Yesterday I painted with one of my sons for the first time, it was a Mother's Day I will never forget, sun, son and fun.

An overhead view showing the recent flooded residential neighbourhood of Ile Mercier, Quebec

People walk on a hill covered with nemophila flowers in full bloom at Hitachi Seaside Park in Hitachinaka, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan.

A one-week-old lesser flamingo stands next to a parent at the zoo in Karlsruhe, southwestern Germany.

Landing in the Main river in Frankfurt, Germany.

May 5, Boats moored in the seaport of Gaza City at sunset

A visitor takes a selfie in front of blooming wisteria at Kameido-tenjin shrine during the annual wisteria festival in Tokyo, Japan.

I normally shoot portraits and car, but sometimes I just go out and look for some flowers to shoot. Just to have some fun and play with the natural light.

Fuego Volcano erupts with a stunning back round of the Milkeyway. May 2,2017

"Took this photo at woodside wildlife and falconry park again, in the warm and very tropical section where these guys we're flying around and eating fresh fruit. Their wings were a deep cobalt blue colour, really beautiful. Cool hair too."

Malta's famous Azure Window rock arch has collapsed into the sea after heavy storms. Prime Minister Joseph Muscat said the news was "heartbreaking". A study in 2013 said that while erosion was inevitable, the structure was not in imminent danger of collapsing, the Times of Malta reports.

Over the last month the Kilauea flow has increased from a lava tube at the Kamokuna ocean entry on the southeast side of the Big Island. The lava now falls 70 feet (21 meters) into the cool seawater below, causing explosions and billowing smoke.

Sometimes a bit of extra motivation is all thats needed.

Photo by Eric Coles.