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' The sparrow that is twittering on the edge of my balcony is calling up to me this moment a world of memories that reach over half my lifetime, and a world of hope that stretches farther than any flight of sparrows '
. Donald G. Mitchell.
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Happy weekend :-)
Local legend suggests that this bridge was started by Bishop Henry Cheyne in the late 13th or early 14th century and completed by Robert the Bruce. Whilst this may or may not be true, historical documents show that the bridge we see today was the result of rebuilding work in three phases in the early 17th century.
This was the main crossing on the Don leading to the north from Aberdeen and vice versa prior to the construction of the adjacent Bridge of Don in 1831. Today the Brig o’ Balgownie is a Scheduled Ancient Monument.
I've got that right, don't I?
A few have mentioned they never tire of fall foliage shots and I reckon we'll continue to test that theory for a while. The winds over the last few days have done their annual duty, yet the oaks endure as they tend to do, the last to give up the ghost...tho some only do so with the arrival of new buds in the spring, somehow hanging on throughout our trying winter.
Another very nice day for late October, so off we go to the canoe to enjoy a relatively rare windless day.
We had it confirmed yesterday that our dear Flickr friend, Gérard had left us. I say confirmed because I had noticed he had not reappeared as he always did and the days of his absence were increasingly disturbing. I thought about him often of late...his loyalty, consistent presence and most of all his humor. He is the only one I've ever known who I could really hear laugh when he wrote "LOL."
It's funny how this medium can actually develop what can only be defined as real friendships when one anticipates and looks forward to daily interactions and comments. I recall the shock I felt when he informed us of his condition...and clearly recall also the shock he himself felt in just those few dramatic words. I eagerly awaited his return to Flickr from his treatments and, when he did, marveled at his spirit during this impossibly difficult time.
Gérard and I shared musical tastes and frequently exchanged YouTube links we thought appropriate to an image or an expressed thought. In many ways, we were on the same "wave length" and we discussed and mourned the losses in the musical arena this year. And now he has joined them. It has indeed been a year of loss.
So adieu, mon ami. You will be missed deeply by many, as myself, who have never met or even spoken to you...a tribute indeed. Oh, and I can tell that's you captured in this image by the white head...;-)
And one more link to carry you onward...
This photo was taken by Just In Time. Please make sure to stop by her stream and check out the amazing photos.
For those of you who are interested,this is a compilation image of "Just In Time's" photo and OPT Processing As you can see the result is absolutely breathtaking. Rest assured that this is NOT an hdr image. Our magical technique creates results much like that of an HDR however, can be done with a single exposure, and eliminates the "halo" effect you most often find in hdr imagery. This technique is becoming well know as OPT. OPT is a combination of many programs EXCLUDING Photoshop. We hope to someday make OPT available to everyone through a software program, with a different name than OPT (over processed technique)
As you can see from this image, the sharpness, the color, the depth is increased exponentially.
It is unfeasible for me to take only one photograph or choose one image that I truly believe captures the essence of that place. It just doesn’t happen that way for me :-)
Justin Borsuk
HGGT! Justice Matters! No one is above the law!
echinacea, coneflower, little theater garden, raleigh, north carolina
Listening to Carole King today… another old Rocker that’s made beautiful music for a number of years.
Carole King is an American singer, songwriter, and musician who has been active since 1958. King has made 25 solo albums, the most successful being Tapestry, which held the record for most weeks at No. 1 by a female artist for more than 20 years.
Her record sales were estimated at more than 75 million copies worldwide. She has won four Grammy Awards and was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. She has been inducted twice into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, as a performer and songwriter.
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The Hooded Merganser:
Spotted this Female Hooded Merganser Strutting Her Stuff after finishing a breakfast of Frog Legs alfresco. The legs were still attached to the frog, so it took her awhile to dine, but she seems to have had a Happy Ending : )
Hooded Mergansers are fairly common on small ponds and rivers, where they dive for fish, crayfish, and other food, seizing it in their thin, serrated bills. They find their prey underwater by sight. They can actually change the refractive properties of their eyes to improve their underwater vision. In addition, they have an extra eyelid, called a “nictitating membrane,” which is transparent and helps protect the eye during swimming, like a pair of goggles.
Hooded Merganser ducklings leave their nest cavity within 24 hours of hatching. First, their mother checks the area around the nest and calls to the nestlings from ground level. From inside the nest, the little fluffballs scramble up to the entrance hole and then flutter to the ground, which may be 50 feet or more below them. In some cases, they have to walk half a mile or more with their mother to the nearest body of water.
