For me, presentation is part of the work, a way to voice the maker’s thoughts of his subject. I don’t think it can add appeal... perhaps more like clarity. I have begun to set some of my photographs before the public in small galleries these days and I find that imagining how something you have worked on looks to others’ eyes is as difficult as knowing what we look like if we are not looking at ourselves.

Introduced from Eurasia this a bird of the high plains of western North America, I didn't know what it was when it showed up in my yard six years ago. Read about a few reports of these birds around the province when I realized what it was, speculation was they may have been raised from eggs as game birds and escaped. It's the national bird of both Pakistan and Iraq.

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I realize it may sound innocent - perhaps naive - but one of the most surprising things to me about visiting Alaska was the rich color palette of the terrain. Despite being deep in Alaska, less than 250 miles from the Arctic Circle, the sun still holds its reign over the summer climate...and with nearly 24 hours of light, the vegetation has ample opportunity to grow.

Certainly, global warming, and glacial melt plays a role in seeing the deeply colored mountain range in the distance. It was surprising to me to learn that much of the green you see along the park road in Denali is vegetation growing atop the glaciers. All-in-all, I highly recommend taking the Kantishna bus tour (11-hours) in Denali, as it is the only method of getting deep into the park, with the opportunities to see as much of the geology, geography, .and wildlife possible.

While the namesake mountain is the primary calling card of this National Park, and rightfully so, it is only seen clearly by approximately 1/3 of the park's visitors, due to the near constant cloud cover. There is so much more, in terms of the vastness, grandeur, remoteness, and ecologic importance of this region to be experienced than simply the sight of Denali looming large above the subarctic plateau.

Yesterday I realized how much I am missing my sidekick, who is off on a long family vacation... I was going through The Liaison Collaborative and found this super cute SeeSaw and had an image in mind.... after realizing I had.......

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I found this wild looking creature early in the morning while out on a macro hunt, little did I know, it's a very poisonous caterpillar (National Geographic calls the puss caterpillar the most venomous in the U.S.) I did some research when I got home only to find that its sting is very painful and will even make your bones ache.

After finding out all this stuff I realized I was way to close to this thing.

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I realize that I've taken a little break from concert photos (which some of you might be happy by) but I'll never get over my love affair with music. That's just the type of human I am. Last night at the Empty Bottle in Chicago, I saw a band named Big Joanie, who are a very politically progressive feminist punk band. More photos and a review here:

bigtakeover.com/concerts/big-joanie-the-empty-bottle-chic...

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"People don't realize now is all there ever is; there is no past or future except as memory or anticipation in your mind." - Eckhart Tolle

When I really think about it, I see the truth in this quote. It sounds silly, but the thought started while I remembered my anticipation of these grape hyacinths I planted years ago. Years went by with only foliage popping up...no blooms. Every year I would wait, get super excited...and be super disappointed. This year, I was finally rewarded with some long awaited blooms.

So the question is...and not just about flowers, about anything we experience in life...what's the best part: the anticipation, that's full of hope and fantasies...or the memories that can be looked back on in thought and in pictures? I think it's some combination of both...reminiscing old adventures while anticipating new ones....

Please view large. Have a wonderful Thursday, my friends :-)

Never realized before that this "Chi-ca-go", "Chi-ca-go" is the onomatopoeia for the rallying cry of the California Quails… (Don't ask me to say this prase outloud, I am French after all ) Why not "Sa-cra-men-to" or "Vic-to-ria "… I don’t know. We moved into a more rural part of the Greater Victoria last December and I am so happy to see that we have a healthy population of California Quails around here. We initially had quite a few of them in our previous neighborhood in Saanich (we lioved there for 15 years) , but they all seem to disappear over the years. Apparently, they are heavily predated by the feral cats. The number I see here right now is very encouraging and I hope to be able to photograph them in the Winter, this would be especially nice on one of those rare snowy day. This one was caught on a trail in the woods around Metchosin not around our home. Unfortunately very high ISO.

