And what will our world look like tomorrow?

...That’s why I’d Love to Hang my Hat in Tennessee.

A bit of a twist of the lyrics from George Strait’s 1987 Country Hit Recording : )

Last October, the Mrs. and I enjoyed a week in the Beautiful State of Tennessee. In addition to visiting the Great Smoky Mountains National Park (a Bucket List item) we had a delightful day at the gorgeous Cumberland Mountain State Park located in Crossville Tennessee.

The Byrd Creek Bridge is the centerpiece of the Cumberland Mountain State Park. The seven span bridge is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Cumberland Homesteads Historic District. The Byrd Creek Dam is the largest masonry structure ever built by the Civilian Conservation Corps.

Men of the Civilian Conservation Corps built this unsuspended bridge between 1935 and 1940, for a 30-acre impoundment of Byrd's Creek. Three thousand five hundred and fifty cubic yards of dirt and rock were excavated and the core, containing 8,000 tons of concrete, is faced with Crab Orchard stone for the 319-foot span. Seven spillways, rising 28 feet above the stream bed, carry the 18-foot wide roadway approximately, which is 16 feet above water level.

Cumberland Mountain State Park began as part of the greater Cumberland Homesteads Project, a New Deal-era initiative by the Resettlement Administration that helped relocate poverty-stricken families on the Cumberland Plateau to small farms centered on what is now the Cumberland Homestead community. The 1,720-acre park was acquired in 1938 to provide a recreational area for some 250 families selected to homestead on the Cumberland Plateau.

(Nikon Z6, 14-30 lens @ 14 mm, 1/100 @ f/22, ISO 500, edited to taste)

Mom preens while the kids bicker.

Great Egrets (Ardea alba)

St. Augustine Alligator Farm rookery

St. Augustine, Florida

HWW

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"In my dream, children sing

A song of love for every boy and girl

The sky is blue and fields are green

And laughter is the language of the world

Then I wake and all I see

Is a world full of people in need

Tell me why does it have to be like this?

Tell me why is there something I have missed?

Tell me why 'cos I don't understand

Everyday I ask myself

What will I have to do to be a man?

Do I have to stand and fight

To prove to everybody who I am?

Is that what my life is for

To waste in a world full of war?"

Eye Makeup : Hexed -Luana Eyeliner

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Lipstick: Hexed - Ecletic Lipstick (only BoM for EvoX); 10 different colors

мy мυѕιc "Annie Lennox -Why"

"This is the book I never read

These are the words I never said

This is the path I'll never tread

These are the dreams I'll dream instead

This is the joy that's seldom spread

These are the tears...

The tears we shed

This is the fear

This is the dread

These are the contents of my head

And these are the years that we have spent

And this is what they represent

And this is how I feel

Do you know how I feel?

'Cause i don't think you know how I feel

I don't think you know what I feel

I don't think you know what I feel

You don't know what I feel"

ⓒRebecca Bugge, All Rights Reserved

Do not use without permission.

...when you can escalate?

Yes, I admit, that is a terrible pun, but I couldn't resist.

Taken in Akihabara, Tokyo.

Captivity.

Por qué tomo fotos? Nunca me lo había preguntado...

Me llena completamente, es mi vida y mi sueño :) Desde chica, en las reuniones de familia, siempre era: "Yo!" la que quería tomar la foto... Cuando obtuve mi primera cámara fue como un sueño hecho realidad! Me gusta dejar plasmados momentos y sensaciones, para volver a recordarlos, me gusta expresarme a través de ellas y trasmitir alguna bonita emoción. Siento que las fotos a veces me desnudan el alma.

...El momento de estar consiguiendo en una foto eso que "siento" es mágico... A mi la fotografía me hace feliz :-)

Para Crazy Tuesday Theme: "And you...? Why do you take pictures?" 7DWF <3

Un bonito y muy especial tema de hoy :-D

This is one of the "pillars" at Pillar Falls, Idaho.

I shot this photo last year, and just couldn't get happy with it. I'm not sure I'm happy with it now but, figured what the hell and why not.

Pillar Falls is located in central southern Idaho right at the base of the city of Twin Falls. Home to all kinds of crazy adventurers like Base jumpers jumping off the Perrine Bridge and Evil Knievel's failed attempt at jumping the Snake River Canyon on a rocket bike.

It is a familiar site to all those that canoe and kayak to Shoshone Falls just a short distance upstream as Pillar Falls is a portage location on that trip.

For those interested in a sense of scale There is a man standing on his boat fishing in this image. Right edge of frame at the waterline.

There are some questions in life, it's batter not to look for the answers !!!!

▶ Credits: note of my favs (Blog)

Thank you :)

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Earrings: Quirky April Earring Set

Nails: Duckie WH

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Close your eyes

Let me tell you all the reasons why

Think you're one of a kind.

Here's to you

The one that always pulls us through

Always do what you got to do

You're one of a kind

Thank god you're mine.

You're an angel dressed in armor

You're the fair in every fight

You're my life and my safe harbor

Where the sun sets every night

And if my love is blind

I don't want to see the light.

It's your beauty that betrays you

Your smile gives you away.

Cause you're made of strength and mercy

And my soul is yours to save

I know this much is true

When my world was dark and blue

I know the only one who rescued me was you

Close your eyes

Let me tell you all the reasons why

You're never going to have to cry

Because you're one of a kind

Yeah, here's to you

The one that always pulls us through

You always do what you got to do, baby

Because you're one of a kind.

