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TAMMYKINS - WHAT GREAT PICS.  GOD I WISHED I LIVED CLOSER I WOULD GO THERE EVERYDAY.  I REMEMBER YOU TAKING US THERE LAST YEAR.  WE MUST GO THERE AGAIN REAL SOON.  THANKS FOR POSTING THEM.

HUGS
RAINEY

Tammy - What a great thread to start!!  I LOVE to travel, (Clay concert or not), and I love to see the places others have been to.  That place in your pictures looks beautiful, you are so lucky to have it be so close.  And the deer picture - awesome!!  I would be there every day if I lived that close.  Thanks for sharing them!

I don't have much time, but wanted to start out posting a few of my pictures from when I was in Mexico.  I love the beach, and being able to watch the sunset over the ocean was amazing.  Maybe someday I'll move to a coast, so I can see it every night!

Puerto Vallarta:

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v521/sjlogghe/Guadalajara/Semana2014.jpg)

Manzanillo:

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v521/sjlogghe/Guadalajara/Manzanillo006.jpg)

Barra de Navidad:

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v521/sjlogghe/Guadalajara/Semana2052.jpg)

Tammy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! How beautiful.  You picked the most gorgeous day of the year.  I don't remember the view being quite so beautiful; mabye that is because I was always talking or you were distracting me. :wink  Like Lorraine, I wish we lived closer too.   I am glad that you have Joe to walk with though.  I am sure he loves spending that quality time with you.

Sara, those are breathtaking pictures.

TAMMY AND SARAH!!

I LOVED THOSE PICS!!!! :clap :clap :clap :clap

AC - THERE YOU ARE.  WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN ALL DAY. 

SARA - HEY THERE MY FRIEND.  SO NICE TO SEE YOU.  LOVE THE PICS.  MY GOD I WISH THAT I WOULD BE ABLE TO VISIT COUNTRIES LIKE MEXICO.  HEY YOU NEVER KNOW.

TAMMYKINS - LINDA DOESN'T REMEMBER THE VIEW BECAUSE OF SOMEONE ELSE DISTRACTING US.  THANK GOD WE CAN SEE IT TOGETHER AGAIN WITHOUT A CERTAIN SOMEONE.

These are some pictures that we just took from my parent's home in Maui.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v333/HulasMom/IMG_1244.jpg)

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Tammy...thanks for starting this thread...I think it's gonna be fun...I may actually look for some beauty right in my own neighborhood....something that usually I just kinda pass up... I wish I could take a walk with you there it is just beautiful...and seeing deer on your walk...I love nature...

sarah...awesome pictures...thanks for sharing them...

Ok now these are not taken somewhere that I can walk daily...but ..northern michigan is kinda a second home to me as I have 3 family member who live there...and all my growing up my grandparents live there so we vacationed there often...I love to walk in the woods there( something you don't find where I live) I also love to take pictures...and they are mostle close ups...

this is the mackinaw bridge...it connects lower michigan to upper michigan..I wanted to share that too because it is an amazing bridge...

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v203/ydebi/flowers%20vacation/th_DSCN1877.jpg) (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v203/ydebi/flowers%20vacation/DSCN1877.jpg)

now here are pictures of a walk in the woods with mom while wild blackberry picking.....

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v203/ydebi/flowers%20vacation/th_DSCN1886-1.jpg) (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v203/ydebi/flowers%20vacation/DSCN1886-1.jpg)

wild flowers

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v203/ydebi/flowers%20vacation/th_DSCN1881.jpg) (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v203/ydebi/flowers%20vacation/DSCN1881.jpg)

and a couple of different wild mushrooms....

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v203/ydebi/flowers%20vacation/th_DSCN1898-1.jpg) (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v203/ydebi/flowers%20vacation/DSCN1898-1.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v203/ydebi/flowers%20vacation/th_DSCN1893.jpg) (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v203/ydebi/flowers%20vacation/DSCN1893.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v203/ydebi/flowers%20vacation/th_DSCN1890.jpg) (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v203/ydebi/flowers%20vacation/DSCN1890.jpg)

and that is a walk in the woods for me.......and at the same time we picked some wonderful blackberries.....

My daughter took all the pictures.  Here are a few others.

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v333/HulasMom/IMG_1492.jpg)

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Awesome!!!!! just Awesome...... that is all I can say .....

WOW!! TAMMY THANKS FOR STARTING THIS THREAD. ALL THE PICTURES ARE ABSOLUTELY AWESOME!!

