunt over the same open area. Its food consists mainly of rodents, especially voles, but it will eat other small mammals such as mice, ground squirrels, shrews, rats, bats, muskrats and moles. It will also occasionally predate smaller birds, especially when near sea-coasts and adjacent wetlands at which time they attack shorebirds, terns and small gulls and seabirds with semi-regularity. Avian prey is more infrequently preyed on inland and centers on passerines such as larks, icterids, starlings, tyrant flycatchers and pipits.

I had other photos lined up to post ... then this little guy landed on an unopened zinnia blossom. And let me get REAL close! That's our big pink hibiscus blooming in the background. Pachydiplax longipennis in our North Georgia yard on a rainy day.

UPDATE 9-6-22: Selected for exhibit in juried Natural Expressions photo competition by GNPA club here in Georgia - @ Alpharetta Cultural Arts Center September-October 2022

Well, and after the creation of the island, people came to it and started building houses and villages with their churches.

The sea was their friend, but at the same time their enemy because on the one hand they provided a source of income through fishing, but on the other hand the sea had its terrible quirks and she could rage like a raging rage and devourded houses, villages in short everything what got in her way and therefore also people.

And in order to avoid the seething desolation of the sea, dikes were always built higher, higher and higher, so that you no longer see the villages from the sea side, except for a small part of the church tower........

Crazy Tuesday … #The Other Side

мy мυѕιc

"Now take me to other side

Little bitty blues bird flies

And gray clouds, or white walls, or blue skies

We gon' fly, feel alright!"

Salendo lungo la scala mi accorsi con la coda dell’occhio che sulla destra la mia ombra scendeva insieme ad altre figure silenziose … ma quando mi volsi a sinistra per sapere chi scendesse verso di me vidi solo la scala vuota … mi dissi che, chiunque fossero, erano già passati, ma forse invece non era passato e non sarebbe più passato nessuno …

Sirad 2012 “La traccia labile”

grazie siresim

The male Vermilion Flycatcher has such a distinctive look. Probably has to do with the thick, black eye-line. Like the female is a busy little bee. So much fun to watch. Wish we could see this beauty further North.

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I just tried to see what the negative version of 'Art' (see first comment box, if you missed it yesterday) would look like………

Then I also turned the picture around to make it more look like a place on the other side. Big fun ;-))

You can see the fences much better now, so …...

Happy Fence Friday!

it heightens red, and there is no flower or ripe fruit which it does not set off to greater advantage... it is both gay and modest, bright and tender. Green can only awaken amiable and gentle thoughts, remembrances gracious as those of spring, and other promises of nature: green gives repose to the mind, as it does to the sight :-)

Charles Blanc, "Personal Adornment: Colours and Their Expression," Art in Ornament and Dress, 1875, translated from French

HGGT!! Best wishes to one and all for a wonderful holiday season!

piney lake, vail, colorado

Kuma comes first though

The other plants you passed up because

they were too prickly or

too ugly...

they were the safe ones.

Me, I am intoxicating

my beauty is transfixing.

You cannot resist admiring

or leaning in.

But, the joke is on you, fool.

Because I am going to eat you alive

Devour you like the carnivore I am

and eat your heart out first.

The other plants will watch in terror

In a way, they are weak of heart and spirit

They spend all their energy

trying to get you to trust them.

Yet, you fall prey to me!

Devoured like a sworn enemy

and yet, I have nothing against you

except maybe you should have heeded the words...

Don’t ever trust in the unkindness of beautiful strangers.

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Sculpted by none other than Mother Nature's hand through centuries of craftwork.

