Sometimes life can be hard....here is a gentle reminder to be the encouraging and understanding friend we all need; the one who spreads love, positivity, joy, smiles and laughter….and who always, always spreads kindness. ❤️

Smile on Saturday: Holding

Thank you very much for your visit! HSoS!

Pollard willows along the waterfront

As seen in a Willow Tree .

After a misty morning the skies cleared and the sun shone bright and warm, it felt as if Winter had gone and Spring had come

Hartbeespoort Dam, Magaliesburg, South Africa

I think these are sparrows. Let me know if you can ID them!

A purple swamp hen exploring a willow tree.

Home Developed C41

Just another day at the beach in November.

Rotary Cove Beach

Goderich,Ontario

Canada

Taken at 3:31 PM today in Humber Bay Park East. Part of the Stormwater Management Facility. A dense Fog Advisory continues for the City of Toronto, mainly around the lake but now moving inland.

Thanks for visiting, enjoy each day!

I really liked the new, spring green growth on the willow trees against the bare trees and the italian villas around the lake. This was my first real effort doing a panoramic image.

Willow tree

A visit to Worcestershire market town of Pershore ....a lovely place with loads of history and a beautiful abbey ....The River Avon also flows through Pershore here its photographed with the Willow trees on its banks in Spring colour ....well worth a visit

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Checking out the early morning snowstorm!

This is a photo taken and processed to accompany a poem. HSS!

See poem here:

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(35/366) Walking back towards the car park, my eye was drawn to the lichen covered walls & the bright orange branches of the Willow trees. The Gearagh near Macroom in Co. Cork gets its name from the Irish "An Gaoire" meaning the wooden river. It is the remains of the only ancient post glacial alluvial forest in Western Europe. In 1987 the area was declared a statutory nature reserve. Often in Winter there would be flocks of thousands of Golden Plover and Lapwings as well as overwinter geese.

This is actually a "land bridge" over the River Lee which flows underneath. The islands, for the most part, are covered by the waters of the Lee Hydro-electrical scheme although on this occasion the water levels were very low. It was a very overcast yesterday and there were no birds to be seen. HFF

Wishing you all a HAPPY, SAFE and a BLESSED New-Week/New-Month!

Thank you so much for stopping by!

Towneley Park is owned and managed by Burnley Borough Council and is the largest and most popular park in Burnley, Lancashire, England. The main entrance to the park is within a mile of the town centre and the park extends to the south east, covering an area of some 180 hectares.

Russia. Moscow.

Beautiful willow tree on the Great Lakes waterfront trail in Squires beach , Martin’s photographs , Pickering , Ontario , Canada , April 20. 2023

Squires beach

Rotary Park

Great Lakes waterfront trail in Pickering

Great Lakes Waterfront trail

Willow tree

Sunset

December 2022

Duffins creek marsh

Blossoms

Rocks

February 2023

April 2023

Blossoms

Flowering trees

bulrushes

tall grasses

Family

Sunset

January 2023

Shrubs

Oak tree

Large Oak tree

Trees

Stones

Reflections

Reflection

Dogwood

Orange yellow Tamarack tree

Duffins trail

blue sky

cloud cover

yellow Tamarack tree

Tamarack tree

Tamarac

American Larch tree

Beautiful Nettles and it’s flowers

Nettles

Waterfront trail on Lake Ontario

Waterfront trail of Lake Ontario

Black eye Susan’s

Colourful bird houses

Autumn

Shadows

Reflections

Large mushroom

Duffins creek

Discovery bay

cropped photograph

closeup photograph

Martin’s photographs

Helen’s photographs

Ajax

Ontario

Canada

Duffins creek

Favourites

IPhone XR

iPhone SE 2020

Mushroom

Large Mushroom

Large white stones

wildflowers

Trout lilies

Lake Ontario

Mouth of Duffins creek marsh

white Deadnetles

River

Dogwood

Woods

Favourites

White Trilliums

Duffins marsh

Duffins trail

Ferns

Large tree

Pollard willow path - Rupelmonde - Belgium

On a cloudy mid-November day, a shaft of sunlight illuminates the fields and woodlands in South Somerset.

Golden hour around the pond

A simple but differently taken pano.

Constitution Gardens is a park area in Washington, D.C., United States, located within the boundaries of the National Mall. The 50-acre park is bounded on the west by the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, on the east by 17th St NW, on the north by Constitution Avenue, and on the south by the Reflecting Pool.

*Ein normaler Nachmittag in der Eifel*

Impression from a photo trip in changeable weather in Bitburg County.

Inspired By The Art Of David Hockney

Looking back at a foggy summer morning in August.

I always like sunrise in the fog. If there are a few trees “in the way” I like it even better.

One of the many ways to showcase the Moselle at sunset.

Taken during my Sunday morning exercise walk / jog round the town's South Park

Wishing you all a safe and peaceful holiday spent just the way you like to.

This has been a fantastic year for me on Flickr. I have learned so much about photography from some amazing people ... but even better, I have made some wonderful friendships with people from the Detroit area and some from other parts of the world !

Thank you for your support and daily comments.

It means so much to me !!