tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7148483311247989542024-03-14T03:37:04.616+00:00Livingsta's Photo Log!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02177006124796248783noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-714848331124798954.post-5833070130503388042013-08-05T21:27:00.000+01:002013-08-05T21:27:35.741+01:00Dance like there's nobody watching...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">“You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching,</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Love like you'll never be hurt,</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Sing like there's nobody listening,</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">And live like it's heaven on earth.”</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">~William W. Purkey</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">From the events in Bedford last Saturday!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I had no idea what dance it was, loved the colours and the moves...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Hope you all have had a great start to the week, have a good one!</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02177006124796248783noreply@blogger.com0Bedford, UK52.1359729 -0.4666545999999698352.0580089 -0.62801609999996977 52.2139369 -0.30529309999996984tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-714848331124798954.post-12265830287028939852013-08-04T21:51:00.000+01:002013-08-04T21:51:48.801+01:00The Spiders...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">She finds an innocuous corner in which to spin her web. </span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">The longer the web takes, the more fabulous its construction. </span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">She has no need to chase. </span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">She sits quietly, her patience a consummate force; </span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">she waits for her prey to come to her on their own, and then she ensnares them, injects them with venom, rendering them unable to escape. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">Spiders – so needed and yet so misunderstood.” </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><br />Have a lovely week ahead!</span><div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02177006124796248783noreply@blogger.com0Ampthill, Central Bedfordshire MK45, UK52.0363802 -0.498514999999997651.997305200000007 -0.5791959999999976 52.0754552 -0.4178339999999976tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-714848331124798954.post-1447666008157767562013-07-27T16:38:00.001+01:002013-07-27T16:38:51.357+01:00Summer Splash!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">A shot from earlier this week when the kids were having fun at the water fountain to ease off the summer heat...</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: #222222; line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Have a lovely weekend! </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: #222222; line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Stay smiling!</span></span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02177006124796248783noreply@blogger.com0Bedford, UK52.1359729 -0.4666545999999698352.0580089 -0.62801609999996977 52.2139369 -0.30529309999996984tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-714848331124798954.post-9348580103317499802013-07-26T23:27:00.000+01:002013-07-26T23:27:59.110+01:00Reflection...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: #222222; line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Be a reflection of what you’d like to see in others!</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: #222222; line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">You get in return, what you give!</span></span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02177006124796248783noreply@blogger.com0The Embankment, Bedford MK40, UK52.1348828 -0.45763149999993452.1324463 -0.462673999999934 52.1373193 -0.452588999999934tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-714848331124798954.post-17888512816405341742013-07-21T19:08:00.001+01:002013-07-21T19:08:55.499+01:00Bedford Dragon Boat Race - July 2013<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: #222222; line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">This one is from the Dragon Boat Race here in Bedford today and this was in aid of three local charities (Autism Bedfordshire, Bedford Foodbank and Bedford Sea Cadets). </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: #222222; line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Dragon boat racing is an ancient Chinese tradition. The three crews you see here are the ones that made it to the finals.</span></span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02177006124796248783noreply@blogger.com0The Embankment, Bedford MK40, UK52.1348828 -0.45763149999993452.1324463 -0.462673999999934 52.1373193 -0.452588999999934tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-714848331124798954.post-85555449565173767042013-07-09T22:45:00.001+01:002013-07-09T22:45:13.897+01:00In search of the black swan...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 21px;">Wandering in search of the black swan, I managed to spot him last Saturday during my walk down the river. I have always been fascinated by these beautiful birds, their pretty red beaks and the beautiful plumes. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 21px;">This black swan has wandered into our little town, not sure from where. He is alone, and the mute swans do not seem to give him any company (as far as I've observed)...</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 21px;">Sighting him first around 10 days before as the bus home from work crossed the town bridge, I got all so excited. Impatiently waiting for the weekend to arrive, I set off looking for this beautiful bird wondering if I would be able to find him, because of the size of the river, its streams and also wondered if he'd flown away.