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Jerry Seinfeld once likened a breakup to tipping over a coke machine. He said it couldn't be done on the first try and that you had to get it rocking back and forth in order to topple it.
The forecasters are threatening snow today in Northern Michigan. There is no chance it would stick if it does drop but it seems as though the seasonal sea-sawing may have begun. Time to batten down the hatches anyway.
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During this year, at Fantasy Faire 2021, we were able to do different Quests and I did one with Birds. This was the portal who bring us to the Treasure.
Great Blue Heron on the morning quest on Sancho Panza Beach: Little St. Simon's Island, Georgia 2014
The paddle boarders over here are next level. This one is pretty chill but we’ve seen loads of them catching decent waves just on their paddle boards in very rough surf. A quest indeed. Taken with the Tak 55/1.8
Questa è la testa di una donna, di una donna di 3000 anni prima della nascita di Cristo. È una statua stele del museo di Pontremoli, una delle più recenti ( ha gli orecchini, e questa era una novità rispetto alle più antiche ) trovate in questa zona.
Sono molto stilizzate, in pietra arenaria ( che brilla sotto alla luce ),molto belle.
I volti, sia delle donne che degli uomini, sono sempre sorridenti
The smile of a woman with ear rings ( 3000 aC )
Pontremoli, Toscana
Here's an old photo that I took in what now feels like a previous lifetime.
Back in the days when I was still chasing after the perfect Table Mountain at Sunset photo.
That was before I realised that nothing can ever be perfect.
The plot of this MOC is based on fairy tale, where the girl needs to learn her beloved among the students of sorcerer, who were turned into ravens, to relieve him.
Quest Kodiak 100 N192KQ Turbo-Prop Aeroplane
This aircraft was constructed in 2016 at Sandpoint Idaho USA
Photo taken at EAA Airventure Wittman Regional Airport Oshkosh Wisconsin USA July
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Stavo ascoltando questa splendida canzone un pomeriggio.
La conosco da sempre, ma quel pomeriggio ha un ritmo diverso,un senso diverso, il mio coinvolgimento è maggiore, non so perché…
Inizio ad ascoltarla a ripetizione, non mi stanca mai…La notte continuo a sentirla come se il mio cervello l’avesse mandata in loop.
Con gli occhi spalancati guardo il soffitto, e improvvisamente delle immagini iniziano a comparire davanti a me: delle persone che ballano.
Non sono ballerini, ma la loro danza è ipnotica; lenta,poi veloce,poi lenta,poi veloce e ancora lenta, a scatti, fluida,ancora a scatti e poi di nuovo fluida…
Sorridono,loro, non curanti del fatto che a volte la musica non la seguono nemmeno…
Ballano col cuore,loro, e io sono affascinata e continuo a fissarli…vorrei ballare anch’io, unirmi al gruppo ma mi trattengo perché in un certo senso ho paura di rompere la splendida armonia che si è creata tra loro e quindi resto dove sono, osservatrice attenta…
Da questa “visione” nasce il Progetto Idioteque
Nessuna pretesa da parte mia, solo il gusto di sperimentare
Spero vi piacciano
I consigli sono ben accetti ovviamente
Grazie a Fiorella,Elisa,Sara,Veronica,Alice,Danilo,Marco,Davide che hanno fatto sì che questa visione diventasse qualcosa di concreto (e anche perché assecondano sempre la mia pazzia)
Saguaro cacti don’t begin to flower until they are quite tall. Much taller than any photographer. So it’s quite unusual to be looking downward into a saguaro flower. The only place I had taken such photos in the past was on a paved walking path on Tumamoc Mountain. I used to love walking up the mile and a half to the top with my walking stick. I could look downwards at the flowers on the saguaros growing below the trail. I can no longer manage that trail with a walker.
Today, on a ride to an ice cream shop, we discovered this stunted but healthy plant with many flowers growing on a street near Handmaker.
Long live serendipity!
E’ per te
questo bacio nel vento,
te lo manderò lì
con almeno altri cento.
