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2013-05-23 17:58:52 (12 comments, 1 reshares, 51 +1s)

Cascade 3
Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area, Oregon, USA

I've been to Multnomah Falls several times, but this was the first time I had a clear idea of the how I wanted the final image to look before I pressed the shutter. For the monochrome series of waterfalls that I'm currently working on, I wanted the bridge and lower portion of the falls to be the brightest and most significant elements, with the upper falls receding into the background. I used my Singh-Ray Vari-ND to get a six second exposure which gave a beautiful silky look to the water.

After doing some cropping and basic tonal adjustments in Lightroom, I exported the file to Photoshop and converted to black & white using Nik Silver Efex Pro. Then came the fun part. I masked out the bridge and used curves and level adjustments to get the right balance of light and shadows. I burned the upper... more »

2013-05-20 12:20:08 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 17 +1s)

Added photos to People's Choice Event in the Vista World.

2013-05-22 08:45:05 (26 comments, 1 reshares, 56 +1s)

in Summer we dream

Sitting outside, in this stream of warming sunshine. A wind it speaks so gently, above and around me, in that soft, yet loudly non deniable way as it sweeps down the mountain sides, the creeks and gentle trees.

So clear and massive in it´s presence this sound, and yet it never for one second feels intrusive or disturbing. Never distracting from the singing birds, the songs of species mixing and blending perfectly beautiful in the air as the sun it keeps us all warm.

My hair it ruffles soft and silent beneath this gentle wind. Connecting us all as it touches both you and me, as gentle and warming as if it where us touching each other.

The sky is blue today.

Not a cloud in sight.

And the wind, it sings for us all, as i see a shooting bird, gracefully climbing back and forth, up and down, climbing that body of air that... more »

2013-05-16 16:46:33 (13 comments, 0 reshares, 53 +1s)

The Nest Point the lighthouse that looks like almost at the #endoftheworld It is a long exposure (Lee Big Stopper) image made in March 2012. Amazing when printed especially on metal plate or metallic paper. If you like it please share it
#plusphotoextract by +Jarek Klimek

2013-05-10 12:46:56 (29 comments, 4 reshares, 62 +1s)

clear blue sky

released
on this clear blue sky
stretching around us all

beneath our very 
private burning sun
swirling for you and i - we climb

like a field of daisies 
stretching and dancing for their spring
time moon, under this veil of a silent blue clear sky and light

like two birds and their feathers and a couple of balloons in flight

this thing has no price and i am happy

#anorseview  
#floralphotography  
#floralfriday  
#breakfastclub  

music for the day

'Stone Sour - gone sovereign'
http://open.spotify.com/track/7c3DfsUMhDTnf2JewbfU8w

2013-05-09 14:56:55 (14 comments, 0 reshares, 49 +1s)

not so endangered

just a tongue in cheek caption thingy :).

Hey btw, did you know that having a bright view of life doesn't just make it more enjoyable for you and me, it also apparently - really - do make it a healthier, yummier and longer ride to

So, create some real and genuine smiles - inside out - , like this cat always does, today and tomorrow and have a great, great rest of the week :).

#anorseview  
#blackandwhitephotography  
#lifeisgreat  
#lyricallyinspired  

music of the day

Stone sour - 'influence of a drowsy god'
http://open.spotify.com/track/56OORedNjFtHSG30bo6QCo

Health perks of the bright side of life

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/08/optimism-health-benefits_n_3230715.html?utm_hp_ref=healthy-living#slide=2422604

They alsofound... more »

2013-05-07 13:46:31 (6 comments, 0 reshares, 30 +1s)

We are all moments in time,
- like tears in rain

Take a few. View the day, breath, inhale calm air and enjoy the taste of life.

Make yourself a cup of java and indulge in it´s scent touching sweepingly and teasingly, almost sultry on your senses until you succumb and let it taste your lips and tongue.

Enjoy - the fulfilling pleasuring of your soul and senses that such small treats can provide.

