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A Happy Friday to all and I have a lovely variety to show you.
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One thing that I don't like is having to go and search in my bulk files for photos. It is too hot here to go out and I have simply to make do with what I have. The problem is that I don't know which of the photos I have published before here in Hive and if you see any, please let me know so that I can edit them out.
In any case, I hope that you will enjoy the photos.

The first photo is of a Southern Double-collared sunbird.
Here below we have a Southern Robin-chat eating some seeds from a plant.
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This below is a Cape Olive Thrush having a drink.
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Here are two Robins, only joking as it is a reflection of the Robin.
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A pair of Egyptian Geese flying in the early morning mist.
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Finally, Harry and Sally our Egyptian geese and what was left of their babies. They had 12 originally, but the predators had a feast.
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So I end on a sad note, but this is life and Mother nature has to feed all of her residents, so life goes on.
They are telling us that this summer now will be even hotter than the one before and everyone is worried about the weather. The oceans are getting hotter which spells doom for many of its inhabitants some of which are already washing out dead on our beaches.

It seems that with the Hive price fluctuations many of us are also suffering with low value posts, but at least it is expected and like the weather, there is nothing that you and I can do about it, except just carrying on posting.
So yes, life knocks us from all sides, but we are all fighters here on hive and we won't let it get us down.
That's why I opened the post with the words "Happy Friday", as in the midst of any storm in life, there is always light to be found.

So we hope that all of you will enjoy this Friday and have a lovely peaceful weekend.

And That's All Friends!

Photos by Zac Smith-All Rights Reserved.

Camera: Canon Powershot SX60HS Bridge camera.

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Oh these are absolutely stunning. You have quite an eye for birds! Goodness. Love the Egyptian geese! Just look at those little fluff-balls 😍😍😍

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Thank you and like I said elsewhere, I think that Mother nature has an eye on me 🤣
Sadly Harry and Sally lost all of their babies this season and we don't know if they will be back next season. Such is life.

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Happy Friday and a wonderful weekend, Zac, that's what I wish you two guys and all the animals that you share your home with 😀

It's sad, but every animal has a right to live and to eat what Mother Nature has thought it should eat, just as you said.

I have seen all these lovely birds in some of your posts before, my friend, but I'm pretty sure I haven't seen these photos 😀

!BEER and !WINE - both make a nice dinner with !PIZZA :)
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Good afternoon Hannes,

Thank you for the kind wishes and we wish the same to all of you guys 😊

Yep nature rules itself very well without mankind's interference. It is since man and his greed started to interfere with nature, that we sit with the problems that we have now.

I Googled the photos and yes, you are right, as they are unpublished. Just one of my empty worries again and I seem to have many lately 🤣 !LOLZ

Cheers and thanks.

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Good afternoon Zac,

I hope you have a good Saturday and it's not very hot.

I don't think anyone would mind if you post an image twice, as long as it isn't in the same post 🤣 !LOLZ

Cheers with !PIZZA and !BEER
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Good afternoon Hannes,

Saturday was hot, but thankfully there we have a bit of cloud today so tonight might be better.

I am used to post fresh photos that I get every day, but at times I am forced to go into the files and it's never an easy experience. But thank you and as long as the photos are my own there shouldn't be any beef 🤣 !LOLZ

Cheers and thanks.

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Good afternoon Zac,

I'm glad to hear that.

When I was posting daily I also have tried to have at least photos from the same week. You're right, as long as the images are yours it's very okay to post them again.

!PIZZA and !BEER - sounds like a nice dinner :)
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Good afternoon Hannes,

Glad that you agree with me as it is always nice to get a new fresh photo on the day to post.
The previous evening's photos are also nice to post the next day like I did with my post today.

I have not forgotten an incident long ago where I was accused of publishing a photo that was published before on FB, but it was corrected as I published the photo and they didn't know that my name is Zac Smith and they thought it was someone else 🤣 !LOLZ

Cheers and thanks.

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Good afternoon Zac,

oh yes, but it was also quite stressful for me sometimes - work till the afternoon and then drive somewhere, take photos, get home, edit photos and make a post on time at 7pm. I was a lot of fun though 😉

Now I usually post the photos I have taken in the past week or so. Tonight I will even post a poto from last winter.

I have had about the same problem on the other blockchain with my heart shaped photo, although I have published the photo also under my real name, but with a space between forename and surname 🤣 !LOLZ

!PIZZA and !BEER - sounds like a nice dinner :)
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Good evening Hannes,

I know all that you are talking about as we also pulled 8am to 5pm jobs at the beginning, taking photos at lunch time, then getting home to post, but my saving grace was that I didn't need to edit. Really fun, but nowadays not so much anymore methinks.

