Oceanside has 3 miles of coastline and is famous for international surfing competitions, kayaking, sailing, outrigger races, and lazy days at the beach.

The Oceanside Pier area is the heart of the community. It is open 24 hours a day for fishing. Many types of fish can be caught there including perch, halibut, stingrays and even sand sharks. Refurbished in 1987, the pier extends about a quarter of a mile into the water. It is the longest wooden pier on the western United States coastline at 1,954 feet.

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Great Crested Grebes (Podiceps cristatus)

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Summer. I want it back!!! :)

Olympus OMD-EM5

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA

Along the beautiful East Coast of Tasmania - Australia.

Topaz Studio + Texture thanks to Takenawho.

Thank you everyone for your visits, comments and friendship.

Best viewed large.

Master of Photography - Members Choice.

Finally!

Great to see them back

@Burton Mere Nature Reserve

Common Whitethroat

Geroldsee, Karwendel

Krün, Bavaria

-Cat Stephens, 1972

I looked at this beautyfull landscape every morning when i went to the kitchen. Too bad it was only for the holidays.

...it's cold and disgusting outside .-)

November morning

Mine is the sunlight,

Mine is the morning,

Born of the one light Eden saw play.

Praise with elation, praise ev'ry morning,

God's recreation of the new day.

Cat Stevens

Venice, Italy

Dnipropetrovsk city. Ukraine.

August has been going by so quickly for me - my day job continues to be busy, and the Great Salt Lake continues to be covered with smoke from massive fires burning in California and Oregon.

This shot is from July before the wildfire smoke - my heart goes out to all those who are have been impacted by those fires.

The Great Salt Lake - GPS is not the exact spot of the shot.

a winter morning one of a kind near Ballstad ...

PX500 | BR-Creative | chbustos.com

eekhoorn heeft lunchtijd

European Buzzard [Buteo buteo]

This youngster has been flying around my hill with his mum, for the past few weeks. They call to each other as, I assume, she is showing him how to hunt.

Here, he was sitting on a telegraph post, continually calling for his mum, who was very conspicuous in her absence. Maybe she had gone hunting by herself - or maybe she thought the time had come to loosen the apron strings and let junior get on with it by himself. Such a sad, sad sight. He was was still there, hours later, as I was returning home.

Poor wee soul!

Over my track,

South Carrick Hills

SW Scotland

“If I wait for cloudy skies

You won't know the rain from the tears in my eyes

You'll never know that I still love you so

Though the heartaches remain

I'll do my crying in the rain.”

🎼Crying In The Rain” - Everly Brothers

Sucky 2020 has left me feeling nostalgic. So here are some of my favorite photos from 2019.

Link to photo 1 (far left): www.flickr.com/photos/baihley/48702145042/

Link to photo 2: www.flickr.com/photos/baihley/48432521632/

Link to photo 3: www.flickr.com/photos/baihley/48538938616/

Link to photo 4 (far right):

www.flickr.com/photos/baihley/48407883217/

☼My works are often BEST VIEWED LARGE ☼

A few Money Plants came up. Not much flowers anymore, so enjoying the small, but pretty purple show.

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Just day break and I'm waiting to capture this beautiful Georgian building with the lights still on. (circa 1827 ) Tasmania - Australia.

Textures thanks to Cris Buscaglia Lenz and Evelin Flint.

Please view large.

Gestalt Gallery .

Admin photo of the month (July) Kurt Peiser Group.

Thank you Isabel ( Musymas)

Excellence Award - Masterclass Elite.

Excellence Award of Gallery de la Gravure.

Dushara Cathal Caithlin (Somali cat), 23.02.2022.

Olympus OMD EM5 Digital Camera

sefton park Liverpool march 2016

Wolfsburg Allerpark

Taken @ La vie

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~ taken at MonRepos ~

www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXWI6ISkzlI

Special thanks to Valois for his tireless patience to play the same song on the violin again and again (he needed a lot of patience)

Cloud Brushes: javierzhx.deviantart.com/art/Cloud-Brushes-34277964

Moons Stars Sparkles Brushes: falln-stock.deviantart.com/art/Moons-Stars-Sparkles-Brush...

I like to pretend that my art has nothing to do with me

Reine on the Lofoten islands is awakening from its deep slumber. Truly a sight so behold :)

National Geographic | BR-Creative | chbustos.com

It has a nice halloween mood ;-))

Enjoy your Friday !

Mural called "IK ben bizAr"( in English "I'm bizarre").

Street Art Ghent, Belgium.

Artist mural unknown.

Anything goes: Paper

One of the challenges of getting older is that our parents get older too. Both of my parents are facing some pretty tough health issues at the moment. So I will be taking a few months off Flickr so I can fly home and spend some quality time with both and help out where I can.

See you all then!!

Mom has been gone a few years but she always grew peonys along the side yard. Recently, while in Kentucky they started blooming and this is one of them. I know she would be proud of her flowers!!!

So Mom, this one is for you!!! :-)