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Greetings fellow Steemians! In this post I’m sharing some photos of a land snail I captured. It’s my entry to @flamingirl’s 7 DAYS MACRO-PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST 3 🐜.

I found this snail on a thick tropical leaf in the central mountains of Puerto Rico (la Cordillera Central). This little creature was gliding along slowly on its muscular foot lubricated with mucus. You can clearly see its two pairs of tentacles in the sunshine. Ever since I was a little girl, I was mesmerized by snail’s spiral shells that are mostly right-handed in their neat coiling.

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这几张蜗牛的照片拍于波多黎各中部的山区。它缓慢地在一大片厚厚的绿叶上挪动，阳光下两对触角清晰可见。

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Hey everyone! Here’s a photo I shot when traveling in Ethiopia. I shared a car with another female solo traveller met in an agency in the capital city, and on our way to the south, this local girl approached us to sell mangoes. These huge fruits were just harvested and tasted very sweet and juicy.

It’s my entry to the Steemit Portrait Photography Contest Week 83 themed “Travel”. I’d like to say thank you to @portraitcontest who hosts this long-term contest and to @lightcaptured who suggested the theme.(I love this theme! :D) @lightcaptured also hosts a travel photo contest with a different theme each time. SO if you are into portrait/travel photography too, feel free to join these fun contests! :)

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这是我在去埃塞俄比亚南部途中遇到的卖芒果的小女孩，刚就近采摘的芒果又大又甜，在炎热的天气里很解渴。

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The butterfly is a flying flower,
the flower a tethered butterfly.

~Ponce Denis Écouchard Lebrun

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So I saw this flying flower resting on a tethered butterfly in a nature park in Rockanje, the southern Netherlands. This tranquil green place is by the sea, not far from the city Rotterdam.

The close-up shot is my entry to Flamingirl’s 7 DAYS MACRO-PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST 3 🐜 and Qurator’s Photo Friday competition. Do you like photography too? Feel free to join the fun! :)

Here are another 2 photos of the same butterfly, not so macro as the first one, but to show you a bigger picture of its environment and the different angles.

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这是我在荷兰南部的一个自然保护区里拍到的蝴蝶。

一位法国诗人曾写到：

蝴蝶是舞动的花儿，
花儿是挽住的蝴蝶。

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想起中国古代也有很多以“蝶恋花”为词牌名的绝妙好词，记得小时候被逼背过不少，当时并不完全理解那些情绪，只是为了交差而机械背诵句子和解释。而现在说汉语的机会不多，回头再读，总觉得中文真是太美，寥寥数句，却内涵丰富、意蕴悠远。印象中背诵过的有《蝶恋花·庭院深深深几许》、《蝶恋花·昨夜秋风来万里》、《蝶恋花·画阁归来春又晚》等。这里附上我最喜欢的两首：

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蝶恋花 · 春景 | 苏轼

花褪残红青杏小。燕子飞时，绿水人家绕。
枝上柳绵吹又少，天涯何处无芳草！
墙里秋千墙外道。墙外行人，墙里佳人笑。
笑渐不闻声渐悄，多情却被无情恼。

你最喜欢的蝶恋花词又是哪一首呢？

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After crossing the Strait of Gibraltar from the Spanish mainland, I reached the port of Ceuta. So was I in an African town already? Not really. Technically I was still in European Union.

Ceuta is not a town of any African country, but a Spanish autonomous city on the north coast of Africa. It’s sharing a land border with M’diq-Fnideq Prefecture in Morocco. Together with another Spanish enclave Melilla on the northern shores of Morocco’s Mediterranean coast, they form the EU’s only land borders with Africa.

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坐轮渡从欧洲经直布罗陀海峡来到非洲后，这Ceuta是落脚的第一个小城。虽然脚踩在非洲大陆的土地上，这里却是西班牙的属地。

Ceuta和另一座西属小城Melilla嵌在摩洛哥以北的地中海岸，共同组成了欧盟和非洲的陆上边界。就像法国最北端和英国隔海相望的加莱港一样，这里也是非洲移民难民奔向新天地的重要通道。两地也都是高墙林立、戒备森严。

本打算直接往南走，跨越国界去摩洛哥，但下船后看到这个小城还挺迷人，正好天气也给力，晴空万里、碧蓝如洗，似乎都在召唤我的双脚，就决定先在这里逛逛再走。这些照片就是瞎逛时拍下的。

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It was a gorgeous sunny day. Blue sky and no clouds. The original plan was to go on to the south to cross the border, but the beautiful weather and cityscape attracted me to explore a bit here. So I strolled a couple of hours in this small town and snapped some shots. The beach was nice and quiet with only a few sunbathers. If I was not mistaken, there were much more sea urchins in the crystal clear water than humans . ;)

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Due to its strategic location, Ceuta had been an important naval base since Carthaginian and Roman times. Its early form of fortification since the 5th century was strengthened by the Portuguese in the 1540s.

