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Every spring the City of Toronto burns sections of high park to restore and protect Toronto’s rare black oak woodlands and savannahs. The prescribed burns are deliberately set and carefully controlled low fires that consumes dried leaves, small twigs and grass stems, but does not harm larger trees

5741- The Wedding Guest by Michael World

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My wife and I were slowly driving through a lovely small town in Brittany (France!) when we noticed the wedding party, and all, outside on the church steps. I found a parking spot (not always easy!) and grabbed my camera which had the 150-600mm lens attached. That worked well to get a few shots from a little* distance.

Thanks for looking, etc.:)

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Ma femme et moi roulions lentement dans une charmante petite ville de Bretagne (France!) Lorsque nous avons remarqué la fête de mariage, et tout, dehors sur les marches de l'église. J'ai trouvé une place de parking (pas toujours facile!) Et j'ai attrapé mon appareil photo auquel était fixé l'objectif 150-600 mm. Cela a bien fonctionné pour obtenir quelques clichés à une petite * distance.

Merci d'avoir regardé, etc. :)

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Bodie and the Cormorants at Sunset by susan ogden

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Copyright Susan Ogden

I stayed longer than anticipated at Pea Island yesterday afternoon. it was a gorgeous day which went from a mixture of pouffy clouds and whispy clouds to no clouds at all by the time i left. I did not even notice until i was on the road to home...and that was when i saw the sky beginning to turn beautiful and gold to the west. i quickly stopped at Oregon Inlet at Pea Island Life Saving Station for some shots and then rushed speedy fast to the lighthouse for whatever sun was left. The glow on the lighthouse was gorgeous and i made it just in the nick of time. When i jumped out of my car for this shot i could hear the cacophony of thousands of Cormorants in the distance...and i watched as they flew in long ribbons of black behind the lighthouse to the east along the shoreline. The stream of them just kept coming and lasted a good 2 to 3 minutes as they made their way south. Thousands may be a conservative estimate...an amazing sight to see.

Tonight i have a slumber party with Luke while his parents attend BOTH of their company Christmas parties! We will build a Gingerbread house and have shrimp dinners and make some art! Elf on the Shelf made his way to my house...so he will be AMAZED. He is astounded by that thing and how it shows up in places each morning. If he is good it gives him a candy kiss and if not he has his arms crossed across his chest!!! He leaves a note every night for Luke to find and he makes his mom read them over and over to him!! He saves them in a little box in his room!!!

After seeing Santa and sitting on his lap, he was fascinated with the man, and when i got there the other night he sat on top of his dad’s storage trunks and wore his elf hat and told me “Come here!!” and made me sit on his lap!!! Hahahaha! He asked what i wanted and i told him the new Sony Mirrorless camera the A6000. He looked up at me and said “OH! I don’t have THAT!” I said Oh....ok....well how about Spiderman??? THAT he had!!!! LOL!!

Looking forward to little sleep and lots of fun!! :)

1-11 - Notice by Life, unscripted Photography

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It was hard not to notice how beautiful this little Tufted Titmouse was!

Church notice board. by Hols52 - Graham

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From the path toward my local church, the light just striking the cold,wet glass of the board with the path disappearing.

noticed invisible by irakli demetrashvili

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Greengrocer in the city center. by Mitsushiro Nakagawa

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title

Greengrocer in the city center.

( LUMIX. G3. Shot. )

Paris.France. 2012. shot ... 3 / 6

(Today's photo. It's probably published. But it was edited again in 2021. It may include unpublished ones.)

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２０２１年１月７日。

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２０２１年１月７日。

僕は発送しました。

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８人目の方はルーマニアの方です。

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2021年１月中に発送します。

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２０２１年２月中に発送します。

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２０２１年２月中に発送します。

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２０２１年２月中に発送します。

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２０２１年２月中に発送します。

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14人目は、ロシアの方です。

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２０２１年３月中に発送します。

Mitsu.

