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"we have a chance in which there are no rules"

Hello my amazing Flickr friends !

Today is an orange day at Color my World Daily and the theme at Crazy Tuesday is Rule of Odds. Since Mr. Teddy Bear is on vacation, he will not be able to join us for today’s picture.

 

It is always better to follow a dinosaur wearing a top hat. Odds are that they know the way since they aren’t worried about the direction but only about the way they look… And odds are that a classy look for a dinosaur will always look better anywhere… even when there is a huge meteorite about to crash on your head…

 

Mucho, mucho amor for you all !! Have a beautiful day !

 

Thank you so much for all your lovely comments / favs/ general support / happy thoughts!! Stay safe and well!!

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Talkin' in my sleep at night

Makin' myself crazy

(Out of my mind, out of my mind)

Wrote it down and read it out

Hopin' it would save me

(Too many times, too many times)

Oh, he makes me feel like nobody else

Nobody else

But my love, he doesn't love me

So I tell myself, I tell myself

 

One, don't pick up the phone

You know he's only calling 'cause he's drunk and alone

Two, don't let him in

You have to kick him out again

Three, don't be his friend

You know you're gonna wake up in his bed in the morning

And if you're under him

You ain't getting over him

 

I've got new rules, I count 'em..

Jewelry from British India (1912), commemorating George V.

 

Macro Mondays, theme: Gold or Silver.

 

50-image focus stack with Helicon Focus.

 

For an image with scale, see here:

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A Green heron keenly eyeballing it's next mouthful.

Taken at Wildwood Lake, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

As always, thank you for your views, faves and comments. They are much appreciated!

f7.1 1/320 ISO200 483mm

 

Two of my trusty rules to get the size of the macros frames, one steel rule and the other an inside/outside caliper done in inches and mm which makes it super easy to convert inch to mm. This was an 1-5/8 inch frame or 41mm.

Made 3 photos to get all 3 springtails in focus. The photos then merged in photoshop cs6.

 

left : Sminthurinus aureus

right up : Brachystomella parvula

right down : Megalothorax minimus.

 

Found : Hageven pelt : Nabij de Wulp.

 

... well composition wise! Going agains the rule of thirds and getting the sun dead centre but sometimes rules need to be broken! Lockdown rules sadly have to be obeyed and we are still not allowed to see family nor travel. Can't wait for lockdown to ease!

Clothing

 

Credit: Glitter IRINA Fitmesh Outfit Chocolate --- Esclusive items for EBENTO Event --- more details in Blogg .

 

My Blogg

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My flickr

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Song

www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4ky_pz_NW0

Curtea Veche (the Old Princely Court) was built as a palace or residence during the rule of Vlad III Dracula in 1459.

Ruled by gravity and surface tension.

 

A water drop falling by the rule of gravity and held together by the rule of surface tension. For Macro Mondays theme of "rule." This shot also captures the point in time where gravity ultimately rules over the surface tension of the water.

 

Happy Macro Monday and thanks for viewing!

Tentsmuir, Fife, from Broughty Ferry, Scotland.

British Railways Class 7 70000 "Britannia" passes Hargrave near Chester on 1z70 1134 Crewe - Telford Central,operated by Locomotive Services Limited on 02/12/2018

The Cactus Wren is the state bird of Arizona. This one was photographed Saguaro NP.

My Blog

rachelswallows.blogspot.com/2021/05/we-rule.html

 

Attentionista Blog

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LAVAROCK POSES

Friends Pose 2 @ The Mainstore & Market Place

Mens couple pose

 

L'EMPORIO

Fidelio @ The Mancave Event

Militarty style cap and mask. Unisex. Texture HUD, Resizable

In Chinese language and culture, "方圆” ( fāng yuán), square and circle, are used together as a noun, indicating “proper achievements”. This is also how the term “规矩” ( guī jǔ, compasses and rulers) became the noun for rules, regulations and laws in modern Chinese. [Source: Allegravita.com]

 

Edge to edge measures less than 5cm/2" - a bead sitting inside the foot rim of a little cup

 

Image 35/100x

"Rule by decree is a style of governance allowing quick, unchallenged promulgation of law by a single person or group, and is used primarily by dictators, absolute monarchs and military leaders" (Wikipedia). The UK government's anti-Covid laws are such decrees - they are laws neither discussed or passed by Parliament. People are not amused!

