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"...and when it rains on your parade, look up rather than down. Without the rain there would be no rainbow." 
(G K Chesterton)

Monsoon pours on.  Taken with the 'Nik' on manual auto focus at 800ISO.

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Wings on Wednesday -

YAM's take on the good, the bad, the ugly and the downright hilarious in respect to photographing birds.

The Bharadwaj (bronze-winged or common coucal) is a regular round these parts and quite the character.  Made several decent shots of this one which you will see in due course.  Taken with the 'Nik' on auto everything and this was at 10x optical zoom.

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The Tuesday Tease

...sorry it's so small, but was taken on the Minolta at low resolution and enlarging caused blurring.

What's the lioness saying?

"Honey, if all you can do all day is roar at the guests, you can find yourself another hostess!"



This is the partner statue to TAKE THIRTY (back in March archives).

Over to you viewers - give it a caption in the comments box!

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Monday's Critters

The monsoon took a break for almost a whole day and lots of critters came out to play...
this was the first time in my two years here that I had seen two squirrels together - and HOW!  They were quite literally 'gambolling' along the fence and in out of the creeper.  
The female faces camera and the male is clearly evidenced at the tale end - but also by the more reddish fur on the face.  I got several shots with the 'Nik' on varying lengths of zoom; this one I had to boost in WLPG, thus losing some of the clarity, but it was a moment of pure joy for which I was willing to sacrifice photographic pride!!

To enjoy a more cheeky snap  of the happy couple, pop over here.  Don't forget to visit BOZO and why not check out my newly refreshed 'filing' system over on the right, where all my fave blogs have been put into categories to suit my viewing public.  &*>

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SUNdays

The Uniden may not be the smartest snapper of photographs in the world, but Lord is it handy when you need it most...

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Saturday Symmetry
"Do you wish to be great? Then begin by being. Do you desire to construct a vast and lofty fabric?  Think first about the foundations of humility.  The higher your structure is to be, the deeper must be its foundation."  St Augustine.

Taken at max zoom on the little Uniden pocketcam, from a moving vehicle.

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"The Amen of Nature is always a flower." (Oliver Wendell Holmes)

Giant frangipani.  Taken with the Uniden.

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May the Lord bless us and keep us in our final weeks at Sandeepany Sadhanalaya...

The 'dome' of the Jagadishwara Mandir is, of course, the Sivalingam.  The three parallel marks remind the vedantin of Viveka, Vairagya and Samadhi-shatsampatti; Discrimination, Detachment and the Six Keys to Clear Living.
Taken with the 'Nik' on auto everything and zoomed 5x optical.