Hvidbjerg Strand in March, Danish West Coast, Jylland, Denmark

Japanese Anemone / Herbst-Anemone (Anemone japonica)

and Red Cactus Dahlia / Dahlie

in our garden - Frankfurt-Nordend

At the rear of the services on the M6 Toll road. There is a path which climbs a knoll overlooking the service area and where people are encouraged to walk their dogs. As we passed through yesterday there was a digger on the mound putting in the foundation of a new monument to the air ambulance crews. Despite all the noise I took the path and was astonished to see these deer to the rear of the site where the new housing has been built. Although it was wonderful to see it is perhaps another indication of just how far we have encroached on wildlife habitat.

Common Buckeye butterfly goes for a deep sip of nectar as it pokes down into a Lantana flowerhead.

Considered an uncommon migrant into the area from the south. Abundance varies from year to year.

...we can open a Soul....

...closing a mouth...

...we can open our Mind...

Tulip blooms taken at this year's

Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show. Carlton Gardens, Melbourne.

An oldie but goodie..Close To You by Carpenters...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFx-5PGLgb4

Many thanks for your visit, comments, invites and faves...it is always appreciated.

Peaceful Bokeh Wednesday

Close , inside a tulip

Lock the door. In the dark journey of our night

two childhoods stand in the corner of the bedroom

watching the way we take each other to bits

to stare at our heart. I hear a story

told in sleep in a lost accent. You know the truth.

Small cactus flowers taken at the Melbourne Botanical Gardens cacti collection.

Hope you like listening to Karen Carpenter singing " Close To You"

www.youtube.com/watch?v=6inwzOooXRU

Many thanks for your visits, comments, invites and faves...it is always appreciated..

Happy Sunday

Thanks for stopping by my gallery. I’m very pleased and really appreciate each and every view of my photo, comments, invitations and awards

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Theme : "Bubbles" - January 21, 2022

Thanks for stopping by in my gallery. I’m very pleased and really appreciate each and every view of my photo, comments, invitations and award

This Valentine's Day, may you enjoy the blessings of love.

Credits on my blog.

+Featured items+

[Earrings] comatosed- Dreamer Earrings [Silver] (60L Happy Weekend)

Para el grupo Looking close... on Friday!

Thanks for stopping by in my gallery. I’m very pleased and really appreciate each and every view of my photo, comments, invitations and awards.

Close-up of a glacier, the colors in the photo are true to what it was in real life.

I like macro photography because it is so simple, and it is easy to find. We don’t need to travel miles to find a small subject. Only I need a 35mm macro lens which should be one on one, so I can get closer to subject and still can focus. I have three macro lenses. Tokina 100mm without image stabilization, Sigma 105mm with images stabilization, and 35mm Zeiss less. I like Zeiss because of light weight and Sigma because of image stabilization, and Tokina because of picture quality.

first light beyond the himalayas in chopta at chandrashilla peak

Still escaping to my garden to avoid the ubiquitous and ever-disgusting "orange menace" currently in the White House" ...

"Your life will always be better off when you concentrate on the simplest joys of life like drinking a cup of coffee."

~ Mehmet Murat ildan

"It's the simple things in life that are the most extraordinary; only wise men are able to understand them." ~Paul Coehlo

Many, many thanks to all my Flickr friends for your visits, faves, and kind comments - you are always an inspiration and source of encouragement to me!

by fixing in a different angle I could get this image.

thanks for every one for views, faves, and comments.

This is a re-edit of one I posted last spring.

www.flickr.com/photos/sbh/26225492593/in/datetaken/

www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgJFqVvb2Ws

Ain't going backwards, won't ask for space

Cause space was just a word made up by someone who's afraid to get too......CLOSE

Macro Mondays 21/05/18 theme Ready For The Day

Thanks for stopping by in my gallery. I’m very pleased and really appreciate each and every view of my photo, comments, invitations and awards

Time for new adventures!

