#389666 - Fri Oct 05 2007 03:35 AM
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Jar, what an interesting sculpture that is! Cute cats Peggy. Have a good trip. Here is our Brucie. He has to have a fence round him now, as too many people were climbing on him. 
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#389667 - Fri Oct 05 2007 04:25 AM
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Isn't it irritating when you cannot take a photograph of something without railings, barriers etc? They spoil what would otherwise be a great shot, the sculpture with the buildings in the distance.
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#389668 - Fri Oct 05 2007 06:05 AM
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Well we have to blame the fans there, Sue, they were climbing all over him to get photos and he was getting damaged. Also, as to the background, the harbour today was almost completely invisible through pollution in the atmosphere, which,like the fans also comes from the mainland.
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#389669 - Fri Oct 05 2007 08:07 AM
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Oooer, I had a bit of excitement today. I was wandering around in the local supermarket buying some food for the weekend when a nasty noise began. At first I thought it was an alarm to say something was overcooking in the bakery section but it continued. I asked a male member of staff what it was and he said "The fire alarm" and continued to do whatever he was doing. Eh? I assumed it was a planned test but he ought to have said, even so I started heading for the door, with my shopping trolley. Then a female of staff who obviously had more sense came to the end of the aisle and loudly said, "Please leave your shopping and exit the store immediately everyone". So I left my trolley, including my shopping bag and walked towards the exit. The normal route was sealed with a metal shutter so we had to walk round then out through the main door. We stood around chatting, and waiting, I was timing how long it took for a fire engine to arrive as I live a mile and a half further from the fire station. Fifteen minutes! Apparently there was an accident on the main road from town and the road was closed. I had my camera at the ready and took a few photos. Unfortunately the only one showing some of the hunky firemen was too everexposed, unlike them.  This one is the only one I could get without people that couldn't be cut out.  Edited to add... Just for Ren here is a link to a photo with the firemen visible, I had to change it to black and white as it is over-exposed and the yellow had turned white. The firemen are still hunky. 
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#389673 - Fri Oct 05 2007 09:33 AM
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If only I could get colors like that some. Living in Texas, by the time the leaves start changing, it's mid to late November, and they stay colorful a very short time.
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#389674 - Fri Oct 05 2007 12:16 PM
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Here is a photo from outside a big new shopping mall in Zurich (OH works there now so we have been able to visit. I love Switzerland so much). These are seats. They are both inside and outside the mall. I think they are beautiful. Click to enlarge  This is how they look when used as seats: http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g52/Buddysfamily/Image130.jpgThey are weighted with sand and the feel of them as they re-balance is very satisfying.
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#389676 - Fri Oct 05 2007 02:34 PM
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Great photos, all - love the stained glass and the autumn leaves around the window. Here's the General Sherman tree with kids in front of it, as promised. 
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#389677 - Fri Oct 05 2007 02:44 PM
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Beautiful window, and that is one big tree.
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#389678 - Fri Oct 05 2007 02:48 PM
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What a fantastic selection of pictures, everybody. I just love this thread so much, even though I don't get to contribute as often as I'd like. I thought I'd share a photo of a workbasket which I have (at last) managed to sew for myself. Being the world's worst sewer doesn't help, but I finally got there and wished I'd chosen less traditional fabrics initially. 
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#389679 - Fri Oct 05 2007 04:40 PM
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Yesterday was a day for statues. I saw these gardeners in the flower bed as I was on the roof of Pacific Place, looking for the escalator down from The British Consulate. Very busy weeding, at least one of them was.Quite lifelike He has a very dirty shirt!
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#389682 - Fri Oct 05 2007 08:24 PM
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oh, all the photos are SO good. I like your workbasket, Santana! I think the fabrics are nice. I love the statues, ren! They really are so lifelike. satguru, a very nice photo, a bit of a change for you to not have a sign or building in it  - makes me feel all nostalgic thinking of kids playing there. Jar - the zebra is the best! Just the nose, which turned out so neat. Love 'em!
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#389684 - Sat Oct 06 2007 04:43 AM
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Here is a photo I took while on the road back from Clare. It was bizarre, and big enough to drive under.  And here is the back of it.
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#389685 - Sat Oct 06 2007 08:35 AM
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Thanks djsgal, there are lots of buildings here and I like signs but I've got plenty of the parks as well, and there are lots on my blog here. Well, another building, this is the block of flats next to the brook which is in a very nice peaceful setting. 
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#389686 - Sat Oct 06 2007 01:09 PM
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Great Zebra photo Jar. This is the view out my computer room window today.  As you can see the trees are showing their colors, with some already naked. The little evergreen in the foreground will soon be decorated with Christmas lights. I like to get them on before the snow flies. My daughter brought it home as a seedling on Earth Day many years ago. This will be the first year I will need a ladder to get to the top.
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#389687 - Sat Oct 06 2007 02:31 PM
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Nice view Argus, that could easily be some of the areas round the edge of London. Here are a few of my pictures with nothing man made in sight! Henlys Corner Park
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#389689 - Sat Oct 06 2007 04:02 PM
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The gold building means nothing to me, it is just like so many of the others. However, the little one behind does. It once towered above you and was the HQ of British Forces in Hong Kong, HMS Tamar,the Prince of Wales building. The view from there was fantastic, especially if you were lucky enough to be invited to the Officers' Mess to watch the CNY fireworks. The PLA are there now and it is very dull and quiet.  It is not too clear but the building looks as if it is standing upside down on a point.
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#389690 - Sat Oct 06 2007 09:29 PM
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And now we have a giraffe visiting -- have you ever had a giraffe eat out of your hand? The eyelashes are so long! Close-up It's a bit blurry because I was lazy and re-sized the 300 pixel picture rather than cropping and re-sizing the original.
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