Sorry I haven't visited today ...

Will catch up in my morning. Happy day dear friends. Xx

For M & E, always.

Maine

Been away for a few days at the beach. Glad to be back and hope you guys like this one. I wanted to do something different so I broke the rule book and did high key with a low key background

Flowers from the garden. Post in On1.

Flowers from the garden arranged around a Chinese made teacup. This teacup was a gift many years ago from my daughter who spent a year in China on missionary work. This was hand-painted and also has a lovely matching plate with it.

Lighting was a strong backlight up high to create some translucent in the leaves/petals and a rim light on the vase. Main light was a soft window light. Post In ON1. Background and texture work created in Corel Painter.

Still life

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Shot on the same day and the previous image. On our way back to our camp. So much smoke from forest fires.

You can see a few trout rising (the rings on the water surface)

Morning sunrise and very high water on foggy Cottage Lake after a few days of heavy rain.

Woodinville, WA.

(For SPCS Jeanmarie Shelton 194396971)

A beautiful September morning just before sunrise.

Thank you for your visits comments and faves!

I have gone past this old house on the Molson Chesaw Road many times in my Washington State adventures, but it never really stood out to me. Normally, this area of the Okanogan Highlands is very dry and brown. A few days ago, I once again was in the area and the old house looked different, maybe it was the angry clouds or the tall green grass that drew me in to stopping. I parked and walked up and down the road as I took a few shots from different angles. I settled on this shot as I think it conveys more of the mood I was looking for.

pied stilt (Himantopus leucocephalus)

(English follow)

TRANQUILLITÉ

Un silence profond, abyssal succéda à la furieuse tempête de neige qui avait foudroyé la vallée de la rivière, la forêt environnante et notre modeste cabane grinçante.

Ce silence aussi soudain qu’étrange calma mon esprit, comme s’il avait été sous l’emprise d’une Magicienne, d’une Enchanteresse. Une tranquillité absolue qui m’imposa un moment de recueillement, improbable autrement. En moi, une sensation s’imposait de plus en plus nettement: celle de ce lien indicible qui nous unit, nous les êtres vivants, à notre planète, à nos origines, à l’Univers…

…dans un silence profond.

Patrice photographiste, Chroniques du Monde de Poësia

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STILLNESS

A deep, abyssal silence followed the furious snowstorm that had struck down the river valley, the surrounding forest and our modest creaking cabin.

This sudden and strange silence calmed my mind, as if it had been under the influence of a Magician, an Enchantress. An absolute tranquility that imposed on me a moment of contemplation, improbable otherwise. In me, a feeling imposed itself more and more clearly: that of this unspeakable bond which unites us, us the living beings, with our planet, with our origins, with the Universe…

…in deep silence.

Patrice photographer, Chronicles of the Lands of Poësia

Taken @ Turtle Cove .

Time stands still,

So does my love for you

We drift further away

But our feelings remain true

Group Cover:

✈ Second Life Traveler - SLURL

Flickr Explore: 31.05.2023

Big Stopper from Lee Filter. Exposure Time 276s

Happy Weekend, friends!

Thank you for comments and favs!

Schönes Wochenende, Freunde!

Vielen Dank für Kommentare und Sternchen!

sculpture on Canyon Road, Santa Fe.

R. Poses - N113

Vango - Jude hair

LeLutka - Eon EVO X 3.1

Tableau Vivant - Visage // Tobias skin

NOIR::: - Ronnie open shirt + towel

RealEvil Industries - Beast Necklace RLV

POSEvent

FaMESHed

TMD

♫♥♫Foy Vance - Time Stand Still♫♥♫

More information can be found on the blog

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Original shot at Frogmore

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Chesapeake Bay, Virginia Beach, Virginia

Thank you for all your visits, great comments and favs,

Hi all !!

Only white. Only winter. I hope you like it...

Story : "Time passes and passes again... And I'm still here..."

Thanks for watching and your support !! ♡

The music : 🎵.