Close-up, flash, ND filter.

Ever get the feeling your being watched?

 

#NoshsHoodChallenge2

So this is Noshinima Midas' second challange. Please find the rules here...

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If I have tagged you you have been invited to join the challange, so run to the park...

 

Take your snap and upload it before 7th June 2021.

 

Have Fun... and keep an eye behind you, dogey people might be there...

 

Henry Viii ruled as King of England 1509 - 1547

Grand Ave Arts District, Phoenix, Arizona

House Rules:

I tell what to do and you say "Yes Sir"

European hornet closeup (Vespa crabro), 10-2022, Ticino, Switzerland

 

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European hornet (Vespa crabro), 10-2022, Ticino, Switzerland

 

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THE STORY BEHIND THE PHOTO:

I guess you can tell by the look on its face that this is not a happy hornet. That's not unusual for hornets - truth be told, variations of "not happy" "angry", or at least "badly irritated" seem to be pretty much their natural state of mind - but what's interesting about the fella above is that he also wasn't exactly sober.

 

To spell it out more clearly: that was one hammered hornet. It was so drunk in fact, it couldn't fly for two seconds straight without crashing. I shot that photo in my garden last fall, but as with all my pictures, I'll try to give you a bit more context.

 

Every year at least one hornet queen decides that some crack or hole inside the thick stone walls of my 400-year old house in Ticino is the perfect place to raise her royal family.

 

That in itself wouldn't pose a problem, but if there's one thing we know about "royals", it's that they're a complicated bunch (though it has to be said for both princes William and Harry that they rarely build little palaces inside the walls of some stranger's house, but I digress).

 

There is a slight potential for conflict; in my experience, all hornets are born with a sweet tooth and a bad temper, and particularly when there's ripe figs in my garden, tensions can rise.

 

That is entirely my fault though, because I still sometimes foolishly try to negotiate the human place in the food- (or rather: fruit-) chain, despite knowing perfectly well that fig season isn't the time to want to improve human-hornet relations, as any attempt in that regard will inevitably follow the same frustrating pattern:

 

Human: "Oh hello there Ms Hornet, how nice to meet you here at the fig tree - isn't the weather just lovely?"

Hornet: "Bzzzzzz. I have a sting. Bzzzzz. Go away. Bzzzzz."

Human: "There is really no need to be so angry, dear Ms Hornet: we're all friends here, and there's enough figs for all of us! How are the kids, I mean... larvae?"

Hornet: "Bzzzzzz. I have a sting. Bzzzzz. Go away. Bzzzzz."

Human: "Jeez, OK - relax! I can see you have a sting, I'm going, all right? You can have all the figs Ms Hornet, see: I'm already leaving!"

Hornet: "Bzzzzz. Yes, I have a sting. Bzzzzz. Don't come back. Bzzzzz."

 

And that's how THAT conversation goes.

 

Yet despite our occasional differences (like when I nearly died of smoke inhalation because Her Royal Hornet Majesty had decided my chimney was another suitable place for her nest), I'm happy to report we generally get along quite well, unless... - well, unless the hornets are intoxicated.

 

It's one of nature's lesser known facts (or perhaps its dirty secret) that many of our friends in the animal kingdom occasionally like to get high, and hornets are no exception. Not on anything illegal, mind; they are law-abiding insects after all, so you won't see them smoke crack or snort cocaine (although with some hornets I wouldn't rule that out completely 😉).

 

No: their usual drug of choice is alcohol, which my irritable neighbors find - surprise! - in my fig tree. Once some of the overripe fruit start to ferment, their potent juices become a magnet for hornets - and that's when the trouble starts.

 

It should come as no surprise that "hornets and hooch" are an inherently problematic combination. Because the crux with alcohol is this: it doesn't alter your personality, it only brings out the character traits that are already there without a filter, so you just become a terribly unrestrained version of yourself when you drink too much.

 

Which with hornets - who aren't the most cheerful bunch even on a good day - is a recipe for disaster. They are MEAN drunks - and I'm not kidding, oh boy. All that bottled-up anger constantly boiling underneath that shiny, chitin surface from the moment they hatch is finally released into the world, and it's not a pleasant sight, let me tell you.

