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Kåkbrinken is the name of this small street in Stockholm Old Town (Gamla stan). The name is first attested in 1477. 'Brink' is not a word really used today, but mostly survives in names. It means a short slope. 'Kåk' is used today, it is slang for 'house' - and Kåken ('the kåk') actually means prison. But that was not what it meant back in the 15th century, then it meant pillory. This street was named after the pillory found on the square at one end of this street. But it is safe to say that most Swedes today would not know that is the case! (I myself, and I've studied history, found out when I read up on the name.)

Pose..

marketplace.secondlife.com/p/Caress-Fever-Pose/22767507

I used to be angry at my friend Doug for skipping rocks in Moraine Lake on an unreal day... I'm starting to change my mind on the subject haha. September 30th of last year remains one of my most memorable days for moments captured like this.

Using the freshest seafood from the loch of the same name (the longest sea loch in Scotland), Loch Fyne restaurants serve a variety of shellfish and smoked fish - all of which are complimented by an extensive wine list. Non-seafood dishes are also available

I can recommend Loch Fyne Kipper's for me they are the best you will have.

Information from Wikipedia & Me!!

Texture Effect by William Walton & Topaz.

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.

– Margaret Mead –

Do your little bit of good where you are; it's those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.

– Desmond Tutu –

Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.

– Dale Carnegie –

♫ TUNE ♫

This song was made to celebrate the power of speaking out in order to promote a more just world.

Macro Mondays

I used my own # 10 Sunny Evening Watercolour Texture here.

You can find it here: www.deviantart.com/creationsbyirene

The Monarch butterflies have returned to my garden, collecting nectar from the Asclepias and Milkweed, soon I hope to see tiny eggs laid on the underside of the Milkweed leaves :)

♪ listen ♫

Photo taken for Macro Mondays theme “single use”.

If you decide to travel along this highway into the bowels of the Universe, carry enough fuel to cover the billions of light years ahead of you. You won't find a place to refuel. When you have travelled this distance without finding anything, not even a little bit of intelligent life and you reach the far reaches of the Universe... don't be scared... there's nothing there, either. Only the "nothing". Or since everything is cyclical, perhaps you have returned to the place where you started, full of wisdom from your long trip. It's probably better to look for intelligent life on Earth, but it's also very likely that you'll have a hard time finding it. Don't worry about not understanding the Universe or the reason for its existence... you're not Einstein, but one day you'll understand that... The Universe is wounded, but it still has infinity ahead of it. It still has you and me. Merry Christmas to all and to the infinite Universe that is within you.

Gregory Alan Isakov - The Universe

Y el Universo está susurrando tan suavemente que puedo oírlo todo... el zumbido de los insectos, todos los taxis, todo el cambio gastado de los vagabundos, todos los chicos jugando a la pelota en los callejones. Son sólo pliegues en su vestido. El Universo, está herido, pero aún tiene el infinito por delante. Todavía nos tiene a ti y a mí. Y todos dicen que es hermoso. Y todos dicen...

Image dédiée à Pat. Joyeux Noël. Bisou, jolie.

..........

Music for your trip to the Universe:

David Bowie - Space Oddity

Ground Control to Major Tom. Ground Control to Major Tom. Take your protein pills and put your helmet on. Ground Control to Major Tom (ten, nine, eight, seven, six)... Commencing countdown, engines on (five, four, three)... Check ignition and may God's love be with you (two, one, liftoff...)

Pink Floyd - Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Parts VI–IX

"Shine On You Crazy Diamond", was written as a tribute to Syd Barrett, one of the founders of Pink Floyd. He was also known as "The Crazy Diamond Syd". Barrett was a very creative musician and is considered one of the rock icons, with a strong influence on many artists, very especially to David Bowie. Syd Barrett is a key piece to understand the evolution of rock in the 70s.. Excessive drug use, especially LSD, caused him serious mental health problems. Syd Barrett died in 2006 at the age of 60. Always shine diamond.

Blur - The Universal

The Universal is a science fiction song written as a tribute to two films by film director Stanley Kubrick. In the video, the Blur members wear outfits similar to Alex and his gang of thugs, the protagonists of the movie "A Clockwork Orange." The image used for the cover of the single alluded to what is possibly Kubrick's best film: "2001: To Space Odyssey."

