Passionately Pink for the Cure
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This otter came so close to me that I was starting to wonder what I should do if he came any closer! But then he veered off and jumped into the water. How cute are those little ears?!
Amsterdamse Bos
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chirp chirp chirp!
I am a proud Sagehen , graduate of
Pitzer College where we passionately chanted
"chirp chirp chirp" at sporting events;
it took me awhile to warm up to that mascot 😜
happy sliderssunday, my friends!
In a late afternoon I discovered that this species feeds very passionately on the spikelets of these plants.
I also shot a short movie about it.
Fagiano goloso
In un tardo pomeriggio ho scoperto che questa specie si nutre in maniera veramente minuziosa con le spighette di queste piante.
Al riguardo ho girato anche un video, prima o poi ....
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the excitement that drives you to grasp it and exhaust it, you may take some beautiful pictures, but not a photographic oeuvre :-)
Brassai
HFF!! Peace Now!
hybrid tea rose, 'Secret', little theater rose garden, raleigh, north carolina
(english follow)
En traversant l’Univers
Jeune, j’aimais regardé les étoiles
Avec un télescope
Les gens me cherchaient ici
Mais j’étais souvent là-bas
Là-bas, c’est aussi en chacun de nous
Il s’y trouve bien des mondes inexplorés que nous ignorons
Prisonniers consentants de notre réalité quotidienne
En traversant l’univers, celui qui m’habite,
Je n’ai jamais manqué de lumière
Pour aimer passionnément
Les couleurs de ce petit monde
Les choses inutiles
Les chemins peu fréquentés
Les enfants qui rient
L’humeur de tes yeux
Je suis encore là-bas, dansant avec les étoiles
Plus que jamais
Mais, je n’ai plus besoin de télescope
Et les gens ne me cherchent plus
En traversant l’univers, j’ai découvert …
Le rêveur qui regardait dans le télescope
Patrice
Photo originale : Plage Marconi, Cape Cod National Seashore, Massachusetts, É.U.
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Across the Universe
When I was young, I loved watching the stars
Through a telescope;
People thought I was here,
But often I was up there.
There, is also in each of us,
There are up there unexplored worlds that we ignore,
Consenting prisoners of our daily reality.
Crossing the universe, the one that lives inside me,
I never failed to find the light
To love passionately
The colors of this little world,
The useless things,
The remote roads,
The children that laugh,
The mood of your eyes.
I am still up there, dancing with the stars
More than ever
But, I don't need a telescope anymore
And people are not looking for me anymore.
Crossing the universe, I discovered. . .
The dreamer who was looking through the telescope
Patrice
Original photo : Marconi Beach, Cape Cod National Seashore, Massachusetts, USA
"Aprendí que la vida cambia en un segundo, lo que hoy crees cierto tal vez mañana no lo sea. No te aferres a nada. Perdona, olvida y empieza de nuevo cada vez que sea necesario.
Cambia de camino si no te gusta el que recorres ahora y vive con pasión el día de hoy."
I learned that life changes in a second, what you think is true today may not be true tomorrow. Don't cling to anything. Forgive, forget and start over whenever necessary.
Change your path if you don't like the one you are traveling now and live passionately today."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vg1jyL3cr60
Portishead - Roads
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Love Letters (Dear Infatuated One)
She wrote:
Dear infatuated one,
It has come to my attention that as of late, you have been expressing great feelings of passion towards me. Before you get carried away, I would like to explain a few things.
There are certain things you may see as “signs” of my affection for you. Signs of feelings that run deep and longings that will last an eternity; I would like to clarify them.
When I kiss you passionately and pull you close in my arms, I am not inebriated with love for you. I am enjoying the tremendous power I possess that instantly demands all your focus and energy.
When I stare deep into your eyes as I outline your face with my fingers, the words, “forever”, “love” and “future” escape my vocabulary. I am taking in your defeated look and your realization that at that moment, your whole being belongs to me.
When I greet your entrance with a delighted scream and welcome your stay with hours of enthusiasm, submission and suggestions, I am not asking you to stay in my world. I am perfecting my craft.
When I smile as I see great pleasure in your face, I am not thinking “we” or “us” or “togetherness”. I am thinking me. I am satisfied with what I am capable of doing. I am enjoying the glory. I am appreciating the phenomenal production that I have put together. I am proud. I am rejoicing.
When we hold each other in the end, share intimate thoughts and exchange continuous kisses and gentle caresses, I am only taking pleasure in being adored.
I hope you understand. I am sorry if there has been confusion.
and he wrote:
My darling ice queen,
Relax! I am getting married next month.
