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To really love a woman
To understand her
You gotta know her deep inside
Hear every thought
See every dream
And give her wings
When she wants to fly
Then when you find
Yourself layin' helpless in her arms
You know you really love a woman
When you love a woman you tell her
That she's really wanted
When you love a woman
You tell her that she's the one
'Cause she needs somebody to tell her
That it's gonna last forever
So tell me have you ever really
Really, really ever loved a woman?
To really love a woman
Let her hold you
'Til ya know how she needs to be touched
You've gotta breathe her, really taste her
'Til you can feel her in your blood
And when you can see your
Unborn children in her eyes
You know you really love a woman
Really nice light on this airshow. The Blue Angels were scheduled but did an 8 week stand down for safety. From now on they will only do 7 weekends in a row.
My thanks to Ben Scott whose pic in Unsplash won me over and made my day. Also my personal assistant Juxtaposer who made me another what I AM.
Really pleased with how this picture of a Snow Leopard at Marwell Wildlife Park came out. There is almost a sadness her the eyes as she stares out into the park, it is no wonder there is a sadness with the snow leopard being classified as vulnerable by the WWF and only around 4000 of these majestic cats left!
The elegant and well-camouflaged snow leopard is one of the worldβs most elusive cats. Thinly spread across 12 countries in central Asia, itβs at home in high, rugged mountain landscapes. But habitat deterioration, habitat loss, poaching and climate change are now threatening their survival.
The snow leopard has a beautiful, spotted coat, thick enough to insulate them from the cold. Their wide, fur-covered feet distribute their weight over soft snow, like natural snowshoes.
Snow leopards are solitary creatures, and skillful predators, able to kill prey up to three times their own weight in challenging terrain. Itβs been found that poaching and retaliatory killing (as a consequence of a snow leopard killing livestock) are sometimes linked, and the attitudes and support from local communities living in these remote mountain areas are critical to the success of snow leopard conservation.
Affected by: Habitat loss and fragmentation, Climate change, Human wildlife conflict, Illegal wildlife trade
Really had a hard time photographing this one. I used a drier for the paint that I normally do not use that created an uneven sheen that does not sit well with the camera sensor. While it is not noticeable looking at the painting, it is quite noticeable on the photo unfortunately.
Really liked the setting here for the egret, and the lovely details in the capture. Recommend viewing large to take them in.
This is my first decor pic since forever, but I really loved these colors for Christmas and actually felt a bit inspired. So, here's a mix of some of my favorite holiday items, new & old. I hope you all enjoy the holiday season if you celebrate!
γElm - Available at Santa Inc.γ
β¦ Elm. Avery Light Tree w/ Light Cluster ~ FATPACK LI:9
β¦ Elm. Avery Wreath Decor LI:2 (Event Mystery Gift)
γElm - Available at Collabor88γ
β¦ Elm. Clara Decor ~ "Better Not Pout" Decor LI:3
β¦ Elm. Clara Decor ~ Lantern #1 LI:4
β¦ Elm. Clara Decor ~ Lantern #2 LI:2
β¦ Elm. Clara Decor ~ Mini Tree Decor LI:1
β¦ Elm. Clara Decor ~ Starlight Decor LI:1
β¦ Elm. Clara Fireplace w/ Pompoms [White] LI:5
β¦ Elm. Clara Stove Hearth LI:4
γElm - Available at ACCESSγ
β¦ Elm. Beth Blanket Ladder ~ FATPACK LI:6
β¦ Elm. Beth Decor ~ Rug [White] LI:2
γElm - Available at EQUAL10γ
β¦ Elm. Joy Paper Garland ~ Combined #1 [Pack #2] LI:3
β¦ Elm. Joy Paper Garland ~ Combined #3 [Pack #2] LI:3
γElm - Available at the Mainstoreγ
β¦ Elm. Whimsy Fuzzy Tree #1 [White] LI:1
β¦ Elm. Whimsy Fuzzy Tree #4 [White] LI:1
β¦ Elm. Whimsy Fuzzy Tree #8 [White] LI:1
β¦ Elm. Whimsy Letter Board [Jingle] LI:2
γ{moss&mink} - Available at Santa Inc.γ
β¦{moss&mink} Blitzen Board Game - Gold (Adult) LI:6
γ{moss&mink} - Available at the Mainstoreγ
β¦ {moss&mink} Golden Winter Felt Tree
γBUENO - Available at Kustom9γ
β¦ BUENO-Winter Cabin-Montana LI:20
γZerkalo - Available at ACCESSγ
[ zerkalo ] Grassington Armchair w/Cloth - PG LI:9
γFancy Decor - Available at the Mainstoreγ
β¦ 01 Fancy Decor: Gilt & Pearl Tree Topper RARE LI:3
β¦ 03 Fancy Decor: Gold Stripe Bauble LI:1
β¦ 06 Fancy Decor: Checker Bauble (gold) LI:1
β¦ 09 Fancy Decor: Gilt Studded Ornament LI:1
β¦ 10 Fancy Decor: Noir Dot Stripe Ornament LI:1
β¦ 15 Fancy Decor: Noir Droplet Ornament LI:1
β¦ 15 Fancy Decor: Ridged Bauble (gold) LI:1
