From my Sea Lions of Moss Landing collection.

Moss Landing, just north of Monterey, California.

Rural Columbia County, NY

Revisiting my Norfolk seal pictures I found this one - self hug seal!

It has been very cold today but little Leo enjoyed his first visit to the roof terrace where he played with everything he could find. Most of the time he was hidden somewhere between the plants and it was close to impossible to take photos. The light wasn't great anyway, I will try again tomorrow.

There is another capture in the comments which shows Leo when he saw Tofu for the first time. I think it's safe to say that the Dragon made quite an impression. :)

Bisognerebbe ricominciare dall’inizio ogni giorno. Dirsi addio e perdersi di vista. E poi subito cercarsi e ritrovarsi. Bisognerebbe vivere soltanto di inizi. Come due sconosciuti, che si hanno senza aversi mai del tutto.

Fabrizio Caramagna

Due alberi sembrano darsi la mano, per farsi coraggio prima di affrontare il buio della notte, una notte senza stelle

#sunset #tramonto #love #alberi #trees #hands #hug

Lovely clouds hugging the Harris hill this evenings

#sliderssunday

Would you? In these contact- and closeness-avoiding times we could all do with more hugs. But would you accept a hug by a green huntsman spider? And is this a spider? Maybe it's a dew-covered spider that lurks in the darkness to surprise its unsuspecting "victims" with... a hug – a friendly, if rather wet hug. So maybe this is a new subspecies of huntsman spiders (Sparassidae), the green, glistening Hugsman Spider :)

Actually it is non of the above, but a simple sliders "accident", and what you see are the exact same leaves from my previous photo (please see the first comment) –, well, it is the same photo. As mentioned in my description for my previous image, I had processed it in HDR Efex. And the "accident" happened when I was done in HDR Efex and had returned to PS. I was wondering if I should use one of the layer blending modes to slightly soften the fairly bold look I had created in HDR Efex; I opted for the "Soft Light" blending mode, but accidentally activated the "Color Burn" blending mode instead: And all of a sudden this strange, spider-ish, alien creature looked at me, ready to hug :) And as for my previous image: I decided against the use of a blending mode, and only used the HDR Efex result for the final image.

Happy Sliders Sunday, Everyone, have a nice new week ahead, and always stay safe and take care!

In diesen kontaktbeschränkten, abstandswahrenden Zeiten könnten wir sicher alle mal eine zusätzliche Umarmung gebrauchen, oder? Aber muss es gleich die Umarmung einer Riesenkrabbenspinne sein? Und ist dies überhaupt eine Spinne? Vielleicht ist es eine, die im Schatten der Blätter eines Busches, von Tautropfen benetzt, auf ihre ahnungslose Beute lauert? Tatsächlich? Nun, Riesenkrabbenspinnen hören im Deutschen auch auf den charmanten Namen "Grüne Huschspinne" und hier handelt es sich wohl um ein besonders verhuschtes, ganz und gar freundliches Exemplar, hat sie doch nichts anderes im Sinn, als das nächstbeste Lebewesen, das an ihrem Versteck vorbeikommt, einmal herzhaft zu umarmen :-)

Tatsächlich sind dies genau dieselben, mit Regentropfen verzierten Blätter von meinem vorherigen Foto bzw. ist es das vorherige Foto (siehe den ersten Kommentar) in einer geringfügig anderen Bearbeitung. Nachdem ich mit den Anpassungen für das Blätterfoto in HDR Efex fertig war, hatte ich noch kurz überlegt, die Nik-Ebene mit der Ebene des Originalfotos zu überblenden, weil mir das HDR-Efex-Resultat zunächst etwas zu kräftig erschien. Mir schwebte "Abdunkeln" oder "Weiches Licht" vor, ich landete aber mit einem versehentlichen Klick bei "Farbig nachbelichten" – und auf einmal schaute mich dieses von tiefen Schatten umgebene, kuschelwütige Wesen an ;-) Da mir dieser "Bearbeitungsunfall" gefiel, habe ich beschlossen, einfach zwei Bilder aus dem Originalfoto zu machen :)

Ich wünsche Euch einen guten (und gut geschützten) Start in die neue Woche, liebe Flickr-Freunde!

