Hi all from the Great White North. It's snowing again. Here is my little tree in the front yard. It's starting to get weighed down with the white stuff.




Looks like I will be busy with the snow blower and shovel tomorrow.

That is a great idea to have the red pin attached to the fire plug. Should it get buried in the snow, the fire trucks can still tie into it should there be a chimney fire -- certainly hope that would not happen though!

I was wondering what that was! We don't need those in Phoenix

Here's my Rolf Harris moment: Do you know what it is yet? Look at the middle of the car. You can still see what lies underneath. It's a Nissan Micra, converted by Mitsuoka in Japan to look like a Jaguar S type at a cost of around £5000 on top of the list price. They do a whole range including many original designs but only available in Japan.

That was an amazing photo picqero! I guess it must have been so nice to work in such a beautiful place!
You guys are professionals! there are awesome pics here!
I got to get my camera on the road again but until then here's the last pic from mendoza.

By the way: that desk is pandemonium, the eggs are huuuuge, the snow is so nice (though it must be so inconvenient) and the car is fabulous!!!

Here's a bit more snow, this time out in the country near where my mother lives, on a lovely sunny winter day.

... for lovely Lena across the sea ...
whose kindness made my birthday very special today. Thank you



'Pomodoro's Evil Eye'

This "Sphere Within Sphere" is a fantastic sculpture located in the
'square' immediately behind Trinity College, (famous home of the
Book of Kells). Inept at judging sizes, i best remember it being
somewhere between 4-6 ft. in height.

Dublin, Ireland


Arnaldo Pomodoro - Italian sculptor (b. 1926)

Oh, Wow! Such wonderful photos I see! It's amazing how the pictures just keep getting better and better. From when this thread was first started last year until now the quality is just first rate! There are too many to comment on since I've last checked in and I haven't had much of an opportunity to get much picture taking done (more on that later ).

But I had to get this one in just because I thought it was so cute. Hubby had to take a trip to the hospital over the holidays (he's fine now, ) and this is one of the walls in the emergency room where he was treated.

Taking my cue from Nancy's deserted Argentine beach, here's a British one.
A late afternoon, which at this time of year is about 4.00pm, scene on Caernarfon Bay, Wales, with the Irish Sea lapping the shore.

Rain drops on a Palo Verde branch (the Arizona state tree) -- we had a light shower this morning.

Yet another beach! This one is at Man of War Cay, Bahamas.

When living in the desert, one sees a lot of saguaro cactus. But I have never seen a whole "forest" of them like this before.

The Saguaro

Awesome beaches guys! Make me relax just to see them!! really beautiful...

Happy birthday Shelley!

We don't have very many US style office blocks in the UK (besides the recently constructed Canary Wharf complex) so besides the much lower stature, here are a few at Elephant and Castle, the one in the middle is still being completed.



For those curious about the name they think it was the old coat of arms for the area. It has aristocratic significance, with the elephant being a sign of status with the less obscure symbol of the castle.

Thank you Satguru ... no cake lol



Departure Bay Ferry Terminal
December 2008
Nanaimo, B.C.

Here is an odd sight in Wynn's Hotel in Las Vegas. Part of the hotel with no people in it

Wintery shot from by scottish trip where the Temprature was -10 for 14 days, the frost was that sharp.

Continuing the 'cold theme' here's a little waterfall, about 75% frozen.

The frozen pics make me cold! LOL It's like summer here today -- caught this bird in a tree next to my house.

I've done one of London's two Routemaster buses, here's the other also in Aldwych.

Very dramatic, Picqero.

A spider's web snapped at my Mum's a couple weeks ago. I sprayed the water on teh web myself 'cause I couldn't get it to show up on the camera. The spider may not have liked that but he liked it a lot less when I accidently walked through it an hour or so later.