Whenever people suffered the difficulty in real life, they either faced the challenge with courage or hided themselves in their secret garden temporarily, made their sophicated thoughts within, and then find way to breakthrough again.

Have you ever own your secret garden ? It could be a real place in the world , or just a mental place at your mind, which made yourself feel safe & help you calm down from the suddently sufferings in real life.

Try to create the secret garden through the overlayering composition, it can be a place mixed with variable emotions, happiness, sorrow, hate, sadness, peaceful etc, not necesarry a subjective garden in vision, maybe just a private corner under the tree, on the meadow, or even the space between the leaves & air.. tell me how you think about your secret garden.

The Church of St. Francis, an example of Sicilian Baroque, the original building was in Arab-Norman style with three naves and twelve altars, in addition to the main one.

In 1680, Msgr. Francesco Maria Grifeo (then bishop of the diocese ), he decided to turn it into baroque style, the two side aisles were demolished, and the nave was raised and covered with a barrel vault.

He was then reopened for worship in 1703, to be closed again following the earthquake of Belize in 1968, during which the church and the adjoining convent suffered significant damage. In 1977 the restoration works were started.

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The Cokes hartebeest is a large, fawn-colored antelope. It is one of the fastest antelopes and most enduring runners. These qualities gave rise to its name, which means “tough ox.” Its sedentary lifestyle seems to inhibit the mixing of populations and gene flow; as a result, there are several subspecies of hartebeest.

Hartebeest are mainly found in medium and tall grasslands, including savannas. Adult females are often accompanied by up to four generations of their young. Female offspring remain close to their mothers up to the time they give birth to calves of their own. Even male offspring may remain with their mothers for as long as 3 years, an unusually long bonding period. As groups of females move in and out of male territories, the males sometimes chase away the older offspring. Their mothers become defensive and protect them from the males.

Although bachelor herds of young males are also formed, they are less structured than those of some antelopes, and age classes are not as conspicuous.

The hartebeest feeds almost entirely on grass but it is not very selective and quite tolerant of poor-quality food. Although a prolific breeder and even a dominant species in some areas, the hartebeest has probably suffered the greatest reduction in range of all African ruminants. This is both because it is easily hunted (being relatively sedentary), and because its diet is almost equivalent to that of cattle—it must compete for food resources. Wikipedia

My best friend and companion of 10 years left me on saturday. Holly suffered from seizures and failed to make it out this time. I am completely lost and broken without her. I spent everyday with her for 10 years training and loving her. My step father got her for me as a gift and since then i have tried my best to show her kindness and love and give her the best possible life i could. There is more i wish i could have done and gave her but i think we all think like that when a loved one passes, right?

My step father passed last may and i am just hoping that she will be with him somewhere safe and i truly wish i will see them both one day.

Holly was full of life, love, and had such a kind soul. She instantly put a smile on my face and picked me up whenever i was feeling down. I would often go lay with her and rest my head on her chest to listen to her heart beat when i had anxiety attacks. It was calming and like the OA said "that is what you sound like". It wasn't just a heartbeat. It was her sound. She was a big reason for me to get up in a morning to see her waiting at the bottom of the stairs full of excitement and joy.

She will forever have my love and the most special place in my heart. Rest in peace my angel ♥

I'm sharing this picture of Holly. This is one of my favourites.

I would like to thank everyone on plurk for all their support and kind messages. You don't expect people to take time out of their day to send you lovely messages and let you know that they are there for you like those guys did. It warms my heart and only makes me want to spread that kind of love and support in the world ♥.

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With heart-shaped face, buff back and wings and pure white underparts, the barn owl is a distinctive and much-loved countryside bird. Widely distributed across the UK, and indeed the world, this bird has suffered declines through the 20th century and is thought to have been adversely affected by organochlorine pesticides such as DDT in the 1950s and '60s.

Nocturnal birds like the barn owl are poorly monitored by the Breeding Bird Survey and, subject to this caveat, numbers may have increased between 1995-2008.

Perhaps selling and allowing fireworks is a bad idea. Smoky skies due to a fire in Utah, started by fireworks.. Our air quality always suffers during July!

