this creek is a little bit lazy right now, so it managed to get itself frozen in this quiet spot with a wonderful pebbled surface that sparkled in the sun... a beautiful surface to play with.

Even though I had to get up at 4:30 this AM to meet up with some friends from the photo club to go to Lunenburg for sunrise. Sunrise was a bit disappointing but we had a lovely day anyway, and the weather turned out great..a breezy -1 C but sunny... There is a wooden statue covered in a big tarp on the deck of the red shed which I decided to clone out..it was just not very pretty LOL

Bad hair day 😁

No idea what that is, though.

Another 2018 shot from the Botanical Garden in Munich.

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Though I've already posted this photo, I kept thinking that a little more straightening wouldn't be a bad idea. The other one was a little too crooked for me!

:-)

Want to thank everyone for the nice comments, awards and invites. Afraid I've had quite a lot of matters to attend to recently and then then unfortunately I got sick.

But I'm getting my strength back now and I will be back soon! Looking forward to it!

Though you wouldn't have known that yesterday, it poured with rain.

Loved it !

More rain today as well.

Orange Ranunculus flower

Have a fantastic week

though it may look like this is awful weather and a storm is about to fall down on my head, it actually was delightful warm and sunny weather at the sea with the clouds inland.

I will be off Flickr for this coming week as I am having eye surgery and won't be able to see too well for a few days. I hope to be back by the weekend.

PS: it's taken a little longer than I thought....will see you real soon, though :)

Though named "Common" this babbler is anything but common in our state.

This is hard to find babbler whose habitat is grasslands and dry farmlands found scattered across the state. The bird doesn't sound like a babbler even whose calls are often a cacophony of coarse noises. The behaviour is similar to other babblers which are social birds and often found in groups of 3-4 or more.

We sighted a pair of them on the edge of a hill on a dangerously steep slope and think there could be 3-4 in that area based on calls heard. All of them were foraging solitarily and not in a group.

This is my best shot of the bird and my first post of this species in flickr.

Thank you so much in advance for your views, feedback and faves.

My summer sailing trip photos often include Toronto CN Tower shots .. though nature makes each one a little different.

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a bad image is a bad image :-)

Charles Traub

HMM! HPPT! Justice Matters! Indict Trump!

rose, little theater rose garden, raleigh, north carolina

Over time, I've been building my castle of love

Just for two, though you never knew you were my reason

I've gone much too far for you now to say

That I've got to throw my castle away

Over dreams, I have picked out a perfect come true

Though you never knew it was of you I've been dreaming

The sandman has come from too far away

For you to say come back some other day

And though you don't believe that they do

They do come true

For did my dreams

Come true when I looked at you

And maybe too, if you would believe

You too might be

Overjoyed, over loved, over me

My Jam

Old houses always have vibes. This one was particularly interesting. It is maintained beautifully, but has some rather strange vibes coming off of it is in an area that could be very busy. It brings nothing to the area because it’s been closed for quite some time.. i’ve always thought when I see really interesting properties if walls could talk, what would they say? This house didn’t seem to be able to share. No one seems to know the story of the closures of every business that has tried to survive in this historic building. The only comments I obtained from a couple of locals is that the place is haunted and very creepy.. one lady shared a worker has been coming and going doing some restoration and his constant companion, a small, mixed breed dog stops, staring at the door, and refuses to go in even though her owner is in there. That is a curious thing. As the little dog is quite adventurous per the lady, and always accompanies him on all jobs . hmmm

Even though quite common and actually not found in prairies, it's one of my favorite warblers. Always very accommodating to photograph, usually at head height. I had my eye out for this pretty male in Markham Park as many friends had posted beautiful shots.

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Out of the camera this way.No texture.even though it looks like it.. I have never captured water and light this way..

~though its morning here...hehe

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** More roof top’s this time though its a small village in Provence that sits in the Alpilles mountains

Les Baux-de-Provence is a settlement in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in Provence . The village is considered one of the most beautiful in France .It is located in the Alpilles mountains, atop a rocky outcrop that is crowned with a ruined castle overlooking the plains to the south. Its name refers to its site: in Provençal, bauç is a rocky spur. From the village name the word bauxite was coined for aluminium ore when first discovered there by geologist Pierre Berthier in 1821.