MAYBE CLAYMANIACS COULD PREPARE A BOOK OF PICTURES TOGETHER, WITH THE PROCEEDS GOING TO BAF.

HEY, IT COULD HAPPEN!

THANKS ALL FOR SHARING!

Okay, Kansas is totally boring compared to those pics! But I will try to get some pics to post here for you all.

LORRIE - WOW HOW BEAUTIFUL MAUI IS.  I MAY NEVER GET TO ANY OF THESE PLACES BUT JUST TO SEE PICTURES REALLY IS QUITE STUNNING.

JUST THINK HOW MUCH BEAUTY IS AROUND US IF WE WOULD ONLY STOP AND LOOK.  I MUST LEARN HOW TO SCAN A PIC FROM MY COPIER.

THANKS TAMMYKINS - GREAT IDEA OF STARTING THIS THREAD.  I DON'T EVEN HAVE TO GO OUT MY DOOR TO SEE BEAUTY BUT STOP BY HERE.

HUGS
RAINEY

I had taken some beautiful pictures during sunset, but my daughter decided she needed to delete them so there was room on the memory card for her surfing pictuers.   She had no idea the memory card held 1000 pics.  :bang

TAMMY, WHAT SPECTACULAR PHOTOS!  I HAD NO IDEA YOU HAD THIS WONDERFUL SCENERY IN YOU OWN BACK YARD.  THIS IS A FABULOUS SITE.  I WILL TRY AND FIND THOSE PHOTOS AND SEND THEM TO YOU, I MIGHT HAVE DELETED THEM.

This is a picture of Lake Huron... It's in Pepe's own backdoor.. I'll let her tell you about it..  Here is the beautiful picture..

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v441/tinky59/walking%20and%20traveling/th_ShowLetter.jpg) (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v441/tinky59/walking%20and%20traveling/ShowLetter.jpg)

THANK YOU MISS TAMMY FOR POSTING THE PICTURE FOR ME.  IF YOU CLICK ON THE PICTURE TO ENLARGE IT IF YOU LOOK CLOSELY YOU CAN SEE A SPEEDBOAT OUT IN THE WATER WHICH IS LAKE HURON .  HE WAS A BRAVE SOUL AS I THINK IT WAS ONLY ABOUT 45 DEGREES OUT.  IT WAS THE FIRST PART OF APRIL AND YOU CAN SEE THE ICE STILL CLINGING TO THE SHORELINE.  THE PICTURES HERE ARE JUST FABULOUS.  YOU GALS HAVE A CAREER IN PHOTOGRAPHY I THINK, JUST EXCELLENT PICTURES FROM ALL OF YOU.  THE WATER IS SO CLEAN AND SUCH A BEAUTIFUL BLUE OR BLUE GREEN DEPENDING ON THE SKY.  WE GET SOME NICE COOL BREEZES FROM IT WHEN WE GET A SOUTH WIND. 

Pepe...beautiful... I want to be there!!!!!!!

PEPE - JUST ABSOLUTELY BREATHTAKING.  I MUST PAY YOU AND VISIT.  I CAN SEE HOW YOU MUST FEELING WAKING UP TO THAT BEAUTIFUL VIEW.  JUST BEAUTIFUL.

HUGS
RAINEY

Pepe, I never realized Lake Huron was that close to you!!!  Holy Cow, how beautiful! 

LuvMyClay, OMG! Mau is gorgeous.  Does your mom and dad overlook all of that beauty?  I don't think I would ever come back to CT.  Thank you!!

Debi, I love the wild life you brought to us.

All of you have just brightened my day with these pictures.  I must think of taking a picture some day when I am in the woods :lol or somewhere interesting and beautiful like all of these.  Oh, then I have to figure out how to load them on from my digital.  I will learn.  Keep them coming girls!

This place is about five minutes from my house.. It's basically a path in the woods that has a bog with quite a bit of wild life... Although the wild life was hidden yesterday..    They must have been camera shy..  :lol  It's a nice short hike..  It takes about 30 minutes to walk the whole trail.. 

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v441/tinky59/walking%20and%20traveling/th_PequotWoods001.jpg) (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v441/tinky59/walking%20and%20traveling/PequotWoods001.jpg)


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Oh my Gosh!  I LOVE this thread!  BooYah, Tammy!!!

What a beautiful world we live in, no?

And I may gripe about Utah (some things in this state truly do need to change) but I'm the first to admit that it's a breathtakingly beautiful place to live.  It live on the far north end of the Salt Lake Valley, and it's just gorgeous here.