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 21px;">These birds are native to Australia and are kept in captivity in other countries including the UK. This one may be even just one of those that escaped captivity. There are just a few breeding pairs in all of the UK. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 21px;">He has become popular in the town, he's made to the local news...Yay..!!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 21px;">I remember seeing a pair in the Trivandrum zoo last year when I visited my hometown (*DEEP SIGH* Missing home like hell :-((((( huh..).</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 21px;">The wired fences prevented me from having a good glance and picture of them. Still, sharing one here...They are pretty birds, aren't they?</span></span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02177006124796248783noreply@blogger.com0River Great Ouse, United Kingdom52.1433298 -0.5616826000000401151.8314568 -1.20712960000004 52.455202799999995 0.083764399999959882tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-714848331124798954.post-2833487653199373802013-07-06T23:30:00.000+01:002016-01-12T07:53:59.870+00:00Walk by the river<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Photo from my walk down the river today, a long few hours walk after a long few months break. I need to start doing this more often. 'Twas a lovely extra warm day, but the most wanted after the long winter and rainy and cold spring. We hope this lasts for sometime. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Bit frustrated about my camera's battery these days, as it dies out pretty quick. Time for a replacement I guess after 5 years of use! Sharing the guys from the boating club on the river!</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02177006124796248783noreply@blogger.com0River Great Ouse, United Kingdom52.1433298 -0.5616826000000401151.8314568 -1.20712960000004 52.455202799999995 0.083764399999959882tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-714848331124798954.post-6913116991934226962013-07-05T19:18:00.000+01:002013-07-05T19:18:32.631+01:00Ampthill Methodist Church<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Sharing here with you all today, the Ampthill Methodist Church that was built in the late 1800s. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Seriously made me wonder, why all these years, that is after working in that beautiful Georgian town, Ampthill for more than 3.5 years, I never took a chance to walk around that town and explore its historic beauty and other things. I was determined today that I would make my walk to the pharmacy a fruitful one and here I am with a beautiful photo of this church. There are many more churches and places to explore, and I will be sharing them as I visit. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><br />Have a lovely weekend everyone, enjoy the warmth of the Sun...</span><div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02177006124796248783noreply@blogger.com0Ampthill, Central Bedfordshire MK45, UK52.0363802 -0.498514999999997651.997305200000007 -0.5791959999999976 52.0754552 -0.4178339999999976tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-714848331124798954.post-51250822575525394982013-07-04T17:39:00.001+01:002013-07-04T17:39:48.404+01:00Pretty daisies!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: #fffffc; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Almost Friday!!!</span></span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02177006124796248783noreply@blogger.com0Ampthill, Central Bedfordshire MK45, UK52.0363802 -0.498514999999997651.997305200000007 -0.5791959999999976 52.0754552 -0.4178339999999976tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-714848331124798954.post-48815233390344459962013-07-03T21:09:00.001+01:002013-07-03T21:09:58.610+01:00A rose is a rose is a rose.....<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Editing a few pictures and this rose made me think of the poem by <span style="line-height: 24px;">Gertrude Stein, the lines from Shakespeare and the song by Poe!!! So here I am, sharing my rose, </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; line-height: 24px;"><b><u><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">the poem from Sacred Emily,</span></u></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b><span style="line-height: 24px;">.....</span><span style="line-height: 24px;">Rose is a rose is a rose is a rose.</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><span style="line-height: 24px;"><b>~Gertrude Stein</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b><span style="line-height: 24px;">From Shakespeare's </span><em style="line-height: 24px;">Romeo and Juliet</em><span style="line-height: 24px;">, 1600:</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; line-height: 24px;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b><u>and the song</u></b>! </span></span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02177006124796248783noreply@blogger.com0Ampthill, Central Bedfordshire MK45, UK52.0363802 -0.498514999999997651.997305200000007 -0.5791959999999976 52.0754552 -0.4178339999999976tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-714848331124798954.post-33073976800727867592013-06-25T00:03:00.000+01:002013-06-25T00:03:08.220+01:00The night after the Supermoon 2013!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02177006124796248783noreply@blogger.com0Bedford, UK52.1359729 -0.4666545999999698352.0580089 -0.62801609999996977 52.2139369 -0.30529309999996984tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-714848331124798954.post-18472282727770710692013-06-24T20:25:00.001+01:002013-06-24T20:25:54.336+01:00Beating the blues with the blues!!!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">So finally beaten the blues, the fact is, I am still feeling blue! :-/</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02177006124796248783noreply@blogger.com0Bedford, UK52.1359729 -0.4666545999999698352.0580089 -0.62801609999996977 52.2139369 -0.30529309999996984tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-714848331124798954.post-23189800583373183452013-06-20T18:32:00.000+01:002013-06-20T18:37:15.500+01:00Shadows will fall behind you!