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Some people think Wood Storks are ugly. They resent how they move into the rookery and usurp the tree islands, crowding out the Great Blues and Anhinga who had settled in prior to this pushy intrusion. And that noisy sex that goes on all the time, that clashing of bills drawing attention to what, I should think we would all agree, be done in private, or at least in the darkness of night. Well, I for one am deeply offended. Yet, when I look at this bird, I can’t help but seeing its inner beauty. Yes, I’m a closet Wood Stork lover. There should be help for folk like me, but to hell I say, I’m coming out of the closet and will embrace my affliction without shame! (And, let me just add, this is no laughing matter.) (Mycteria americana) (Sony a9M3, 200-600 lens @ 394mm, 1/3200 second, f/6.3, ISO 640)

Tropaeolum commonly known as nasturtium or nasturtian is a genus of roughly 80 species of annual and perennial herbaceous flowering plants. It is the only genus in the family Tropaeolaceae. The genus Tropaeolum, native to South and Central America.Plants in this genus have showy, often intensely bright flowers, and rounded, peltate (shield-shaped) leaves with the petiole in the centre. The flowers are bisexual and zygomorphic, with five petals, a superior three-carpelled ovary, and a funnel-shaped nectar spur at the back, formed by modification of one of the five sepals. Tropaeolum is a genus of dicotyledonous annual or perennial plants, often with somewhat succulent stems and sometimes tuberous roots. 24967

Nerium oleander is a shrub or small tree in the dogbane family Apocynaceae, toxic in all its parts. It is the only species currently classified in the genus Nerium. It is most commonly known as nerium or oleander. Pretty flowers but contact with plant can irritate skin and toxic if ingested especially by children. Nerium oleander is a shrub or small tree in the dogbane family Apocynaceae, toxic in all its parts. It is the only species currently classified in the genus Nerium. It is most commonly known as nerium or oleander, from its superficial resemblance to the unrelated olive Olea. It is so widely cultivated that no precise region of origin has been identified, though southwest Asia has been suggested. Oleander is one of the most poisonous commonly grown garden plants. Oleander grows to 2–6 m tall, with erect stems that splay outward as they mature; first-year stems have a glaucous bloom, while mature stems have a grayish bark. The flowers grow in clusters at the end of each branch; they are white, pink to red. 7140

Beauty in the backyard!

 

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Pentax Spotmatic / Super-Takumar 55 / Rollei Retro 400

Photoclub this week's challenge was Tattoo's. So here you go... thank you to the great artists that create these amazing tattoos!!

 

Photoclub meets Every Saturday at 1130 at The Grove Photoclub

 

🎼: Pretty Flamingo ~Manfred Mann~

 

On our block all of the guys call her flamingo

Cause her hair glows like the sun

And her eyes can light the skies

When she walks she moves so fine like a flamingo

Crimson dress that clings so tight

She's out of reach and out of sight

When she walks by she brightens up the neighborhood

Oh every guy would make her his if he just could

If she just would

Some sweet day I'll make her mine pretty flamingo

Then every guy will envy me

Cause paradise is where I'll be

Pretty flamingo

Pretty flamingo

When she walks by she brightens up the neighborhood

Oh every guy would make her his if he just could

For 'Looking Close on Friday' the theme is 'Baubles'.

Shape: RESHAPE - Selena

Lips: RESHAPE - Selena Lipgloss

Skin: Glam Affair - Medison

Hair: Truth - Livia

Top: TETRA - Ruffle Crop Top

 

BOG: pandorasboxcloset.blogspot.com/2018/12/meet-selena.html

Roseate Spoonbill

 

From Florida Hikes:

 

There’s no mistaking the roseate spoonbill, with its bright pink plumage and distinctive shovel-shaped beak. Usually seen in pairs or large groups, they feed on mud flats.

   

Taken at the Chelsea Flower Show last year and edited with Nik Collection ColorEfexPro4

The much-maligned Flint River sure looks pretty as it gently rolls through Richfield County Park in this winter photo, January, 2022.

they were in a flower display near to were i live...

Best viewed large...

 

A bit late today, but better late than never.

  

Schau es in groß,es lohnt sich !

 

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Please, don't fave and run, you will get yourself blocked.

 

Edited slightly in Topaz Studio

There is no AI in this image

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Happy Canada day from Calgary

  

Our son and daughter-in-law will be staying with us for the next week. I'll try to do my Flickring in the early morning--while everyone in the household is still sleeping! If I don't get around to you right away, I will catch up as soon as I can! Have a great weekend!

Our clematis has gone a bit berserk, growing wildly in many directions. But it's booming nicely.

Pink Cosmos Flower.

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