Pictures Taken By you...

More wonderful photos, Claes. I agree with Themis, I especially like the waterfall one.

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Originally Posted by Themis

Do you know if the name means anything? Or is it 'just' a name?

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I'm afraid I don't know what it means, but I can provide a bit of trivia about it:

Nyahururu lies near Nakuru, and it is part of the Laikipia District in Rift Valley Province. It was founded by British colonists as Thompson Falls after the 70 metre high Thomson's Falls. It grew around a railway from Gilgil opened in 1929 (now used only for goods). Being the highest town in Kenya at some 2300m asl, it is a perfect training ground for Kenya's top athletes.

/Claes

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Originally Posted by ClaesGefvenberg

Nyahururu lies near Nakuru, and it is part of the Laikipia District in Rift Valley Province. It was founded by British colonists as Thompson Falls after the 70 metre high Thomson's Falls. It grew around a railway from Gilgil opened in 1929 (now used only for goods). Being the highest town in Kenya at some 2300m asl, it is a perfect training ground for Kenya's top athletes.

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Thank you for the information! :)

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The books that I acquired this school year, 49 of them in all. I'm considering the feasability of getting rid of all of my furniture to make room for bookshelves.

Now that's rather lovely.

you think thats much...i should take a picture of my bookshelf and the surrounding floor...books everywhere.:lol:

I went back sooo many pages! these are all absolutely lovely! Madhuri's pics and ClaesGefvenberg's pics and Virgil's pics and Niamh's pics! Wow!

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you think thats much...i should take a picture of my bookshelf and the surrounding floor...books everywhere

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YEAH! That's what I want, but.....I'm still working on it.

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Originally Posted by cuppajoe_9

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The books that I acquired this school year, 49 of them in all. I'm considering the feasability of getting rid of all of my furniture to make room for bookshelves.

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I recognize the Nortons! I've managed to maintain quite a pile of books from the school year as well....they're all hiding under my bed.

There are some great pictures up here.

It's time again... Pictures from Lake Nakuru National Park in Kenya:

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...NationalPa.jpg
A warthog boar. As I said before: A quite formidable pig...

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...akuruNatio.jpg
Common Waterbucks.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...akuruNatio.jpg
Thompson Gazelles. Always alert, and they need to be: They are on the menu of nigh on every predator around.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...akuruNatio.jpg
A twoheaded Giraffe? Not quite...

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...ruNational.jpg
Masai Giraffes.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...ruNational.jpg
Masai Giraffes... and a looming rainstorm.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...eNakuruNat.jpg
Yours truly at Baboon Cliff, overlooking Lake Nakuru.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...keNakuruNa.jpg
lake Nakuru from Baboon Cliff.
The pink stuff in the water? Flamingos.
The white patch on land? Pelicans.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...eNakuruNat.jpg
Hyrax. And would you believe it: Those cuddly blighters are the closest living relative of the... Elephant?
Not so cuddly, by the way: They bite! Some stupid tourist tried to pat one and got away with a bloody hand.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...eNakuruNat.jpg
More Hyrax'

And that ends the lake Nakuru part. Next batch will be from Masai Mara...

/Claes

Wow, Claes, wow!!!!

absolutely marvelous.

Those are wonderful Claes. :)

I like the one of the lake showing the pink mass of flamingos. Those little Hyrax are cute, but patting a wild animal is never a good idea, so I think that tourist should indeed have known better.

Trying this out. My pets.

Firebelly

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l1...IMG_0003-1.jpg

Taz

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l1...e/IMG_0002.jpg

Izzy

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l1...e/IMG_0050.jpg

Bugsy McHare

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l1...e/IMG_0154.jpg

Monk

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l1.../IMG_01481.jpg

Tailspin Tommy

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l1.../IMG_01491.jpg

Ash

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l1.../IMG_01501.jpg

Wife and I do wildflowers.

Colt’s Foot

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l1...e/IMG_0054.jpg

Bluettes (flowers about 1.8 to 2.5 cm)

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l1...e/IMG_0061.jpg

Wood Rue

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l1.../IMG_00531.jpg

Phlox

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l1.../IMG_00981.jpg

Trout Lily

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l1.../IMG_01091.jpg

Blue/White Violet

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l1.../IMG_01021.jpg

Scarlet Wake Robin

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l1.../IMG_01041.jpg

All local names. You may call them something different.

Amazing,Pen. I especially liked the flowers,wow.