Hi there my Hivean friends and followers!
Welcome to the 136th 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:
The late summer and early fall is the time of the year when many fruits get ripe here in Central Europe. I have picked a lot of apples and pears in the past few weeks but what you can see in the picture above is actually neither of those two. This fruit is called the quince and in fact, it´s not very common in my country. I was not even familiar with the fruit so I had to google it out to find out that it´s actually very hard and sour, even when ripe, so it´s usually not eaten raw but rather cooked and used in jams and marmalades. I took the picture in a little quince orchard in the Stodulky neighborhood here in Prague, Czech Republic just yesterday.
In the last round, we had 8 participants. After some thorough consideration, I decided to pick these 3 winners:
This week I come with another macro. I met Ramaria Formosa during my sunday walk in another beech forest in Katowice, southern Poland. This fungi is toxic for humans, and can be distinguished by U-shaped bifurcations. It's weird because during my walk I didn't pick a single edible mushroom I'd know but plenty of other species. Only after I got to know that Amanita Rubescens is tasty but not that popular.
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Hello to all, yesterday we took a walk in a nearby park. The weather was rainy and cloudy all day. The walk was all the nicer when it was dry for a short time. I was able to take some nice pictures. Especially beautiful I found this rose blossom, which shone due to the moisture on it insane. The location is Germany.
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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