we had an extra long layover at Munich Airport with 6 hours waiting time for our connecting flight. luckily, there was a huge outdoor Christmas market in the op

this is my contribution to FungiFriday by @ewkaw it being December i wasn't expecting to find much on my walk to the driftwood beach. but when expectations are low it is easier to be surprised this was

this week i am presenting a bird we don't have locally. i took this shot while on a visit to Tonk District in the state of Rajasthan though the Grey Francolin _

this reflection looks a little mysterious so i am going to let it remain so and not tell anything about it other than i like the light, tones and textures. inst

now in Australia, encountering a bushman when out walking in the bush may be a fairly common experience but here in Norway it is unheard of. up until yesterday

It's beginning to look at lot like Christmas Everywhere you go... here are a couple of shots i took while visiting Alicante a couple of years ago. the Christmas

here's a shot that should make you smile. it's not because this graylag goose Anser anser is standing on one leg on a rock covered with droppings. nor is the

at the end of autumn before the first snow the forest is exceptionally bare closest to the sea, in open areas with young trees the forest floor is covered with

earlier this year some exterior repairs were going on at my neighbors house. their house is quite close to ours so there was a bit of disturbance with parking,

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a couple of weeks ago i posted from the swimming pool at the community center for Waterville Estates. what i didn't mention then was that there are two pools at

it snowed in the night so i was anxious to get out and have a look. the snow barely covered the ground but on my car windshield there was only ice crystals. if

while i was waiting for my wife to finish her marketing i knew it would be a while so i wandered around the dirt parking lot to where some puppies were playing

if there's a white-cheeked barbet Psilopogon viridis in your neighborhood you will definitely hear it even if you don't see it. their green backs and brown and white heads afford excellent camouflage as

the coconut rhinoceros beetle Oryctes rhinoceros are large, impressive looking, solid insects, among the strongest in the world. but they are well known for attacking coconut and other palm trees. though

it was great autumn weather on October 10th and the sky to the west looked like there would be a great sunset so i drove about 15 km to Omlidstranda, and took a walk along the coastal area with the fjord/sea

(Sciurus carolinensis)

it's getting colder and a thin layer of ice forms when the water is still, only to thaw when the temperature rises a little or the waves break up the ice as war

white doves have a long history of being a symbol for peace from various cultures around the world. these days the prospect of peace around the world is nearer

normally one would expect two separate people to have two more or less separate and distinguishable shadows but when things line up just right their shadows com