And while you are at it, bring with you a glass of water to, and then place your behind rightly deserved in your most comfy place of choice and get all snugly as we take a trawl down this history lane of rewind and fast forward.

Embarking on a mutual traversing journey across the fleeting vistas of our mind, from lost days to the present and the pathways leading..

Somewhere and everywhere ..
That you´d like yourself tow... more »

2013-04-26 19:21:55 (30 comments, 2 reshares, 65 +1s)

the flower that is you

if there even exist(s)
a singularity that is one god, or a million and one entities in this evolving universe

if there is none but the miracle that is you and me in flesh and blood of our heart and soul

in the end it is all about the same

life´s real true price, the unrestricted
pleasure
and
real joy
of loving and accepting - of enjoying you for who you are
the unrestricted beauty, that perfect creation that is you 

the music

to go with this piece i give you, "slave to the machine" by killswitch engage  - spotify

http://open.spotify.com/track/7dH5AfiotGE9TiDzZoyPcU

a yummy Friday

Give you´r loved one a long and ever so soft kiss, full of sultry, yummy joy and promises of pleasures to come later today

And then you killit ... more »

2013-04-13 20:33:05 (30 comments, 8 reshares, 101 +1s)

silence amongst the trees

- And Working out :).

No short poems today, no big in depth (or shallow depending on your view) thoughts about life.
Today was just a pleasant, silent day amongst the trees.

Sniffing the fresh air of non polluted vistas and it´s air that rattles the leafs and branches, Accompanied by the sound of birds that lingers on as the sun and the clouds climbs the sky, their calls for their partner, anyone, someone - who knows how their love life looks like. Well, what i do know is that it was a pleasant and calm day.

And when combined with a healthy and yummy meal, great music and a visit to the gym, well, then it´s a pretty great day - almost perfect :).

the music

To go with my workout, this lovely track (walking dead) from Bleeding through get´s to set the vibe, h... more »

2013-04-09 16:28:21 (4 comments, 0 reshares, 43 +1s)

Wonderer

A female leopard from the Sabi Sands gazes out into the landscape, looking at all that is presented out in front of her. I chose to convert this image into sepia as I felt it added to the nostalgic feeling this image evoke in me.

Image © Penny Robartes 2013

Web: http://500px.com/penny1

Submission for:

1. +NatureArtThursday curated by +Trisha Standard , +Dane Clingan
2.  #catsallovertheworld +CATS all over the World curated by +Robert SKREINER and +Edith Kukla
3. +HQSP Animals curated by +Joe Urbz , +Marina Versaci , +Nicole Best
4. +OneCatADay - Photo Theme Page curated by +Sandra Deichmann
5.  #10000photographersaroundtheworld +10000 PHOTOGRAPHERS around the World curated by +Robert SKREINER
6. 109382453312406098463 curated by +Ray Bilcliff
7. +Daily Depth Of Field curated by +Vince Ong +NurainiGhaiful... more »

2013-04-06 13:25:45 (25 comments, 6 reshares, 104 +1s)

the way of the wind - life amongst flowers

Life 
they see it in our eyes
our light of souls, like two suns embraced

creating their own breaking dawn as matter and life transforms

#anorseview  
#floralfriday  
+FloralFriday 
#fineartphotography  

And to go with this flower the melodies of Killswitch engage from their 2013 album, disarm the descent, "the new awakening"

http://open.spotify.com/track/75ekIYzgzJNza1BX2xDUGI

Quote
“The observation was completely unexpected, from a galaxy that has been quiet for at least 20–30 years,” says Marek Nikolajuk of the University of Bialystok, Poland, lead author of the paper in Astronomy & Astrophysics
End quote

In 2011 the entire galaxy, NGC 4845, brightened by a factor of a thousand as astronomers watched theunfolding e... more »

2013-04-05 14:12:35 (8 comments, 3 reshares, 44 +1s)

postcards from April

Have a fun one and enjoy the day

And always remember, if you snooze you loose, or so they say :).

