Gorgeous pictures this morning!! Jean, I was going to post an eclipse picture, but yours is spectacular, so I will leave it at that!! I didn't get to see the red color because the moon had already slipped lower in the horizon than I could see. Great stuff!!

That's me to the left....back when I had was doing water aerobics...

pink_warm_mama_1, over 30 or so years of bird feeding in 3 different states, we have endured plenty of Starlings. This year is the first year that I can say that they haven't worn our patience thin. Don't know what has made the difference, but since their usual spring return to this area in March this year, their appearance at the feeders has been just a few at a time and they are quickly gone for weeks at a time. Usually if we put suet out they seem to come out of the woodwork, but that hasn't even drawn them in this summer. party_music50, that is perfection, and there ain't nothin' wrong with the other works of Mom Nature's art today. Ain't Mom Nature good at what she does!

Lippizzaner horses during a training session at the Lipica stud farm in Slovenia. The trainer was very hard on the young woman who were doing the riding. One of them was on tears afterwards. Sorry the second picture is a bit fuzzy.