Wandering through my gallery of previously unpublished images, I realized that I haven't yet managed to keep a promise I made to you.

I spent a night in the Italian Alps on my spring trip to Tuscany.

The morning after, from my pitch, I had a beautiful view of the mountains behind which the sun had just risen.

I put this photo back at the time because I couldn't wait to get to the photos I was actually there for.

In the meantime, so many new impressions have been added that the picture has slipped backwards. Now I'm bringing it up again because those craggy snowy rocks with the golden sky in the background are worth showing off.

Even if the viewing angle from my position is unfortunately not quite as ideal.

Beim Wandern durch meine Galerie der bisher noch unveröffentlichten Bilder ist mir bewust geworden, dass es mir noch nicht gelungen ist ein Versprechen einzulösen, was ich Euch gegeben habe.

Auf meiner Fahrt in die Toskana im Frühling habe ich eine Nacht in den italienischen Alpen verbracht.

Am Morgen danach, von meinem Stellplatz aus hatte ich einen wunderschönen Blick auf die Berge, hinter denen gerade die Sonne aufgegangen war.

Dieses Foto hatte ich damals zurück gestellt, da ich es nicht erwarten konnte zu den Fotos zu kommen, wegen denen ich eigentlich dort war.

Inzwischen sind so viele neue Eindrücke dazu gekommen, dass das Bild nach hinten gerutscht ist. Jetzt hole ich es wieder nach vorn, denn diese schroffen schneebedeckten Felsen mit dem goldenen Himmel im Hintergrund sind es wert gezeigt zu werden.

Auch wenn der Blickwinkel von meiner Position aus, leider nicht ganz so optimal ist.

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Many don’t realize that two thirds of Oregon is considered high desert, and that something like the Alvord Desert exists in our gorgeous state. One of the great things about Oregon is how diverse the geology and landscape is, and that you can visit the coast one day, and be in the Alvord Desert camping on the playa and staring up at the milky way the next. (from That Oregon Life)

The Alvord Desert is one of the largest playas in Oregon at six miles wide and eleven miles long. This remote playa sits at approximately 4,000 feet in elevation and is the perfect place to camp and enjoy nature.

I was told by another camper, that this crystalline substance on the lake is an alkaline salt deposit. What ever it is, it is crunchy and has a bit of sparkle when the sun catches it right.

This was taken very early in the morning. It was still quite cold but since you can drive out on the playa I kept jumping back in my car to get warm.

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"I finally realized that people are prisoners of their phones... that's why it's called a "cell" phone." Anonymous

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Pahto (Mount Adams), seen from Mount Rainier National Park, Washington

Last weekend I decided to meet up with a friend for a sunset hike at Mount Rainier National Park. We made detailed plans ahead of time for both the hike and sunset watching, and then ended up both arriving later than planned, doing a different hike, and hiking more slowly than anticipated due to snow (yes, more snow!) on the trail and a stop to search for my friend's dropped phone. But sunset wasn't until 8:51pm so we figured we still had plenty of time.

We were hiking with the sun behind us, and time was flying by as it has a way of doing when we hike together, so when we emerged from a forested section of the trail into a meadow, we suddenly noticed that the sun was starting to drop into the trees, and realized we had to turn around and hustle back down the trail to where we had planned to watch the sunset over Tahoma (Mount Rainier).

As we hiked at a quick pace back, through every break in the trees, my eyes were drawn to this view of Pahto and the south Cascades. In the evening light, with that fog rising from the forest below, I finally decided it was necessary to stop for photos, despite our time constraints.

Note: Pahto is the second highest peak in Washington, standing 12,281 feet/3743 meters tall and is considered one of the 5 active volcanoes in the state, although the last eruption was 1000 years ago. It is one of the five sacred mountains to the native Yakama peoples and part of the mountain is territory of the Yakama Nation.

