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Two young Pakistani boys wearing hats to protect them from the cold sit amongst a group of other boys. Photo taken on February 22, 2008 in Peshawar, Pakistan.
through chaos
and calm
through love
and revenge
through sorrow and joy
and life and death
two leaves………..
All photography & textured effects by Hal Halli. The groovy words as well........
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- ¿Cuánto tiempo te vas a quedar aquí?
- Hasta que llegue la tormenta.
- ¿Y después?
- Dejaré de llorar...
Texto: Al·ma
Música: The portrait (The Damned)www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAKOvAnyNn8
© Alfredo J. Llorens (Al·ma) 2010 All Rights Reserved
the K-Bar on the top is the one that I used while serving in Nam with 1st RECON BN....I did not give a shit if they considered it contraband or not....It served me well in country, so I figured that I was going to bring it back to the World with me...I concealed it in a suit that I bought from the Hong Kong tailor, the knife and I made it home..The K-bar on the bottom was a birthday gift from my brother.
A couple of years ago, I was on a camping trip with my sons class, and I took my Nam issue K-bar on the trip with me...One of the boys dads gave me some crap about my, as he called it, "Bowie" knife. It did not go over well with me...I can be a bit surly at times so i gave the offending dad a American history lesson that he will remember for awhile....later he appologized...we shook hands and we are pretty good friends now.
The Flickr Lounge: Week 39: They come in twos.
Actually Balck Skimmers do not come in twos. They tend to travel in flocks. ( See below.) But I just happened to see a couple of them at the edge of the flock.
I could have picked up this pair of geisha figurines for only $48, but I settled for a free picture instead.
Day 7 of Pentax Forum's Daily in January 2018 Challenge
(Theme: blur).
Taken with a Pentax K 50mm f1.2 lens. Uncropped.
Two special schemes paired on the Coast Starlight no. 11 at Ferrier Road in Winlock, WA. Veterans' Appreciation 42 and Amtrak Heritage 156 traveling elephant style with no. 824.
7 shot pano. About a 200 degree view. Behind the trees is the lake at Parrott's Bay Conservation Area.
Sydney International Airport YSSY
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Canon 20D + EF28-200mm f/3.5-4.5 IS
Two Norfolk Southern Railway trains meet at what railroaders called Devine Junction in Columbia, South Carolina. The name harkens back to when this area was filled with warehouses and manufacturing facilities.
The rock train is on the W Line waiting for NS local train P75 which is on the R Line heading south.
In the past 20 years, DV has morphed into the Greek Village for the University of South Carolina. It was probably a really good idea to mix college students and freight trains.
A touch of filter was added to this image in post-processing.
On Wednesday, 13 September 2023, I couldn't stop thinking about all the beautiful Shaggy Mane/Ink Cap mushrooms that I had seen growing at a certain location in Kananaskis in September twice before. So, with that as my destination, I set out for a long drive (346 km in total), leaving home at 9:15 am..
The weather forecast was good, apart from the few raindrops that fell on my windscreen. Not too hot, either. Fall colours were starting to show.
A Red-tailed Hawk was the first thing I came across, perched on a fence post way out in a field. This was followed by a small cattle drive, moving the cattle from one field, across the road into another field. I must admit that I was amused at watching the cowboys on their horses who tried their best, but failed, to catch three or four of the cows, who absolutely refused to do what they were supposed to do. A moment later, a convoy of massive cattle trucks came down the road and turned into the ranch where most of the cows now were. I always love seeing a cattle drive, even though this one was shorter than others I have seen.
Continuing my drive, the next sighting was a small group of Bighorn Sheep, females and young ones. A while later, I reached my mushroom destination and was delighted to find a sprinkling of these fascinating fungi. A few were already turning into black ink, but others were fairly young.
At one point in my drive, I stopped to take a scenic shot or two and found two people were standing there. One man was holding a bear tracking device and I was thrilled to bits to be able to listen to the beeping sound coming from the Grizzly Bear's collar to the tracking device. This gentleman told me all sorts of interesting information and I really appreciated his taking the time to chat. I would never have spotted the bear, very high up on a distant mountain slope. Describing what I saw with the naked eye as smaller than a distant 'speck' turned into a larger speck once I had zoomed in on my camera. As you can see from the photo I posted, the bear was a long, long way off! It kept disappearing into the trees, but then would descend the slope a little way and sometimes would break into a very short run, possibly chasing a Ground Squirrel. A young man was accompanying the man with the tracker. I wish him all the very best and hope he eventually finds a career that is interesting and in beautiful surroundings. So glad I met both these people. It made my day!
Another place I stopped was to see if I could find an American Pika. After my really bad trip and fall back in the city one year ago, this rock-covered ground was definitely not the best idea. However, I only climbed a matter of a few steps, holding tight to my hiking pole and moving extremely slowly and carefully. My reward was seeing two little Pikas, so busy collecting plants to store in their 'caves' for the winter. Not the best photos I've ever taken of these cute little creatures, but a few are OK to post. My focus was more on trying to make sure I didn't trip over any rocks.
While I was watching the Pikas, I could hear some kind of sound and eventually realized it was coming from three distant Bighorn Sheep that were standing on the highest ridge. After a while, one appeared near the highway and she stood and waited in the middle of the road for quite a while, looking up the slope for the others. I didn't see them at all, but I'm sure she must have found them in the end.
I continued my drive to another favourite scenic location, then turned around to face the long drive home. What started off as a mushroom drive turned into a great day of unexpected and much-appreciated happenings!
A Citroën 2CV Charleston at the Schuppen 1 in Bremen.
© Dennis Matthies
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Two of the four wolf pups born at Brookfield Zoo in May 2015.
They are about one week shy of 4 mos old in this photo