E’ per te,
forse non sarà molto,
la tua storia, lo so,
meritava più ascolto
e magari, chissà,
se io avessi saputo,
t’avrei dato un aiuto.
Ma che importa oramai, ora che…
Puoi prendere per la coda una cometa
e girando per l’universo te ne vai,
puoi raggiungere, forse adesso,
la tua meta, quel mondo diverso che non trovavi mai.
Solo che non doveva andar così,
solo che tutti ora siamo un po’ più soli qui.
E’ per te
questo fiore che ho scelto,
te lo lascerò lì
sotto un cielo coperto...
Solo che non doveva andar così,
solo che tutti ora siamo un po’ più soli…
tutti ora siamo un po’ più soli qui…
è per te.
Lately we've noticed that approximately 30 minutes after the mealworm feeder has been filled, an Anole lizard shows up.
There are at least two different ones, and they slowly and carefully make their way up that long pole, pausing frequently, sometimes going back down before they get to the feeder. Up and down, back and forth. getting in their steps. Sometimes, we've seen them actually jump inside, grab one or two, and then scurry back down to eat in solitude.
Unfortunately, I didn't get to see this one jump inside. A few birds showed up when it was almost there. However, I bet it returned later when we weren't looking. After all, a free meal is a free meal, right?
Of all the wildlife inhabiting our area, it is a good photo of a bobcat that I desire the most. I have been blessed to have seen them in the wild only three times. The first time was as a child. I was on a boat with my dad and my Uncle Gene Eddings. We were on Barren River Reservoir pulling in and out of the banks in search of fire wood. As we glided into the bank on one occasion, an animal trail led directly up the heavily wooded hill from the water. Some 30-40 yards up that trail was a bobcat strolling down the hill, probably just heading to the lake for a drink of water prior to returning to its den to sleep the day away. We were all so thrilled to see it, even if only for a few seconds. Since then, camera or not, I wanted to see them again!
My second encounter occurred on 25 January, 2018…an estimated 47 years later. The temperature was below zero when I decided to make the drive to Muscatatuck NWR to take pictures. Arriving before daybreak, I sat on the bank of a lake where I had previously photographed mink on the hunt. As the sun rose, a frozen fog started lifting from the ice covering the lakes surface. As it did, I noticed that it was creating very small ice crystals. I decided to go back to the car and switch to my macro lens in an attempt to capture the process. This would prove to be a huge mistake!
It was while laying on the lake ice, belly down trying to photograph the crystals that I noticed something on the ice with me. It was some 200 yards away, but was making its way directly towards me in a slow, comfortable trot. I remember being totally confused on what it might be…my first thought…using my anal-retentive statistical mindset, it had to be a dog. Seconds later I switched to it must be a coyote, since I was on a National Wildlife Refuge. It just kept coming, curious of what I might be on this dimly lit frozen morning. At around the 25-30 yard point it veered off to its right as it realized that I was still alive. It was then that I realized it was a big, beautiful adult bobcat. I had four different lenses with me that morning. I had absolutely the worst one on my camera for the shot…a 100mm macro. I was blessed with the encounter, but the photos obtained were much less than desirable.
My third and thus far final sighting took place last year near Patoka Lake while out taking pictures. I was driving from the dam area to the marina when something crossed the road just after I passed. As written by Jim Steinman (my favorite song writer) and sung by Meatloaf…Objects in the Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer Than They Are, I have no idea how far back the adult bobcat was. I am sure it sat and waited for me to pass. This upsets me greatly!
All that being said…there is this guy!! On the morning of June 3rd of this year, I was driving down the same road, haunted by the missed opportunity above when something hunting the field below caught my eye. In my heart I knew it was a bobcat kitten as I caught a split-second glimpse of its hind quarters and that little bobbed tail. It was darker than expected…but then I had no idea what color range existed in juvenile bobcats. I nearly wrecked my car trying to put my car in the ditch on the opposite side of the road, at the same time grabbing my gear to photograph what was surly the end to my 51-year-old quest! I had the right lens, I had the right light, I had the right subject. My entire body felt as if I had stuck a 9-volt battery to my tongue!