- Written by my beloved and very talented sister; Samaneh Sadaghiani
El “tenor” parece que cantaba apasionadamente :))
(posiblemente intentaba regurgitar una “egagrópila”)
Merops apiaster (Abejaruco europeo o común)
The "tenor" seems to be singing passionately... :-))
(possibly trying to regurgitate a "pellet")
Le "ténor" semble chanter passionnément... :-))
(éventuellement en essayant de régurgiter une "pastille")
A Passion flower (Passiflora), from Berkeley, California. Strange, kind of exotic, quite interesting and beautiful. They are, in my opinion, wonderful flowers to photograph–they almost always look quite good :)
... who loved a pretty Daisy with crazy love.
Little Ant was stripping the pretty Daisy and saying:
“I love you a little, a lot, passionately, like a fool, …”
PSP**** : Love
Challenge #CrazyTuesday #AntPointOfView
Challenge sur Flickr : 098 : Nature / Macro
Dieser alte Topf stand vergammelt hinter einem Haus. Die Besitzerin war verstorben und die Nachfolger hatten kein Interesse an dem Topf. So habe ich ihn gerettet, geputzt und zu neuem Leben verholfen.
Dieser Rosenstrauß plus Topf waren jetzt ein Geschenk für eine Freundin, die leidenschaftlich alte Sachen und Rosen liebt. Ich selber mag lieber schlichte Vasen aus Glas, aber jeder hat seine Vorlieben, gell. :)
This old pot stood scruffy behind a house. The owner had died and the followers had no interest in the pot. That's how I saved it, cleaned it and brought it to new life.
This rosebouquet plus the pot were now a gift for a girlfriend who loves passionately old things and roses. I prefer simple glass vases, but everyone has their own preferences, isnt´t it. :)
A pink, white, and yellow tulip macro from my gardens
Sunday, May 11th is Mother's Day here in the USA
Happy Mother's Day to all of you beautiful Moms!!!
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Paris 1975
On my second trip to Paris, I brought my new fisheye lens with me, which I passionately experimented with. I had a lot of fun not photographing the sights "normally", but photographing them through intentional close-ups with the fish eye lens, 17mm, 180° across the diagonal, format-filling. I found it fascinating to stand close to this huge monument, the Arch of Triumph and get it fully in the picture.
I took the photo in 1975 with an analogue Asahi Pentax SP II (M42) camera, using a 17mm fisheye lens, (180°), and slide film. Recently scanned with a Nikon Coolscan LS 40ED film scanner
© This photo is the property of Helga Bruchmann. Please do not use my photos for sharing, printing or for any other purpose without my written permission. Thank you!
So blessed to have married my best friends, the loves of my life Nick and Lanie on March 18, 2022
Snip it from our wedding ceremony
"These are the hands of your best friend, young and strong and full of love for you, that are holding yours on your wedding day, as you promise to love each other today, tomorrow, and forever.
These are the hands that will work alongside yours, as together you build your future.
These are the hands that will passionately love you and cherish you through the years, and with the slightest touch, will comfort you like no other.
These are the hands that will hold you when fear or grief fills your mind.
These are the hands that will countless times wipe the tears from your eyes; tears of sorrow, and tears of joy.
These are the hands that will tenderly hold the blessings that shall be yours.
These are the hands that will help you to hold your family as one.
These are the hands that will give you strength when you need it.
And lastly, these are the hands that even when wrinkled and aged, will still be reaching for yours, still giving you the same unspoken tenderness with just a touch."
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Flores de Santa Gemita - 021122 - Enhanced-7
Tattoo: .:CORAZON:. - Baby (BoM classic + EvoX) only one color
Animation: [InMotion] - Emma AO
Meet Emma!
What can we say about Emma?
She's a woman who reflects on the outside who she is inside.
Who she is meant to be.
She lives and loves passionately. She paints the world in beautiful colors by what she does. She reflect this in how she presents herself, as well.
She is comfortable in her sexuality. She is soulful, observant, confident, assured in that she has decided the world doesn't dictate who she is, what she will do, or the choices in life she makes.
She does.
She moves with ease and the self assured knowledge that her life is her life. She is choosing her path and she sways to the inner music of her soul.
[ INMOTION ] Emma AO has a full range of all new and original bento animations including stands, walks, runs, ground sits, sits, turning, crouching, jumping, falling, flying and even swims!!
Plus, this hud will allow you to invite your friends to join you in your dances as well!!
This [ INMOTION ] hud is designed with ease of use in mind.
Plus, when you come to our store inworld - we will have stands out soon with more original individual [ INMOTION ] animations you can demo, purchase and add to this [ INMOTION ] hud!!!
