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listen: Warm Outside
It′s time to dip dive dip
You might break a hip
To the sound that's legit
I′ve come to make a hit
I usually bust scratches with my man, c.l. smooth
But, I decided to get wreck on this groove
As I provide the slide ..........
Some say the world will end in fire,
Some say in ice.
From what I've tasted of desire,
I hold with those who favor fire.
But if it had to perish twice
I think I know enough of hate
To say that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice.
— Robert Frost
Personally, I just want spring to hurry up and get here!
I have decided to join Nina on her challenge to add a flower photo a day for 365 days.
www.flickr.com/photos/21560098@N06/
We are headed up to Peter's Dad's house this afternoon and won't be back until Tuesday, so this is my flower a day for Monday.
I am curating a group exhibition about springsnow (elm seeds taking over the sky and the streets of Amsterdam around april 21st until may 21st). Read more about the event here: springsnow.nl/en/about/.
UiTNODiGiNG
21 APRIL - 15:00 UUR
Outsider Art Kelder, 21 april - 10 mei 2014
Curator: Maartje Jaquet
Galeriehouder: Bert Schoonhoven
In het kader van Springsnow in Amsterdam 2014
Met werk van: Chris Baker, Marian Bijlenga, Jaap Blonk, Elfletterig Genootschap, Gertie Jaquet, Maartje Jaquet, Judith Koning, Maureen Marck, Anita Philipsen, Túlio Pinto, Marcel Prins, Ines Seidel, Shelley Savor, Birgit Speulman, Straatjutter, Vivienne Strauss en Sabine Timm.
Adres:
Outsider Art Kelder
Nieuwe Herengracht 18 sous
1018 DP Amsterdam
T 020 – 33 066 05
b.g.g.: 020 – 33 020 83 (galerie Amsterdam Outsider Art)
Openingstijden: van maandag t/m vrijdag van 11.00-17.00 uur en op zaterdag van 12.00-16.00 uur.
I have decided to join Nina on her challenge to add a flower photo a day for 365 days.
www.flickr.com/photos/21560098@N06/
It is a wet, cold, miserable day in Sydney today so no chance to go out for photos. This is a lovely rose that I found in a neighbour's garden last week.
Spring is here and so are the Bradford Pear Blossoms...taken with my 35mm/f1.8 lens to ensure plenty of bokeh against the perfectly blue sky background. This is one of the greatest times of the year for photography with everything coming back to life after a dormant, dark winter.
Technical Information:
Camera - Nikon D7200 (handheld)
Lens – Nikkor 35mm fixed, f/1.8
ISO – 200
Aperture – f/5
Exposure – 1/640 second
Focal Length – 35mm
The original RAW file was processed with Adobe Camera Raw and final adjustments were made with Photoshop CS6.
"For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." ~Jeremiah 29:11
It is getting fairly cold here now and most of the insects have gone somewhere warmer. I spotted this lone damselfly hanging onto a twig on a bush in my neighbour's garden. The first photo is SOOC and the other two are lightened slightly in Photoshop. They were taken with my 50D and the Canon 180 mm 3.5 L series macro lens.
a good new WEEK for all my friends !!
we break a little time !
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Liebe liegt in der Luft
In dem Flüstern des Baumes
Liebe liegt in der Luft
In der Donner des Meeres
Und ich weiß nicht, ob ich nur träume
Weiß nicht, ob ich mich sicher fühlen
Aber es ist etwas, was ich glauben, müssen in
Und es ist da, wenn du meinen Namen rufen
Liebe liegt in der Luft..........
I have decided to join Nina on her challenge to add a flower photo a day for 365 days.
www.flickr.com/photos/21560098@N06/
We are going up to Gosford today to take Peter's Dad to the nursing home. We will be staying until Thursday evening so I am adding a photo for tomorrow as well. We probably won't have internet so I will catch you all when I get back.
Spring in March in Tennessee means flowers are blooming...these are Bradford Pear Blossoms in my front yard.
Technical Information:
Camera - Nikon D7200 (handheld)
Lens – Nikkor 18-300mm Zoom
ISO – 252
Aperture – f/7.1
Exposure – 1/250 second
Focal Length – 125mm
The original RAW file was processed with Adobe Camera Raw and final adjustments were made with Photoshop CS6.
"For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." ~Jeremiah 29:11
I have decided to join Nina on her challenge to add a flower photo a day for 365 days.
www.flickr.com/photos/21560098@N06/
I am also adding this to the challenge 52 weeks of photos challenge - Weeks #32 - below.
