OH WOW!!! Didnt see this challenge before now. Excellent challenge indeed. Alot of interesting and beautiful treasures!!!  I dont even know how to begin. 

Maria and Chipka, thanks so much for sharing, the intense words and meaning of it, for you both, and for so many people!

Here my last upload.
Allready said, that music is a treasure for me. So, two of my instruments, I took them into our garden to photograph.
Well, a piano you can not take out, not even an organ, hahaha!
But really, how music can give you pleasure and touch the emotions so deep, is a wonderful thing, right?
Bye everyone, it's a great challenge so far :D

 

I agree wholeheartedly, Jacomina!  I don't play any instrument and my singing is nothing to sing about, but music enrichess my life in so many ways.  I can't imagine life without it.  Beautiful image!

Marie thank you for those treasured words.

Chipka a wonderful treasure that you shared.

May your dreams become true.

Mies music is a treasure that everyone can and do enjoy.

Thank you for sharing the musical instruments.

God Bless.

Splendid image and words, Cipka!  :-)

Music is important in the lives of us all, dear Mies. Unfortunately I not play any instrument! However, there's my grandson, who is 10 years, studying the guitar since last year! :-)

Two of my many treasures.  My Oldest grandson Sagi, 14 "NERD-ing" together with his Uncle, my Youngest son Dennis, 34 on their vacation last week with us. ;-)

A lovely treasure to share with us, dear Helle!
Looks a bit like your avatar :D (just kidding)

Helanker.

Thank you for sharing your treasures.

God Bless.

This is my first contribution: My Boyfriend Holger with whom I share my life now for 16 years.

It ws not easy to convince him that I can publish this treasure here. ;-)

I hope you will like him.

These are some boys of my students fraternity where I am the Senior President.

I captured this picture during our Springbreak Party this year.

Well, sometimes they act like idots but often they are treasures as well, hm - somehow! LOL!

My frat is Verbindung Karlsruhensia zu Heidelberg. Follow this link to see more pictures.

... and finally the last capture: A flower because nature is such a treasure!

I captured the picture today afternoon.

If you want to see more of my over 2,500 plant pictures, please click here.

Thanks alot Mies :-) LUV when you are kidding :DDDDDDDDDD

 

OH yes Bearnie, I like him. He looks just as kind and friendly as you do. :-)))

Helle, great image of your son and grandson sharing their interests.  I love their concentration.

Bernie, I'm glad you got Holger to give us such a lovely smile.  

Beautiful captures of your loved ones.  

Two more excellent pictures, Bernie!  The youth and nature are treasures we neglect at our peril.  

I love making little discoveries.  I agree that music is a treasure, and it's funny, I've discovered a "new" treasure...well...new for me.  It's music, but it's ancient Roman music.  It's odd how incredibly "modern" it sounds.  Gorgeous photo, dochtersions.

And as for family members Nerd-ing, well...I don't have any of those, but families sharing nerd moments is a treasure indeed.  I think nerds are what make the world go around, though I've never seen nerd-ing in Danish.  I love this shot, Helle.  I love their expressions too.  I especially like the plant in the background, here we call it "Mother-in-Law's Tongue," because it's slightly sharp.

And yeah, boyfriends are a treasure beyond compare, especially when they're cuddly!  Great shot, bernieloehn: such a warm smile.  I love this thread and I'm off to look for a second treasure...and speaking of nerd-ing, the whole searching for 3 treasures reminds me of the classic Nintendo 64 game, Zelda.  Now if only there was obnoxious Midi-induced music to accompany my quest.

@Maria   Thanks for sharing these beautiful words and memories. I agree 100% that friendship is one of the most importrant treasures a man can have, and it is priceless to everyone. Great imagination for this Treasure shot :)

@Chipka   I love your original mind. You can look at any subject and bring it to a whole different place. Awesome view on this treasure, and this shot depics your views perfectly. Cool postwork :)

@Jacomina   Interesting that these are yours because a few weeks ago here at Open Mic at the cafe, I was astounded by a man playing almost the same instrument as on the right! Both are beautiful instruments, great find for your treasures :)

@Helen   Great candid portraits of your two treasures :) Family is always close in my heart, as well

@Bernie    What an awesome idea! I should take a hot pic of my man haha and 'wow' to being together for 16 years! Thats a long time for anything, wishing you 16 beautiful more years together :) Looking forward to your next two shots

 

 

Lashia

OH missed the whole third page! Haha

@Bernie   Awesome posts, I agree that nature is definitly a treasure. I love just being outside, there is no better cure than fresh air. Great uploads!

