Stairwell Groningen

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

dendrocopos major

grote bonte specht

pic épeiche

Buntspecht

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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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You might not expect to come upon a castle while visiting Spokane, but that is exactly what you will do if you visit the Spokane County courthouse. Most of us associate such architecture with romantic old castles in Europe, or perhaps something out of the world of Walt Disney or fairy tales. To find such a building in the center of a modern, growing regional hub city such as Spokane is a bit startling.

The courthouse is said to closely resemble two famous 16th century chateaux in the Loire Valley of France, the Chateau de Chambord, built in 1519 and the Chateau d'Azay Le Rideau built in 1516. Many architects through the years have commented on the masterly replica of a 16th century French Renaissance design, its fine lines of style and proportion with regard to the towers and turrets, the sculpture, iron and brickwork which excel in pattern and craftsmanship. Detailed exterior trim such as shell patterns with wreaths and festoons and decorative arches are a few of the outstanding features of its design. The beautiful center tower, now lighted at night, is a masterpiece of detail in itself.

We're expecting a new baby boy in the family and I'm the happiest auntie in the world!!!! :)))

I went to the Sandhill Crane Festival in Fairbanks, Alaska and was pleasantly surprised. I was expecting four days of rain but we had two nice afternoons of some sunshine otherwise it would have been disappointing for photograhy! One of the rainy evenings I was thrilled to see hundreds if not more than a thousand cranes arrive to Creamer's Field in Fairbanks. Here I've captured two cranes coming in to one of the fields to eat and rest for a bit on their migration south.

Taken 25 August 2018 at Creamer's Field, Fairbanks, Alaska.

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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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I've always wanted to see flowing lava. And when the volcanic eruption started on March 19, 2021 on the Reykjanes peninsula in Iceland, it was clear that we would go to Iceland again this year (for the fourth time in 9 years). Unfortunately Iceland was not open for tourism so we had to wait and wait and wait. A few months later we could finally go. The Fagradalsfjall volcano was no longer as active as it was in March, but my long-held wish to see lava flowing someday came true. From the ground there was not much to see so we went with a helicopter. And just when I first saw the Northern Lights, I was once again moved by the splendor and power of nature. We could even hear the sound of the volcano in the helicopter and i didn't expect lava to flow so fast. It was so beautiful I almost forgot to take pictures.

Almost.

Who would have expected to find her here, silently admiring the sunset from my Baja cabin? I tiptoed quietly, doing my best not to scare her away yet again. The soft click of the Leica shutter was barely audible. She did smile, I swear!

Quelle belle surprise.... Je ne me serais jamais attendu à la trouver là, admirant le coucher de soleil depuis ma cabane à Baja. En me glissant doucement devant elle, je faisais de mon mieux pour ne pas l'effrayer une fois encore. Le délicat déclic du Leica fut imperceptible, à l'image de son petit sourire....

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Not quite the Springlike weather I expected last weekend … hey ho, that’s England for you.

This is the view from Starkholmes looking towards Matlock Bath.

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Canada Geese over the Exe Estuary at dawn, from Starcross, Devon, England. I wasn't expecting them, so was not quick enough to adjust the shutter speed to sharpen the beating wings!

We expect beauty of a sunset, somehow this one spoke of anger.

I had not expected to see such a young one in the month of December

Red Squirrel

sciurus vulgaris

eekhoorn

écureuil roux ou 'écureuil d'Eurasie

( Eurasische ) Eichhörnchen

ardilla común o ardilla roja

scoiattolo comune

esquilo-vermelho ou esquilo-vermelho-eurasiático

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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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When it came to the Moscow Metro, I had a good idea what to expects, but the reality was something else. Spacious, stunning, immacculate and clean hardly covers it. There were very few people, Alla said that was because trains come every 90 seconds. Each station has a unique theme, there are no billboards, I could have spent a day visiting stations and riding the trains; this was railway heaven beyond my wildest dreams.

This shot of Mayakovskaya Metro station. The Moscow metro is a marvel of urban design. Every day, as many as 9 million people use the metro system -- that's more than in New York and London combined. As well as being one of the most efficient and cheapest underground transit systems in the world, the Moscow Metro is also undoubtedly one of the most beautiful. The brainchild of the tsars but finally put into action by Stalin, whose idea to make the city’s metro stations “palaces for the people” has translated into some truly spectacular, subterranean architectural gems. It’s possible to spend an entire day or more travelling the metro and exploring the vast array of ornate stations; each constructed and decorated in its own unique way. There are 215 stations on 14 lines.

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from Nelli and Mira on 'spring patrol' in our garden - Frankfurt Nordend

We are back home from our 'Spessart Safari' but unfortunately it didn't turn out as we expected, as our Vespa refused to start again on the third day. We had to take it to a garage where it hopefully will be repaired in the next days and returned home by taxi to our sweet Spanish ladies and the blooming garden.

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This is a fall female and you can see the differences from the previous post. She is a rather dull female so she could be a first fall bird as sometimes it is hard to age this species. Notice the uniform brownish appearance of the face patch without any black along the upper and/posterior edge as you would be expected in a first fall male. First fall males also tend to have more black in the plumage dorsally. I did a more distant crop to bring in some of the early fall yellows in the leaves. My settings were a bit much here but in early morning with different lighting around and rapidly changing lighting with different birds in a flock moving around sometimes you just have to grab the shot with what you have.

I never expected to have to look for this medal and photograph it. This is my best award so it had to be this one and not any other coin or certificate. I didn't find it easy to make it work. AT ALL ! Everything I did looked pretty boring. But I think in black and white it looks better than in colour although the ribbon is a lovely royal blue and the edge of the medal midnight blue. I have the correct box with the smaller medal and the lapel pin but found that even harder to combine. Probably would have been too big for MM anyway.

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's a shot from our stop in Agadir, Morocco. We went up to a scenic lookout expecting to take pictures of the city and shoreline below - - but instead - I spotted this Crested Lark making its way towards me. I quickly changed over to my 100-400 MM before it got past me.

Crested Lark - Agadir, Morocco

Life is like the ocean, it goes up and down.

Sometimes changes happen when you were not expecting them.

Sometimes it's good changes, sometimes not that much.

What can you do? You either let them drown you, or you turn the page and keep walking.

"Life's too short to make troubles out of small things".

I agree ❤︎

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I saw this magnificent sunset,

"Through the Oaks" while walking through the neighborhood one evening.

This image came out a lot better than I expected.

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Distinctive stocky waterbird. Adult is dark gray overall with a white bill and forehead shield. Immature has a pale breast and a duller bill that becomes brighter white with age. When walking on shore, note big feet with lobed toes. Inhabits both freshwater and brackish marshes, lakeshores, and riverways; occasionally on saltwater. Breeding pairs aggressively territorial but nonbreeding flocks can number in hundreds. Unmistakable throughout much of range, but compare with very similar Red-knobbed Coot in areas of overlap. Calls are diverse, and include various high-pitched squeaks, squawks, and shorter, more clipped notes. (eBird)

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I was not expecting to find out that the Eurasian Coot is a year-round resident of Australia. In fact, it has a huge range across Europe, Asia and Australasia. We saw them several times, but this was the only time one was close enough photograph.

Royal National Park, New South Wales, Australia. October 2022.

Eagle-Eye Tours - Eastern Australia.

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 🙏

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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