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Exhilarating Elegance, Strength, and Wildness -a reminder of what we are here to protect. My heart is warm to know that you're experiencing this with your family. Love and Gratitude! Happy 2023 all!!

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Dec 30, 2022Liked by Steve Schmidt

Thank you for sharing the flamingos and for all of your important and excellent writing. Happy New Year to you and your family!

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Dec 30, 2022Liked by Steve Schmidt

Steve: Happy New Year to you and your family!

Thanks for the natural serenity of the flamingos!

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Dec 30, 2022Liked by Steve Schmidt

An intriguing bird! Just like the writer and his many topics. Best year yet for 2023! Thanks for sharing...

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All best wishes for a happy, healthy, and safe 2023! Many thanks for being a special part of my day, every day!

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Happy New Year, Steve!

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Happy New Year, Steve. Good health and many blessings to you and yours in the coming year and those beyond.

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Thanks for your great articles. Have a Happy New Year and all the best to you and your family. Good work, Steve!

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Dec 30, 2022Liked by Steve Schmidt

Happy New Year! I started reading the FDR at War series, and they are terrific. Thanks so much for the recommendation!

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Dec 30, 2022Liked by Steve Schmidt

Beautiful.

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Dec 30, 2022Liked by Steve Schmidt

May your new year be abundantly blissed by more of nature's bounties! (Along the northern shore of the Yucatan Peninsula are the nesting homes of an estimated 44,000 flamingos. I'm blissed to live near them.) Thanks for all your messages in 2022. They keep us subscribers engaged with the important happenings in the life of our beloved country.

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Dec 31, 2022Liked by Steve Schmidt

Steve as this year of 2022 comes to an end

Thank You for sharing your life, your truth

Your kindness with all of us and most especially your family’s tender trips ..

God’s Grace for 2023..your generosity of spirit is meaningfully treasured by me

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Dec 30, 2022Liked by Steve Schmidt

I've always been quite taken with flamingos ever since I was a little girl! LOVE seeing them wild and not in zoos!

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Dec 30, 2022Liked by Steve Schmidt

Lovely images. Saw them in the wild in the Galapagos. Amazing. Fascinating. Happy New Year and the best of 2023

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Dec 30, 2022Liked by Steve Schmidt

Happy New Year! Enjoy the calm before the storm that's coming as soon as the Republicans take control of the House.

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Dec 30, 2022Liked by Steve Schmidt

Wow! Such an awesome sight!!

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Dec 31, 2022Liked by Steve Schmidt

Steve I’ve been blessed to experience

Flamingos in the Galápagos Islands and

Africa… nature and the natural world heal my soul …MachuPichu is a must visit too!

Enjoy yourself with your family! Blessings

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Thank you for sharing. I've never seen a flamingo in the wild, zoo only. I truly enjoy all your writing, keep'm coming. For you and your loved ones a very happy new year!

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Dec 30, 2022Liked by Steve Schmidt

Best to you in the coming year Steve.

Enjoy your holiday and thanks for the snaps of those amazing birds!

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Dec 30, 2022Liked by Steve Schmidt

a lovely reality of love

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Dec 30, 2022Liked by Steve Schmidt

Love it! Thanks!

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Dec 30, 2022Liked by Steve Schmidt

Wishing you and your family a very Happy New Year! Be safe and be well.

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Dec 30, 2022Liked by Steve Schmidt

Exquisite ❣️❣️❣️

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Dec 30, 2022Liked by Steve Schmidt

Happy New Year to you and your family Steve!

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I love seeing wildlife in their natural surroundings. Enjoy your new year with family

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Dec 31, 2022Liked by Steve Schmidt

A good sign with your initial at her beak. Baby pink on the calm surface where the storm has washed ashore. The soft wings and gentle breeze to usher in the whisper embrace of our universal language of love and peace. Happy New Year!

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Dec 30, 2022Liked by Steve Schmidt

What a wonderful world, Beautiful, wishing you the best!

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Dec 30, 2022Liked by Steve Schmidt

Lovely

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Dec 30, 2022Liked by Steve Schmidt

Happy vacation. Humans and wildlife have funny looking specimens. Adds to loving life.

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Dec 31, 2022Liked by Steve Schmidt

Wishing you and yours a blessed and prosperous New Year. Thanks for the beautiful pics!

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Flamingos are amazing birds!

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If you’re admiring wild flamingos, I presume not in Utah.

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Beautiful! If their anatomy includes ACL's, they must be made of carbon fiber!

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Have a Happy, Healthy & Peaceful New Year with your family, Steve. Thank you for ALL your time & the thought provoking articles. I always learn from you!!

(hope this song comes thru)

Flamingos

https://youtu.be/Tr-KEWva4zk

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Cyprus?

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Have you seen their synchronized dancing? If so, please post a video. They are so amazing.

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Last time I saw lovely flamingos was in Bonaire.

Are you there at the flamingo sanctuary?

Happy New Year and thank you for your wonderful blog and artful writing.

As a retired newspaper and book editor and reporter, I appreciate your gift enormously and so enjoy reading you as often as you produce.

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Where might these lovely creatures be, what continent?

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Are you in Turks and Caicos?

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Thank you for your lovely message. I'm happy the flamingos were meaningful to you. Blessing back!

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If you're in Florida, be advised Covid abounds there.

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Thank you for sharing your candid and insightful commentaries. Happy New Year to you and your family!

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Happy New Year, Steve. We were pleasantly surprised seeing you at Joe's in Santa Barbara a few weeks ago. The first time I saw wild flamingos was on a Tanzanian safari in 2015; it was magical. Thank you for your exquisite writing.

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Pink Flamingos.

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Another reminder that Mother Nature regularly improvises something I couldn't even imagine.

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Steve you are a blessing to all of us. I wish you and yours a peaceful New Year. You give all a feeling to hope.

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