Hi there my Hivean friends and followers!
Welcome to the 121st round of my special weekly photo challenge known as Appreciate Beauty of Nature with 
I know a lot of photo contests with nature as the main theme were/are/will be hosted by various people on the Hive blockchain but I wanted to come up with something more than just another photo contest where participants would submit their best natural photos. Therefore, I decided to go for quite an unusual concept that I am going to introduce in the following lines.
The aim of the Appreciate Beauty of Nature with
The internet (and the Hive blockchain as well) is flooded with picture perfect shots of landscapes, mountains, forests, beaches etc. taken years ago. But this is not what I want to see in this challenge. I want to see shots that may not be necessarily stunning but they must be fresh, proving that you have just physically spent some time outdoors in the fresh air. But remember that nature comes in many forms. It doesn´t have to be a pristine jungle or a deep remote forest. An urban park, a botanical garden, a little grove on the outskirts of your town - pretty much any place with some trees, plants, rocks, bodies of water or any other natural features would be just as fine ;)
Obviously, there is no way for me to verify whether the photo that you submit in the challenge is really fresh or if it was even taken by you so I am relying on your honesty guys. The prizes for the winners (as described below) are more symbolical than overly motivating so I don´t expect too much fraudulent behavior in this challenge anyway.
I want to keep the rules of this challenge as simple and benevolent as possible so let´s agree on just this:
Only one entry (photo) per person per round.
The photo must be yours and not older than one week.
Add a few words about the photo, at least where and when you took it.
You can start submitting your entries to this round in the comment section below from now until the next round.
Prior to publishing the next round post, I will pick 3 winners, give my full upvote on their entries and feature them in the next round of the challenge. As long as the response is not too overwhelming, I will also try to give some smaller upvotes on all of the other entries to reward all participants.
I might change the concept and/or the rules of the photo challenge later on, depending on how things go. I usually host the challenge on Thursday but when needed for some reason, I can host it on some other day so better check my blog regularly not to miss out on it ;)
To keep up with you guys, I submit my own fresh natural photo to every round´s post too :) Here is my contribution to start out this round:
After an unusually warm and sunny May, we have been having an unusually cold and cloudy June so far but that´s ok with me as June is often too hot already here in Central Europe. Today has been another cloudy day (as you can see in the picture above) but that didn´t prevent me from enjoying a little walk in the so called Central Park here in the Prague neighborhood of Stodulky, Czech Republic. There is a number of these little fields or meadows if you will where a variety of colorful flowers are blooming these days. I captured some of them for you just about 2 hours ago ;)
In the last round, we had 6 participants. After some thorough consideration, I decided to pick these 3 winners:
An isolated small stone field (if it is a larger one, they tend to call it as a stone sea) which I was going by last week during my 27 kilometer long hike. You can find it in the Jeseniky Mountains, Czechia.
This is my entry for round 120. This photo was taken at my hometown where I was grow up last weekend. I spend a lot of my time in this area when I was kid and this huge stone is one of my playground. The location is Sabah, Malaysia.
Just some unusually sparse pine forest located next to the castle in the medieval town of Siewierz, a little bit north from Katowice, Poland. The castle is a part of the famous Eagle Nests' Way, leading from Kraków to Częstochowa. This way is popular because of castles, scenic views and amazing jurrasic rock formations. Picture taken last Saturday while I was on my way along the Black Przemsza River.
Congratulations guys! It was my pleasure to give you 100% upvotes on your entries :)
I am looking forward to what you will come up with in this round.
Have fun and appreciate the beauty of nature!
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