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Angesichts des (m.E. beschämenden) Umstandes, dass nur 16 % der Deutschen bereit wären im Ernstfall unsere Werte, Recht und Freiheit auch mit der Waffe zu verteidigen, finde ich es immer wieder erstaunlich, wieviele Amerikaner, Briten, Franzosen dies im 2. Weltkrieg taten, letztlich auch für unsere Freiheit heute.

Hier am Utah Beach (wie auch am nahen Omaha Beach) in der Normandie, starben einst Zehntausende für unsere Freiheit. Obwohl die Spuren von damals allgegenwärtig sind (Bunker, Schiffswracks, Stacheldraht), ist es hier heute sehr friedlich und sehr schön: Strände von schier unendlicher Weite, grasbewachsene Dünen, überall Muscheln, ab und an Pferde, Reiter, Sulkys.

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Given the (in my view, shameful) fact that only 16% of Germans would be willing to defend our values, the rule of law, and our freedom—even with arms—if the need arose, I find it consistently astonishing how many Americans, Britons, and Frenchmen did exactly that during World War II, ultimately securing the freedom we enjoy today.

Here at Utah Beach (as well as at nearby Omaha Beach) in Normandy, tens of thousands once died for our freedom. Although traces of that era remain omnipresent—bunkers, shipwrecks, barbed wire—the atmosphere here today is one of great peace and beauty: beaches of seemingly endless expanse, grass-covered dunes, seashells everywhere, and the occasional horse, rider, or sulky.

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Lady Beetle looking for direction by Christine

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Lady Beetle button & Lady Beetle Compass

Button Batteries by Ben Wightman

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For Macro Mondays theme "Battery", a packet of old button batteries under a warm ring light, HMM!

by ittybittybirdy

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Gnome (Karli of The Gnome Hut) meets Birdy (Chelsea Ann of ittybittybirdy)

and that is how our new blog Gnome-N-Birdy got it's name.

Find out more by visiting ~

gnome-n-birdy.blogspot.com/

Embroidered button by Birthine

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Whirl button - 38 mm

Buttoned by borealnz

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Hope you don't mind a break from the texture work but I haven't done one of this type of flower photo for ages!

white button collection by Catherine MacBride

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178/366/2020, 3465 days in a row.

Sewing a button by George Fournaris

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Shot for the "Buttons and Bows" Macro Mondays theme, HMM,

Button Bonanza by Lord Mulgath

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Nikon Buttons!

Movie Snow (66/365) by Don Harder

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After Mother Nature hit the reset. button and cleared the snow, she dropped a little of the heavy, wet, fluffy stuff. It's like the set of a movie. It looks sprayed on and perfect.

Button it by Billy G

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Ukraine by Heiko Wruck

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Wer dem Opfer nicht hilft, unterstützt den Mörder!. Grafik: Heiko Wruck

button blues by Susannah

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Button by Krbo

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Meyer-Optik Görlitz Primotar 2.8/50 (1968.) M42 at f8

35mm tube extension

window lighting

Affinity Photo 3 shots focus stack

Button by Fabio Santos

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Just testing out a new lens...

Button by LuziferFA

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Macro Mondays: Circles

Button by Heli Kouva

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4mm button in a cardigan I knitted for my Pullip doll

button collection by ♥Sugar*Sugar♥

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Blogged at leesiebella.typepad.com

Button Batteries by Shaun Carter

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My effort for Macro Mondays on the theme of Battery

Button and Bow by Vesna Bojović

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"Buttons and Bows" Macro Mondays

buttoned up by kens2020~thanks over 3 mill views!

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Don't know why I was feeling blue today.

The Button by Victoria K

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I’m just messing with stuff :)

the red button by j(an). d(augart)

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Silk button galls by Jez Taylor

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Neuroterus numismalis, Bagworth Heath, Leicestershire.

button tab cap by Croshay Design

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bobble stitch crocheted cap with button tab accent

v3.0 - production ready

TLC Essentials Dark Thyme, 5 mm hook. button by La Mode

Button moon by spencer alden

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Button Cells Blisters by simonpfotos

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For "Macro Mondays" - theme : "Circles".

Button by Jan International

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A nice button for Macro Monday.

Button Slug...Tortricid by Bonnie Ott

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A nice sized Button...on cherry. I feel it had been parasitized.

Button/Cotton by Karl Davison

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A button in a green cotton shirt sewn on with orange cotton with a piece of stray grey cotton behind.

Cattelya orchid by hehaden

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The porcelain button depicts a Cattelya orchid. It was made by the Toshikane Company in Japan, probably in the 1950s to early 1960s, and it's unused. Behind it is a miniature coffee pot and mug (there are 2 in the set) made by Wedgwood, which I was lucky enough to spot in the window of a local charity shop. This one's a bit different for me. I don't usually do black. :)

Button by Marlena Walendowska

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Button by James West

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For Macro Mondays: Button(

button wreath! by Elle --

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I made this last year for my mom.

button by iofdi

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Button by Wolfgang Kynast

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MacroMondays 04.12. "Buttons and bows" - candidate #4

Focus stack

Macro Mondays by Dorothea

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Thema: Button / Knopf

Button by Sharon Meyer

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Macro Mondays

Old Button by Fran Smith

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red and orange button bracelet by allison fomich

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silk kimono and dupioni fabrics

Hard Plastic - HMM :) by Ken Krach

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Today's theme is Plastic ... here is a macro of a plastic button. Amazing how many forms plastic can take ... here looking like metal and diamonds for this button.

Looks can deceiving :)

Happy Macro Monday

Button by Jérôme LE BLOCH

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Button by Jesus Carmona

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Botón de uniforme del Ejercito / Army uniform button

Summerfolk #42 (2017) by Steven Falconer

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Summerfolk Music & Craft Festival #42 (2017) in Owen Sound, Owen Sound, Ontario.

We usually go up a a group, sometime a large group some times smaller.

Some of us have been going for over 20 years.