***** Winners ANNOUNCEMENT***** FEBRUARY CONTEST "PART OF THE WHOLE"
The winner of the February Contest “PART OF THE WHOLE” is
FIRST PLACE
George McGovern with his sensitive adorable photo of
Cat’s ear
SECOND PLACE (BY ONLY 2 VOTES DIFFERENCE) GOES TO
MichaelSoE with his lovely and intriguing photo of
Attachments
Third Place belongs to
Grumpy Old Guy and his reminiscence with
A Lifetime of Service
Further placements are:
AndyS
Flight
Lake Arenal
Little Feet
Mz Pip with
Infrastructure and
Mnhtnbb with
Courtyard had equal number of votes
then the beauty of sound in
Rocknation
(One Fourth of) A Bass Run
which leaves
Tom Kitten with
La Brea and
soph0571 with
Glitter Angel Wings who also had equal number of votes
I was thrilled with the photographs as they came in and with the unusual mind expansion of the the theme. I thank all of you for participating
The winner of this contest, George McGovern, gets to chose the theme for the next contest in April - he has weeks to think about it and let mnhtnbb know since she is up to run the contest in April.
March is a Seasonal Contest. We will be celebrating the season of Winter and California Peggy has signed up to host it.
MY HOSTESS CHOICE PHOTOGRAPH IS
Little Feet
I ADORED IT FROM THE SECOND IT CAME IN, STILL DO, AND I WANT ALL OF US TO SEE IT ONE MORE TIME.
THANKS TO EVERYONE.
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so happy for all entrants, and so happy for all the winners….. 
I’ll say it again, such talent here. So happy to a part of DU. ♥️ ♥️ ♥️
Great images!
He posts so many photos for us to enjoy.
And to the rest--they were great!
"Cat's ear" belongs to our KittyCat, KC for short. He loves to disappear beneath Mommy's comforter.
All photos were awesome this time around! Everyone had fabulous entries!
Congrats, George! 
a clever and adorable photo even without the perfectly-suited contest theme.
I see only four in the OP 
The entries were all amazing this month. George, I really loved "Cat's Ear." I was going to vote for it, but you were beating me too badly, so I voted for myself. 
I'd like to share a few more shots with you of this wonderful old fire engine. I found it in a small park in the tiny town of Three Rivers, California, not far from the southern entrance to Sequoia National Park. What first caught my attention was the unusual placement of the pumping mechanism on the front of the truck, where it was probably taking it's power off the engine. I had never seen this configuration before. My guess is that this vehicle probably belonged to a volunteer fire department, and perhaps this design was less expensive than a traditional fire engine. The second element that caught my attention was the old fender mounted siren. I loved how the gleaming chrome contrasted with the lovely weathered patina of the rest of the truck, as well as the rusted red light right next to it. Also note that there was only room for two in the front seat, so the rest of the firefighters were no doubt hanging off the rear of the vehicle. The sign on the front door says "Van Buren TWP" which I believe is a small town in Michigan, so I'm not sure how it found its way to the mountains of California.
I hope you find it as beautiful as i did. This truck earned its place of honor in the local park.
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I not only saw part of an antique fire engine, but a fire engine that is part of a historical heritage of motorized firefighting.
Rocknation
I thought about including parts of the bridge I was on and titling it Infrastructure. Going for a two parts, bridge and web.
