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Upside down on the floor
Fur is stroked, you want more
Stomach caressed, legs fall open
Animal desires they are woken
Rolling about on the ground
As sweet joy it is found
Fur is stroked, love fills your core
Upside down on the floor
Yes, ok I may have ‘overdone’ the fizz or maybe the lager, could’ve been the gin and tonic...I blame the sun...whatever, I’m off the sauce and on to the restorative powers of carbonated H2O. At least until this evening...
DE6400-6480 is performing shunting operations in the Gdynia harbour. Normally, the locomotives here are on the other side of the trains, pushing the wagons. This time however, "Jaro" was pulling the train this way. :)
Photo by Piotrek/Toprus
A close up view of this flower shows what appear to be paint strokes of white and yellow. It looks like the work of an artist, but it’s just the handy work of nature. Proving once again that beauty is ubiquitous!
Prompt: create a digital fine art, ultra-realistic, of two young girls in white nightgowns, with their Westie puppy, beside the decorated Christmas tree, illuminated by soft morning sunlight streaming through the tall window. The girls are wrapping a present as their Westie puppy watches. Keep all proportions, shadows, reflections, and floor patterns unchanged. Refine the brushwork to a clean digital-fine-art finish with subtle texture, preserving natural color harmony, and soft contrast. Do not alter faces, poses, hair, clothing, or gifts. Ensure seamless edges, no artifacts, and consistent lighting direction. Square aspect ratio, realistic depth, no noise effect
This digital fine art was created using Nano Banana AI and Photoshop
It's always fun to play with a little motion blur with fall foiliage. To do this, I used a tripod and set a shutter speed of 0.5sec. I moved the camera vertically while pressing the shutter button. This kind of gives the impression of brush strokes.
Giant brush strokes of grey across a winter sky. The end of a short day with the bare trees and a church silhouetted against the skyline.
Elder-flowered orchid (Dactylorhiza sambucina) with swallowtails (Papilio machaon), Franconian Forest, Upper Franconia, Germany
May 2022
© Stephan Amm
Ok..so I posted this just to tell a story.
So The Strokes were to perform a free show for fans as part of SXSW festivies but little did they know that the band would have the park at "capacity" and well beyond.Now I've seen people jumping fences at ACL,SXSW and many other places.But at a free show?Really?And I guess people tearing down fences at more than one spot obviously convinced officials(and APD) to simply step aside.It was an interesting scene.Today's score:the kids:1,the authorities:0.Kinda made me smile.
A very rare sight - a sign at a former petrol/ gas station, promoting "Two Stroke Service". Having owned at least one two stroke motorcycle continuously for 46 years, I can't recall ever having seen a sign like this previously. I assume that it dates back to a time when the two stroke oil was mixed in the petrol tank. When I had my BSA Bantam I had to use that method but it meant I had to carry a bottle of oil round with me all the time. Presumably a service station offering this, removed the need to do this. Most people think of two stroke motorcycles but there have been a few cars, too. Saab, Wartburg etc (I can’t think of any others but there must be some).
More recently manufactured bikes with two stroke engines have a separate oil tank and a pump mixes the oil with the fuel - but saying that, there aren't too many mainstream large capacity two stroke bikes being made now because the general idea is that they are “dirty/‘orrible/noisy/smelly/unreliable” (delete or tick/check as appropriate) things.