Summer is sitting on a park bench to rest after a hike, and to enjoy the fresh air and birds in the park. Taken at Barbour Pond Park in Wayne NJ. [June 2011]

Summer is a walk in the cool woods at the park, protected from the suns rays by the tree canopy, finding spots where the gorgeous sun streaks in and illumines the path. Taken at Barbour Pond Park in Wayne NJ. [June 2011]

bridge at Verona Park, one of my favorite photos I have taken, original photo

Morgan Memorial Park, Glen Cove, NY

Park in Illinois

Ewing Park In Des Moines

Chery tree avenue

Where building have be knocked down ,new mini parks are being created.

Old Towne, Columbus, Ohio

Jonquiere, Quebec, Canada

The Extraterrestrial 'Walkers' and their 'Space Ship' - the Colorado Convention Center - Denver, Colorado

Aug. 24, 2008. The inflatable sculpture "Air Forest" by Korean architect Minsuk Choin - Denver City Park.

A Ceratosaurus in the Parking Garage of the Museum of Nature and Science - Denver City Park. Sculpture courtesy of the Denver Office of Cultural Affairs' Public Art Program. Marvin BerryMan

Palais Beaumont in the background

Playground in Parc Beaumont (Pau,France)

Little Park near Cornavin Railway Station in Geneva, Switzerland

Hanlan's Point is one of the three Islands in Toronto's harbour.

A short boat ride from the city, Centre Island provides lots of beautiful parkland and entertainment for the whole family.

Shot taken in High Park. This is me being "creative".

never seen so many dogs in my life!

Letchworth State Park

All the rails stacked up in the photo as I looked up them for the photo. Several sets of 175 steps up the 729" cascading waterfall

You never know who you will meet while walking in the park!

Walk or take a buggy ride in the park...

Fitzroy, Patagonia. Argentina

Kangaroo Island, South Australia

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Water Works Park, and this is also the park where all the crab apple blossoms are in bloom in the spring. The park is located here in Des Moines Iowa

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A Danish castle built in 1580

A peacock posing in front of the Royal Palace, in Parque del Campo del Moro.

In April 2011

Mermaid statue.

Olbrich Botanical Gardens, Madison, Wisconsin. (#7943-355k)

The reflection also shows the snow-covered Mt. Mansfield. This Park has many trails to enjoy and explore. (#0029-435k)

Please, admire with me the lotus plant with its gigantic leaves, lotus bud, lotus pods and the group of water lilies The bench is waiting for you!! (p1218-100k)

The squirrels at the park are so used to the walkers that have nuts for them. This lil fella decided to come right up and ask me.

Large area covered with these birds nests built into the ground. Most of the hatchlings were already gone. Several were still in the nests. Located in Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge in Kuai, Hawaii

A view from the park in Vaasa, Finland.

Quebec, Canada

Saguenay, Quebec, Canada

London - Hyde Park Corner flower bed

Reflection in Bow River from Prince's Island Park

Grant Park, flower beds.

Forsyth Park, fountain.

Steve and daughter Shachia enjoying the swings at Pickwick. Photo taken 3-28-09.

Featured as Member's Choice in the Random Pictures section of Good Times on July 5, 2011! It was just turning Spring time. Photo taken 4-7-09.

It was just turning Spring time. Photo taken 4-7-09.

In the summer this park would be packed with people with no place to move about.

In memory of all the workers on the Welland Ship Canal., Ontario Canada

Do you notice the statues?

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Sound dude walking toward the stage. Levitt is in my local city park. Jazz Malfia was about to play.

Salt lake wilderness park, far north South Australia

come on ...enjoy meandering under the stone arches of the train bridge c. 1896, at Playwicki Park.

Fresh and lovely views everyday here in Playwicki Park in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

Playtime at Playwicki Park, Langhorne, Pa. (with permission)

A night scene from Ocean Park in Oak Bluffs, MA on the island of Martha's Vineyard.

Brig. Gen. Samuel Curtis (Union) attacked the troups of Maj. Gen. Van Dorn here

National Parks- Pea Ridge, Arkansas. War Between The States.

