Perhaps I am a sucker for photographs but only if they display pathos, skill, unalloyed beauty or a social message. All of these photos meet one of the criteria. Hence, I must admit mea culpa.
Main picture: Amsterdam at night

A father, who dreamed of the two sons, or who let the milkman in

A glitch in the Matrix

A morning traffic jam in Ireland

A protective embrace

A single drop of seawater magnified 25 times

A tundra cat?

Cat of the apocalyse

Catching the moment

End of the earth

How to know that the children all have the same mother

Humanity triumphed over selfishness

If it’s going to be a world with no time for sentiment, it’s not a world that I want to live in

Lions enduring the rain in Tanzania

Lunch time

Military parade in China

Norway

On guard

Simple pleasures

St Petersburg at night

Towing an iceberg

Valentine’s Day

Wholesome breakfast – Yogurt, peach and apple

Until next time, folks!
Just wonderful…heartbreakingly so! Gaye