As I peaked over the guardrail to the fields below, I could see it moving in the tall weeds below. Looking at nearby shadows, I quickly surmised the best angle to intercept my subject while maintaining the best possible light. The continued movement of the tall grass told me that it was unaware of my presence, I closed the gap between us as quickly as possible…as quickly as an old guy walking on his toes in hiking boots could anyway! I noticed an area up ahead where DNR had cut a maintenance path across the field. This is where I would set up for the shot. Checking its movement one more time, I found the perfect place to sit and wait. Slightly elevated with perfect light. As I waited, some 10 minuets or so, I concentrated on slowing my breathing while triple checking my camera settings.
The maintenance path was only 4-5 feet wide, so I knew I had to be ready. The weeds were now moving only a foot or so from the path…forget about controlled breathing, I just stopped. It held still for what felt like a lifetime before stepping into the light. I could only see the little cat ears moving as it looked down the path to its right and left before stepping forward, as if looking around the corner. As it stepped into the light, I gave out my (patent pending) yelp to get its attention and to look into the lens. It made a short jump out into the path, plopped over and gave me the smug, “You are such a dumb-ass” look photographed. When I realized that I had been tracking a bob-tailed barn/feral cat…my heart nearly broke.
People, for the safety and prevention of heart disease in wildlife photographers, please keep any and all cats without tails inside your home. Doing so could save a life!
Stupid @#$&* cat adventure before dementia!
Princess Priscilla asks her friends if any of them have the locket. None of them have it.
They look around on the cobblestone street, but nobody finds it!
I decided on a whim to rebuild at least one of each of these figs, then realized I didn't have much to say about them as a whole. That Anubis fig kicks ass, but the rest are somewhat generic somehow. Especially when compared to the Dino Hunter figs that came out around the same time. In a way, the figs from both that theme and this one are entirely interchangeable.
And all the mummies are the bloody same. Though the Pharaoh himself is a pretty slick fig. As for the sets, I honestly barely remember them. A lot of maroon vehicles and some big tan structures sometimes.
Honestly, I don't think it was a bad attempt, it just didn't even hold a lit stick of dynamite to its predecessor, and ultimately ended up rather forgettable. Especially compared to some of the wilder themes like Monster Fighters. Here I've changed the Jake Raines variant to an original character just to diversify the cast, and at least added a bulldog for character.
Should lego try harder on a new Adventure theme? I certainly think so.
"The most important reason for going from one place to another is to see what's in between, and I took great pleasure in doing just that."
Deck 2 Chitta Katha Lake Trek - Neelum Valley, AJK - Pakistan
Exposure: 1/30s . f/11.0 . ISO 400 . 300mm
Still wrestling through my new contacts notifications. I went from 722 to 582 this evening, but there's still 29 pages to go. Anyway, thanks again for all your comments, invites and faves.
Hotel corridors make for great liminal spaces...
3rd floor of the Quest Hotel, Canberra,,,
Olympus OM-1 w M.Zuiko 7-14/2.8 Pro
ISO640 f/11 7mm -3,-2.3 and -1ev
Three frames raw developed in DxO PhotoLab 9 - Ilford 100, HDR merged in Luminar Neo, colour graded in Nik 8 Color Efex and finished off back in PhotoLab.
Pharaoh's Quest is now leaking into stores, and I was lucky enough to get my paws on some from my local LEGO store. I think the line is really exciting - lots of new minifigs and elements - I've found every set [so far] to be a real treat. And so I built this Egyptian temple chamber, so that I could use some of those new elements.
Artifex Creations generously offered me a bunch of his really cool Brick Lights, and so I used them to light this creation. They were a lot of fun to work with, and a huge thanks goes out to him!
Oh, and if you're interested to see what it looks like without any fancy lighting.
You can find a lot more pictures at Brickshelf once moderated, or at MOCpages.