If you look carefully, you’ll see a lizard!
A visitor – close up and personal! My sister-in-law thinks this is a mockingbird. What a special sight this is!
I can never get enough of these. Who could be down seeing this?
Look at the gorgeous colors!
Thanks again to my wonderful sister-in-law for taking these photos and sending them to me so that we could all go on her vacation with her!!!
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I love these photos by Jean Kelsey, @immachocoholic.bsky.social.
“Love is the flower you’ve got to let grow.” – John Lennon
“Just living is not enough… one must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower.” – Hans Christian Andersen
“The fact that I can plant a seed and it becomes a flower, share a bit of knowledge and it becomes another’s, smile at someone and receive a smile in return, are to me continual spiritual exercises.” –
Leo Buscaglia
“May every sunrise hold more promise and every sunset more peace,” – Umair Siddiqu
“When you take a flower in your hand and really look at it, it’s your world for the moment. I want to give that world to someone else. Most people in the city rush around so, they have no time to look at a flower. I want them to see it whether they want to or not.” – Georgia O’Keeffe
“Every flower is a soul blossoming in nature.” – Gerard De Nerval
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“Sunrise at Topsail” – MaryLou Lewis
My sister-in-law is at the beach as I type this, finally getting a much-needed-and-deserved vacation. This was the way the day greeted her this morning.
One of my very favorite things is a memory I cherish from years ago when my husband and I drove up Highway 101 in California. He was in the Marines and trained the the Marine Corp base in San Diego, so he wanted to show me all the Marines exercising in the hot sun and the plaque erected in his honor proclaiming that he trained there. We didn’t see either of those, but I enjoyed a glimpse of the base anyway. :0)
While on the trip we passed the sight of beach after beach area. I made him stop every so often so that I could drink in the feel of the beach, watch the awe-inspiring ocean and people body surfing, etc. I had never seen the sweet little birds on the long long legs that skittered across the sand. I found they were called Sandpipers. They made me laugh as I watched them. It’s a sight I’ll never forget.
MaryLou is nice enough to try to get a picture of one each time she goes, and I truly treasure each one.
I love to share her vacation vicariously, and I hope you enjoy it, too. Right now it’s almost completely dark outside my window – a cold front coming through, whipping the tree branches around. We may or may not get rain with all the drama. Time will tell. I’ll be thinking of a nice beach on the edge of North Carolina and sandpipers and gorgeous sunrises…
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Paul Gundlach Photography – @PaulSGundlach on Twitter
My husband recommended Ashfall by Mike Mullen several months ago. I was too engrossed in re-reading other books to try it until a couple of days ago.
I was thoroughly caught up on the first page and read as much as I could each day, finishing it this afternoon. It is a ‘youth’ series, written for teenagers. My husband usually chooses books with LOTS of violence, but he was caught up in the story, as well, and recommended it to me, thinking I would enjoy it.
This is a 3-book series – Ashfall, Ashen Winter, and Sunrise (with more to follow, I hope) about teenagers caught in the utter catastrophe of an eruption of the super-volcano that is Yellowstone.
I was totally caught up in the characters, situation, emotions, decision-making and more of this first book. I CARED what happened to these people and reacted as they did as they met each obstacle.
I have ordered the second and third books, plus another called Darla’s Story, and can’t wait to find out what happens next.
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Sunrise- Tirza Pijnenburg via John Steed via Penny Yaffe Krakow
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Svetlana Milenkovic – LinkedIn
Inna Kashkovar – LinkedIn
Lake Degray – Matt Cook – AR Sunrises and Sunsets via Cindy Basnett Thurman
Mehmet Tayfun Dur – LinkedIn
Ocean Painting – “Sailors Dreamworld” – Steve K – via Yucel Ulusoy – LinkedIn
Stephen McGuinness – Hunstanton – Norfolk – Sunset
Svetlana Milenkovic – Linkedin
“This Morning’s Sunrise” – Mary Lou Lewis
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