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Compare the original with the pictures on the postcard. In Valldemossa, the two look very much alike. No wonder, then, that so many tourists visit this pretty town in the mountains of Mallorca every day. The best time to visit is in the evening. Above all, it is a good idea to look around and stroll through the less crowded streets.
This March TLC celebrates it 5th Birthday with a Whimsical cycle and lot of exclusive items at the venue.
From 22769 you find the Suitcase Desk to write down your travel memories at the venue.
Lets have a closer look at the items at TLC : March 2018
22769 - Suitcase Desk
LI 6 - decoration only item
22769 - Office Chair
10 single sit animations - LI 3
22769 - Desk Clutter
decoration only items - contains: Desk Lamp - LI 3, Desk Clutter - LI 2, Desk Plant - LI 2, Office Mug - LI 1, Pencils - LI 1, Tablet - LI 1
22769 - Pinboard - TLC March:2018 Exclusive
LI 2 - decoration item only
All items listed above come with next owner permissions copy, mod, no-trans - used scripts and animations may have different permissions.
The items in the 22769 - Suitcase Desk Set are original creator mesh with materials enabled. You find the items displayed at the venue.
We provide the SLurl to TLC : March 2018 below.
Nature's Erotic Nature Unfolds In Soft Pink Folds & Deep Dark Openings Of Lust, Hiding Stories Of Precious Gifts From My Beloveds —IMRAN®
The life God blessed me to live is a story too vast for a 10,000-page book. Every moment, every vision, every sound is its own chapter. Even a photograph of "just a flower" holds a universe of associated memories.
I feel compelled to write these stories down—for myself, for the day my own memory may fail me. For my loved ones and friends, so you may know me now and remember me later.
And for two incredible people—Z in Canada and A in DC—whom I hope will get to know me better through these and other words I've written over the last half century. Whispers meant for now, and echoes meant for later. Their own stories would be separate, incredible books in themselves.
I captured this magically evocative image of a lily indoors at my blessed Long Island "dream home" at the end of April in 2012. It was a pivotal time—exactly one month after a parallel search had led me to what would become my "fantasy home" in Florida. A moment captured between two dreams.
© 2012–2025 IMRAN®
I could write a million words and none of them would truly express how much you mean to me. It seems the world already knows so I guess it's time I expressed it from my heart. Everyday I am in awe that a man with such a kind, gentile, genuine heart exists in the world, well both worlds. Your drive and ambition when faced with adversity that most people don't even know about is what keeps me by your side, striving for your goals with you. Your care for other people has taught me patience and understanding. You once told me our souls are connected and I wouldn't have it any other way. You make me laugh, you bring me joy, and you help me to be better, always. I am fortunate to know you, habibi. I adore you.
Happy Valentine's Day ❤
If I could write a letter to me
And send it back in time to myself at 17
First I'd prove it's me by saying
"Look under your bed
There's a Skoal can and a Playboy
No one else would know you hid"
And then I'd say I know it's tough
When you break up after seven months
And, yeah, I know you really liked her
And it just don't seem fair
But all I can say is pain like that is fast and it's rare
And, oh, you got so much going for you, going right
But I know at 17 it's hard to see past Friday night
She wasn't right for you and still you feel like there's a knife
Sticking out of your back and you're wondering if you'll survive it
will write up descrip soon.
i miss my comp and regulary uploading. been super busy so not enough time. :-(
miss you flickr!
A southbound CSX mixed freight has reduced speed to 50 MPH for the diamond crossing with the former C&O Piedmont Sub just ahead at Doswell, Va. The date for this action was December 13, 1994. I understand the speed restriction over the crossing has now been raised a bit. Here's a better explanation for such a restriction than I can write from scratch:
"A flashover occurs when the brushes in the commutators of DC traction motors touch each other because of a unusual movement or bump, such as when a locomotive goes over a grade crossing. If the brushes touch each other, an electrical short can occur almost like a lightning strike. Obviously, this can severely damage the traction motors. Locomotives with DC traction motors must have the throttle reduced slightly when going over a grade crossing to reduce the risk of a flashover. Newer locomotives with AC traction motors have no commutator brushes and therefore do not have to be throttled down at grade crossings."
One of the zoo keepers writes messages related to conservation and stewardship of the environment. The enclosure whose window she's writing on belongs to the straw-colored fruit bats, but Amy went all over the building, leaving a variety of tips and educational moments.
