Every evening gather several thousand visitors in Oia, to enjoy the famous Santorini sunset. However, the best atmosphere comes when most visitors have left the place and the blue hour begins.

Jeden Abend versammeln sich einige tausend Besucher in Oia, um den berühmtesten Sonnenuntergang auf Santorini zu geniessen. Die beste Stimmung kommt allerdings erst, wenn die meisten Besucher den Ort verlassen haben und die blaue Stunde beginnt.

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No snow here. It is too warm. Something to do with global warming. However, we will create our own snow ;-)

However, I did not write the name of this lovely lady and do not remember the landscape where I took the pic oopsy!

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We always seek the best POV of the subject, however the subject may be so different at different POVs… Am I confusing you? 😉 No matter which angle I look at this mountain, it always attracts me in its unique beauty! This sandbar disturbs the perfect reflection, but adds the charm of imperfection!

Th Bow Lake was very shallow, I was so close to the Mountain, I felt I could almost touch it... Nice to capture the whole mountain with wide length. 😊

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We may be right, we may be wrong

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To the world we close our eyes to see

I close my eyes and I can see

A world that's waiting up for me

That I call my own

Through the dark, through the door

Through where no one's been before

But it feels like home....

Wood Warbler - Phylloscopus sibilatrix

The wood warbler (Phylloscopus sibilatrix) is a common and widespread leaf warbler which breeds throughout northern and temperate Europe, and just into the extreme west of Asia in the southern Ural Mountains.

This warbler is strongly migratory and the entire population winters in tropical Africa.

It is a summer visitor to the United Kingdom, seen from April until August. It has declined there in recent years. It is now very rare in Ireland, where only one or two pairs are recorded breeding in most years, usually in County Wicklow.

Various factors associated with forest structure, including slope, forest cover, proportion of broad-leaf forest, canopy height and forest edge length, all influenced the occupancy rates of this declining forest species. Conservation measures are therefore required that provide and maintain the wood warblers preferred forest structure. There is also a preference for forest in the non-breeding season, however this habitat is declining in wintering areas such as Ghana. Despite the decline in forest habitats, there has been no change in number of wood warblers as it appears that this species can use degraded habitats, such as well-wooded farms. However, further loss of trees will likely have a negative impact on this species in the future

A hint or a promise that Springtime should be just around the corner. However, during the following days the White of this blossom was replaced with the White of snow as an Artic blast swept down across the UK.

Enjoyed a wonderful sun-filled morning observing a group of Whale Watchers who were documenting whales travelling along the California coastline. The whale-watchers had logged three whales that morning, and seemed content sitting there with binoculars in hand watching for that distant spout announcing the arrival of a whale.

After a time, however, I became restless staring out to sea and not spotting anything, so I decided instead to document the beautiful California Poppies growing along the cliffs overlooking the Pacific Ocean.

Seems everyone had a good day : )

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The spotted hyena is a very social animal; however, its social system is openly competitive rather than cooperative, with access to kills and mating opportunities depending on the ability to dominate other clan-members. Females provide only for their own cubs rather than assist each other, and males take no part in rearing cubs. Spotted hyena society is matriarchal; females are larger than males, and dominate them. Spotted hyenas are scavengers and often dine on the leftovers of other predators. But they are also skilled hunters that will take down wildebeest or antelope.

** I guess we all take birds ability to fly for granted, I still think the fact that they can defy the gravity that holds us to the ground is pretty extraordinary . Most birds do look perfectly adapted to the activity of flight, Gannets come to mind . There are some birds however that really do not look like flight is part of their nature . These flamingoes fall into this category they look perfect in a lake but flying !!. Of course they fly perfectly well and to see a group of them over ones head is a remarkable sight.

The photograph is from 2018 at the pont de Gau reserve in the Camargue

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Red Squirrel - Sciurus Vulgaris

Highlands, Scotland.

