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Celebrating Earth this day... almost speechless!

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Today is Earth Day (if you didn't already know that). It felt important that I say something. But after thinking about it a while I realized I couldn't possibly say it all in one post. In fact, if anything, this entire blog and all the posts I write are a celebration of Earth Day. Every day is Earth Day on www.speckonadot.com.

So I decided instead to dedicate this post to showing you why its so important to celebrate and protect the earth. Every time we travel, my family asks for pictures of my husband and I. Usually that's a tough task, because we almost never take pictures of ourselves. For us, its all about the space we're in and celebrating its uniqueness. Now I can put all those pictures to work, to share the beauty I see everyday, all around me.

Here's the earth in all its glory - sunrise to sunset, seasons changing, creatures big & small. After seeing this, how could you not want to have it live on forever....

Sunrise over the Freedom Tower
Dawn of a new day, sunrise over the Freedom Tower

Birds nest with egs
New Life Begins
Baby birds just hatched
First peek at the world, wheres mommy, I'm hungry...
Iguana in the sun
Iguana Getting some Sun, let's be very clear who's king here.
Malachite butterfly
Malachite spreading its wings, getting ready to feed on the sweetness
South American Parrot
South American parrot flutters its wings to warm them up for the day

Caterpillar
Beautiful to beauty... Caterpillar to a butterfly

Cirrocumulus clouds, Manhattan skyline
Cirrocumulus clouds in a fall sky reaching out long fingers towards Manhattan

Altocumuls clouds - Hawaii
So many shades of Blue and white, who would have thought...

Yellow-throated Euphonia
Wait....don't move.... is that....LUNCH!

Howler Monkey
Napping in the afternoon sun

Java Sparrows
Sunbathing

Fungi in Cloud Forest
A beautiful symbiotic partnership

Pacific Dolphin
Dolphin in the ocean, still friendly and curious...

Sunset over ocean
Sunset on the Western Shore

Sunset over ocean
The colours!

Storm clouds over Manhattan Skyline
Storm Clouds Brewing

Centipede
What I could do with so many legs... WOW

Red crested Cardinal
Crowning Glory

Fish in shallows
Shallow water school of fish

Squirrel eating
Too busy eating to run from the two legged monsters

Fall Colors
Fall colors, seasons change

Spider on glass
Sheer Beauty, in the details

Seagulls on Ice
Seagulls on ice shelf

Snow on tree branches
frozen water lacing all visible surfaces

Antarctic penguins
The most beautiful swimming birds, highly endangered by the rising temperatures




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  1. Carin Rockind22 April, 2015 21:06


    Stunning post! Your photos tell so much more than words could ever say. THANK YOU for sharing Earth Day with us.

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