 

Alcohol REALLY doesn't seem to improve their mood, and the other animals in my garden all agree (and I concur) that the fig tree would be a much happier place if the hornets just smoked weed and listened to Bob Marley instead (if them getting high can't be avoided altogether).

 

To be fair though, not all hornets have a drinking problem. Most of them behave responsibly and "don't drink and fly" (which I'm sure is a motto that gets taught in hornet school from an early age). And they don't get high all year long: It's only when fall arrives that the hornets like to have a merry get-together in my fig tree to get a good "buzz on".

 

But you know how it is: just like with any good party, there's always the ONE guy who can't hold his liquor and basically turns into your angry, drunk uncle at Christmas who starts picking fights with every one at the dinner table and insists on letting you know - very loudly - what he thinks about Trump or Biden or the Corona virus once he's had one too many.

 

Which finally brings me back to the fella in the photo above, because apparently he was THAT guy. That particular "drunk uncle" hornet sat underneath the fig tree on a fallen (and pretty rotten looking) fruit and was deep into its cups. As soon as it saw me, it started to buzz angrily and seemed intent on a confrontation, but it didn't manage to get airborne for more than a second.

 

After a few more failed attempts to lift off and a few more angry "Bzzzzzz" sounds (I think I actually did hear the words "Trump", "Biden" and "Corona" in there 😉), it just went back to boozing on the juices of the spoiled fig on the ground.

 

I left it to its own devices, happy that I got this quite expressive shot. 😊

 

P.S. I think it was actually a crazy, drunk AUNT - not an uncle 😉)

 

P.P.S. Just to make sure we understand each other (maybe as a disclaimer for readers who come to this gallery for the first time and aren't familiar with my kind of humor): I love the fact that these beautiful insects visit my garden. Watching how these efficient predators hunt wasps, horseflies or other insects is incredibly fascinating (adult hornets themselves mainly feed on sugary plant juices, but they hunt because their young need protein to grow).

 

Hornets may seem like they're constantly angry (which to me is funny - hence this text), but they're not; they're actually very peaceful towards humans, and even when you compete for a ripe fig with them, their furious buzzing is mostly just a bluff, and I've never been stung (and I don't know anyone who has).

 

Due to the unfounded fear many people have of hornets, who often get exterminated because they're confused with common wasps, this species is threatened in many countries (in Germany for example, hornets are a protected species). But unless you step (or sit) on them or destroy their nest, hornets don't attack, and even when they're drunk, they are usually so incapacitated that they are completely harmless (just like your uncle/aunt 😉).

 

So if you have hornets in your garden, just enjoy watching them and please don't harm them! 🙏 🙏 ❤ ❤

 

With that being said, I hope you like the photo and wish you all a wonderful weekend! Many greetings from Switzerland, and as always: let me know what you think in the comments 🙏 😊 ❤!

If you'd like to know about the inverse square law go here.

 

We're Here! : Break the Rules of Photography

This was taken for the Grove Photo Club

This week's theme is "Manual labor". Photo Club meets every Saturday at 11.30am slt. Feel free to join the meeting.

Your taxi

 

 

Umi, where cats rule!

  

♬ you and i, you and i are gonna rule the world ♬

  

the things:

Space Cadet - Party Crown w/PBR materials @ Smokefest for another day or two

Tetra - Vanity buttoned top & necklaces

 

*and super cute animation by SAPA 297 for the "boop"

 

♥️ taken @ Umi

group access only atm - this sim clearly has not gone to the dogs xD

 

#noai

primfeed

 

A thetrahedron with 9 triangles in 3 colours.

 

HaPpY CrAzY Tuesday

 

Thank you for your views, faves and or comments, they are greatly appreciated !!!

 

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You have to master the rules before you can break them.

Yes ! we can sit at a terrace again !

The difference of a lonely person before and after the lockdown

Lady Endo in the late afternoon light. Bloom of the tea rose from my Gold Coast hinterland garden.

A queen showing cracks is standing in the chaos of the chessboard :-)I haven´t seen the queen of Great Britain for a while .

“May we just sit?”

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