It’s the little things in (wild)life

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A common old garden snail (served on an autumn leave).

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A baby fire salamander chilling in its nursery pond.

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A pollen-feeding beetle not feeding on pollen.  Well, it is also known as a false-blister beetle.

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A common dung beetle wanting to sound more glamourous: Oh, look!  A scarab.

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge is running a series of challenges with the theme of nature.  This week it’s wildlife photography. More wild lives can be found here.

 

The blue bird of happiness

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This mural, created by Holger Kurt Jäger, adorns the outside wall of a children’s daycare centre. Inside the grounds the artist worked with the children, painting walls and using stencils:

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Another wall was decorated a few years earlier, unfortunately there are spaces for cars right in front.

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Another mural on a Monday, seen in Düsseldorf, Germany, on the outside of a nursery. The artist is Holger Kurt Jäger.

For Monday Mural.  More murals can be seen here.

 

Contumelious

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Pigeons have no respect.  Not even for Otto von Bismarck. (I admit I looked the word up in the dictionary, it’s not part of my active vocab.)

For Cee’s Odd Ball Challenge.  More oddball photos can be found here.

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tracks. trains.

Bahnhof Karlsruhe

Bahnhof Karlsruhe

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Villa Rustica Cargo

I travelled by train last week. The photos from the station work best in black and white, I think. But once outside trains add colour.

For Cee’s Which Way Photo Challenge.

For more tracks and paths and the like, click here.