You can zoom for more details...

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NEW @ Umbrella : "Rokins-Kawaii snow umbrella" at Level Event and soon at Rokins Mainstore.

Fall landscape in Brome, Quebec

“Seek out a tree and let it teach you stillness.”

― Eckhart Tolle ―

Wisdom comes with the ability to be still. Just look and just listen. No more is needed. Being still, looking, and listening activates the non-conceptual intelligence within you. Let stillness direct your words and actions.

― Eckhart Tolle ―

♫ MUSIC TO SET THE MOOD ♫

Taken at Walsh County

❤💕❤❤💕❤ My dear Beautiful friends here, in advance I want to thank you all for your always kindness and support, I appreciate you all immensely. Please Know that I am grateful for each one of you for taking the time to look at my pictures and for all of your kind compliments and comments. You all mean a lot to me, and you make Flickr a lovely place to be and to share pictures.

💕 Best regards and wishes always for you all. 💕 Lori

Loch Scammadale, Argyll & Bute - Scotland staycation 2021

... that the weekend will come soon - TGIF!

Neotropic cormorant / Olivenscharbe (Phalacrocorax brasilianus)

Rio Sararé, Pantanal, MT, Brazil

The other day heading out for a walk/ride after work I came across a persons garden still lush with Roses. It was a very windy day and not much sun. Sun came out for a few seconds. Enough to shed a little light on this pale pink beauty. Hard shot to capture with the strong winds but managed a few.

See in Large !!!! Ver en Grande !!!

"BODEGÓN DE FLORES"

Entered in Fine Art Food Challenge - November / December

2021

Entered in November Contest: FRUITS AND VEGETABLES in TMI Group.

THANK YOU ALL MY KIND FLICKR FRIENDS. YOUR COMMENTS AND INVITATIONS ARE VERY MOTIVATING AND APPRECIATED.

GRACIAS A TODOS MIS AMABLES AMIGOS DE FLICKR. SUS COMENTARIOS, INVITACIONES Y FAVORITOS, SON MUY MOTIVANTES Y APRECIADOS

Images and textures of my own.

Querétaro - México.

© All rights reserved.

AZUL: El azul favorece el equilibrio de las energías, la comunicación y la comprensión de los demás. Es el color más espiritual de todo el espectro del arco iris. El azul es paz y tranquilidad, distensión y armonía.

Macaco - Blue (Diminuto Planeta Azul [Lyric Video]) ft. Jorge Drexler, Joan Manuel Serrat

youtu.be/soQc_uBybkU

The beautiful Loughrigg Tarn.Cumbria

Texture effect in Impresso Pro.

still life

January 15. 2022

Svaneke, the Baltic island of Bornholm, March 28, 2023.

Some of my glass bottles are still in the box, never found a real spot for them yet so thought this was a good frame for Glass Bottles.

Cream-coloured Courser (Cursorius cursorat)

Taken at Masirah Island, Oman.

Thank you so much for dropping by my photostream and leaving all the kind comments. They are very much appreciated.

Have a wonderful new week everyone.

FACTS:

Distinctive wader of desert areas, uniform sandy-brown with a blue back of head framed by a white and black stripe meeting at the nape. Bill is slightly down-curved. Very tall and slim with long legs that it uses to run across desert and semi-desert areas with its head held high. Dramatically patterned in flight with black flight feathers and underwings contrasting with its sandy body.

(eBird)

DFE_5163

Abstract

Los Angeles, 2016

Lincoln County-Washington State

"Let me keep my mind on what matters,

which is my work,

which is mostly standing still and learning to be astonished."

~Mary Oliver

Now long abandoned, the Hawkscraig pier was erected in 1866 for paddle-steamers carrying day-trippers across the Forth from Edinburgh.

When the railway came to Aberdour in the 1890s via the Forth Rail Bridge, the demand for the service declined and the demise of the pier shortly followed.

The island in view is Inchcolm.

Many thanks as always for your welcome views and comments.