I'm realizing day by day that many of my ideas , framing and subjects are shamelessly copied on Flickr , what really makes me angry is not the copying, but the fact that my ideas receive more faves on other people's photostreams !

inspired by Hangar Pirelli installation

Turning backwards, it is realized that in this high point of the ruins of the Pilaloma there are other ruins of the two lateral enclosures with their doors facing the Castle. These two enclosures leave a narrow intermediate runner of 0.80m which, coinciding with the longitudinal axis of the entire trapezoid, advances to its major base. Interestingly, the corridor divides into two elongated sections equal to Pilaloma, and goes through the Wanka that marks the multiple tomb. All these elements (geometry, tomb, wanka, corridor, orientation, etc.) have led to interpret the site as a testimony of something more transcendent of the Cañari culture. Indeed, the latest archaeoastronomic studies assert that the corridor and the wanka were associated with the observation of the sun on the summer solstice, on June 21.

van-hells.blogspot.com/2019/04/688-do-you-realize.html

..... didn´t realized I was the dinner, though !!

It´s no shortcut to church, but I guess that is my destination anyway.... eventually.

This is the sixth picture in the serie "San Monique".

First picture:

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Next picture:

www.flickr.com/photos/gustaf-af-ansgarso/43033985781/in/d...

Moment at San Monique:

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It's the moment you realize that the treasure you held in your hands you couldn't hold on to. In memory of Bart Bader, whom I sorely miss. 💕

Eyeshadow: Hexed - Devlin (only BoM for EvoX)

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Lipstick: Hexed - Ecletic Lipstick (only BoM for EvoX); 10 different colors

Scars: Hexed - Mystical Heart (only BoM) 8 Colors + tintable version

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мy мυѕιc Alan Walker - Faded"

"You were the shadow to my light

Did you feel us?

Another star, you fade away

Afraid our aim is out of sight

Wanna see us alight

Where are you now?

Where are you now?

Where are you now?

Was it all in my fantasy?

Where are you now?

Were you only imaginary?

Where are you now?

Atlantis, under the sea, under the sea

Where are you now? Another dream

The monster's running wild inside of me

I'm faded, I'm faded

So lost, I'm faded, I'm faded

So lost, I'm faded!"

I just realized the other day that I have taken quite a few photos of Father John Misty or Joshua Michael Tillman over the years but never posted any of them, which is just a thing that happens when you photograph several bands every day of a festival and have thousands of photos to go through after you haven't slept three nights straight. Anyway, Father John Misty puts on a good show and you can listen here:

fatherjohnmisty.com/

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Alvin turned his head and knew the argument was over.

The bird activity at the Gaddy Garden bubbler stopped rapidly at one point, and I realized why when I spotted this guy nearby. Cooper's Hawk at Tower Grove Park, St Louis, Missouri

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Looking at this picture, I realize I was actually expressing the extreme darkness I have been feeling. Art is such an amazing way to express yourself or release whatever bad energy you're feeling. This pose from Space Cadet called, "2021" was the perfect fit.

The perfect song for my mood.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6PNc9KN50M

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No! That's Motion blur!

No it's not.

Yes it is!!

No it's not.

You know my other camera is a 12 gauge?

(silence...)

i realize that i have not written much here over the past few years. and i am a writer, first and foremost. how odd, to have abandoned the opportunity to paint with words, with sounds and rhythms, offer a complement to the images. so ...

i suppose if you are the kind of person who has a predilection for words, then you will read further. if not, well, there are many images in this stream (including this one, i hope) that speak their own language. :)

i have walked this path, this sentiero. i have walked it, felt the cold autumn air wash over me, the warmth of the sun on my face. i have seen deer bounding across the crests of the hills and pheasants skittering across the surface of the deeply plowed earth, the clay, the crete senesi. i have stood in the midst of this great space, small, very small amidst the waves of autumn blues and greys. i have felt this place, experienced it. and forgotten it. it takes so little time for memories to fade. it takes a conscious effort to preserve them. i work diligently to live in the moment, so diligently at times that i forget. and while the present is the only reality, the past does provide its context, the future does offer some hope, and my memory, though fallible, is not simply a nostalgic salve to ease my aging mind. it's a part of who i am, what i am likely to become.

i have walked this path, seen it anew. and remembered.