Today, part of the Royal Walls including the ditch and bastions remain intact. After the restoration in recent years, they have been open to the public. I walked around this heritage site oozing with history where the past battle scenes seemed to be replaying.

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Ceuta was actually acquired from Portugal by Spain at the end of the Iberian Union in 1640 when the 2 countries had the same King, and it served as a free port till Spain joined the EU.

Later I saw a large number of Moroccans crossing the border from their country to shop and work here, and then return to Morocco in the evening. I didn’t see anyone climbing the wired fence over the border, but there’s news report about it and the crackdown of attempts to illegally emmigrate to Europe seeking for a better life.

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蔚蓝的天空
澄澈的海水
自由翱翔的鸟
欢快游弋的鱼

黄白相间的建筑群
生机盎然的仙人掌
战火纷飞的争夺史
年代久远的古城墙

如今看不见硝烟的边界处
高墙上爬满锋利的铁丝网

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What’s up fellow Steemians! Here are some photos I took last week in Chefchaouen of Morocco. The head image is my entry for the People Photography contest by @worldcapture.

This little girl was feeding a bunch of stray cats at a street corner, and I couldn’t help recording her sweetness. Chefchaouen is a very touristic town as I expected. Honestly, I was not really impressed by its so-called dreamy blue, but the little heart-warming moments like this made the trip worth it.

To show you the girl feeding the kittens and the famous blue-painted old town of Chefchaouen, I’m also posting the other 2 pictures of her I shot that day. Hope you enjoy them like I did! :)

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这是我上周在摩洛哥北部的舍夫沙万拍到的当地小女孩喂猫的场景。舍夫沙万是有名的蓝色小镇，最近几年在Ins等图片社交媒体上火到不行，极度商业化也是意料之中，但因为正好位于南下途中，就拨出一天来经过体会一下，果然十分聒噪。;) 什么“蓝色的梦幻”倒真没觉得，而这些街头偶遇的温馨却让我不虚此行。

想起前年刚加入Steem时发过另一个小女孩喂猫的照片，一个在土耳其，一个在摩洛哥，一东一西，同为穆斯林国家，同为街角暖心的小女孩。=)

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I named it “another girl” because it reminds me of the similar scene I captured before in Turkey. I posted the “Syrian Girl Feeding a Cat” in 2017 when I just joined Steem:

I’ve traveled quite extensively to over 60 countries and have taken numerous candid street photos, and this one remains one of my favorites. I was walking on a street in Istanbul that day and captured this beautiful loving moment. The street vendor nearby told me this is a Syrian refugee girl who is sometimes seen begging for food on that street, and I was lucky to witness her feeding a cat with the food she just got.

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Greetings everyone! I’m still traveling in Morocco and sharing some shots snapped at the place I stayed in Fez.

Full of old-world charm, Fez is often referred to as Morocco’s cultural capital, and is famous for its walled medina with medieval Marinid architecture. From the 13th to the 15th century, the country was ruled by Marinid, a Sunni Muslim dynasty of Zenata Berber descent.

The elaborate structures, ornate decorations and intricate details in this place are just amazing. They look different from the previous few riads I stayed in other towns of Morocco. Though it’s not my kind of style, I was impressed and kept wondering how much time and labor had been devoted into building and restoring this stunning palace.

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这里分享些我在摩洛哥菲斯古城住处内部拍的照片。菲斯历史悠久，常被称作摩洛哥的文化之都，尤其是旧城，处处散发着古朴神秘的韵味。

这家旅馆就位于旧城，由古老的宫殿改建而成。这些繁复精美的建筑结构和装饰跟之前在其他地方呆过的几家riad(庭院老屋)有所不同，虽然不是我喜欢的风格，但还是很让人惊叹。我边转边拍，不住地感慨，建造和修缮这些杰作该是投入了多少时间和劳力呀。

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