#anorseview  
#breakfastclub  
#sentimentalsunday  

2013-03-28 16:04:04 (7 comments, 0 reshares, 34 +1s)

one morning

in fields so near but far
the hush of winds so silent, drew your breath away

as birds on wings so black they chirped and caressed their grateful good mornings
You turned your face, cheek and eyes laid upon the rays of sun

Your soul it drank the joy of life, multiplied as night gave sway 

#anorseview  
#naturephotography  

the other side of poaching

People often talk about poaching, and it´s greedy, evil side.

And rightly so, poaching endangered species just to make money on other peoples stupidity and false superstitions is evil. It is wrong, short sighted and nothing but a bringer of pain and bleakness that makes life less for us all. 

Not to mention, the evil that it is to intentionally eradicate another species from the life we are all enjoying. Relegating abreat... more »

2013-03-19 16:51:56 (35 comments, 1 reshares, 44 +1s)

of ice and diamonds

Your color on this face
of sunshine reflected

Your painted ice and diamonds

Through, the shredding
the melting and embracing, the light and the evergreen

It warms where it spreads
It fingers so gently
A two folded symmetry of symbiotic existence,
from The touch of cold and life, birthed from still water you emerge as trinkets of diamonds sparkle in the snow and ice, entwined in hair over shoulders so bare

Just a crop people, dont shoot me :)

#anorseview  
#lifeisbeautiful  
#breakfastclub  

2013-03-13 06:36:08 (26 comments, 0 reshares, 61 +1s)

The fool and the first born

Old light from far away, through the time and space, weathered by rain, clouds, dust in the air.

Old light, bouncing through particles that traversed the unknown.
Touching the skin of you, and me, giving birth to leafs of ever green or crumbling other plants back to the soil of new flowers and small critters. All depending on amount of heat, exposure to sunlight and availability of water and shade.

Perhaps it is light that warms our skin after having touched upon the skin and plants of beings in far away planets. Seeing untold rainbows of other planetary surfaces. 

Perhaps our little eco system that we hold so dear, is just one of many and perhaps our mistakes that are now accelerating a climate change on Earth, in scope and pace not seen in the last 11 000 years, perhaps in the grander scope of things, this is just a tiny... more »

2013-03-12 09:57:40 (12 comments, 3 reshares, 56 +1s)

Through time

Come - walk with me through the veil of eternity
in search like arrows in flight

To drums of our own choosing, she took his hand, alone through time and light
- no more

Some of you might already have made the 1080P acquaintance of this gorgeous lil bird taking to the wind and light in the sky on silently fluttering wings previously in my G+ stream.

But i decided to republish it as a 300dpi 4k version, and if you hit the link down below you´ll also be able to download a free for personal use 4k Wallpaper of this photo if having it floating by in the G+ stream isn't enough for you that is :).

Enjoy it and enjoy the day as well and come March 23, dont forget to join in on the Earth hour ( http://earthhour.org ) fun as well,  making sure little birds like this and nature itself will always provide beauty for all ofus.<... more »

2013-03-09 18:59:57 (9 comments, 0 reshares, 52 +1s)

⌂
sail away II IR

Dydd gwyl Dewi Sant hapus
Happy St David's Day




#infraredfriday  +Paula Cobleigh +Ingo Schobert  | #walesuk  

2013-03-12 09:58:09 (14 comments, 2 reshares, 54 +1s)

Photography and food

What a treat :)

Down beneath in this post, you´ll find a sweet recipe for the food and health junkies looking for a kick of less horrid sweets this middle of the week hump day.

But before that. 

Another short blurb of words from my brain and life, straight to you.

And also, a big thank you to Teresa, whom is as wonderful as a human being and friend as she is talented as an visual artist.

Her work of art together with three humble photos of my own, as can be seen in this post, makes up page 140 straight from the up and coming book, "soft love letters from earth".

If you are looking for a visual artist that will bring out the very best in you and any given moment of life, and thus creating a memory worth savoring decades from now.

