This is a rhododendron. You've helped me, thank you so much, I wondered if it's an azalea. Found a huge shrub smothered in these white blooms in Sutton Park. The flowers are so showy, so frilly - really beautiful, I had to take a picture.

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Also a good excuse to put this uplifting music and video on - hope you like this too ! Hope it cheers everyone up - it does me !

Bruce Springsteen - Dancing in the Dark

Thanks for having a look, my Flickr friends ! Yes, it's a rhododendron :o)

I know I've posted a ton of Golden Gate Bridge pictures and countless fog pictures. And here is another one of them. I haven't been going out much lately, so I am just looking through some of my older photos and came across this one. Hope you like it.

Dome of the Bundestag (Reichstag), Berlin

Architect: Norman Foster

When I climbed up the Hills of the Wiehengebirge near the Wittekindsburg on Saturday morning I spotted a team of paragliders preparing for their flight. Porta Westfalica, Ostwestfalen, Germany

I thought of what photo to post to sum up such a strange year, of highs and lows. As waves of virus have washed over us all I thought this photo of a wave building up ready to crash over these wonderful eroded rocks was perfect. There have been times of beauty in between the waves, Draped in sunlight and warmth, only to have plans dashed again. I can't complain, I had a fantastic time with Maura, six weeks in the Italian Alps and Sardinia in summer, then a great two weeks in Wales in November, . It's a. pity our planned trip to the Dolomites had to be cancelled, but I'm sure we'll do something else equally as exciting as soon as France allows me to travel again.

I wish everyone a wonderful New Year, and thanks so much for your support and friendship.

Uplift is by BE and is the sound of a hive of honeybees with a lovely orchestral accompaniment.

"Fight for the fairytale, it does exist."

— Joy. F

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♫ Kara Marni - Trippin' 🎈

It's this one thing that got me trippin'

Guess I'm all in, my heart be skippin' ahead

Got somethin' that's one in a million

I just can't stop trippin', no-oh, oh-oh, oh

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All the poses used in my pictures are made from scratch by me

No AI

Nautical reflections at Morston Quay, during a muted sunrise.

Location: Mopire City

Listen: mother, mother - Fat Freddy's Drop (my vocal crush 😜)

Lovely to see these elements of Spring - which I found really uplifting in a time where most other stuff is very definitely in the other direction.

A rock formation at Colorado's Red Rocks Park & Amphitheatre.

Entered into TMI's Alphabet Challenge #16.

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More sunrays! I was blessed the morning I took these shots, I was able to track the sun through different parts of the wood to capture many crepuscular moments for a good 15 minutes whilst the mist hung there almost waiting for someone to photograph it. So sorry, a few more to come yet :)

This one I especially like as the light lit up little areas of ground and highlighted the amazing amount of spiders webs that were woven overnight (and ended up on me!)

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Location - the tall grass at Luannes World

Cefn Sidan ,Wales

Exploring different angles of the Walt Disney Concert Hall in DTLA

These are the vans used to carry our bicycles around - we've just driven to the beginning of a long track to lead us down into Ronda

A backlit great grey owl about to lift off in pursuit of dinner. It landed a short distance away in a tree, waited a short time for its opportunity, then dove down to catch the vole that was under the snow. All the action was behind shrubs, unfortunately for me. The owl didn't give a hoot.

Part of previous rust photo, thought it was uplifting LoL Happy Sunday

Remains of a clematis here at home. I find this stage of its life very pretty and interesting.

Sunset Cliffs California

As each Snow Goose flaps it's wings it creates an uplift for the birds that follow. Snow Geese lifting off from a farmer's field, Route 934, near Fontana, Pennsylvania.

If only all days could begin with having the time to enjoy the sunrise. This shot was taken on an glorious October morning in the harbour at Collioure in Languedoc

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I walk this track with our dog most days and this section in autumn is an absolute joy. Quite a lot of the beech leaves are still there 3 weeks on from when this was taken, though the yellows and much of the green have now gone.

And HFF! to folks - it's been a while since my last upload to this once-popular topic!

It's a bit of a tricky day today. It should be a time for birthday celebrations in our family, but my mum is undergoing some major surgery and I'm waiting anxiously by the phone. As I walked our dog this morning the air felt cold and autumnal and I was missing the wildflowers that have added so much to this daily walk throughout the spring and summer. Suddenly I noticed that a nearby ivy bush was alive with the most beautiful red admiral butterflies - there must have been at least 15 - just dazzling in their number and colour. it's at times like this that I'm most thankful for that special lift that the beauty of nature can give the spirits. This one's for you mum ❤️ !

A grey and dank day. Then a burst of golden light, a new year, and ray of renewed hope for 2021. There's more than just light at the end of the tunnel, it has to be a better place!

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Happy New Year!

There was something about the perspective and the light from above that made me take this shot. The mist in the air gave the sky a blank look but lit up the gap in the canopy enough to highlight this central tree. Taken in Hillock Wood, Buckinghamshire.

So finally we've had a lovely sunny morning with a whiff of summer nearing its end. Young Australian Reed Warblers were having fun chasing the insects and did not pay much attention to that lone human on the shore.

Uplift

The front of this 18th century baroque church is uplifted by the enormous staircase.

Pyrenees

The beauty of the local tectonics never ceases to amaze me. Dakota Ridge Trail, Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks.

A building thunderstorm shines in the late day light above Coot Lake.

After so many dark dreary days it was nice to get out in the frost and enjoy some cheery sunshine.

by the wind. I loved the way the wind blew the sand into these tiny mountains and raised the shells and pebbles to rest on top.

Informal shots from the wedding