La localización elevada de este mirador nos permite contemplar desde una posición privilegiada la playa y la laguna de La Frouxeira, espacio intermareal de gran valor ecológico, ambiental y paisajístico. Hacia el Sudoeste podemos apreciar un amplio trecho del borde litoral que incluye Punta Frouxeira, con la característica silueta del moderno faro de Meirás, el monte Campelo y el largo perfil del Cabo Prior asomando al fondo (Información del cuadro-guía).

 

Paraño viewpoint (2).

The elevated location of this viewpoint allows us to contemplate from a privileged position the beach and the lagoon of La Frouxeira, an intertidal space of great ecological, environmental and landscape value. To the southwest we can appreciate a wide stretch of the coastline that includes Punta Frouxeira, with the characteristic silhouette of the modern Meirás lighthouse, Mount Campelo and the long profile of Cabo Prior looming in the background (Guide chart information).

 

Valdoviño (La Coruña). Galicia. España.

This weekend started with a full-size storm, we used Saturday afternoon for a trip around the Schiedersee, an artificial lake in the Lippe area. The weather was extremely dull and nature did not really offer the typical Autumn colours. Finally I found these fun boats to add some colours to the scenery. Schieder-Schwalenberge, Lippe, Germany

in our local BIG park. We were expecting heavy grey skies this year, but we were blessed with this wonderful light ! I have still to cook our Christmas meal - so I'm rushing to get this on before starting the real cooking !

Hope you've had a lovely Christmas Day so far (it's not over yet) - a lovely time whatever you are celebrating, and that you are suffused with good feelings.

My heart goes out to those who find Christmas and the New Year a lonely and difficult time. We are so lucky to be visiting family tomorrow - I am a lucky woman!

Thanks so much for all your support, as always... you know how I value each and every one of you. I am sorry if I can't always keep up with you !

 

~ Taken with my Sony RX100M3 camera and edited in PicMonkey with a slight touch of Topaz Glow. ~

 

A 500mm reflex lens is a reasonably good alternative to a 500mm prime telephoto. Considering that I paid about $140.00 US for this previously owned lens, it is a hard value to beat.

 

Stop the gun violence, it is crazy and makes no sense. What is more important to us, our children or guns? Violence only breeds violence. Let's put safety first, our children are the most important part of our lives, sometimes, only when we lose them do we really see their value. Please consider standing up for our children, our future, and a peaceful existence. It is time to come together to find mutual and successful solutions!

 

Thank you for your kind visit. Have a wonderful and beautiful day! ❤️ ❤️ ❤️

  

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In the Japanese Garden on the Clingendael estate you will even find a tea pavilion.

This is the most eye-catching and is a popular place to admire the garden from there. In the tea pavilion you will find an indication of the age of the garden. The date "9-7-1913" is applied in the ridge of the pavilion. The Japanese Garden is the oldest of its kind in the Netherlands and has a high historical value.

 

The first increases the second.

Streets of Philadelphia.

For my friend matiz ° o.

See her art here: www.flickr.com/photos/m2matiz/

 

As always, a big thanks to my loyal visitors especially now when I'm extremely busy and hardly on Flickr at all. Someday I'll be back........

As a result of archaeological research we know that in the time of the Roman emperor Augustus, in the first century AD., Carmona went through a prolonged period of peace and economic prosperity. This led to the construction of large and important public buildings, among them the Gate of Cordoba, which was not only a defensive gate but also had a certain propaganda value, symbolizing the advance of the Roman empire.

 

In the Gate of Cordoba we can appreciate the traces left by the different cultures that have established themselves in our town throughout its long history.

 

During the time of the Catholic Monarchs, the Gate lost its original purely defensive function and, with it, its austere military appearance, as it took on the role of the supervision of products coming into Carmona from outside the town walls, in practice effectively acting as a customs post and, as a result, acquiring elements of civil architecture.

 

In the 16th century it underwent Renaissance alterations and, at the beginning of the 17th century, beautiful ornamental motifs, such as coats of arms and marble statues, now unfortunately lost, were added, all of which dignified the Gate.

  

Its Baroque appearance dates to the time of Charles II, with the reforms which took place in 1688.

