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^^ Thanks!! I'm very lucky to live in a picturesque part of the world. Beautiful things are something I treasure and most certainly do not take for granted!
 
reflection on the beauty of nature is a component of worship -- you are indeed one part theist...
 
Prairie Dog town on the Cheyenne River Lakota Sioux Reservation. This is a very large colony of prairie dogs, possibly the largest in South Dakota. I is about 20 miles North to South and 10 miles East to West. They are shy little creatures, although called dogs they are a rodent and actually a type of ground squirrel. We pass through this area every time we cross the rez. Yesterday it was a nice clear day and a few were out sunning themselves. I am not going to give the exact location as too many people shoot them for "Sport" or target practice. This colony is not well known and not many people are aware of it except for the Native Americans on the rez. They respect wildlife and only hunt for food and don't shoot little critters for "Target Practice".

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Let me guess, is that Junior's journey on the way to the Masjid?
(Boy, check your socks next time! :D)
 
I'd darn your socks anytime - or knit you a new pair. (I could even knit arabic script into it, if you wanted to! :D)
 
Abdullahii's walk to the Masjid inspired me to take my digital camera with me when I went for a run this morning.
I invite you to join me on my run! :)

Along the Grand Union canal, ...

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... which is enjoyed by ducks ...

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... as well as the boaters.

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Looking down from the canal onto the river Great Ouse ...

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... and up from the river onto the aquaduct.

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Through the creepy little brick tunnel, which runs underneath the canal ...

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... ... and out the other side.

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Through the trees ...

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... and into the open field.

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This is my favourite place. A disused arm of the canal, now dry and covered in wild flowers. :statisfie

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Over the river again, which is running high following the recent rain we've had ...

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... and back home, putting up my feet for a well-earned rest! :)

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What a totally picturesque place!! And that duck has one very glossy head, lol...



^^ Lol, I think this is my favourite...ahhh, such an amazing green...
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That's my favourite pic too. It's now on my desktop.
The reason that the green is so amazing is that the leaves are still quite young and fresh. In a couple of months the colours will have faded ...

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^Remiinds me of Rosiieee and Jim :D Awesome! :thumbs_up

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If you look closely, perhaps you can just see them peeping through the window ... :D
 
Awwww Glo, you live in such a pretty place!

Thank you for sharing these - you may just have inspired me to put get my running shoes out of the cupboard where they've been hiding for some time!!

Spring into summer is really special here, there's so much to see, hear and smell.

I just went for a walk down my road to feed the horses in a field not too far away, and caught the scent of hawthorne flowers, wild garlic and cut grass and it made my head spin with pleasure!

I hope the grey old bare winter stays away for as long as possible!
 
Karina, I seem to remember you live in a beautiful part of the country too. :)

There is just something very lovely about the English countryside!
I actually live in a small town ... but just a 5-mile-roundtrip takes me to so many different sceneries. That's what I love about it!

And yes, get those running shoes out - before that summer sun gets too hot! :)
 
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Where I live is really nowhere special at all, NIKKY.
I am sure where you live are very beautiful corners too - you just need to look for them! (Sometimes away from where everybody else goes) :)
 
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Where I live is really nowhere special at all, NIKKY.
I am sure where you live are very beautiful corners too - you just need to look for them! (Sometimes away from where everybody else goes) :)
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am not to far frm the countryside...jst dont have time to enjoy it...!
 
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Still, there must be places of peace and tranquility where you live too. :)
 
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The reason that the green is so amazing is that the leaves are still quite young and fresh. In a couple of months the colours will have faded ...
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Autumn has its own attraction, though :statisfie. I only wish the leaves would stay on the trees a little longer, lol...
I remember going on holiday to Vermont, aeons ago...the fall colours there are so rich, it's spectacular...and lol, when you see them, it's hard to imagine the leaves ever falling...

We have this cherry blossom tree (well, I think it's a cherry blossom tree) in our front yard - I don't often go much further for nature :-[ ...The blossoms are gone, and it's all green now, but here are a couple of photos from early April:

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Aaah, is it at all possible to make these smaller??
 

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