"But is it such a bad thing to live like this for just a little while? Just for a few months of one's life, is it so awful to...nap in a garden, in a patch of sunlight, in the middle of the day, right next to your favorite fountain? And then to do it again the next day?" Elizabeth Gilbert~
Winding all my life about thee,
Let me lay my lips on thine;
What is all the world without thee,
Mine --oh mine!
Let me press my heart out on thee,
Grape of life's most fiery vine,
Spilling sacramental on thee
Love's red wine.
Let thy strong eyes yearning o'er me
Draw me with their force divine;
All my soul has gone before me
Clasping thine.
Irresistibly I follow,
As whenever we may run
Runs our shadow, as the swallow
Seeks the sun.
Mathilde Blind
Another image from the shoot with Ella Rose - she went the extra mile (figuratively and almost literally as well!) to help create these images, and kept smiling throughout. A highly recommended model!
Strobist: Bare SB800 fill flash
Our lemon tree is out in blossoms and the bees are loving it at the moment. We have had another beautiful day in Sydney today - 20 C and sunny. I wish it could stay this way all year and the heat of Summer could just stay away.
Meaning: What matters is what something is, not what it is called.
Origin: From Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, 1600:
JULIET:
'Tis but thy name that is my enemy;
Thou art thyself, though not a Montague.
What's Montague? it is nor hand, nor foot,
Nor arm, nor face, nor any other part
Belonging to a man. O, be some other name!
What's in a name? that which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet;
So Romeo would, were he not Romeo call'd,
Retain that dear perfection which he owes
Without that title. Romeo, doff thy name,
And for that name which is no part of thee
Take all myself.
A story, much favoured by tour guides, and as such highly suspect, is that in this line Shakespeare was also making a joke at the expense of the Rose Theatre. The Rose was a local rival to his Globe Theatre and is reputed to have had less than effective sanitary arrangements. The story goes that this was a coy joke about the smell. This certainly has the whiff of folk etymology about it, but it might just be true.
www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/305250.html
Seen and photograhed in B & E's country garden.
Have a pleasant Thursday and thanks for visiting.
Bumble bee performing its job in the spring of spreading pollen for all the flowers to bloom and plants to grow. Taken as the bee buzzed around a Weeping Higen Cherry Tree.
Technical Information:
Camera - Nikon D5200 (handheld)
Lens – Nikkor 50mm fixed, f/1.8
ISO – 100
Aperture – f/2.2
Exposure – 1/2000 second
Focal Length – 50mm
The original RAW file was processed with Adobe Camera Raw and final adjustments were made with Photoshop CS6.
"For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." ~Jeremiah 29:11
"[…] Par essence, elle est une manière d'être, un état d'existence.
Cit. de François Cheng
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Vandaag 20 maart 2010 is the begin of Spring............
Vandaag begint de lente 20 maart 2010.................
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Here are your favourite flowers. Enjoy your special day!
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Alstroemeria aurea (Peruvian Lily)
Alstroemeria (pron.: /ˌælstrɨˈmɪəriə/; syn. Alstremeria),[1] commonly called the Peruvian lily or lily of the Incas, is a South American genus of about 120 species of flowering plants. Almost all of the species are restricted to one of two distinct centers of diversity, one in central Chile, the other in eastern Brazil. Species of Alstroemeria from Chile are winter-growing plants while those of Brazil are summer-growing. All are long-lived perennials except A. (Taltalia) graminea, a diminutive annual from the Atacama Desert of Chile.
The genus was named after the Swedish baron Clas Alströmer (Claus von Alstroemer 1736 – 1794) [...]. The plant's seeds were among many collected by Alströmer on a trip to South America in 1753.
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A morphological trait of Alstroemeria and its relatives is that the leaves are resupinate, that is, they twist from the base so that what appears to be the upper leaf surface is in fact the lower leaf surface. This very unusual botanical feature is easily observed in the leaves on cut flowers from the florist.
The flowers of Alstroemeria are generally showy. All six tepals (tepal denotes either petal or sepal when both are similar, as in lilies, amaryllis, etc.) are roughly similar. In some species two tepals are enlarged and vividly colored and act as "flags" for pollination. The ovary is inferior and the seeds are hard and rounded.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alstroemeria
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I found this photo hiding amongst my archives today. I love African Daisies and these are growing in my garden. They begin as little green buds, change to white with green tips and finish as a lovely pink.
I have also added some updated photos of the kitchen. The plumber came yesterday and connected the sink, dishwasher, cooktop and oven and it is now almost finished. The tiles for the splashback are on order and then the kitchen will be finished. We are going to have a few days rest and our next challenge will begin. We are having floorboards put through the main part of the house and it will mean more disruption LOL.
#241 on Explore on 26th June, 2010