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Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye.
The Potato by Quills and Curiosity is utterly adorable and beautifully animated. If you want a subtle eye-catcher as you rattle around the grid he makes for a fun companion and comes in 3 sizes. Or just have him chilling in your home. The little top hat....I just can't....
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ā¦æ Derdieb / Ruined Collar Red (Different colours included in rigged and unrigged)
At the ALPHA event.
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ā¦æ Derdieb / Krampus Lightblood horns (different colours included)
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ā¦æ Quills & Curiosities - Pudgy Potato (with full colour hud plus choice of headwear)
At the Warehouse Sale event.
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ā¦æ E.K - RALPH - Double Breasted Trench Coat - Black
ā¦æ Dura - B120 hair
ā¦æ [Z O O M] - Graff Orlok Glasses
ā¦æ Volkstone - Alex Facial Hair
ā¦æ Badwolf - Garnet Rings
Park Road (old bog road), Strabane, County Tyrone
Our recent sunsets during summer's warmth have been utterly breath-taking and I have been out peacefully capturing them every evening. For, as we all know on how fast the weather can change here in Ireland š
Yesterday evening I decided to travel to an old giant beech tree in hope of some warm golden sunset light reflecting off its leaves. As a change of composition, I decided on instead of capturing the entire tree in frame to stand directly underneath to let its leafy branches frame the upper part of my scene whilst focusing on this dusty old road which led towards and under the tree.
The sun dipped before gently touching the horizon and sending its golden rays towards me in farewell to the day past. I love capturing these simple moments both in memory & photography š
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Ardnamurchan is widely considered by many who visit it to be one of the most stunning natural parts of the Scottish coast.
It is beautiful, utterly wild and unspoilt.
Ha Giang is a province in Vietnam, which is utterly opposite to the provinces in the Mekong Delta; it is the northernmost as compared to the southernmost, mountainous as compared to incredibly low and flat, one of the poorest in Vietnam as compared to relatively affluent, minority status of Kinh Vietnamese as compared to the dominance, in particular, in Dong Thap.
Ha Giang city, the capital of the province, is located 300 km north-northwest of Hanoi, the capital of Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV) and the homeland of Kinh Vietnamese in the Red River Delta.
This photo was taken on the way to Dong Van, which is expected to be the tourism centre for exploring the karst landscapes in Ha Giang.
The narrow winding road climbing the slope is the Quį»c lį» (national route) 4C.
When you go somewhere do you ever think 'Why wasn't I told about this?' Culross is like that, small but utterly beautiful. It's pronounced Kew-rass by the way.
Certhia familiaris another of the small birds who likes the Utterly Peanut Buttery mix.
Finely ground peanuts in melted lard work as well (add a lot of peanut so the lard is no longer white)
"Power is of two kinds. One is obtained by the fear of punishment and the other by acts of love. Power based on love is a thousand times more effective and permanent then the one derived from fear of punishment." ā¢
Sometimes someone walks into your life and everything just works; it's effortless, organic and right from the very first exchange - making it obvious why everything and everyone else didn't work.
From day one you've made me smile, laugh until I cry, my heart flutter and given me the freedom to be myself, always. I craved your Dominance the moment I felt it's embrace, and I am forever grateful and happy that we're on this journey together.
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Calcining kilns, Rosedale
This landscape was utterly transformed during Rosedaleās Victorian āiron rushā when Bank Top was a centre for the processing and transport of ironstone. Mining began in 1856, with ironstone hewn from nearby Hollins Mines and hauled by a steam winding engine up an inclined tramway to Bank Top. Vast quantities of ore ā over 300,000 tonnes a year ā were then processed in giant kilns, before being carried by moorland railway to blast furnaces in County Durham and Teesside.
1937 Zeiss Ikon Ikonta 520 / 16, Ilford HP5+ developed in Rodinal 1+50
It was utterly amazing to watch these guys come in to a kill - they can obviously detect food from miles away and "zoom in" on a location. They initially need to wait their turn, behind the Lions and Hyena's, but eventually their numbers start to dominate and then the fun really starts...
From my garden hide.
This little bird has obviously been before, he knew every one of my Utterly Peanut Buttery 'hidy holes'.
It's such a popular food and up to now, only the Goldfinches ignore it.
Maybe there's a female about somewhere too.
I'm starting to love the Canon R7, sometimes the focus goes awol, mid shoot, but I got a stack of 'keepers' today and the silent shutter is a huge bonus.