Italia, Toscana, Pisa, Inverno 2021

I Lungarni di Pisa, un susseguirsi di ampie strade che corrono nei pressi del fiume Arno. Sono caratterizzati da antichi palazzi e case dai colori pastello su un lato e da muri in pietra e mattoni (chiamati spallette) sull'altra sponda.

The Lungarni of Pisa, a succession of wide streets that run near the Arno River. They are characterized by ancient palaces and pastel-colored houses on one side and by stone and brick walls (called spallette in Italian) on the other shore.

Insediamento etrusco, città romana, porto commerciale medievale, potente Repubblica Marinara, acerrimo nemico di Firenze, magnifica città nobiliare nel 17° secolo, città ospitante molti artisti nel 19° secolo, rinomata città universitaria in questi ultimi secoli e sede di alcune delle più prestigiose accademie del mondo: queste poche righe rendono evidente come Pisa sia sicuramente molto di più di un campanile, anche se molto bello.

Nel Medioevo, Pisa era un porto molto vivace e un ricco centro commerciale. Una flotta di navi Pisane partecipò alla prima Crociata e all’assedio di Gerusalemme del 1099. Inoltre, fu una delle quattro Repubbliche Marinare (oltre a Genova, Venezia e Amalfi), che combatterono tra loro per il controllo del Mar Mediterraneo. Questo è stato un periodo di vittorie e di ricchezza per la città, che aveva colonie e basi commerciali in tutto le coste del Mediterraneo e ed era temuta e rispettata. Dopo diversi secoli gloriosi, nel 13° secolo, Pisa ha iniziò a veder diminuire il suo potere e ricchezza. I conflitti con un'altra Repubblica marinara di Genova, provocarono una pessima sconfitta nella battaglia della Meloria (1268), che segnò l'inizio della perdita di influenza come potenza marittima. Nello stesso periodo, iniziarono i conflitti con le città guelfe della Toscana, insieme a gravi lotte interne per il controllo della città. Durante del 14° secolo, Pisa continuò a subire battaglie e rivolte. La data che tutti i pisani ricordare è il 9 ottobre 1406. Quando l’odiato esercito fiorentino entrò in città e Pisa fu posta sotto il dominio di Firenze, dove rimase fino alla creazione dello Stato italiano nel 1861.

Etruscan settlement, Roman city, a medieval commercial harbor, a powerful Maritime Republic, a bitter enemy of Florence, a magnificent noble city in the 17th century, a host town for many artists in the 19th century, an excellent University town in the last few centuries and home to some of the most prestigious Academies in the world: these few lines make it evident that Pisa is definitely much more than a bell tower, albeit a very beautiful one.

In the Early Middle Ages, Pisa was a very lively port and a rich commercial centre. A Pisan fleet participated in the First Crusade and the Pisans were instrumental in the siege of Jerusalem in 1099. Moreover, it was one of the four Maritime Republics (the other three were Genoa, Venice and Amalfi), which fought each other for control of the Mediterranean Sea. This was a period of victories and wealth for the city, which had colonies and commercial basis all over the Mediterranean coasts and was feared and respected. After several glorious centuries, Pisa started to decline in power and wealth in the 13th century. The conflicts with another Maritime Republic, Genoa, resulted in a very bad defeat in the battle of the Meloria (1268), which signaled the beginning of the loss of influence as a maritime power. In the same period, the conflicts with the Guelph cities in Tuscany began, along with serious internal struggles for the control of the city. During the 14th century, Pisa continued to suffer battles and revolts. The date that all Pisans remember is the October 9th 1406, when the hated Florentine army entered the city and Pisa was placed under the rule of Florence where it remained until the creation of the Italian state in 1861.

This beautiful eagle had been shot. She suffered eye and wing damage and is missing a talon. She was taken to a rehabilitation group who nursed her back to health. Now, she is pampered and spoiled and educates the public on respecting these glorious birds of prey.

The Norfolk coast suffers a lot at the hands of the sea. 1000 years ago, there used to be another village between the sea and Happisburgh a village on the east coast (the coastline retreats 50m every decade). These red bricks are believed to be all that remains of Happisburgh Low Lighthouse which collapsed 200 years ago.