Here's the mountains by my house:

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v316/kris911rt/Utah/Ogden.jpg)



Salt Lake City during the 2002 Winter Olypmics:

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v316/kris911rt/Utah/1286.jpg)




The gorgeous mountain view from Kandise's high school football stadium:

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v316/kris911rt/Family/FirstGame12005.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v316/kris911rt/Family/OpeningAssembly3.jpg)

That's also what I see, quite literally, out my backdoor.

And I've never been there yet, but a place that looks beautiful to me...

My sister's ranch in northern California:  (That's my niece, Christine, on the horse)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v316/kris911rt/Family/Christine.jpg)



As for my most desirable, most gorgeous vacation spot, I wanna go here:

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v316/kris911rt/MyOtherRide.jpg)

 :para

What?

That's ... that's not what ya meant?   :para

Tammy...what a wonderful world you live in....someday I want to take a hike with you...it's so beautiful on your walking paths....Iwonder if I could keep up with you?????

Kris....beautiful...I surely want to visit Utah too...and I still remeber you special place .....that is someplace i would love to see too...

Such beauty there is all around us...for some it may not be out our backdoor....but it is around us and Tammy thanks for giving us this chance to see and share our special places with eachother....some day I would love to take a trip stopping at all the beautiful places i have seen through others cameras....some day ...someday soon!!!!

Yes, some of those pictures were taken from their lanai.  The pictures really don't  do it justice.  It's very pretty and quite peaceful.

Tammy,

What a great new thread for outdoor scenes; not necessarily gardens!!

Here are some more photos from Santa Fe.

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v447/Prissy2/Colorado%20Trip/th_PICT1347.jpg) (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v447/Prissy2/Colorado%20Trip/PICT1347.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v447/Prissy2/Colorado%20Trip/th_PICT1348.jpg) (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v447/Prissy2/Colorado%20Trip/PICT1348.jpg)

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(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v447/Prissy2/Colorado%20Trip/th_PICT1326.jpg) (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v447/Prissy2/Colorado%20Trip/PICT1326.jpg)

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Beautiful pictures everyone thanks for sharing........



Sasha

Beautiful pictures, everybody - I have to remember to take my camera with me! I was out at our beautiful lake for the 4th of July - but No Camera!  :bduh

Kris, OMG! what a breathtaking place to live.   Those surrounding should put you in a good mood every day.  Your sister's ranch is gorgeous too.  How wonderful!!  Thanks.

Prissy:  Oh, your Santa fe pictuers are fantastic.  What a great trip.  You must have hundreds of photo albums.  Thank you, also, for putting these on.

Tammy, you look so cute sitting on that rock.   I hope no one steals you.   Great woodsy pictures.

Thank you, and to everyone else who commented about my beautiful state.

My sister and her ranch - that's like Nirvana for me.  I will go there someday, I'll get well enough.  That's the sister I've spoken of that I've never met.  I just found her a couple of years ago.  She lives in a beautiful place!


I was thinking that, too!  You're a cutie, Tammy!   :hugg  But then, that doesn't surprise me one bit.  You're a sweetheart, too.


Gorgeous pictures, everyone.  Thanks so much for sharing.  We live in a beautiful world, so many different vistas and climates, all with their own kind of beauty.

I love this thread.

those are beautiful pics I need to visit the usa soon again and kris I'd love to see utah and the other side of the rockies I've seen them from the colorado side

Each and every picture is breathtaking!! Wow Just Beautiful

Gorgeous pictures everyone, just beautiful!

Nice thread Tammy, thanks!  :thx

There is also a thread in the Photo Album in which there are lots of beautiful pictures taken outside as well; it was started by Moonshot, so check it out too!

This is a picture I took at sunset, it's the view from the back of my inlaws home in the country.

