Dear Betty,
How nice to see some African pictures! I love the giraffes
 
Jude

Love is the only way

Hello Jude, I like your cactus flowers!
Hello Betty, thank you for beautiful pictures from Africa

I don't know about all of you,
but I doubt I will ever be able to go

Me too...

Dear Betty . . .
The African hut is so perfect and pristine . . .
even the roof is trimmed to perfection!
I am afraid the birds are sitting on a rhinocerous,
not a hippo . . .
a rather dangerous form of transportation . . .
the antelope (?)
are posing so prettily,
and like Jude,
I am so fond of the gentle giraffe.
I am surprised at how warm the cape pictures look . . .
on a map
it looks as if the 'cape' at the most south should be quite cold,
but perhaps this is not the southernmost cape?
Beautiful all the same.
Thank your friend
for allowing you to share these with us, please.
Years ago
I saw the movie 'Out of Africa'
and was smitten by the continent's austere beauty.
Now, whenever I look at pictures of Africa,
the music by John Barry and Mozart plays in my head
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_fAEdw7ts0
and opens my heart as almost no other . . .
It was the first movie I ever purchased.
   ♥

everything counts... ♥

Dear Betty your photos are breathtaking!
 
The views of Cape Town Peninsula are stunning what an amazing world we live in...
The giraffe family are all looking at the camera your friend obviouly has the 'nack' to get them all to pose like that:)..
 
 

Mandela Bird of Paradise

 
There is no hope for me because I searched high and low in this photo looking for 'the Mandelia bird' until the penny dropped and told me it must be the lovely flower!

 
Thank you Betty for the morning smiles...

The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love~and be loved in return♥♥  


 

Now, whenever I look at pictures of Africa, the music by John Barry and Mozart plays in my head http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_fAEdw7ts0 and opens my heart as almost no other . . . It was the first movie I ever purchased.

 
Another nice John Barry theme....
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yIrAXZlSx8
 

Love is the only way

Hallo.....
 
Beautiful, these pictures...
I think, many of us have itchy feet if we see such photos...especially Africa is a continent of two extremely sites...
For me it would be so important, to be in contact with the people there and there culture...
 
Thank you (the antilopes look like painted - the colour and contour is so soft).
 
is.

If you want to know something about someone, listen to your heart.

Hallo Isabella!...and all..
Hello Sparow,see you on-line,
          or it is only your computer
Some memories of summer - wet roses in the sunset-twighlight from the park near my home...

 

 

 

 
            
 
                
     ~with regards to all~

Hello Sparow,see you on-line,
          or it is only your computer

Hallo Buba . . .
I only stepped out to make breakfast and get my husband off to work,
but now I am back.
Your rain-drenched roses are so beautiful
that I can almost smell their fragrance.
Thank you for the memories.
 
Ah, dear Isabella . . .
not itchy feet exactly,
but perhaps a hunger to drink it all in.
As our very own Bright Spirit (Sandra) says,
what an amazing world we live in...
people, cultures . . .
how can one of ever imagine
that we are alone
when, stepping back a bit
we cannot help but see that there is so much more . . .
 
Thank you Jude,
for the John Barry link.
There is an underlying thread of longing
(perhaps it is the French horns and the minor key)
that always creeps in to his music.
As soon as I started it,
there was no mistaking it to be his work.
Just beautiful . . .
oh to have such talent
   ♥
 
 

everything counts... ♥

Thank you, Buba, for brightening this cold, grey morning with these lovely roses!
 
Love,
Edda

Peace and joy!

...testing some options.... hmmm..didn't work
 
Autumn colors mix:

 
Sun set , two days ago, looking from my window : 
 

 

Dear Buba,
Thank you for the fabulous roses! Perfect.
 
Love,
Jude

Love is the only way

Hallo, Buba!
 
beautiful, your photos,
thank you!!!
love, is.

If you want to know something about someone, listen to your heart.

Some memories of summer - wet roses in the sunset

Dear Buba only yesterday I was a little sad thinking back to the summer  as it all seemed so long ago.So when I spotted these it was as if you read my mind!actually you probably did knowing you:)
 
Your snaps are wonderful as usual  the second snap is so clear it's as if it's in my room with me.
 
I love this one lots it reminds me of my twin and I as we are  different in ways yet the same in others .. ...
 

 
 
Did you arrange they  Autumn color leaves or is that how they fell?Well they work for me )..
 
lovely  sunset to end my day with thank you lots....
 
 

The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love~and be loved in return♥♥  


 

Did you arrange they Autumn color leaves or is that how they fell?

 
No I did not, I just spotted them on the ground....

Buba, Dear, Your roses are exquisite. Each time I see photos you have taken of roses, I think of your Mom and how much she is a part of each one that you post.Thank you for the sunset and Autumn leaves. Sunsets and sunrises always seem much more vibrant in the Autumn and Winter seasons.
Isabella, I too get "itchy" feet when I see photos like the African ones.  The world is filled with
such awe inspiring beauty and such reminders of how we are blessed to have been gifted to live in this particular time when we are able to share the awe inspiring artistry of creation.
Sparrow,Thank you for posting the music links, truly worth "Listening" to.

This world has beautiful places, the most of us, never will see...
but still in my mind, a have some travels, which I never would have, if I could make them really...It is enough to see wonderful places, to can catch, that these world is adorable.
love,
is.
 
 

If you want to know something about someone, listen to your heart.

Beauty is all around us.
Here, where we live and in what we see every day,
and also far away.
I think we are hungry and we want to see it all
not realizing that in all of the images of beauty and grace and wonder,
that what we are hungry for,
what we are seeking,
what our eyes are longing to drink in,
is in each and every one,
and that is the holiness that is God.
   ♥

everything counts... ♥

 
Beauty is all around us....
 
 

 
 
Everyone finde his place in a group...
 

 
 
Some are in all modesty really striking... 
 

 
 
To be attentive of his femals and kids...(the must be a half year)
 
 

 
 
Not all of them wanted to be have taken a picture.
 
And this bad M (?) wants to bring me to the edge of madness....
 
 
 
 
  
 

If you want to know something about someone, listen to your heart.

 
...but maybe it´s because I had too much photos?
 
 
 
 

It´s better to play safe...
  
 

 
 
I`m not sure, if I have taken a photograph or drawn
(God may forgive me to be such show-off)
  
  
 

 
 
Today we had in Vienna ~ 15 ° C, sunny weather....
The photos are taken in "Lainzer Tiergarten", in the 13. district.. 
 
love,
is.

If you want to know something about someone, listen to your heart.

Dear Isabella,
 
thank you for such beautiful pictures! I wish I had been there.
It sounds as if you had a very pleasant day.
 
Love,
Jude

Love is the only way