I will visit your post for sure.

Again you know what I am talking about and not one of us were guilty about anything.
But it is good to know that they are keeping an eye on things.
One guy even placed a comment that I could lose all of my hard word because of one plagiarized move.
I don't think that I answered him, as it was and still is my own photo 🤣 !LOLZ

Cheers and thanks.

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Good evening Zac,

I have just come home from Lower Austria - gave my daughter a lift. 8 hours in the car after nightshift - I am tired and will go to bed soon.

You know what I mean, that's good. I don't think that I will ever post daily again, but certainly more often than once a week. Maybe I will make short series of my photo trips, but I don't know yet.

When I use my own photo again in another post it can't be plagiarism. That guy should ask Google or Wikipedia what that word means.

Cheers with !PIZZA and !BEER
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Good evening Hannes,

Did you drive her down after your nightshift or her nightshift?
If it was yours, then you have lost some sleep my friend.

Well they have shifted the goal posts for my target and now my target is 55,000 HP.
So I have to post daily for a loooong time in order to get there 😉

Well when the time comes then I am sure that you will know what to do and yes, short series of your photo trips will surely be interesting.
By that time if I am still alive, I will do what you do now. Combination will be strong and we can give pay outs to the winning tickets I hope 😊

No, I can't blame the guy and all is well that ended well. Of course when it happens again, I will call you and we will go to war 🤣 !LOLZ

Cheers and thanks.

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Good evening Zac,

it was my nightshift and she drove there, I drove back alone 😅

Do you mean Orca status? I think it is that high since quite a while.

Yes, let's have another war on the blockchain, the last one is long ago 😂 !LOLZ

!PIZZA and !BEER - sounds like a nice dinner :)
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Good evening Hannes,

Well you are talking to me here, so that means you drove back safely 🙏

Yeah, I always thought it was 50,000, so you can imagine my deflation when a friend told me that the goal posts were shifted. Now it's going to take me another year to get 5,000 😐

Nah, just fooling with you as we are peacekeepers, only until they rile us 🤣 !LOLZ

Cheers and thanks.

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Good evening Zac,

of course I am back and everything is fine 😃

I believe it will go faster than you think when the Hive rises again.

Right, no war 😂 !LOLZ

Cheers with !PIZZA and !BEER
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Good evening Hannes,

Of course you are alive, otherwise you would have appeared as a ghost here in my bedroom 🤣

I agree and I read an article about the entry of a few reserve banks in crypto.
So let's see how it goes.

Make love not war was our slogan in the 60s 🤣 !LOLZ
Maybe it's time for another Woodstock festival.

Cheers and thanks.

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Good evening Zac,

all cryptos are going down at the moment, and they will rise again 🚀

In the sixties I have been a baby 🤣 !LOLZ but I agree, another Woodstock festival would be great 😆

!PIZZA and !BEER - sounds like a nice dinner :)
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Good afternoon Hannes,

Too hot to go out, so I can get the comments done in order to have an early night 😊
It is going to be a long drop for many months according to the wise guys here. We have a worldwide financial crash so the first thing that the investors sell is their tech holdings.
Many are now switching over to gold investments as a hedge against any losses.

Oh yes, I forget that you are a youngster and there was a great worldwide vibe in the 60s 🤣!LOLZ
Seems that the only festival now will have guns instead of guitars😎

Cheers and thanks.

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Good morning Zac,

I didn't have enough time yesterday to reply and later I was just too tired, to be honest. My shift is ending in 1.5 hours and I might drive somewhere to take photos, so I quickly reply now.

I think as fast as it goes down it will raise up again soon. Maybe I should better say "I hope" 🤣 !LOLZ
And if not I will wait - I can't do anything anyway.

Oh yes, I was born in the sixties and I have seen quite a few documentaries about Woodstock. Don't think that such an event will ever happen again. There are similar, but nothing like Woodstock.

!PIZZA and !BEER - sounds like a nice dinner :)
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Good hot afternoon Hannes,

No problem and I hope that you at least got some rest.

Oh yes, I also hope that hive will bounce back up again.
Maybe bounce right up to the alter universe 🤣 !LOLZ

They say that the original is always the best and I also think that we will never see a Woodstock again 😉

Cheers and thanks.