Also Sprach Zarathustra by Richard Strauss (Op. 30) / The Dawn of Man scene, 2001: A Space Odyssey by Stanley Kubrick, 1969

We haven't changed that much in 300,000 years of evolution.

Jamiroquai - Space Cowboy

Jamiroquai - Cosmic Girl

Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun

Incubus - Stellar

Stevie Wonder - Rocket Love

Moby - We Are All Made of Stars

Oasis - Champagne Supernova

Radiohead - Subterranean Homesick Alien

Smash Mouth - Walkin' On The Sun

Paul Weller - Kosmos

PS: Electronic - Can't Find My Way Home Just a recommendation. It is important to learn the road signs of the Universe... happy return.

PS: Ground Control to Major Tom. Your circuit's dead, there's something wrong. Can you hear me, Major Tom? Can you hear me, Major Tom? Can you hear me, Major Tom? Can you...

"Here am I floating 'round my tin can, far above the moon. Planet Earth is blue. And there's nothing I can do" (Major Tom)

PS: Merry Christmas to all Flick(e)r users... and to the Universe full of crazy diamonds that shine... And Major Tom

Porta Westfalica Tour / 25.12.2021 / Nordrhein-Westfalen / North Rhine-Westphalia

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I used a long exposure here to capture the movement in the water as it moves around this wonderful salt formation.

The Great Salt Lake - GPS is not the exact spot of the shot.

... used as a spice for thousands of years

Created for Macro Mondays - Condiments

Many thanks to everyone who stops to look, comment or add to their favourites.

... to be mine

@ The Gates (Gates of Melancholy)

The Abbey of St. Jean des Vignes was a monastery of Augustinian canons in Soissons, France, southwest of the city center. Only ruins remain, of which the west facade remains one of the more outstanding examples of architecture in the town. It is a listed historic monument.

The abbey was founded on St. John's hill in 1076 by Hughes Le Blanc as a community of Augustinian canons.

Initially built in Romanesque style, the initial buildings were replaced at the end of the 12th century by those extant today. The west facade was begun in the 12th century, but not finished until the 16th. The refectory and cellar date from the 13th century, parts of the cloisters from the end of the 13th century, while other parts are from the 16th century, as is the abbot's lodging.

When the abbey was suppressed during the French Revolution the premises were put to use for military purposes, and an arsenal was added.

The site was acquired by the town of Soissons in the 1970s and the remaining buildings are now occupied by educational and heritage-related organizations.

Using texture and painting on a photo of dusk from last evenings sunset. This was shot just after a storm came through leaving a layer of fog in the meadow.

Thanks to Ellen for use of her texture: www.flickr.com/photos/41904174@N06/29185443352/in/datepos...

🎧 Hear what I feel 🎧

🎧 His amazing version here!! 🎧

... macro mondays ... single use ...

hmm !

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pose used: Black Cats Poses - Zero Gravity FATPACK

exclusive for Mainframe Event, starts 20th of January and goes to 13th of February. Here you have the LM: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Mainframe/146/66/25

Cupcakes cakes reflected, for Macro Mondays.

24/123 pictures in 2023: curved

Lens used: Takumar 50mm F1.4

Taken at Noshinim's Neighborhood link below

maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Willow%20Grove/229/58/534

and Flickr

www.flickr.com/photos/tags/NoshsHoodChallenge3

This used to be the Jumeirah Hotel Frankfurt until this April. It was the first Jumeirah on the European continent. Obviously, not as successful as it needed to be.

In the back of this image the IG Farben Haus, the Deutsche Bundesbank and the Ginnheimer Spargel (TV tower) all line up in front of the slopes of the Taunus.

now the unlimited blue

is the true roof of

my mind

.

Lincoln County-Washington State

I try to avoid buying "single use" products as much as possible, but for coffee I make an exception ;-)

Topaz Studio

Texture with thanks to Alan- sunsetsailor

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Please, don't fave and run, you will get yourself blocked.

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Thank you all for your comments and favourites - and for your own work you have shared. I wish you all the best for the year to come. May it treat us kinder than 2020.

