Welcome to the January photo thread. The December thread will be left open for a while to allow for World time zones. It will close it once it is January 1st for everyone. Post in either thread (but not both) until then.

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Happy New Year!

Well well, I seem to be the first entry for 2009!

This is a very artistic building I came across today just north of King's Cross station.



As we're on a trivia site does anyone know how they get the glass to do that with frames in between? I'd imagine they produce the wavy glass first and then cut it into squares but I wouldn't like to try.

Starting the New Year off not so right with a photo of my desk at work. Okay, don't everyone run and hide all at once, as I know it is very messy. To be fair, though, it looks like this during the day when I am working, but when I leave and come back the next day, it is neat and tidy.

More photos from Mendoza, Argentina, to begin the new month and new year with a winding road , appropriately called "the 8 snails". Only one is visible in the photo but there are 8 indeed, one after the other!! i don't know how we survived!!

happy and blessed new year 2009 everyone...

"may peace break into your house and a thief steal all your debts ..."

i meant to comment on the end of december photos before the thread closed, there were so many outstanding ones i just loved. so thank you all for the pleasures you give to my eyes.

it's pretty unlivable here now with the weather ... while i go out with the camera, i easily lose heart creeping about on the treacherous ice ...

so a photo from a happier (and warmer!) summer ...
to celebrate the first day of our year, and this Holy day of Obligation.



Convent of the Holy Faith
Dublin, Ireland

I hope everyone is off to a great start in 2009!

Satguru, that is a real puzzlement how they would do that! If you ever find the answer ... please share! Gorgeous, gorgeous roses BHS. Mmmmm, i think i can smell them !

Wishing everyone a peaceful and prosperous 2009 - with the sound of many shutter clicks!

well, it's great to begin the new year with these great pictures.
How nice that you've worked here picqero! and in beautiful places! your landscape is breathtaking!

loved the roses and the frozen twigs!

what a coincidence picqero, you missed the vineyards and I was thinking about posting a photo about that! so here it is, a beeautiful mendoza vineyard with the cordillera behind


can't wait to see more nice pics here! Have a good day

Nancy,
My son lives in Buenos Aires. I'll be down there for a couple of weeks at the end of the month. We'll be going to the beach for most of the time. Argentina has beautiful beaches. I wanted to go to Mendoza, but his children would rather play in the sand then go taste wine!

Hey, that's great! i really hope you enjoy it here! and if you're going to the beach the prettiest are Mar Azul, Mar de las Pampas, they are rather small villages with big beaches and woods all around. Tomorrow I'll post one so you can see. Feel free to PM me if there's anything I can help you with when u come here!

We're off to a good start for the year!

This is an older pic of an emu nest - they don't do much except put a few twigs on the ground.

It looks like the future Emu on the left is destined be a leader amongst Emus. It's already standing (laying) apart

Another view of my messy desk.

I've very much enjoyed seeing all the photos posted throughout the past year. This year looks like it will be no exception -- great snapshots are the norm!

Nancy, when you started posting photos of Mendoza I was just waiting to see the vineyards! Some of the worlds best Malbec is made there, in my humble opinion.

yes indeed! in my humble opinion too, though a bit biased don't you think
I'll be sending some bottles over to texas soon! haha!!

If you're in Golders Green and want to come to my house, this is the bus you need.

What a great bunch of photos to start the year! Nancy, that road is scary!

This is what I'd call a fairly typical grey January day, taken when I walked to the store this afternoon for bread. It wasn't too cold, which was good, and the sun was out just a few minutes before I took this, so I really shouldn't complain.

it's gray but it has its appeal, especially because of the snow! I only got to see it once when it snowed in buenos aires last year after more than 50 years or so! and in my trips to the south but I was 9 then so I don't remember much! just saw it in mountain tops.
Looking forward to seeing more snow, more of London, more messy desks (wait till u see mine ) and more of everything! good night folks! (it's 4:20 am here, zzz...)

Copago, those emu eggs are incredible, judging by the size of the boots, they must be quite a size. Are they blue? Or black?

Amazing. Satguru, that's quite a way they have of doing it ... that kind of engineering always amazes me, what the human mind can conceive. The Scottish Parliament was an architectural wonder like that ... was so impressed .....so,
some Japanese food before hopping on the bus to your house i see!

Brrrr... looks so cold everywhere in all
your great photos ...



Blizzarding again, it's being an awesome winter here this year on
the island - (where it NEVER snows)...
ha!
Nanaimo, B.C.

Beautiful Picqero. This forum lets one travel the world.

Such a variety from all and some beautiful shots here! Thank you, as always.

(Dear hardworking Agnes, do you need me to come and help you with that poor desk of yours? )