Hi there my Hivean friends and followers!
Welcome to the 140th 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:
When hanging around the amazing Pruhonice Park that I wrote about here on my blog yesterday, we also climbed up to a little lookout tower. Honestly, the views from up there were not so impressive as there were many tall trees around (I actually even decided not to include the shots that I took up there in my mini photo series about the park) but when we were up there on the lookout platform, I noticed this little fella just chilling out on the metal railing and basking in the pleasant afternoon autumn sun :) I don´t know what species this bug was but it was a really cool dude :) Photo taken last Sunday in the Pruhonice Park in Prague, Czech Republic.
In the last round, we had 4 participants. After some thorough consideration, I decided to pick these 3 winners:
Congratulations to all winners especially to a dear friend 
Appreciate Beauty of Nature with
Congratulations to the winners! And I'll add my entry. This is how I enjoyed my coffee yesterday when I went to our farm house for coffee picking. How much do I love chasing fogs? I woke up at 4 am and drove to LF Peak and stayed there until the morning sunlight melted them all away. By the way, LF Peak is in Bayawan city, Philippines. This is a snack shop, the owner is an old friend of my late dad and they are very nice people. This place have drawn many nature lover tourists. And our coffee farm is somewhere below at the right side of this photo. Be prepared for a brutal hike if you want to join with me harvesting coffee. Don't worry, the reward would be a bottomless coffee!
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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