Theme of the week is the 365 Group is "Feeling Blue". Technically there's just a sliver of blue in the sky here; but the sultry summery sky was so interesting today, that I had to stop at this park on my way home and take a little walk...
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Explored ! #24
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The theme of the week in the 365 Group is "The Blues". This succulent is probably more lavender than blue, but definitely in the blue end of the spectrum !
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#196 in Explore today !
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Technically it's not a silhouette, but I did shoot it with the setting sun in the background... This web was suspended between two slats in the fence at the pool and I rotated it 90 degrees since horizontal images seem to display better than vertical images on the photostream.
Another one caught the eye of the Magic Donkey - Explored #91 today, with the highest view-count and fave-count I've ever received in one day !
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We installed a beautiful new hummingbird feeder today just outside the kitchen window. The old traditional red plastic feeder is nearby, and so far the hummers are only visiting the red one. We will be doing a controlled test to determine whether they are attracted to the blue. First we're going to swap the location of the red and blue ones, to determine whether they are just accustomed to the location. Then we'll remove the red one to see if they'll visit the blue one. Then, if they're still not interested in the blue one, I guess we'll attach something red to it to see if that does the trick...
This image made it to Explore also; probably for no particular reason other than it's adjacent in my photostream to the image that was Explored a couple of days ago. It does seem that flickr has been enlivened by the big facelift that it received 10 days ago.
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I went to the nursery again today to find plants to fill a few empty containers and I was drawn to the succulent section - they thrive with little attention, so fit in perfectly in my garden !
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And somehow this quick snap made Explore - a rare occurrence for me these days....
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