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There are two cat cafés in Glasgow, Purrple Cat Café and Meow Café. For those who are stuck between the two of them (What else do you people spend time doing on vacation exactly?!?!), I enjoyed both but Purrple Cat Café has cats that are not pure bred cats which I like more. There are so many wonderful cats in this world who need homes even if they aren't "instagrammable" (Who cares-ALL CATS are instagrammable!) Anyway, Purrple Cat Café had over 30 cats but it was such a well taken care of place without even any smells that I was highly impressed. It gets my highest cat café recommendation which is 6/5 happy cats !

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Highland Community Gardens, Abbotsford, B.C.

From the Island in the Sky district of Canyonlands National Park, Utah.

National Butterfly Center, Mission, TX

“Any patch of sunlight in a wood will show you something about the sun which you could never get from reading books on astronomy."

― C.S. Lewis

Always with her ball

a very peculiar wader / shorebird, not only because of its double name but more so because of its behavior.

From Wikipedia:

"The red phalarope or grey phalarope (Phalaropus fulicarius) is a small wader. This phalarope breeds in the Arctic regions of North America and Eurasia. It is migratory, and, unusually for a wader, migrates mainly on oceanic routes, wintering at sea on tropical oceans.

The typical avian sex roles are reversed in the three phalarope species. Females are larger and more brightly coloured than males. The females pursue males, compete for nesting territory, and will aggressively defend their nests and chosen mates. Once the females lay their olive-brown eggs, they begin their southward migration, leaving the males to incubate the eggs and care for the young. Three to six eggs are laid in a ground nest near water. Incubation lasts 18 or 19 days. The young mainly feed themselves and are able to fly within 18 days of birth.

The red phalarope is about 21 cm (8.3 in) in length, with lobed toes and a straight bill, somewhat thicker than that of red-necked phalarope. The breeding female is predominantly dark brown and black above, with red underparts and white cheek patches. The bill is yellow, tipped black. The breeding male is a duller version of the female. Young birds are light grey and brown above, with buff underparts and a dark patch through the eye. In winter, the plumage is essentially grey above and white below, but the black eyepatch is always present. The bill is black in winter.

When feeding, a red phalarope will often swim in a small, rapid circle, forming a small whirlpool. This behaviour is thought to aid feeding by raising food from the bottom of shallow water. The bird will reach into the outskirts of the vortex with its bill, plucking small insects or crustaceans caught up therein. They sometimes fly up to catch insects in flight. On the open ocean, they are found in areas where converging ocean currents produce upwellings and are often found near groups of whales. Outside of the nesting season they often travel in flocks."

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Phalarope à bec large

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Looking down from near Dale Head, a touch of light hits the valley floor.

Grand Mere Dunes

This Seattle area pumpkin patch brings all the pumpkins in to one area so you don’t have to tromp through so much mud when it rains. As such the pumpkins are all nicely laid out, making for the perfect shot with a little depth to it.

Swan Trail Farms, Snohomish, Washington State, USA

This young male Common Merganser is transitioning from juvenile to adult plumage. A few feathers from his previously brown head are still visible.

Tringa flavipes

Sons dog

within the city walls was this lovely vegetable patch.

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Putaendo, Valparaiso Region, Chile

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Having just exited the 1 mile 1224 yard Dove Holes Tunnel on the old Midland line to Manchester, 60017 enters into a patch of light before passing through this short tunnel under the LNWR Stockport to Buxton line at Chapel en le Frith.

60017 working 6F05 16:10 Tunstead Sidings to Northwich Lostock Works

7th April 2021

I’m proud to be a member of the Phoenix Railway Photographic circle and equally honoured to be awarded ‘Photographer of the year’ in this anniversary year.

2021 represents a significant milestone in the history of the Phoenix Railway-Photographic Circle with the celebration of our 50th anniversary. Phoenix was set up in spring 1971 and was created to promote an alternative approach to railway photography. Why not take a look at the PRPC web site at www.phoenix-rpc.co.uk/index.html

High red dunes of the Namib-Naukluft NP, Namibia

I captured this image shortly after sunrise in the upper Clarée valley. Clouds moved swiftly, filtering sunlight that occasionally managed to illuminate the steep cliffs of the Cerces massif. Several marsh marigold bushes, growing in a wetland crossed by snowmelt streams, provided an ideal foreground. The vibrant yellow of the flowers echoed the pockets of light on the mountain.

crimson patch butterfly

national butterfly center, Mission TX USA

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Looking up at the windows, Quaker Meeting House, Philadelphia.

This is a little safety ID patch put on specialized clothing for flame resistance markers.

The National Building Museum reflected.

Washington, DC

Parterre de feuilles

Fish ponds? Reality is difficult to tell from above. They don't appear like rice paddies or at least there are no discernible rows of rice. What is obvious is that they were drying up as it is summer season in Makassar these days. Without a doubt, landscapes look different when you are not on the ground.

Makassar, South Sulawesi, Indonesia

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Agapanthus, a plant native to South Africa. This one was spotted in Cicely Roche's Magnificent Gardens.

"Lookin' good there fellas". Just look at all those handsome faces!!

Another softer edit on this Chicory patch. I just adore these flowers!

Poverty Street, outside laundry in need of repair

Along the waterfront one can see patches on the snow covered lake; they are probably open patches of water. Patches of shrub and grass show through the snow.

Warmer temperatures start the process of melting the Lake Michigan shoreline ice.

NECR yard Palmer, MA