Mute swan with one of her four cygnets. I posted shots of these when they were tiny & they have all survived!

In the beauty and joy of each day… lala•*¨*•.¸¸laa♪

And still got four.

Not so small now.

Two old Lime Trees near Ebersberg - Bavaria.

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Everyday it grows a little more than it was the day before

It gets a little wider

It gets a little stronger

It grows, and it grows

The love for you just grows and grows

It's Growing · The Temptations.

After the autumn new leaves growingup

...bulbs in half-barrels.

We have sunshine this morning, and even though I would rather see and be in rain, I am in the minority. Tree frogs might agree, however.

At 4 weeks old, he is already litter box trained, He now knows how to lap, he had just finished eating before I took the pic and I forgot to wash his little face. 😊. Already full of character, he is an absolute joy. He will go back to his original rescuer next weekend. He weighed 4.5 ozs when he arrived, he now weighs 20.5 ozs, so only bottle feeding twice a day now - finally, I can catch up on sleep.

Today the mountain view is almost gone with trees growing many feet each year. Garden bed is no longer being tended, but a few plants survive being wild. I am in the low Cascade hills and nature still does surround me.

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Another that I don't know the name of that grows wild.

If life challenges you and makes it difficult for you, you are forced to learn and grow. It is precisely these challenges that make us stronger and value life all the more.

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It's not a lodge of Island Borkum ;-)

My husband and I enjoyed a small trip to the mountains with our ATV. So many wild flowers still out and showing off their colors!

Growing at Wallis Creek Waterlily Farm, Mulbring, NSW.

Growing in the Saint Columba Church, Ewingsdale. NSW.

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Let's grow! Flower power rules!

[Rosa Scotia] - www.flickr.com/groups/rosascotia/

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Elly

Addams Lulu Denim Shorts Overall (petite)

Stories&Co. Louie Bralette Lara P

Blueberry - Blessed Waist Wrapped Jacket

friday - Lumi Wellies and socks

bonbon - tame hair

*KC* Wrist scrunchies

!{DiGi} Button Badge v3

PANIQ - Conspiracy Squad Helmet

PANIQ - Crescent Glasses

PANIQ - Flora Earrings

[Som] Devil belly piercing

[ kunst ] - Ivanna Set leafy metal earring and necklace

POISON ROUGE Ornella Tiara - Gold / Pink

Pitchfork (Denis Gradenko)

MapleWatch Series 6 [Chris Two Designs] - v1.08

RAWR! Xoxo Rings (add me)

RMM Hippie Button - flower power

Stalk of grass (notnot Hird)

Veechi - Dark Jelly // Short Almond Female

Nuve Angie skin and dimples

Luca

RKKN. Finn's Shirt LightGrey/Gianni

RKKN. Finn's Pants Bootcut PaleGreen/Gianni

RKKN. Finn's RainBoots Dirty Black/Gianni

*ARGRACE* Cowboy Hat / SORA - Blonde

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Spade

Pose

ACT5-338-FEMALE climb on tractor

Amarillo Sky Pose

brocante. tractor gacha / pumpkin

[Danielito] Labrador Dog

Made for the Supporters of Jo Cox.

Against the Hate.

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Growing in my garden.

In March 2020

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Though of course, I'm hoping to do it a little disgracefully...!

Holly leaves catching the light make for such fun bokeh :)

Tulips growing in an untended area of the local dene.

A beautiful lone yellow flower growing around the edges of Loch Phadruig, high in the Scottish Highlands.

UPDATE: The flow is a Bog Asphodel (Narthecium ossifragum)

Wat Pha Khao ~ Chiang Mai Province, Thailand

Nikon D5100, Tamron 18-270, ISO 100, f/11.0, 18mm, 1/125s

Matthew Arnold, ‘Growing Old’.

What is it to grow old?

Is it to lose the glory of the form,

The lustre of the eye?

Is it for beauty to forgo her wreath?

—Yes, but not this alone.

Is it to feel our strength—

Not our bloom only, but our strength—decay?

Is it to feel each limb

Grow stiffer, every function less exact,

Each nerve more loosely strung?

Yes, this, and more; but not

Ah, ’tis not what in youth we dreamed ’twould be!

’Tis not to have our life

Mellowed and softened as with sunset glow,

A golden day’s decline …

Tree-mendous Tuesday

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HTmT 😊😊😍

We had to cut back a lot of this tree because it was dying, part of it is growing back, but some of it seems as if it will not come back after its trimming.

Thank you for your kind visit. Have a wonderful and beautiful day! ❤️❤️❤️

The kind of Lupine that grows in Iceland is the Alaskan Lupine (Lupinus Nootkatensis). Every single Lupine plant in the country is here because of one person.

In 1945, a committee was set up to revegetate areas of Iceland. A representative of the committee, Hákon Bjarnason, took a trip to Alaska to select plants he thought would do well in the harsh Icelandic landscape.

On November 3, 1945, he arrived home with his collection of seeds, and the story of the Lupine began.

I will be on/off in August.

Wishing all my flickr friends a wonderful Summer!

Juvenile Blue Jay in the backyard

Slow going through the sounds of Milford. Amazing how plants take hold, even on a steep incline.

Pine trees grow tall at Oklahoma's McGee Creek State Park.