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... you realize your worth, you shift your energy to attract new people who respect your worth. It all starts with YOU.

Kiss My {SL} Beauty

I realize that it is probably not a "barn" (probably a tool shed or work area) but I liked the title anyway. I spotted this beautiful autumn scene near Woodstock, Vermont. The light and fall colors were incredible. (Edited in Photoshop and Lightroom)

Great Blue Heron scored a meal...

....Felt like I was watching an episode on Wild America...wasn't real happy....but it is natureI...by the time I realized what was happing the damage was done...the Garter Snake didn't stand a chance and the Heron got a meal

Thanks for all the visits, comments and/or faves of this image as it is greatly appreciated!! Have a wonderful weekend, stay safe and healthy!!💕😊

Captain Corelli's Mandolin

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I realize how blessed I am, knowing that my grandchildren enjoy collaborating with their artworks. Good time spent, and hopefully, good memories for them.

Thank you for your kind visit. Have a wonderful and beautiful day! ❤️ ❤️ ❤️

flickr friends+me = twice as nice

Thank you for putting up with me flickr friends. I know I type dyslexic all the time without realizing it. I leave words out of my sentences completely. My friends tell me they have learned a new language by being my buddy on instant messages. Now I just noticed I have been handing out spanish invites to all of my friends for two days! I told you yesterday I am still silly. Well here you go!!! LOL

Have a wonderful day!!

When you realize HEART & EARTH are

spelled with the same letters, it all starts

to make sense.

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(Its been a minute since ive braved this hobby again, hope you all have a wonderful weekend!) <33

While driving along the Kings Canyon we realized it was only a couple hours to sunset. Importantly we had not decided any place where we wanted to get the sunset. For a change it was drizzling all afternoon and I was thinking of getting some nice post-rain clouds for the sunset. We finally decided to drive back to Sequoia and get the sunset at the Moro Rock. It was about an hour away from the Kings Canyon National Park.

As we arrived at the spot after climbing like 500 stairs, we were greeted with this awesome view. This is the west side where all the magic was happening.

The stairs go right to the top, an exasperating climb but completely worth the effort. At times a bit unsafe as the railings are absent, but no biggy! Excellent place to watch stars if you stay late on the top. This was taken from about half climb where there is a small balcony put out to watch the wavy valley.

The windy roads down the valley looked tempting. I instantly wanted to get the light trails of the cars driving back from the NP. I stayed up late and tried many exposures before I was sure about the settings. About 20min after the sunset I started to see the trials in 3-4min exposures but still the top of the photograph was too exposed. Had to wait a bit more for the light on the top to get less intense. The worry was the valley can get too dark! This was my third and final shot with a 6min exposure after the sun was completely down. Eventually, I realized its only a 15min window when the light is right to expose the shot right and get the trails distinct enough to stand out of the scene. The lights in the back is Visalia and Tulare.

Will post a few more shots from a day before.

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Please don't post any graphics or awards. I just want to know what you think and highly appreciate any inputs to improve my photographs. Thank you for your favorites and comments!

He once had a dream of stars, dancing upon a rippled water's surface. Black waves crashed against a dark shoreline and the rhythmic waves were the only thing to be heard. It was calm and peaceful. Slowly he made his way into the ocean, the waves welcomed him like an old friend as he dove into the cool water. Deep down, where there was no light from the moon. However, it wasn't dark. A beautiful landscape awaited him, like he had never seen it before. Bioluminescent plankton illuminated the ocean floor and the water around him. His movements left shiny trails of blue and green behind. There were glowing plants of yellow, blue and green, even purple. Gently they waved back and forth as if they wanted to show him the way, while swarms of gleaming fish surrounded him. He was so captivated by the beauty before him and all these wonders of life around him, that he almost forgot to breathe. Ready to make his way back to the surface to catch his breath, he realized that a swarm of jellyfish covered the entire surface like a huge cloud. While his air was running thin, he tried to find another way out, but there was none.

