Thank you very much for your favorites and comments!! Wish you a wonderful week ahead!!

Groningen, The Netherlands

Helios-44M 58 mm f 2

New Mini Challenge # 223 ~ The Award Tree ~

~ Red Yellow Blue! ~ The Award Tree ~

Nina bought me a succlent plant last year and it is going to be covered in flowers very soon.

Have a wonderful week.

Looking Close On Friday: "Flowers and/or Buds" theme

HLCoF

Thank you, my dear friends, for all your comments and favs!

Thank you very much for your visits, favs and nice comments.

Happy weekend!

buds of a linden tree

Thorny stem with buds

Shasta Daisy bud macro.

Due to a good natural harbor and rich fisheries, Bud grew to become the largest village between the towns of Trondheim and Bergen on the west coast of Norway during the Middle Ages.

At the death of King Frederick I in 1533, it was the site of the last independent Norwegian Privy Council, organized by Olav Engelbrektsson, Archbishop of Nidaros. The meeting led to a failed attempt to break away from the Kalmar Union and King Christian III, and claim Norway's independence by rejecting the Protestant Reformation. The council was the last of its kind in Norway for 270 years.

In 1838, the whole parish of Bud was established as Bud Municipality. The municipality was reduced in size in 1918 when Hustad Municipality was created

Information by Wikipedia.

Texture's & Effect's by William Walton & Topaz.

Buds could be beautiful as well. :-)) I always look for them to shoot.

“A brier rose whose buds yield fragrant harvest for the honey bee.”

Letitia Elizabeth Landon

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Bud

Daisy buds

for "Looking close... on Friday!" theme: Flowers and/or Buds

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It’s a fine line between high key and not there at all!

Bamboo cotton buds (or Q-Tips depending on which side of the Atlantic).

HBW! :)

The fishing village has a rich history, and in the 16th century Bud was one of the largest trading venues between Bergen and Trondheim. There are several good fish restaurants in Bud.

Make a stop at Ergan Kystfort, a war history museum built around the German coastal fort of World War II, and the Coastal Museum, which is a two-story cultural history exhibition. In the middle of Bud lies a bird mountain which during the breeding season houses a colony of black-legged kittiwakes. You can also walk the "coastal path" with a number of information boards telling of Bud's history

Information by The Norwegian Tourist Board.

Texture's and Effect's by William Walton & Topaz.

This bud's for me...alone in the spotlight of sun in the garden, ready to spring into a beautiful spray of agapanthus blooms and a tiny drop of dew at the top to make it special.

Lotus bud and leaves at Hokongo-in temple, Kyoto. Hasselblad X1D.

Calendula (Marigold) bud.

Taken 5 years ago (time goes so quickly).

Its going to be 31c today and 28 tomorrow we probably won't get anything below 28c for a few more weeks.

Have a fabulous day.

Bud

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Captured at a greenhouse in the Netherlands. Uploaded for Looking close... on Friday! theme : Flower Buds. HLCoF everyone!

And for Gorgeous Green Thursday (it's still Thursday in my time zone). HGGT everyone!

HAPPY NEW SUMMERWEEK

A couple of buds getting ready to open up.

Have a lovely Sunday.

NSW fires 476 homes have been destroyed in the latest count, as firefighters today set about tackling 56 fires, 27 of which are not contained.

Le Tigre - Hot Topic

Album : Le Tigre ( 1999 )

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