#383960 - Mon Sep 03 2007 06:14 PM
Re: Photo-a-day - September 2007
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The other day I posted a picture of this ship, which is a shopping mall. I think this shot shows it better, from the window of a friend's office. It's really fun to shop there.You can see the harbour, the area where this housing complex is, used to be ocean. 
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#383961 - Mon Sep 03 2007 08:33 PM
Re: Photo-a-day - September 2007
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The other day I posted a picture of this ship, which is a shopping mall. I think this shot shows it better, from the window of a friend's office.
I somehow missed your earlier posting of the Whampoa, but was so intrigued by it that I looked for it on Google Earth. There appears to be some sort of sports complex behind the 'ship', and I wondered if this might have been from where you took the photo? Certainly it's a sight to see!
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#383963 - Mon Sep 03 2007 09:52 PM
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Liz, it's commonly known as Angels' Trumpets. The botanical name is Brugmansia. All parts of the plant are poisonous if ingested. They are native to South America. They are related to Datura.
Tom, I have that same mug!
Edited by MotherGoose (Tue Sep 04 2007 03:44 AM)
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#383966 - Tue Sep 04 2007 12:16 AM
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Thanks for the rundown of the Hospitallers, Picqero - haven't had a chance to check out the links but will do so this evening when the house goes quiet  I really find that part of history very interesting. Here's a plover's nest we found while on the salt islands - there were quiet a few scattered about and many had already hatched - this was one of the fwe that was still full. 
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#383968 - Tue Sep 04 2007 07:59 AM
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Nice mug Sue. I feel a mug theme coming on for the weekly theme....
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#383970 - Tue Sep 04 2007 08:53 AM
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Ah, Sue, now that's really a mug worth taking care of! Great sign, cinnam0n. Westham, near Pevensey, boasts of having one of the first Norman churches in England, built about 1080. Much of the present building is later, but this southern wall still has some of the original fabric. 
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#383972 - Tue Sep 04 2007 10:11 AM
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Sue, you could start a bidding war with that cup. A fine day was spent in Vicksburg, Mississippi, which is steeped in history. Sitting on the banks of the Mighty Mississippi River is a wall of paintings depicting historical events of the area. Each painting is (I'm guessing here) approximately 15 feet tall and 20 feet long. In front of each wall section is a plaque explaining the painting. Each one of them are beautiful and I'll be posting a few of my favorites in the next couple of days. Larger view. The painting description (this one is a little hard to read, sorry). The whole wall of all the paintings.
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#383975 - Tue Sep 04 2007 01:34 PM
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#383976 - Tue Sep 04 2007 03:12 PM
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Oh, that smoke ring is awesome, Au-Natural. Not knowing anything about canon blasts, is that a normal occurrence or was it just a fluke?
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#383979 - Tue Sep 04 2007 09:32 PM
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Another continental divide pic This is Gaillard Cut, Panama Canal  Since building the canal they have pared these mountains down. The pic I posted yesterday is where they are beginning the canal expansion. Here is a pic of the first dynamite explosions. I didn't take it, so I can't post it here. Canal Expansion Begins
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#383981 - Wed Sep 05 2007 01:34 AM
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bhs63 that is an amazing pic of the explosion. The smoke ring from the cannon was also something.
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