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Good morning Zac,

I have been too tired for doing anything yesterday - maybe I'm too old for nightshifts 🤣 !LOLZ

The original is always the best - we are also only copies of copies of copies ...

!PIZZA and !BEER - sounds like a nice dinner :)
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Good evening Hannes,

It's been one of those really blue Mondays as apart from all of the work it is also Marian's birthday.
So you know how it goes on a day like this and I have a few minutes ago done my second post.
Now I have to rush with the replies.

Yes, even though you earn extra money for nightshift, is it worth it?

We are a million copies, but nature is the only one copy 😉 !LOLZ

Cheers and thanks.

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Good evening Zac,

please tell Marian my best wishes for her birthday, health and happiness and may all her dreams come true 🎈🎂

I just wanted to shut down when your replies came in - now I have to rush too 🤣 !LOLZ

Yes, it's too much to say no. There are only 3 or 4 nightshifts a month and usually they are more boring, but the older I get the more tiring they are.

!PIZZA and !BEER - sounds like a nice dinner :)
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Good afternoon Hannes,

Marian said that I must thank you for the great wishes ❤️

It seems that's all that we do nowadays, rush here, rush there. rush everywhere 🤣 !LOLZ

Well then in that case it's best for you to stick it out my friend, but just watch your health 🙏

Cheers and thanks.

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Good afternoon Zac,

my pleasure 😊

You know my problems with Lady Patience, I am always in a rush 🤣 !LOLZ

Yeah, it's money we need and usually it's not that bad. I just get more and more tired the older I get 😉

Cheers with !PIZZA and !BEER
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Good afternoon Hannes,

Oh yes you certainly have an interesting history with Lady Patience 🤣 !LOLZ
Maybe write a novel about it one day.

Age has that habit upon us my friend and that's why I do many spontaneous things just to get out of the rut of the daily grind 🤣
At times I even fool myself by thinking that I am still young, then I bend and lift something at speed.
The next day I have to see the doctor 🤣

Cheers and thanks.

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Good afternoon Zac,

yes, and the title could be "Patiently waiting for Lady Patience" 😂 !LOLZ

We all are the same I believe. Every day something happens that reminds me I am not 20 anymore, but luckily I haven't needed a doctor yet 🤣

Cheers with !PIZZA and !BEER
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Good Afternoon Hannes,

A better title would be; "Lady Patience waiting Patiently for a stubborn mountain goat" 🤣 !LOLZ
I saw yesterday that I can give you 3 Lolz now 😉

At your current healthy age young man, I also didn't need no doctors
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Cheers and thanks.

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Good evening Zac,

yes, you are right, it's easier for her to wait than for me 🤣 !LOLZ
I'm calling the bot more often than two times anyway 😉

Now you're scarying me 😎

!PIZZA and !BEER - sounds like a nice dinner :)
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Good afternoon Hannes,

She is not called Patience for nothing my friend 🤣 !LOLZ
Same here and I think that the restriction was lifted.

Old age is not for sissies and like me you will also cope 👍

Cheers and thanks.

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Good evening Zac,

that's true 🤣 !LOLZ

It will be a hard fight, but I want to win, of course 😉

!PIZZA and !BEER - sounds like a nice dinner :)
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Good evening Hannes,

Truth is true methinks 🤣 !LOLZ

Of course you will win the ageing fight and the grand prize for winning the fight is a brand new wheelchair at the age of 90 🤣

Cheers and thanks.

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Good evening Zac,

a wheelchair? Well, that's a nice prize, but hopefully it is an electric one with enough power to drive up steep mountain roads 🤣 !LOLZ

!PIZZA and !BEER - sounds like a nice dinner :)
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Good evening Hannes,

Oh yes, a very special wheelchair with a Harley Davidson motor in so that you can chase all of the young girls around 🤣 !LOLZ

Cheers and thanks.

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Good evening Zac,

and an extra wide seat that two can sit on it, please, and with two I mean one left and one right to me 🤣 !LOLZ

!PIZZA and !BEER - sounds like a nice dinner :)
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The skin color of the first bird looks amazing and something can be seen on both sides of the bird. It thinks to me that the bird has pendants on its body. The collection of all the birds is really awesome.

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It is a sad note, but such is the circle of life.

To see if they have been used before online, you could always use Google image search:

Go to https://www.google.com/
click "images" at top right
click "camera icon"
click "upload image"
It should show you if and where the photo was used :)

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Ah yes, thank you and I noted this method down long ago, but the note went on holiday somewhere and it never returned Lol.

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