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The Somosierra tunnel is a railway tunnel drilled under Somosierra, in the Central system. It was used by the railroad that links Madrid and Burgos until a landslide in March 2011 left a roadworks machine trapped inside. It was completed in 1933. It is also known as Somosierra tunnel to the A-1 tunnel, opened in 1992.

One of the first lines was that of the Madrid-Burgos Directo, which began to be built in 1928, but it was not finished until 1966, being inaugurated in 1968. In 2011 it suffered a collapse after its partial detachment, remaining closed today. In the summer of 2018, Renfe plugged the two entrances of the tunnel with a small wall, to prevent people from accessing it.

......por el derrumbe del tunel

El túnel de Somosierra es un túnel ferroviario perforado bajo Somosierra, en el sistema Central. Era usado por el ferrocarril que une Madrid y Burgos hasta que un derrumbe en marzo de 2011 dejó atrapada una máquina de obras de vía en su interior. Fue terminado en 1933. También se conoce como túnel de Somosierra al túnel de la A-1, abierto en 1992.

Una de las primeras líneas fue la del Directo Madrid-Burgos, que comenzó a construirse en 1928, pero no se terminó hasta 1966, siendo inaugurado en 1968. En 2011 sufrió un colapso tras su desprendimiento parcial, permaneciendo cerrado en la actualidad. En el verano de 2018, Renfe taponó con un pequeño muro las dos entradas del túnel, para evitar que la gente accediese a este.

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If you don't get what you want, you suffer

If you get what you don't want, you suffer

Even when you get exactly what you want, you still suffer because you can't hold on to it forever.

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This species has suffered big declines in numbers over the past few years in the South.The bird was on Autumn passage feeding in the garden at Stutton Mill.Confusion species is Chiffchaff. Which apart from the different call has a weaker supercilium and darker legs.

Nunca tengas miedo de confiar un futuro desconocido a un Dios conocido. Corrie Ten Boom.

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You like to make me suffer, thought we

loved one another, I saw

all your old lovers around, be quiet, don't make a sound

'Cause all your girls like to fight

I'd like to make you suffer, thought we

loved one another, I saw

all my old lovers around, be quiet, don't make a sound

'Cause all my girls like to fight

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This little warbler suffered a collision with our livingroom window. I thought it would end badly as it lay on its back for several minutes. My husband picked it up, the warbler started moving and after a good long rest of at least 1/2 hour, it perked up and was on its way. Thank goodness it had a happy ending :-)

Some interesting facts about this warbler - the sharply marked Blackpoll Warbler is nature’s hearing test, with a high-pitched, almost inaudible song that floats through the boreal forests of Canada. This long-distance athlete weighs less than half an ounce yet makes the longest overwater journey of any songbird—nearly 1,800 miles nonstop over the Atlantic Ocean to its wintering grounds. In the fall, this black-and-white warbler molts into yellow-green plumage and loses its black cap. Although still numerous, it has lost an estimated 88% of its population in the last 40 years.

'No, we suffered no ill effects', writes Dutch-born Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin (1727-1817) in 1788, 'when I and two companions fell upon these fruits to slake our thirst after an exhausting hike in maritime Venezuela'. Jacquin between 1755 and 1759 explored and collected natural specimens on the behalf of Emperor Francis I and went on to become a renowned professor in Vienna, Austria.

In a way it was curious to see this pretty plant in the deep shade of the Tropical Glass House of the Hortus. It loves to grow in the direct, hot Tropical Sun and I almost missed it in the Glass House. The cherries it produces in more kindly light are bright red, very sour and they contain lots of Vitamin C. One of their names is 'acerola'.

I suffer greatly from insomnia. In recent times I've done jobs around the house, writing (I go through a lot of ink for my fountain pen) and, of course, reading books. I'm just finishing off my last selection, I'll be starting these in May.

El conocimiento te dará poder, el carácter respeto. Bruce Lee.