You can continue to customize this [ INMOTION ] hud to reflect you.
All it takes is a click to buy it. and the animation will come to you and automatically load into this hud you are purchasing!
Nothing more for you to do! No messy notecards to edit or complications like other AOs out there.
It will never be outdated. either.
We are dedicated to making your AO feel realistic and express who you are. Real life movements in a Secondlife world.
Dedicated to special friends who walked this past weekend in the "2007 Atlanta Breast Cancer 3-Day" (60 miles in 3 days) to help raise money for the cure in honor of my sister and others. What you did is truly amazing.........THANKS!
"A sailor is an artist whose medium is the wind.
Live passionately, even if it kills you,
because something is going to kill you anyway."
―Webb Chiles
Standing under the tower of mist
Where your lips are slowly kissed
Where as the fog, does now fall
In the skies, is heard the call
Of our love, that does cry
Passionately into the sky
Our bodies stripped and revealed
All our defences, now are peeled
Under the mist, that rises above
We shake the tower with our love
Fed up with the terrible summer in the UK, I decided to venture round the garden to see how the rain and nature is getting on together.
Portrait of a Geranium.
“Long experience has taught me that people who do not like geraniums have something morally unsound about them. Sooner or later you will find them out; you will discover that they drink, or steal books, or speak sharply to cats. Never trust a man or a woman who is not passionately devoted to geraniums.”
― Beverley Nichols in 'Merry Hall'
These words from the late Mr John Beverley Nichols are his own and should not be associated with my opinion, the photographer, as I am not a great fan of geraniums except when they are in flower.
For the rest of the year they look decidedly scrappy and I don't particularly like their peppery smell which I have seen described as "green and peppery". Unfortunately, I am unaware of what the colour "green" smells like thus I cannot comment - is its smell better or worse than the colour yellow?
I certainly don't steal books, or speak sharply to cats however, I do enjoy a drink. George Melly wrote in London Review of Books in 1991 that John Beverley Nichols would, unfortunately, drink a great deal when writing, and even secreted a bottle to top up his glass en route to the lavatory. . .just for the record, I have never, ever been guilty of needing a top up on my way to the smallest room in the house. 😊
Sigma 70 -300 f4 -5.6 APO DG MACRO
Italy – Villa d’Este
The Villa d’Este is a 16th century building in Tivoli, near Rome. It was commissioned by Cardinal Ippolito II d’Este (1509-1572). Because of his great influence and connections he wanted passionately to become Pope and in spite of his 5 attempts he was unsuccessful.
Construction began in 1560. In that time till 1569 many demolitions took place, private houses, public buildings and roads. Although there was much hue and cry, he was to powerful a man to let anything step into his path. A lot of material (marble and statues) came from other excavations in the area, such as the Villa Hadriana. The river Aniene was diverted to make a comples system of water jets, pools and cascades. Out of this intense construction rose terraces, arcades, grottos and other architectural structures. Canals were dug out and over 600 foot of pipework were laid. This was needed to feed the extensive number of fountains that were to be installed.
The garden was carefully laid out into to compartments, each to be close to 100 foot across. Its final effect is awesome and to stand on the terrace and view the whole garden is a breadth taking experience.
The Cardinal was also the Governor of Tivoli and had a property that went with the title. This was too small for his occupation so it was demolished and a new one was built on the site. The plans for the construction were left to the control of Alberto Galvani, court architect of the Este. He in turn obtained the services of Livio Agresti for the internal decoration and between 1565 and 1566 a team of artists under the direction of Girolamo Muziano and Frederico Zuccari began the incredible task of painting the villa. From 1867–1872 there were many teams of painters, sculptors and stucco artisans, as well as ceramists, mosaic artist and fountain engineers. Work was not nearly as fast as the Cardinal would have liked but he had many financial difficulties after losing some of his ecclesiastical positions in France. There was much to do, in 1872 the top floors of the villa were redecorated and there was an urgency to complete the construction of the Dragon Fountain, the reason for the speed to complete this part was the visit of Pope Gregory XIII. However in December the Cardinal died and the property passed on to his nephew Cardinal Luiggi. Although construction carried on, it was on a much smaller scale, the maintenance costs being much higher than the new Cardinal imagined. Cardinal Luiggi died in 1586 and the Villa was then owned by the Cardinal Deacons of the Sacred College by 1599 it was passed back to the Este family, this time with Cardinal Alessandro who carried out major restoration work to both Villa and Gardens.
This concludes the early part of the Villa’s history, there is much more to tell but if you are interested please go to Wikipedia for the rest of the story.