The oldest recorded Hooded Merganser was a male and at least 14 years, 6 months old when he was shot in Mississippi in 2009. He had been banded in Minnesota in 1995.
(Sony, 200-600 @ 600 mm, 1/400 @ f/6.3, ISO 5000, edited to taste)
It happens sometimes, that I don't see in the drawings of the sequence of the folding steps, what a designer means. It took me a while before I saw that this Hippopotamus had his mouth width open ;-)
Another three-legged 'abstract' origami animal by James Sakoda with his 'Eight-Point Star' (see first comment box) .
Model: origami Hippopotamus
Design: James Sadoka
Diagrams in the book 'Modern Origami' by James Sakoda
Paper: 15x15cm golden foil with pattern
Final size 'Hippomotamus': 9cm width, height 4,5cm
If you are interested to see more of his 'modern origami-models', you are invited to visit my origami-album James Sakoda. Enjoy ;-)
We have wiped out many of the pests and scourges which afflicted humanity. We have advanced science to the edges of the inexplicable and hoisted technology to the sun itself... In brief, we are prosperous, lively, successful, inventive, diligent — but, nevertheless and notwithstanding, something is wrong and we know it :-)
Archibald MacLeish, in LIFE, "Eloquent Guides to America's National Purpose," 1960
HFF! Truth Matter! Character Matters! We can be better...and we know it :-)
rose, 'Rainbow Sorbet', little theater rose garden, raleigh, north carolina
by an instinct inherited from our nomadic forebears or by those local conditions which so frequently make travel advisable, it is certain that once the desire is temporarily gratified the disease becomes permanent... :-)
Mark Daniels, "The Sequoia National Park," in American Forestry, 1916
HFF!! Protect the ones you love...wear a mask, take care :-)
grand tetons national park, wyoming
... with some swallows / Schwalben catching breakfast in the rising mist at Malchower See, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
...That’s why I’d Love to Hang my Hat in Tennessee.
A bit of a twist of the lyrics from George Strait’s 1987 Country Hit Recording : )
Last October, the Mrs. and I enjoyed a week in the Beautiful State of Tennessee. In addition to visiting the Great Smoky Mountains National Park (a Bucket List item) we had a delightful day at the gorgeous Cumberland Mountain State Park located in Crossville Tennessee.
The Byrd Creek Bridge is the centerpiece of the Cumberland Mountain State Park. The seven span bridge is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Cumberland Homesteads Historic District. The Byrd Creek Dam is the largest masonry structure ever built by the Civilian Conservation Corps.
Men of the Civilian Conservation Corps built this unsuspended bridge between 1935 and 1940, for a 30-acre impoundment of Byrd's Creek. Three thousand five hundred and fifty cubic yards of dirt and rock were excavated and the core, containing 8,000 tons of concrete, is faced with Crab Orchard stone for the 319-foot span. Seven spillways, rising 28 feet above the stream bed, carry the 18-foot wide roadway approximately, which is 16 feet above water level.
Cumberland Mountain State Park began as part of the greater Cumberland Homesteads Project, a New Deal-era initiative by the Resettlement Administration that helped relocate poverty-stricken families on the Cumberland Plateau to small farms centered on what is now the Cumberland Homestead community. The 1,720-acre park was acquired in 1938 to provide a recreational area for some 250 families selected to homestead on the Cumberland Plateau.
(Nikon Z6, 14-30 lens @ 14 mm, 1/100 @ f/22, ISO 500, edited to taste)
The true story that led visionary automotive engineer Caroll Shelby (Matt Damon) and gifted racing driver Ken Miles (Christian Bale) to build a groundbreaking racing car for Ford Motor Company capable of overthrowing the racing team's supremacy. 'Enzo Ferrari on the mythical circuit of the 24 hours of Le Mans in 1966...
In 1966 with a hat-trick of the American cars, the success is present but not everything goes as planned…
but the Ford GT40 won the 24 Hours of Le Mans again in 1967, 1968 and 1969, and remains the only American car to count victories in La Sarthe.
movie trailer
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyYgDtY2AMY
Taken at Billionaire GP
Credits car : team Beck
**special thanks to Anima Aperta for now being on Flickr Pro****
For the Macro Mondays theme: “What is that?”
Have a guess ;-))
And a lovely start of this week!!
Update: it is a macroshot of a zipper ;-))
I took this at Cammino e Vivo Capovito. It is an amazing place, truly. Read about it here on the SLuggle.
