A Retreat for Peaceful Contemplation

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  • gmafoley
    gmafoley Member Posts: 5,978

    Morning sunrise and now its cloudy and going to rain... Expecting snow on friday.

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  • ruthbru
    ruthbru Member Posts: 47,693

    Canal de Garonne, France

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  • Marple
    Marple Member Posts: 10,154

    Amazing picture!!

  • gmafoley
    gmafoley Member Posts: 5,978

    Good morning world. This was yesterday - today - clouds and rain....

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  • Chevyboy
    Chevyboy Member Posts: 10,258

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    Just for fun....

  • ruthbru
    ruthbru Member Posts: 47,693

    Black Forest, Germany

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  • minustwo
    minustwo Member Posts: 13,354

    Oh wow Ruth.  There ought to be forest fairies dancing somewhere in there.

  • ruthbru
    ruthbru Member Posts: 47,693

    I'm sure that there are!

  • ruthbru
    ruthbru Member Posts: 47,693

    Another beautiful picture: Lake Retba, Sengal.

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  • gmafoley
    gmafoley Member Posts: 5,978

    A bit different view from our porch. Just a late morning view.

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  • SlowDeepBreaths
    SlowDeepBreaths Member Posts: 6,702

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    Leaving Oceanside, CA

  • SlowDeepBreaths
    SlowDeepBreaths Member Posts: 6,702

    GMA, your pictures are beautiful. I envy your view.

  • gmafoley
    gmafoley Member Posts: 5,978

    You can come see it anytime - We have room for visitors :)

  • SlowDeepBreaths
    SlowDeepBreaths Member Posts: 6,702

    My husband is from Washington State. He's not too fond of California. I'd love to move to the frozen North, but our kids are here in CA. Sad

  • RhodyMMM
    RhodyMMM Member Posts: 278

    Ruthbru, just curious....what makes the water pink there?

  • ruthbru
    ruthbru Member Posts: 47,693

    Lake Retba  is naturally pink. Due to its high salt content, the water has the perfect living conditions for a certain kind of micro-algae called dunaliella salina. The presence of these organisms is what gives the lake its pink hue.

  • RhodyMMM
    RhodyMMM Member Posts: 278

    Thanks Ruthbru! How interesting!

  • Tomboy
    Tomboy Member Posts: 2,700

    for to look at...my little lumpy

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  • Tomboy
    Tomboy Member Posts: 2,700

    one more...sunshine & leafshadow! watchin shadows dance, on my own porch, so relaxing!

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  • SlowDeepBreaths
    SlowDeepBreaths Member Posts: 6,702

    kathec, adorable kitty.

  • Chevyboy
    Chevyboy Member Posts: 10,258

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    My "Fairy" garden, last Spring... 

  • gmafoley
    gmafoley Member Posts: 5,978

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    Wisteria garden each spring.

    Chevy, I had real deer on my brown grass last spring. LOL

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  • Chevyboy
    Chevyboy Member Posts: 10,258

    Show off!  Ha, ha!   Well, so I saw Racoon's in our ditch last Spring!   It was at night, and I looked out the door, and saw these 2 little eyes and 2 paws on top of our fence!   Then I heard them "chatter!"    And once I watched this big OWL in the top of our tree....  So fascinating!  Like he was watching over the world!  Then a bunch of Crows, came and chased him off!  They are bullies....

     I love this picture!

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  • gmafoley
    gmafoley Member Posts: 5,978

    Thanks for the Laugh Chevy - I was going to post one without the wording that was in my "group hug image" - google search.  Ok now back to the AHHHH pictures. Not sure if I posted this but too lazy to look - A Tiller, OR campsite during an Arch. dig.

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  • Monis
    Monis Member Posts: 309

    Deer are a natural part of the landscape here.  We had one buck that hung out by our front walkway last summer.  Deer would regularly sleep in our shady planters in the hot, summer afternoons.  They were real curious, often looking into our windows to see what we were up to.

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  • chabba
    chabba Member Posts: 3,600

    Our town has a lot of vacant lots and a LOT of deer.  They are so used to city life that most of them stop and look both ways before crossing the street! 

  • RhodyMMM
    RhodyMMM Member Posts: 278

    This was taken at my daughter's wedding in Charleston, SC, last September 1. The bridal party was on the docks for pics and the sun was going down. An uninvited guest came by!

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  • Chevyboy
    Chevyboy Member Posts: 10,258

    Beautiful Picture Rhody!  I know they'll have lots of memories!

    Near Breckenridge Colorado!  So many Deer off in the distance!

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  • flaviarose
    flaviarose Member Posts: 249

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    bird print in my yard the other day

  • RhodyMMM
    RhodyMMM Member Posts: 278

    Neat picture flaviarose....it must have been looking for seeds on the ground!