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Sie macht ihren Weg. Mit glühendem Herzen.
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Now she has moved out. Full of energy and wholeheartedly going to the next steps. And her parents are present with their thoughts, a bit proud ;-)
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Nun ist sie ausgezogen. Voller Tatendrang und mit ganzem Herzen dabei, die nächsten Schritte zu gehen. Und ihre Eltern sind mit ihren Gedanken dabei, ein bisschen stolz ;-)
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#SmileOnSaturday / #LetItGlow!
I must admit that the Sound of Music is one of my favourite movies. Whenever it comes on the telly I must watch it. I've probably seen it about 20 times!
Smile on Saturday - "Fresh and Fruity".
Crocus bulbs (technically called “corms”) not only provide winter garden color, but they naturalize, meaning that they spread and come back year after year—with minimum care—for an ever-larger display.
Preference over black & white? (Sorry, just removed the B&W one. I didn’t like it after all.)
Originally taken for Macro Monday - Foil theme.
A foil landscape. For the colour I placed glasses of coloured water on the foil along with a red shiny charger (the placemat type). I wasn't happy with the bright silver patches showing so I held an orange filter in front of the lens to even everything out. This has dulled the foil though.
The bright spot is the reflection from the bottom of the glass, I left it in as I thought it looked like the setting sun.
I've not been posting on Flickr lately...still can't seem to find my mojo. I've also been busy with my little grandson which is great fun but not conducive to photography or Flickr. I've probably missed lots of your images and doubt I'll be able to catch up if I want to keep my sanity. I will pick up on the latest images and take it from there. Have a lovely week.
I had been planning a different shot for the T189 theme this week, but when I came across this I could not resist, so this one is B is for Beauty :-) also for the photo 91:113 where the theme is frozen.
The first flowers to sprout from the earth each year (here, at least), crocus bring forth hope for the warmer days and bright blooms of spring.
The petals opened even as I photographed the tiny blossom this morning. So much fun! Nature amazes me.
tripod, translucent umbrella in soil, natural vignette by exposing for the sunlight on petals
There are lots of different varieties of Helenium at Sussex Prairie Garden. I'm afraid I don't know the name of this one, but I think it's particularly pretty.
#45 - 100 x challenge - Lensbaby
Macro Monday - Button
Wooden buttons, ribbon and background paper from my craft stash. HMM
Lensbaby Sweet 35 and macro converters plus Omni filter
Another photo from our garden. I love that time of year when our vine is turning bright red. I played around with positioning the sun just at the edge of the leaf which caused this nice sunlit fringe to appear while also illuminating the leaf structure.
Einfach abhängen. Und ein bisschen im Wind schaukeln.
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On the hazelnut bush – the very first spring blossoms :-)
Both male and female flowers appear on every hazelnut. The male flowers appear before the female flowers – and probably have to wait here for a time ... The female flowers are bud-shaped and bloom after the male flowers – and they take their time ... In the course of their flowering phase, they are pollinated by the male flowers using the wind.
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Am Haselnuss-Strauch – die allerersten Frühlingsblüten :-)
Sowohl männliche als auch weibliche Blüten kommen an jeder Haselnuss vor. Die männlichen Blüten erscheinen vor den weiblichen Blüten – und müssen hier wohl noch warten ... Die weiblichen sind knospenförmig und erblühen nach den männlichen Blüten – und lassen sich also noch Zeit ... Im Verlauf ihrer Blühphase werden sie mithilfe des Windes von den männlichen Blüten bestäubt.
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A song by Hazel O'Connor just goes with it ///
Dazu passt einfach ein Song von Hazel O'Connor:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLXDpmx8D_E
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Samyang / 1:2.0 / 135 mm
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#Freitagsbluemchen #FridayFlora
With its delicate wings covering its face, this dragonfly looked to me as though it was wearing a beautiful black Spanish veil.
Exploring the world at ground level.
It took a bunch of crawling around on the ground to come up with this one.
Leitz Summicron-R 50mm f2 with 12mm extension tube.