The red squirrel is found in both coniferous forest and temperate broadleaf woodlands. The squirrel makes a drey (nest) out of twigs in a branch-fork, forming a domed structure about 25 to 30 cm in diameter. This is lined with moss, leaves, grass and bark. Tree hollows and woodpecker holes are also used. The red squirrel is a solitary animal and is shy and reluctant to share food with others. However, outside the breeding season and particularly in winter, several red squirrels may share a drey to keep warm. Social organization is based on dominance hierarchies within and between sexes; although males are not necessarily dominant to females, the dominant animals tend to be larger and older than subordinate animals, and dominant males tend to have larger home ranges than subordinate males or females.

Red squirrels that survive their first winter have a life expectancy of 3 years. Individuals may reach 7 years of age, and 10 in captivity. Survival is positively related to availability of autumn–winter tree seeds; on average, 75–85% of juveniles die during their first winter, and mortality is approximately 50% for winters following the first.

Although not thought to be under any threat worldwide, the red squirrel has nevertheless drastically reduced in number in the United Kingdom; especially after the grey squirrels were introduced from North America in the 1870s. Fewer than 140,000 individuals are thought to be left in 2013; approximately 85% of which are in Scotland, with the Isle of Wight being the largest haven in England. A local charity, the Wight Squirrel Project,[26] supports red squirrel conservation on the island, and islanders are actively recommended to report any invasive greys. The population decrease in Britain is often ascribed to the introduction of the eastern grey squirrel from North America, but the loss and fragmentation of its native woodland habitat has also played a role.

In January 1998, eradication of the non-native North American grey squirrel began on the North Wales island of Anglesey. This facilitated the natural recovery of the small remnant red squirrel population. It was followed by the successful reintroduction of the red squirrel into the pine stands of Newborough Forest. Subsequent reintroductions into broadleaved woodland followed and today the island has the single largest red squirrel population in Wales. Brownsea Island in Poole Harbour is also populated exclusively by red rather than grey squirrels (approximately 200 individuals).

A cat in greenery is a harmonious combination ... however, cats are always and everywhere harmonious :)

The ancient Egyptians had a special relationship with cats: they were revered as sacred animals; mummified like humans; depicted in sculpture and frescoes. And the very first cat "portrait" was written by the Egyptians.

For a long time it was believed that the Egyptians tamed cats. However, in 2004, a burial site dating back to 9500 BC was discovered in Cyprus. e., in which a cat was found together with a man. A wild beast would hardly have been put in a grave. It turned out that cats lived with people long before they appeared in Egypt. The Middle East began to be considered the birthplace of domestic cats, and Egypt was forgotten for some time. But not for long: in 2008, a burial was opened in southern Egypt, in which six cats were found - a male, a female and four kittens. Although this burial was younger than the Cypriot one (about 6000 years), it became clear that cats were known in Egypt much earlier than was thought until recently.

It is known that the ancestor of the domestic cat was the steppe cat Felis silvestris lybica - it still lives in the steppe, desert and partly mountainous regions of Africa, Western, Central and Central Asia, in Northern India, Transcaucasia and Kazakhstan. In 2007, it was possible to establish that all modern cats descended from him.

Seafarers brought the first cats to Rus' in the pre-Christian era. Exotic animals were a valuable commodity: the cost of a cat until the 15th century was comparable to the value of a healthy arable animal - an ox.

The Pyrrhuloxia (pronounced however your mouth decides in the moment) is the desert’s answer to a cardinal—same spiky crest, but with more attitude and less hydration.

I found this one perched on a rare leafy ocotillo, posing like he owned the place. With his candy-corn beak, dusty-red plumage, and permanent side-eye, he’s the bird version of a grumpy old-timer who’s seen things.

He’s tougher than his Northern cousin—built for heat, sand, and yelling at you from a bush for reasons known only to him. His song? Like a cardinal, but sharper, higher, and just a little bit judgmental.

Get the light right, and he glows like a desert ember.

He sings with a sting and glares like a monk—

A feathered grump with desert funk.