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EU doomed (c) Bernard Egger :: rumoto images 2022 by © Bernard Egger 📷

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Tu m'écris un rêve ? - Would you write me a dream ? by bleuet / Anne-Marie

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Rouge ou bleu, le rêve ? ...

"C'est comme s'il tatouait ces mots sur mon cœur, avec une encre d'un bleu profond."

"Like he was carving the words in a deep blue tattoo on my heart."

Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore - Kafka sur le rivage

“Memories are what warm you up from the inside. But they're also what tear you apart.”

"Les souvenirs, c'est quelque chose qui vous réchauffe de l'intérieur. Et qui vous déchire violemment le cœur en même temps."

Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore - Kafka sur le rivage

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Je viens juste de terminer la lecture de "Kafka sur le rivage" de Haruki Murakami. C'est une explosion de sensations, de sentiments, d'images douces ou crues ... La musique des mots, la beauté, la poésie ou le surréalisme des lieux et des situations, l'épaisseur et l'immatérialité des personnages... lire ce livre est une jubilation à l'état pur de la première à la dernière page. N'hésitez pas, vous adorerez !

I just come to end the reading of " Kafka on the shore " by Haruki Murakami. It's an explosion of sensations, feelings, soft or crude images... The music of the words, the beauty, the poetry or the surrealism of places and situations, the thickness and the immateriality of the characters... reading this book is a pure jubilation from the first to the last page. Don't hesitate : you will adore it.

Anna's Hummingbird by Elisa Yang

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Notice how it's sitting on its perch with only one toe. SO CUTE!!!!

community notices by peter pick

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Spring notice by San Diego

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Vanity! Checking out the look. by Helene Barclay

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Maybe I’m alone with this but I have noticed when I dress up as a woman I find myself constantly checking out my look. I think a number of factors contribute to this. The big one being, since I was a young boy I have always wanted to become a girl. As I have grown older the desire to spend time as a woman has strengthened and not diminished in any way. As a young man I always believed I would ‘get over’ my desire to spend time as a female but that proved to be delusional. I enjoy spending time as a woman more and more, and it connects with me on deeply emotional level. I have regrets now that I was not brave enough as a young man to embark on the journey to becoming a woman. I took a different path that I now like and value and would not change. I do sometimes become consumed with the desire to be female but I do not wish to jeopardise my family and income by being too indulgent of my own desires.

Moving on from that current reality, my embracing transvestism saved me and enabled true self expression. I rarely become a woman and adore the precious few hours I am able to cross-dress and adopt a female appearance. When I have undergone the process of male to female transformation, something that is lengthy and requires much planning in my situation, I am thrilled and euphoric to cease being male for a few hours.

I have a deep need to try and pass completely as a woman, I have no desire within me to look like a man but as I am a man I find myself challenged in trying to achieve my inner dream. I do find big psychological changes occur as I work on myself physically to try and look female. As I pluck and shape my eyebrows, shave off my body hair and see my legs, chest and arms become smooth and hairless I felt a deep joy surfacing and a more relaxed sense of self emerging. Tucking away my male genitals and having no bulge really boosts me, I love how it makes me feel more female.

Typically at this stage I will apply my make-up at this point and an urgency begins to take root, the awareness I am committing to try and be more feminine than masculine grows exponentially and I have to force myself to be patient and take things steadily. I adore the moment I finally disguise my beard shadow with make-up and this induces a considerable confidence boost that pushes me forward to complete my transformation. I will admit a big thrill courses through me at this stage and I can at times, feel rather light headed. I often need to calm myself before proceeding.

In recent months I invested in an airbrush make-up application kit which, though tricky to use at first, produces smooth flawless looking coverage without looking thick on the face. It’s another huge confidence booster. I can recommend it for your foundation application, especially if you require a lot of coverage and want to venture out in public. You will get great smooth coverage and look more natural. Applying eyeliner, mascara and lipstick literally sends me in raptures of pure pleasure! I adore wearing make-up and love how it makes me feel.