From the garden hide.
Jays always used to be drawn to the peanuts, I have them in a hollow log.
This one (like most birds) seems to prefer the Peanut Utterly Buttery that's hidden in holes drilled in the old piece of apple tree.
Last year's wildfire utterly wiped out the sage in the US Route 2 area of Moses Coulee. It will take decades to recover.
It happened over Labor Day Weekend, when intense 70+mph winds carried the fire from the Columbia River to the highway, burning over 350 square miles of land.
This, along with the Cold Springs fire across the river, burned tribal, federal, state and private land. Everyone suffered here.
This was my first visit to the land since the fire, and it was like nothing I had ever seen before. I had been to Moses Coulee countless times before, but this looked empty, like a moonscape.
The Coleville Reservation lost the most, with 78 homes being destroyed. A family camping along the Columbia lost a small child to the blaze.
It's unknown how the fires started, though it's very unlikely they were from natural causes.
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'Back On You'
Camera: Mamiya RB67
Lens: Mamiya-Sekor 3.8/90mm
Film: Kodak Verichrome Pan; x-01/1996
Process: HC-110B; 4.25min
Douglas County, Washington
March 2021
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This has to be one of the most surreal places on earth. The icebergs are formed in the ice lagoon across the road and they eventually drift down to the ocean and onto the beach. This year there is so much more ice than my previous visit February last year. There was almost too much ice to get a clean shot. This was the best I could manage given the hour I had to spend there before nightfall arrived.
The ice is just amazing, some sparkle due to its clarity and others less so but all have something to offer the landscape photographer. You have to be careful of the waves crashing on the shore as always but what a fantastic experience.
Have you visited this beach and if so, what was your experience?
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Noisy little birds but I love seeing them in the garden.
They only come to feed in winter when insects are scarce.
Like most birds they love the Utterly Peanut Buttery mix.
You guys. I am utterly in love with the wet plate presets in the Nik Collection. The whole plugin is now free to download from Google:
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Yes, I'm still focused on simple and pure black & white... but damn if the sublime wet plate series isn't going to seduce me.
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Thereās something utterly poetic about the way fall adorns itself in colors of surrender ā amber, rust, and gold ā as though nature herself is undressing beneath the fading light. I wanted to capture that fleeting beauty, and what better way than through this Autumn Crown and Earrings set by SKBW (Skindustrial Bodyworks).
Each curve and petal of this ensemble feels alive ā hand-sculpted leaves burnished with sunset tones, soft petals kissed by gold light, and slender stems that whisper of the forest floor. The earrings cascade like delicate vines, wrapping the face in the hues of maple, chestnut, and saffron. When I wear them, I feel as though I carry the spirit of the woodland ā mysterious, sensual, and unapologetically wild.
Historically, crowns of foliage and floral garlands trace back to Greco-Roman festivals ā symbols of abundance, fertility, and devotion to the seasons. This modern reinterpretation embraces that same ancient femininity, but with the allure of high fashion ā the fusion of natureās artistry and couture precision.
The Autumn Crown & Earrings are fully compatible with all major mesh heads and bodies ā including Lelutka Evo X, Genus, AK ADVX, and Belleza, ensuring a perfect fit for your autumn look.
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And as Coco Chanel once said,
āFashion is architecture: it is a matter of proportions ā and nature, after all, is the greatest designer of them all.ā
A decade or so ago I went to Rinca - one of several islands in eastern Indonesia where Komodo Dragons are endemic (www.flickr.com/photos/87453322@N00/1355595323/in/photolis...). I watched as a couple of these huge Lizards prowled for and hunted down a buffalo; they like to hunt in groups. Utterly fascinating and a bit scary, too.
There's still lots unknown about their habits and indeed their anatomical structure. Of course, they've been known to western naturalists only since 1910, so there's still much to learn. The other day in the Amsterdam Zoo, I watched their lethargy so different from their stalking behavior on Rinca. In the Zoo they don't really need to stalk at all because they're provided with all they want free of charge or exertion.
One seemed to be watching me, though. A little uncanny even if there was thick glass separating us. I was very still and unmoving and I realised then that it likely wasn't even seeing me. These Dragons' eyes function much as those of any lizard: they have difficulty seeing still objects; it's movement that alerts them. Thus Our Komodos can sense the movement of - say - a buffalo from a great distance. But quiet me? I doubt it.