Until recently it was believed that this alkaline steppe was formed by the clear cutting of huge forests in the Middle Ages, followed by measures to control the course of the Tisza River, allegedly resulting in the soil's current structure and pH. However, Hortobágy is much older, with alkalinization estimated to have started ten thousand years ago, when the Tisza first found its way through the Great Hungarian Plain, cutting off many streams from their sources in the Northern Mountains. The formation was finished by grazing animals and wild horses during the Ice Age, followed by domesticated animals.

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Paseo de Martí a.k.a. Paseo del Prado is a European-style boulevard that separates Centro Habana from La Habana Vieja. The original idea was to create a street as splendid as any found in Paris or Barcelona. After the revolution Paseo de Martí and many of its buildings deteriorated or even collapsed. However, some sections of the street have been renovated.

When you think of the Netherlands, it is easy to picture never-ending fields of brightly coloured flowers. Many of the country’s most famous artists have portrayed the flower fields of the Netherlands in their work, and these fields are just as spectacular when they are seen in real life. However, these flower fields are more than just aesthetically beautiful: they are also economically important to the country. A significant proportion of the country’s agricultural exports are derived from the sale of freshly cut flowers, bulbs and mature plants, and the Netherlands contributions to the flower industry are so significant that they make up around two-thirds of the world’s total flora sales and completely dominate the European marketplace. Thanks to highly efficient supply chains, it is actually possible to buy flowers in New York which were freshly cut in the Netherlands that morning!

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However far you feel from me

You are not alone

I will always be waiting

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He carries me through times or darkness.

He lives to silence all my fears and wipe away all my tears.

He makes me feel at peace in heart and calms my troubled mind.

He lifts me up when I am feeling down, gives me hope and inspires me.

He listens, understands my past and believes in my future path.

He walked into my life and accepted me the way I am.

He is my earthly Angel with a beautiful mind.

You are min Engel mine.

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I am not very active here on Flickr these days, and hope you all can forgive me for not being here as much as I used to. I have also closed my groups as for now until I have more time to spend here. I will however post a picture in-between. Huge hugs, much love, light and peace to you all my dear friends here ❤💕❤❤💕❤

However, I have to look at the sky, I should make a sentence of heart.

..HFF!!

..lol..You had to know I took more than one drive by fence shot..;).However, I think this is the last one I'll post. They others don't do as much for me. This one didn't either until I ran it through Topaz Studio.

A decaying old motel along the highway, with a familiar sounding slogan. There’s something a little off about it, however.

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I wanted to take this photo of Lake Braies in winter. So at 5 o' clock in the morning when fresh snow falls, up the pass road. However, I had hoped that the lake was not frozen. Well, I'm not completely satisfied with the photo, but as another photographer once said "The attempt counts".

Despite being from the cactus family, the May flower does not have any thorns. It originates in the Atlantic Forest of Brazil and is scientifically known as schlumbergera truncata.

Its preferences are similar to orchids in terms of support. In its natural environment it prefers to use tree trunks as support. Therefore, this place is one of the best to keep your flower.

The name of this plant became popular due to its flowering, which takes place in May. However, it can be known in other ways depending on the region you are in. Thus, other common names are: silk flower, easter cactus for the southern hemisphere and christmas cactus for the northern hemisphere.

This flower fell in love with gardening enthusiasts because it is medium in size, has a huge variety of colors such as pink, pale yellow, red, orange and white, in addition to being very easy to grow.

The May flower reaches 30 cm in height, and can be kept in smaller pots with a diameter of 10 cm. Another curiosity is that if this plant is pollinated, it produces pink fruits with 1 to 2 cm when ripe.

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This plant blooms in autumn, which in Brazil takes place between March and May. This time is close to Easter, which is also related to the flower. On the other hand, it can still bloom around Christmas in the Northern Hemisphere.

In this way, the May flower is linked to festivals that symbolize rebirth and life. Because it has many cheerful colors, it brings more liveliness to any environment in which it is, valuing any garden decoration around it.

The name silk flower is related to the soft and delicate texture of this flower. Therefore, these definitions are also among its meanings, offering more softness to the place where it is grown. That's why you can even stay in the plants to improve the energy of the house.