(http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b131/PJB013/Outside/th_Countrysunset1.jpg) (http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b131/PJB013/Outside/Countrysunset1.jpg)

Click to make big :smile

This is part of the duck pond at the Buck Creek State Park, which is connected to the lake we went to yesterday. My sister and i were in a walk trail
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v345/ACcountryFan/Morescans/th_pondofducks.jpg) (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v345/ACcountryFan/Morescans/pondofducks.jpg)

This is me walking up one of the drive-ways at the lake...i have my eyes glued on a park bench by the Ranger's station
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v345/ACcountryFan/Morescans/th_WalkingtoRangerStation.jpg) (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v345/ACcountryFan/Morescans/WalkingtoRangerStation.jpg)

This is me sitting on that park bench up by the Ranger's station :yes No need to click this one... :no
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v345/ACcountryFan/Myscans/JerryAtThePicnicTable.jpg)

This pic was taken near dark as you can see...my sister and i spent most of the time on the fishing and boating side of the lake instead of at the beach where the swimmers were at. I am awaiting the landing of a space-ship so i can go on my long journey home...
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v345/ACcountryFan/Morescans/th_WaitingOntheSpaceShip.jpg) (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v345/ACcountryFan/Morescans/WaitingOntheSpaceShip.jpg)

This is at another walking trail at the lake...my grandfather and i used to walk along this years and years ago and watch the boats
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v345/ACcountryFan/Morescans/th_StandingatguardrailatLake.jpg) (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v345/ACcountryFan/Morescans/StandingatguardrailatLake.jpg)

This is down near the water's edge...
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v345/ACcountryFan/Morescans/th_ViewoftheWater.jpg) (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v345/ACcountryFan/Morescans/ViewoftheWater.jpg)

My sister took this of me walking along the fishing section of the lake...don't need to click this one...
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v345/ACcountryFan/Myscans/WalkwithJerry.jpg)

I took this picture as i was driving into Buck Creek park...there are no fences or anything and the duck's run wild...they saw my silver car and started leaving the road and headed back to the pond area...
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v345/ACcountryFan/Morescans/th_RowOfDucks.jpg) (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v345/ACcountryFan/Morescans/RowOfDucks.jpg)

For whatever reasons, some of my pictures come out smaller than others...even though all the pics were taken on the same day and with the same camera...it has never made any sense. Oh well...some of them are bigger, so it's okay :yes

JERRY, GREAT JOB!!!  THE PICTURES TURNED OUT GREAT!  SEE I BET YOU HAD A NICE DAY TODAY DIDN'T YOU?  YOU GOT SOME SUNSHINE, FRESH AIR AND EXERCISE!  WHEN IT IS NICE OUT I AM VERY RARELY IN THE HOUSE.  I GOBBLE UP THE SUN AND FRESH AIR AS MUCH AS I CAN AS I THINK OF WINTER.   THE PARK LOOKS REALLY NICE AND THANKS FOR SHARING YOUR DAY WITH US.

HUGS, PEPE

Some of the ducks had swam over to the fishing side of the lake...
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v345/ACcountryFan/Myscans/JerryandtheDucks.jpg)

This is another pic of the duck pond...i have no idea why the duck pond pictures turned out small :dunno Hopefully with a digital camera this small pic and big pic thing will be a thing of the past
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v345/ACcountryFan/Myscans/DuckPond.jpg)

AC - GREAT PICS.  SOMEDAY I WILL LEARN HOW TO POST OR SCAN PICS.  IT SURE LOOKS BEAUTIFUL THERE.  THANKS FOR POSTING.

GREAT PICS EVERYONE.  HOW RELAXING THIS THREAD IS.  THANKS.

HUGS
RAINEY

Jerry thanks for sharing....I love the duck pond...

Prissy I love the Santa fe picures....thanks for sharing your vacation!!!!!

Pam...breathtaking!!!!!

remember the mackinaw bridge I posted a picture of??? well the pictures after it  were taken this weekend while driving over it...(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v203/ydebi/flowers%20vacation/th_DSCN1877.jpg) (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v203/ydebi/flowers%20vacation/DSCN1877.jpg)


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(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v203/ydebi/flowers%20vacation/th_DSCN3444.jpg) (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v203/ydebi/flowers%20vacation/DSCN3444.jpg)

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this is Mackinaw city at the begining of the bridge...

Here's one view of our friend's vineyard where we stayed this weekend.

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v333/HulasMom/IMG_1910.jpg)

Lorrie...that is just beautiful...now did you take that one???? nice job...it almost looks unreal...where is this at????

My daughter took all the pictures again.. :roflmao  She's really good.  The vineyard is in Paso Robles, California.  Here's a picture of the house. 

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v333/HulasMom/IMG_1897.jpg)

I LIKE THE PICS THAT HAVE BEEN POSTED SINCE MINE :yes

LORI: THAT SCENERY TAKES ME BACK TO FRIDAY NIGHTS, SPENDING THE WEEKEND WITH MY GRANDPARENT's AND WATCHING "FALCON CREST" :hugg

I HAVE ANOTHER PIC TO POST...A SHORELINE PIC...IT's NOT REALLY DETAILED SINCE IT's AT DUSK...AND THE IMAGE IS KIND OF DISTORTED...BUT OH WELL...IT'S THE BACK-DROP OF THE OUTDOORS THAT's MORE IMPORTANT

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v345/ACcountryFan/Myscans/MeNearTheShoreline.jpg)

:thumb  Great pics y'all!