On A Wonderful Boat Trip From St.Petersburg In Russia...I Was Amazed To Be Taken To Such A Lovely Spot Which I Soon Learned Was Known As St.Peterof.. A Must See For Someone Traveling To St.Petersburg.

Stanley Park seawall

Louis XIV commissioned André Le Nôtre to design his garden, which was transformed into an extensive, architecturally-influenced prospect of successive groves. The Tuileries gardens were now a favored promenade for Parisian high society and a venue for official celebrations. In the 18th century, Louis XV introduced marble statues, a riding school, and carnival attractions.

Gruga - Park in Essen,Germany

Gruga - Park in Essen, Germany

Gruga - Park in Essen, Germany

Gruga - Park in Essen,Germany

Gruga - Park in Essen,Germany

Rodin gardens and reflective ponds.

Henry Spencer Moore (Britain) with a view through his statue to Roxy Paine's Askew stainless steel tree.

Gruga - Park in Essen,Germany

Charfariz Dos Contos fountain in Brazil, Indiana located in Forest Park and given to my hometown by the country of Brasil.

Elephant statue outside of Zoo entrance. This is not a park, but it IS a very interesting statue. It is made from metal and filigreed with butterfly cutout.

Castle Park in Cesky Krumlow, Czech Republic

Schloss Moritzburg, Germany, castle park

Photo taken in the wonderful gardens of Villa Borromeo, Isola Bella, Maggiore Lake, Italy

as seen from a jaunting cart in Killarney Park, Ireland

Madelyn @ Splash Country

Worlds Fair Park

Balboa Park, San Diego

Balboa Park, San Diego

Early morning, photographing the photographer

Long shutter opening and low light conditions made for this effect

sunrise in the park

This is a beautiful park near Chattanooga, Tenn. commemorating the Civil War.

Photo entered in Dublin Arts Council Exhibit and put in "The Other Paper" to advertise for the showing. Also will be used for a postcard for Dublin.

A Butterfly's last breath.

there's nothing like the Texas Hill country. big beautiful Oak tree's and hilly hills with the most beautiful colors at sun down over the horizon.

My wife often gets way ahead, as I stop to take a photo!

This is one of our regular walking routes in Guelph, whatever the season.

While walking through the park today, this handsome fellow was on the path . . . isn't he beautiful?!

White-tailed Deer at the Volga Recreational Center in northeast Iowa.

The woods near the City Park behind my home in northeast Iowa.

walking, park and fountain...then the photographer said something about special...Penelope knows she is special, but why did the photographer walk her to a fountain and park her there? Penelope is stuck...Penelope is getting mad...and as always...Penelope is getting thirsty...

getting really angry...Penelope is thirsty, but this is water...and that big orange thing is not an olive and this is not a martini fountain...and what is the use of a water fountain...and it is a good thing she is ceramic...otherwise Penelope could not breathe and Penelope is really thirsty...

she is being punished...she is sorry for what she said about the fountain...really...help...Penelope is feeling really queasy...is that the photographer that keeps rolling this round thing she is stuck in...Penelope knows that one day...she will catch up to that photographer and...

On Lake Zurich, Switzerland

From my Magnificent Madrid album

Seen in Paris, Jardin du Luxembourg

Half-way through our elephant ride, we stopped for photos & the heavens opened up. (the red umbrella belongs to our mahout) It's a good job your clothes dry quickly in Thailand.

La Roche Courbon Castle and his gardens

Washington Monument

Washington Monument

Witthausbusch, a park in Muelheim an der Ruhr, Germany

Kaisergarten, a park in Oberhausen, Germany

Kaisergarten, a park in Oberhausen, Germany

These mushrooms were at least 8 inches across!

Edwards' Garden

The great Smoky mountain park.

Aelaide city has many beautiful parklands. This is one of my favourite photos - the walk and the view are so relaxing and each path is inviting. I love the blossom on the trees at this time of the year, the sky visible through the branches and the old fashioned lamp posts. Always a dilemma which path to take alongside River Torrens, Adelaide South Australia

This is a delightful spot to just sit and watch nature, so much is happening. A water feature adds so much to a park.

