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[papayahed]

I grew this:










I know it's not much but I managed to keep it alive all winter and it finally bloomed. I've never been able to keep one alive this long!

[Weisinheimer]

good job papaya That's an awesome photo.


I love the hot air balloon, Dori.

[pussnboots]

nice pictures Papaya and Dori

[Dinglingzi]

sorry to say that i don t see any picture~
if it's my network problem???~

[Niamh]

thats so pretty Papayahed! Cool!

[Janine]

Papaya, that is a tropical hibiscus, right? That color is just gorgeous and good for you - keeping it alive all winter long. I never had luck or the place to do that. I just grow the perenial type but those are not as lush as this one. The tropical blossoms are so large and lovely; I hope you get more blooms.
Very nice photo.

I will have to rewind back some pages to see the Claes' snake....

Dori, two friends of mine went hot air balooning sometime back - I think they went a couple of times with a generous friend who paid their way - usually you go but there is an experienced pilot who controls the balloon. I would hope so in this case, too

[Dark Muse]

I have a snake. Snakes rule!!!

[SleepyWitch]

cool pics everyone!

Claes, thanks for posting the pics of the Wasa. I visited that musuem on holidays when I was 15
I love snakes but what are the wholes around its mouth? does it have more than 2 nostrils?

my mum went hot air balooning once. it's like you hire the baloon plus a pilot from a company and they tell you were to meet them and everything...

[djy78usa]

Here are a couple of pictures from my week at the Mid-South Institute's Combat Pistol and Rifle Course.

This is two guys from my team on the "Runnin' and Gunnin' Range" It was basically a 400m sprint but we had to stop every 50m or so and knock down a couple targets.



This is my buddy Morgan shooting his M4 Carbine.



And, finally, me with my M9 Berreta.

[Virgil]

This is my buddy Morgan shooting his M4 Carbine.

Hey believe it or not I've fired one of those once too. I couldn't hit the broad side of a barn. Especially on burst.

And, finally, me with my M9 Berreta.

Cool, I tried one of those too.

[Janine]

What kind of a terrorist are you, Virgil ?!!!!

[djy78usa]

Hey believe it or not I've fired one of those once too. I couldn't hit the broad side of a barn. Especially on burst.

I don't have burst on mine, I use an M4A1, which only has semi-automatic and fully-automatic. If it makes you feel better, though, even seasoned marksmen have trouble consistantly hitting a target on burst or full-auto. In real combat, if you have to switch to burst or full-auto, something has gone terribly wrong... Also, you probably didn't have the cool laser optics that we use... they make things a little bit easier than using the old iron sights

[Idril]

It was Pow Wow time again last weekend. Here are a few of my favorite pics:

I was slightly obsessed with this guy because I simply loved his headdress. I must have taken about 10 shots of him alone but I'll just post one.



Here's a 'little' version of him:



I like this one because it's just a sea of color. All these pictures were taken during the "Grand March" because the competition part of it is always at weird times of the day or night, like midnight or something so we always miss those. Anyway, this is when everyone who is participating in the competition gets to come out and it's always quite impressive:



Another dancer I was slightly obsessed with:







And this guy wasn't quite as colorful but his dancing was very energetic:





And a couple more from the weekend, not from the Pow Wow but from the prairie:

[ClaesGefvenberg]

Idril, I really like your Pow Wow pictures: They are both interesting and well composed

/Claes

[pussnboots]

such colorful pictures, real nice