Chobe National Park

by

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African Black-Backed Jackal

 

Amber Jug

 

Junk Mail

Japanese Torii Gate

Japanese Maple Leaves

All 747 Jets have been retired by QANTAS

Griffin Gully Jetty.

Or is it a pier?

Grevillea Jelly Baby

 

Three Jerseys and a Friesian

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Word-of-Day-Challenge-Fortunate

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fortunate

*  bringing some good thing not foreseen as certain
*  receiving some unexpected good
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This warthog was fortunate that we

were only shooting with

Nikon and Canon DSLRs

 

We think we are fortunate to have

a happy and healthy

Granddaughter.

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Superb Fairy Wren

Geelong.

 

 

Brown Falcon

Geelong

 

 

Fish Eagle pair

Okavango Delta 

Botswana,

 

 

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BirdWeekly:…43-F-Birds

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00.00

bird 

0900

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~2200

by

Word-of-Day-Challenge-Warty

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warty

A hard rough lump growing on the skin,
caused by infection with certain viruses
and occurring typically on thehands or feet.
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Is a warthog warty?

 

Well, sort of, according to Google 

However, the “warts” that give warthogs their

name are actually protective bumps.

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FOWChallenge-Prodigious

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prodigious

remarkably or impressively great in extent,
size, or degree.

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Forty-seven years ago this month 

I purchased this painting in Alice Springs.

The Northern Territory’s

Ormiston Gorge

was one of the

late Henk Guth’s

favourite subjects.

However, Guth was a prodigious artist,

probably painting this in 30 minutes,

and this is probably worth little more

than the $150 I paid for it,

even though the artist died in 2002.

For me it is priceless.

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Fandango’s One Word Challenge:..Prodigious

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FOWChallenge-Patriarch

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patriarch

a system of society or government in which
the father or eldest male is head of the family
and descent is reckoned through the male line.

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An elephant family is just the opposite

of this definition of patriarch.

The two smallest elephants in this group

may or may not be male.

The rest would be female with the matriarch

usually being the largest in the group.

Male elephants are sent packing to live

with other bachelors at around

three years of age.

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Fandango’s One Word Challenge:..Patriarch

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Images from Alaska and Africa,

Botswana, to be exact.

My first three images are from…

 

…near or inside the…

Alaska Wildlife Conservation Centre

These two images are one and the same

and were an early morning capture

at Kwa Nokeng Lodge

Win Botswana.

 

I think either one would make a nice wall mount

and talking point.

Some smoke and mirrors here

thanks to Photoshop.

I have been informed that Baobabs

do not grow near a body of water.

However, I cannot find a definitive answer

to that comment.

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FriendlyFriday:…Smoke-and-Mirrors

Amanda                       Sandi