**. A shot from our first trip to Kenya in August 2004 and the first time I used a digital camera, a very basic point and shoot . My only regret about the trip was I missed a lot of shots I would have managed with a better camera. When we went back in 2010 I was much better equipped . Still I will never forget seeing the Big cats and elephants in the wild for the first time I don’t need photographs to remember the thrill of that experience .

This was taken at Lake Nakuru I was trying to photographs the flamingoes but this Marabou stork managed to get in front of the pretty birds . Actually if you look into the mass of birds there are also at least three Pelicans

In Marys opinion Marabou storks are the ugliest bird on the planet . This is probably about first impressions. I remember the drive from the airport to downtown Nairobi it was so exciting to think we were in Africa and everything looked so different it was total sensory overload . As we drove along there were landfill sites at the roadside and they were full of scavenging Marabou storks. Only at that time we did not know their name they just looked like birds from hell. Interestingly this Stork is sometimes called the "undertaker bird" due to its shape from behind.

THANKS FOR YOUR VISIT TO MY STREAM.

I WOULD BE VERY GRATEFUL IF YOU COULD NOT FAVE A PHOTO WITHOUT ALSO LEAVING A COMMENT .

Some people arent loyal to you, they are loyal to their need of you. Once their needs change, so does their loyalty...

NEVER settle to be someones second best.... second choice.... or second thought...

"Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth."

Quote - Marcus Aurelius

I have always had a fascination with space. I even wrote a song about it a while back. In my opinion, it's one of the most amazing things there is.

Opinions!

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Went for a walk last night and we were the only humans out there for a while. The gulls seemed to be enjoying their turn as a very low tide exposed a lot of shellfish and other sea food.

Thanks very much for visiting and I really enjoy your opinions in a comment.

Mallard drakes having a severe difference of opinion in Bushy Park pond.

Oh and more info for the flickr autotagger: The pond might just be called a lake but not a sea

A big part of the Babberspolder quarter in Vlaardingen is renewed. Older apartment blocks and houses from the 50s are demolished and new ones erected. Although it is now a nice place to live I find the renewal a bit to much. In my opinion it was nicer that they had kept some of the old buildings as a historic layer. Now it looks as a standerd new housing estate. The church in the centre of the picture is one of the few things they have kept.

Male Elephant seals

Escalator somewehere in Hamburg

An opinion on how to light the Pinnacles was agreed upon by all in attendance on this magical evening at the Trona Pinnacles.

Merci pour vos avis, vos messages sympathiques, et votre fidélité.

A très bientôt dans vos univers!!!

Thank you for your opinion, your friendly messages and loyalty.

See you soon!!

Hello my Flickr friends!

Another Monday and another red day at Color My World Daily Group. And the theme at Macro Mondays is: on a coin. I must admit that this was by far the most rules exhaustive theme.

And since I’m collecting coins (yes, if you don’t know yet; I’m a hoarder … but I have other charming qualities which makes me an unique and lovable hoarder, at least it is what I like to think about myself…), I decided to go with an old 10 French francs coin. The main raison is that I’m very nostalgic about French francs era but also because they have a very beautiful words written on the edge, which makes them very interesting.

I choose the word “égalité”, which means equality. In my opinion it is a little bit ironic since money is about everything except equality, don’t you think ?…It is like this funeral home advertisement we had here in Montreal, few years ago, begging us to be careful and stay well during holidays … Do you feel the irony here?? But in the case of 10 French Francs it is a French national motto. The whole inscription is: Liberté, Fraternité, Égalité.

My main subject standing on my 10 Francs coin is my tiny red pencil (once again this is a part of another growing collection of tiny pencils... #hoarderlife). It is a few millimeters smaller than the coin diameter (2,5cm).

And since we all know by now that money, doesn't grow on trees (raise your hand if your parents were saying that exact phrase, it exists even in Polish !!!), I have to run to my office!! Another video meeting and then I will start my day of money making at home!

P.S I think that the phrase "money doesn't grow on trees" should be written on the edge of coins worldwide, as a motto for all kids to learn !!! Who is with me on that one ?

Have an amazing Monday my friends !!

Thank you so much for all your lovely comments / favs/ general support / happy thoughts!! Stay safe and healthy!! And see you soon on Flickr !!

“The Great Translation Movement” ： twitter.com/tgtm_official

This is a group of young Chinese people who risked their lives to set up their own website for Chinese instant brainwashing news translating from Chinese to English, they have all been banned in the Chinese sphere of influence, they are often threatened by the officials, one volunteer translator has disappeared for many days.

An online anti-war movement launched during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. It seeks to expose pro-Russian, anti-American, anti-Japanese, anti-Western, and racially discriminatory sentiments in China by translating government propaganda and anti-western public opinion found on the Chinese internet into other languages, including English, Japanese, and Korean. Through such a movement, the participants aim to invoke the conscience of the Chinese People.

