Sound like a great field trip, zanna! I hope you have fun. I didn't know those facts about Joshua trees; very interesting.
Sound like a great field trip, zanna! I hope you have fun. I didn't know those facts about Joshua trees; very interesting.
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Was away in England for the weekend to visit friends and we took a trip to three locations in Herefordshire.
This is Croft's Castle
It was a drab day.
Next stop on the Saturday was Berrington Hall.
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After Berrington Hall we went for a Drink in a 16th Century Pub called Live and let Live.
On the Sunday we went to Brockhampton Manor.
The rainy weather we had made this amazing building look quite creepy!
Then the sun came out an the house sparkled!
"Come away O human child!To the waters of the wild, With a faery hand in hand, For the worlds more full of weeping than you can understand."
W.B.Yeats
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Absolutely gorgeous Niamh.What part of England is Herefordshire? (I know I could look it up, but I'm lazing tonight.
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Its in the west midlands bordering Wales.)
"Come away O human child!To the waters of the wild, With a faery hand in hand, For the worlds more full of weeping than you can understand."
W.B.Yeats
"If it looks like a Dwarf and smells like a Dwarf, then it's probably a Dwarf (or a latrine wearing dungarees)"
Artemins Fowl and the Lost Colony by Eoin Colfer
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Idril, very nice pictures. It looks like you girls had a very good time indeed.
bluevictim, very nice photos -- I saw joshua trees in California, cannot remember the location, but we were staying in Palm Springs and we took a looooong car ride ...
Niamh, great photos, my favorite was that 16th century pub (was it haunted?)
Our task must be to free ourselves by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty
~Albert Einstein
Here are some pictures I took while in China over the past summer:
The pandas were super cute. Got really close to an owl in that last one.
'...A cast of your skull, sir, until the original is available, would be an ornament to any anthropological museum. It is not my intention to be fulsome, but I confess that I covet your skull.' --Dr. Mortimer, The Hound of the Baskervilles
Those terracotta soldiers are amazing. I really would like to see them some day.Good for you. It looks positively wicked...Originally Posted by higley
Got really close to an owl in that last one.
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Amazing pictures Niamh, it seems you really enjoyed the weekend.
I really liked that owl Higley.
Higley> Love the photos! Thanks for posting them. I missed a Terracotta Army show last year in the UK. Will regret it for a long time I think.
And that owl... Would make an excellent avatar!
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Great photos, higley! I believe my favorite would have to be that owl one -- fantastic shot, higley!
Our task must be to free ourselves by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty
~Albert Einstein
Probably was Kiz!
Higley Wow!!!! I am so jealous right now! Good to see you btw!!!
"Come away O human child!To the waters of the wild, With a faery hand in hand, For the worlds more full of weeping than you can understand."
W.B.Yeats
"If it looks like a Dwarf and smells like a Dwarf, then it's probably a Dwarf (or a latrine wearing dungarees)"
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Another decent close-up of mine:
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com-pas-sion (n.) [ME. & OFr. <LL. (Ec.) compassio, sympathy < compassus, pp. of compati, to feel pity < L. com-, together + pali, to suffer] sorrow for the sufferings or trouble of another or others, accompanied by an urge to help; deep sympathy; pity
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Wonderful photos Higley. I love them, especially the owl. May I ask how you got to spend a whole summer in China? Some sort of exchange?
Nice close up Dori.
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Thanks guys!
Virg, it was indeed an exchange. I, along with two other students, spent two months in Xi'an studying traditional Chinese painting at a college there. It was quite an experience, the first time I'd been in another country and now I've got the traveling bug.
Nice photo Dori!
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