He remembered the dream so clear like a memory. Just like the persons response to his story.

"I will come and save you from the jellyfish", they said.

So he waited patiently by the jellyfish, for them to come and find him.

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Eyes: Storybook - Yoongi Eyes

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Septum: [TWC] - Gear Septum Gold

Earring: Bliensen - MaiTai - Kitsune

Necklace: ::GB:: - Arhat Necklace

Outfit: +HILU+ - HOROYOI

Umbrella: *::.who what.::* - sukashi BANGASA - [RARE Natsugazumi]

Mask: taikou - kitsune mask

Head: Catwa - Dino

Skin: Mudskin - Hikaru

Body: Belleza - Jake

Decoration:

Lanterns: [CerberusXing] - Chinese Lantern 2021

Torii: Isil - [Niwa] - Torii

Goldfish: nani - dreamy pond - goldfish

Jellyfish: Foxwood - Jellyfish

Lotus Flowers: {anc} - fish shop daughters - lotus

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I realized there's no end inside

Yet still I'll wait

For you to see the light

Today's soundtrack:

I'll be waiting – Lenny Kravitz

People Im in the middle of nowhere. I cant visit you or answer your emails for

a few days.

ps: beijo pro papi, pra mami e pra mana!

bj pra Larissa tb! ;)

I visited Nancy in 2019. It was quite cold, albeit early fall. When I arrived there, I realized with dismay that I had forgotten my usual lens. All my photos of Nancy are therefore taken with a telephoto lens. So I had to handle myself : I didn't take everything I wanted, but I took other types of photos instead. Fortunately, they were also good.

The program of the week-end was busy, with a visit to the old town and Place Stanislas, and a tour of the high places of 1900 Art Nouveau, of which Nancy is one of the capitals.

Art Nouveau is not my cup of tea, but the city is magnificent.

It is not possible to visit Nancy without evoking King Stanislas, because we find his traces everywhere in the city. In the 18th century, Stanislas Leszczynski was a former king of Poland and had been dethroned. His daughter, Marie Leszczynska had married the King of France Louis XV. He had been made Duke of Lorraine by King Louis XV. He will be the last Duke of Lorraine from 1737 to 1766. On his death, the Duchy of Lorraine will be reunited with France.

King Louis XV had given him a generous pension. This enabled him to maintain a brilliant court and to embellish Nancy, his capital. In particular, Place Stanislas, which he commissioned, is an architectural masterpiece that fully deserves its immense fame. It has been listed as an UNESCO World Heritage Site.

We are here in front of Sainte-Catherine's gate, one of the 4 triumphal arches of Nancy. The monument is named in honor of Queen Catherine, wife of King Stanislas, and was built in 1761.

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En visite à Nancy

J'ai visité Nancy en 2019. Il faisait plutôt froid, bien qu'au début de l'automne. En arrivant sur place, j'ai réalisé avec consternation que j'avais oublié mon objectif habituel. Toutes mes photos de Nancy sont donc prises au téléobjectif. J'ai dû me débrouiller : je n'ai pas pris tout ce que je voulais, mais j'ai pris d'autres types de photos à la place. Elles étaient heuseusement aussi réussies.

Le progranne du week-end était chargé, avec visite de la vieille ville et de la place Stanislas, et un tour des hauts lieu de l'Art Nouveau 1900 dont Nancy est une des capitales.

L'Art Nouveau n'est pas ma tasse de thé, mais la ville est magnifique.

Il n'est pas possible de visiter Nancy sans évoquer le roi Stanislas, car on retrouve partout ses traces dans la ville. Au 18ème siècle. Stanislas Leszczynski était un ancien roi de Pologne et avait été détrôné. Sa fille, Marie Leszczynska avait épousé le roi de France Louis XV. Il avait été fait duc de Lorraine par le roi Louis XV. Il sera le dernier duc de Lorraine de 1737 à 1766. A sa mort, le duché de Lorraine sera réuni à la France.