Although it is not high the Alpilles range stands out impressively, as it rises abruptly from the Rhône valley and from the very flat alluvial plain of Crau. The range is about 25 km long by about 8 to 10 km wide, running in an east-west direction between the Rhône and Durance rivers. The landscape of the Alpilles is one of arid limestone peaks separated by dry valleys.

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Think there were 17 of them though iirc from my youthful dabbling in school productions.

Another from Loughrigg, when the mist was at it's thickest.

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2020 was complicated for everyone.

Also for photographers and musicians.

I wish you the best for 2021, it is because this one promises to be more difficult that we must have even more projects and that some ultimately succeed.

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Depths of Depression - Las Garzas - Nov 2018 - LR-2

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I don't think that kindness is a weakness,

I don't have a problem with compassion,

Tell me what you're thinking?

Would you like to be so high?

Could you give consideration to something that you did not realize?

Would you close your ears to the things you did not believe?

Tell me would you be strong? Would you be the one to carry on?

Half don't come here, half don't come here,

Half don't come here, so I do.

It's gonna be alright.

Though named "Common" this babbler is anything but common in our state. This is hard to find babbler whose habitat is grasslands and dry farmlands found scattered across the state. The bird doesn't sound like a babbler even whose calls are often a cacophony of coarse noises. Its behaviour too is unlike other babblers which are social birds and often found in groups of 3-4 or more. But this Common Babbler is often sighted alone or in a pair at best.

We sighted a pair of them on the edge of a hill on a dangerously steep slope and think there could be 2 of them in the area based on calls heard.

Thank you so much in advance for your views, feedback and faves.

Southern Hawkers mating, not a good distance for a macro lens though worth a try?

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Mama Vixen, watching over her five kits. It's hard on her. Thank you so much for likes earlier today. I realized I had repeated image, and corrected. Much appreciated.

Though it's still quite cold, lots of Andrena bees foraging on the Weeping Willow. And where there are Andrenas there are likely to be predators. And such a one is our Cuckoo Bee, Nomada flava, that - small as it is - preys on Andrena larvas... Pretty creature though!

Though often thought that tulips come from Holland they are in fact native central Asia and Turkey and the name Tulip comes from the Persian word meaning turban.

Though this episode begins in a more traditional non fiction way, with many facts about how many mushrooms perish when the snow falls and temperatures plummet, the episode evolves further with a more empathetic feel. Even a mushroom documentary film maker must show the human side to the mushrooms and how they can suffer. Thus, there is a definite arc to the episode with a thrilling culmination of the collective voices of the mushroom community as they proclaim the following poem:

For days, we witnessed the ominous

“Winter is Coming!"

Well, winter is here, with it’s equal

wonder and terror

We cling to each other

like words in a sentence

without as many spaces.

We are withered, weathered,

and struggling to survive.

Lost souls shivering below flying doves

Past selves and Future selves

Culminating in a grim present moment

How much longer must we suffer and

Yearn for each sliver of daylight?

Oh, won’t some sweet soul

Come gallantly along

Crunching on the oppressive white

Pick us up out of our misery

Tear us from the dark tree bark

With all the dirt that hides under fingernails

And eat us alive?

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is really one of life's sensational pleasures. You may say, "Oh, darn it!" in between sneezes and try to act as if you weren't enjoying it, but as an old hay-fever sufferer, I know the kick that can lie in a good sneezing spell, provided you have the time to give to it and aren't trying to thread a needle :-)

Robert Benchley, "Hiccoughing Makes Us Fat," 1932

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Though I follow the path

Over hill and dale,

Only time will tell

If it leads back to me.

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Though it’s pretty chilly, the sunsets start to look a lot like summer ☺️

" Just a scar somewhere down inside of me

Something I can not repair

Even though it will always be

I pretend it isn't there (this is how I feel)

I'm trapped in yesterday (just stay out of my way)

Where the pain is all I know (this is all I know)

And I'll never break away (can't break free)

'Cause when I'm alone

I'm lost in these memories

Living behind my own illusion

Lost all my dignity

Living inside my own confusion

But I'm tired, I will always be afraid

Of the damage I've received

Broken promises they made

And how blindly I believed (this is all I know)

I will never break away (can't break free)

'Cause when I'm alone

I'm lost in these memories

Living behind my own illusion

Lost all my dignity

Living inside my own confusion

I try to keep this pain inside but I will never be alright

I try to keep this pain inside but I will never be alright

(I'm lost) I try to keep this pain inside but I will never be alright

(I'm lost) I try to keep this pain inside but I will never be alright

I'm lost in these memories

Living behind my own illusion

Lost all my dignity

Living inside my own confusion .."

