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Admirable et toujours dans la même serie.... Happy sunday.

Thank you and I hope you are not wearying of the series.

Non pas du tout on contraire,on découvre tout
en même temps que toi et ça fait très plaisir.
Bonne semaine.

fantastic colors and fine compo

It is difficult to get bad photos in Yellowstone, Lutz.

;-))

Impressive Yellowstone shots!

Admired in:
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And not too far away, the land is capable of sustaining a forest.

What a lovely trio of pictures, Ron! I especially love your colorful leading image, it's just so pretty. The others are wonderful too, so that people can see the variations. Can't wait to see this place again...lol...broken record, table for 1, your table is ready! :D

Hope things are ok in your world, you've been on my mind, not with a little worry, I'm afraid. (your parents)

Gosh, I noticed that you visited my hummingbird album and littered it with a million dazzling stars, thankyou! I'm happy you saw that stretching hummingbird, wasn't that such a lucky picture!! Those little birds are ever so darling, and anything they do makes me squee in joy! :)

And of course, I'm very happy that you liked my second set of metal detecting finds. My lead image is fun of course because it is a mystery! I do like the idea of that glass jewel being a real diamond, wouldn't that be fun!! :) Of course, I found it buried in front of a swing so I doubt it's got more than a few pennies of value but maybe my next jewelry find WILL be a true diamond! (My metal detecting neighbor has found all kinds of cool jewelry, including a thick gold chain that had a name inscribed on it--enough information to ferret out the owner and return it! What a joy that had to be, the fellow was over the moon to get his family heirloom back and around his neck again! Yes, it's this sort of thing that pull at me addictively, and I'm not surprised you'd like one for yourself. They are a time-sink and distraction though...I'm almost glad it's too cold and wet because my attention was terribly split! :D

What interesting comments about the wildlife being more prevalent this year than any others...wow! You wouldn't think so, but how nice! It makes me even more excited, if that's possible. It would be very cool to see some of my bucket list animals when we go!

Manito Park...wowy zowie, looking that up on the net reveals a magical place for photography! And you thought you wouldn't find anything to photograph, lol, you silly boy! :D I loved that you spent so much time on just one tree. Isn't that the best? Behind my macro lens, a tree becomes acres to explore and the things I find...well, you know exactly what I'm talking about! It reminds me of a coral reef...Steve and I have spent our entire dive (45 min- hour) exploring just one large (big as both of us) boulder encrusted with polyps, christmas tree worms, all kinds of sponges and corals and so many life forms that swim or inch along...truly, it is a paradise to explore the ocean's beautiful gardens. Whenever I look closely at a tree that's covered in lichen, moss, mushrooms and other things, I cannot help but think about the similarity to the ocean's reefs. :) I'm happy to read about your adventures exploring a tree. It really is boggling what you can see if only you take the time to look closely!

Wolves...I'm happy the faddishness has died down enough that I can appreciate them without feeling disgusted by all of the yahoos who are just too overboard with their wolf this and that. Gah. They ARE really cool though, and to see one close, what luck! It is quite surprising how huge they can be. When you realize how big some are, suddenly the stories of wolves hunting people are a bit chilling. Reading Litlle House on the Prairie, it's clear that wolves are bad news indeed, especially for children, who are fair game if they should happen to be in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Oh how dear. I cannot tell you how much I love that you have read to your kids into their teen years. It's a wonderful thing and I am not surprised that it is a huge benefits to children to be read to. When I was a kid, my parents drove us up to our summer cabin every weekend, every summer, all my life until I was about 17. For the last five summers or so +/-, Mom read us The Hobbit and the Three Rings trilogy. What a wonderful time that was. I will never forget sitting cozy in our van in the darkness with the dim light over mom's head while she read to us. It was magic.

My other great memory was my dad telling us the story of Tom, Dick and Harry, the great adventuring spelunkers who found a HUUUUUUGE cave much like Carlsbad Caverns and, against better judgement, went in to explore it. Of course they promptly got lost. Every weekend, all summer long, up at the cabin, Dad would tell us the next installment of this amazing yarn that had me transfixed to his every word. T-Rex's in a cave, and they're after our heroes! OH NO!!! Glowing white bats, as big as a plane, zooming overhead and after their blood! AHHHHH!!! Rooms full of dazzling crystals in every color, oooohhhhhh!!! By the way, did I mention the part where my corporate lawyer father, so serious and professional during the week, would light up a joint before laying into the next chapter for us kids to enjoy with rapt attention?! LOL, no wonder his story was so full of imaginative details! :D

Anyway, that totally rocks that you love reading to your kids. Bravo. I once read a favorite story to a 1st grade class when I was in 4th grade...it was the coolest thing EVAR! :D

You make me turn into a kitten and roll around purring at your comment that you reread whatever you like and don't keep yourself away from kids stories either. *high five* Dude, you're just like me. I bet Nancy is the same way. I love those stories...tell me, have you ever read my childhood favorite, "Mrs Frisby and the Rats from NIMB"? OMG I adore that book. I've read it so many times. What a wonderful adventure. Or Watership Down? It's not a kid's book but wow, what a story. Do you have a favorite to share with me? Later on I was crazy about Enemy Mine, The Thorn Birds, Lonesome Dove...well, there are just so many...

I will look up The Pushcart Wars and The Mouse That Roared...I have not read them I don't believe.

Your feelings about books is the same as mine. I enjoy a wide range of subjects and I don't care what age it's meant for, if it's well written, I love it. I know that the Harry Potter series is totally faddish, but omg, what a fine bunch of books. I actually LISTENED to the series and the narrator (Jim Dale) is so good...he makes me feel like I've curled up with my papa who's reading the books to just me. LOVED THEM and have listened to the series THREE times!! Re listening to audio books...one of the first, and the one which sealed my fate to loving audio books, was the Hunchback of Notre Dame...it's a very thick (hard to slog through) book but at the end I was bawling so hysterically that I had to sit and cry my eyes out forever...the narrator (George Guidell, he's a Shakespearean style narrator and top of the class!) reduced me to a blubbering mess. Incredible. So moving. Audio books force to you miss out on stuff but in this case, glossed over the blah-blah of this old book so I heard the details I needed to...enough to get totally sucker punched at the end...what a story!

LOL I loved the description of Edward all-pretzelized while listening...so funny how kids are! :D And him enjoying being read to into his teens...I love it. Yes, big brother-Ron, you may read me a story too while I sit all curled up at your feeties! :D

Loved learning that you'd had the Little House books read to you at school...how cool is that! Also very interesting to learn about the facts of reality in Laura's real life. I have read further that it's believed that her daughter ghost-wrote many/most of the books, though the final verdict is that she played a heavy role but wasn't necessarily the fore-runner in the writing of the books. Interesting.

I hope the concert by your grandson turned out to be a lot of fun! The comedy show, Whose Line Live, was great fun and we had such a marvelous time! Imagine! I got to see Ryan Stiles! So cool! The fellow was pretty worn-out looking and exhausted...none of the energy of years past, but still hilarious. What a great time we had!

Ok, off I go...*waves hello to Nancikins*...have a great rest of your evening! :)

A very special landscape...

Wow, what a wonderful site; reminds me of some similar places in New Zealand.

Wonderfully composed shot of an stunningly beautiful landscape!

★彡 Good work. ⭐
Have a lovely new week 彡★

Superb colors of a fabulous painting!!
A splendid contrast between volcanic soil and forest!

Yellowstone seen by your photos is marvelous, Ron!

This is wonderful and surprising !
Beauty needs more qualifications but that is all I have today.
Thank you Ron.