If offered as a gift, its symbolism indicates an attitude of pure and true feeling. It can also be used for declarations of love, representing the sincerity of the relationship.

Blowin’ a hoolie in Fife today. However St Andrews harbour escaped the worst of it but it was still strong enough to ruffle feathers

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It was a lovely fall day for our drive into the wilderness of Denali. Our 66 mile (round trip 132 miles/ 7 ½-8 hour trip) adventure to the Eielson Visitor’s Center had produced some great shots. However, our drive back to the entrance was going to give yet some more captures of the animals of Denali. As we rounded the curve to the Sable Ramp, we saw three bears to our left. Our Driver, Kat, positioned the shuttle so that all had a view of the animals grazing for berries. Suddenly a phone alarm sounded and Mom stood to get a better view. All passengers were delighted to see her stance. With the rhythm of a machine gun, one could hear the constant hum of the cameras as many hoped to capture this bear in the wonderful fall colors.

Melanistic leopards (very dark brown) are commonly called black panthers. However, there is no such animal. The dark color, called melansim, is due to a recessive gene. Melanistic cubs can be born to spotted parent

Due to my health condition, I am unable to hold or stabilize a camera for extended periods of time. Additionally, using a tripod has never been enjoyable for me, as it would cause pain when trying to position it correctly and constantly bending over to check the viewfinder. Consequently, I have chosen to explore digital AI artwork as an alternative. I understand that this may not be everyone's cup of tea, as it diverges from traditional photography. However, I have always granted myself the freedom to exercise artistic license and pursue whatever brings me joy. Currently, digital AI artwork fulfills that purpose, at least for the time being.

When I saw the fog this morning, decided to go out to shoot some photos. However, as I was driving around, the fog started fading and the rain arrived. Very wet, cloudy spring morning.

Calakmul (auch Kalakmul) war während der klassischen Periode eine mächtige Stadt der Maya. Zusammen mit El Mirador und Tikal ist Calakmul eine der größten jemals entdeckten Maya-Städte. Calakmul befindet sich rund 300 km südöstlich der Stadt Campeche (Mexiko) im gleichnamigen Bundesstaat.

Calakmul erstreckte sich auf einer Fläche von ca. 30 Quadratkilometern und besaß über 100 Kolossalbauten; es sind insgesamt mehr als 5000 Gebäude bekannt. Dominierend sind hier vor allem die sogenannten „Strukturen“ I und II. Letztere besitzt eine Höhe von ca. 45 Metern. Der Großteil von Calakmul ist jedoch bisher weder ausgegraben noch eingehender erforscht worden. Über die Einwohnerzahlen lassen sich nur Spekulationen anstellen. Für den Stadtkern etwa wird eine Bevölkerung von etwa 50.000 Menschen angenommen.

Calakmul (also Kalakmul) was a powerful Mayan city during the classical period. Along with El Mirador and Tikal, Calakmul is one of the largest Mayan cities ever discovered. Calakmul is located around 300 km southeast of the city of Campeche (Mexico) in the state of the same name.

Calakmul spread over an area of approximately 30 square kilometers and had over 100 colossal buildings; a total of more than 5000 buildings are known. The so-called "structures" I and II dominate here. The latter has a height of approx. 45 meters. However, most of Calakmul has not been excavated or explored in depth. Only speculations can be made about the population. A population of around 50,000 people is assumed for the city center.

However dark the night, however dim our hopes, the light will always follow the darkness. After rain the sun will shine.

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Finally home! not that my summer so far has been boring (the last 2 months involved quite a bit of traveling), however there is no place like home. I took this one at the port of Aigina island in Greece, and I will say that it was a very challenging shot. I had with me only my small tripod, so I was pretty much layed on the ground and my camera wouldn't focus so I had to switch it to manual focus and tried to do it via the screen and not through the viewfinder. It was a lovely night, the blue hour more specifically, and the waterfront promenade at Aigina's port was quite busy. After the last ferry of the day departs from the island, they shut down the main street to pedestrians only so it's really nice for families to walk without being worried about traffic.

