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here's a powerful realization: in any moment i can begin again. if i'm lost in thoughts, externals, or busyness, i can return to myself, right now. there's a fresh start in every breath. the trick is this: remember to remember. when i remember to breathe and be, the world becomes a kinder place.
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a male Red Start singing his heart out in the rain...or
was he saying.. yes.. good old English weather again!
with part of a texture of Lenabem Anna
after all the cold and wet days we feared for a cold and wet weekend but we had the weather gods with us, it was warm and sunny most of the time.
It's been a wonderful hike through fields, villages and forests.
- Bryce Canyon, Utah, USA -
Several more 'forest fire' photos from various parts of the world are in the first comment box.
Happy Easter!
"5 PM" Means "Go Inside.. Clean up.. Supper"
Historic Schoolyard; Spiritwood Town, North Dakota
Outside of the old school, playground etc.
Now, a couple of the rooms within the building are utilized together to be the town/township hall
"Birding is a three-dimensional pastime. It’s superior to, say, mushrooming, where the quarry is never higher than your shoelaces. And, of course, misidentifying a bird won’t kill you. Now, while all the mushroomers get busy writing angry op-eds, let me explain.
Birds fly. The sky’s the limit. One can’t go birding without looking up. The entire forest is stratified, from the treetop warblers to the ground foraging turkeys. And in the middle: thrushes.
Members of the thrush family spend much of their time on or near the ground. They forage on foot.
Males on territory might sing from a treetop, but they are often content to croon from a lower branch in the canopy. Birders sometimes complain about “warbler neck,” the pain that comes from looking high into the trees. Nobody complains about thrush neck.
Robins and bluebirds are thrushes. They’re easy to tell apart. The rest? Not so much. All the medium-sized thrushes are various shades of brown, with whitish, spotted breasts. So when walking in the woods, identification becomes easier if you start with a default bird: everything is a hermit thrush, unless it isn’t.
The hermit thrush is the most common and widespread thrush in Maine. It is comfortable in the understory of both hardwood and softwood trees. It forages through the leaf litter on the ground. When surprised, it may fly to a nearby branch where it can look you over and assess the threat, perhaps raising its tail or wiggling its wings. In other words, it’s easy. Its reddish tail contrasts with its brown body, confirming the identification at a glance. The whitish breast is lightly spotted.
Hermit thrushes don’t go far in winter. Most stay in the states. Some are even found on Christmas bird counts in Maine. They are the earliest of the brown thrushes to return, and start singing in late April.
Like their cousins, the song is an ethereal, flute-like melody, rising and falling. "
by Bob Duchesne (serves as vice president of Maine Audubon’s Penobscot Valley)
song
Frosty start - A frosty start to dawn sees a distant Pendle Hill across the frost bejewelled fields of the Ribble Valley
"Now shut the door keep down to south
Shut the door keep down to south
Shut the door keep down to south
Not any track is turning but the race is in my head
I'm attacking the illusion but the stopping drives me mad
(I need this race!)
Time is running out and the illusion fades away
Time is running out another day is on it's way
Another sun was shining and he knew he wasn't great
He didn't ever talk about he knew he couldn't wait
(I need this race!)"
Yello - The Race
Head: LeL Evo X
Body: eBODY - REBORN -
Hair: S.E LELUTKA EVOX PANDORA BOX L.BLONDE 18
Ears: L'Etre - Ringed mesh ears
Eyes: IKON Charming Eyes - Eternal Pack
At Dubai Event until Okt 15th: Teleport
IKON Mainstore: Teleport
Outfit:
SB. Nadia Dress v1.1
MAZE.mods - Soft Arms (eBody Reborn)
^^Swallow^^ Runway Bento Rings 0.2 WEAR
Kibitz - Cottonia's choker - gold
Made at Sunny's Studio: Sexy Girls O-R Racer
Well then! When the Park screws up your campsite reservation, you wind up where you really didn't want to be in the first place, and the weather gods are being fickle, it's not an auspicious start to a trip far from home. I shot this image the day after we arrived and just before the rain started in earnest (I added just a little drama to reflect my mood of the day). We had to pack up again in rain under a big tarp the next morning but after that, the weather gods took pity on us, the sun came out, and we slept under a very chilly clear sky on heated mattresses. Did I mention that having access to electricity while camping is awesome?
RJ Corman RJ01 starts its power up at the yard office at Fuquay-Varina. With clouds and rain in the forecast for most of the day, I took this opportunity to grab a well-lit shot of the B39-8 before it took off to Raleigh under cloudier skies a short while later.
An alert Hermit Thrush foraging for its breakfast in my rear yard.
Common migrant. Rare winter resident.
Macro Mondays: "Button"
The Start/Stop button in my BMW. It tucked away behind the steering wheel, so this is the best angle I could get.
The image is about 3.8 cm (1.5 inches) square.
We had extremely dense fog the entire morning and into the early afternoon a few days ago - an uncommon event around here. About 1 pm, a tiny bit of sunlight started to break through as the fog finally began to clear. Believe it or not, once the fog moved out, it was completely clear and cloudless the entire rest of the day, staying true to the all-over-the-place weather of the Texas Panhandle.
Armstrong County, Texas, USA
Camera: Fujifilm X-T5
Lens: Tamron 18-300 mm
Settings: ISO 125, f/10, 1/170s, 80 mm
Shot handheld.
A perfect start to the new year. An early night on Hogmanay meant I was feeling fresh as a daisy yesterday so after a big run and a big walk, I headed out to photograph the wild weather. I have a few shots of big breaking waves going over the breakwater but I just loved the moody atmosphere and colours in the sky in the few minutes before sunset. This moment didn't last long at all so I was glad to have managed to capture it. What a great way to get the cobwebs of 2018 blown out of my system! This is Portknockie harbour in Morayshire, Scotland.