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Three sparrows on parade waiting for a hug? A trio – two ring-necked paraketts and a pigeon – showing me their backside. And to round it off a trio of three different species: a duck, a moorhen, and a small gull. Thursday Trios
The floodable meadows next to the river Neckar have small footpaths for walks in drier times. Cee’s Which Way Challenge
Midweek Monochrome
Before the rain there is wind, lots of wind.
And sometimes the wind can blind you.
The Cosmic Photo Challenge: Before the Rain

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While this gull is flying into the infinite distance
the Vedra is making shoreward, towards Roker Beach.
Thirty years earlier we were on the opposite side of the world, at the lagoon of Nature’s Valley near Plettenberg Baai in South Africa.
I wear my hair short and I can style it without much fuss. But folk with proper manes might rely on the help of others to look their best.
I also don’t care for cigarettes or pipes but the Odenwälder Hannes is smoking day in, day out.