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Barn Owl - Tyto Alba

Like most owls, the barn owl is nocturnal, relying on its acute sense of hearing when hunting in complete darkness. It often becomes active shortly before dusk and can sometimes be seen during the day when relocating from one roosting site to another. In Britain, on various Pacific Islands and perhaps elsewhere, it sometimes hunts by day. This practice may depend on whether the owl is mobbed by other birds if it emerges in daylight. However, in Britain, some birds continue to hunt by day even when mobbed by such birds as magpies, rooks and black-headed gulls, such diurnal activity possibly occurring when the previous night has been wet making hunting difficult. By contrast, in southern Europe and the tropics, the birds seem to be almost exclusively nocturnal, with the few birds that hunt by day being severely mobbed.

Barn owls are not particularly territorial but have a home range inside which they forage. For males in Scotland this has a radius of about 1 km (0.6 mi) from the nest site and an average size of about 300 hectares. Female home ranges largely coincide with that of their mates. Outside the breeding season, males and females usually roost separately, each one having about three favoured sites in which to conceal themselves by day, and which are also visited for short periods during the night. Roosting sites include holes in trees, fissures in cliffs, disused buildings, chimneys and haysheds and are often small in comparison to nesting sites. As the breeding season approaches, the birds move back to the vicinity of the chosen nest to roost.

Once a pair-bond has been formed, the male will make short flights at dusk around the nesting and roosting sites and then longer circuits to establish a home range. When he is later joined by the female, there is much chasing, turning and twisting in flight, and frequent screeches, the male's being high-pitched and tremulous and the female's lower and harsher. At later stages of courtship, the male emerges at dusk, climbs high into the sky and then swoops back to the vicinity of the female at speed. He then sets off to forage. The female meanwhile sits in an eminent position and preens, returning to the nest a minute or two before the male arrives with food for her. Such feeding behaviour of the female by the male is common, helps build the pair-bond and increases the female's fitness before egg-laying commences.

Barn owls are cavity nesters. They choose holes in trees, fissures in cliff faces, the large nests of other birds such as the hamerkop (Scopus umbretta) and, particularly in Europe and North America, old buildings such as farm sheds and church towers. Buildings are preferred to trees in wetter climates in the British Isles and provide better protection for fledglings from inclement weather. Trees tend to be in open habitats rather than in the middle of woodland and nest holes tend to be higher in North America than in Europe because of possible predation.

This bird has suffered declines through the 20th century and is thought to have been adversely affected by organochlorine pesticides such as DDT in the 1950s and '60s.

Nocturnal birds like the barn owl are poorly monitored by the Breeding Bird Survey and, subject to this caveat, numbers may have increased between 1995-2008.

Barn owls are a Schedule 1 and 9 species.

Population:

UK breeding:

4,000 pairs

Europe:

110-220,000 pairs

I would like you to join me on our tour of the North Eastern Québec (Gaspésie) - Gatineau - Matane. It is important to get out of the house during this COVID pandemic for a change in scenery.

This is one of our first stops during our road trip. We camped for two nights in New Richmond, Québec.

I loved the light colours

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The species is native to Peru and, in the wild, spreads like a bedding beneath larger plants. However, it can also be grown in pots and kept indoors.

Merlin ist der Bruder von Gismo, beide sind jetzt 10 Wochen alt.

Leider hat ihre Mama sich überhaupt nicht mit meinen älteren Katzen vertragen.

Meine Schwester war aber so lieb und hat sich ihrer angenommen und da ich den Kleinen behalten habe, gab es auch keine Probleme mit ihren Katzen.

Allerdings konnte (oder wollte) die vorherige Person seinen Bruder nun doch nicht aufnehmen, so das ich ihn ebenfalls zu mir geholt habe. Die Wiedersehensfreude der beiden süßen Kerlchen treibt mir jetzt noch die Tränen in die Augen, so das es mir unmöglich ist, meine Entscheidung zu bereuen.

Merlin is Gismo's brother, both are now 10 weeks old.

Unfortunately, her mom didn't get along with my older cats at all.

