#1 is the view I see every day getting out of my apartment
#2 I said recently that I would be focusing on happy faces around my town. It’s much needed with so many bad things going on.
#3 Prostrating is good – when you are exhausted you should prostrate and when you do, do it in a good company too.
#4 My everyday life isn’t glamorous. It’s mostly asphalt, concrete, steel and glass, but whenever I can, I visit a botanic garden and if I ‘m lucky I get to see this.
#5 My town is in the continent, but it doesn’t stop it from adopting a blue whale.
I hope you’ve enjoyed my selection of words and images. As usual for this theme, you can do one word, or more or all five. It’s up to you.
To join the Thursday’s Special photo challenge you are supposed to:
Make a photo post on today’s theme, before next Thursday.
Link to this challenge post, and tag your post #thursdaysspecial
Leave a comment under this post.
P.S. If you have missed the last week’s TS themed OVER please click on the link to check out the great entries to that challenge.
Lately I have been experiencing problems while logging on to WordPress and could not even access some of your blogs for days, and when I did I could not leave a comment or even a like. Let’s hope that WordPress team has finished introducing new improvements and upgrades so that I can resume normal communication with other bloggers.
If you can’t stop dancing, here are some bonus tracks for you. One for each image 🙂
It’s interesting to see what choices have fellow bloggers made for this challenge. Please, click on the links bellow:
I’ll come back and dance another day. For now I’ll just admire that superb shot of the meerkats and the exquisite water lily. So many shapes and patterns to life, Paula. I’m missing for a week, but leaving behind a few hugs. 🙂 🙂 Take good care!
I can’t choose my favourite, I think it’s the post as such that is my favourite 😉
All those pictures give good vibes, make me feel in a good mood.
Good job, Paula!
The giant whale is very impressive – certainly brightens that wall.
I was spoilt for choice with your tempting list of words Paula, but I’ve decided on colossal: https://travelwithintent.com/2017/07/06/elephantine-feline/
And thanks for all the extra music – great fun.
Great series of photos, Paula. Here’s my contribution (sorry it’s a bit late): Soaring high above, the Colossal collages of the prairies’ irrigated fields are quite a sight. http://bit.ly/JJ-prairies
Great pics Paula!!!
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Obrigada, Paulo 🙂
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I’ll come back and dance another day. For now I’ll just admire that superb shot of the meerkats and the exquisite water lily. So many shapes and patterns to life, Paula. I’m missing for a week, but leaving behind a few hugs. 🙂 🙂 Take good care!
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Hugs back to you my dear Jo. Thank you for your visit.
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Great choices, Paula. Love that colossal blue whale. 😃 x
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🙂 He looks pretty real, doesn’t he 😀 Thank you for the visit Sylvia. It is so lovely to see you. xx
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😘
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Fabulous selection, Paula.
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So glad that you like it, Tish 🙂
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Five wonderful choices, all excellent captured.
The fellows in the middle, one of them looks gaiety to me. 😀
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Ha! I can see it too 🙂 Tack, Drake 🙂
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I think your colossal whales are also soaring 😀
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You are right! 🙂
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Fabulous choices…..not so easy to interpret ….
(Nonetheless I’ll try…)
Particularly love the blue whale!
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Glad you like them, Anna.
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And my little entry – https://teepee12.com/2017/07/06/from-soaring-to-colossal-the-thursday-special/
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Back again. That blue whale is simply astonishing. And what a great shot. Here’s my soaring, to go with the today’s arriving heat wave
https://tishfarrell.com/2017/07/06/manhattan-from-the-staten-island-ferry/
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🙂 oh so we are both scorching at the moment. Thank you kindly, Tish.
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We promised big thunderstorms this afternoon!!!
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Good, that should bring some relief.
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Great pics! The whale is gorgeous! I go for soaring, but the whale gave me an idea, I might do another post.
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I can’t choose my favourite, I think it’s the post as such that is my favourite 😉
All those pictures give good vibes, make me feel in a good mood.
Good job, Paula!
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Esto es un gran cumplido para mi. Te agradezco mucho, Eleazar.
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The giant whale is very impressive – certainly brightens that wall.
I was spoilt for choice with your tempting list of words Paula, but I’ve decided on colossal: https://travelwithintent.com/2017/07/06/elephantine-feline/
And thanks for all the extra music – great fun.
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Most welcome, Debbie 🙂
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What a great graffiti (if that’s what it’s called)! And wonderfully captured meerkats. Overall, great collection.
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Thank you, dear. I would call it a street mural 🙂 So glad you like my collection.
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I am smiling in admiration of your work, yet again! 🙂
You have a very special eye for photography.
The candid shot is magnificent.
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I like you too 😆 You are the best, Ark! 🙂 🙂
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Great photos Paula. I better get my act together 😀
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You’d better! 😆
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Hi Paula, I so adore your photos and words this month.
Here is my entry.
http://wp.me/p3ZTqs-6qG
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Your compliment means a lot, Cee. Thank you very much 🙂
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Some great images, Paula
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🙂 🙂 good to see you, Sue, really good to see you.
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Thank you, Paula! I’m not likely to settle back into blogging properly until next week, but thought I would dip in today!
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Thank you for popping in, Sue. I will be here till 20th July after which I am having a two week holiday and blog break.
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Thanks for letting me know, Paula 😊
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Beautiful words! (with nice photos to go with them. I am most impressed by the picture of the whale, the photo captured the awesome art.
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Glad you like my choices, Imelda. Hopefully you will find some of yours too 🙂
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Oh, I posted something for the prompt. I picked Soaring. Here it is – https://alipatoblog.wordpress.com/2017/07/06/soaring-southwards/
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Thank you 🙂
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They are great photos Paula but moreso I loved hearing about how they fit in your
life.
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Thank you for the nice comment, Sue. Yes, these are some typical scenes from my life 🙂
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I’ve just posted my contribute for this week….
http://unavistadisanfermo.wordpress.com/2017/7/7/Thursday -special-pick-a-word-in-July-Y2
Hope you enjoy!
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Thank you, Anna.
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Hi, Paula, you must got my pingback before I send it to you. Here is the link. Thank you!
https://theshowerofblessings.wordpress.com/2017/07/07/thursdays-special-pick-a-word-y2/
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Yes, I have. Sometimes I got them in time, but it is always better to leave a comment as I said in the rules of the challenge 😉
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Yes, I know. So I usually do, just in case….
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Hi Paula, Yes I got my act together for the Pick a Word
https://bushboy.blog/2017/07/07/thursdays-special-pick-a-word-in-july/
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🙂
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Are those Meerkats Paula?? what a wonderful capture! Love all your choices- the Whale is a stunner. I chose 3 this week- here they are https://dailymusing57.com/2017/07/07/thursdays-special-pick-a-word-5/
Have a good weekend!
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Yes, Meerkats 🙂 Thanks, Lisa 🙂
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lovely selection – I think my favourite would be that girl’s laughter, well spotted and captured.
https://lessywannagohome.blogspot.be/2017/07/pick-word.html
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Thank you 🙂 I like taking photos of people, but I am reluctant to publish them 🙂
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All great choices, Paula! Love the little prairie dogs (or whatever they be!) LOL!
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They are Meerkats 🙂
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I’m sure I knew that! 😸😁
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Great series of photos, Paula. Here’s my contribution (sorry it’s a bit late): Soaring high above, the Colossal collages of the prairies’ irrigated fields are quite a sight. http://bit.ly/JJ-prairies
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Cool shots. I love that whale!
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