Shrub roses #photography #flowers #roses #plants #garden #nature 🌱

For #WaterWednesday, #WaderWednesday and the #BirdOfTheDay alt theme, #BirdsILove, a great egret hunting in the reeds #photography #birds #egret #nature 📷🦉🪶

Collared dove #photography #birds #dove #nature #monochrome #blackandwhite #ClassicMono 📷🦉🪶

For #TextureTuesday, boiling water ("And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you.") #photography #monochrome #blackandwhite #ClassicMono 📷

Minimalist geese #photography #birds #geese #nature #monochrome #blackandwhite #ClassicMono #minimalism 📷🦉🪶

For #MallardMonday, a strolling male in his post-breeding season "eclipse plumage" #photography #birds #ducks #mallard #nature 📷🦉🪶

Some lines #photography #SomeLines #shadows #monochrome #blackandwhite #ClassicMono 📷

For #SkySunday, some feathery clouds #photography #sky #clouds #nature #monochrome #blackandwhite #ClassicMono #Stunday 📷

For #SmallBirdSaturday, a California towhee #photography #birds #towhee #nature 📷🦉🪶

For #Caturday, in the shade by the trail #photography #cats #monochrome #blackandwhite #ClassicMono 📷🐈

"A republic ... if you can keep it." #photography #FourthOfJuly #IndependenceDay #America250 📷

Sea thrift #photography #flowers #seathrift #plants #garden #nature 🌱

For #FeatheredFriday, a yellow-variant house finch catching a sunbeam #photography #birds #finch #nature 📷🦉🪶

For #UrbanGaze, library doors #photography #urbanphotography #monochrome #blackandwhite #ClassicMono 📷

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #QuietReflection (any bird paused in thought), so here's a contemplative gull #photography #birds #gull #nature 📷🦉🪶

Crape myrtle #photography #flowers #trees #crapemyrtle #plants #nature 🌱

For #WaterWednesday and #WaderWednesday, a snowy egret that just snagged a little fish #photography #birds #egret #nature 📷🦉🪶

For the #BirdOfTheDay alt theme, #LivingLandscapes, a black-crowned night heron on the bank of the pond #photography #birds #heron #nature 📷🦉🪶

For #TextureTuesday, dry grass #photography #nature 📷

A flotilla of Canada geese (and a few mallards) #photography #birds #geese #ducks #nature 📷🦉🪶

For #MallardMonday, some splashing around #photography #birds #ducks #mallard #nature #BirdOfTheDay #BestOfJune26 📷🦉🪶

Some lines #photography #SomeLines #ColorADay #OrangeSun 📷

For #SkySunday, partly cloudy #photography #sky #clouds #nature #monochrome #blackandwhite #ClassicMono #Stunday 📷

For #SmallBirdSaturday, hummingbird and palm frond #photography #birds #hummingbird #nature #monochrome #blackandwhite #ClassicMono 📷🦉🪶

For #Caturday, an occasional visitor #photography #cats 📷🐈

Alstroemeria #photography #flowers #alstroemeria #plants #garden #nature 📷🌱

For #FeatheredFriday, #FlyDay, and the #BirdOfTheDay theme, #GreyDay, Canada geese taking off #photography #birds #geese #nature 📷🦉🪶

A little rose #photography #flowers #roses #plants #garden #nature 📷🌱

For #UrbanGaze, overpass #photography #urbanphotography #monochrome #blackandwhite #ClassicMono 📷

For #ColorADay #RedWed, lantana #photography #flowers #lantana #plants #garden #nature 📷🌱

For #WaterWednesday, a cormorant at the pond #photography #birds #cormorant #nature 📷🦉🪶

For the #BirdOfTheDay alt theme, #White, a great egret #photography #birds #egret #nature #monochrome #blackandwhite #ClassicMono 📷🦉🪶

For #TextureTuesday, eucalyptus bark #photography #trees #bark #eucalyptus #nature 📷🌱

Pride of Madeira #photography #flowers #PrideOfMadeira #plants #garden #nature 📷🌱

For #MallardMonday and the #BirdOfTheDay themes, #BirdsInTheirElement and #Feather&Light, a mallard hen preening at the pond #photography #birds #ducks #mallard #nature 📷🦉🪶

Conclusion of the #SomeLines / #SkySunday crossover event. Part Two: Some lines with the sky. #photography #sky #clouds #sunset 📷

Today, a special two-part #SkySunday / #SomeLines crossover event. 😎 Part One: The sky with some lines. #photography #sky #clouds #nature #monochrome #blackandwhite #ClassicMono #Stunday 📷

For #SmallBirdSaturday and the #BirdOfTheDay alt theme, #Passerine, a juvenile dark-eyed junco (Oregon type) eating a seed #photography #birds #junco #nature 📷🦉🪶

For #Caturday, parked in a driveway #photography #cats #monochrome #blackandwhite #ClassicMono 📷🐈

For #ColorADay #BWFri, white oleander #photography #flowers #oleander #plants #garden #monochrome #blackandwhite #ClassicMono 📷🌱

For #FeatheredFriday and the #BirdOfTheDay alt theme, #Gulls, a California gull demanding to see the manager #photography #birds #gull #nature 📷🦉🪶

Coleus #photography #plants #garden #nature 📷🌱

For the #BirdOfTheDay theme, #Black, a crow on a fence #photography #birds #crow #nature 📷🦉🪶

California ground squirrel #photography #squirrel #animals #mammals #nature 📷

For #WaterWednesday, #WaderWednesday, and the #BirdOfTheDay theme, #LongLegs, a snowy egret by the pond #photography #birds #egret #nature 📷🦉🪶

Agapanthus shadows on the sidewalk #photography #flowers #agapanthus #plants #shadows 📷🌱

For #TextureTuesday and this week's #AlphabetChallenge, #WeekXForXyloid, pressed wood panels covering the window of an empty storefront #photography 📷

For #BlueSkyMonday, some blue windows #photography #urbanphotography 📷

For #MallardMonday, nap time at the pond #photography #birds #mallard #ducks #nature #BirdOfTheDay #YourChoice 📷🦉🪶

Some lines #photography #SomeLines 📷