DAZZLINGLY ATTRACTIVE bird, not often seen in our corner of Kent UK, and was not expecting to see it in the Grove Ferry Feast Hide, but what a joy when it landed, he caught a couple of tiddlers and was off, leaving me with the biggest grin ever.

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closer than expected for such a shy species and it was in this spot just long enough for one shot.

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"Don't expect me to repeat everything that has already been said this year.

I don't look to the past, I exist for the future!

My name is Hope!

I know ... There are times when you almost lose me, but whenever that happens, we end up together again.

Hope does not exist without you, and you cannot exist without it.

Believe in 2021! Believe!"

I thought it was so funny to see this place in Santorini with the table on the outside of the building so high up....a cool optical illusion! Last Caturday was dinner for one and this Caturday is dinner for two!

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Passing into Spring,

life emerging from the womb

-- nature's sign of hope.

The tulips are rising and so are my spirits. Wishing everyone a great day ahead!

Large, glossy-black bird with a wedge-shaped tail. Larger than a crow with a longer, thicker bill. Distinctive shape in flight, with rather long, swept-back wings and long tail. Note smoother, steadier wingbeats compared with faster, choppier wingbeats of crows. Extensive range throughout the Northern Hemisphere. Found in a wide variety of habitats, including desert, coniferous forest, coastlines, sagebrush, tundra, and grasslands. Often solitary or in pairs, but can gather in small groups. Typical call is a loud, guttural croak, but makes an astonishing variety of other strange noises. Compare with Chihuahuan Raven in the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, and with various large, all-dark crows and ravens in Europe and Asia. (eBird)

When we started birding in 2005, ravens were unusual enough to take special note. Now, you can expect to see one on nearly every birding outing. So interesting to see how things change over time.

Britannia Conservation Area, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. May 2022.

"Leave no stone unturned. Deeply explore the beauty of your life."

Quote - Neil Gaiman

My absence lasted a little longer than expected. Back from vacation, unexpected work on the garden turned out to be possible again....stones from the driveway removed and replaced with gravel for the parking space and borders for new plants.

Hope that now finally a quiet time will come. Happy start of your week ;-))

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I wasn't really expecting an awful lot, on our short trip down to North Sands the other night .Sometimes you get surprises!!!!!

This is one of the captures I came away with. A LE to create some movement in those clouds, which were tinged with pink as the sun set to the rear.

This part of the pier has been set adrift, as a central part of the pier was removed.

Who lived here? How many children peered out the windows? What led to the neglect and abandonment? And what is the story behind those chairs? I don’t expect to ever know the answers….

A quote from one of my all time favourite movies. The matrix. This conversation happens when neo met Morpheus for the first time. It’s very meaningful if someone undertake the meaning of it all. Morpheus:

I imagine that right now, you're feeling a bit like Alice. Hmm? Tumbling down the rabbit hole?

Neo:

You could say that.

Morpheus:

I see it in your eyes. You have the look of a man who accepts what he sees because he is expecting to wake up. Ironically, that's not far from the truth. Do you believe in fate, Neo?

Neo:

No.

Morpheus:

Why not?

Neo:

Because I don't like the idea that I'm not in control of my life.

Morpheus:

I know *exactly* what you mean. Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you know something. What you know you can't explain, but you feel it. You've felt it your entire life, that there's something wrong with the world. You don't know what it is, but it's there, like a splinter in your mind, driving you mad. It is this feeling that has brought you to me.

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There you stood on the edge of your feather.....

Looks like great expectations ahead for this pair...

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Some sun beams find the way through the overcast sky at Koh Samui, Thailand! Maybe a tropical storm will be coming soon. The Thai fishermen have moored their boats at the shallow low tide shore.

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My first venture onto the hills this morning to photograph moorland birds, and I came away with this shot of a Jenny Wren. I'd actually gone to see Stonechats and Wheatears as I'd noticed them on a few walks around the area. I was just going to get an idea of perches and take some pictures for future reference. However, I didn't expect this little fellow to jump on the rusty wire right next to me. I quickly swung my camera round and managed to get a quick capture before it dived back into a nook in the drystone wall.

I expect this would be called a weed. But the plant produced lots of wind-ready fruit, and it looked elegant, for a weed.

