We are a dog family and since have 14 years a little dog. But when I was young, my older sister had cats. so let’s start with one of their cats:

And now our dog. One of the first pictures with about half a year:

Hate water, but love snow:



Meanwhile he old and grey:

You find more dogs and cats in Tina‘s callenge!
We had some cold days and the water in the puddles was frozen and partly broken again:


More more pictures see the ICM Photo Challenge from Kathleen


The pictures are taken at Quinta do Lago, Portugal
For more birds pictures see Birds of the week invitation


This duck is normally only found in South America, but the Heidelberg Zoo has a few of them. Very attractive with the blue beak.
For more birds pictures see Birds of the week invitation
My thought wherer read the Anne’s theme this week ‘resilience’ I thought of stones! They have existed for a very long time and have defied all external influences!


But plants can also be very resilient and regain lost habitat:

The the collection of same of the favorite pictures of 2024!






Many thanks to the team for organizing and running the challenges!