Robert Merle

@rmj440.bsky.social

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Retired MD, lover of the scenery of nature, wildlife, and dogs. There are beautiful scenes wherever you look in Iceland.

Basset hound named Bumpus, with long brown ears and droopy eyes looking as happy as possible.
Icelandic flag on display with a rainbow touching the top of the flagpole. Green hills of countryside in the background with some cottages visible in the distance.
A branch of a Kousa dogwood showing many groups of four pointed white bracts resembling flower petals surrounding a tiny yellow flower.
Mallard ducks walking towards a pond framed by red Japanese maple and pink weeping cherry.
Log cabin in the pine forest of Bryce National Park with stone chimney.
Peace Rose blossom in full bloom showing yellow center with increasing gradient of pink leading to the outside edge.
Male Eastern Bluebird with blue head and wings with rust colored throat and chest.
Male turkey displays his tail feathers and deepens the blue color on his face and neck
Dark basalt columns with plunging waterfall in the center
Pines framing Bryce Canyon scenery
Bryce Canyon National Park with snow contrasting with the red colors of the canyon walls in
Royal Palm Turkey showing his tail feather in beautiful display... white fan of feathers with black band near the end... Red face and snood withe blue around the eyes.
Wild turkeys in a yard with Toms displaying there tail feathers.
Delicate pink rose with drops of dew on the petals…sitting in a bed of little blue flowers.
Snow covers the top of the reddish rock formations of Bryce Canyon National Park.
St Bernard relaxing in the snow
10 point buck standing in the woods
A black dog with a white chest and neck is posing with a red bow tie and looking very festive for the holiday season. His name is Buster and he is wishing everyone a Merry Christmas!
Quiet morning sky with the sun just starting to hit the hill in the distance...It just gave me a good feeling so I had to stop and take a picture. The Canada geese were silent.
This Basset Hound is staring deep into your heart!
View of Mt Washington on a clear day from a distance of 70 miles
Hlauptungafoss
New Hampshire fall foliage colors with a rainbow after an evening shower.
Always beautiful!
Kvernufoss. This was years ago before they put in a finished trail
Brúarfoss waterfall, Iceland Easy access with a fairly level hike of 7 km. round trip and other beautiful falls on the way.
Kochanie
Snail shaped glacier ice at Jökullsárlón, Iceland…this is an area commonly known as Diamond Beach due to the bright crystals of ice contrasting with the black sand.
Hjálparfoss, where two rivers in Iceland meet and cascade into a quiet pool.
Picture taken at sunset this week in New Hampshire.
Mountain Laurel, evergreen shrub in the same family as rhododendrons and azaleas