WHEN SPRING STARTS TO BREATH

© ajpscs

When printing was as much an art form as a technology.

Or, the day the people at the Print Shop at History San José set me and my camera loose in their type storage cabinets.

Having had some experience with off-set printing in the past, it was interesting to see how they used to do it.

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Headpiece: Ersch @ Salon 52

Skin: PUMEC @ Kustom9 Until June 10th

Olya (Genus)

Jewelry: VOBE

Luna Phase

Outfit: GAIA @ Kustom9 Until June 10th

Luna Crop Top & Luna Denim Shorts

Pose: Lyrium

Jar Series, Pose 2

Hair: Doux - Angelica

• HAIR: Magika - Hair - Sunrise

• SHIRT: Pseudo- Hill Blouse Lara @C88

• LEGGING: friday - Mellie Leggings @C88

• POSE: - Sweet Art - Anissa Bento Series

Intentional camera movement - A path near the Franklin River, west coast of Tasmania.

When I was a child... I played countless hours with this train.

It was December 1979. I was 5 years old. We traveled to Germany to visit family. Every single morning, my uncle left a small toy car (Matchbox or Majorette) next to my bed, so I would have a present from him when I woke up. Every single morning! Well, with two exceptions: the first morning I found an amazing toy Caterpillar hydraulic shovel, and on Christmas I got from him this electric train.

Back in Buenos Aires I would spend full afternoons playing with the train and the cars, building cities around with Lego.

Almost 37 years later, this train is the only toy I brought to New York with me (just the locomotive, the rest of the cars and the tracks are still in Buenos Aires). I did bring back last Summer some Matchbox cars that a childhood friend found in his home and returned to me. Pictures of two of those are in my photostream a month or two back.

Needless to say this is one of the most fond memories I keep from that age. It was really nice to take the locomotive out of the box and play with it once more (yes, finding the right angle for the shot now qualifies as playing with the toy! In fact, the angle I chose is one my eyes would see often while playing).

HMM to all!

• Amazing Beth Hart • Am I The One •

www.youtube.com/watch?v=2G9pbB1QwJc

I sing these words

Time and time again

To express my life

Of being your lover and your friend

And as the clouds high above shed their tears

I'll embrace you

With love from all your fears

Am I the one?

Am I the one that you love?

Am I the one?

Am I the one that you think of?

Am I, am I the one?

A passion in your caress

Flows from your fingertips

I pray for the day

I hear those precious words

Pass through your lips

Wishing upon a star from up above

That soon you'll look at me and say

I'm the one that you love

Am I the one?

Am I the one that you love?

Am I the one?

Am I the one that you think of?

Am I, am I the one?

Don't make me feel crazy

If I break down and cry

Just tell me you love me baby

Even if it is a lie

Am I, am I, am I, am I the one?

Am I the one?

I know there's a painful chance I must take

So sadly I ask you afraid it's a mistake

Am I the one?

www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmeFwZZ7c-Q

When I posted this way back in 2007, it hit Explore, and I never did quite understand why. However, it doesn't seem to show up in my Explore history, so I have reworked it and posted it again. It was the most beautiful place - somewhere in the Catlins, I think...

When they talk about pearls, I guess these aren't the ones ladies have in mind... but they sure would want them as reflective eh?

it means he hasn't the slightest intention of putting it into practice ;-)

Bismarck (1815 – 1898) a German statesman and diplomat who oversaw the unification of Germany

HFF! Justice Matters! Resist the Liar in Chief and his Cabinet of Buffoons!!

windflower, our yard, cary, north carolina

When dawn breaks in my part of the Welsh countryside the lanes are free of traffic, the sun begins to rise lighting up the sky and bird song fills the air. The cries of a Red Kite hovering above a field hoping a mouse will make a mad dash for the safety of a hedgerow. The rustling of grass blowing gently in the breeze, the crispness of the Autumn air, oh what a time to be alive and take in the wonders that surround us!

Canon PowerShot SX430 IS

f/5.6

1/1000 sec

57 mm

ISO 100

Dedicated to RHC (ILYWAMHASAM)

SONY DSC

Punta Herminia (Galicia)..

Sigma 10-20 EX DC HSM...

This is a shot of a windflower from Friday's photo session with my new Helios 44-2. Unfortunately there wasn't that much light since sun was already pretty low, but I think that exactly this lack of light creates a certain atmosphere. Hope you like it!

When the spent sun throws up its rays on cloud

And goes down burning into the gulf below,

No voice in nature is heard to cry aloud

At what has happened. Birds, at least must know

It is the change to darkness in the sky. ...

Robert Frost: Acceptance (1928)

Ezekiel 7:25 “When anguish comes, they will seek peace, but there will be none.”