β¦ 16 Fancy Decor: Noir Ridged Ornament LI:1
β¦ 18 Fancy Decor: Noir Plain Ornament B LI:1
β¦ 20 Fancy Decor: Noir Tree Ribbon LI:1
γOther Decor Usedγ
β§ Apple Fall Heritage Christmas Tree - Golden White LI:16
β§ Apple Fall Ornament: Metallic Confetti - Gold LI:1
β§ Apple Fall Ornament: Metallic Pinecone - Copper LI:1
β§ Apple Fall Ornament: Metallic Pinecone - Gold LI:1
β§ Apple Fall Ornament: Metallic Ridged - Copper LI:1
β§ Apple Fall Ornament: Metallic Ridged - Gold LI:1
β§ Apple Fall Ornament: Ribbed Cone - Mercury Glass LI:1
β§ CHEZ MOI Sliding Penguins LI:2
β§ Granola. Noelle Gift Box4. Gold. M/C LI:2
β§ Nutmeg. White Holiday Tree LI:4
β§ PILOT & Can't Even - Christmas Tree Strings [White] LI:2
β§ Soy. Raindrops curtain (Long) LI:2
β§ Trompe Loeil - Yasmine Noel Branch Ornamented Long LI:3
β§ Ten Thousand & Co. - XMAS TREE Billboard Black/White LI:1
β§ [North Oak] Gift Wrapping - Tan &White
It was supposed to warm up today, but no.... it stayed at -18C through most of the day. On the way for groceries, I noticed it was so cold that the creek appeared to be steaming.
Really enjoyed seeing Siskins in the Lake District last week, we donβt see them here in Formby often.
It's odd. I don't really think about death or mortality when I'm in a cemetery. I'm among the dead, and yes, obviously I know they were once alive and now they're not and at some point none of us will be. That's all there, but it's not something that's at the front of my thoughts.
I don't look at a stone and think "oh this person lived a long life," or anything like that.
Except when it comes to unmarked graves of children. There is something unfathomably sad about this. So sad that it's not even sad in the traditional sense. It's like a black hole in an otherwise serine and beautiful day.
"Our Baby" has no name now. There's no date of birth, no death date, no family name.
When I saw it, my mind immediately dreamed up a story for this little one. Actually, no, for this little one's father. More than likely, at this time in history (early-ish 1900s, for sure), it would have been the father who made some arrangements for the stone and burial.
It seems unlikely that this child had a name. They probably died at birth. And this heartbroken father had to drive his wagon into the nearest town and tell the stone carver that his newly born child was gone.
The carver would have asked what he wanted on the stone, and all he could say was "our baby." There is something beautiful and so very loving about this.
Often in the cases of infant deaths, the inscription would read simply "Infant son of ___________." Perhaps there would be dates and maybe even a little inscription, likely suggested by the carver.
But in some cases, like "our baby" (and like my dearest stone, "Our little Rosa"), the love bleeds through the heartbreak.
Someone asked me recently if I ever felt "spirits" while I was in the cemeteries. The answer I gave was plainly, "no." They meant ghosts of some sort and that's something I don't have a belief in.
But it's also not entirely true. I have felt a type of spirit, I have felt this love. It doesn't happen often, but when the stones become devastatingly personal, yet still joyous, I feel that love. I feel the love for "our baby" and the love for "our little Rosa" in ways that "infant son of M.N. and F.L. Morgan" cannot give.
This little one is buried next to Lena and Auguste Crome, neither of whom reached their first birthday, in 1890 and 1897, respectively. Their father is buried there too, dying just two years after Auguste. The mother, Diena, apparently lived on, but is lost to history.
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'Our Baby'
Camera: Chamonix 45F-2
Lens: Steinheil Rapid Antiplanet 6,5; 27cm
Film: Fomapan 100
Exposure: f/64; 2sec
Process: FA-1027; 1+14; 9min
Washington
Jun 2023
I really love the bokeh this old USSR made lens adds to a photo. This lens has become one of the most popular vintage bokeh lenses there is. I am fortunate that I got a really good copy. So much fun to see what you get from it. The bokeh was created from the sun coming up through a bank of trees.
USSR Helios 44-2 58mm f/2.0 Lens
This Sydney Sulphur Crested Cockatoo was trying very hard to stay upright as it was so windy. Not a great shot, as I was a long way off, but I really admired his/her determination to stay there.
Thanks for your visits, kind comments and faves, very much appreciated.
I really must stop this. Out for a sunny Sunday morning walk and a cheery "Good Morning!" to a passing total stranger turns into a longer chat and me asking him if I can take his photo. It turns out he was a climber of some ability.