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Far Behind

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Lyrics

Now maybe

I didn't mean to treat you bad

But I did it anyway

And then maybe

Some would say your life was sad

But you lived it anyway

And so maybe

Your friends, they stand around, they watch you crumble

As you falter to the ground

And then someday

Your friends, they stand beside as you were flyin'

Oh, you were flyin' oh-so high

But then someday, people look at you

For what they call their own, they watch you suffer

Yeah, they hear you calling home

And then someday, we could take our time

To brush the leaves aside so you can reach us

Hey, but you left me far behind

Now may-ay-ay-ay-be

I didn't mean to treat you oh-so bad

But I did it anyway

Now I'm saying, but may-ay-ay-ay-be

Some would say you're left with what you had

But you couldn't share the pain, no, no, no

Couldn't share the pain, they watch you suffer

Mm

Now maybe

I could have made my own mistakes

But I live with what I've known

And then maybe

We might share in something great

Won't you look at where we've grown

Won't you look at where we've gone

And then someday comes, tomorrow holds

A sense of what I fear for you in my mind

As you trip the final line

And that cold day when you lost control

Shame you left my life so soon, you shoulda told me

Hey, but you left me far behind

Now may-ay-ay-ay-be

I didn't mean to treat you oh-so bad

Oh, but I did it anyway

Now may-ay-ay-ay-be

Some would say you're left with what you had

Oh, but you couldn't share the pain, no, no, no, no

Oh no

Oh no, no, no-no, no

Oh, Lord, say

Oh, Lord

See, I know

See, I know

But may-ay-ay-ay-be

I said may-ay-ay-ay-be

Didn't mean to treat you oh-so bad

Oh, but I did it anyway, no

So m-maybe, now, oh Lord, baby

Some would say you're left with what you had

But you couldn't share the pain

Now I've said, now, times have changed, your friends they come

And watch you crumble to the ground

They watch you suffer

Yeah, they hold you down, hold on down

Said maybe love, oh, maybe love

Didn't mean to treat you bad

But you left me far behind

Left me far behind

Left me far behind

I suffer from SAD, so it gets really depressing for me in these months.....

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the highest point in the city.Paris Street Photography. Sacré-Cœur Basilica is located at the summit of the butte Montmartre district of Paris.

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More of the famous Dutch windmills at Kinderdijk. Unfortunately, this suffers somewhat from "Flickr compression" so it's a little "edgy" from oversharpening. Wish Flickr would do something about that. Anyway, Kenny, here's your windmill(s)! :)

Helps a little if you view large.

Many suffer in the short, dark days, through lack of light and get the blues. Well, the season of lights is here!

Violets, the flowers, leaves and roots of various Viola species are used for medicinal purposes, being rich in vitamins A and C.

They also contain a type of antioxidant.

And they are edible,

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How much I must criticize you, my church, and yet how much I love you! You have made me suffer more than anyone, and yet I owe more to you than to anyone. I should like to see you destroyed, and yet I need your presence. You have given me much scandal, and yet you alone have made me understand your holiness. Never in this world have I seen anything more compromised, more false, yet never have I touched anything more pure, more generous or more beautiful. Countless times, I have felt like slamming the door of my soul in your face – and yet, every night, I have prayed that I might die in your sure arms! No, I cannot be free of you, for I am one with you, even if not completely you. Then too – where would I go? To build another church? But I could not build one without the same defects, for they are my defects. And again, if I were to build another church, it would be my church, not Christ’s church. No, I am old enough. I know better. I shall not leave this Church, founded on so frail a rock, because I should be founding another one on an even frailer rock: myself. And then, what do rocks matter? What matters is Christ’s promise, what matters is the cement that binds the rocks into one: the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit alone can build the Church with stones as ill-hewn as we are.

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Viva La Vida by Daniele Vitale Sax

The Fiesta de los Toros, suffers in today's Spain ups and downs. Considered the National Holiday, Hemingway made it international and experienced its greatest splendor in the last century due to the artistic competition of several famous bullfighters and their own styles. Today it moves, I like it, in a strange environment. The fans are new and some are older who want to preserve the essence of the Art of bullfighting. I see it as difficult and only the sporadic brief departure of ephemeral artists keep the Fiesta going, by the way popular in the USA with some fairs in particular. In the history of the Festival he stood out for his ambiguity, his great art and his demons that made him very famous and led him to his death in the Plaza. This was "Manolete" from Córdoba and this is the monument in which Córdoba remembers him. The monument in his neighborhood with a strange symbiosis with the church of Santa Marina, in the background of the photo, has made him an icon of bullfighting.

giving his standard the stale joys.

