WEEKEND REFELECTION AND THE WEEKEND ROUNDUP

Time for WeekendReflections and The Weekend Roundup and the letter is H and Hope. My Daughter Gillian, SIL, Chris and myself have volunteered to work from time to time on one of the Mercy Ships.  Everyone volunteer pays to work on any of these ships however it is such a blessing to many needy people particularly in West Africa.  After I came off the final time, I then raised many pounds for the work of these ships for 9 years when I lived in N.Ireland.  So it was a privilege to bring HOPE and Healing to these people.

A Vessel of HOPE

Mercy Ships is an international development organisation that deploys hospital ships and volunteers to developing nations – improving the quality of life for people living with the diseases of poverty, disfigurement, and disability, through direct medical services, and building the capacities of HEALTHCARE systems to meet the needs of the future.

  This is Mount Stewart HOUSE near Newtownards where you may remember I was a volunteer photographer.  The next 2 shots are taken  in the Irish garden and show the red HAND of Ulster with red Salvia plants and then the Irish HARP.  The final show is one of the Lily pools and I am using it for my REFLECTION photograph.

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SATURDAY CRITTERS

These photographs were taken in Costa Rica at a great distance and heavily cropped.  They are the Snowy Egret, Ringed Kingfisher, Little Black Heron and Cormorants and i don't know if you can see, there is a Snowy Egret standing between them just behind them.

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GOOD FENCES

My f­amily are waiting for the boat to take us back to Cairns.

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Ready to go to Fitzroy Island

All dressed up in our wet suits waiting to board the boat for Fitzroy Island.

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WILD BIRD WEDNESDAY

This is the Orange-billed Sparrow which I photographed in Costa Rica.

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THROUGH MY LENS

One photograph and a short visit I took when visiting Fitzroy Island recently.

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SUNDAY THOUGHT

Ps 29 v2

Give unto the Lord the glory due to his name; Worship the Lord in the beauty of Holiness.

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SATURDAY CRITTERS

Freddy, my White-tipped Tree frog found another place to have a rest in my patio.

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WEEKEND REFELECTION AND THE WEEKEND ROUNDUP

Time for WeekendReflections and The Weekend Roundup and the letter is G and Giant 

Now this is the closest I could get to the word GIANT!  I am sure this tiny mouse thought this GRUFFALO was a  GIANT compared to him.

My final shot is the wedding GUESTS throwing petals over they bride and GROOM.  The GROOM is my GRANDSON, Matthew.  They had a GLORIOUS sunny day.  I am using this shot for my STREET PHOTOGRAPHY.

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GOOD FENCES

Photograph taken on Fitzroy Island on my birthday last Saturday

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RED - LEGGED HONEYEATER IN COSTA RICA

These are a few more photos of the Red-legged Honeyeater bird that I photographed in Costa Rica.

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WILD BIRD WEDNESDAY

This is the female White-lined Tanager I photographed in Costa Rica

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THROUGH MY LENS

My family took me to Fitzroy Island on Saturday to go snorkelling on my 83th  birthday.  It was a wonderful day out with thousands of different coloured fish to be seen and 1 Turtle.

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SUNDAY THOUGHT

 Genesis 1:10

God called the dry ground ‘land’, and the gathered waters he called ‘seas’. And God saw that it was good.

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Photograph taken in Donegal.

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SATURDAY CRITTERS

My family recently went to Magnetic Island and saw these wild Koala Bears in the trees. today is my 83rd birthday and my family have taken me to Fitzroy Island so I hope to have photos to show you soon.

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WEEKEND REFELECTION AND THE WEEKEND ROUNDUP

Time for WeekendReflections and The Weekend Roundup and the letter is F and Flight.This is my granddaughter with some FACE painting on her FOREHEAD. The second shot is my FRIEND at church with her FACE painted and she persuaded my to have one also and I am using this as my STREET PHOTOGRAPHY. The FORTH shot is the Long -netted Stayhorn which was FOUND in one of our residents gardens. The last two shots illustrate FLIGHT.  I was in this place returning from Costa Rica and I caught those birds in FLIGHT.

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GOOD FENCES 5 FEBRUARY

These are a few of the bird group I was with in Costa Rica crossing this bridge.

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Food to make your month water!

Photographs are following on from Monday’s post.  How do they make you moutn water?

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WILD BIRD WEDNESDAY

Last week I showed you the male Red –legged Honeyeater and this week it is the female one.  The last two shots are the mael one.

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