Then do yourself a favor and hire Teresa because shew... more »

2013-03-12 09:58:26 (29 comments, 3 reshares, 82 +1s)

a Farewell to winter

solitude in silence

like a children's play field, magical and fun sized
there it was - with the beat of two hearts

And with that, we wave goodbye to the days and nights of winter that kept our feets, the very land courted and shrouded in it´s veil of cute, powdery fluff of white.

Turning our eyes, our hands and touch, opening and longing to the critters and dandelions brought to our palm by the brisk winds of today and tomorrow

Life is great :)

#anorseview
#sentimentalsunday

2013-03-12 09:58:41 (5 comments, 1 reshares, 50 +1s)

a land of gentle stones and softest rain

the spirit me greeted
beckoned to follow - through parlor green and sunset red
into their gardens, my mind it journeyed

my eyes - they drank her beauty
the softest delicate,
of broken light and swirling shadows

entwined as bodies, through late summers and wintery night meetings
dancing and fluttering on senses of mine

through journeys of old and yesterdays of tomorrow
we had both found home

#landscapephotography
#breakfastclub
#yourbreakfast
#poetsocietyofphotography
#sentimentalsunday
#anorseview

2013-03-12 09:58:54 (34 comments, 3 reshares, 91 +1s)

serenity in nature

As you dance, swirling through the day time, our night of life
Embraced by wind and moon alone - the serenity of the wild it gently holds your hand

A laughter of silence 
- a thought of giggles bursting through your eyes

Painting a frame of souls set free and captivated, mesmerized as we dance below the of nature and sun, moon beam sparkly, flowing water

#anorseview  
#floralfriday  
#spring2013  
#breakfastclub  
 
Have a great one everybody :)

2013-02-20 04:12:03 (20 comments, 1 reshares, 59 +1s)

Lioness (Kruger Park - Rainy day)
Just wanted to see it in b&w

2013-03-12 09:59:11 (31 comments, 5 reshares, 76 +1s)

little Big Cheetahs

Hear me roar, for i am as fierce and proud
as my little siblings, the lion and tigers of the land forgotten.

As i purr and play - enjoying kind mutual company - so do they
For in you we see a friend, unless a foe in heart and mind you are

And
Then you can hear us roar once more

#anorseview  
#catphotography  
#breakfastclub  
#sentimentalsunday  

2013-03-12 09:59:31 (19 comments, 2 reshares, 65 +1s)

you are never alone

In the outskirts of ravaging storms, the depths of crushing sea and soothing waves

through the calm of sunny days and dew so tender

- you are never alone 

#poetsocietyofphotography  
#floralphotography  
#floralfriday  
#fineartphotography  
#anorseview  
#flowerphotography  
#lifeisgreat  

2013-03-12 09:59:45 (6 comments, 0 reshares, 22 +1s)

our tiny little stream of white waters

Enjoy it all :)

#anorseview  
#thursdayreflection  
#lifeisgreat  
#breakfastclub  

2013-03-12 10:00:08 (2 comments, 1 reshares, 30 +1s)

As you turn

piercing through cloud, man, leaf and ice alike
as spring to the creek

The bringer of warmth, light and life
- to me, you are

#breakfastclub
#landscapephotography
#anorseview
#sentimentalsunday
#spring
#frostfriday

2013-02-11 22:54:38 (2 comments, 3 reshares, 49 +1s)

March of the Elephants
Amboseli National Park, Kenya

After spending 5 days observing and photographing the elephants in the dry and dusty plains of Amboseli, I was heartbroken to read this article on my flight back to the US: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/04/world/africa/africas-elephants-are-being-slaughtered-in-poaching-frenzy.html?pagewanted=all

With rising demand for ivory in China and lax enforcement by the authorities in Africa, the situation looks bleak. When future generations ask what happened to all of the elephants, will they accept the explanation that we wanted their tusks for jewelry and letter openers?

For #threatenedthursday  by +Diego Cattaneo, +Sumit Sen, +Sandy Schepis and +Anette Mossbacher 

2013-03-12 10:00:36 (18 comments, 2 reshares, 35 +1s)

Page 10

If a photo is a thousand words or more, then there could be an endless stream of emotional responses to every photo ever taken.