It's really surprising, millions of people out there that you may come close to and yet you never speak to them or ever find out anything about them. So many have done something amazing in their life and hardly anyone outside their family or friends circle know anything about them. Chris, called Buffalo Bill by his mates, it turns out is a man who had stared death in the face many times and I tried to capture the reflective mood of a man who had been to the edge and made it back. He has put active climbing behind him now, but it was clear that, little Daisy aside, climbing was the love of his life.
Do you think Daisy last went to the same hairdresser, some time ago?
Really bazar to find sand dunes a few km inland from Bethells Beach, Auckland, surrounded by bush and farmland. Mystery to me how these dunes even formed here. Anyway, this is a view looking up to the steep side where the dunes end. I estimate a height of 10m here. What I found interesting was the sculpted look caused by the wind. I hadn't taken my camera on this trip so the mobile phone came in handy. Processed in DxO PhotoLab. I boosted the colours and contrast to enhance the soft cellphone image.
I really didn't have any time this past week while I was home to take pictures, but had to take a minute to take a few shots of this Carolina Wren nest right outside our kitchen door in the ivy that grows on the wall.
I wasn't home an hour when I realized there was some major activity going on there!
The parents were busy flying back and forth with food, and every time I'd come in or out of the door they'd chatter like mad at me.
I really struggled yesterday - not sure why but I did
S the three of us got out for a stomp and a sunset
And ended on a high β€
Credits to the bird π
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a little musical accompaniment π
I really like still lifes....so today's photo is exactly that... a still life shot with one of the remaining daisies I was able to find. Sadly, the daisy season here has mostly come to the end but there is still the odd one here and there I might be able to find. They usually are hiding alongside the farm field edges among the tall grasses.
Thank you for visiting...I hope you had a nice day!
You wouldn't tell by the photo, but a rare 4 unit lash of orange South Shore Freight Geeps bring coal loads east at Bumtown (Kensington). NICTD train 18 does its best to block the other half of this nice, yet rare daytime catch on this end of the system. Thanks to those special birds for the assist on this one.
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Really thought a panoramic view would get the best view of the field. A wonderful evening with picturesque clouds that made the picture even better.
The photo was stitched together in Photoshop Elements to make the picture look like a wide angle photo
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Train GBSOA was running really early and had passed through Trout Lake just at daybreak on January 26, 1999. I was working as usual and had suffered a bit of delay getting my load out of St. Ignace that morning and was running pretty late as I neared Rudyard. A glance to the west showed the train rolling along and I took the Kinross exit and proceeded north on the old highway figuring me losing another couple minutes wouldn't cause the end of the world. I waited at this spot a couple miles south of Dafter and was rewarded with 3003 and 6640 zipping along with a short 34 car train.
Really one of the most important things about living in India is that one is overwhelmed about its colors... Here is the original version of the pic I posted the other day...
I am posting the picture that spoke to me this morning. It has so many technical problems but it represents the purest of my intentions. Every day I make another mistake when shooting and I am learning and finding value from the process. Today's error was forgetting to change auto ISO to manual so my camera chose crazily high which created all sorts of noise. There is something very difficult for me about showing my flaws and most authentic self. I guess we all want to be good at something and protect our fragile egos. Today I am taking a big step for me and highlighting my mistakes. We all make mistakes and it is okay. I'll keep repeating this to myself and let it sink in until I believe it. I must be a good example to my kids, trying to be perfect can create unrealistic expectations and great anxiety.
... I really thought I was going to like her (this is my late mother in law's doll), but no ... so after gathering dust for a few years, I'm hoping the re-housing trajectory will go well for her tomorrow ... (I also hope Josie will not get jealous, perhaps they can be friends !) my hope is Anne-Miek will take her in, and get her an appropiate name and perhaps up to date clothing :) ... check her stream on www.flickr.com/photos/bibber...
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Some wise guy must have added a comment to the local landmark/eyesore. It seems to me that art can be found, as well as made, or at least made without any intention. Some day, when this abandoned factory is gone, it will be both a huge relief and a great loss.
Cape Ann Tool Company
More photos in my album: www.flickr.com/photos/jerry-rockport/albums/7217772029815...
Thank you from the bottom of my heart for choosing my picture as the cover of the group! I feel very very honored, kisses & hugs & lots of love πππΊπΉ
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Thank you from the bottom of my heart for choosing my picture as the cover of the group! I feel very very honored, huge hugs ππ
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+1 for a cool bridge over the Mississippi, -1 for traveling all the way to Iowa and the first train we encounter on CPKC has CSX garbage on it. While I'm sure some locals might've thought this was cool, we were pretty annoyed. But a train is a train, and here's CPKC freight 252 rumbling across the swing bridge and into Sabula, IA.
In goat's defense, she and her companions were treated to rock salt as I was photographing them... :-)