 

 

Lashia

Quote - I hope you will like him.

He has a nice smile!
Such great he's your friend for so many years.
In a way, your faces look alike.

Hoping all of you will have a great weekend.
(We had heavy thunderstorms here last night.)

While posting, I missed the other great photo-shots, Bernie:

Your lovely friends and the very special flower!

Thanks so mch for sharing, it all is a joy, so very much.

Grüss dich, Bernie und Freund ;-)

I Treasure the memories that are stirred when you see the things from your childhood that bring these memories alive.Such as this train Station that is from the town where I grew up

(here is another treasured memory)

I Treasure the memories that are stirred when you see the things from your childhood that bring these memories alive.Such as this chevy car from an era gone by

I Treasure the memories that are stirred when you see the things from your childhood that bring these memories alive, we used to go to wagon trains when we were little and there would be people who enjoyed and lived for the simple things in life and this cowboy image stirs those memories for me because a lot of my older relatives live or lived the cowboy way of life

MY FENDER SRAT TREASURE!!!

Amazing treasures everyone.

God Bless.

@tball   Glad to see you entered the car shot! Beautiful classic. And I also like your HDR shot, beautiful colours. And I agree that memories are treasures, great depiction of it.

@Garage   I love this shot, I remember seeing this in your gallery before, and I loved the feel of the sepia tone, and low POV. Great personal shot with your awesome guitar :)

 

Here is my first shot, taken today, of my parents. It is so hard to get a good shot of my parents, you have no idea (you should see the results of trying to get a full family portrait! haha) My parents are treasures to me, especially my dad, who is fighting cancer. After something like that you understand what you really treasure in your life.

Here are my folks. Hope you like this first entry :)

 

Lashia

Here is my second shot. I love the way this turned out as a macro, and the raspberries on top were grown in my mothers garden, which is now Oma's garden because of the new little additions to the Kozub family. I cherrish my mothers garden for the memories it makes, and these raspberries grow with love every year. I hope you like my second entry :)

 

Lashia

Hm, these raspberries look sooooo good!

Your parents seem to be very, very nice!

Great treasures of/from (?) everybody here.

This is really a superb topic!

OH WOW! I just turned my head away and see what happened. Alot of wonderful treasures. What a joy to see, because when people present their treasures, they feel so good, when they do it :-)  Good to know.

My grandaughter Cadance, full of natural grace and wise far beyond her years. She sometimes seems to be a young woman masquerading as a seven year old.

Wonderful picture and nice little treasure, ocoee53!

I have tears in my eyes as i view all the treasures uploaded by everyon.

Thank you everyone for sharing your treasures.

God Bless.

I’ve always held a particular affection for fruit flies; they’re small.  To some, they are a bother.  Pests.  But we share so much in common with them: chromosomes in particular. For me: I can’t explain—fully—what it is that draws me to them.  I think it’s because they are flies: creatures venerated by the ancient Egyptians for their abilities to avoid being smashed.  Fighters were taught to emulate the behavior of flies (especially the nasty one and not the harmless “dew lovers” like fruit-flies.)  I think, ultimately, I like flies because no one else does.  They’re regal and dignified creatures who don’t pretend to be something that they’re not: and like cockroaches, no matter how dirty we say they are, perhaps they’re just a reflection of the things we don’t like in ourselves…after all, fruit flies (cockroaches, houseflies, and other “dirty creatures”) spend their lives cleaning up after other organisms.  They live on what we leave behind; they are Nature’s janitors, and without them and other “vile” creatures, the world would actually be a truly dirty place.  That’s what I like about flies, and—yes—cockroaches as long as they're not my roommates.  Leave them alone lone enough and let them do what they do, and they eventually clean up after you AND themselves.  There’s a lesson to learn, there.

