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Sanibel Island, Florida

Dream Flight...Beautiful peace

It's all about the bees: The sooner we recognize it, the better off we will be.

Topic: Peddling
I travel in Indonesia, The hawkers had been pestering us to buy her goods.From her look, I see the sincerity of human nature, and the hardships of making a living.

A Preening Swan in Blowing Rock, NC.

A bridge called Gary

The winter sun is low in the sky, the temperature is degrees below zero Fahrenheit, and the lake is frozen over with a foot of ice time to go fishin'.

Trumpeter swans swim in an open channel between two frozen lakes.

My granddaughter enjoys homegrown watermelon at a later summer picnic.

The highlight of the summer is the County Fair! My granddaughter on the merry-go-round, which she had to ride several times.

A favorite summer recreation is Amateur Men's Baseball. The rural baseball field is tucked in the woods, with hay fields surrounding. It has been a tradition for 100 years in rural Minnesota.

This photo show the Pyramid Khofo behind the Sphinx in mixed shape. It was a trip to Giza in Cairo City in Egypt.

It's a picture I have captured it in Qaytbay Castle in Alexandria City in Egypt. It shows the Mediterranean sea in Abo Qeer cape from the small old windows in the castle.

on a photo shoot to capture butterflies at pacific science center

White flowers from a climbing vine at McCrory Gardens in Brookings, SD.

Camouflaged yellow spider on a yellow flower taken at McCrory Gardens in Brookings SD.

Dragonfly in flight

Tulips in spring at McCrory Gardens in Brookings, SD.

A remarkable success story: 50 years there were no Trumpeter swans in the wild in Minnesota, but hard work by the Dept. of Natural Resources has restored Trumpeters. Today there are 5,500 swans, like

Star magnolia flower in morning fog on the South Dakota State University campus

10th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest

My granddaughter enjoys homegrown watermelon at a later summer picnic.

My granddaughter enjoys homegrown watermelon at a later summer picnic.

TAGS: Minnesota, United States

Sebeka, Minnesota, United States of America

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© Rebecca Komppa.
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Date Taken:

09.2011

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Oct. 24, 2012, 2:33 a.m.

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PHOTO LOCATION Minnesota, United States of America