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Today is a blue day at Color my World Daily and the theme at Looking Close on Friday is Clothing Labels.

We all know by now the importance of « stretching » in our lives. After spending the last few months (years ??) working from home, and having daily panoramic walks between my kitchen and living room: I’m definitely in need of stretch clothes ! No wonder that this tiny « stretch » label is one of my favorite right now. But in my case, during the pandemic, « stretch » label applies not only for clothes but for many, many other things… I need to stretch my patience very, very often. I have to stetech our budget...I have to stretch my body after sitting on my not so ergonomic chair for long hours… I have to somehow stretch the time between my working hours and my house chores hours… So I’m pretty much sure that this tiny « stretch » label will be very useful for the next year…

Who else has to stretch something ?

Have a beautiful day ! Mucho, mucho amor for you all !!

Thank you so much for all your lovely comments / favs/ general support / happy thoughts!! Stay safe and well!!

yellow-billed spoonbill (Platalea flavipes)

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A close up of a little, geometric metal ornament with stretched diamonds on a blue painted door.

Great Horned Owl stretches its wing and leg. Sky Replacement added to get rid of a mostly white background.

Eine juvenile Bachstelze streckt sich.

A juvenile wagtail stretches.

This lesser yellowlegs does some wing stretching/flapping while in a small area pond that is part of the estuary at Anchor Point.

Taken 12 July 2021 at Anchor Point, Alaska.

Stretching for some 30 km along the northern shores of Lake Geneva, Lavaux Vineyard Terraces is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

This photo was taken in the vineyard near a small town named Epesses.

I could not resist posting one more photo of a Female Goldfinch gathering fluff for her nest. The females are still hard at work even though it seems they have been doing it for weeks. They really must be creating the deluxe version of their nests this year :)

Red-rumped Parrot (Psephotus haematonotus) male

One of the Red-rumps that have been in our area.

Happy Wing Wednesday!

Salar de Talar is a large salt flat located in the high puna of northern Chilean Andes, at an altitude of 3,950 m. It is part of a series of salt lakes and salt flats located at the foothills of a chain of volcanoes stretching along the eastern side of the much greater Salar de Atacama. The salty flat is bordered on the west by Caichinque and on the east by Cerro Medano, is a mountain with striking shades of grey and brown, which contrast nicely with the sparkling white of the salt flat's surface. On top of that, colourful ponds fringe its shores. Salar de Talar is a part of the Central Andean dry puna ecoregion, which in this zone is characterized by tussock grass vegetation.

Kruger National Park, South Africa

To start the week!

Hyacinth Visorbearer (Augastes scutatus) at Serra do Cipó - MG.

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Giving the tele-lens a bit of a work out, Colas 'Shed' 66847 hauls the 2.40pm Ribblehead - Chirk Kronospan logs (6V37) through a sunny Frodsham, one early summer's evening in 2014.

The line seemingly disappears beyond the end of the train, but in fact it tops out for the viaduct (which the train is crossing) over the River Weaver. The heat-haze from the exhaust is pretty evident.

Rework of an upload that falls well below current QC specs, and now deleted. Comments off for this one, thanks.

7.19pm, 6th June 2014

A Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes) stops at Miquelon Lakes to refuel during its southerly migration through the area. This lakes are located southeast of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

2 August, 2013.

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Giraffes photographed in the Kruger National Park, South Africa.

Great Egret stretching its wings on the nest. Rookery at O'Fallon Park in St Louis, Missouri

This snowy owl is starting the new year off right by doing its stretches. My first photo of 2021 :-)!

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Very satisfying stretch by this little urban fox. Seen in Hampshire, UK.

A Roseate spoonbill stretching its wings in the early morning light.

At the end of the day

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Merlin getting in his early morning stretch

Bufflehead

Stretching!

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Brian Piccolo Park, Fort Lauderdale, FL

giovane civetta /Athene noctua)-sardegna.

scatto effettuato da capanno mobile privato. rigorosamente wild.

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The Pacific Black Duck (Anas superciliosa), seen here, is a dabbling duck found in much of Indonesia, New Guinea, Australia, New Zealand, and many islands in the southwestern Pacific. In New Zealand it is known as the Grey Duck.

I watched this duck at a distance for quite some time, mostly it rested with its bill tucked in its feathers. Then without warning it sprang into action, had a big stretch and promptly went back to sleep. My patience was rewarded with this and several similar shots.

I never knew that limousines are just normal cars cut in half and extended! I’m gonna go build a Yugo stretch limousine.

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