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Hiking in Switzerland ; Grindelwald , First , above Bachsee . No. 8975.
"It's impossible to imagine the Swiss mountain world as more idyllic than the area surrounding Lake Bachalpsee. The snow-covered peaks of the Alps are reflected in the crystal clear blue water.
First is the starting point for hikes and it offers action: An adrenaline rush and speed thrills are guaranteed on the First Flyer, trottibike scooters or bikes. Children can have fun on the 700-m² playground at the Bort intermediate station."
Trois étapes vous seront nécessaires pour débarquer en toute tranquillité dans cet écrin de nature montagnarde paradisiaque. A 2200 mètres d'altitude, le First offre des panoramas étourdissants, notamment une vue imprenable sur sept 4000 des Alpes bernoises.
En une petite heure de marche à travers pâturages et chemins pédestres bucoliques, vous atteignez le superbe lac Bachalpsee et ses eaux cristallines. De tous les côtés, des points de vue pittoresques. Inoubliable ascension. Pour un peu de culture, passez donc la nuit au Berghotel Faulhorn, le plus ancien hôtel de montagne de Suisse!
Der First ist eine Verflachung des Südwest-Rückens zum Widderfeldgrätli (2'632 m ü. M.) im Berner Oberland nördlich oberhalb von Grindelwald. Er ist über eine Gondelbahn oder zu Fuss erreichbar. Die obere Bergstation heisst ebenfalls First (2'167 m ü. M.) und steht den Besuchern im Winter und im Sommer mit einem gut ausgebauten Ski- und Wandergebiet zur Verfügung.
Besonders beliebt ist die Wanderung zum Bachalpsee und weiter zum Faulhorn, die ein spektakuläres Panorama mit Blick auf den oberen Grindelwaldgletscher sowie Eiger, Mönch und Jungfrau bietet. Eine weitere interessante Wanderung führt auf das Schwarzhorn. Östlich von First liegt 5,6 Kilometer zu Fuss entfernt die Grosse Scheidegg.
Der First ist ein Startort für Paraglider und Deltasegler sowie Ausgangspunkt für zahlreiche Mountainbiketouren. Station First bietet auch einen imposanten kurvenreichen Schlittenweg, welcher bei guten Schneeverhältnissen direkt nach Grindelwald führt.
This information was found in Swiss tourism and Wikipédia.
This was shot with a 2-stop neutral density filter. The camera was on a mini tripod about a foot off the ground.
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It was a fantastic walk through the Sigmund-Thun Klamm and round the Klammsee.
The Klammsee is a reservoir, is an underground storage with a volume of 200,000 m³ and part of the power station Kaprun. The dam Bürgsperre with a height of 19 m accumulates the Kaprun Ache.
The beautiful place is located in the municipality of Kaprun in Salzburg in Austria.
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Or was it. :)
“Focusing is about saying no.” Steve Jobs
He must have been very focused because he did say no, maybe for these two ladies it was a very good thing. They just may never know that. :)
while I was taking images of a Snipe this one begged for some attention ..
also called Eurasian Moorhen or just Moorhen
Gallinula chloropus
waterhoen
Gallinule poule-d'eau ou Poule-d'eau
Teichhuhn
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I was photographing damsels at the local ponds ,when I spotted this dragonfly . I managed to follow it ,and capture some pictures after it had settled for a while. I was very pleased to find out later this was my first photo of a scarce chaser!
I was so lucky to be able to get this picture of you and you didn't complain once lol , love you to bits sis ,thank you for everything you do and everything you are ,you really have been a godsend ,how can i ever put into words what you mean to me , Infinity and beyond my Angel 💕💋🌹
For us 💕
Was -10 last week and looking like another big snow storm on its way...dreaming of warmer days ahead.
Nyborg is a city in central Denmark, located on the island of Funen. The city was founded in the 1200s, built up around Nyborg Castle.
and I would advise you not to wait ten years before admitting today was great. If you're hung up on nostalgia, pretend today is yesterday and just go out and have one hell of a time :-)
Art Buchwald
HFF!!
saucer magnolia, 'Sundew', j c raulston arboretum, ncsu, raleigh, north carolina
A seaside resort was developed by Sir Richard Hotham in the late 18th century on what was a sand and gravel, undeveloped coastline. It has been claimed that Hotham and his new resort are portrayed in Jane Austen's unfinished novel Sanditon. The resort grew slowly in the first half of the 19th century but grew rapidly following the coming of the railway in 1864. In 1929 the area was chosen by advisors to King George V which led to its regal suffix, by royal consent. Butlin's has been present in the town since the early 1930s when an amusement park and zoo were opened. A holiday camp followed in 1960 and this has more recently moved towards hotel accommodation with modern amenities.
Information from Wikipedia.
Texture's & Effect's by William Walton & Topaz.
Rila Monastery - the monastery was founded in the 14th century on the site of the hermitage Ivan Rila existing since the 10th century in the valley of Rila mountain.