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">With the weather predicted for the next 10 years, as years with <b><span style="color: #cc0000;">wet summer</span></b>, I've been sulking! No wonder why I'm feeling too low!<b><span style="color: #0b5394;">:'(</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><span style="background-color: #fcfcfc; color: #444444; line-height: 16px;">Hope you all had a wonderful day! </span><span style="background-color: #fcfcfc; color: #444444; line-height: 16px;">Can't wait for tomorrow till I finish work!</span></span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02177006124796248783noreply@blogger.com0Ampthill, Central Bedfordshire MK45, UK52.0363802 -0.498514999999997651.997305200000007 -0.5791959999999976 52.0754552 -0.4178339999999976tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-714848331124798954.post-91497834682810917952013-06-18T21:36:00.003+01:002013-06-18T21:36:56.548+01:00Oh those baby Apples....!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">These lovely crunchy baby apples are from a tree that I haven't noticed for three years. Yes, right beside my office at the car-park. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Wondering if the tree did not bear any fruits at all before or if my eyes were that blind! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Well, was so tempted to have one, but they are still too small / tender. I love unripe apples, their crunchy, sweet n sour taste.....mmmmm!!! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">As you can see, these are still too small....reminded me of guavas! Haven't had them for ages!!! <b><span style="color: #cc0000;">:o)</span></b> *SIGH*</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02177006124796248783noreply@blogger.com0Ampthill, Central Bedfordshire MK45, UK52.0363802 -0.498514999999997651.997305200000007 -0.5791959999999976 52.0754552 -0.4178339999999976tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-714848331124798954.post-24081137777775169292013-06-15T22:52:00.001+01:002013-06-20T18:35:19.294+01:00When the Sun goes down!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span class="maintext" style="background-color: white; color: #232323; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">If there is one thing in life that you can never lose beside yourself, </span></span><br />
<span class="maintext" style="background-color: white; color: #232323; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">it is the hope for a better day, </span></span><br />
<span class="maintext" style="background-color: white; color: #232323; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">because there will always be one. </span></span><br />
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<span class="maintext" style="background-color: white; color: #232323; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Just as there are bad times; </span></span><br />
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<span class="maintext" style="background-color: white; color: #232323; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">And even though things may seem uncertain in the moment, </span></span><br />
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<span class="maintext" style="background-color: white; color: #232323; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">fill your mind with hopeful thoughts, </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><span class="maintext" style="background-color: white; color: #232323; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">and remember to keep stepping out on faith as well.</span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b>Liked the quotes above and feeling inspired + motivated...</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><span style="background-color: white;">Peace and Love...</span></span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02177006124796248783noreply@blogger.com0Bedford, UK52.1359729 -0.4666545999999698352.0580089 -0.62801609999996977 52.2139369 -0.30529309999996984tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-714848331124798954.post-18131176132213516002013-06-07T19:02:00.000+01:002013-06-07T19:02:16.989+01:00The Wild Clematis...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">And it's Friday!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Loving the sunshine and the beauty it brings to the world around me...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">The Clematis near my workplace are in bloom and Dora Read Goodale's poem comes to my mind, it's not August though!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>Where the woodland streamlets flow,</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>Gushing down a rocky bed,</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>Where the tasseled alders grow,</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>Lightly meeting overhead,</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>When the fullest August days</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>Give the richness that they know,</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>Then the wild clematis comes,</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>With her wealth of tangled blooms.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>Reaching up and drooping low,</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>.....</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>.....</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>~Dora Read Goodale</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Hope you all had a lovely week...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Have a relaxing weekend!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Peace...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Livingsta :-)</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02177006124796248783noreply@blogger.com0Ampthill, Central Bedfordshire MK45, UK52.0363802 -0.498514999999997651.997305200000007 -0.5791959999999976 52.0754552 -0.4178339999999976tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-714848331124798954.post-9648980365312840282013-06-02T19:54:00.001+01:002013-06-02T19:54:32.947+01:00Something to inspire...