"Write because: it is virtually free, it is the cheapest form of therapy, anyone can do it, it can be done anywhere at anytime, you are worthy and what you think matters."
Usually, I don't write captions for photos - I believe a picture should tell its own story. But this one... I feel a connection to it, so I'll share.
In Seoul, near the Dongdaemun Design Plaza, there's a public piano. As a music lover, I can never walk past when someone's playing. And if they play well, I can get hang out there for ages.
That day, I sat down with a small crowd to listen to an elderly man. He played virtuosically – classical pieces. You could tell instantly: a professional.
Behind us, standing apart from the group, was a young man. Eyes closed. Just standing there. Rhythmically tapping a book in his hand. I don't know what was in his mind, but he was very focused.
Meanwhile, the pianist paused, then launched into something familiar. It was Let It Be by the Beatles.
I turned my head... and saw him. The young man. Eyes still closed, but now a blissful smile spread across his face. And in that same moment – tears streamed down his cheeks while a quiet laugh shook his shoulders. So raw. So alone. Away from everyone.
It was clear the emotions were simply overwhelming him. I don't know – maybe the song meant something personal? Maybe he had some sudden insight? But in that outpouring, he was beautiful and utterly exposed.
This is what this photo is about. About sincere emotions from music, from life.
The thing is, I adore that song myself, and The Beatles. And I react the same way – deeply, emotionally – when I hear or see something that strikes a chord in my heart.
Since I was filming the pianist on my phone, I had to fumble quickly to switch to the camera, desperate to capture that fleeting moment of a stranger's raw vulnerability on the street. And yes, the peak intensity had passed; the wave of emotion had subsided.
But the hint of that contented smile remained.
And he kept standing there, eyes closed, smiling softly until the final chord faded.
WRITE A LOVE LETTER TO THE WORLD: The news today is overwhelming. We see widespread pain and suffering and wonder what difference we can make, but I like to believe that if we send positive wishes and good energy out to anyone who needs them, they will reach someone and mean something to them. We underestimate what helping one person could do. Writing a love letter to the world reminds you to operate this way in all your interactions of the day. What connects us all to one another is our connection to love. I know that sometimes divided as we are by our different opinions, values and beliefs. But underneath it all, every single one of us has one powerful thing in common - we all want to experience love.
..inspired by Anne Lamotts, Bird by Bird...
“Thirty years ago my older brother, who was ten years old at the time, was trying to get a report written on birds that he'd had three months to write, which was due the next day. We were out at our family cabin in Bolinas, and he was at the kitchen table close to tears, surrounded by binder paper and pencils and unopened books about birds, immobilized by the hugeness of the task ahead. Then my father sat down beside him put his arm around my brother's shoulder, and said, "Bird by bird, buddy. Just take it bird by bird.”
© Cathrine Halsør
... the earth writes upon the sky – Kahlil Gibran
'Les arbres sont des poèmes que la terre écrit sur le ciel." Kahlil Gibran
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Dans les Highlands d'Ecosse
5/52 weeks for dogs
Harry loves to chew, especially when I filled the Kong before. But he is only chewing on things he is allowed to. Except some shoes he never ruined anything. Maybe we give him enough.I found out he loves pieces of antler. They write dogs chew half a year on those pieces but Harry only needs a week !
The picture was taken on the balcony which is not cleaned yet but we already sit there when the sun shines around noon .
Full write up here: theastroenthusiast.com/ngc-105-from-hubble/
This image from the Hubble Space Telescope displays spiral galaxy NGC 105, which lies 215 million light-years away in the constellation Pisces. NGC 105 appears to be plunging edge-on into a collision with a neighbouring galaxy, but this is just the result of the chance alignment of the two objects in the night sky. NGC 105’s elongated neighbor is actually far more distant and remains relatively unknown to astronomers. These misleading conjunctions occur frequently in astronomy, a great example being NGC 3314: theastroenthusiast.com/ngc-3314-from-hubble/
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So he writes for contemplative souls, and at a very particular point along their way he wants to take them by the hand, at a crossroad where most halt, perplexed, not knowing how to proceed. Impassable barriers confront them on the way they have been traveling. But the new path that opens up before them leads through impenetrable darkness. Who has the courage to venture on it?
