ORCAS LOOKING UP: Weekly Photo Challenge

Tina Schell's avatarTravels and Trifles

“Keep looking up..that’s the secret of life…”

Peanuts (Charles Schulz)

LOOKING UP LOOKING UP

This week rather than doing my own “looking up” I’ve chosen to feature some amazing orca gymnastics in which the subjects, truly amazing creatures, are actually doing the looking. In my opening capture we see a large orca (which can weigh up to 9 tons and be up to 32 ft long) doing a backstroke as his fellow pod-member swims along beside.

JUMPING FOR JOY JUMPING FOR JOY

“When everything has gone down, God wants you to look up”

Richmond Akhigbe

While our weather in Victoria wasn’t the best, we decided to don the huge jackets, wool hats, fleece gloves and waterproof pants offered by our whale-watching charter and brave the wet cold to seek orcas.  After a freezing, drizzly speedboat ride that lasted 90 minutes we were rewarded with an incredible show provided by a very cooperative pod…

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Travel theme: Grow

The vernal equinox has arrived in the northern hemisphere, infusing the countryside with a flush of early blossom and a burst of fresh green growth. Here are a few travel shots that sprang to mind,…

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Inclined Dumbbell Fly

Putting a Smile on your Dog’s face and maybe yours too.

Karen DeMers Dowdall's avatarPen & Paper

Is my dog depressed? The warning signs and solutions.via Putting a smile on your dog’s face! — Learning from Dovia Putting a smile on your dog’s face! — Learning from Dogs  http://www.learning from dogs.com  Reblogged this post. This is the most wonderful post as it is so important to understanding feelings, emotions that cause a sense of loss, grief, and loneliness. It is often the cause of depression in humans and dogs, especially. K.D. Dowdall 🙂 Please visit Paul’s blog to learn the why’s and wherefore’s.  Very informative and suprising.

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LET’S MEET AARON MARSHALL

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“Coyote Valley in Early Spring” Fine Art Oil Painting by Artist

Bhavna Misra's avatarBhavna Misra

Coyote Valley in Early Spring

Oil

16 x 20 x .5 in

2017

Inspiration

Coyote Hills Regional Park is a regional park encompassing nearly 978 acres of land and administered by the East Bay Regional Park District. The park is located in Fremont, California, on the southeast shore of the San Francisco Bay. The Coyote Hills themselves are a small range of hills at the edge of the bay; though not reaching any great height, they afford tremendous views of the bay, three of the trans-bay bridges (Dumbarton Bridge, San Mateo Bridge, and the Bay Bridge), the cities of San Francisco and Oakland, the Peninsula Range of the Santa Cruz Mountains and Mount Tamalpais. In addition to the hills themselves, the park encloses a substantial area of wetlands. (Factoid: Wiki)

About the Artwork

This painting is impressionistic landscape artwork similar to other ones in the series. Bhavna chose pale yellow…

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True Wealth

When words can’t

Listening To Your Heart @ Archangel Oracle – Divine Guidance

Oonagh: “Easy does it” – Archangel Oracle – Divine Guidance

RACE for life 5k run – BayArt

Cancer is happening right now, so much so it’s personally hitting home – my sister has breast cancer. Which is why I’m taking part in a 5k run to raise money and save lives. Stastically one in two people will be diagnosed with cancer at one point in there lives. Every single pound donated goes……

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LOVE and SERVE

“We know what real love is because Jesus gave up his life for us. So we also ought to give up our lives for our brothers and sisters.” (‭1 John‬ ‭3‬:‭16‬ NLT) True love is an action, not only a feeling. It produces selflessly and gives sacrificially. The greatest act of love is giving one’s……

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The More you Know, The Less you Need

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Standing In Your Power