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: #fcfcfc; line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">So another week is almost there, and the weekend has quietly slid past. We're almost towards the middle of this year and this makes me wonder, "Where have the days gone?"</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fcfcfc; line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>"Do what you can with what you've got wherever you are."</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fcfcfc; line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Never look at others and worry about what you do not have, but instead, be happy and content with what you have and be grateful for that. Do your best, help when you can and wherever you can....</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fcfcfc; line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">And, posting a picture from Summer 2012, as I still haven't got out of my little den to shoot pictures this Summer. I need to stay motivated......</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fcfcfc; line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">These are from the gardens by the Embankment.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><span style="background-color: #fcfcfc; line-height: 16px;">I leave you all with these thoughts and h</span><span style="background-color: #fcfcfc; line-height: 16px;">oping you all will be having a wonderful week ahead...</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fcfcfc; line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Sending you all some warm smiles...and it is a bit warm here today!</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fcfcfc; line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Peace and love...</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fcfcfc; line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Livingsta :-)</span></span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02177006124796248783noreply@blogger.com0Bedford, UK52.1359729 -0.4666545999999698352.0580089 -0.62801609999996977 52.2139369 -0.30529309999996984tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-714848331124798954.post-69345069185566408932013-06-01T12:38:00.003+01:002013-06-01T12:41:37.202+01:00Year without a Summer...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 21px;">In the Spring of 1315, </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 21px;">there began an era of unpredictable weather,</span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 21px;">It did not lift until 1851. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 21px;">You remember 1816 as the year without a summer.</span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 21px;">June 1816, </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 21px;">a sudden snowstorm blankets all the countryside,</span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 21px;">So Mary Shelley had to stay inside and she wrote Frankenstein,</span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 21px;">Oh, 1816 was the year without a summer.</span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 21px;" /><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 21px;">Grain couldn't ripen under these conditions,</span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 21px;">It was brought indoors in urns and pots.</span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 21px;">It'd go from ninety-five degrees to freezing within hours,</span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 21px;">A brutal struggle for the people and the starving livestock.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 21px;">Above lyrics from Rasputina - A year without a Summer</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;">A field across the dark and gloomy sky!!!<br />© Livingsta</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><br />I could not stop singing this song in my mind...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">This is how the weather makes me feel...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Hoping for some warm sunshine :-)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Wishing you all a lovely weekend</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">And...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Sending you warm smiles from my corner of the world...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Peace...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Livingsta :-)</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02177006124796248783noreply@blogger.com0Ampthill, Central Bedfordshire MK45, UK52.0363802 -0.498514999999997651.997305200000007 -0.5791959999999976 52.0754552 -0.4178339999999976tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-714848331124798954.post-58420804982050024722013-05-21T19:58:00.001+01:002013-05-21T19:58:51.587+01:00Beauty and Purity...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: #fcfcfc; color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>"Rare is the union of beauty and purity." </b></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fcfcfc; color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>~Juvenal</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fcfcfc; color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">When I shot the picture below, this is what I felt!</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: x-small;"><b>Beautiful White Spring Flowers in their Pure form!!!</b></span></td></tr>