Modern form of the monastery dates from the 19th century, when through the victims of Bulgarian society and with the agreement of the Turkish authorities built a huge monastery complex. The walls of a thickness of 2 m and a height of 24 m giving it the appearance of a fortified stronghold. The inner courtyard is surrounded by three-storey buildings with arches painted in black and white and wooden galleries.
The main church of the Holy Mother of God is a three-nave basilica based on a cruciform plan with a dome at the intersection of the aisles. The pride of the temple are frescoes and great iconostasis.
In 1983 the monastery was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
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Rylski Monastyr – monastyr został założony w XIV na miejscu pustelni Iwana z Riły istniejącej od X wieku w kotlinie górskiego masywu Riła.
Współczesna postać monastyru pochodzi z XIX w., kiedy to dzięki ofiarom społeczeństwa bułgarskiego i przy zgodzie władz tureckich wybudowano ogromny kompleks klasztorny. Mury grubości 2 m i wysokości 24 m nadają mu wygląd warownej twierdzy. Wewnętrzny dziedziniec otaczają trójkondygnacyjne budynki z łukami pomalowanymi na czarno i biało oraz drewnianymi krużgankami.
Główna cerkiew pod wezwaniem Świętej Bogurodzicy to trójnawowa bazylika oparta na planie krzyża z kopułą na skrzyżowaniu naw. Ozdobą świątyni są freski i olbrzymi ikonostas.
W 1983 monastyr został wpisany na listę światowego dziedzictwa UNESCO.
Just Joey' was inducted into the Rose Hall of Fame as "World's Favourite Rose" in 1994.
Have a good one
I was asked to participate in the "Hope For Emilia" project and it was a pleasure to help. This is my contribution. More information about the project you can find here:
Yoda was rescued as a tiny Owlet. He is a Tawny owl and was raised and loved by keeper Meg at British Wildlife Centre, UK. A recent survey of owls have identified a decline in numbers in the UK of Tawny owls (State of UK birds report 2021)
The palace in Jankowice was built at the turn of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and its reconstruction took place in 1803 on the order of Wawrzyniec Engestrӧm (a Swedish envoy alongside King Stanisław August Poniatowski), who settled in Wielkopolska. The palace was built in the style of romanticism. It is surrounded by a park with an area of 18.6 ha. There is a pond with 4 islands and a rich tree stand with 50 species (limes, plane trees, chestnuts, oaks and others).
The palace and park complex is owned by the Tarnowo Podgórne commune, which carried out a thorough renovation and revitalization of the park in 2018.
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Pałac w Jankowicach zbudowany został na przełomie XVIII i XIX wieku, a jego przebudowa nastąpiła w roku 1803 roku na polecenie Wawrzyńca Engestrӧma (posła szwedzkiego przy królu Stanisławie Auguście Poniatowskim), który osiadł w Wielkopolsce. Pałac zbudowano w stylu klasycyzmu romantycznego. Otoczony jest parkiem o powierzchni 18,6 ha. Znajduje się w nim staw z 4 wyspami, oraz bogaty drzewostan liczący 50 gatunków (lipy, platany, kasztanowce, dęby i inne).
Zespół pałacowo-parkowy jest własnością gminy Tarnowo Podgórne, która przeprowadziła gruntowny remont i rewitalizację parku w 2018 roku.
It was a mad dash to try and get to Sandcut Beach to see if I would bag the sunset shot I was looking for. I think this shot speaks for itself. What gorgeousnesss!!! Check out the Video link below!!
It was nice running across this chatty fellow - - a Carolina Wren
I followed it along the trail for a few minutes waiting for a better pose - - I got a series of bursts in about 6 different positions - - this is one of the better ones in my opinion.
Carolina Wren - Ontario
while it was still dark we had gone to a simple bird hide to be there before the flocks of Meyer's parrots and African green pigeons arrive at the clay eating site at sunrise.
While we were waiting we heard some noise behind us and after a while we knew these were warthogs ( definitely safer than some other possibilities...)
The family of warthogs came closer and had picked up our scent but they had no clue where we were.
The huge male in this image was walking in front and stopped nearby to look in our direction.
You can clearly see both set of tusks of which the very sharp small ones are used for fighting other warthogs or for defense against predators. The larger ones are used for digging etc.
Kafue National Park, Zambia
phacochoerus africanus
common warthog
knobbelzwijn
phacochère
Warzenschwein
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Aspyn was having a lovely time, yesterday. She had the whole garden to herself. I think the others were either inside or sunning themselves in the yard at the front of the house.
Here, she was having a wee rest, having scampered all over the (long!) grass.
It was a beautiful day, yesterday. (I’m trying to be very positive in this time of such tragedy and pain.)
Happy Easter!
South Carrick Hills
SW Scotland
This was not quite the image that I was hoping for but the double sun flare and leading lines from the right make this quite appealing. More from Stanwick to come when I get a little luckier on the skies above the complex.
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I was sitting on my dock hoping for a beautiful bird. Just when I decided to give up I heard this Pileated Woodpecker coming from far across the cove. They are seldom quiet about arriving😊. Thank you for visiting my capture of the woodpecker.
It was a sunny, cold morning (12 deg F) and the pier was covered in ice and snow. The footing got more dangerous and icy the further out I walked. I was wearing ice cleats on my boots so, No Problem.
