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Here is today's pic. BC old growth forest
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Cam Haslehurst wrote:Here is today's pic. BC old growth forest


WOW Cam... gorgeous.
Thank you for sharing your beauty.
 
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Day 21 of my Capture Beauty Challenge...

And today’s captured beauty is my beautiful wife (I’m in the picture just for decoration 😅) - my “partner in crime” for 28 years now...



Can’t wait to see what beauty YOU captured today.
 
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I photographed a tiny guppy today! With my phone and through two not so clean glass walls... so it's not the best photography, but I still like it. This small aquarium now has a thick underwater "forest" of plants and I love watching how the tiny guppies navigate through it. They are now one week old and they're so transparent that it's visible how their organs develop!
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N. Neta wrote:

Cam Haslehurst wrote:Here is today's pic. BC old growth forest


WOW Cam... gorgeous.
Thank you for sharing your beauty.



Thank you for starting this!
 
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beautiful couple!
here are a couple limes
i found one had dropped yesterday and i knocked the other off by accident today
it is exciting though because i have never tried that variety
the one on the left is a key lime and the one on the right is a persian lime
the key lime produced about 30 limes for me recently but this is the first persian lime i will get to try


the pineapples continue to be beautiful!
i believe the one on the right is sugarloaf and the one on the left is white jade


 
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M. Phelps wrote:here are a couple limes
the pineapples continue to be beautiful!


Beautiful pictures, M. Phelps...
Make it an awesome day.
 
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The watchful eye at a butterfly sanctuary in BC.
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Cam Haslehurst wrote:The watchful eye at a butterfly sanctuary in BC.


Gorgeous...
 
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Day 22 of my Capture Beauty Challenge...

Today’s pic (can you recognize it?):



Looking forward to see what beauty you captured today.
 
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N. Neta wrote:Day 22 of my Capture Beauty Challenge...

Today’s pic (can you recognize it?):



Looks like wet tree bark.  I would guess some type of conifer. Nice.
 
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David Huang wrote:Looks like wet tree bark.  I would guess some type of conifer. Nice.


It’s a Canary Pine trunk... just after the rain...
 
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Blue jay at my grandparents' cottage. This took a lot of failed attempts and lots of peanuts!
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just a strange piece of wood or the skull of a mythical woodland beast......
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Cam Haslehurst wrote:Blue jay at my grandparents' cottage. This took a lot of failed attempts and lots of peanuts!


Another gorgeous photo, Cam...
Thank you so much for sharing your beauty.
 
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Here is a close up shot of a big saguaro cactus in the morning sun.
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cactus in the sunlight
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Phil Grady wrote:just a strange piece of wood or the skull of a mythical woodland beast......


Beautiful, Phil.
Thank you for sharing...
 
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David Huang wrote:Here is a close up shot of a big saguaro cactus in the morning sun.


Brilliant, David.
I love how you have the eye to capture beauty in the small details...
Thank you for sharing.
 
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Day 23 of my Capture Beauty Challenge...

The first water lilies in our pond to flower this year...



I would love to see what beauty you captured today.
 
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Day 24 of my Capture Beauty Challenge...

A taste of the rainforest in the north of our tiny island...



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Day 25 of my Capture Beauty Challenge.

Caught this one in the food forest...
Have no idea what it is, but it sure is beautiful.



Would love to see what beauty you captured today...
 
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If you can't tell, I'm currently in a desert climate. So here is another bit of cactus beauty.
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David Huang wrote:If you can't tell, I'm currently in a desert climate. So here is another bit of cactus beauty.


Beautiful, David.
Thank you for sharing.
 
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Day 26 of my Capture Beauty Challenge.

And today - this is one of my favorite living mulch plants in full bloom - Lotus berthelotii - endemic to our island.



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Day 27 of my Capture Beauty Challenge...

My Strawberry Tree (Arbutus unedo) is going to have abundance of fruits this year...



I would love to see what beauty you captured today...
 
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I don't know what type flower this is other than a beautiful one.
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David Huang wrote:I don't know what type flower this is other than a beautiful one.



Looks like bougainvillea to me. A variegated one. They like warm winters. Where's it located?
 
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David Huang wrote:I don't know what type flower this is other than a beautiful one.


Definitely a Bougainville, David...
Flowers almost feel like paper, right?
 
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Thanks T and N.  That sounds right. The flowers are papery and this is in Arizona.  :)
 
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Day 28 of my Capture Beauty Challenge...

Beautiful sunset tonight from our window:



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Day 29 of my Capture Beauty Challenge.

First time my tomatoes are so early...

I find them beautiful...



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Cistus ladanifer, a rockrose, without the usual spots!

I love the crumpled petals on this plant.



Figs forming under blue skies.



A beetle who has been raiding the pollen from an apple blossom and then snuggled up to sleep for the night.



Cherries setting from the cherry blossom.

 
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I took this earlier today, too, on the top of the hill behind my house.


 
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Burra Maluca wrote:I took this earlier today, too, on the top of the hill behind my house.


Beautiful photos from the last 2 days, Burra.
Your place in Portugal and the flowers reminds me of those in our place in Tenerife...
Thank you for sharing your beauty.
 
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Day 30 of my Capture Beauty Challenge.

I find bees so beautiful...
This one I saw this morning...



I would love to see what beauty you captured today.
 
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Taken this afternoon.

I believe this is Lathyrus cicera.



The local wildlife seem to enjoy the leaves of this plant!




This was very close by but I'm not sure if it's the same species or not.

 
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Burra Maluca wrote:Taken this afternoon.


Gorgeous, Burra...
Thank you for sharing.
 
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thank you for creating this thread
i have to admit i have been kind of struggling a bit lately and this has been a good outlet
you have yourselves a wonderful day


to start here is my plumeria which only has one bloom at the moment but should have lots soon enough


a gros michel leaf


jaboticaba fruits forming


white jade


sugarloaf


a snail shell
 
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M. Phelps wrote:thank you for creating this thread
i have to admit i have been kind of struggling a bit lately and this has been a good outlet
you have yourselves a wonderful day



Great to have you back M. Phelps.
And thank you for sharing your beauty.
I could really use it today...
 
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