Doors opening, worlds colliding, emotional responses, memories triggered, feelings left forgotten resurfacing, or new impressions formed.

Perhaps a photograph is not just a frozen moment captured in time.
Perhaps it also carries that moment in time within itself, the sensory balance of what we felt, what we feel and see, the memories we create and associate to every little day and moment in the flesh.

Perhaps, even in the colors and the tonality, the way the highlights merge in to the shadows and darker shades.

Perhaps it is a bit like the stars. One man´s sky is a black velvet upon which blinking stars traverse.

But for you´r neighbor  those blinking stars are just a grain of sand from adis... more »

2013-03-12 10:00:51 (18 comments, 2 reshares, 57 +1s)

a newly born day

and for you sweet girl
A sultry good night, this newly born August 11

Floral photography from a beautiful and magical summer 2012 day.

#floralfriday  
#floralphotography  
#anorseview  
#breakfastclub  
#fineartphotography  

2013-03-12 10:01:07 (13 comments, 2 reshares, 30 +1s)

old barns and never ending love

inside the trodden walls of decay
withered planks and timber - now the home of bees and critters
there once was a lovers lullaby

forever

frozen inside
the remnants of yesterday
but now

there lies a new love in the nest of bumble bees and lush flowers, waiting for spring to dress in green and the glow of beaming color and light to paint the sky so blue

#landscapephotography  
#sentimentalsunday  
#breakfastclub  
#treetuesday  
#fineartphotography  
#oldbarnphotography  
#anorseview  
#poetsocietyofphotography  

2013-02-04 20:12:12 (7 comments, 1 reshares, 43 +1s)

ლ
ewe and i on top of the world.




#monochromemonday  | +Jerry Johnson 
#minimalmonday  | +Olivier Du Tré 
#moodymonday  | +Philip Daly | #walesuk  | #infrared  

2013-02-08 19:54:25 (25 comments, 10 reshares, 74 +1s)

My hope

Creating seeds
for a smile deep inside, through a gift of imagery. The tranquility and enchantment that lay inherent in both the written and spoken word as well as the imagery of life´s fragile beauty and enchanting visuals.

To, in some minor ways make life more mutually joyful for all. Creating a string of thought, capable of empathy that makes life mutually colored in a world gone muted through the bleakness of blind selfishness.

And so, i am now wishing you a wonderful day and week :)

Yes

I know, this is the second time i am posting this one :).

But i have been experimenting with tying together an online based social and commercial eco system and after much experimenting and back and forth contemplating and input from co workers and friends, i´ve come to the conclusion that g+ works really well as the core fort... more »

2013-02-03 19:47:00 (10 comments, 1 reshares, 46 +1s)

do we float in the dark

Do we float when we dream
like the eagle in the clouds
or is the dark windswept castle's and hills a safe journey home on slumbering carts behind horses and cows

#flowerphotography
#anorseview
#fineartphotography
#breakfastclub
#sentimentalsunday  

2013-02-03 19:02:38 (2 comments, 2 reshares, 38 +1s)

© 2013
➤ Solitaire

2013-02-03 16:22:10 (6 comments, 2 reshares, 28 +1s)

The oyster in life

Like celestial beings, immortal and free
Through both rising and descending, like the waves above and down beneath

On wings we follow, guide and lead. Support and bleed, for you we pull and give
Upon life´s journey, through you´r smiles, deep within, the sun and moon and forever me

A glimps, you´r touch, forever free, to be,the unrestricted you, if you want to come and play, open you´r hand and touch the oyster(s) of life

for we are always there

Ah yes - Spring

It is now a new month, a beautiful February, and as such i decided that it was time for spring :).

And not only is spring such a wonderful and often times gorgeous time of year, but it also celebrates life, giving and creating new. 

From sunshine to flowers and little critters, prey and predators alike, all aroundthere... more »

2013-01-28 12:57:39 (1 comments, 1 reshares, 20 +1s)

Sometimes the music of nature can best be shared in silence.