Grand Haven, Michigan
** This was photographed in a friends garden in Lockton in North Yorkshire in the Spring of 2019 . I thought the encounter between the live bird and the stone cat amusing …but there again I am easily amused
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...back to the countryside again...my heart is there, after all, and I was missing it! No matter whether it's real life, second life, and I am certain even if there was a third life, I would always feel like a fish outta water if I wasn't surrounded by trees and animals and natural beauty. Lil Chow was worn out after his city adventure, so he stayed home and snoozed while Shep and I scampered off to this dream of a sim to play! Okay, I was chilling out, he was playing!
On the way home, we picked up some fresh carrots as a surprise for bunny! I can't wait to see his cute face light up when he sees them! 💕🐇🐶
I hope everyone is having a beautiful week! ♥
A beautiful day was coming to an end and the setting sun transformed the surroundings into a fairytale landscape. After the relatively warm day, it quickly became bitterly cold. I made my way back to Sils Maria on the frozen lake, grateful for the magnificent impressions I was able to enjoy.
Ein schöner Tag neigte sich zu Ende und die untergehende Sonne verwandelte die Umgebung in eine Märchenlandschaft. Nach dem relativ warmen Tag wurde es dann sehr schnell bitterkalt. Auf dem gefrorenen Silsersee machte ich mich wieder zurück nach Sils Maria, dankbar für die wunderschönen Eindrücke, die ich geniessen durfte.
After I saw the two steering wheel cart with the family and dog, there appeared this male green heron in the nearby pond....my first seen in Minnesota.
I was able to edit enough to bring out the bird's colors as the sun was out and on the wrong side of this beautiful heron.
Enjoy the weekend Flickr friends, thanks for your visit....Pat...xo
I was fortunate enough to see a number of reticulated giraffes when I was in northern Kenya last month. With only about 15 000 animals left in the wild, these are rare animals that can only be found in northern Kenyan parks like Ol Pejeta and Samburu. This particular animal was on the move in the early evening.
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I was sitting on the bank of the Tomorrow River in central Wisconsin when I made this image. It was around 8:30 pm, and I was waiting for the Hex(giant mayflies) to appear above the river. Arriving at 7:00 pm, I took my seat and didn't move. Frogs, birds, insects, etc., all started their night chorus, then this deer appeared. It was oblivious to me. I watched it for at least a half hour, then the Hex started dropping to the surface, and the fishing began. For a few hours, I was at one with nature!
twilight
a deer appears
tomorrow river
Image and haiku by John Henry Gremmer
This photo was from last year, when Clear Lake Goddess gifted me often with morning skies filled with spectacular and explosive cloud formations, so much that I was hoping to get a break so that I could sleep in.
This year, she seems to be teaching me a lesson by putting out hazy colorless sunrises every morning!
Maybe the spell will be broken tomorrow, or maybe not!
Thank you for viewing, my apology for not paying a visit to your stream often enough lately (I've been busy)!
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This mural was made by GOMAD (Marcus Debie) during Urban Colour festival 2017 Arnhem. I'm surprised that the colors still look so fresh.
Happy Wall Wednesday
Found some info about him on his website:
""GOMAD (Marcus Debie, 1972) is a colorblind Dutch artist, born and raised in the city of Sittard in the south of Holland where he still lives and works. Heavily influenced by the iconic film, ‘Beat Street’, as well as ‘Style Wars’, GOMAD got artistically active all the way back to the early 80’s in the Southern Dutch graff scene. So much so, that he’s considered one of the pioneers of the sport in that region.
Nowadays he works as an international ‘urban fine artist’ doing murals and paintings for exhibitions wherever his art brings him. GOMAD’s work is considered a pinnacle of post-neo-cubism, the combination of photorealistic images, often woman faces, eyes and birds in a mind bending surrealistic setup, against cubistic and organic shapes, in a Picasso-like composition, combining oil paint, acrylics and sprays in a vibrant and unique way.""
Street Art Arnhem.
I was sitting in the car yesterday and not a thing was happening, at all, until this guy meandered over to the car and decided to talk to me, I told him that I did not speak Iguana and tried what I was familiar with, Jewish and Brooklyn, he understood neither, so I just sat there and took some pics of this guy, who was a very colorful character as well, so here they are folks.
Thanks for listening, and for everything, and was just feeling sorry for myself and wondering if my life will ever go back to some normalcy. Sorry for venting.
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...bei den "Saltos del Río Petrohué" in der Nähe von Puerto Varas (Chile) im Parque Nacional "Vicente Pérez Rosales".
Im Hintergrund hat man den Blick auf den Vulkan Osorno.
It was a beautiful day at Stinson Beach National Recreation Area. We met lots of friendly folk enjoying one of the last vestiges of Summer. We spotted a wide variety of birds running in and out of the water as the waves undulated in and out. This Heermann’s Gull was calling out to his buddies in the shallow water.
This was a rainy and windy day that I arrived Houten, l missed the house reflections but I love this and hope back to Houten I good weather. You can see my other words on Instagram: www.instagram.com/kavzeb/