 

I like them—as well—because like any insect, you have to approach them with a mind free of judgment.  After all, a mind filled with judgment has no room for thought.  Anything able to teach a lesson like that is a treasure indeed.

During a visit at the Zoo 20 August I was just a little to late to watch a birth of this little Kudo Calf. This shot is taken 19 minutes after birth. It was so exiting to watch how mum clean the baby. So for me it is a treasure to face this wonderful tenderness from mother and baby

Ilona

Dutch crisp bakes is the traditional food served to celebrate the birth of a baby in the Netherlands, though they also are eaten regularly outside of birth celebrations. In this case the woman is pregnant from a baby girl.

Here a brief explanation

 
Dutch crisp bakes. They are round, and are prepared by baking a small cylindrical bread,
cutting it in half and baking a second time. They are spread with butter (or margarine) and the muisjes (lit. ‘little mice’) are sprinkled on top.
These muisjes are sugared aniseed balls. They are sold in a mixture of two colours: White and pink and white and blue, and it has become a custom,
but not a universal one, that the latter (blue) are served when a boy is born, and the former (pink) for a girl.
When a child is born in to the royal House of Orange, orange muisjes are sold.

Ilona

Wonderful new treasure!

Stunning treasures Chipka and Iona.

God Bless.

@Ocoee   Glad to see you entered this image :) A beautifully focus shot, and a stunning capture of your grandaughter

@Chipka   Really cool macro shot for this challenge!

@Ilona   Beautiful shots of life.  Awesome captures- I love playful action shots, you always get the perfect expressions. Beautiful B&W

My baby boy Ollie i have loved him ever since we got him , He is now 2 but he is still my baby in my eyes haha :D he is my treasure eand i will treasure iim as long as i have him :D xxx

Magnificent images of treasures! Congratulations to all! :-)

 

 

my even greatest treasure i have ever been so lucky to have is my amazing sister Steph!!

she has now moved and has her own flat up in aberdeen and i honestly miss her loads , i never thought i would miss something so much until its gone lol , as sister do we argue we fight but i am so proad to have a sister so amazing as her :) xxxxxx

@ushie    Wow, the picture of your sister made me tear up :') I am very close with my older sister, she is my best friend and will be my maid of honour next year. I understand why you treasure her so much- beautiful shot of her, you are both gorgeous girls :) Great POV and contrast in your first B&W. Welcome to the Challenge looking forward to your last shot

 

 

Lashia

What a nice little treasure dog! ;-)

Many new images since the last time I looked!  Beautiful images and shared treasures!

This is my third post for this challenge :) Awesome idea for this month. Everyone has great posts.

I saved my last post because I knew I'd have an awesome shot from my week long trip in Tofino, BC. And also on this trip I realized that I treasure nothing more in this world than my fiance. He makes my world spin, and he is the most amazing person I've ever met. This is him and I on Long Beach in Tofino, BC.

 

 

Lashia

More wonderful treasures.

God Bless.

I'm really speechless, how wonderful treasures I've missed (because got no ebots).
There is so much love to admire, and to see in your treasure-uploads, each of them!
Thank you so much for sharing your feelings too, which you discribe.
I'm touched by it.

God bless,
Mies.

wonderful treasures you here posted all !! thanks for sharing this :)

Mies you find the right words!! (sorry my english is to bad)

my biggest treasure is my daughter Ricarda (now 22 Years old) forever ...

made this shot on my birthday walk around a lake with a beach here in germany

Thanks

Susanne

 

What a lovely shot AND daughter, dear Susanne!

Maybe the shadow in the water is also the shadow of Ricarda, which forever will be in your heart ;-)

(if you know what I mean to say)
We also have two daughters, they live far away; but in our hearts they will, in a way, always stay.

i know what you mean :) Mies ! my daughter live far away too !!

thanks !!

Amazing natural shot of youre stunning daughter. Her surroundings compliment her perfectly. Beautiful treasure to share, Susanne.

 

 

Lashia