Once the make-up is on my face I find I urgently have to don my wig, pull on my knickers (panties) and put on a bra and fill it with my breast forms, suddenly I feel I am more woman than man. I next enjoy taking my time sitting in my lingerie, in my make-up and with my feminine hair, and painting my nails.

If you are a male to female cross-dresser you will know what comes next. The moment has arrived to pull on tights (pantyhose) and pull on a dress before then slipping on a pair of high heels. I always love the moment of standing up as a woman at this point and enjoy the fact the man within has gone. Adding a dash of perfume and attaching ear-rings is the final touch beard a moment of sheer emotional intoxication takes over. Again, I find myself so suffused with inner joy at finally escaping my male self and embracing my female self that I need to take awhile to calm and settle into my female persona.

That’s the background to what occurs next and which I’ve compiled into this brief video. The video captures my own joy at being a closer to presenting myself as a woman and how I can hardly believe I have actually just transformed myself away from beg a male. I think vanity and obsession kick in and I find myself looking at myself in the mirror a lot and taking lots of photos to remind myself I did actually do this.

For many years photos were all I had of myself as my female alter-ego when, inevitably, I began to wonder do I actually look female? Personally, I always see my male self in my female appearance, which is a bit crushing emotionally, but I see some potential that if I work on it i may just one day pass as a woman and never be perceived as male.

As I became more curious about my efforts to look like a woman I came across a video on Flickr by Michelle Bennet in America. This, along with her patient encouragement as we corresponded, resulted in me recording my first video as a woman in June 2010. Video proved very revealing and far less forgiving than choosing the ‘good photo’ which is the way I used to do things. Most of the photos I took were deleted and only certain images where things were captured right were retained.

Video was exciting, I was suddenly seeing myself not just dressed as a woman but moving and I realised I had to try harder if I wanted to become a woman during the times I cross-dressed. It was really exciting and I drew on Michelle’s inspiration greatly. also found video was great for opening up about being a transvestite. I found it incredibly liberating to appear as a woman on camera and just chat about all the things I had suppressed for decades. Video has now become my outlet for self expression in regard to my female side.

I Idid notice in my videos that often, before I began to chat on camera, I would be examining myself on the screen. This is partly vanity (well a lot really) and partly the sheer amazement I am dressed as a woman and in make-up. I find since I began using my phone for video I ca see myself clearly on the screen and I keep checking myself out! I find myself examining my make-up and wig and outfits in detail and despite the vanity of such actions, it is good at providing instant feedback on my efforts to look and act as if I am a female.

These days I believe in admitting to all the things I’ve gone through in my quest to become a convincing looking woman when I cross-dress and I think it’s good to embrace your needs, desires and your past. I’ve gone through the whole micro skirts, skyscraper high heels and over the top make-up trying to act overtly sexy so why deny it, it happened and I loved doing it at the time. Go for it I say!

My quest these days is to pass in the real world as a woman. I found that thinking yourself into the gender and making that work unconsciously helps amazingly in your efforts to pass as a woman. Sometimes I surprise myself with the thoughts that I have when I am dressed as a woman. I definitely enjoy leaving the man behind and thinking as a female, its shocking, and exciting and genuinely thrilling when you realise you’ve crossed the line in your head!

Returning to this truly self indulgent video, I’ve compiled a few shots of myself checking out my look and would encourage others to give it a go as it really does help you evolve and improve with your make-up and hair and body movements and it is rather fun! It’s not really very structured as a video but as I am currently not able to cross-dress and become the woman I like to spend time as I am coping with my desire by posting indulgent videos like this one to help me cope and build anticipation for my next opportunity.

Despite being a man I love being a woman!

Build ramps not bombs! by lsrini

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We were biking along the river Main in Wuerzburg when I noticed these guys practising. They very graciously agreed to be photographed, so cheers to them. The colourful sign on one of the ramps is the title of this image. Second image of the series.

