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Surprisingly Peonies are a harbinger of autumn in the garden, because their leaves turn to glorious autumn color first of all the rest. It surprises me because you normally don't think of peonies in terms of autumn leaves.
"Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower."
~Albert Camus
Surprisingly, several of my contacts are sick with the flu. A book and rose for you, dear friends.
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"Surprising Color" - ODC This morning's sunrise was absolutely gorgeous. The first light always looks like fire when it first hits the mountains. Taken from our deck since it was 5 degrees outside! Big Bear Lake is so pretty now that the storms are over and we have plenty of snow!
I'm not normally a sunrise type of gal (i.e. not a super early riser), but while on vacation and caught up on my sleep, I noticed it was about time for the sun to rise. Opened the front door of our rental condo and this was my view. I know that those clouds look as if they are overprocessed, but I actually toned the color and contrast back in this shot to mellow it out a bit. Note to self, you should take in more sunrises.
Surprisingly we had some sunshine today and I even managed a photo of Linus on some of the autumn leaves which have found their way from my neighbour's maple tree into my garden. Taking this photo wasn't as easy as it seems as Linus thinks that leaves are quite boring, especially if we don't have wind and they don't move. The only leaves he is interested in are those which are still on the trees and which he tries to shake down.
Surprisingly these are all still on the branch. Pity the iPhone can't do polarizing to knock the shine off them.
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Today is an orange day at Color my World Daily and the theme at Crazy Tuesdays is hearts. This is perfect since we have Mr. Teddy Bear and Princess with us to celebrate love and most importantly Happy Teddy Bear Tuesdays !
As we all know by now, Princess and Teddy Bear are very much in love. But like in many relationships, Mr. Teddy Bear is the most romantic one… He loves surprising his Princess with lovely surprises. This week, he decorated his orange apartment with hearts… Hearts are everywhere and the whole decor screams : love !
But Princess was very confused: Valentine’s Day isn’t in March ! Why all those hearts then ? Why decorating for Valentine’s Day one year ahead ? It is way to early !
But for Mr. Teddy Bear everyday is Valentine’s Day when he is with Princess…. and the 2 just kissed under a beautiful red heart.
But I have a meeting this morning and i need my coffee so I will not be able to continue that story … and it is a family friendly Photostream so we will not be able to see what happens after the kiss ;-).
I wish you all an amazing day !! See you later my friends !!
Thank you so much for all your lovely comments / favs/ general support / happy thoughts!! Stay safe and well!! And see you soon on Flickr !!
A splash of sunshine shows off some tenacious leaves one surprising warm day when the temperature nudged up above zero. Captured on the shore of Lake St. Clair in Belle River, Ontario
Surprisingly, Myanmar produces wine.
Aythaya Estate is a German investment in Taunggyi, which started operation in 1990s under the military regime. It is now attached with a stylish restaurant overlooking the vineyard.
The latitude of Taunggyi is 20 degrees north, while the major wine producing areas in the world are located in areas between 30 - 50 degrees. I guess the cooler and drier highland climate in Shan State as compared with Myanmar’s lowlands is suitable to grow grape (and poppy as well).
This is a re-edit of a formerly uploaded photo.
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surprisingly, the morning glory bush is still producing flowers during this transitional weather.
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It still seems funny to me that we call the tropics home. Everything still feels very new even though we've been away from Britain for some time. This was our first 'foreign' holiday from our new adopted country. Bali is a surprisingly long way from Thailand - it took 4 hours to get here. That's a similar distance to Turkey from Britain
A surprising number of plants around Sydney flower in late autumn or winter. This includes a number of species of Banksia. This one is the heath-leaved Banksia, Banksia ericifolia. As the flowers start to open (seen here) the colour changes dramatically.
This and the preceding photo were taken of 2 different flower spikes on the same plant on the same day.
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Surprisingly, polka dots were hard to find here at home and I love polka dots! This small makeup brush holder was all I could find. I shot almost three inches of the corner. Happy Macro Mondays everyone!
Surprisingly, female red-bellied woodpeckers have slightly different feeding habits than their male counterparts. They tend to forage higher in the trees where they sidle out onto side branches, while males typically stay on the main tree trunk at a lower level in their search for snacks. What a marvelous way to keep marital squabbles to a minimum.
Taken at Echo Ridge
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Do you know the moment when the fog around you is so thick that it seems as if the world has disappeared and there is no sound anymore, only your own heartbeat in your ears?
Was surprised to find a fox that made a pass against some Mallards with my little kids during our Lasalle Park visit. Somewhat relieved it was unsuccessful, I've explained the circle of life to my kids but bearing witness as a preschooler is something different!
Surprisingly very nice camera... Only thing it works well if the Subject cooperates 😂
But certainly nice one for taking snaps of flowers.
Surprising place in the middle of Vancouver. Mole Hill is a social housing project that somehow managed to withstand the renewal.