Since I was at my Mom's taking pictures for last Monday's theme, I took the opportunity to photograph all the little Chriistmas knick knacks she has around ;D And here's my favourite snowman, standing at the top of a snowball enclosing the middle part of a Xmas tree and giving a big squeezy hug to its top :)))

I'm fussy when it comes to leather jackets in SL as you can never seem to find the right texture. Bueno read my mind though and made these adorable Leather Jackets in different camo and leather textures with huds for the crop top beneath even with the option of no top.

Leather Jacket - BUENO- Fox Jacket-Fitted-Dark Grunge - Uber - maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Uber/135/128/27

Hair -Moon. x [VALE KOER] - Hair. // Fatal Horizon (Goggles Up) - Uber - maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Uber/135/128/27

Shorts - SPIRIT - Jae shorts [Maitreya Lara] - Uber - maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Uber/135/128/27

Boots -N-core SURVIVOR "Black" for Maitreya Lara - Uber - maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Uber/135/128/27

Pose - BellePoses - Baseball Girl - maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/INFINITY%20BEACH/99/173/2170

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When the kids grow and become adults and you still got that beautiful connection.

Here my friend with her daughter!

Take care of eachother !

Sincerly Helena..sending a big hug!

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Hugging a tree looks crazy at first, but it's relaxing for your body and mind.

Happy weekend! :)

❤ ♣

This was one shot that I had hesitated to upload for years, as I wondered whether this would be a little too private. But in the end, I did feel that it was still a great street shot that probably should not be left in the archives.

Welcome back Ara <333

I was so sad I couldn’t see you :3

I'm coming now from Japan.

"Do you know I don't know how one can walk by a tree and not be happy at the sight of it? How can one talk to a man and not be happy in loving him! Oh, it's only that I'm not able to express it...And what beautiful things there are at every step, that even the most hopeless man must feel to be beautiful! Look at a child! Look at God's sunrise! Look at the grass, how it grows! Look at the eyes that gaze at you and love you!..."

- Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Idiot

Tango To Evora - Loreena mcKennitt

youtu.be/UO6KJ8NWjfA

calin des arbres

This is my sister hugging one of the huge sequoia trees in the local zoo and botanical garden. She always does that when she visits the zoo, it has become a kind of tradition, but that was the first time I took a photo. :)

HUGS TO YOU ALL

Coral Hairstreak -female- (Satyrium titus) on Butterfly Weed (Asclepias tuberosa) in Kent County, Maryland

Her cuteness comes to life when you open in large view.

There are few people who can hug Cleo and escape unharmed, my niece Natalie is one of them. If Cleo enjoys a hug or not depends on her mood and that can switch from one moment to the next. Generally she appreciates a massage but only around the head, it's not wise to touch her paws or - horror of horrors - her rear end.

"Some days you just need a hug. On the butt"

I love such manifestations of feelings between people ... :)

Я так люблю такие проявления чувств между людьми ... :)

Thanks you 7amood for this , wallah i REALLY appreciate it !!! <333

wallah we're an amazing team (A) =P

i know its kinda late for the "HUG" pic :p

but i wanted it to be Perfect

so ,,,

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thanks 7amood again for the shot and the edit *__*

and had fun with you today ! =D

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These hugging buildings are actually one structure called Zebra Tower. Located in central Warsaw, Zebra Tower was built in 2010. It is 60 m high.

You know that feeling you get when you have been fighting all day and just canget a break any directrion you turn. These guys are in the maiting pod for hours and sometimes they just need a break and want to hug it out.

White stork (Ciconia ciconia)

Oregon coast