So:

Happy New Year

Gott Nytt År

Godt Nytår

Hyvää Uutta Vuotta

Frohes neues Jahr

Bonne Année

Blwyddyn Newydd Dda

Buon Anno

Próspero Año Nuevo

Feliz Ano Novo

Gelukkig Nieuwjaar

с Но́вым го́дом

Yeni Yılın Kutlu Olsun

良いお年を

新年快樂

새해 복 많이 받으세요

नया साल मुबारक

(The glass is from the Swedish glass manufacturer Kosta, and their series Kent - it once belonged to my grand-parents. And I got a new camera lens at Christmas, so now I can take real close-ups.)

Sorry, I was lazy and used the Google translator. On one dark winter morning at the End of the World, the faint light that was trying to break the horizon was not sufficient to reveal the splendor of the cloud cover. But the faith and the expectation of those who open a book without cover were enough to reveal what the darkness hid.

Em uma certa manhã escura no inverno do Fim do Mundo, a tênue luz que tentava romper o horizonte não era suficiente para revelar o explendor do manto de nuvens. Mas a fé e a expectativa de quem abre um livro sem capa foram o suficiente para revelar aquilo que a escuridão escondia.

• Hair: Sintiklia - Eric

• Head: Lelutka - Connor Head 2.0 NEWWWWW!!!! - The Signature event

• Skin: Go&See - Devyn - Lelutka - The Signature event

• Earrings: V/. VoluptasVirtualis

Bill Withers: Use Me

www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_T6GE_EOks

Macro Mondays.

Not so used to shoot straight but in this pose i loved it.

This pose is called ''Im sorry'' and it will be available inworld only, as group gift (later today).

Here is the shop limo: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Zen%20Soul/20/161/25

Have to thank Tomis for being so patient and posing with me. She did snap her own picture too.

Please check out her stream she is simply amazing!

Her version here: www.flickr.com/photos/155245904@N08/26316179268

My song inspiration

Blue featuring Elton John - Sorry seems to be the saddest word

Example of use of TOPAZ AI SHARPEN

A Chiffchaff taking off

Un pouillot veloce qui s'envole

It's impossible to recover a movement blur with a sharpening filter : a sharpening filter will only add noise in this case but it will never recover details.

TOPAZ AI SHARPEN includes a new function called STABILIZE that is different from a simple sharpening filter. It tries to find a movement on the photo and to cancel it. That's why sometimes there are small artifacts on the opposite side of the movement, but it is really easy to deal with them with GIMP or photoshop.

To conclude : this tool deserves a try as it is free for 30 days.

It is very usefull for animals in movement (birds in flight, animals running ...), but it can manage movement of the photographer too.

(DSC08870_DxO-TIFF_1-stabilize70-70-0-4f)

Macro Mondays: Single use

Empty 30ml Irrigation Solution tube for wounds plus Bandage & Bandaid wrappers.

Items Used from NEO Japan

▼△ Jacket : -00- W-ZERO - Kaizoku Shoulder Jacket

▼△ Katana : -00- W-ZERO : Kaizoku Katana A

▼△ Pants : Caboodle - Genzo Pants and Wraps

▼△ Puppet : Haro - Bento Marionette 1

full credits here

Used

Hayden Panettiere

You come walking 'round here

Acting like we're something

Then you up and disappear

And make it real clear

That we're nothing

I've been used

Damaged by you

Oh, I've been used, now I'm crying

By you, now I'm dying

'Cause I've been used

Guess I knew

'Cause that's what you do

Well, if love was just a crime

You would never do the time

Now, would ya

Could you love somebody else

The way you love yourself

If it suits ya

I've been used

Damaged by you

Oh, I've been used, now I'm crying

By you, now I'm dying

'Cause I've been used

Guess I knew

'Cause that's what you do

Well, I gave you what you asked

You gave…

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I started out with film photography many years ago. But, in spite of seeing so many awesome film images here on Flickr, I love the versatility of digital. I also love collecting old cameras.

Macro Monday, 16.01.2023

#MacroMondays #single use

single use - broken

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I'm so used to being used

So I love when you call unexpected

'Cause I hate when the moment's expected

So I'ma care for you, you, you

I'ma care for you, you, you, you,

'Cause girl you're perfect

You're always worth it

And you deserve it

The way you work it

'Cause girl you earned it, yeah

Girl you earned it, yeah

www.youtube.com/watch?v=waU75jdUnYw

Number Please this old telephone is in a Railroad and Telegraph Museum in North Carolina the local train station is not in use so it became a small museum, interesting place ran by a bunch of fellows who don't dust!