I was frightened of this giant bear when my parents made me pose for this photo.

I’ve been frightened of giant bears ever since.

Tie 📷

A child in a red sweater is sitting on the lap of a large teddy bear on a beach, with people walking in the background.

Twilight 📷

A bench is painted red with the words: "The tragedy of living reflects itself exhausted in my dreams shining through twilight."

Lots of new buildings going up.

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The movement in this is interesting.

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📷 pathway

A scenic woodland path winds through lush greenery and tree-covered surroundings.

Mother coot with her cootlings.

Coot diving.

These ducklings are growing up fast.

A group of ducks is resting by the edge of a calm pond, with one duck swimming nearby and reflections of trees visible in the water.

Not exactly hidden with that big arrow pointing the way, but I’ve never seen anyone use this “cycle path”. Probably because to do so you would have to veer off the main road by ninety degrees (assuming you know it’s there at all and it’s not blocked by parked cars), and more often than not take your own hedge trimmers with you (although as you can see the council trimmed it recently). 📷

Auto-generated description: A narrow paved path lined with lush greenery and an arrow painted on the ground leads towards a bright, sunlit area.

I have a memory of a 80’s or 90’s British TV comedy sketch character visiting a Poundshop with his friend Alan. Alan would always ask, “How much is it?” To which the reply was always an exasperated “It’s a pound, Alan!”

Poundland sold for £1 with shops set to close: bbc.com

I was no. 2 in the queue to get put on hold yesterday. Today I’m no. 60!

54 minutes on hold.