-THE SCIENCE OF THE CROSS Edith Stein,
Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross
Discalced Carmelite The Collected Works of Edith Stein VI Translated by Josephine Koeppel, O.C.D.
Edited by Dr. L. Gelber and Romaeus Leuven, O.C.D.
Please write to ricseet@gmail.com if you like a FREE copy of this picture. In return please donate any amount and to any charity of your choice. Just trying to do the little we can help to the needy. Thank you for your generosity!
Thank you for viewing and have a happy day.
Explore #4, May 10 2012
When I visited my daughter on March 20 2011, my grandson, Aidan, was telling me about this bird with babies. I was excited and asked him to show me. He took me outside his home and pointed up - "there they are".
Wow - I saw how cute they were and grab my cam from the car.
Thank you Aidan!
Update: May10 2012
This pic is sold to Nat Geo for their coming book. Proceeds is going to charity.
The lady who bought the pic had a hard time tracking me down becos the person who downloaded this pic from my Flickr account without my knowledge, plastered this all over the internet and change my name from Ric Seet to Rik Seet. So no one can track the originator down. Now others are profiteering from this scam and here is the link to one such websites. You pay them to download my stolen pic:
pixdaus.com/under-her-wings-by-rik-seet-birds-aves-fauna-...
When I did a Rik Seet goggle search there are about 4 full pages of links to such websites !
www.google.com.sg/search?q=Rik Seet&ie=utf-8&oe=u...
This is one of the downside of the internet. To prevent such future mishaps, I have since disabled the download feature under Privacy & Settings. Base on the feedback this is not even safe. Additional advises is to add Watermarks and reduce file size to 800X800. From what I am hearing nothing is save on the net.
Thank you friends for your kind advise. .
Update: May13 2012
I managed to write to a few websites/blogs via email and FB.
1. A friend responded on FB and apologize for posting the pic on FB for Mother Day.
2. An Australian cyclist by the name of Craig plaster the pic for 2012 Mother Day. I wrote to inform him that the pic is my and he blocked me off immi'ly. Isn't that just great, steals your pic and ignores you!
3. What's even more interesting is Pixdaus.com has an option for you to complain if your are the owner of the intellectual property. Isn't this a laugh. I presume they believe they excuse themselves of any legal obligation in the eyes of the law by having this feature on their website! I have written to them and waiting for their reply.
Update June 1 2012
Today a caring Flickr friend brought to my attention that the above pic was stolen again and this pic was posted on Flickr. Wrote to the person to delete my picture which was done. Not a word of apology.
These people have no shame - steal other pictures and post it like theirs. Even took part in invites and participated at the various levels of award to claim credit for themselves.
here is the link if this shameful person and I have seen another couple of stolen pics as well becos they are too skillful for him. Even wrote to advise that these be remove. I am contacting the legal department of Yahoo in Singapore and making a few suggesting to them to apprehend such people.
by Pasckal2011
www.flickr.com/photos/69511790@N07/7293622534/
Since then more Flickr friends have alerted me. I am now no more angry becos I have learnt to share and come to realized this picture brings great memories & joy to others. One guy wrote to request for a print becos he wanted to place it next to his Bible.
He said that it is "God's Gift To Nature"
Update June 4 2012
Great to see that couple of my Flickr friends have added water mark to their pic. Very creative as they take the trouble to strategically position the watermark . I will borrow this idea. Thanks guys!
Update Dec 17 2012
Nat Geo is now printing double the number of copies and has agreed to denote US$300/ to charity of my grandson choice - SPCA. Thank you Nat Geo.
Update Dec 25 2012
Today I received a very touching letter from a mother who requested this print. I am glad that a picture is worth a thousand words and holds special meaning and brings great joy.
So if you need a print please drop me a Flickr mail and your mailing address. Thank you.
My heart goes out to this special lady and this picture is my gift to her. Some of you are aware that my daughter was critically ill. In her own works she told me she nearly died in Oct. Now I rejoice becos she is making slow recovery ----. A small step at a time!