Our favourite walk is through one of Adelaide's many city parklands. View from the Weir, looking North towards Morphett Street Bridge, Adelaide South Australia. The Adelaide Hills framing the City.

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Pink and pink

The splendour of yellow

In Bok Tower Reflection Pool. Bok Tower Gardens is an Historical Landmark in central Florida

It was worth getting up at 5:30 in the morning to go for a walk to catch this stunning sunrise over the Paine Grande massif.

walking at the Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Blue Hen Falls.

Hampton Hills, Summit County Metro Park, Ohio. Part of the emerald necklace of parks where everything is super Green!

a sundown walk at the park

Taken from Alamo Park

I stopped and took this picture on my way up to the peak of the mountain. Best viewed large.

Dusted with snow!

10-24-2002 Sarasota, Florida.

2-2-2003 Ft. Desoto State Park, Florida

7-24-2004

Mom and ducklings in a DC pool

First Bridge with my hiking buddies of the day. East Fork Foss River 6/19/11

Renee and Sliding Sands trail. Haleakala crater, Maui

Mtn bikers working around the snow wall. Its as crazy as it looks. Iron Bear creek to Miller peak, eastern WA 6/25/11

Taken 6/11/11 - Upstate New York

An old rural mailbox along a dirt road in Swatara State Park, near Lickdale, PA

3/27/09 - A foggy walk in Riverfront Park, Harrisburg, PA (that's a statue!)

WarBird Park, Myrtle Beach, SC

Huntington State Park, Myrtle Beach, SC

Waterloo Village, NJ

Mountain View Park; Prescott Valley, AZ; September 21, 2008

A cloudy night in Turin - Sight from the Europa Park

The End of the World!

CC - Walk in the Park - I took this photo from the walking trail, looking back across the meadow and an unseen wetland , toward the picnic and playground areas on the hill.

CC - Walk in the Park - In exchange for patrolling the park on horseback, the county's mounted officers use a stable converted from an historic old barn, situated on Horseshoe Lake along the trail leading to the back of the park.

CC - Walk in the Park - When hiking, this trail it is wise to remember: What goes down, must come back up! This was taken at Virginia Kendall Ledges of the Cuyahoga Valley National Park.

Someone picked this flower and then left it lay on the ground. There was a sign there that said do not pick the flowers.

A wooden bench with yellow flowers in the background.

I used the flowering trees to make a border around the fountain.

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Holocaust memorial park in Berlin

Our granddaughter loved walking through the exhibits!

red and purple azaleas, Japeneese Maple, Pine, and Dogwood make this nice mix.

Woodward Park's unique mix of plants along the rocky bluff.

The azaleas welcome visitors from all over the world. Orange, Purple and Red azaleas under the red oak tree. Dogwoods are in far back ground.

Just an awesome sight, love these homes!

exploring the salton sea with natasha

The great Serpent Mound is an ancient native American earthwork,

Lauritzen Gardens in Nebraska features many small themed gardens. The artwork of the peony garden is large and imposing.

The centerpiece of the Northland Park is this fountain pool of seven children in various activities common to children of every age.

A walk in by the Comal River Park will always lead to these little beggars. This little fellow has been given a treasure trove of cracked corn.

Missouri Botanical Gardens, St. Louis, MO

One of my favorite walks at Verona Park was when a funny cormorant came swimming quickly under the water and popped up right in front of us.

Taken at the Gettysburg National Park, Union side. Visiting this park was an amazing experience for me - very emotional and educational. It is hard to believe this peaceful farmland was once a horrible battlefield.

The shadow of the tree over the scene, touching the cannons, reminds me of the shadow of death of the thousands of soldiers so long ago. Taken at Gettysburg National Park, Union side.

Montreal Botanical Gardens - the best park in the city!

Cape Breton Highlands National Park

Pavilion at Parc St. Viateur, taken during a photo walk of Outremont (adjacent to Montreal).

couple sitting by the water in the park