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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
Chobe National Park
BirdWeeklyPC-F-Birds-2304
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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
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
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
Word-of-Day-Challenge-Kiss
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kiss
touch or caress with the lips as a sign of love,
sexual desire, or greeting.
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They were certainly greeting
each other in
a friendly manner.
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FriendlyFriday-Smoke-and-Mirrors
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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
Silent-Sunday-Lekhubu-Island-Sunset
One-Word-Sunday-Two
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Yellow Hornbills having a chat.
And this pair came and said hello,
welcomed us to their neck of the woods
and left a welcoming gift on my backpack.
Camellias on a bush.
Friendly baristas in amsterdam.
Photographer and model
Labrador and Kelpie pups.
A pair of horns.
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One Word Sunday Challenge: Two
Lens-Artist-PC-118-Communication
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When I first saw this theme…
…I immediately thought of this
form of communication.
Then nonverbal came to mind.
Definite signs of tenderness and caring
for each other are being exhibited.
Without context this is simply an image of two birds.
These two would look at each other and
exchange a few words, as in this photo.
They would then look straight ahead
while furiously bobbing their heads up and down.
When they had ‘laughed’ at the joke
they would start another story,
repeating the cycle every thirty seconds or so.
Must have been short jokes.
When ears are shaken in this manner,
know that you have been warned.
This elephant is definitely wanting its own
space and is telling tourists to get lost,
in no uncertain manner.
If unheeded the next move is to
lay the ears flat against its head and charge.