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La Fiesta de los Toros , sufre en la España de hoy altibajos . Considerada la Fiesta Nacional, Hemingway la hizo internacional y vivió en el siglo pasado su mayor esplendor por la competencia artística de varios matadores de toros famosos y sus estilos propios . Hoy se mueve , a mi me gusta , en un ambiente raro. Los aficionados son nuevos y unos mayores que quieren conservar la esencia del Arte de torear. Difícil lo veo y solo la esporádica breve salida de artistas efímeros mantienen en pie la Fiesta , por cierto popular en USA con algunas Ferias en concreto . En la historia de la Fiesta destacó por su ambigüedad, su gran arte y sus demonios que le hicieron muy famoso y lo llevaron hasta la muerte en la Plaza. Este fue al cordobés "Manolete " y este es el monumento en que Córdoba le recuerda . El monumento en su barrio con una extraña simbiosis con la iglesia de Santa Marina , al fondo de la foto, le han convertido en un icono del Toreo.

Tan ambigua fue en su momento y tan brillante que hay una película sobre su vida , protagonizada por el magnifico actor Adrián Brody (El pianista ) que se rodó hace años y no ha llegado a estrenarse .

Duyos escribio a su muerte este poema :

AQUEL, que las arenas pisó con más firmeza,

yace aquí bajo el cielo de su Córdoba mora.

Dictó frente a los toros lecciones de belleza,

poniendo en pie de hosannas la multitud sonora.

Hizo embestir a mansos y dominó a los bravos.

Fue gladiador augusto de las ganaderías.

De las viejas escuelas ligó todos los cabos,

dando a la norma suya las rancias alegrías.

" I won't suffer, be broken, get tired, or wasted

Surrender to nothing or give up what I

Started and stopped in, from end to beginning

A new day is coming, and I am finally free

Run away, run away, I'll attack

Run away, run away, go chase yourself

Run away, run away now, I'll attack

I'll attack, I'll a-, whoa

I would've kept you forever, but we had to sever

It ended for both of us, faster than a

Kill off this thinking, it's starting to sink in

I'm losing control now, but without you I can finally see

Run away, run away, I'll attack

Run away, run away, go chase yourself

Run away, run away now, I'll attack

I'll attack, I'll a-, whoa

Your promises, they look like lies

Your honesty, like a back that hides a knife

I promise you, I promise you

I am finally free

Run away, run away, I'll attack

Run away, run away, go chase yourself

Run away, run away now, I'll attack

I'll attack, I'll attack, I will attack

Run away (I'll attack)

I will attack

Run away (I'll attack)

I will attack

Run away (I'll attack)

Run away now

I'll attack, I'll attack

I'll a-, woah

Your promises

I promise you, I promise you ... "

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A martyr is someone who suffers persecution and death for advocating, renouncing, refusing to renounce, or refusing to advocate a religious belief or cause as demanded by an external party.

The shortest day of the year with sunset at 4:20 pm here in eastern Ontario. Those that suffer from depression from Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) will get a boost of cerebral serotonin as the days are now getting longer.

We had such a dry Spring and Summer. The flowers around our hood really suffered, but just before Christmas we got lots of rain and all the hibiscus are looking pretty and healthy again!

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This place suffers an extreme amount of vandalism. The entire close building was intact until recently. Criminals blew out the support structure with shotguns, then burned the wood in illegal fire rings (while forest fire danger was extremely high).

For a long time there was a propane tank on the roof of the stamp mill, with bullet holes in it, an apparent attempt at arson of the entire structure. I hope the Forest Service or Mono County Sherriff's Dept has hidden game cameras onsite, to catch and prosecute the perps.

The Devil's Nose: The rails of redemption.

Province of Chimborazo, 1901.- The Harman brothers face the slopes of the mountains that their inhabitants call "Condor Puñuna" (condor nest). Having witnessed, with dismay, how the thorough work of previous months was swept away by the rains, they decide on the train route proposed by the recently deceased engineer, Henry Davis. It is a transcendental decision: it would cost the lives of about two thousand workers (it is not known for sure how many would have died); in turn, it would ensure the success of the railway between Guayaquil and Quito, marking the beginning of its long-awaited completion in 1908.

The shape of the mountain and the death toll during the construction of this section earned it the macabre nickname 'Devil's Nose'.

