so, it's stoopidly hot and sunny, and the cat's hot and sunny, so strangely, the cat picks the warmest patch of sun in the house to sprawl out. i guess this must be more comfortable than it looks. i guess.

Hasselblad 500C/M

What would you expect to see sunbathing on a beach hut on Bournemouth seafront!

The rain season seems to be almost over and my greens at home need sunbathing.

Red Admiral butterfly sunbathing on a warm rock

San Carlos, Sonora, México.

Great leg spread and chest!

It was damned cold. I know that the rangefinder missed the focus a little bit, so I must take my CL to service, but in this case I think that the result is even interesting.

Italian Summer, Sicily, Italy

Me on the beach.

The hottest country I've ever been!

Great leg spread and chest!

Tony Harding

On the back: "Me 1945 on Catalina St." A most inviting backyard scene!

A signpost at cefn Ila, with numerous flies catching the afternoon sun.

HFDF!

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Pretty guy sunbathing on the catacombs. With a big packet ;o)

....sunbathing

This is on private land,I now have permission to walk here! :-)

it turned out there were people in my neighbors' yard.

I am back from our beach vacation! I took a few of my dolls along, and wanted to take pictures of one or two of my girls on the beach, but I procrastinated, and then it was windy and blowing sand the last 5 days we were there. :( Ah well- next time for sure!

At least I got some pictures of Bailey by the pool- and my in laws were very nice and didn't treat me like a weirdo for bringing my dolls on vacation. haha

I have so many things to catch up on, and I can't wait to see all the photos you guys have uploaded in my absence! :)

Sunbathing.......

At Freddie's Beach Bar.

Rumanian girl catching the early sun.

Note: the tall, not-quite-finished skyscraper in the background is the Freedom Tower at One World Trade Center, which will replace the twin World Trade Center buildings that were attacked on September 11, 2001.

For more details, see www.glasssteelandstone.com/BuildingDetail/439.php.

Note: I chose this as my "photo of the day" for March 17, 2013.

Note: this photo was published in an Apr 2, 2013 blog titled "One World Trade Center Nears Completion." It was also published in an Apr 7, 2013 blog titled "FOTO'S: DE ONE WORLD TRADE CENTER IS BIJNA AF.."

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robin ~ erithacus rubecula (behavioural)

RSPB Green status list.

All fluffed up for quick sunbathe this robin appeared to be really enjoying it even though it was very hot in the sheltered area where he was.

‘Sunbathing’ is used by some birds as part of their routine feather maintenance and is most commonly seen by Garden BirdWatchers in Blackbirds and Robins. The birds invariably adopt a posture in which the body feathers are fluffed up and one or both wings are held out from the body, with feathers spread. It is thought that using the sun in this way does two things. It both helps the preen oil to spread across the feathers and drives parasites out from within the plumage. Some of these parasites feed on the feathers themselves and all are highly specialised, with many only found on a single species of bird.

Ref: BTO

A couple sunbathing at Bull Island Beach, Clontarf, Dublin

sunbathing at the park :-) autumn lights

Sunbathing.............0025

@ Monument Valley

At Freddie's Beach Bar.

Just hanging out catchin' some rays

Candid of Young Women in

Victor Steinbrueck Park in Downtown Seattle.