One from a 2011 adventure in Tibet.

Happy Children roll an old tire down main street in Lhasa Tibet... Sometimes Simple Pleasures are best.

It’s been 13 years since I came upon these playful children in Lhasa, and yet this photo still warms my heart. I found the Tibetans to be a friendly and helpful people, as are most of the folks I have met on my journeys.
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Tibet:

Tibet is the highest region on Earth, with an average elevation of 5,000 m (16,000 ft) Located in the Himalayas, the highest elevation in Tibet is Mount Everest, Earth's highest mountain, rising 8,848 m (29,029 ft) above sea level.

The Tibetan people are an East Asian ethnic group native to Tibet. Their current population is estimated to be around 6.7 million. In addition to the majority living in Tibet Autonomous Region of China, significant numbers of Tibetans live in the Chinese provinces of Gansu, Qinghai, Sichuan, and Yunnan, as well as in India, Nepal, and Bhutan.

At an altitude of 3,656 meters (11,990 ft), Lhasa is one of the highest cities in the world. The city has been the religious and administrative capital of Tibet since the mid-17th century. It contains many culturally significant Tibetan Buddhist sites such as the Potala Palace, Jokhang Temple and Norbulingka Palaces.

(Canon PowerShot, 1/320 @ f/2.8, ISO 125, edited to taste)

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Give Every Day a Chance to Become the Most Beautiful Day of Your Life
- Mark Twain
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My Sunday started off with my Backyard Buddy chirping for me to come join him. I grabbed a coffee and my camera, and made my way outside; we both basked for a awhile in the sunshine… it was a fine morning indeed !!
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The Black Phoebe:

The Black Phoebe is a dapper flycatcher of the western U.S. with a sooty black body and crisp white belly. They sit in the open on low perches to scan for insects, often keeping up a running series of shrill chirps. Black Phoebes use mud to build cup-shaped nests against walls, overhangs, culverts, and bridges. Look for them near any water source from small streams to suburbs, all the way to the salt-sprayed rocks and cliffs of the Pacific Ocean.

Although it mostly eats insects, the Black Phoebe sometimes snatches minnows from the surface of ponds. It may even feed fish to nestlings.

The male Black Phoebe gives the female a tour of potential nest sites, hovering in front of each likely spot for 5 to 10 seconds. But it’s the female who makes the final decision and does all the nest construction.

The oldest Black Phoebe on record was at least 8 years old when it was recaptured and released during banding operations in California.

(Sony, 200-600/6.3, 1/1000 @ f/6.3, ISO 3200, edited to taste)

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Simplicity is the Ultimate Sophistication
– Leonardo Da Vinci
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This lovely Rose was found on my morning pooch-walk. Took me two days to get back to the rose with camera in hand, so I was delighted to find the had waited patiently. Made my Day… but I’m easy to please ;-)

Nikon Z6III, Tamron 50-400/6.3, 1/1600 @ f/8.0, ISO 14,400, edited to taste)

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Scooted over to the coast yesterday afternoon for a late day photo shoot. Caught the last of the light as the Sun slipped into the pacific… It was a Good Day !!

The Sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever.
– Jacques Cousteau

(Nikon Z6II, 14-30/4.0 @ 30 mm, 2.5 sec @ f/8.0, ISO 100, edited to taste)

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Spotted these colorful cliffs during a summertime trip to the Eastern Sierra. I decided to try a different route and I’m glad I did… always nice to discover something different to view, especially after living 80 years in California.


- Thanks for the Music, Toby
Toby Keith was an American country music singer. Keith released his chart-topping debut single, "Should've Been a Cowboy", in 1993.
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Red Rock Canyon:

Red Rock Canyon is a state park in California which features scenic desert cliffs, buttes and spectacular rock formations. The park consists of approximately 27,000 acres (110 km2) where the southernmost tip of the Sierra Nevada converges with the El Paso Mountains.

Each tributary canyon is unique, with vivid colors due to alternate layers of white clay and red sandstone, further accented by pink volcanic rocks and brown lava formations. The canyon was formed 3 million years ago.

Some petroglyphs and pictographs are found in the El Paso Mountains and represent ritual sites from ancestors of the Coso people who were early indigenous inhabitants of this locale. They created extensive carvings in rock within the El Paso and neighboring mountains of Red Rock Canyon and conducted considerable trade with other tribes as far as the Chumash on the Pacific coast.

The colorful rock formations in the park served as landmarks during the early 1870s for 20-mule team freight wagons that stopped for water. The park protects significant paleontology sites and the remains of 1890s-era mining operations.
- Wikipedia

(Nikon Z6II, 26/2.8, 1/800 @ f/11, ISO 250, edited to taste)

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