But my sister was so kind and took care of her and since I kept the little one, there were no problems with her cats either.

However, the previous person couldn't (or didn't want to) take his brother in after all, so I brought him in too. The joy of seeing the two sweet guys again brings tears to my eyes, making it impossible for me to regret my decision.

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Today is an orange day at Color my World Daily and the theme at Crazy Tuesday is « single ». So you will understand that Mr. Teddy Bear couldn’t be with us this week since he isn’t single anymore… However, Mr. Teddy Bear has a very good friend who happens to be single: Mr. Dino. That is why he is the hero of today’s picture. Mr. Dino is truly a nice guy but some of his personal characteristics make it very difficult, for him, to find love. First of all, Mr. Dino has a very, very high voice. People constantly call him « madame » while on the phone. He has very short arms which makes difficult to pick stuff from the floor… Also, being blue isn’t appropriate for all the decors… And you surely don’t want to repaint your house at the very beginning of a relationship. Also, he has a very scary looking shadow, which might scare a few potential candidats. All those details are the reasons for Mr. Dino being single. But who knows, maybe after today’s picture he will find love…

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Die Geheimnisse meines Gartens. Fleißige Bienchen.

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And bad scrum. However, these bees were moving so fast that I could usually only catch one or two on the approach. That's why there is a summary of the story with several pictures to see here ;-) It was incredibly fascinating to watch the busy bees doing their busy work. There were so many, back and forth again and again – digging earth out of the tunnel, whirling it with the wings, flying to the neighbors' roses, cutting leaves, rolling them up, transporting them to the flower pot and crawling into the depths of the soil ... I hope my oleander will survive ;-)

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Und arges Gedrängel. Allerdings waren diese Bienen so schnell unterwegs, dass ich meistens nur eine oder zwei im Anflug erwischen konnte. Deshalb gibt es hier eine Zusammenfassung der Geschichte aus mehreren Bildern zu sehen ;-) Es war unglaublich faszinierend, die umtriebigen Bienen bei ihrer emsigen Tätigkeit zu beobachten. Es waren so viele, immer wieder hin und zurück – Erde aus dem Tunnel wühlen, mit den Flügeln wegwirbeln, zu den Rosen des Nachbarn fliegen, Blatt zuschneiden, aufrollen, zum Blumentopf transportieren und in die Tiefen des Erdreichs hineinkrabbeln ... Ich hoffe, mein Oleander überlebt es ;-)

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The vagrant darter (Sympetrum vulgatum) is a European dragonfly. The species takes its English name from its habit of occasionally appearing as a rare vagrant north of its normal range. However, it is likely to be under-recorded because it is very similar to the common darter (S. striolatum).

The species is common in central and northeast Europe. It breeds in standing water.

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My least favourite type of weather, is an overcast sheet of white across the entire sky, featureless, boring and annoying, plus seemingly it lasts forever! So, one thing I know when I have perused other photos against such a backdrop, is that they can look like watercolour paintings. This is what I wanted to achieve in this shot.

However, much to my luck, a Bumblebee flew into the shot just as I hit the shutter down and thus, this is the result, I couldn't be happier. The slightly out of focus Bee accentuates to the image I wanted to create, a water painting without heavy software manipulation; sometimes in photography you can just get lucky!

I hope everyone is well and so as always, thank you!

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This is the seed stage of that horrendous Borage plant that's in my front garden. Be careful when handling these, not sure if I mentioned this before but I am allergic to the fluid in the spines, causing dermatitis and apparently it's relatively common, however that said it's a very photogenic plant when you explore it fully and a treasure for macro such as this.

I trust everyone has a great weekend and so as always, thank you! :)

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Good morning dear Flickr friends!