Hi Ric,
I have been searching for the photographer who took the absolutely beautiful photo of the colorful momma bird with it's babies under its wings. I've actually been praying I would find the original photographer. I won't get into the details, but for the last almost 2 years, I've been going through a really hard time with my health due to a horrible medical mistake that I suffered at the hands of a doctor. I will not let anyone tell me I am not going to get better. My husband and my son need me back. This picture holds such meaning for me...I've found it on other websites, which I am so sorry that people are stealing your work, and I have gone back to look at it a lot over the last several months. It brings me great comfort and the colors are just so beautiful and bright. I was wondering if it would be possible to buy a large print of it from you so that I can frame it and have it matted with a verse so I can look at it every day in my house. Would you mind letting me know if it's possible to buy a print from you? If so, what are the size proportions that you could print out for me? The place I want to hang it could handle an overall size of 24"x24" or 24"x28", which would be framed and matted with an inscription matted under it. Hopefully that description makes sense. Would you mind contacting back?
Update April 11 2016
Today i received a very comforting email from this lady and I thank her for helping mereach out to others who may need this pic becos of the sentimental/special meaning this pic means to them. For me this pic means a world to me bcos I am a dad to two precious daughters that I love dearly. No matter what -- I will always be there for them as long as I am on this good earth.
Hi Ric,
I must confess I posted your beautiful picture of the bird shielding her babies under her wings on a tweet and my FB page. I didn't take it from Flickr, I (wrongly) assumed it was in the public domain. Would you like me to remove it or would it be mutually agreeable to post a link to you for your credit and publicity? I am a solicitor working from home writing wills and trusts, hence the family theme, I have not tried to profit directly from the photo, just thought it was a nice image of caring. Sorry.
Kind regards,
Elizabeth
Thank you Elizabeth. There are lots of caring people on this good earth.
"And there are people who forget what it is like to be 16 when they turn 17 and I know these will all be stories someday and our pictures will become old photographs and we will all become somebodies mom or dad. But right now these moments are not stories. This is happening. I am here."
Inspired by "The Perks of Being a Wallflower"
Thanks to Kem for supplying the ginger crack so I could pump this one out in the rainy weather. And thanks Font for the pic!
I guess there's no hurry to write a description for this. With all of flickr's recent issues, chances are nobody will even see this photo.
Anyway... I have seen about a million photos of Antelope Canyon, and have always wanted to see it. It is such a bizarre, otherworldly place that as many photos as I have seen, I still could not quite figure out what the place actually looked like until I saw it with my own eyes. Let me try to describe this place, for everyone who hasn't seen it. First of all, the word Canyon is deceiving. It's hardly a canyon, the way Grand Canyon is a Canyon. When you're inside it, it feels more like a cave. When you look up, you can barely see any sky. All it is really is a crack in a mountain. A mountain split open, probably during an earthquake, leaving a crack about 10 feet wide. Through millions of years of flash floods pouring through the opening whenever there are heavy rains, the walls of the crack have eroded, and smoothed out into these beautiful formations. It is very small. In some places it is as much as 20 feet wide. In others, you can barely squeeze through. (If you have a really big ass, don't attempt Lower Antelope Canyon, you'll only embarrass yourself)
Full write-up here: theastroenthusiast.com/ngc-6888-the-crescent-nebula/
This is another image from telescope live: the Crescent Nebula. It was a tough dataset to stack, as there were a bunch of dead pixel lines from the CCD. However, once the dataset was stacked, it was quite fun to process. The Oiii data was extremally strong, and it was really interesting to see the extent of the wispiness around the nebula. I’ve been experimenting with a new “natural” pallete made from SHO emissions, and I think it turned out pretty accurate!
NGC 6888, also known as the Crescent Nebula, is a cosmic bubble about 25 light-years across, blown by winds from its central, bright, massive star. It combines a composite color image with narrow band data that isolates light from hydrogen and oxygen atoms in the wind-blown nebula. The oxygen atoms produce the blue-green hue that seems to enshroud the detailed folds and filaments. NGC 6888’s central star is classified as a Wolf-Rayet star (WR 136). The star is shedding its outer envelope in a strong stellar wind, ejecting the equivalent of the Sun’s mass every 10,000 years. The nebula’s complex structures are likely the result of this strong wind interacting with material ejected in an earlier phase. Burning fuel at a prodigious rate and near the end of its stellar life this star should ultimately go out with a bang in a spectacular supernova explosion. Found in the nebula rich constellation Cygnus, NGC 6888 is about 5,000 light-years away.
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something new; i like you.
changed it. though i am sick of this purple-ish tone in my photos.
oh hello today i would be very very happy and pleased if you decided to write something to me.