This section of the route is central to the Ecuadorian railway. It is the section that connects the coast with the mountains. Sooner or later, one way or another, the engineers who built the line eastward from Durán would have to solve the chilling slope of the Andes. For the unthinkable feat, the Harmans brought labor that they considered resistant enough to accomplish. Three thousand Jamaicans and one thousand Puerto Ricans were taken to the site, and without being technically slaves, because they were paid four cents, their defections were punished. They lived free and died free, for hundreds.

Alausí, the starting point to embark on the tourist train that visits the Devil's Nose, is a town that has benefited from the rebirth of its railway route. The restored train station is a hotbed of activity before each departure and arrival; a dozen stalls selling handicrafts; the Train Café of the station ... all have come up again. It has little to do with the situation of 10 years ago, when all that was abandoned.

The train continues on its way outside the Alausí station. The whistle bursts into the fresh morning air. Ahead is one of the most difficult engineering works in the world: the track dug on rocky slopes. We descend 500 meters towards the coastal plain, in just 18km. Chu-chu-chu advances the train and its wagons, the arms of the brequeros rise and fall in cadence. The iron monster and its wagons continue. Towards the right side, far below, the Guasuntos River appears. Walking goes the tyrant of the rails, while we pass a huge curve to reveal the valley of the Chanchán river, traveling its way to the west. And this is where we find Davis's great idea. The only way the train could climb (or slide) up the mountain (or down the mountain) would be by means of a zigzag movement. And so we go, back and forth, a strange feeling that makes us think: "this is going the wrong way", until the train finally reaches the bottom of the valley, the murky river below, and arrives at the station from Sibambe.

From here, within an hour, zigzagging, we will take the road back. But, for now, we go to the cafeteria to try a juice and a humita, witness a typical dance and admire the crafts of the Andean community of Nizag. Also, we enjoy a guided visit to the modest museum, we enjoy the landscape and the weather, which is a few degrees hotter than Alausí.

From this snubbed point, with its river muttering in the distance, I have a disturbing feeling that it is difficult to shake off. If this railroad had not been declared cultural heritage of the country and worthy of the massive investment of the government to re-emerge as it has arisen, the workers who, a century ago, suffered from the worst imaginable circumstances in the construction of this railroad, would have suffered completely in vain. I can't help thinking that the only way to give those deaths a meaning, to redeem them in some way from their spooky destiny, is to ride the railway they built with their hands. Their tormented souls may be comforted by our admiration for such a monumental achievement.

Virgins, mothers and witches..

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Whenever people suffered the difficulty in real life, they either faced the challenge with courage or hided themselves in their secret garden temporarily, made their sophicated thoughts within, and then find way to breakthrough again.

Have you ever own your secret garden ? It could be a real place in the world , or just a mental place at your mind, which made yourself feel safe & help you calm down from the suddently sufferings in real life.

Try to create the secret garden through the overlayering composition, it can be a place mixed with variable emotions, happiness, sorrow, hate, sadness, peaceful etc, not necesarry a subjective garden in vision, maybe just a private corner under the tree, on the meadow, or even the space between the leaves & air.. tell me how you think about your secret garden.

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The present bathhouse was built in 1906 and is the third building of its kind on this site. The first bathhouse was built in 1866 and was destroyed by a severe storm in 1884. Its successor was completed in 1886 and suffered the same fate during the heavy storm at 1902.

My fuchsias suffered during the heat wave, so I moved them into recovery and got a big bowl of mixed petunias to replace them. The hummingbirds are not impressed. But today I had several of these visitors instead. It's been three years since I've had a shot of this type of butterfly, they are less and less common. Tiger Swallowtail butterfly, I think it's a Canadian Tiger Swallowtail.

We suffer, we are the good time gals. The ones that people hang around with but never say are theirs.

The ones that are there for others enjoyment but are never acknowledged as being with anyone else.

You get your hopes up you think this one likes you and it could be something. Then you find out you have been over looked for another.

We are the undesirables the bridemaids the friends.

On May 12 it's ME/CFS and Fibromyalgia International Awareness Day.

May 12 was chosen as it coincided with the birth date of Florence Nightingale, Nightingale suffered a M.E.-like illness that often left her bedridden during the last 50 years of her life.

