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A dragonfly resting on the fence around the small pond in the municipal park in Cassis, a Mediterranean resort not far from Marseille.

A morning glory flower – in Cassis, but it could be anywhere in the Mediterranean region.

A wagtail standing right on the edge of the rocky bank as it eyes the Rhine from the shore directly opposite the Lorelei.

Swans, Egyptian geese and a heron finding something to stand on in the Mosel at Trier.

(If anyone thinks I’ve made a spelling mistake, the river is the Moselle while it’s flowing through France.)

The showy flower of a wild thistle, possibly a musk thistle, growing on the Lorelei rock.

A male lobed argiope (Argiope lobata) approaches a much larger female in her web prior to mating. The approach was very cautious – I think this is one of the spider species where he may end up as a post-coital snack.

Seen on the Crête, the dry limestone plateau inland from Cassis near Marseille.