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<span style="background-color: #fcfcfc; color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I am not complaining, but yes, we did not have a perfect Spring, but I am grateful for the precious few days that we had, besides the cold, the wind, the rain and the storm!</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><span style="line-height: 16px;">The beautiful quote above <b>lifts my spirit</b> up sometimes....</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="line-height: 16px;">Because it is s</span></span><span style="background-color: #fcfcfc; color: #444444; line-height: 16px;">o true...</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fcfcfc; color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>When we look at the life around us, we do sense this in </b></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fcfcfc; color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>Every way</b></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fcfcfc; color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>Every day and in </b></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fcfcfc; color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>Every walk of life.....</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fcfcfc; color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I leave you all with this wonderful and positive feeling....</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fcfcfc; color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Have a good evening!</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fcfcfc; color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Peace and love...</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fcfcfc; color: #444444; line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Livingsta :-)</span></span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02177006124796248783noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-714848331124798954.post-41447209474063201012013-05-02T21:16:00.001+01:002013-05-02T21:16:38.168+01:00Twilight is Falling...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Every season of the year comes up with its own and unique beauty of the sky; So has the sky this year in Spring too! This is what awaited my eyes as I looked out of my window for a glimpse of the twilight!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fcfcfc; line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>Twilight is falling... </b></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fcfcfc; line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>With sunset painting the sky in silence... </b></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fcfcfc; line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>From cool blue... </b></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fcfcfc; line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>To warm peaches...</b> </span></span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02177006124796248783noreply@blogger.com0Bedford, UK52.1359729 -0.4666545999999698352.0580084 -0.62801609999996977 52.2139374 -0.30529309999996984tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-714848331124798954.post-83867360528319333882013-04-14T15:14:00.001+01:002013-04-14T15:14:08.231+01:00Forestry Commission Scotland - Galloway Forest Park Dark Skies<a href="http://www.forestry.gov.uk/darkskygalloway#.UWq5edESUiE.blogger">Forestry Commission Scotland - Galloway Forest Park Dark Skies</a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">So we've had a rainy week, with little breaks in between and outbreaks of sunshine now and then. Well, spring rain makes everything look pretty. As I am writing this, I can hear the rain water splattering on my window!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Off I went, not dancing in the rain, but enjoying the rain! I love it when everything looks so neat and sparkling in the rain. I love the smell of rain, the smell of the earth!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">The snowfall was heavier where I work, so last Monday, at work, I was taken by surprise; the thick layers of snow over the fences and hedgerows, while the alleyway and the front area of the building were covered in frozen sheets of ice, I call it a "lethal ice rink." This makes my colleagues laugh! Wonder why! Maybe ice rinks are not supposed to be lethal!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Well, this weather just did not help; in order to cheer me up, I walked down the road from my office at lunch break. I wasn't disappointed as I had a few beautiful shots to capture. Nature always has something for you; never fails to surprise you! It was fun, seriously fun; "Frozen Memories!"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">These buds are hope that spring isn't far away :-)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">We are still having some flurries this weekend! But I am staying home! Hoping for the spring!</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02177006124796248783noreply@blogger.com6Ampthill, Central Bedfordshire MK45, UK52.0363802 -0.498514999999997651.9973047 -0.5791959999999976 52.075455700000006 -0.4178339999999976tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-714848331124798954.post-9371924939107516552013-03-09T17:01:00.000+00:002013-04-14T12:09:12.206+01:00Ripples of Gold Dust!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">The ripples on the river water..... </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">The reflection of the sunlight, On those pretty ripples..... </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Something from which I could not take my eyes off.....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Were they:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Ripples of <b>Love</b>?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Ripples of <b>Peace</b>?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Ripples of <b>Gratitude</b>?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Ripples of <b>Hope</b>?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Ripples of <b>Joy</b>?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Not sure!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Yes they did look like gold dust scattered on water! I did wait till they rowed away!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><i>Do not suppress it-that would hurt you inside. </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><i>Do not express it-this would not only hurt you inside, </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><i>it would cause ripples in your surroundings. </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Sending you all ripples of Peace, Love, Hope, Joy and Gratitude!</span><br />
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