I am hoping lightning does strike twice, and I get another chance of captures like these this year. But this time with Meadow Pipits as the host bird.

Kabukicho, Shinjuku, Tokyo

A host of golden daffodils

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Pululahua hostal, Quito, Ecuador

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Lake Naivasha in Kenya is host to one of the most surreal landscapes I have seen in the world. There is some water in the lake, but for the most part it looks like it has been drained.

Some say that the flower industry that can be seen around the lake is to blame. Kenya provides cut flowers for Europe. the fields of flowers are impressive but apparently they are siphoning water from the lake and pollutants are being added to the water. Some say that excess water is causing the water to kill off the trees which surround the lake. The lake is not navigable at the present time.

Pic taken at Hollypops: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Shadow%20Springs/22/236/21

Santiago de Compostela

Norrköping prison (left) and the industrial landscape of Drags (right)

Tete a tete in the afternoon sunshine.

another host plant for the Black Swallowtail butterfly, but I've never found an egg on it...

"Crete hosts an extremely rare and endemic variety of plane trees (Platanus orientalis var. Cretica) with about 50 trees being reported throughout the island. The characteristic feature of this variety is that it is evergreen, unlike the common deciduous plane trees.

One of these trees is of great historical and mythological value and has survived the centuries, since the Minoan era. This is the plane of Gortyna, which still stands proudly in the back side of the current archaeological site of ancient Gortys.

The plane was dedicated to Zeus and according to mythology, under this tree, Zeus mated with Europa after transferring her to Crete from [the Levant]*. This is where she conceived her children; Minos, Sarpedon and Radamanthys. Since then, the plane did not lose its foliage again. The importance given to this tree is very clear by the depiction of Europa under the tree in the ancient coins of Gortys."

www.cretanbeaches.com/en/flora/monumental-trees/plane-tre...

*The author writes "Africa" here, but this isn't correct.

Here you can find a picture of a coin of Gortys depicting Europa under a plane tree: www.greeceancientmodern.com/gortys.html

Hosted in the Leica Fotografie International (LFI) Winter Challenge

View from city park Åbackarna across Motala river

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Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar

80% of all lifeforms on Madgascar are endemic, including both this strange herbivorous beetle and its only host plant, Dichaetanthera cordifilia. The necks of males are even longer than this female and like their mammalian namesakes, they use them in combat

We have been hosting one of Miss Lily's friends she met at Uni in the UK. The timing hasn't been great as Miss had a thesis due and exams. On Sunday, he had to put up with the old farts while she studied and we took him to the place close to my heart to show him our Victorian Coast line- Phillip Island. It was safe to say he was impressed.

This was taken at Kilcunda, just upon sunset and I leached the last bit of light by sitting the camera on the steps railing to get a longer exposure. It was a stormy day but we were lucky with the weather.

There is alot of talk on social media about the role of the vagus nerve and it's use in helping with mood and anxiety. The vagus nerve acts as a communication pathway between the brain and the body, influencing mood, stress responses, and even the immune system.

I think if I could go for a walk along the beach everyday, I would be able to resent my vegus nerve to something more approaching calm.

Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) on a Swamp milkweed (Asclepias incarnata) plant. As was emphasized at a recent butterfly garden presentation you need both host plants and nectar plants to have the most successful butterfly friendly garden.

Höst-skyar

Hosting at Cafe Musique

Club Voodoo the place to be, established vibrant friendly club that makes you feel welcome, live djs, active hosts and management. Club Voodoo thrives you bring your second life nightclub senses alive with upbeat music and conversation. We are open 24 hours a day 7 days a week. We offers a fair club with no favouritism meaning everyone gets treated fairly. We are also hiring dj’s and hosts for more information or to check out our vibrant, fun and friendly club why not just pay us a visit and make up your own mind? You an find us on the ivywood sim. We have also upgraded our club. We live the voodoo that you do maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Ivywood/24/76/22

It wasn't the best of sunsets, but it was the best beach to be at for sunset, so I had fun trying to catch the beautiful colours. I failed miserably but this came close. There wasn't much flat wet sand to get reflections, so I took off my shoes, attached them to my camera bag and paddled at low tide . Much later I discovered my shoes weren't attached, and the thought of a half mile walk back to the cottage in bare feet , with resultant thistle punctures necessitated a mad dash to find them. Fortunately they hadn't drifted out to sea, so Lost and found , by Alabama 3 is perfect.

CTA GNs

Höstens färgskiftningar när det gröna möter det röda.

Saltängen waterfront along Motala river

Larval host plants:

1. Tylophora indica - വള്ളിപ്പാല,

2. Cryptolepis dubia - അടവിപ്പാല,

3. Hemidesmus indicus - നറുനീണ്ടി,

4. Ficus benghalensis - പേരാൽ,

5. Ficus racemosa - അത്തി,

6. Ficus Religiosa - അരയാൽ,

7. Streblus asper - പരുവമരം,

8. Holarhena pubescens - കുടകപ്പാല,

9. Ichnocarpus frutescens - നന്നാറി (പാൽവള്ളി),

10. Carissa carandas - കരോണ്ട (കാരയ്ക്ക),

11. Mimusops elengi - ഇലഞ്ഞി,

12. Nerium sp. വിവിധയിനം അരളികൾ