Items of interest to see:
1: The Hall of the Stories of Solomon.
2: The Fountain of Venus.
3: The Salon.
4: Ippolito’s Bedroom.
5: The Hall of Glory.
6: The Hall of Noah.
7: One Hundred Fountains.
8: The Fountain of Neptune.
9: The Oval Fountain or ‘Fontana dell’Ovato’.
10: The Fountain of the Tripod.
These are the many delights that can be seen in Villa d’Este, a fantastic and memorable place to visit and there is so much more that can be said and seen.
Happy Friday Flickr friends.
Looking forward to catching up on your streams later today.
Passionately Pink for a Cure
This Canadian Gosling was giving mom a rest. It was peacefully resting in a beautiful bed of flowers. We are always impressed by how passionately birds parent their offspring. They will risk life and limb to protect, defend and care for their young. Both parent birds usually escort the young geese, one parent in front and one behind, riding ‘shotgun.’ And though they are quick to develop basic skills at a young age, they usually remain with their parents during their entire first year.
"I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious." Albert Einstein
Credits
Cracked paper from Pink Lottie
Textures from Distressed Jewell
Texture from Bending Light
Eye from Mizzd
Quote from FineCraftedDesign
Explored #412
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Spring and all its flowers
Poem by Hafiz
(English version by Homayun Taba & Marguerite Theophil
- Original Language Persian/Farsi)
Spring and all its flowers
Spring and all its flowers
now joyously break their vow of silence.
It is time for celebration, not for lying low;
You too -- weed out those roots of sadness from your heart.
The Sabaa wind arrives;
and in deep resonance, the flower
passionately rips open its garments,
thrusting itself from itself.
The Way of Truth, learn from the clarity of water,
Learn freedom from the spreading grass.
Pay close attention to the artistry of the Sabaa wind,
that wafts in pollen from afar,
And ripples the beautiful tresses
of the fields of hyacinth flowers.
From the privacy of the harem, the virgin bud slips out,
revealing herself under the morning star,
branding your heart and your faith
with beauty.
And frenzied bulbul flies madly out of the House of Sadness
to unite with the flowers;
its love-crazed cry like a thousand-trumpet blast.
Hafez says, and the experienced old ones concur:
All you really need
is to tell those Stories
of the Fair Ones and the Goblet of Wine.
My mindful insight is knowing I will not allow people, money or past experiences to control me.
Also, I won't be ashamed for how deeply and passionately I love someone.
Lastly, your truest friends are the people who offer you a cup of coffee and listen without condemnation or judgment.
These are my musings so far in 2020. Whomever you are reading this, I wish nothing but the best for you in 2020
*Working Towards a Better World
“A hug makes you feel good all day.” - Kathleen Keating
That's what people do who love you. They put their arms around you and love you when you're not so lovable.” - Deb Caletti
Seven Ways to Live Your Life:
Love unconditionally
Forgive kindly
Live profoundly
Give joyfully
Think carefully
Hug compassionately
Inspire passionately -
Debasish Mridha
I will not play at tug o' war.
I'd rather play at hug o' war,
Where everyone hugs
Instead of tugs,
Where everyone giggles
And rolls on the rug,
Where everyone kisses,
And everyone grins,
And everyone cuddles,
And everyone wins. -
Shel Silverstein, Where the Sidewalk Ends
Thank you for your kind visit. Have a wonderful and beautiful day! xo💜💜
Macro Mondays - theme of June 10, 2019: Childhood Toys
I loved to play with the Matchbox Cars my father was collecting passionately ... and I loved to create "juwellery" with colourful wooden beads when I was a little child ... this selfmade necklace I found at my mom's this weekend ... wonderful memories
size of the beads: 1.5 cm in diameter
Happy Macro Monday, everyone :))
I will be browsing properly in the late evening (I am on the road back home)
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Als Kind spielte ich gerne mit den Matchbox Autos, die mein Vater leidenschaftlich sammelte ... und ich bastelte gerne mit bunten Holzperlen ... hier eine Kette
für die Gruppe Macro Mondays - Kinderspielzeug
A passionately color-laden summer sunset on Lake Erie. Photo taken on Kelleys Island.
NOTE: Have edited this photo per punwit's suggestion ... thank you.
"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious." - Albert Einstein
Thanks for looking... :-}
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*Working Towards a Better World
If you were a bird how high would you fly?
If you were a fish how deep would you swim?
If you were a horse how fast would you run?
And if you were ALIVE how passionately would you live?
…Be grateful for the gift that was given to you
and live everyday with PASSION… - Anon
Thank you for your kind visit. Have a wonderful and beautiful day! xo💜💜