To support anyone suffering from this or any other illness or condition is this week's theme "Blue for you - me".

This is my contribution taken on May 12th, also my father's birthday. Have a good day in heaven dad!

Thanks for your views, faves and comments. Wish you all the best with 💙 love 💙 and HSoS, Angeline.

The Blue Ridge Mountains, Virginia

6:57 AM Daylight Savings Time

The CCC, Civilian Conservation Corps, was a relief program started by Franklin Delano Roosevelt during the Depression. It consisted of healthy men with families aged 18 to 23 who focused on soil conservation and reforestation within the Park. The men were given food, shelter, and clothing, plus $30 a month, twenty-five of which was sent directly to their families.

The 105 mile long Skyline Drive was built by the Army Corp of Engineers, but the low fieldstone walls were the accomplishment of the CCC. The Civilian Conservation Corps constructed numerous overlooks measuring 2.5 miles in total, picnic areas, campgrounds, graded slopes, planted trees and grass, and cleared acres of chestnut trees that had suffered from blight in the 1920s.

The walls were refurbished in 2024.

The info came from various sources.

Waldspaziergang - Stroll through the forest

Aground off Gibraltar's Eastern anchorage 8th October 2022.

On 29th August the OS 35 collided with the gas tanker Adam LNG off Gibraltar and suffered underwater damage. She was deliberately grounded here in shallow water to avoid sinking or breaking up in deeper water. Dutch salvage company Koole Contractors are now in charge of removing her cargo of 33,632 tons of steel bars. They are hoping to salvage the ship in two sections on to large barges for recycling.

Heute, am 12. Juli 2021, haben wir eine extreme Hitzewelle in ganz Spanien. Die Höchsttemperatur stieg bei uns auf 46°C, dazu wehte ein kräftig heisser Wind. Mittlerweile hat es auf 43°C "abgekühlt".

Vor allem die Tiere leiden unter dieser Hitze. Sie brauchen viel Wasser und kühle Orte, wie auf dem Foto, Tschowanoli.

Today, July 12, 2021, we have an extreme heat wave throughout Spain. The maximum temperature rose with us to 46°C (115 °F), in addition a strongly hot wind blew. In the meantime it has "cooled down" to 43°C (109.4 °F).

Especially the animals suffer from this heat. They need a lot of water and cool places, like in the photo, Tschowanoli.

Hoy, 12 de julio de 2021, tenemos una ola de calor extrema en toda España.La temperatura máxima subió con nosotros a 46°C, además sopló un fuerte viento caliente. Mientras tanto, se ha "enfriado" a 43°C.

Especialmente los animales sufren con este calor.

Necesitan mucha agua y lugares frescos, como en la foto, Tschowanoli.

Bitte respektiere mein Copyright. Keine Verwendung des Fotos ohne meine ausdrückliche Genehmigung.

Please respect my copyright. No use of the photo without my expressly permission.

Por favor, respete mis derechos de autor. Ningún uso de la foto sin mi permiso explícito.

The past few years our state of California has suffered massive fire tragedies caused by utility power lines.

I am hearing that preparations to prevent fires this coming fire season are being impacted by the pandemic, and the usual procedures to defend ourselves during wildfires (receiving reinforcements from outside the state, healthy firefighters living together in close quarters in stations and firecamps, etc., etc.) are in doubt.

“We’re Here!” realizing that perhaps Modern Life is Crap!

The Wisconsin & Southern suffered a case of magnificent loss of sanity back in the early 1980's and acquired three F45s, the 1001 through 1003. All three had started life on the Burlington Northern and at least one of them suffered the indignity of wearing a hideous paint scheme while working for a tourist outfit. I have pictures of all three F45s, but the 1001 was the only one I saw in that awful red and blue scheme. Here's the 1002 looking absolutely fabulous at Slinger back in June of 1992. Too bad, the WSOR people came back to their senses and the big cowls were gone, moving on to the mountains to work for the MRL. It might have been a case of looking ahead for the Wisconsin & Southern, too far ahead. At the time, the units were too heavy for the short line's rails, but today with the plant much improved, they would have been right at home.

'Darn, darn, double darn" - Herman Munster....