Notice the symmetry. by daimdazz

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Notice board by Richard Mainwaring

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Notice Board by Dave ☠️

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Notice Board

Life is Full of Beauty... by Lisa

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Notice it!

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NOTICE ME! by Sylva

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Noticed something by JF-Artistry

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Was it a noise, a nut, or another squirrel? I don't know, but judging by the look on its face, it must have been very exciting.

📷 Nikon DX | 250 mm | f/6.3 | 1/180s

Smoke Bush Tree by Joseph Hollick

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Notice the smaller yellow smoke bush tree behind the larger purple smoke bush tree.

Seen on Open Garden tour in Waterdown section of Hamilton.

Has anyone noticed? by jenny.eland123

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Has anyone else noticed that since the pandemic a lot of ladies seem to have disappeared from Flickr? Quite a lot of ladies who were previous regular posters have simply stopped posting pics.

Obviously, with the new Flickr rules, there are some who have defected to other sites, but they have mostly advertised this fact. However, some simply appear to have just stopped. I can't help wondering why?

I do hope that we haven't lost them all to Covid.

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Notice by gol-G

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concrete lego brick by superlocal

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noticed them embedded in the pavement at intersections. should have taken one.

Central

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Life is full of beauty. by Ashley1954

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… Notice it. Notice the bumble bee, the small child, and the smiling faces. Smell the rain, and feel the wind. Live your life to the fullest potential, and fight for your dreams.

Ashley Smith

Happy Monday !

At the dog show by Bjorn Comhaire

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Noticed this nice parallel between the dog and his owner

Notice anything? by Shae Guerin

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No, no, there aren't any similarities between then and now, NONE!

Sailor's Warning by Sylvia Harden

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Notice the ships on the horizon. 2016-09-15 AM (161)aw

Noticing by D&M

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Francis Bellamy by Matt Champlin

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Notice the original words of the Pledge of Allegiance. Bellamy was a SOCIALIST!!! who often used his pulpit to talk about the inherent evils of capitalism. "Under God" wasn't added until the 1950's...

Mind the notice by Mark Hedges

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Image from an abandoned lumber company

Noticed by Dewayne Smith

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Angled view of anglers’ gear by David Bridge

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Noticed outside a bait shop

notice ♡ by Soy .

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new message by russell davies

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Notice! by David Gilson

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Red Window Reflection by Blick Calle

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Notice her reflection in the window.

Shot from the hip.

South Street

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

174:200 Strangers - Stratis by iain blake

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I noticed Stratis standing outside a bar having a cigarette accompanied by a friend. It was again, his sense of style which caught my eye initially.

Stratis is from Greece, where he has his own company Salty Bag. Quoted from his company website:

"Salty Bag makes hand-crafted travel goods by upcycling decommissioned sails into elegantly designed, reusable fashion accessories."

I asked Stratis what makes him happy?

"Sex" he replied!

"No, a good book makes me happy." He said.

A good book, I enquired, before or after sex?

"Both!"

Thanks Stratis.

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Notice (Don't park bicycle or motorcycle here.) by Hideki iiiiiiiiiii

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Kobe, Japan

Notice Anything? (3) by Cymru Coastliner

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Looking just like one of Rhyl's own fleet of Geminis, Arriva North West 4461 - MX61 AXZ is pictured in Dyserth on Circular Service 35 to Rhyl. This has come from Speke Depot to cover for sister vehicle 4489 - MX61 AUN which is in need of mechanical attention.

by Suhyun

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feb afternoon

Taking Notice by Dorothy Sutherland

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Golden Birdwing fluttering over red Glorybower by Susan Ford Collins

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Notice the straw-like proboscis inserted in the flower.

Golden Birdwing (Troides rhadamantus) is a birdwing butterfly that inhabits the Philippines. There are many subspecies on different islands of the Philippines and some authors consider Troides plateni and Troides dohertyi as subspecies of T. rhadamantus.