I will be off the grid on filming expeditions most of the year.

For the next 365 days I will share images from my personal Ashes and Snow journals. Each image will be numbered and I invite you to write the words...

This is day two.

—Gregory Colbert

2013-01-27 00:29:38 (4 comments, 1 reshares, 38 +1s)

the sweet ties of pleasure and lust

your skin i trail, my lips and fingers touching
tasting and kissing, the gentle embrace
as my tongue finds the sweet, the newly shaved

you´r hands i restrain with ties so sweet
breathing and wetness hand in hand i guide, to taste and release
the dew that is you

#anorseview  
#weekendfun  
#floralfriday  
#floralphotography  

2013-01-27 21:32:02 (23 comments, 4 reshares, 29 +1s)

the secret winter

behold
through time and our globe of snow 
a looking glass of future winters

the other coin of all our future winters

Some of us take a more relaxed walk through life.
Always trying our best to enjoy it as much as possible despite the situation or weirdness of the world (at times it is a weird, weird place :P).

Not feeling the need to close our eyes to things that are wrong to be able to enjoy the richness and wonders that life provides so plentiful.

While some has a need to close their eyes to both big and small to pretend that nothing bad or wrong happens out there in order to keep on smiling and enjoying daily life´s great fun miracles in the track and field, work, romance, oceans, sky diving, photography and art.

So, in case you belong to the second group :).
And you would like to bea... more »

2013-01-27 15:28:18 (13 comments, 2 reshares, 28 +1s)

forest cats and ghosts of fairies

Is that ghosts my lady that i see?
- No little cub, it is the guardian cats of the forest

Oh - how wonderful

i have never seen cats like that
Can we chase them my lady, can you set the pack free and let us run through the valley so deep with snow and light dancing around our paws, and feel the wind through our fur as we stretch our legs, chasing those cats up and down all day and night.

- Yes my cub, let us chase them, through the bush land and snowy trees, let the owls and ravens hear our howl

#landscapephotography  
#anorseview  
#winterwonderland  

And as a similar, albeit - the other side of the coin story.

A short tale of a poacher that illegally hunted and tried to kill a beautiful Siberian Tiger (Amur Tiger), also known as the biggest naturallywild ca... more »

2013-02-04 16:14:08 (7 comments, 2 reshares, 38 +1s)

My favourite photo of lions. Mostly because it was a personal goal which eluded me for a long time. I don't get in the field often so these opportunites are rare. I was lucky when the sun came through after a thunderstorm and the male decided to shake off the water.

2013-02-04 16:20:03 (3 comments, 1 reshares, 31 +1s)

Tobacco Sunset - The beautiful peak of Ama Dablam shines in the twilight. - Everest Region of Nepal.

2013-02-03 19:28:27 (11 comments, 1 reshares, 31 +1s)

from the inside and the outside

2013 came and with it time, dates and sunrises was new, and yet the same in as many ways as each day brings with it a new slate.
But no matter if we are happily enjoying the wonders of life, to be found in every little day and minor thing.

No matter if it´s a sweet treat salivating our senses and inner child, or if we marvel at the 100 billion stars, roughly, present in the milky way galaxy - our very own backyard. No matter if we are contemplating the fact that one in six of those stars have earth sized planets orbiting in or near - what we like to think of as, "habitable zones", although the exact number of planets within those habitable zones are yet to be determined.

However, no matter that, right now, here, down on earth.

The small picture, is always as important and magical as the big picture.
So,... more »

2013-02-05 23:33:23 (29 comments, 3 reshares, 41 +1s)

through time

Come - walk with me through the veil of eternity
in search like arrows in flight

to drums of our own choosing, she took his hand, alone through time and light - no more

This is a piece of mine that is facing it´s first birthday by now and even tho it is far from a technical master piece, it breathes and whispers of a particular something, an essence and quality of fragile life and it´s beauty that for me more then makes up for the imperfections in this capture.

