In downtown Flint, Michigan, on December 9th, 2018, off the southwest corner of East 1st Street and Harrison Street, in Brush Park on the site of the former Genesee Towers.

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Committee Members of Greystones Camera Club (GCC), Greystones Co. Wicklow, Ireland at the Clubs Annual Christmas Party 2018.

This lady kindly agreed to my request to take her Photo in Temple Bar District, Dublin, Ireland

MG Holiday Party at Liriodendron

photo by Dave Haines at Gloucester

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Great Blue Heron

On 17 December2018, UNAMID Joint Special Representative, Jeremiah Mamabolo addressed the closing session of the Internally

Displaced Persons Conference, held in Nyalal, South Darfur. The tow- day forum, supported by the Mission and brought together

over 200 displaced including women from across Darfur, recommended among others, restoring peace, stability, development and

address the root causes of the conflict in the region. Photo by Yousif Bilal, UNAMID.

Winter's first day

Ugh we so detest the U.S. health insurance industry, there is NO AMOUNT of light-up garland that will make us feel happy about Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan (seen here). Nor any number of oriel windows.

We love the rising steams of district heating systems, however.

Supposedly there is a 1935 building in there somewhere but this is all '87 out here.

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In downtown Lansing, Michigan, on December 8th, 2018, the headquarters of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan on the west side of South Capitol Avenue, north of West Washtenaw Street.

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Wearing shirts my parents got us all from Branson, Missouri.

In downtown Flint, Michigan, on December 9th, 2018, the Grand Fountain in Riverbank Park along the Flint River, designed by Lawrence Halprin, built 1974-1979.

To function, the fountain requires a minimum level of water in the Flint River. The river's flow is maintained at a level below that minimum, so as to protect the deteriorating Hamilton Dam upstream.

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1. Frontier Airlines Airbus A321 N718FR 0690, 2. Hawaiian Airlines Airbus A330 N370HA, 3. Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-9382, 4. Frontier Airlines Airbus A320neo -Baja the Whale Shark- N342FR, 5. Amazon Prime Boeing 767 N1399A-9373, 6. Kalitta Boeing 747 Freighters-9254, 7. Air Canada Airbus A320 C-FZQS-9115, 8. Sky Harbor Control tower-9014, 9. Hawaiian Airlines Airbus A330 N373HA-9030, 10. Praire Dogs-8993, 11. Honeywell Convair 340 N580HW-9108, 12. Stage 4 complete, 13. ATI Boeing 767 N763CX

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This Group of ladies were posing for a photo by a friend on Grafton Street, Dublin, Ireland. I stood beside the friend and said smile for the camera. Lovely reactions. I gave them my contact card.

Wearing shirts my parents got us all from Branson, Missouri.

In downtown Flint, Michigan, on December 9th, 2018, at the southwest corner of Church Street and West 1st Street, outside the offices of the Flint Downtown Development Authority.

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Christmas Lights, Dublin, Ireland

At Greystones Camera Club (GCC), Greystones Co. Wicklow, Ireland, Annual Christmas Party 2018.

Oh wow this was one of the worst trees I had theretofore seen, I thought.

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In Parkersburg, West Virginia, on December 23rd, 2018, a view of the northwest corner of Lynn Street and 13th Street. The house is a rental property built circa 1920.

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Eugene Duffy, Club Photographer of the Year Receiving his award from Tina Kavanagh, Chairperson at the Greystones Camera Club (GCC), Greystones Co. Wicklow, Ireland at the Clubs Annual Christmas Party 2018.

Looking east at FULL COLD MOON from Mount Vernon Place Plaza at North Charles and West Monument Street in Baltimore MD on Saturday evening, 22 December 2018 by Elvert Barnes Photography

IN SEARCH OF THE FULL COLD MOON / WINTER SOLSTICE WALK

Elvert Barnes BALTIMORE MD 2018 docu-project at elvertbarnes.com/Bmore2018

I got this lovely nine-foot tree a few days earlier, but now it's time to decorate!

Shop window at Brown Thomas Store, Dublin, Ireland. The windows are decked out in Movie themes.

(Violet's painting is on top)

Colin at the Fingal Inspiration Day Event, Dublin, Ireland. The Event was to recognise and acknowledge youth achievements in the Community. Colin was co-host of the event.

At LAF Christmas Party, Dublin, Ireland

Kevin Barrett, Runner up in the Club Photographer of the Year, Receiving his award from Tina Kavanagh, Chairperson at the Greystones Camera Club (GCC), Greystones Co. Wicklow, Ireland at the Clubs Annual Christmas Party 2018.

Wearing shirts my parents got us all from Branson, Missouri.

photo by Jake Tunnicliff at Gloucester

Wearing shirts my parents got us all from Branson, Missouri.

I felt that I was using the site as I had been intended do, by looking at and thinking about the characteristics of the geometric shapes provided for my enjoyment in the concrete. I carefully refrained from littering.

Is that cookies-'n'-cream over there.

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In downtown Flint, Michigan, on December 9th, 2018, at the Grand Fountain in Riverbank Park along the Flint River, designed by Lawrence Halprin, built 1974-1979.

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She made it herself for the school's ugly Christmas sweater day!