 

At the end of the 18th century, the last reforms were carried out by the famous Neoclassical architect from Carmona, José Echamorro, and part of the monument was rebuilt and the complex consolidated

 

turismo.carmona.org/en/puerta-de-cordoba/

 

Thoughtfully;

A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life.

Charles Darwin mentioned and I definitely agree:)

.......

Best regards & hugs:),

Sunny

 

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"The secret of a good life is to have the right loyalties and hold them in the right scale of values."

-Norman Thomas-

 

__________________________

 

[TURN]

Anson Seabra - Trying My Best

 

youtu.be/S1i7Ws3rhEo

_______________________

 

I know you think I got it all figured out

내가 당신의 모든 걸 이해할 수 있을 거라 생각했다는 것을 알아요

 

'Cause I walk around like my head's in the clouds

나는 공상에 빠진 듯 걸어가니까

 

But I'm just a boy with his heart pouring out of his head

하지만 저는 그저 머릿속 생각들을 풀어놓는 소년인 걸요

 

I wish that you could see the pain that I've seen

내가 겪은 이 고통을 알아줬으면 해요

 

And all of the times I spent being not me

내가 아닌 모습으로 살았던 모든 시간들을

 

I hope you know that it's not always happy in my head

나의 머릿속에서 난 항상 행복하지 않다는 것을 알아줬으면 해요

 

'Cause I don't know

모르겠으니까

 

The perfect road to go down

완벽한 길이 어딘지 모르겠으니까

 

​

 

But I know

하지만 난 알아요

 

​

I'm trying my best

난 최선을 다했다는 걸

 

​

I'm trying my best to be okay

쓰러지지 않기 위해 최선을 다했다는 걸

  

I'm trying my best but every day it's so hard

난 최선을 다하고 있어요, 하지만 하루하루가 너무 힘드네요

 

​

And I'm holding my breath

난 숨을 죽일 거예요

 

​

I'm holding my breath 'til I can say

내가 말할 수 있을 때까지 숨을 죽일 거예요

 

​

 

All of the words I wanna say from my heart

내가 진심으로 하고 싶은 모든 말들

 

​

 

If you really wanted I could ley you inside

당신이 진심으로 원한다면 난 당신을 받아들일 거예요

  

It's been so long and I've got nothing left to hide

한참이 지났고 난 이제 숨길 것이 없어요

 

​

 

Would you believe me if I told you that I've got flaws

내게 결점이 있다면 믿어줄래요?

 

​

 

Now it's time to let the curtains unfold

이제 커튼을 걷어 젖히고

 

And tell all the stories that I didn't want told

내가 하기 싫었던 말들을 해야 할 때가 됐군요

  

I let it out so I unburden my soul I won't stop

난 내 속마음을 털어놓을 거예요, 멈추지 않을 거예요

 

​

 

'Cause I don't know

모르겠으니까

  

The perfect road to go down

완벽한 길이 어딘지 모르겠으니까

 

​

 

But I know

하지만 난 알아요

 

​

 

I'm trying my best

난 최선을 다했다는 걸

 

​

 

I'm trying my best to be okay

쓰러지지 않기 위해 최선을 다했다는 걸

 

​

 

I'm trying my best but every day it's so hard

난 최선을 다하고 있어요, 하지만 하루하루가 너무 힘드네요

 

​

And I'm holding my breath

난 숨을 죽이고 있어요

 

​

I'm holding my breath 'til I can say

내가 말할 수 있을 때까지 숨을 죽일 거예요

 

​

 

All of the words I wanna say from my heart

내가 진심으로 하고 싶은 모든 말들

 

​

 

I'm trying my best

난 최선을 다하고 있어요

 

​

 

I'm trying my best to be okay

쓰러지지 않기 위해 최선을 다하고 있어요

 

​

 

I'm trying my best but every day it's so hard

난 최선을 다하고 있지만 하루하루가 너무 힘드네요

 

​

 

And I'm holding my breath

난 숨을 죽이고 있어요

 

​

I'm holding my breath 'til I can say

내가 말할 수 있을 때까지 숨을 죽일 거예요

 

​

All of the words I wanna say from my heart

내가 진심으로 하고 싶은 모든 말들

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'NOIR VIBRATIONS' by Noir Tater, the August-September 2022 exhibition @ The Annex of Nitroglobus.