With drone photography, I was able to fulfill a long-cherished personal dream. The desire to "think outside the box". By this I mean, from a higher perspective, to finally make visible what was hidden from the normal perspective when taking pictures. In the photo I am on the small island "Love Island". It is not in the photo, but is located somewhat southwest of this section of the image. In front of us is the "Mettnau" peninsula, on the right it goes to the top. The front visible part of the lake is the "Zellersee". Behind the peninsula is the "Gnadensee", which is called "Markelfinger Winkel" at the end. A very quiet part of the lake that I like to go with kayak beginners. This part of the lake freezes over completely in winter and is then released for ice skating. However, it was a few years ago that the lake was frozen over. It may have been 4 or 5 years ago. I even published photos of the icy lake. Taking pictures from a height of 100 meters is simply wonderful and, thanks to the professional drone technology, a brilliant thing. If you feel inspired: Please fly carefully and observe the local laws and regulations and, like me, practice flying for hours, days and weeks on the open field without any support. In vacation countries, you sometimes need expensive permits and papers to fly. Without this, for example, Thailand faces a 5-year prison sentence. You should take that seriously. But enough of "if" and "but".

Happy weekend ahead!

Yarin

My soundtrack: Fly by Ludovico Einaudi

Traditionally, toy trains go under the Christmas tree...however, The Darks are anything but conventional...so it's guarding santa's cookies instead...

New from Muniick a train set for the holidays! Comes in small and larger versions.. You can find it at the mainstore. Pictured:

Muniick- Holiday Train Set (Small - 3 Prims)

Muniick Mainstore: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Port%20Lux/150/57/3401

Muniick Flickr: flic.kr/ps/2UgnfP

Also simple, versatile and beautiful new table from KraftWork..it can also be found at the mainstore..Pictured:

KraftWork French Round Coffee Table

KraftWork Mainstore: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/KraftWork/55/84/22

KraftWork Flickr: flic.kr/ps/2Tqjs4

Misc. Goodies:

(Luc.) Fresh Farm Milk (BENTO Server)

{vespertine} - hot chocolate tray

01 Action Tiny Tinsel Trees - Tree SILVER

09 Fancy Decor: Red and Silver Ornament

11 Fancy Decor: Tapered Ornament

..::THOR::.. Bauble 3 Red

03 Fancy Decor: Tree Ribbon

dust bunny . christmas presents . type e

Thank you so much for the support and kindness....always appreciated! ! Have a great rest of the week! 🎄

I want to clarify that the photos are not chronological. It wasn't meant to be one single story but multiple stories. However, if you want to use your imagination to fill the gaps to make a coherent story, by all means :).

well,,, If you want this shape, come to my garden.

This will be left as a Halloween gift until October 31st.

Of course it's free gift.(no group)

However, this shape is very petit lol (Copy and, Modify ok)

That's all I can do.

Everyone in the world is having a hard time with COVID-19, but I hope they will at least enjoy it in the world 🙏

Have a Happy early Halloween 🎃👻🍬

【memo】

@Panic of Pumpkin2020

maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Ryukyu/9/236/1814

[RNK]Gothic halloween Dress_FATPACK

👍[RNK] Mainstore

maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Town%20Blue%20Port/98/234/...

more more. mia skin gacha_13_honey tone (genus)

more more. mia skin gacha_eyes_1

👍more more. Mainstore

maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Chu%20Chu/99/147/27

@Mainstore

.::Supernatural::. Isolde Bracelet Gold

👍.::Supernatural::. Mainstore

maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Supernatural/106/132/21

[The Saturday sale]

FOXCITY. Photo Booth - Paradisco

FOXCITY. Taxi Bento Pose Set (Smart phone include)

Magika - Gemma

(Enfer Sombre*) Maitreya Nail applier - River

Vibing & Nova - Aurora Rings - Fatpack

GENUS Project - Genus Head - Baby Face W001 - Mocap

♬♬♬Today's Tune♬♬♬

youtu.be/lHDUcRf6Uj4

(Sorry Japanese only)

+++My Garden+++

maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Pals%20meadow/197/201/22

In a sense, each of us is an island...in another sense, however, we are all one.

For though islands appear separate and may even be situated at great distances from one another. They are only extrusions of the same planet Earth.

Quote by J.Donald Walters

Visit this beautiful place at the new ELVION