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Last Thursday again.

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Wings on Wednesday -
YAM's take on the good, the bad, the ugly and the downright hilarious of photographing birds.

Indian Black Kite at rest.

I have been forced to the archives of late, but am interested that they have not downloaded well... this shot was a whole lot better when originally posted.

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Shipping by...

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Monday's Critters (Stuffy Collection)

A couple of true blue Aussies to round off this visit with the Suffy clan. 

Above is NewTed; my childhood teddy, Bonzo, had reached a point of no repair and been consigned to history. A few weeks later, passing the breast cancer research charity stall, this little one called out loud... it was also the same year my mother finally succumbed from a twelve-year battle with the disease.

On the left is Loosie the Lost Collie. For reasons unknown, she had found herself stranded on the shelves of a booth in the Coolangatta airport. Yet another rescue operation... ʕ •ᴥ•ʔ

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MOONdays

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Saturday Symmetry

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“One's life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others, by means of love, friendship, and compassion”

(Simone de Beauvoir)

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One more Thursday between now and another set.

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Wings on Wednesday -
YAM's take on the good, the bad, the ugly and the downright hilarious of photographing birds.

Indian Black Kite in flight.

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Monday's Critters (Stuffy Collection)

Henlephunt (above) was another rescue from the IKKY Shoppe.

Gilly the Silly Giraffy came with a hot water bottle inside.

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SUNdays

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Saturday Symmetry

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“The trouble is you can shut your eyes but you can’t shut your mind.”

(Terry Pratchett)

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Middle Thursday; downhill from here.

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Wings on Wednesday -
YAM's take on the good, the bad, the ugly and the downright hilarious of photographing birds.

Eider couples bask in low winter light.

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Monday's Critters (Stuffy Collection)

I have six images left and only three Mondays, so am doubling up!

The Meeses are knitted by a blogpal, Mara, 

for charity. 

I have six of these smaller ones and two larger ones. She also does bears and baby clothes ... 

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SUNdays

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Saturday Symmetry

...with bonus critter! It's an Indian chameleon. An archive image.

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“You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope someday you'll join us. And the world will live as one.”

(John Lennon)

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Do second Thursdays think that first Thursdays are older than them?

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Wings on Wednesday -
YAM's take on the good, the bad, the ugly and the downright hilarious of photographing birds.

There are many collective nouns for groups of magpies, but perhaps the most common are a mischief, conventicle, congregation, charm and tribe of magpies. Like crows, magpies are sometimes referred to as a murder, and like owls, they’re sometimes referred to as a parliament.

(info source)

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A tug pilot from Greenock goes out to meet a tanker. High tide by the Gantocks, Clyde Estuary.

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Monday's Critters (The Stuffy Collection)

Brom Bear is not one of my own clan of stuffies.

He travelled all the way from Norway to visit me for a week. He didn't seem to mind being stuffed into a postal box for transport and thoroughly enjoyed sporting his kilt!

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SUNdays

The grey days of Dunoon cannot possibly match the dark days in Ukraine...

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Saturday Symmetry

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"Too often we... enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought."

(JFKennedy)

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Thursdays March on...

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Wings on Wednesday -
YAM's take on the good, the bad, the ugly and the downright hilarious of photographing birds.

A pair of Black-backed gulls see off a Herring gull. 

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Midday in midwinter... I couldn't quite make out the name of this vessel due to the frozen air.