Cygnets inspire me.

With morn’s swanick symphonies.

As nature doles love ( Anindya Jishnu)

Mute swan with one of her four cygnets. I posted shots of these when they were tiny & they have all survived!

And still got four.

Not so small now.

The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.

― W.B. Yeats

Two old Lime Trees near Ebersberg - Bavaria.

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Location: nourish

focus on hurt and regret and you'll feel pain.

focus on lessons and you'll grow.

[karen salmansohn]

...bulbs in half-barrels.

We have sunshine this morning, and even though I would rather see and be in rain, I am in the minority. Tree frogs might agree, however.

Another that I don't know the name of that grows wild.

I am so thankful for all the old and new friends here on flick.Your creativity,kindness,playfulness and deeper thoughts.

I wish you all a year filled with love,joy,light,peace in your heart,health and creativity!

Sending a big hug for those who want it!

It's not a lodge of Island Borkum ;-)

My husband and I enjoyed a small trip to the mountains with our ATV. So many wild flowers still out and showing off their colors!

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Let's grow! Flower power rules!

[Rosa Scotia] - www.flickr.com/groups/rosascotia/

maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Rosa%20Scotia/72/118/22

Elly

Addams Lulu Denim Shorts Overall (petite)

Stories&Co. Louie Bralette Lara P

Blueberry - Blessed Waist Wrapped Jacket

friday - Lumi Wellies and socks

bonbon - tame hair

*KC* Wrist scrunchies

!{DiGi} Button Badge v3

PANIQ - Conspiracy Squad Helmet

PANIQ - Crescent Glasses

PANIQ - Flora Earrings

[Som] Devil belly piercing

[ kunst ] - Ivanna Set leafy metal earring and necklace

POISON ROUGE Ornella Tiara - Gold / Pink

Pitchfork (Denis Gradenko)

MapleWatch Series 6 [Chris Two Designs] - v1.08

RAWR! Xoxo Rings (add me)

RMM Hippie Button - flower power

Stalk of grass (notnot Hird)

Veechi - Dark Jelly // Short Almond Female

Nuve Angie skin and dimples

Luca

RKKN. Finn's Shirt LightGrey/Gianni

RKKN. Finn's Pants Bootcut PaleGreen/Gianni

RKKN. Finn's RainBoots Dirty Black/Gianni

*ARGRACE* Cowboy Hat / SORA - Blonde

ear of rice A

Spade

Pose

ACT5-338-FEMALE climb on tractor

Amarillo Sky Pose

brocante. tractor gacha / pumpkin

[Danielito] Labrador Dog

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Though of course, I'm hoping to do it a little disgracefully...!

Holly leaves catching the light make for such fun bokeh :)

A beautiful lone yellow flower growing around the edges of Loch Phadruig, high in the Scottish Highlands.

UPDATE: The flow is a Bog Asphodel (Narthecium ossifragum)

An enduring relationship. Old Catalpa tree and farmhouse on the prairie.

Tree-mendous Tuesday

I will be on/off in August.

Wishing all my flickr friends a wonderful Summer!

Juvenile Blue Jay in the backyard

Slow going through the sounds of Milford. Amazing how plants take hold, even on a steep incline.

This is the result of eating non stop for about 18 hours a day. It was almost bigger looking than the parent. The tired parent bird briefly got a little rest as it left this little guy for a half a minute.

Taken through the trusty lounge room window from a distance of about four feet.

Happy Feathery Friday!

Trees and brush growing along the shore of a pond on the campus of the University of North Texas in Denton.

Sea fret at Boulby Potash Mine

poppies and everything that grows near the railway

Judaspenning - Judges Medal Little faces

Dedicated to Joyce Corey, Thanks Joyce for your support and Inspiration. Please view her creative work www.flickr.com/photos/43944098@N03/. Project Contact Thank You #47

I took this image almost a year agon and just stumbeld acroos it this Morning on my harddisk. It shows how nature grows up day by day. Sunbeam guide them to the sky. It amlost seemed that the blossoms wrapped around themselfs on their way up while the blossoms near the ground ar fading out !

Thank you for visits, comments and favs!

Vielen Dank für Eure Besuche, Kommentare und Sternchen!

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this is focus stacking, a technique i use usually for macros. In this case I was using a supertele, because I was birding I did have only the 300mm with 2x teleconverter with me.

Ripening pomegranate, seen in the old ( and mostly abandoned) part of village Podaca :)

Podaca is a coastal village and tourist locality in southern Dalmatia, Croatia. It's divided in three neighborhoods that are seamlessly connected to next willages: Kapeć, Viskovića vala and Ravanje. Old Podaca was founded on the rocky slopes as defensible location, and there are traces of human habitation since Stone Age. During the Roman rule this area was administrated from Narona. After an earthquake in 1962, almost the entire population migrated to the coastal area and the old settlement of Podaca under the Biokovo mountains is almost completely abandoned. Currently, the main source of income for the inhabitants is tourism, but they also engage in fishing, agriculture and cultivation of olive groves.

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Dojrzewający na gałązce granat, pstryknięty w starej, opuszczonej części miejscowości Podaca :)

Podaca – wieś w Chorwacji, położona w południowej części Riwiery Makarskiej, u podnóża Biokova. Składa się z trzech części: Kapec, Viskovica Vala i Ravanje. Podaca powstała na skalistych zboczach Biokova, w strategicznym miejscu, gdzie znajdują się ślady osadnictwa pochodzące z epoki kamiennej. Podczas panowania rzymskiego miejscowość była administrowana z Narony. Po trzęsieniu ziemi w 1962 roku, niemal cała ludność przeniosła się do strefy przybrzeżnej, zaś stara osada Podaca pod klifami Biokova jest prawie zupełnie opuszczona. Obecnie głównym źródłewm dochodu mieszkańców jest turystyka, ale zajmują się też rybołówstwem, rolnictwem i uprawianiem gajów oliwnych.