Posted on 01/27/2008 6:57:51 AM PST by Mo1
Dolphins are much nicer than primitive sharks!
I am showing you this photo taken from my window this morning - raining, misty very poor visibility just like the last few days, so you can rejoice in the sunshine you all have today.
Bad weather not withstanding, I have some good PowerPoint Presentations and videos for you all this morning, when I get my ducks in a row.
The opening of a new supermarket in Poland last weekend.
Still its a pretty picture. Its misty & going to rain here on the NJ coast too. I just don’t have your beautiful view...
I will have a nice PP display with music a little later Pandy to offset the first violent one.
Wal*Mart?
What an incredible view to wake up to each morning, Cardi! Thank you for sharing it with us! (I’m bringing it here, to the high desert of Arizona, in the United States. I’ll just have to move the cactus over.)
Each morning, I’ll pick which boat I want to spend my day on. LOL!
Here is one I took from my kitchen window. It is a mama javelina eating some fallen birdseed. If you look closely, you will see her baby, getting his dinner at the same time. This is "Good Parenting":
Time Magazine picked some good ones, that is for sure. It is an eclectic assortment of photos - each with a story behind it.
The red-winged black bird, with breath vapors visible on a cold, winter morning was one that surprised me. I expected to see a cigarette between his claws. LOL
I loved the kitties on the dog, the squirrel hanging on the bird feeder (I have one exactally like it), the soldier trying to absorb the scent of his lady from home, the Northern Lights, the hunter and his dog running in a field of heather - and so many more; all have intense stories..........
Geeze. I gotta get busy and fill out my taxes. I could look at those pictures all day. Thank you for posting them!
I was talking with my daughter and husband last night and they sent me, via Yahoo, about 50 photos of some of their trip to Malta. At the time I was so busy saving them that I did not ask any questions.
Anyway, the picture of the walled city, shown below, I thought must be Avila, Spain, although it did seem a bit far south for them to go as they were taking the northern route through the Pyrenees to Toulouse. I did a Google Earth of Avila and found enough pictures to last a whole week. Which made me suspect that her picture was not of Avila. So I phoned them this morning and asked where it was taken, they had forgotten, but some place in France starting with a "C." After checking their map they called back and told me she had taken it in Carcassonne, France.
She had taken it from a hill side overlooking the town and from my checking of Google and Google Earth I thinks she has the best shot of all the pics shown there.
Shown below is her photo of Carcassonne, France and Avila, Spain where you can see the similarities. If you read the history of Carcassonne you will find our Pippin was involved too. :)
Great pics, Cardy. Years ago I read several books about the Cathars, the Albigensian Crusades and Carcassonne. Nice to see the photos.
Very nice. A while back, I made a quick detour through that area. Spent the better part of a day over in Carcassonne but stayed in nearby Mirepiox. A beautiful if somewhat untamed/wild looking part of France. Absolutely wonderful variety of foods and all of it grown, caught or hunted locally. So flavorful and fragrant.
Why is there a wall around all the dwellings? Guess I could do a google and find out. Just a lazy day, here.
The villages are ancient, in some instances many centuries “BC”, the walls were fortified for protection.
Thanks, Darlin’! (It feels strange calling a lady ‘Darlin’.) LOL!
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