 

Immediately after I spotted Noir's work at Debora's art gallery some time ago, I was taken by the colorful and interesting way of their work. So I had to invite Noir to show their work at Nitroglobus.

 

Noir is an interesting figure, who struggles with gender identity. Well this is not unique and for sure not unique in SL. In Noir's photography them presents themselve most of the time as male and also in this exhibition it's the unique awesome looking male Noir we can admire.

 

My special thanks goes to Adwehe for creating the awesome light art for this exhibition.

 

I hope you will enjoy this exhibition as much as I do

dido haas, owner/curator Nitroglobus

 

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OPENING PARTY: Monday 15 August, 12 PM SLT

 

'Silent Love' a contemporary dance specially created by Milena Carbone for this exhibition will be performed at 12 PM.

 

Noir themselve will be the DJ and tune and last but certainly not least Venus Adored will shoot her enchanting particles.

 

taxi to The Annex of Nitroglobus:

maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Sunshine%20Homestead/38/22...

 

****

 

Description of the exhibition by the artist:

 

'Choosing to be this or that is to affirm at the same time the value of what we choose, because we can never choose evil, what we choose is always good, and nothing can be good for us if it is not good for everyone. '

Jean Paul Sartre

 

My need to be free in all aspects dominates, anguishes and suffocates me.

Vibration Noir is my daily struggle to be what I am and who I am.

 

Shot with DxO ONE

October sunset

... SeiLeise↵ an der Rheinpromenade/Hohenzollernbrücke

 

mehr Graffiti↵

  

Credits: amansworldinsl.blogspot.gr/2017/05/unable-to-value.html

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There's something inherently sad about household objects left out for the trash man. They are like castoffs; broken or no longer cherished, and left ignominiously out on the curb. This easy chair caught my eye the other day. Part of the forlorn quality of scenes like this is the object being ripped from its normal context. I wouldn't give the chair a second look in someone's living room. But it seemed horribly out of place on the edge of the state highway that bisects the village. That, and the sedentary nature of a recliner juxtaposed against passing traffic. Wonderful visual metaphors for the life cycle of things we purchase and the passage of time (and with it life). In the eerie stillness after the truck passed I contemplated the chair and the many other personal objects scattered about the lawn behind me. There's a village-wide trash haul this weekend, and little collections such as this are springing up all around. I have to admit a weird impulse to inspect them, and yearn to pull over when driving by. I can't help but think I will find something of value (I almost never do) but also that idle curiosity about seeing the remnants of someone else's life (remember I did preface this as weird). I'll be placing some of my own items out on the curb soon. I tend to wait until the night before, perhaps to avoid having others inspect them as I did this chair. Even when it's sheer junk, I feel an odd sentimental tug about letting go of things. And that spell lasts as long as the objects remain on my tree lawn before the pickup. Much like this chair, they are in the condemned phase, but still retrievable. I can simply go back out and reclaim them. That sentiment vanishes the moment the objects are tossed onto the truck. Maybe that's why I wait until the last minute to put them out. I just can't stand that in between time.

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Orschwiller (Bas-Rhin)

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Street photography from Glasgow, Scotland.

 

Colour re-edit of a shot from July 2017. Enjoy.

English ten pound note.

 

If you are familiar with this banknote then this image may strike you as being a little odd. You’ll know the iridescent holograms on the left, but you may not have seen the large yellow figures ‘10’ formed in the pattern at the top.

 

That’s because this image was taken in UV light. There are patches of fluorescent ink printed on the note that just look like white paper in ordinary light. The five-pound note has a 5 in the same place. I couldn’t afford a £20 note to check it out for consistency (or should that be cheque?) ;)

 

The British pound sterling is the oldest currency in the world that has been in constant circulation. It was adopted around 800AD being modelled on the currency of the French kingdom of Charles the Great (Charlemagne) which was established a few years before. Italian, Spanish and Portuguese currency had the same roots.

