"Animals are reliable, many full of love, true in their affections, predictable in their actions,
grateful and loyal. Difficult standards for people to live up to."

~ Alfred A. Montapert

"While we try to teach our children all about life,
Our children teach us what life is all about."

~ Angela Schwindt

Sometimes things are not what they seem to be...

And Chema Madoz proves it. He changes the perception of reality with his black and white surrealist photographs.

"Nature will bear the closest inspection. She invites us to lay our eye level with her smallest leaf, and take an insect view of its plain."

~ Henry David Thoreau

Campion

"The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated."

~ Mahatma Gandhi

The Islands paradise of the Maldives can possibly be the most romantic tropical escape with an abundance of seclusion, warm sun, white sand and crystal-clear blue ocean with no city hassle.

For almost 30 centuries—from its unification around 3100 B.C. to its conquest by Alexander the Great in 332 B.C.—ancient Egypt was the preeminent civilization in the Mediterranean world. From the great pyramids of the Old Kingdom through the military conquests of the New Kingdom, Egypt's majesty has long entranced archaeologists and historians and created a vibrant field of study all its own: Egyptology. The main sources of information about ancient Egypt are the many monuments, objects and artifacts that have been recovered from archaeological sites, covered with hieroglyphs that have only recently been deciphered. The picture that emerges is of a culture with few equals in the beauty of its art, the accomplishment of its architecture or the richness of its religious traditions.

The Giza Sphinx by Line Tubiana

"When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford."

~ Samuel Johnson

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Dolphin Girl by vulture labs

"Will is to grace as the horse is to the rider."

~ Saint Augustine