Surprisingly busy place late in the evening. Two attempts before I got this one. The first evening was so crammed with people that it was impossible to unfold the tripod. The next day was better and I got some ok shots.
This image was taken for the themed group Smile on Saturday. This week's theme is "floriography" The information below about the Gerbera Daisy comes from the following website. I personally found it to be very interesting and plan to visit the site to read about other flower meanings.
The gerbera daisy is native to South Africa and lush with bright colors and a happy beauty about it. These daisies are strong perennial plants with colors from deepest red to warm yellows, creams, white and peach shades. Not surprisingly the Victorian meaning of the gerbera daisy is happiness. The gerbera daisy seems to hold its rays open to the world radiating pure happiness. Who wouldn’t get a smile on their face when presented with a bouquet of these beauties?
What Does the Gerbera Daisy Mean? Gerbera Daisies have several meanings, but all lean to happiness. The Egyptian meaning of gerberas is closeness to nature and devotion to the sun. The Celts believed that the gerbera would lessen the sorrows and stresses of everyday life. Any type of daisy equals the truth or happiness of children. It is thought that if someone gives a gift of covered gerbera daisies that it symbolizes they are hiding something.
Etymological Meaning of the Gerbera Flower: The Latin name for the gerbera daisy is Gerbera jamesonii and is part of the large Asteraceae family of flowers. These daisies were named after the German botanist and doctor Traugott Gerber. Also known as the Transvaal Daisy. A Scotsman, Robert Jameson found these beauties growing wild around the dug up gold mines he was in charge of in Transvaal, South Africa, and Mr. Jameson is credited with also discovering these flowers.
The symbolism of the gerbera daisy is the simple beauty of a very happy life. Throughout history, the gerbera daisy has symbolized the innocent hearts of children, attributed to the white gerbera, and, happiness and gratefulness for the life you have been given. The meaning is more energized than contentedness or mellowness. It is happiness that bubbles, fizzes, and pops with joyous surprises.
There is an energetic playfulness to these flowers, which is evident in all their radiant colors. These are not flowers for regrets. These flowers are a celebration of life!
Gerberas are available in rich reds, oranges, yellows peaches, creams, and white and there a few distinct meanings including...
orange: sunshine of life
Red: unconscious in love or fully immersed in love
White: is a symbol of purity or innocence, childlike
Pink: admiration, adoration, or high esteem
yellow: cheerfulness
* Given that Spurn Point is relatively close to Hull I guess it's surprising I do not go there often. It is the oddest and wildest part of East Yorkshire with huge skies. However I find it too desolate to really enjoy, though some of my friends who are serious birders love it . This shot was taken on the narrowest parts of the spit. On the left hand side is the North Sea and on the right the waters of the Humber estuary . The little wooden cabin is a shelter in case a high tide cuts you off from the mainland which is not uncommon. You can see the lighthouse which is about four miles further along the spit.
Its a hard place to describe so I will borrow some text from the Yorkshire wildlife trust .
From the Yorkshire wildlife trust website
Spurn Point (or Spurn Head as it is also known) is a narrow sand spit on the tip of the coast of the East Riding of Yorkshire, that reaches into the North Sea and forms the north bank of the mouth of the Humber estuary. It is over 3 miles long, almost half the width of the estuary at that point, and as little as 50 yards wide in places. The southernmost tip is known as Spurn Head or Spurn Point and is the home to an RNLI lifeboat station and disused lighthouse. It forms part of the civil parish of Easington.
Spurn Head covers 280 acres above high water and 450 acres of foreshore. It has been owned since 1960 by the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust and is a designated National Nature Reserve, Heritage Coast and is part of the Humber Flats, Marshes and Coast Special Protection Area.
The peninsula is made up from sand and shingle as well as Boulder Clay eroded from the Holderness coastline washed down the coastline from Flamborough Head. Material is washed down the coast by longshore drift and accumulates to form the long, narrow embankment in the sheltered waters inside the mouth of the Humber estuary. It is maintained by plants, especially Marram grass . Waves carry material along the peninsula to the tip, continually extending it; as this action stretches the peninsula it also narrows it to the extent that the sea can cut across it in severe weather. When the sea cuts across it permanently, everything beyond the breach is swept away, only to eventually reform as a new spit pointing further south. This cycle of destruction and reconstruction occurs approximately every 250 years. The now crumbling defences will not be replaced and the spit will continue to move westwards at a rate of 2 metres per year, keeping pace with the coastal erosion further north.
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Surprisingly this lake is very new, meaning it didn't exist 40 years ago. It was formed by the glacier retreating & melting. You can see where it used to be up to ( the top of the sloping wall by the tree line)
Surprisingly some of our Trumpeter Swans are still gracing our lakes locally when I would have expected them to have gone north. They are certainly an interesting species right now as a few have stayed for the summer the last couple of years. One pair that has spent the last 2 summers here have not raised and cygnets yet but it is common for young adults to pair up for 2 or 3 years prior to consummating, nesting and raising young.
