Lavender Cotton blooms taken at the Melbourne Botanical Gardens. This species is Santolina Virens. They are quite small, the one in focus measures about 1.5 cm in diameter.

The knees get a good work out because they are less than a foot above the ground.

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

Peaceful Bokeh Wednesday

Bufanda de algodón con borlas.

Cotton scarf with tassels.

Dysdercus cingulatus is a species of true bug in the family Pyrrhocoridae, commonly known as the red cotton stainer.[1] It is a serious pest of cotton crops, the adults and older nymphs feeding on the emerging bolls and the cotton seeds as they mature, transmitting cotton-staining fungi as they do so.

ysdercus is a widespread genus of true bugs in the family Pyrrhocoridae; a number of species attacking cotton bolls may be called "cotton stainers

- A colorful Arizona Sunset, pastel clouds moving West, with the sun leading the way, Cotton Candy Mount, AZ. -

As you well know Bridal Falls in the Fraser Valley is one of the busiest falls around Vancouver. What to do when you can't get a full shot of the falls because the tourists are blocking the view? Pull out the telephoto and get something gorgeous like this!! Kris ...

The frayed hem of the jeans cuff, aged from contact with the concrete.

For Macro Mondays Cotton theme. HMM

Kuzey Travertenleri (North Travertines)

Location: Akköy / Denizli / Türkiye

Pamukkale video:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWMjSz39faQ

or

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3SACYjAu7U

ING. Please watch the video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=houpSwFn7j4

I am very happy to share the beauty of the country with you. I look forward to all my Flickr friends in Turkey. Best Regards and Greetings...

Grows tall and very heavily armoured - goes through leather gloves! The spider web-like threads around the foliage give Onopordum Acanthiumthe its everyday name.

It is also called the Scottish thistle and is the national flower of Scotland although some award that honour to the spear thistle.

A look deep inside the flower:

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Beyaz travertenler(White travertines)

I am very happy to share the beauty of the country with you. I look forward to all my Flickr friends in Turkey. Best Regards and Greetings...

for Macro Mondays

I really like old cotton t-shirts but every so often I have to give one up to the rag bag. Thank you to anybody stopping here to view my old shirt. I'll accept any comment even if it's negative. Happy Macro Mondays.

No post-processing done to photo, only cropped. Nikon NEF (RAW) files available. NPP Straight Photography at noPhotoShopping.com

My "cotton balls" got a bit messy over time. When I tried to pick the dry bits off the "wool" started to unravel so I left it. I used a piece of denim as background to make it doubly cotton.

Hello there,

Macro Mondays challenge this week was "Cotton." The blanket was hand knit by my mother about thirty years ago. This is a 2"x1-3/4" view of her handiwork. HMM!

Thank you for taking the time to view this image and for leaving me a comment. Have a wonderful day and week!

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I just realized how long I haven't been to my beloved Elbe Sandstone Mountains. It's been a shocking 8 months now. I can not believe it.

Even though I've been to some beautiful places in the meantime, I really regret that I just didn't have the time.

To account for this and to remind myself that I would like to spend a day here again as soon as possible, I pull a previously unpublished photo from my archive.

The memory of that magnificent sunrise on mt. Lilienstein eases my pain somewhat and I hope the sight of the soft clouds floating over the forests and fields, bathed in an orange-pink light by the rising sun, brings you some joy.

Gerade ist mir bewusst geworden, wie lange ich nun schon nicht mehr in meinem geliebten Elbsandsteingebirge unterwegs war. Das ist jetzt schon schockierende 8 Monate her. Ich fasse es nicht.

Auch wenn ich in der Zwischenzeit an einigen wunderschönen Orten war bedaure ich es doch sehr, dass mir hierzu die Zeit einfach gefehlt hat.

Um dem Rechnung zu tragen und um mich daran zu erinnern, dass ich sobald wie möglich wieder einen Tag hier verbringen möchte, hole ich ein bisher unveröffentlichtes Foto aus meinem Archiv.

Die Erinnerung an diesen grandiosen Sonnenaufgang auf dem Lilienstein lindert meinen Schmerz etwas und ich hoffe, der Anblick von den weichen Wolken, die über den Wäldern und Feldern schweben, von der aufgehenden Sonne in ein orange rosa Licht getaucht,bereitet Euch etwas Freude.

more of this on my website at: www.shoot-to-catch.de

My cotton balls from Monday with heavy texture treatment for sliders Sunday

Here is another MM use of my necklace from Greece. It's made of a waxed cotton cord. Happy New Macro Monday 2022!

for Macro Monday

POISON ROUGE Cotton Candy Hat at ANTHEM EVENT 💙

So many magic skies to see. You have only to wake up very early. The rest is with the nature.

Free hair, eye appliers, nails and rings! Eyelashes are only 1L. Romper is a paid group lucky board prize (many, many gifts, worth the fee!).

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Contrast Weekend Set @ Shiny Shabby

Lake Cuyamaca, Ca.

Pumpkins and cotton wool in monochrome and photographed as flat lay

Cotton-top Tamar

very please to have this image shortlisted amongst so many amazing images see them here:

www.cupoty.com/cupoty-challenge-shortlist

Tectocoris diophthalmus, commonly known as the Hibiscus Harlequin Bug or Cotton Harlequin Bug, is a brightly coloured convex and rounded shield-shaped bug with a metallic sheen that grows to about 20 mm. Adult females are mostly orange and males are both blue and red or orange. The colours are quite variable. It lives in Northern and Eastern Australia, New Guinea and several Pacific Islands in habitats ranging from urban to agricultural and coastal areas.

The Hibiscus Harlequin Bugs feed on many species of the Hibiscus family (Malvaceae), as well as cultivated cotton. They will also eat Illawarra flame tree flowers, grevillea and bottlebrush saplings.

They are also known as "stink bugs" as they have scent glands which produce a bad smell which, when it is emitted by one bug, triggers others in the group, multiplying the bad smell.

Central Park Zoo

Metal Abstract

Cotton, algodón, cotó.

Thanks for your visits, favorites and comments. HMM !!!

Kynne (right) :

Dress, Hair, Necklace, Gloves, Stockings, Shoes : Irrisistible - Cotton Candy Mesh Outfit. At Swank Events.

Head : Lelutka - Korina

Lipstick : Glam Affair for Lelutka - 001

Skin : Glam Affair - Barbara - 03. At C88.

Kitty (left) :

Head : Catwa

Skin : Mudskin

Pose : PURPLE POSES - Friends 239

Decor :

Photobooth : Irrisistible - Crazy Cupcakes Photo Backdrop with color change. At Swank Home & Garden (the backdrop is normally full of cupcakes)

Icecream lights : Lagom - Icecream Wall lights. At Belle Events.

I hope everyone has a great new week.

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