Le roi Louis XV lui avait donné une généreuse pension. Cela lui a permis d'entretenir une cour brillante et d'embellir Nancy, sa capitale. Notamment, la place Stanislas qu'il a fait réaliser est un chef d'oeuvre d'architecture qui mérite largement son immmense renommée. ELle a été inscrite au patrimoine mondial de l'UNESCO.

Nous sommes ici devant la porte Sainte-Catherine, un des 4 arcs de triomphe de Nancy. Le monument est dénommé ainsi en l'honneur de la reine Catherine, femme du roi Stanislas, et a été bâti en 1761.

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Nancy - Lorraine - France

when you realize something truly remarkable is happening and disappearing right in front of you, if you can pass a camera before your eye, you’ll tear a piece of time out of the whole, and in a breath, rescue it and give it new meaning.

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Truth Matters! Lies have consequences.

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Tom and I realized, albeit reluctantly, that Saturday evening was going to be a lost cause up at Crater Lake as the clouds continued to roll in. We made the painful decision to bail on Crater Lake and to head South in an attempt to get a sunset on Siskiyou Lake by 5 PM. We drove straight down and arrived in time, but the clouds had moved in faster than we had anticipated and the sunset was a bust. Feeling somewhat dejected, we continued our drive South to a Travel Lodge in Redding and called it a night.

We were both up by 3:45 AM on Sunday morning and looked outside to find that it was already pouring. Our thought at this point was to head East in an attempt to drive out from under the clouds and grab a sunrise. We headed first to Lassen National Park where it was already beginning to snow, but we realized that we were out of luck with the sunrise as well.

Tom's suggestion was that we just head North up highway 89 to Burney Falls. I had never heard of these falls before, but Tom said Teddy Roosevelt had proclaimed them to be the 8th wonder of the world. We both rolled our eyes as we got out of the car about an hour later. We were in the middle of nowhere, and didn't seem to be near any sizable mountains, so how impressive could these falls be?

But as we neared the gorge, we could hear the roar of these falls growing stronger. It was still pouring down at this point and Tom and I seemed to be the only lunatics shooting this early on a very rainy Sunday morning. As we approached the first overlook, we both just stopped in our tracks. And then we both shot non-stop for the next 90 minutes. The leaves surrounding the falls were still changing and the challenge at this point was to frame these falls in a compelling way as they were HUGE. Not quite Niagra, but still far more impressive than what either one of us was expecting.

If you happen to be driving out on highway 89 (not sure WHO is out driving on highway 89 as it was pretty empty for miles while we were driving) you might consider stopping by McArthur–Burney Falls Memorial State Park. The falls are literally in the middle of nowhere and you'll have to keep an eye out for the sign, but well worth a stop. Especially on a very rainy Sunday morning in November.

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I realize this photo is a little bit messy, but I found it was rewarding for me to dig in for all these little details. I couldn't seem to find a stance for this one that didn't involve my knees being poked by sharp rocks. My tripod bag got me through it. Best viewed large.

Nikon D7500.

drl LeBaroDea

Just realized that I had not posted an ice ribbon or Frost Flower this winter. Since they are not at my back door now i found one from 3 years ago that I had over looked. Probably should have saved it for Valentine's Day. if you have not seen this in nature then read up on it at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frost_flower

Crazy!

I realized that I am/was (partially yet) a member of almost 500 groups. Who can ever manage something like that?

So I am leaving most of them but goodness, what the h...of a work that is!

I don´t know if there is a "Leave All" button, but then I want to keep a few.

Can anyone help?

While out walking in the forest, I spied this young fawn standing a ways down the path. To my surprise, it started galloping toward me as if it thought that I was Mom. When it got close enough, it stopped and stared at me for a minute, realized that I wasn't Mom, and ran away. Later I realized that the shirt I was wearing was the same exact color as a deer, so maybe that was a source of confusion. In any event, I was reminded of the old children's book "Are You My Mother?".

Waterloo Township, Michigan

Realized the zoom lens blurred the background much better than my macro lens did.