Golden Birdwing, Troides rhadamanthus

Wings of the Tropics, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Miami FL

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Notice by Casey Buller

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Bright and beautiful by Anne Elliott

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Just noticed that before I took my computer in yesterday to get Windows 10 installed, I had 149 GB of free space left. Now, after the transfer, I have 216 GB of free space! Is this a worrying sign??

Update: 20 November 2019. I now have Windows 10 installed on my computer, thank goodness. The very first thing I wanted to check was Flickr, hoping that I would not be unable to open it. I had to log in, which makes me nervous on the rare occasion that I find I have been logged out somehow, as I know so many people end up not being able to access their Flickr photostream. SO relieved when it all opened just fine. Last night, I installed various programs, reactivated others (with Chat on some websites). I discovered that two very important things are missing, though. A whole section of emails was lost. Before the transfer to Windows 10, the words at the side were Inbox, Drafts, Sent, Junk and Deleted. Then, below those, the other (lost) section had things like Saved Sent and Saved received. Contained many years worth of plant lists and locations from bioblitz, outings, natural areas and other things. The other thing that I don't think I will be able to get back is Google Earth and the few hundred locations I had carefully marked on it for years. All the acreages we have visited for years, and so much more. Sigh.

What a day to have to go out yesterday! Another snowstorm, with something like 9" or 10" of heavy wet snow to clear off my car. Coming back home, especially, the visibility was not the greatest. Felt so happy to finally get home. This morning, my car is covered in more snow again.

Like I have been doing recently, I have posted five more photos from my archives this morning. I still have masses of backing up and deleting to do. While doing this, I have been setting aside a few images to add to Flickr. I will add, below, the description that I wrote under another photo taken on the same day.

"This photo was taken on 22 May 2016, when my daughter and I spent a great day together, as a slightly early treat for my birthday : ) Always my favourite way to spend a day!

We weren't quite sure what we would be doing, as it depended on how my daughter was feeling - so much pain, while waiting for surgery. We did know for sure that we were going straight to the Saskatoon Farm for a delicious meal, though. We took a look inside two of their greenhouses, full of colourful flowers, including the one in this photo. Is this a Petunia? Not a day for walking outside, as it poured with rain the whole day. In fact, it has barely stopped at all the last couple of days, with the added surprise of a few minutes of falling snow early yesterday morning. If we could only send at least some of our rain up north to help with everyone fighting the devastating wildfire that continues to spread! That whole area has been getting some rain apparently, but not enough to put an end to the destructive path. The whole province has been a tinder box, waiting to go up in flames, so we are very grateful for the rain that's falling. Just a shame that it is on our long weekend for Victoria Day. I haven't checked yet, but especially the mountain area was forecast to have a lot of snow, so I would imagine a lot of campers will have returned to the city already. The temperature yesterday morning was 2C (windchill -2C) and it remained cold all day, just like the day before, when I was out with my camera all day.

After the Saskatoon Farm, we went westwards into Okotoks, so that we could visit the little rustic antique place, All through the House. From there, we drove various back roads, looking for any birds that might not be hiding from the cold and rain. I was so happy that we saw a couple of Snipe standing on fence posts, as they make such beautiful photos. We even saw several hawks - more than I usually see when I go for a drive, including a pair of Swainson's Hawks. Very often, photos I take from inside the car tend to not come out properly and I get too many blurry shots. Thankfully, some did come out OK. In fact, I have been amazed at how some of my photos came out the last two days, despite the awful weather. Normally, I would have stayed at home on such wet, dreary days. Not sure how I ended up with lots of sharp images, but maybe I need to get out more, even when the weather is not encouraging at all.

Thanks so much, Rachel, for a much-enjoyed day and thank you for the (as always) carefully chosen gifts and cards. Most of all, thank you for spending the day with me!"

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When I was down at my local post office, I saw this sign and I couldn't resist and took a photo.

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Noticable BMW by Tony Tomlin

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If you want people to know you have concern for the environment - and Money.