Because you are our first grandchild, that's why! Robin William Collis is the first child of our daughter, Tanya Vincenza Collis, and her husband Nick.
Photograph by Tanya Collis.
and why don’t we see so much. I just see it :-)
Harold Feinstein
HPPS! Truth Matters!
callicarpa rubella, purple beautyberry, j c raulston arboretum, ncsu, raleigh, north carolina
… and closer to the training pen. This look is very familiar to anyone who has horses. We see a beautiful morning fresh with new possibilities to up our horsemanship game, and our equine bestie sees his friends loafing around in the pasture and grieves the ever increasing distance between his destination and his oats! Not to worry, Roanie, I foresee carrots in your very near future!
Happy Friday, everyone! Wishing you happy trails and a weekend filled with all of the things you love the most! ♥
When this Coffee Scoop was new it was bright shiny Gold...... Over the years of regular use Gold disappeared.... Leaving only plastic
That said it Perfect in delivering the right size of Coffee....
that timidity dilutes photographic achievement, and great poetry never rhymes :-)
Andrew Stark
HGGT! Ukraine Matters!
j c raulston arboretum, ncsu, raleigh, north carolina
CHEF Temari challenges us to express the secret life of flowers ...
➤ Your image must include one and only one flower though that same flower may be repeated up to 12 times.
➤ You must use a basically two-toned background with colors derived from your flower.
➤ Include at least one sphere or bubble.
➤ The image must have from two (min) to five (max) fairies and/or butterflies and/or bees.
➤ NO BIRDS.
All items are from my own photos.
The last picture from my project series to "forest and fog" or "fog and forest"? No matter, it's giant fun. Both walking in the foggy winter forest as well as the photographing. I am very happy when the pictures also liked one or the other. Enjoy your time, makes the best of it and stays healthy.
The hard thing to do of course is to find a way to photograph a mundane subject or a mundane event in a way that makes it exciting.
Brooks Jensen
HFF! Truth Matters!
prunus, daybreak yoshino cherry, 'Akebono', sarah p duke gardens, duke university, durham, north carolina
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Pose by Tribal Tuesday ~ That Moment
Your Limo to .: Tribal Tuesday :.
♫ ♪ Victoria Monét - Moment ♪ ♫
I got a feeling that you brought me to you
Yeah, you did, babe
Look what your mind's imagination can do
Making shit true
Yeah, you do, babe
So let me take away your pain
Give me all of your emotions
Land it like a plane on my back if you can't hold it
Life is but a dream that you manifested slowly
So fuck a fantasy
This your motherfuckin' moment
Aye, this your motherfuckin' moment
Yeah (That you manifested slowly)
Aye, this your motherfuckin' moment
Life is but a dream
Here we are inside of it and you're inside of me
Until you actually fall asleep
Finally you can add this moment to your memory, ooh
Take away your pain
Give me all of your emotions
Land it like a plane on my back if you can't hold it
Life is but a dream that you manifested slowly
So fuck a fantasy
This your motherfuckin' moment
Aye, this your motherfuckin' moment
Yeah (That you manifested slowly)
Aye, this your motherfuckin' moment
SMALL dumpy wader that is associated with coastal habitats. Feeds by running along sand, gravel or estuarine mud as if powered by clockwork and then standing still for a second, to pick up food from the ground. Seen from the sea wall Reculvers, where their was a flock of about 20.
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Keep a smile on your face and love in your heart for everyone
May God bless and keep you...........................................Tomx.
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COUNT your blessings, name them one by one, and you will be surprised what the good LORDs done.!
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p.s. the song that this picture inspires me ⏬
Wish that I could find the words
To describe you now
As I am lying next to you
And the world goes quiet
Wish that I could make you see
How you fit me perfectly
And I fall
Fall for you again
We've been through it all
You're the one who understand.
In a world where hope grows thin
You've completed me
And the story left within'
Tells me how to breathe
Wish that I could make you see
How you fit me perfectly.
Stocky heron that roosts in groups in tall trees, usually beside water (including mangroves). Adult is rufous with pale breast and a black cap. Immature is heavy streaked, and can be easily confused with Striated Heron (black crown), Black Bittern (darker, with yellow neck stripe), or Australasian Bittern (which is a much larger bird). (eBird)
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We spent the morning on the Yellow Waters Billabong and Jim Jim Creek of Kakadu National Park, looking for birds and crocodiles. We came across the adult and immature night-herons as we moved slowly through the mangroves and fields lining the river.
Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory, Australia. October 2022.
Eagle-Eye Tours - Tropical Australia.
Yellow Waters Cruises.