Goldcrest is back, every Autumn at least one of these tiny birds comes to me feeders.
It examines the various piles of wood, looking for insects and pecks at the Utterly Peanut Buttery that I sprinkle around a conifer.
They're quite noisy little birds so you always know when they're around.
ChiMia made some utterly gorgeous high detail but low prim furniture so I had to grab it - the chair detail was so insanely realistic I wanted to touch it, but alas, pixels. You can see the chair out on display at the Engine Room event, together with the fireplace and gothic desk. Also don't ask about the cats. They do what they want.
ā¦æ Hotdog - Agility breeches & boots . FATPACK (with colour hud and female sizes - works well with many coats from Contraptions but this depends on your shape)
At the Engine Room Event.
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ā¦æ [NC] - Indiana Shirt / Snow (different colours are available)
At the Engine Room Event.
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ā¦æ ChiMia - Leda Armchair (comes with different textures to change trims, woodwork and fabric. )
At the Engine Room Event.
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ā¦æ ChiMia - Dorchester Fireplace (with working mirrors!)
At the Engine Room Event.
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ā¦æ ChiMia - Headmaster's Desk (with desk clutter included)
At the Engine Room Event.
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ā¦æ Aardvark - : Hexclaw Feline (Includes animated pet, static set and colour hud)
At the Engine Room Event.
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ā¦æ K&S - // Arcane Library. Skybox
ā¦æ [Cubic Cherry] - {Themis} lantern
ā¦æ ::Static:: - Nightmariner's Lamp
ā¦æ -Mint- - Fall Wreath
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the utterly mysterious and breathtakingly wild beauty of Fjadrargljufur river canyon near Kirkjujabaerklaustur in South Iceland. The landscape has such an intense sense of archaic to it, you would not be surprised to see some dinosaurs having a sip of water in that river :)
lots of Coal Tits in the garden at the moment, found some feathers yesterday so I guess the Sparrowhawks are picking them off. Not much of a meal but if you're hungry and there are lots of them!
I have a lot of birds coming to feed but not a lot of variety. I fill the feeders with fresh seed every day and the six Pheasants who are my current charges finish off and uneaten seed from the day before.
One thing that always gets eaten on the day is the Utterly Peanut Buttery - that lasts half a day no matter how much I put out.
The Treecreeper comes to the feeding are for the Utterly Peanut Buttery mix. I put it into gaps in the tree.
It's also a favourite of the Goldcrest and I sprinkle tiny bits onto a potted Christmas Tree that stands next to this Sycamore.
The treecreeper decided the small bits on the conifer were ideal and was hopping back and forwards.
they love the Utterly Peanut Buttery and can collect the tiny bits other birds drop or leave in the feeder holes.
I have two coming in the feed, I think this is a female the other has the brighter orange head stripe.
Stellar leaned back against the cold steel of the carriage, feeling utterly dead inside but she knew her countenance betrayed nothingšø
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"I will utterly consume all things from off the land, saith the LORD. I will consume man and beast; I will consume the fowls of the heaven, and the fishes of the sea, and the stumblingblocks with the wicked; and I will cut off man from off the land, saith the LORD." Zefanja 1:2-3
This location was about as far as we got along the south coast, actually already being the south-east here. It is utterly amazing there and very dramatic with lava cliffs being pounded by the waves, black sand beaches, lava sea stacks and rocks, steep mountains and meadows in between. I would have loved to spend more time thereā¦ maybe next timeā¦
The waves were high and powerful when they crashed on the beach. I had to keep a good distance! Once in a while the sun would peek between the clouds and it illuminated the salt water sprays caused by the crashing waves. Wow, I just had to catch that! And at the same time the crashed waves should be on their way back of course, creating these nice lines on the black sandā¦
I reached for my filters and wireless remote to time my shooting. I inserted the battery in the transmitter but in all excitement I placed it in the wrong way. Stupid? Yes! But what was worse was that it started frying my transmitterā¦??! Never before have I seen a wrongly inserted battery that produced an electric current?? I noticed my mistake when some smoke rose from my transmitter and the damage was already doneā¦ A dramatic coast in many waysā¦ ;-)
I quickly switched to my wired remote and started taking exposures, in between cleaning the salt spray from my 3-stopper filter and camera. When the sun was there the light was difficult to catch, but after several tries I ended up with this final image showing all the features of the scene that I wanted in itā¦
Back home I contacted Hahnel in Ireland about my wireless remote and they are checking the broken transmitter right nowā¦ Iām curious what theyāll say. They might fix or replace it which would be really good service!
