The male feeding on Pride of Madeira blooms. We are fortunate to have these year round in San Diego, California.

As seen in San Diego, California

… in the City of London. The Gherkin looms over Leadenhall Street and St. Mary Axe. XV, XIX and XXIst centuries together.

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Kinderdijk windmill with boat

This is a focus stack of 27 frames.

As seen from the Indian Head Trail, Encinitas, Ca.

Wheatear

A happy little pollinator.

Dried Leaves Composition ,

Ein typisches Berliner Motiv.......die Spree, das Marie-Luise-Lüders-Haus Nähe Reichstag. Was jedoch nur sehr selten vorkommt, dass die Gebäude so schön illuminiert sind. Man muss auch mal Glück haben.

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A typical Berlin motif.......the Spree river, the Marie-Luise-Lüders-House near the Reichstag. But what happens very rarely is that the buildings are so beautifully illuminated. You have to be lucky sometimes.

As seen in Encinitas, California

Don Henley - The Boys Of Summer

These fast moving, never stopping guys are a challenge for me and I love a challenge.

Moon rising over the Santa Rita Mountains and the church bell tower as seen in Green Valley, Arizona, USA

Regardless of their sizes - small, medium, large or very large, all fishing boats in the Philippines, save for a tiny few, have one common characteristic: they have outriggers, which are usually made of a certain large variety of bamboo. In addition, they come in various colors and color combinations, and just like some of the boats shown here.

Taken in Subic, Zambales, in the aforesaid Southeast Asian country.

One of my favorite local butterflies.

Took my camera for a walk around the neighborhood.

Allerheiligenwetter

Bumblebee on Sweet Peas as seen trail side in Anderson State Park, Washington State, USA

Allen's Hummingbird at work.

As seen in Evergreen Coho Escapee's Park, Chimacum, Washington, USA

5:56AM and this desert bird on Ocotillo in Green Valley, AZ is busy declaring his territory. I love the soft early light in the desert.

A typical Alberta prairie sight, if it had been over 150 years ago. (Except for the sprinkler)

As seen at the San Luis Rey River mouth.

Sony dsc

Soft evening light in the desert at Green Valley, Arizona, USA

Butterfly on host plant.

lipizzaner horses pulling a fiaker in front of imperial palace schoenbrunn

The Bowen Trail, Tuscon Mountain Park

Up-country September 1936. Scenes at Lingpao

Indian Head Trail in Encinitas, California.

Wooden shoes, Deltts Blue and the colors red, white and blue

Macro Mondays: National

This image should be viewed in the context of the preceding one; then the title makes more sense, if a "typical male" exists at all.

Anyway, such are this Superb Fairy-wren male's perching preferences (-;

(Malurus cyaneus)

Back light, hanging from a trellis.

As seen on the Sacred Rock Trail in Chimacum, Washington, USA