Trees and Branches

Carmi's Thematic Photographic 295 is Trees & Branches
Here are a few trees:






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Lakescapes

Carmi's Thematic Photographic 294 is Landscapes

Here is Lake Siri on a foggy morning, and on a sunny afternoon:


Other Beesness:



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Are there hats?

John Oliver: You don’t need people’s opinion on a fact. You might as well have a poll asking: ‘Which number is bigger, 15 or 5?’ or ‘Do owls exist?’ or ‘Are there hats?’

“Are there hats?” — I laughed my ass clean off. - tengrain

TEACH THE CONTROVERSY!

FURTHERMORE:

In other news:

Two teams of scientists say the long-feared collapse of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet has begun, kicking off what's likely to be a centuries-long process that could raise sea levels by as much as 15 feet. "There's been a lot of speculation about the stability of marine ice sheets, and many scientists suspected that this kind of behavior is under way," Ian Joughin, a glaciologist at the University of Washington in Seattle, said in a news release about one of the studies released Monday. "This study provides a more qualitative idea of the rates at which the collapse could take place."

THIS CARDINAL REMAINS UNCONVINCED:

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