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An utterly insane sunrise on the morning of May 5th 2020. Image has had perspective correction and very little other editing. This is essentially as it appeared.
On one of the potted Conifers I have in the feeding area. Crumbled Utterly Peanut Buttery gets sprinkled on and the birds pick at it.
I must say I was utterly and pleasantly surprised to see this juvenile Black-crowned Night Heron (thanks Google for ID) just sitting on a tree next to the pond in a very crowded park in the middle of the day. So glad I had my camera with me and that the bird was at a relatively short distance from me so I could take a decent sharpness photo on my vintage prime 50 lens.
NikonD7500
Pentacon Auto 50mm f/1.8 MC
f/2.8
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ISO100
7th September 2019 - The Super Aerobatics Wingwalking team, or as I will forever know them, the 'Utterly Butterly's'. No matter what angle of an airshow you prefer, surely you have a soft spot for the barnstorming Boeing-Stearman Model 75?
abandon [ uh-ban-duhn ]
verb
1 to leave completely and finally; forsake utterly; desert
2 to give up; withdraw from; discontinue
3 to give up the control of
4 Law. to cast away, leave, or desert, as property
abandoned [ uh-ban-duhnd ]
adjective
1 forsaken or deserted
This photo was taken in 2013 during my previous Project 365ā¦please visit my album for this āREMASTEREDā Project 365 as I revisit each day of 2013 for additional photos to share!!
Three bracketed photos were taken with a handheld Nikon D5200 and combined with Photomatix Pro to create this HDR image. Additional adjustments were made in Photoshop CS6.
"For I know the plans I have for you", declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." ~Jeremiah 29:11
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For a while, you canāt quite believe this thing has happened. The absolute horror of it was something there were no words for. It seemed utterly impossible, like a natural disaster that lasts for multiple years that was somehow chosen again purposefully or like a whole country choosing an abuser and giving him ultimate power over all of us.
I didnāt know if I was ever going to even post a photo again. I didnāt sleep on the night of the election and I still had to go to work the next day. I have to be stronger than I actually am. I have to at least pretend in a way that might garner an Oscar performance as the main protagonist in the ongoing story of my life. Because, I feel like I am falling apart. The first student I saw on Wednesday morning was a fifth grader who I know was very hopeful Kamala would win. I couldnāt speak because I was so emotional but gave her a hug instead. Now, sheās growing up in a world where she will have no body autonomy. It is so hard to process the election when you are in front of others and have to function as if the world is still in a full state of rotation.
I took two Ibuprofen PM on Wednesday night so that I could fall asleep and, on Thursday, when I initially woke up, it was like my brain was in a bit of a fog and forgot all about what happened. As if, maybe it was all just a passing night terror. And then, it hit me all over again and it was somehow even worse that day. Like, when you find yourself distracted by something beautiful and then you quickly remember the overall reality right now that you are faced with. I managed to put my clothes on and then started weeping into my coffee before biking to work.
I feel sorry for my students the most. For the past few yeas, I have felt so terrible about climate change in the world and how it is changing and now we have someone in office who will do far more damage in this and other respects. His first plans are to abolish the Department of Education and the FDA. Environmental protections will fall by the wayside. Medicare will be privatized. Money for people with disabilities will be cut or eliminated and birth control will either be eliminated or very expensive and hard to get depending on where you live. Forget about human rights for those who are transitioning genders or who are nonbinary. He is of a limited mind and feels strongly that there are only two genders in existence (despite many centuries across the world of multiple genders). He plans on even deporting the citizens who may have voted for him. These are his actual plans in writing and he controls all three branches of our government *and* has declared he now has a mandate. So, I really donāt feel I am over-reacting. In fact, I was told I was over-reacting the first time he was in office and that Roe v. Wade would never be overturned. So, I guess maybe my fears are pretty realistic. I also want to be clear that I will not entertain any right wing, pro-Trump fascist comments on here. If you are in that category, your viewpoints are harmful to people I care about and now you are the ones in power. When you have respect for others, that means you donāt wish for policies that do extreme damage to their lives and vote for politicians to act out all of your fears, hatred, and ignorance. If you voted for Trump, I already know what your opinions are and they are responsible for destroying my county. Weāve let a group of famous billionaires (we all knew enough about to be cautious) join forces to define policies that will control us and I doubt the price of groceries will go down any time, either.