Twirls and swirls of the unique Galpins conebush foliage...with a delightful female seed cone.
Leucadendron galpinii is a multi-stemmed, evergreen perennial with long, upright stems covered in silver-green foliage. A native of South Africa.
This is cultivar Purple Haze growing to 1.5 m. Seed cone diameter 20 mm.
Link to a more detailed seed cone macro: www.flickr.com/photos/112623317@N03/52509473858/in/datepo...
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Using a compressed telephoto perspective and shooting from behind and above to capture a different view of the bridge, engulfed by foliage.
This little one was finding all sorts of crumbs scattered around the construction site, and was therefore blithely unconcerned with my presence.
Listening to St. Paul and the Broken Bones' "Call Me": youtu.be/z7s9A3s8iv8
[ manual vintage SMC Pentax-M 1:1.7 50mm - wide open ]
I am slowly coming back - with my mind still in the mountains ... and missing the cooler temperatures at 1,600 m altitude.
I will try to catch up the coming days : )
Please take care !
#49 - 100 x challenge - Lensbaby
My first admission for the Crazy Tuesday group - Silver
My silver spoon again. This time with some pretty little flowers.
I bought the spoon from a local Fair trade shop. It was made in Laos from aluminium salvaged from deactivated unexploded bombs dropped on their province during the secret war which took place between 1964 and 1973.
A percentage of the money from the sale of these spoons goes to a charity to help young disadvantaged Laotians further their education.
Lensbaby Velvet 56 f2.8
Flauschig. Kein Wolf im Schafspelz.
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And a little boudoir. And just to cuddle.
A wonderful weekend to all of you – see you tomorrow! I have to hurry, I cuddled with the fur for too long – I have a date ;-)
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Und ein bisschen Boudoir. Und einfach zum Kuscheln.
Eine wundervolles Wochenende Euch allen – bis morgen! Ich muss mich beeilen, habe zu lange mit dem Pelz gekuschelt – dabei bin ich verabredet ;-)
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#SmileOnSaturday / #Fluffy
"...of obligation." Photographed while wandering with NJ. Pender and Richards Streets, downtown Vancouver. November 11, 2015.
Smile on Saturday Theme: One Single Petal
“Solitude produces originality, bold and astonishing beauty, poetry. But solitude also produces perverseness, the disproportianate, the absurd and the forbidden.”
Thomas Mann
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©Ronald Garcia
#MacroMondays
#Tool
A simple choice for "Tool": one of my – now that many of us mostly type on a keyboard – shamefully underemployed fountain pens. A classic, the Pelikan Souverän. The original model is black and green, but some 20 or so years ago, when I bought my pen, there also was a blue/black version that I chose. Apparently, Pelikan doesn't sell the blue version anymore, so my pen now seems to be a rarity of sorts.
Writing with a fountain pen is associated with beautiful handwriting, but, well, mine has always been messy, regardless of the writing tool I choose. In elementary school, we also got grades for our handwriting, and in the German grading system, which is a scale from 1 (excellent) to 6 (failed) I never exceeded a 3. So in my case, it's probably better if I type so it's readable, but it's still a pity that I use this beautiful pen so scarcely nowadays.
The setup was really simple, I put the pen on a small glass jar, placed both in front of a black foam sheet, natural light from above, a warm LED light from the left, and from the right I illuminated a gold-coated cardboard "reflector" (positioned on the left behind the pen) for more golden, warm tones. The nib and the small part of the fountain pen visible in my photo are 2,6 cm / 1,02 inches long.
HMM, Everyone!
Gazania is a genus of plants native to South Africa. They do well here in Australia due to similar latitudes and weather.
Gazania tomentosa is a very hardy, sun-loving ground cover with attractive silvery grey-green foliage that forms a thickly spreading mat.
Held above on short, stiff stalks are these wonderfully bright and sunny yellow flowers.
A popular plant due to their drought tolerance and ability to withstand difficult environments like coastal settings and poor soils.
Flower diameter 6 cm.
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