Here is the other thread Moonshot had started in the Photo Album forum awhile back that Pamela had mentioned.  I've moved this to Our Favorite Threads.  Some great pics in here too!  Enjoy!

THE BEAUTY WE SEE (http://www.claymaniacs.com/forums/index.php/topic,9004.0.html)

Yes, it's really nice.  He built it himself ... you should see the shower.

Well where's the picture???   :roflmao

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v345/ACcountryFan/Myscans/StandingNearLake.jpg)

This is me walking toward the fishing part of the lake...the Clarence J Brown reservoir is connected to the Buck Creek Lake...the lake is over 2,200 acres.

Hey, Lorrie great pictures, but you came to my home area and I misssed you.  :wave
I live 10 miles down the road from Paso.  :shocking

What is the name of your friends vineyard?? The place is beautiful, but then there are lots of beautiful winery properties around.

 I hope you got over to the coast also. This is beautiful country.

Tammy, what I like about this thread is that it takes you right inside the woods that you walk through, the trails, the cliffs and water below you or right in front of you.   I don't feel like it takes me thousands of miles away, although I love everyone's beautiful pictures.   Since I have been to Mystic to visit you, I can really appreciate all of the beauty you bring on.  I can't wait to see some of the other pictures of that beautiful and quaint town.   AC's were interesting, too, because it showed us another state and some of it's beauty that he likes.  I loved the ducks running around.   It is like a mini travelogue.   Good thinking.

We drove back along the coast.  It's a much prettier drive than the road we took to Paso Robles.  Actually, the vineyard is in San Miguel and it's called Harmony.  He's putting it up for sale and moving to North Carolina.  He also owned another property which he sold a few months ago to Nigel Lythgoe.  They plan to bottle their own label.

Angela... the shower pictures don't do it justice.  You'll just have to believe me.... :roflmao  I have a great shot from above the property, it's not from our camera though.
 (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v333/HulasMom/scan0003.jpg)

WHEN MY SISTER AND I WERE IN FLORIDA, WE TOOK A BOAT RIDE AND THIS IS SOME OF THE SCENERY WE SAW ALONG THE RIVER- IT WAS VERY PEACEFUL

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v381/marilyon/SCENERY/marchFlorida016.jpg)

THIS IS THE RIVER BEFORE WE GOT ON THE BOAT

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v381/marilyon/SCENERY/marchFlorida015.jpg)

ON THE WAY TO THE AIRPORT, WE CROSSED OVER THIS VERY HIGH BRIDGE. THERE WAS A BEACH ON THE OTHER SIDE SO WE  PARKED AND TOOK A WALK ALONG IT FOR A WAY. IT WAS BEAUTIFUL- YOU COULD SEE TAMPA IN THE DISTANCE.

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v381/marilyon/SCENERY/marchFlorida042.jpg)
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Marilyn... very pretty!

Here are two from Kauai.  Check out the size of the leaves in the second one.

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The last one is in Hana on Maui. 

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Lorrie
Those pictures are incredible and I can't believe the size of those leaves.  :shocking


Here is a picture that Pepe sent me...  Here is her post to go along with it..


    
Pepe wrote

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LadyC, I am sure you are going to get better so you can go to California and see  your sister.   :hugg  The Claymaniacs will pray for that to happen!!! You indeed have a beautiful state.  I have never seen such rock formations as in Utah.  Some lonely, desolate but beautiful areas we drove thru never seeing a car thru the desert area.   I had the best lunch I have ever had at a little resturant upstairs from a store in St. George . We traveled for almost a whole year and the west was my favorite.

TAMMY, once again thank you for posting the picture for me.  Such beautiful pictures on this thread and it shows how different each state is.  I have to say that I am partial to the west. 

MY GOODNESS.  SOME OF THESE PICS ARE JUST BREATHTAKING.  I FEEL LIKE I HAVE BEEN THERE. :bouncy :bouncy :bouncy :bouncy :bouncy :bouncy :bouncy :bouncy :bouncy :bouncy :bouncy  WHAT A PLACE TO COME AND NOT EVEN HAVE TO STEP OUT YOUR DOOR.

