Gifted-Pro all the way! A unique shot that communicates beauty, sentience, and personality in one of God's noblest gifts to this planet.

Excellent!!! The stacking of stones, the artfully arranged disarray, and the small statues make me think this is a special place. Is it......?

A magnificent set. I love #7...

By the tranquil waters of where ever,
On the trail of the lonesome pine

Love love love that photo -- very endearing. GREAT catch!!!

As a Nikon fan, I strongly support the 2nd Amendment right to arm bears.

Summa cum laude, I presume.

Enter as a lion, depart as a lamb. Splendid shot!

I learned from this splendid shot. Thank you!

Superly stupefying stupendously splendid shotz!!! Truly wonderful.

Ah yes, strolling down mammary lane.

I have a desktop computer that still runs XP, and my favorite laptop runs Win7. Lack of Micro$oft support is like not taking a lawnmower with you when you go swimming. Security is not a major issue, and I don't even use a real-time antivirus app. Instead:

1- I image my system drive 2 or 3 times each week using Macrium Reflect -- it's free. I image to an external drive (capacity 2 terabytes) and retain images 2-3 months (first-in, first-out).
2- Each night at bed-time I use two on-demand scanners: Emsisoft Emergency Kit (EEK), and HitmanPro (HMP). EEK is free. HMP is not free but offers a free 30-day trial. After 30 days HMP will continue to function just fine, but only as a scanner to find malware. HMP will not clean-away malware unless you buy a subscription. That is NOT a problem because I do my cleaning by restoring an image (item 1), so HMP's cleaning services are unnecessary.

I sometimes enjoy surfing the dark side of the internet so I sometimes (rarely) pick up an infection. When that happens, I simply restore a clean image and POOF! -- suddenly the sun shines, skies are blue, birds warble sweetly, & all is right with the world.

When in pain, folks sometimes seek a friendly place simply to moan. Hey, I feel for the OP. As for whoever did this to OP, "May the fleas of a thousand mangy camels infest their nether regions."

Lovely lovely lovely! Superb artistry!

I love your car pictures. My favorite is the LaSalle...

Didn't need no welfare state,
Everybody pulled his weight,
Gee, our old LaSalle ran great,
Those were the days!

/s/ Archie & Edith

Triskaidekaphobia -- fear of the number 13 (it's a real word).

I have been on many elevators in buildings that are 14 floors or higher, but I have never seen a 13th floor on an elevator's button pad. I assumed that the floors were numbered 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 14 15 etc.

Hmm... would you willingly accept a room reservation on a hotel's 14th floor which is, in reality, the 13th floor?