This photo has been selected as the Icon of the Week at Spectacular Animals for the week of April 6, 2013 to April 12, 2013.

Thanks so much John!!

texture by Playingwithbrushes

Merci pour les commentaires, invitations et Favoris!

Thanks for the comments, invitations and faves!

A photo composition using Photoshop and Topaz Studio.

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Photographed while working on environmental views for the Kartemquin Films project Almost There

This picture has been taken on August 2010

Cette photo a été prise en Août 2010

Photographed while working on environmental views for the Kartemquin Films project Almost There

...twenty seconds to beer o'clock.

Driving to Sedona at night didn't evoke the same emotions it normally does, because the iconic red rocks were in a veil of darkness.

But when we woke and threw the curtains open, it was almost as if we teleported to the most surreal place.

Words can't begin to explain the energy in Sedona, it must be felt

Photographed while working on environmental context for the Kartemquin Films project Almost There.

See this view of the city in the summer.

This photo has been taken in 2010

Cette photo a été prise en 2010

So close and yet so far!

Xiao Qi Ji plays with loggies poolside, contemplating whether to get in or not, then plays with his favorite door before setting down for a nap

This picture has been choosen as a picture of the day 6 august 2014 to Spectacular Animals.....

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Thanks John!!

Merci à GeorgesN pour la correction....il a enlevé la branche qui était en avant du faucon....

Thank You to GeorgesN for the correction.....he removed the branch who was in the front of falcon....

In an effort to escape Mama Mei's insistent swiffering, Xiao Qi Ji takes matters into his own paws and tries a window escape

Photographed while working on environmental context for the Kartemquin Films project Almost There.

“Striving for excellence motivates you; striving for perfection is demoralizing”

~Harriet Beryl Braiker

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Each year there seem to be more yellow poppies dotted around the garden. I like them very much as they give such a great splash of yellow. Rather than take a photo of one in bloom I found this little one in the throes of showing its face to the world. The giving birth analogy for the title is because at this very minute there's great interest among some people (I'm not one of them) about when Prince Harry's wife, Megan is giving birth as she is due now.

Happy Sundays all round! :-)

It was cloudy....C'était nuageux..

Photographed while working on environmental context for the Kartemquin Films project Almost There.

Bei reaching for the vent grate in an attempt to escape

Look at how tall Bei is!

Bei's attempts at freeing the enrichment ball from the twee, and his sad look of defeat

Photographed while working on environmental views for the Kartemquin Films project Almost There.