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... even though it's Monday 😉

hoverfly on Echinacea petal in my garden. Happy Blue Monday!! 😄☀️

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SYNNERGY Pose - "Lay Low" is a 30L Saturday exclusive for October 3rd. Includes pose (mirror) and earphones.

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.....though not much of that on offer 'today'!

A fine afternoon during October half-term and a very busy Ben A'an in the Trossachs. Ben A'an isn't particularly significant in terms of height, standing at just 454m /1490ft, but it's views over the beautiful Loch Katrine to the Arrochar Alps on the west bank of Loch Lomond, and many more besides, are truly incredible. :

That though the radiance which was once so bright be now forever taken from my sight. Though nothing can bring back the hour of splendor in the grass, glory in the flower. We will grieve not, rather find strength in what remains behind.

William Wordsworth

Even though I'm traveling in preparation for the holidays, my mom made sure I still had space to get some work online done.

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Though the weather isn’t very seasonal. A lovely May has given way to a windy and showery June!

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Though looking rather old, this water level regulator is still in use. It is part of the water purification system established around 1882 in order to produce drinking water for Basel, Switzerland.

Thank you for your visits / comments / faves!

Though these are more like ripples than rapids, This 13ft tall falls is still photogenic.

A large non-parasitic cuckoo endemic to the Indian Subcontinent. The bird is pretty large - maybe 40-45 cms and is quite famous for its beauty. This is also known as "Lipstick bird" for its reddish beak and beautiful eyelashes.

It habitat is the dry scrub land, forest edges and is often sighted on the ground hunting for insects. The birds are quite shy and behaviours are hard to predict - so it is tough to sight them at the same location again and again. On this day though, we hit the jackpot - spent an hour roughly with 2 birds and at times they got too close to get a full length shot. Luckily they were flying perch to perch continuously, so managed to get a few good flight shots.

Thank you so much in advance for your views, feedback and faves.

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Her hair is Harlow gold

Her lips sweet surprise

Her hands are never cold

She's got Bette Davis eyes

She'll turn the music on you

You won't have to think twice

She's pure as New York snow

She got Bette Davis eyes

And she'll tease you

She'll unease you

All the better just to please you

She's precocious, and she knows just

What it takes to make a pro blush

She got Greta Garbo's standoff sighs

She's got Bette Davis eyes

She'll let you take her home

It whets her appetite

She'll lay you on the throne

She got Bette Davis eyes

She'll take a tumble on you

Roll you like you were dice

Until you come out blue

She's got Bette Davis eyes

She'll expose you, when she snows you

Off your feet with the crumbs she throws you

She's ferocious, and she knows just

What it takes to make a pro blush

All the boys think she's a spy

She's got Bette Davis eyes

And she'll tease you

She'll unease you

All the better just to please you

She's precocious, and she knows just

What it takes to make a pro blush

All the boys think she's a spy

She's got Bette Davis eyes

She'll tease you

She'll unease you

Just to please you

She's got Bette Davis eyes

She'll expose you

When she snows you

She knows you

She's got Bette Davis eyes

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It must have been a good dream, it looks as though this fox is smiling as it wakes up from a nap.

It is amazing that a fox can sleep comfortably in temperatures well below freezing.It's common to see a fox sound asleep on top of the snow, especially on sunny spring days.

Chances are, there is a den nearby and this fox's mate was attending the kits.

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The George Washington Memorial Masonic Temple in Alexandria, VA

So I follow my heart, though it's tearing apart.

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A view of Bangkok's Chinatown though an open window at Wat Traimit.

Though 'Common' is part of its name, that doesn't mean that this dragonfly isn't beautiful and full of amazing details and color.

This one is clinging to the seeds of our Yellow Loosestrife plant and is posing perfectly for me :)

Best seen when enlarged...