I hope that western friends pay more attention to them.🙏

Applefest at Fox Chase Farm 10/15/2022.

"I’m not spoiled, my master is just well trained."

......Someone said

Sony 70 - 300mm f4.5 - 5.6

75mm

1/1250s

f5.6

ISO 100

Visa pour l'image. Perpignan. France 2020.

Museum Voorlinden

LIMG_5938_lr

Marangone dal ciuffo (Phalacrocorax aristotelis)

Opinions about Favoriten, Vienna's 10th district, are divided: those who live there think it's great, those who don't turn up their noses. I have lived in the corner house in the middle for twelve years.

If you want to get an impression of this friendly, vibrant, and colourful district, but which also has its gloomy side, just have a look at the album I created about it!

.: ѕρσηѕσяє∂ ιтєм(ѕ):

→ Outfit - "Shivana Outfit" by SCANDALIZE at the Belle Event (7/20)

→ Bag - "TeaTime Bag - Black" by Havoc Unlocked at the Cake Day Event (7/13)

.: вℓσg - full credits here

.: ιηѕтαgяαм - feed here

"Opinions may differ / and views opposing // but once the aim becomes / destruction of the other / to gain personal benefit / then something is at hand..."

You'd be hard pushed to find a better looking summer migrant than the Redstart in my opinion. I spent some time yesterday morning with these gorgeous birds and felt privileged to do so.

OLYMPUS EM-1 Mark II

Sul destino ci sono opinioni piuttosto discordanti: c'è chi vi crede fermamente, e dunque ecco che la vita diventa percorrere un sentiero già tracciato, più o meno debolmente. Dunque ecco sta a noi riconoscere quel sentiero e percorrerlo rettamente. Vi è poi chi rifiuta questa visione e dunque si ritiene artefice e demiurgo della propria stessa esistenza.

Chissà lei cosa pensava su questo argomento? Da quale parte stava e come aveva interpretato scelte, azioni e fatti?

Nessuno può davvero saperlo perché di lei restano solo pochi scatti, pochi sguardi, poche espressioni.

Fuggita via, o meglio, portata via troppo presto. Col rammarico di tutto quello che avrebbe potuto dirci e che invece non ha mai pronunciato. Col rammarico di non aver avuto un suo gesto, di non averle guardato le mani così tanto da non dimenticarle mai.

Non sapremo mai se era destino, oppure se furono scelte scellerate quelle che la portarono via, se non si fece abbastanza per salvarla.

Domande che non avranno mai risposta.

LACPIXEL - 2020

Fluidr

Please don't use this image without my explicit permission.

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Herastrau Park, Bucharest, Romania

My humble opinion. Window light with silver reflector. I cleaned up his eyes digitally although they weren't too bad. Otherwise it is a mild edit and slight vignette because edges were bright.

I'm Not Trying To Start A Fight Here, But In My Opinion: Dove Chocolate Tastes Way Better Than Their Soap.

Taken at Arranmore

maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Aridia/63/131/24

We all hold some opinion on Australian White Ibis; Bin Chicken to many, it is also an amazing bird: beautiful when landing against the light, a trooper with tough surviving skills and, as I witnessed from a hide last Sunday, a caring parent. This chick was thoroughly cleaned by its mother, with special attention given to its backside. Pity - just like its human equivalent, it will not remember...

(Threskiornis molucca)

No es mi estilo pero quería probar.

Necesito vuestra opinión sincera.

:-)

It is not my style but I wanted to try.

I need your sincere opinion.

:-)

I could not resist ;-)

Richard Gere and George Clooney have some difference of opinion.

Washington Post

This is the Reality of Trump's America

www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/this-is-a-humanitarian-cr...

I just cannot believe that this is still continuing and that NOTHING is being done about it. All children belong to HUMANITY and should be covered by human rights!!!

Thank you for your kind visit. Have a wonderful and beautiful day! ❤️❤️❤️

Baja desde la Val de Ruda, desde Beret o desde el Forau de Aigüalluts, que hay nacimiento para todas las opiniones. Yo opto por la de la Val de Ruda, así, visto geográficamente en su mofología. Pues va bajando como quien no quiere la cosa y tras pasar todo Naut y Baix Aran se interna en Francia donde su curso toma dirección Este hasta llegar a Toulouse donde, sorpresivamente gira 180º y surca el Midí francés hasta llegar a Burdeos desembocando en el Atlantico. Joe! vaya rio.

Go down from the Val de Ruda, from Beret or from the Forau de Aigüalluts, there is a source for all opinions. I opt for that of the Val de Ruda, thus, seen geographically in its morphology. Well, it goes down like someone who doesn't want to and after passing all of Naut and Baix Aran it enters France where its course takes an easterly direction until it reaches Toulouse where, surprisingly, it turns 180º and crosses the French Midi until it reaches Bordeaux, ending in the Atlantic. Joe! wow river.

Your opinion, which do you prefer? Unfortunately, I like them both.