 

The French livre (pound) had 20 sous each of 12 deniers, like the 20 shillings and 12 pennies of sterling. Interestingly although the small denomination was called a penny its symbol was the ‘d’, just like the French denier, the Spanish Dinero and the Portuguese Dinheiro. All the names derive from the Roman denarius coin.

 

Sterling was decimalised in 1971 which caused all the prices to go up and the parking meters to stop working :) The pound now has 100 new pennies (p or pence).

 

Originally one French livre was worth a pound weight of silver (equivalent to 14.6 Troy ounces), but by 850 the pound sterling was only worth eleven and a quarter Troy ounces of silver. Looking at tonight’s spot price for silver my note should be redeemable for £1868.62 of the shiny metal… times change.

 

This image measures under 3 inches across as per the rules.

 

One thing that photographers should be aware of is that it is illegal to reproduce a digital picture of more than 50% of one side of the note without an overstamp, and the Queen’s head must not be distorted. There are the normal copyright issues as well and these can be rigorously prosecuted. See the Bank of England website for more details.

 

Thank you for taking the time to look. I hope you enjoy the image. Happy Macro Mondays :)

Barton Hill depot in Bristol will be the temporary home for 20901 and 20905 for the next 5 weeks whilst they undergo a repaint into Balfour Beatty livery.

The depot opened in 1840 as a locomotive depot until 1870 when it became a carriage and wagon servicing facility.

I remember it being the home of the Blue Pullman in the early 70s. It was used by RES for a little bit in the mid 90s and went into Arriva ownership in 2011.

Its great to see some locomotives from the 1960s in a depot building dating back to the 1840s.

 

On the 15th December 2010, they killed-off the Harrier to save less than £1bn. This year the UK government has already spend more than £300bn fighting COVID-19. That’s more money per day on COVID-19 than the entire savings from retiring the Harrier force.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGyEd0aKWZE

 

You only value something if you know it’ll end.

 

David Mitchell

 

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Lilium candidum, the Madonna Lily or White Lily, is a plant in the true lily family. It is native to the Balkans and Middle East, and naturalized in other parts of Europe, including France, Italy, and Ukraine, and in North Africa, the Canary Islands, Mexico, and other regions.

 

It has been cultivated since antiquity, for at least 3,000 years, and has great symbolic value since then for many cultures.

 

IN CULTURE: The Bible describes King Solomon's Temple as adorned with designs of Madonna lilies on the columns, and on the brazen Sea.

 

The white lily symbolizes chastity in the iconography of the Catholic Church and some of the Orthodox churches.

 

For example, Medieval depictions of the Annunciation show Gabriel the Archangel handing a white lily to the Virgin Mary.

 

TOXICITY IN PETS: Cats are extremely sensitive to the toxicity of the plant and ingestion is often fatal. Suspected cases require urgent veterinary attention. (Source: Wikipedia)

 

UNA AZUCENA (LILIUM CANDIDUM) DESDE CERCA, 2024

 

La azucena, Lilium candidum, lirio de Madonna o lirio blanco, es una planta de la familia de las liliáceas.

 

Es originaria de los Balcanes y Oriente Medio, y se ha naturalizado en otras partes de Europa, como Francia, Italia y Ucrania, y en el norte de África, las Islas Canarias, México y otras regiones.

 

Se cultiva desde la antigüedad, al menos desde hace 3000 años, y tiene un gran valor simbólico desde entonces para muchas culturas.

 

EN LA CULTURA: La Biblia describe el Templo del Rey Salomón como adornado con diseños de lirios de Madonna en las columnas y en el Mar de bronce.

 

El lirio blanco simboliza la castidad en la iconografía de la Iglesia Católica y algunas de las iglesias ortodoxas.

 

Por ejemplo, las representaciones medievales de la Anunciación muestran al Arcángel Gabriel entregando un lirio blanco a la Virgen María.

 

TOXICIDAD EN MASCOTAS: Los gatos son extremadamente sensibles a la toxicidad de la planta y la ingestión suele ser mortal. Los casos sospechosos requieren atención veterinaria urgente. (Fuente: Wikipedia)