What makes a lighthouse truly beautiful isn’t the smooth, pristine exterior - it’s that it endures. It watches. It's there night after night regardless of whether anyone sees it or thanks it. That kind of devotion isn’t flashy, but it’s deeply moving.

In our lives, we often measure worth by appearance - how polished we seem, how well we keep up the illusion of composure. But like a lighthouse, our real beauty lies in our vigilance. In how we keep going, keep showing love, keep protecting what matters - even when we feel weathered or unseen. The cracks in the surface don’t lessen the value. They bear witness to the storms we've already survived.

So, whether your tower feels a little worn or your light flickers now and then—it doesn’t mean you’ve failed. It means you're alive. You’re watching. You’re keeping the path lit for someone else, maybe even for yourself. And that is luminous.

Happenstance - Flamingo Beach

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Don't ask me why... but my children named her "Hermine" :)

I was amazed how the setting sun let this little creature glow from the inner!

Beauty and tenderness along the way...

don't just walk by the small things in life!

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These little snails are all over the plants in the Provence... they look

like little white flowers, only a closer look reveils them as snails ;)

unbelievable for me how they endure this sun and dryness.

Beauty is eternity gazing at itself in a mirror

But you are eternity and you are the mirror

Khalil Gibran

... was born March 17th, 2007 in Quito / Ecuador

This is to welcome my newborn niece Susana Stella &

to share my joy about it with you - with a "Magnolia Stellata" bud...

ready to unfold to fill this world with her beauty and tenderness".

... a find in the vinyards this morning

.......2.0. ;))

I found it exciting to wait a little here to see who is now so on the way up and who is on the way down. Ha Joking aside! Or am I in some situations often still the little boy who can be caught by so many technical things.

bob moses & elderbrook — inner light ♫

or choose the beautiful video (ゝз･)

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I got really wet with this shot... but the little dewdrops were so beautifully sparkling in the sun... I just had to get down on my knees :)

... or "the beautiful side of a rainy day"

for 7DWF Thursday monochrome

...for summer

In one of our books I found some dried leaves from last autumn...

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This young vineleaf is growing on the house wall right outside my window.

The early morning sun was hitting it so strongly I first thought these shots might

not turn out. The brick wall in the back let it look rather pale so I changed my angle

until I had the red downspout behind. It is then when I thought... wow, great reds!

Here are two of the shootings.

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Poppy bud about to burst.

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Straight from the camera into Flickr ;))

I was outside taking some photographs when

I saw Momo... had to share this shot with you!

Just one of the most beautiful scenes I have ever seen.

This was shot from the bus, and I had no time to change the settings...well, everything else was in the shadow, but them. Is this what they call inner light?