Thank you for looking. Isn't God a great artist?

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Here is the robin mother who is tending to the eggs shown a few days ago. Still actively tending to them, so I expect little robins soon!

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There are a lot of mourning doves gathering in the yard these days. I guess I can expect to see more birds of prey soon. It seems like when the mourning doves are plentiful, I start seeing the Coopers hawk, the red-tailed hawks and the sharp-shinned hawk more often. Elvis, the red-shouldered hawk is here pretty much all of the time. Even if he doesn't stop in I see and hear him flying over daily.

I have yet to get an image of the red-tailed hawks, they don't like me and my camera much. One did fly within a couple of feet over my head last year I'm not sure he knew I was out there when he came soaring over the back fence while I was standing by the pond. I ducked very quickly as he pulled up and went over the west side fence. I watched as another entered the picture, they both called out, circled and disappeared over the rooftops. That was pretty cool but only because we didn't actually crash into one another. I don't think that would have been fun for either of us.

Have a fun and fabulous Friday, happy snapping.

I think that the best experiences you get come especially when you don't expect anything.

This is Karmøy, facing towards United Kingdom and the North Sea.

This evening I brought my old mom on sunset adventures and we had a blast 😂

Precious memories 🙏

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I expected the Bee eater to be pretty hard to capture. Usually, the more beautiful a bird is, the harder to capture is. That's what I believed until the Bee eaters proved me wrong.

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"The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails. " - William Arthur Ward

Two days before I took this image, the harbor was full of big chunks of ice floating and packed into the space between the shores. Waves were crashing and the wind was blowing all the ice onto the shore. Then on this day the ice was blown completely out of the harbor and the water was relatively calm. The winds of change can completely create a new mood for the day. Expect the change and then adjust your sails! Have a great weekend.

Wer ihn nochmal sehen will sollte sich beeilen,es fehlen nur noch ein paar Meter bis er in die Nordsee stürzt !

Who wants to see him again should hurry, it lacks only a few meters until he crashes into the North Sea!

Die dänische Naturbehörde rechnet im November 2017 aufgrund der inzwischen nur noch 8 Meter betragenden Entfernung des Turmes zum Meer mit dem baldigen Sturz des Gebäudes in die Nordsee. Sollte die Entfernung auf 5 Meter schrumpfen, wird aus Sicherheitsgründen der Zugang zum Turm gesperrt. Ein Wintersturm kann schon diese Situation herbeiführen. Die Naturbehörde als Eigner will dem Sturz ins Meer zuvorkommen und das Gebäude abbauen.[6] Politiker der Gemeinde Hjørring beschlossen im Herbst 2018, den Turm 60–80 Meter in das Landesinnere zu versetzen. Die Dänische Regierung stellt dafür 5 Millionen Kronen zur Verfügung. Es fehlt noch eine Firma, die für diese Summe den Auftrag annimmt.

The Danish nature authority expects in November 2017 due to the now only 8 feet amount of the tower to the sea with the impending fall of the building in the North Sea. Should the distance shrink to 5 meters, access to the tower will be blocked for security reasons. A winter storm can bring about this situation. The nature authority as owner wants to forestall the fall into the sea and dismantle the building. Politicians of the municipality Hjørring decided in autumn 2018 to move the tower 60-80 meters into the interior of the country. The Danish government is providing 5 million kroner. There is still missing a company that accepts the order for this sum.

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Did you expect anything different?! It was always going to be bike cogs, problem was I’d left it til yesterday and it was the most miserable of days, so needed the phones light as well as a flash, I’m sure I could have done a better effort but various other factors meant that this was the best I could muster.

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2TE116UM loc with a northbound container train through the Tunkh's autumn valley. Sometimes, scattered and fastly moving clouds gives me fantastic light and luck! I didn't expect any good result minute before the train is coming, because there were too much cloud shadows on the ground 😁

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“Have been unavoidably detained by the world. Expect us when you see us.”

― Neil Gaiman, Stardust

With big curious eyes she wanders around. Trying to see more than what is really seen. Looking deeper can be tiring at times so it's good to close your eyes.

Rest for awhile and leave the big eyes to someone else. ;)

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