This adult bird appears comfortable and very content as the departure date is fast approaching.
A surprising catch from yesterday. I was on the way to one of our clients and had to stop (like so often) :)
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Surprisingly spring is still here...;) It doesn't always last that long in my part of Texas.
Speaking about Texas weather, it was looking like it might rain at the Sandcastle festival this coming weekend, but now it looks like it's going to be sunny. So, lots of lotion.
I pulled out my old laptop to update everything for the trip and my malware scanner told me it found 5 questionable items. Of course I said delete them. When the system tried to do a restart, it couldn't. I had to do a factory reboot..What I thought might take a half hour has now turned into a much longer project. I'm just happy I'm doing all this at home and on my WiFi
I'm going to be a gate keeper the first day, the second day I'm a photographer and the third day I'm working the grille..lol..They have never tasted my food..:)
Surprising what a difference no breeze makes!
8.30am, nine days after my previous image, sees me enjoying this tranquil view, further to the right, on the lake's South Eastern shoreline looking towards the distant pyramidical peak of Yr Aran 747m (2,450ft).
Again I was en route to Snowdon's Watkin Path that starts half a mile distant in Nant Gwynant.
Llyn Gwynant in the Snowdonia National Park, Gwynedd, North West Wales is a glacial lake surrounded by the impressive slopes of Gallt y Wenallt 619m (2,030ft) - pictured centre and to the right and Yr Aran - already mentioned.
The lake is noted for capturing dramatic mists on Autumn mornings and reflections when completely calm - like today!
Having one hour earlier enjoyed taking stunning reflections at Llynnau Mymbyr I was hoping the same weather conditions would be here too! Pleasingly they were!
Surprisingly colourful reflections on a rainy day, testimony to the unique quality of the Roman light. When in Rome
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Surprisingly we had some nice and dry weather this morning and I worked in the garden. Fynn was outdoors too but couldn't help as Easter had worn him out and he needed a long nap. Barney Bear couldn't help either because he had to keep Fynn company. Life is good with a friend by your side. :)
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Explored May 1st, 2023
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Another boat on the Spree, the "Berolina" :) This is also the first boat of 2023, taken at a fabulous (and surprisingly sunny) Easter Sunday photowalk where magrit k. and I met m_laRs_k for the first time. I'm starting with my "postcard picture" from our photowalk, duly processed and enhanced for Sliders Sunday. We had mainly focused on Architecture, or, as Mathias puts it, architeXture, but in the late afternoon, when we walked along the Spree, I couldn't resist taking another "boat with sights" photo. The sights here are, from left to right, the John F. Kennedy House, Berlin Hauptbahnhof (Berlin Central Station) which frames the Berlin Cube, and the Moltke Bridge.
The main sliding action here was to add some clouds to the bright blue sky because this type of image works better with clouds, I think. There had been a few fluffy clouds, left over from the rainy days before Easter, at the beginning of our photowalk, but they were gone soon, too soon, I might add. These are Photoshop clouds because, unfortunately, I couldn't find a photo in my archive with the "right" clouds for the light situation we had that afternoon. Additional filters used in Color Efex were: Brilliance and Warmth, Reflector Efex silver, Detail Extractor, and Skylight.
Happy Sliders Sunday, Everyone, and wishing you a wonderful 1st of May :)
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Today, the sun came out surprisingly and lit early in the morning the entrance to the village of Zedtwitz. On the left is the pub "Fernverkehr". Every now and then life bands play here. Let's see what the day brings today. The day seems to be beautiful anyway.
It was very dark late in the day under the forest canopy so I did not think I would be able to get a usable photo of this Barred Owl. I set the ISO to 8000 and dropped the shutter speed to a ridiculously slow 1/50 (at 600mm) and fired off a couple of shots handheld. Surprisingly a couple of shots turned out ok.
Surprisingly, in the late afternoon, a thick curtain of fog descended over my landscape, first it was dusk, then fog, and later in the evening, rain. I quickly took my camera and went into the forest. After photographing this view I thought, no I am not ready to enter this gate yet, ushered into winter by the cold autumn.
But on the other hand, there is a light shining at the end of the corridor.
My home path, Finland.
👱♀️🎧 I’m Not Ready To Go ( Hazlett)
Ah! Snacks! That is something in my diet that I am trying to tackle! Since Lockdown my love of sweet, sugary snacks has blossomed, along with my waistline! So finding alternatives has become urgent, and surprisingly difficult! Sugar, salt and fat are everywhere. My latest find is these nuts and seeds together with nori seaweed and maple syrup. I am hoping for great results, as rice cakes do get boring after a while!
For the Macro Monday challenge "snack” (March 6th 2023)
My 2023 set: Here
previous years of the Macro Mondays challenge:
My 2022 set: Here
My 2021 set: Here
My 2020 set: Here
My 2019 set: Here
My 2018 set: Here
My 2017 set: Here
My 2016 set: Here
My 2015 set: Here
My 2014 set: Here
My 2013 set: Here