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“We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop.”
~ Mother Teresa

For Ailsa’s theme, I have a few photos to share, all involving the uses of that most necessary liquid commodity, water. Click on any image to see slideshow.

: Adding beauty to an already spectacular view in the Hinchingbrook Channel, south of Cairns.

: Washing the boulders along the beach in Umhlanga, South Africa.

: Lots of liquid at Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe.

: Bringing in the tourists to a beautiful African country suffering from a failed economy.

: Creating hydroelectric power at Niagara Falls.

: Jet skiing in Key West.

: Keeping cool on a hot day in Phuket.

: Sailing down the Nile in a Felucca.

: Skiingi n Whistler, Canada.

: Creating icicle patterns on wheels in Wyoming.

: Old Faithful, just letting off steam in Yellowstone.

: Liquid home for a shark at uShaka Seaworld in Durban, South Africa.

: Doing the weekly laundry in Morocco

: Decorating my son’s house for Christmas, in New York.

: Getting all your ducks in a row on our lake in Florida.

: Providing a great fishing ground for the pelican and anhinga in Florida.

: Reflecting the Washington Memorial.

: Creating the stunning blue of the Grotto Azzurra on the Isle of Capri.

You can click here to see other bloggers interpretations of Ailsa’s theme.

“When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.” Jimmy Hendrix

Ailsa’s travel theme ‘White’, is in honour of the 30th anniversary of ” International Day of Peace.” She has some wonderful white images on her post, which you really mustn’t miss.

My contribution to the theme is a few of my whitest nature photos, starting with this one from our 2010 trip to Wyoming. On our way to Yellowstone National Park, we encountered some of the snowiest and coldest conditions that we’d ever had to drive in, and this was in May. 🙂

From cold to hot, here is one of the amazing geysers we encountered. It looked just like a boiling cauldron, and to see the snow and ice around the rim was really bizarre.

Here we have more white water, but this time at Niagara Falls. What a wonder to see this breathtaking sight from the Skylon viewing tower.

Talking about white water, I thought I’d slip this one in of our son having fun at the start of his white water rafting adventure at Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe.

When our daughter and family were living in Vancouver, we went up to Whistler for the day. It was certainly very white there, and I don’t think I’ve ever shivered so much in my life.

Of course, nature isn’t all about hot, cold and wet; there are also the beautiful wild animals. We got quite close to white lions at a wild-life park in Johannesburg. This was the Big Daddy of them all,