When your love pours down on me

I know I'm finally free

So I tell you gratefully

Every single beat in my heart is yours to keep

So close your eyes

Let me tell you all the reasons why, babe

You're never going to have to cry, baby

Because you're one of a kind

Yeah, here's to you

You're the one that always pulls us through

You always do what you got to do, babe

'Cause you're one of a kind.

You're the reason why I'm breathing.

With a little look my way

You're the reason that I'm feeling

It's finally safe to stay!

(Lyrics from Michael Bublé - Close Your Eyes)

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It's not a passing phase, it's not a grump, it's a true fear of Halloween. I share on the blog. Plus! More undies... readmeri.wordpress.com/2019/10/31/why-i-hate-halloween/

Somewhere in Maine.

Why do dolls or puppets in windows always look so creepy? Admittedly, this is a Museum of Theatre Puppets, still....

Recrudescence, Nadir, Veritate et Virtute

Part 1

"Why don't you ever want to play?

I'm tired of this piece of string.

You sleep as much as I do now

And you don't eat much of anything."

Inspiration:

Plea from a Cat Named Virtute - The Weakerthans

Pose:

PosEd - I Miss You

Virtute the Cat:

Zooby Calico Cat Avatar

Location: Holodeck at Starbase 74

Thunderstorm graphic courtesy of moi

Part 1 of 4

1. "Why Don't You Ever Want To Play?"

2. "I Can't Remember the Sound You Found For Me"

3. "The 21st Day"

4. "Let It Rest & Be Done"

CREDITS

TUNE

Taken at Tokyo Street

Dahlia bud and little visitor

[Auto Revuenon 55mm / 1.4 with extension ring]

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DANCING www.flickr.com/groups/frech_photo_challenge

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A sign of the times in a nearby garden.

{Why Not?} Mireland Kids Winter Playhouse

🌺LM

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to lock this rusty thing with such a heavy chain ... 😄

I don't know whether it is still in use ... and NO, that's not my bike : ))

And I don't even want to rule out that it could be art (the tyre still looks good): I saw it in a so-called Creative Park, where many artists and creatives are 'at home'

Crazy Tuesday - theme of November 5, 2019: Rust / Oxido

Thanks for looking and your feedback !!

HaPpY CrAzY TuEsDaY

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Crazy Tuesday - Thema: Rost

... warum überhaupt die Mühe ??

dieses rostige Ding mit einer solch schweren Kette anzuschließen?

Ob es noch funktioniert ... die Reifen sehen eigentlich gut aus !!

Und NEIN: Das ist nicht mein Fahrrad : ))

Wie bereits in den Kommentaren erwähnt, will ich nicht ausschließen, dass es sich um Kunst handeln könnte: ich habe es im sog. Kreativpark Alter Schlachthof (Karlsruhe) gesehen, wo viele Künstler, Kreative und Kulturschaffende zuhause sind

Danke für's Schauen und euer Feedback !!

Einen schönen Dienstag euch allen !

Why Me?

Make It Easy...

...For Once.

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Oh, where did the blue sky go?

And why is it raining so?

It's so cold

-Travis-

I don't know why, but when I took this picture I had this song stuck in my head. Childhood memories of calm summer mornings, eating breakfast and listen to the birds chirping outside 💞

Morning has broken - Cat Stevens

Morning has broken like the first morning

Blackbird has spoken like the first bird

Praise for the singing

Praise for the morning

Praise for them springing fresh from the Word

Sweet the rain's new fall, sunlit from heaven

Like the first dew fall on the first grass

Praise for the sweetness of the wet garden

Sprung in completeness where His feet pass

Mine is the sunlight

Mine is the morning

Born of the One Light Eden saw play

Praise with elation, praise every morning

God's recreation of the new day

Morning has broken like the first morning

Blackbird has spoken like the first bird

Praise for the singing

Praise for the morning

Praise for them springing fresh from the Word

My new friend Siesta <3

She made embryo

Why did somebody leave a pair of what appeared to be a perfectly good pair of sneaks hanging on this bar on the levee in Alviso, California?

I remember back in my earliest days in world when I first experienced RL physical reactions to movement in SL. What I mean is feeling slight vertigo when I climbed to the top of a mountain and looked over the edge, as an example. I have had this happen when playing other computer games too. I am sure there is a scientific reason why we experience this but I don't really understand it.

But, when I can't get to the actual ocean to feel the salt water on my face and hear the sails flapping in the wind, nothing beats an early morning sail on the Blake Sea. It isn't real sailing but it feels close enough for a Tuesday in November.

Even though we stopped feeding the deer, they still hang around hoping we will change our mind. Now they nibble on our shrubs and cedar trees.

NOTE:

I am going to be less active on flickr for awhile. We are in the beginning process of downsizing and selling our home. Our intention is to buy a smaller home with more amenities, close by, in another community. Right now we are preparing the house for viewing. I will keep you posted as to our progress. Hopefully it all goes smoothly!

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Bis. Why bis? 'Cause I love this song. And I love, love, love its lyrics...

Bis. Pourquoi bis? Parce que j'adore cette chanson. Et j'aime, j'aime, j'aime ses paroles...

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