I made this shot last month during the Lincoln County Photo Festival. The workshop was scheduled for a Saturday night with a core rising at around 10:15 and the moon to soon follow at 10:45, that leaves us about a half hour to get a shot provided the clouds cooperated. I'm always at odds with the weather because I'm usually wanting the best of both worlds, clouds in the morning and a clear sky at night than cloud up again in the mooring for sunrise. I know it's a tall order and it's only happened a few times over the last three years but I'm usually ecstatic to get two out of three. The shoot went well and the participants where happy with the class but I felt the best chances for a good comp and position would be the following night, so I decided to stay one more day and return by myself and take another stab at it. I like this location because I can back my car up with the hatch up while taking this photo on a comfy pad with a cold drink to my left and my iPod to the right. Who could ask for more.

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While storms and squalls were approaching from the west, this was the view on the other side, all sweetness and light. I'm always drawn to the dramatic, but found it hard to resist this beautiful late afternoon panorama. Not a soul about and clouds flying across, hard to beat really. The other side by Ron Sexsmith is fine.

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I was made

for another

planet

altogether.

I mistook the

way.

- Simone de Beauvoir

sawfly-larvae

Initially I couldn't decide which photo to upload first. Between this and 'Worth The Wait'. The prior ended up being chosen first. But I still wanted to upload this one as well.

Can I be on course

I go off a while miles away

Can I meet you heart

I heard all the stories, leave me astray

Can I make it mine

Put me together, lock it aside

Can I be on course

Despite all my wrongs I think that you will try

With wings of light

I'll be whole again

Take off for flying

All the mystery’s gone

I see truth in what it is

Don't know where you'll take me now

I’ll keep you around

I'll keep you around

You hold your ground

I heard that you wind me up when you're down

So let me be a part of where you are

I'll be there you'll see that I'll cry out

The depth of love's without a doubt

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Happy New Year !!

Deep Dream Generator

Cold, windy, rainy, summer is not the same as in other parts of Europe

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In Gaelic folklore, hawthorn marks the entrance to the otherworld.

Call them flyover states, the sticks, rural, back of beyond, whatever you wish, but places like this are the heartbeat of America. In Wisconsin.

KP Treat This 213: Friday 25 January → Thursday 31 January Many thanks to abstractartangel77 for this beautiful fractal flic.kr/p/Qh1x7X

"FUTURAMA" - SOTN February 2019 Contest

Is this creepy enough haha!!

"People must not turn into bees and kill themselves in stinging others."

irrISIStible TO BEE OR NOT TO BE FULL OUTFIT + HAIRS AND SHOES

Bellezza - Maitreya - Legacy

BOM Appliers included

Resize available for hair, sleeves and skirt

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What others dreamed

Read, read, read, the soul forgets

the things that happened

Those that remain remain, the fictions,

feather flowers,

the solitary, human creations,

the dregs of the foam.

Read, read, read; will i be reading

tomorrow me too?

Will I be my creator, my creature,

I will be what happened?

by Miguel Unamuno

Nederlandse Bergen, Lochdale (108, 64, 25) - Moderado

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A rose by any other name would smell as sweet

from Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare.

Created for the AwardTree Contest Red and Blue Treatment

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Olympus E-M1 Mark II + Olympus 60mm F2.8 Macro

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Other Worldly Landscape

The Beachcomber or ‘Stone Me’ and Others

I have over the years come across a few of these stone characters, and not only confined to the East Coast of England where I found the majority. They have been discovered in The States, France and Kent. A bit of a random order I know. Some have come home with me but in the main I have left them in situ. No stones were harmed in the making of these images and the ones who did come home did it willingly.

There has been a development, I have noticed faces looking at me embedded in other materials. I know, a bit left field. But I thought they needed to be identified. I haven’t yet seen any walls with ears but you never know. Is ‘Big Brother’ still watching?

A multiple in camera exposure.

Lake Sabrina. During my Eastern Sierra trip back in October.

The other day when I was waiting for hummingbirds to show up, this young squirrel was lounging in a nearby tree, barking at me as if he wanted some attention! So I walked over and stood beneath the limb he was on, about 10 feet over my head and got a few shots of him. He stayed there for about 30 minutes before moving on.