Aoi-ike will close this Saturday, January 28th.

Thank you all for your visits, your photos, your videos, the nice words ♥

TP to Aoi-ike

as I took a closer shot it took off the colours ...

What a year. 12 months and 12 times my pictures was in Explore. I was very happy about that.

So thank you very much for your favourites, your kind words in the comments or in the messages and thank you also for sharing beautiful, interesting, moving and inspiring images on this platform. ✨ 😊

I wish you a happy new year. Take care of yourselves and stay safe!

Was für ein Jahr. 12 Monate und 12 mal war eines meiner Bilder im Explore. Ich habe mich riesig darüber gefreut.

Daher: Vielen lieben Dank für eure Favoriten, eure lieben Worte in den Kommentaren oder in den Nachrichten und danke auch dafür, dass ihr selbst wunderschöne, interessante, bewegende und inspirierende Bilder auf dieser Platform teilt. ✨ 😊

Ich wünsche euch einen guten Rutsch und auch schon mal ein neues Jahr. Passt auf euch auf und bleibt gesund!

2021_12_31_DSC00204 by Yvonne Schade

When I lay, with you

I could stay there, close my eyes

Feel you here forever

You and me together, nothing gets better

Looking Close... on Friday: Tip

On tonight's episode of "Cats Are Perfect": the ear! This delicate, soft little ear possesses 32 muscles (we poor humans only have 6) and allows cats to keep their balance, move their ears 180°, and of course hear 5 times better than us. It never ceases to amaze me how these little killing machines with superfeline powers can be so graceful, elegant, beautiful... and so, so cute! (Incidentally, the cuteness is... not incidental. They share baby-like features with lots of baby animals, which makes us subconsciously attracted to them. But these devious little monsters have also managed to tune their purring to a human baby's cries, triggering our instinct to protect, help... and smooch. We are being totally manipulated. And we love that.)

A small fabric pouch that I have. It used to hold some drum keys but not any longer.

Happy Macro Mondays

This close up photo of a Greater Flamingo shows the head and beak in a little more detail than my landscape images of them.

Greater flamingos have a unique beak that makes the diet different from many other species. They have a shallow spine that helps them filter the bait. They also have a filtration and pumping system in the beak, making it the most advanced bird filter feeder.

This photo was taken outside Arles in the south of France.

-Phoenicopterus roseus

Looking Close... on Friday: Rust

The church of Collioure is undergoing renovations and is encased in an "ugly cage", as my teddy bear Spencer and his bear friends call it. But it is still beautiful!

a bit closer...

17/52

“Black and white are the colors of photography. To me they symbolize the alternatives of hope and despair to which mankind is forever subjected.” – Robert Frank

Thanks everyone for your amazing support! :-) Have a wonderful day my friends!

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What once was close, now seems far.

Our landscape is dotted with spaces for birds. For those who stay, for those who stop and fly away.

Lakes, rivers and ponds, weave between the crops, fields, houses, businesses and malls.

Prime land for those who delight our lives with colour, flight and call.

I often wonder around the lake with my daughter. It is full of life and now, with leaves that fall.

In the time I had to lie in bed and rest, friends have been to ICU, two came home, one was laid to rest. RIP my friend.

Yet, I am still here to see the season change, to be with the people I love and savour the day. So I count myself blessed to still be here to share with you all, before it's time to rest.

Thanks to everyone for the love and support :-)

Close up of a tow rope.

A closer view across the rocks at Jaggers Beach, Cuttagee near Bermagui on the Far South Coast of NSW.

Close up look of fungus

.. to the weekend 😎☀️

ladybird on lavender, up close... 😃 TGIF!

Olympus E-M1 Mark II + Olympus 60mm F2.8 Macro

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Looking Close... on Friday: Eraser

(Not *my* work in progress, by the way. But a very cute work in progress. Oh, and of course I didn't erase the cat's paw, it hadn't been drawn yet. I would never do that to a poor kitty.)

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