And since it is more or less this photo´s first birthday today :) i thought it served as the perfect "happy new year" and bye, bye to the old year post. And whatever you guys do in a couple of days when the next year is here - make sure you do it happier and better then the last year, allowing yourself and everyone else in you´r life, a truly happy and fulfilling lifeand ... more »

2013-02-05 15:05:40 (30 comments, 1 reshares, 43 +1s)

rockstar Santa

Through the night time and of sunshine, all sparkly snowy landscapes

Santa he came
Swift footed, grace like, through trees and the moonlit dawn
with magic in tow and the worlds cutest fairies,
For the stuffing of socks and climbing of chimney's

Gift wrapping thoughts and warming of hearts
Santa he came

#anorseview  
#winterwednesday  
#winterwonderland  

2013-02-05 15:14:44 (25 comments, 3 reshares, 24 +1s)

Life, the +way - 1.5 year down the road

First of all - Enjoy the holidays, each and everyone of you.

Take it slow, enjoy it all and we´ll see you on the other side of the year ( unless the Mayans where right, if so, let´s all hope for a night of nice fireworks :P ).

And with that out of the way.

Over the last 1.5 years, i have managed to put up a few photos of my own here on G+ that i can look back at now and still feel good about :), i have also chosen to re share a select few by other photographers whose photos have felt pleasing to the eye and sometimes even inspiring to the soul.

Google+ itself, just as Google, has during this time matured and changed through incremental changes, sometimes taking minor baby steps - both back and forth, while other times seemingly making giant leaps of evolution (in terms of a social network and the shortt... more »

2013-02-05 15:15:57 (16 comments, 1 reshares, 43 +1s)

The birth of death and life

Photosynthesis.

Let that word linger on you´r tongue for a few.
The life giver of today was once the bringer of death and destruction. 

From tiny molecules of water, long before the age of man and dinosaurs, a vile army of bacteria once set loose global mass destruction upon the face of earth as the bastard childs schemed to end the cycle of life.

But upon unleashing photosynthesis on the world, they did not just end one early cycle of life,  they also, by freeing the oxygen trapped inside water made sure that life as we know it today would form.

Or as, Kevin Redding at Arizona State University in Tempe say. "The extinction caused by oxygen was probably the largest ever seen, but at the same time animal life wouldn't be possible without oxygen."

So, today's little photo of mineget´s n... more »

2013-02-05 23:34:54 (17 comments, 5 reshares, 38 +1s)

Heart and snow of December

The hand we hold
beneath the snow and powdery skies of white and blue
The eyes we drink
from
over our hot choco and coffee
Like the leaf
unique and beautiful, one of a kind you are
Rare and bright in a crowd of leafs
only you i see

#anorseview  
#landscapephotography
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2013-02-05 23:36:08 (3 comments, 1 reshares, 32 +1s)

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seaweed drying hut II



#seatuesday  | +Julia Anna Gospodarou 
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2013-02-05 23:37:39 (28 comments, 3 reshares, 46 +1s)

the life and wonder of frozen rain

a silent Sunday morning, in the air,
the breath of brewing coffee
the touch of you´r fragrance, you´r hair on my shoulders draped
evoking

my senses as i open my eyes to the light of day

outside the light it warms, pours through air and particles
Kissing us through the curtains
stretching and painting
it´s touch
through the embrace of frozen water and warmth as night meets the break of our morning sun

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#sentimentalsunday  

2013-02-09 12:35:39 (12 comments, 4 reshares, 56 +1s)

mother nature

Mother nature, the provider of beauty unequaled, giving life as well as death.

As fierce and powerful when unleashing all her fury as she is caring and tender when calming our senses and providing our eyes and mind and very soul with beauty and memories.

Last week/days she has been reminding us just how much more fury there is stored up, waiting to be unleashed, and no matter if people believe in the impact we have on climate change or not, i think it is safe to say that no one can ignore that we have to make short and long term changes in how we do (ab)use nature.

If for nothing else because keeping on doing it the same way as before - will not help anyone a tiny little bit, but changing things at large might and there is no way society and people can afford not to try and change the way we do life.

It is not just about nature tho,... more »