@derangedvisions Thank you for making me aware of this, I appreciate it.

@rocketsteem... Oh damn... maybe I misunderstood your comment because it seems you are also sometimes talking in "shorthand" like I tend to do... did you mean YOU are thinking about splurging

So what you are actually saying is that my photos are not good enough for the photo challenge? I used my FUJIFILM FinePix S4200 for this photo and although I know that I will never win a competition for

Totally awesome!!! I don't know where you get the patience from to do these dots, but I love how they all came together i the end! Just a question... I thought we are not allowed to do marketing here on

Great flower photos and the pic of your energy drink container is a nice touch to your collection, but I really like the third photo of the crocus blooming in the seemingly otherwise barren soil. Lovely!

I never realised how pretty dandelion flowers can be until I saw your photos tonight. Thank you so much for sharing it.

Absolutely stunning and creative work of art!

Thank you for replying and for posting the photos. This is the first time I have seen this kind of cactus.

Thank you for supplying the names of the flowers. I really appreciate your reply.

@gavinthegreat Thank you, I'm glad that you like it.

Thank you to both you @speedvoter and also to @rayhanrushimoni.

Pretty flower! It looks like a cosmos flower but I have never seen orange cosmos flowers before. Maybe they have different colors in other countries?

This is amazing! What an interesting plant with such pretty yellow flowers. I really like the way the flowers look like small bubbles before they start to bloom. Is this a tree or a kind of cactus plant?

Thank you so much for your comment. Really appreciate it.

Love your photos of the bottle brush tree! I also posted some photos of the one I have in my yard for the #mondayred #colorchallenge. If you like you can have a look at my post. Isn't it interesting that

ooh, I love the flowers and the red ones in the foreground is so pretty. What kind of flowers is it?

@triablot - Gimp is known as the free and open source software equivalent to Adobe Photoshop so if you always wanted to have Photoshop but cannot afford the price, Gimp is a great alternative but as with

oops, sorry, just saw now that you mentioned the location in your original post...

Nice photo! I love how the red leaves are contrasting with the darker colours of the hills/mountains in the background and I also see some reflections of the mountains in the lake. Where did you take this

I love how you described the pain you felt whilst the tattoo was transferred to your body as "red"! I can still remember a few years ago when I was with my son when he got this huge dragon tattoo