When I took this shot of a Short Eared Owl I didn't see the photographer in the back ground DSC_5645-HDR-2-1-CR

When standing on Johnston's Ridge it's sometimes tough to take your eyes off of the maw that is the North face of Mount Saint Helens, I mean you are really looking down its throat from there, what David was thinking I'll never know. However, if you can tear your eyes away and look to the West the view is spectacular as well, especially just before sunrise with the pink super moon looking, well, pink. :)

On FB my nephew wrote on this and said that I take phenomenal photo's to which I replied that a better photographer would have raised the ISO and got a faster shutter speed to get details in the moon, I didn't even think of it at the time.... :) oh well, next time.

I get lost again

Green story

You have to see it with your heart...not only with your sight

when its good its great

Cuando duerme Drogón

Milky Way over "Los Barruecos" Game of Thrones' filming locations for the 7th season, The battle of Goldroad. Cáceres (Extremadura, Spain)

Vía Láctea sobre Los Barruecos, lugar de rodaje de Juego de Tronos para su séptima temporada, en la batalla de Camino Dorado. En Cáceres, Extremadura, España

When I photographed this event three years ago, this shot was overlooked because the background was so busy with boat shed, docks and boat that the action was not well seen. Now, with extra time on my hands and better processing skills to clear the distracting background, the action is clear. That was one lucky trout and an unlucky Osprey.

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Alpine view from Eagle-Nest above Berchtesgaden, Kehlstein mountain range, Bavaria, Germany

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See my new photos in the "My Travels" album:

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Горы сияют сегодня без дымки,

Зелен и ясен их солнечный лик.

Близок, как будто в альбоме на снимке,

Каждый далекий заоблачный пик.

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Альпийский вид из "Орлиного гнезда" над Берхтесгаденом, горный массив Кельштайн, Бавария, Германия

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When the final embers of autumn meet the first whispers of winter. The dusting of snow keeps the fair weather people away.

when one looks down....the Panorama Point......this is what one sees.....

if u look closely one can see the little train taking a "U" turn.......also one can see Vikat Gad here.

“When you find something precious, you have to hold on to it with all your might and never let it go, whatever else you may lose. After all, there are lots of people who die without ever finding something that's really precious to them.”

― Novala Takemoto ―

Vermeer Bowls - Imagined in Midjourney with additional work in Photoshop

Textures From Lenabem Anna J and K.OS - thank you.

Alison Krauss - Now That I've Found You

And trails too far to find

If every damn stranger's got something to hide

The way is wide open for all who'd go

It's never been so close now

And there we won't cry no more

When nature plays a tune so sweet...

When the grandkids come over and want chocolate, give them the cheap stuff. Otherwise, this is what happens.

☼My works are often BEST VIEWED LARGE☼

Ember (2 year old) with Teddy (1 & 1/2 year old).

Ember was our 2nd Malamute daughter. Teddy was our second (Newf/Shep mix) male rescue.

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When the ducks came in to land it was their first ice skating experience.

Half the weight of a house mouse (5g) he could navigate these grasses admirably.

Photographed amongst grasses at British wildlife Centre, Surrey, UK.

As night falls silently all around,

She carefully turns the last page.

Norderney, Germany, 2021.

When you are in the very east of the island of Norderney, it feels like you can almost touch its neighboring island Baltrum, which is only 650 meters away.

Check out the new "Frisian Landscapes" section on www.chm-photography.com.

Enjoy!

When I fly solo I fly so high. Tampa Florida 3/1/18

When traveling around Arizona nearing the end of the pandemic, much of Navajo Land was still forbidden to enter. In order to see Monument Valley we had to stay at The View. This was taken from our balcony. Best view we could have had.

When I saw this hair and cap from Wasabi in the Weekend Sale, I had to have it. It reminded me of times when a bunch of us would get together and play softball at the local sandlot. Then we had to grow up :(

This hair and cap is available at the Wasabi Store. You might still catch it on sale if you hurry.

Pose: DenDen Poses (Custom made for this shot)Need a custom pose for your idea? Hit me up.

Location: DenDen Poses - Temporary Set

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Featuring KUNGLERS and Codex at faMESHed:

KUNGLERS - Ezra earrings Left and Right

faMESHed Event: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/FaMESHed/226/144/1001

KUNGLERS Mainstore: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Accidentally%20Inlove/139/...

KUNGLERS Flickr: flic.kr/ps/t888U

Codex Muerte claws Left and Right (Legacy)

faMESHed Event: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/FaMESHed/226/144/1001

Codex Mainstore: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Watercolor/70/213/1369

Codex Flickr: flic.kr/ps/3uPv2m

Thanks so much for all the support! 😊

When the raising sun is playing with clouds to enlight the mountains and the orange larches in Autumn.

A wonderful feeling we would like never to end...

Valais, Switzerland

Cobb County, Georgia