Iām going to try to write a little bit each day on my life experiences from now on. I donāt expect others to care or read it. If you do, thatās ok. If you donāt, youāre busy. Some days, it might be more about a film Iāve watched, a book Iām reading, a dream Iāve had or what music I have been listening to and how that is affecting me. Other days, it might just be a poem. There might be days I am just too devastated to lift my head up and navigate an unwieldy language around incomprehensible things. I have been encouraged by someone in my family to figure out a way to fly under the radar so to speak in terms of my strong opinions. This is the opposite of that and I carry this forward with a sense of anxiety yet also human responsibility. I have been so depressed I am not sure there is anything left in this world worth living for but I am definitely not going to live out whatever time I have left being silent.
Note: the above title is from a Mission of Burma song that you can listen to here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvU5XEJmn0A
The lyrics seem very relevant:
genius.com/Mission-of-burma-fame-and-fortune-lyrics
The fortune cookie saying was from one of my favorite restaurants in Chicago called Yummy Yummy in Lakeview. The restaurant has a Vegetarian menu and many delicious options and is not as expensive as so many others these days.
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Soxi left us yesterday at home, peacefully. Almost 20 years together and now she joins her sister. The house is so quiet.
snuck into 6 republic (not really I paid for early access) and I've been sitting in
Tableau Vivant // Bureaux house - 1.Skybox RARE for around 20 minutes now just staring at the floor. It's rich and warm and the photos don't do it justice, it's just gorgeous.
Check it out for yourself at 12pm SLT @ 6 republic. LM is included below.
I'll probably still be sitting here
I have reduced the amount of Utterly Peanut Buttery I put out because the Sparrowhawks where hiding by those feeders and picking the birds off.
I have one hollow log right next to the hide where there is hedge cover and the Blackbird came to test it out.
We have so few hedgerow birds here so the Sparrowhawks have no where else to go. I did put ' day old chicks' that falconers use, out but they ignore them.
I'm trying to get a balance so all birds can survive.
Completely and utterly abandoned single track road that lead along amidst rugged rocky hills with occasional view onto the Norwegian Sea. The solitude was so absolute for a long time that I really felt like having gone to Mars :)
Black-and-red Broadbill
Cymbirhynchus macrorhynchos
Utterly unmistakable inhabitant of waterside and riverine lowland evergreen forests, mangroves, and plantations. Midnight black with long white slashes on each wing, wine-red underparts, and a black chinstrap. Bulbous bill is glowingly powder-blue with warm tinges of orange and greenish-yellow. During the breeding season, the pendulous nests of this species can be quite obvious, hanging over forested waterways. Voice is nasal and generally unpleasant-sounding, consisting of odd low mechanical rasps.(credit: ebird.org)
I am utterly devastated to have to share the news of my beautiful, most photographed boy's passing after an illness.
Azizi came into my life weighing just 49g and I threw myself into helping him gain weight as he wasnt eating and was full of mites. He was just a tiny bundle of quills but oh, SO friendly and so curious about everything. He was no trouble with his exotic vet. He took everything in his stride (which was just as well as he was hand fed for about 6 months). He was clearly a fighter. With a lot of love and care, he gained weight and as soon as I picked the little boy up, he would start to dribble in anticipation of being fed. He loved to be hand fed. Even in the last few years when I didnt have to do it, he would still come out of his hide to greet me and be hand fed a morio worm.
and how photogenic he was! He was without a doubt my most photographed tenrec and he loved to toddle up to my lens.
I am heartbroken. I found him last weekend with his mouth bleeding and the vets quickly found out he hadnt been bitten by Boo but he had broken both his front teeth. We werent able to stop the bleeding and whilst he was put back on hand feeds with a tiny syringe, he started to shut down and he passed away on friday. I keep thinking about what I could have done better to save him. It's horrendous.
Goodnight my tiny warrior. I'm so so sorry I couldnt save you this time. I'm going through hell working out what I could do to hold you in my hands once more. A tiny Tenrec that was so so loved. Rest in peace xxxxx
We had a twelve hour rainfall yesterday and it was followed by another couple of hours of light misty rain that left everything outside utterly drenched - including this yellow Hibiscus, which stood out boldly even under heavy grey skies. Apparently, the flower is native to Hawaii and is the state flower. It's also listed as endangered in the US, which seems a bit strange as my wife picked this one up from Home Depot.