HUGS
RAINEY

Here are a few pictures taken from my sisters private beach in Niantic Connecticut that  I visited yesterday..

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Very nice pictures Tammy.  It makes one want to get on a bus and follow the tour bus around the country to see all these great places, and a concert at the same time.  :lol

:clap :clap THOSE ARE SOME MARVELOUS PICTURES, TAMMY!!!! I DIDN'T USE THE DIGITAL CAMERA TODAY...I WAS JUST TOO NERVOUS :hugg I USED A REGULAR THROW AWAY CAMERA FROM WAL*MART. THERE ARE TWO PICS OF ME IN THERE THAT I'LL BE SCANNING TONIGHT SOMETIME!! I LIKED THAT PIC OF THE SHIP/BOAT :bouncy

PEPE: I LOVED THE PIC THAT TAMMY POSTED FOR YOU!! :yes

I LIKE ALL OF THE PICTURES I'VE SEEN :shappy :shappy

TAMMYKINS - YOU NEED TO TAKE US TO THAT BEACH.  JUST ABSOLUTELY BREATHTAKING.

HUGS
RAINEY

Yes, she does, but I will be dressed from head to toe.   :lol  Well, maybe shorts!! :lol :lol

Marilyn, great Florida pictures!  Beautifffffffffullllllll!

Lori:  Great pictures! 


I love this thread, Tammy.   I would have loved to spend the day with you.

Great pictures everyone....   Marilyn and Tammy great pictures.   Pepe I love the pictures of your lake, what a view you have.

Lorrie:  that vineyard is beautiful.  I love the pictures of Kaui and Maui, two of my favorite places, I plan on going back in two years for my 25 anniversary.



sasha

This is the Biltmore in Asheville,N.C.

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This is Chimney Rock Park  in Asheville, hubby and i climbed to the top.


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This is Lure Lake from the above I took a picture of this lake.

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This is the top of the waterfall where we climbed .there was quite a few stairs to climb and it was very hot that day but it was worth the climb it was so beautiful from up there.


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This is the bottom of the waterfall, there was quite a few stairs to get to this to..
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wow...I am lost for words...Sasha...those pictures are awesome....

SASHA - WHAT WONDERFUL PICS.  HOW COME I DON'T REMEMBER ANY OF THAT STUFF WHEN WE WERE IN NORTH CAROLINA.  OH YEA THATS RIGHT ALL WE CARED ABOUT WAS CLAY.

WONDERFUL PICS.  I MUST PAY ANOTHER VISIT.

HUGS
RAINEY

Sasha,

Just beautiful pictures of the area around Ashville and the Biltmore Estate.  As I said in the Garden thread, I visited there a few years ago.  Skip and I went to a wedding in Charlotte, and then made our way to Raleigh; my first time there.

Beautiful pictures by Marilyn, Lorrie, LuvMyClay,  Tammy and Pepe, too.

Tammy,
I started a thread called "Wish You Were Here" for vacation shots a while back.  It's way over on p. 4 now and just never took off.  I'm glad your thread is more successful.

Hugs,
Prissy

Sasha ~ Thank you for posting those amazing pictures of Asheville, N.C.  They are absolutely beautiful, and I can't wait to show them to my daughter.  I've been telling  her she would like NC., but she hasn't shown much interest.  She thinks there is no beauty other than in Hawaii.  When I show her these pictures, I think it will change her mind.

Sasha, would you believe I actually got butterflies in my stomach just looking at those pictures. :hypno :  I must have a problem with heighth: :roflmao :roflmao  You went to some gorgeous and breath taking places.  The Biltmore estate, oh, yes, I knew them well.   Oh, not Mr. Built More.  Sorry, wrong ones.  :wink Thank you, Jo.  I loved every one of them.   What a fabulous vacation!!

This is a photo from my cousin's backyard.  He lives on the water at Rockport,Texas.  It was taken last week on my vacation.  We had just returned from ocean fishing and docked their boat in their cannal which is about three steps from their back gate.
   The seagulls,cranes and herons LOVE to go for the fish remains.  My cousin has a wild crane that will even eat from his hands but I think the seagulls beat him this time.  My cousin has named the crane,"Ickabod  Crane!" :roflmao

JoAnn

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JoAnn,

What a great photo with all the birds!!


The Dallas Arboretum is a beautiful Botanical Gardens in a lovely area of Dallas.  I saw the following on the news and then found on line more information.  I hope to see these exhibits when it is COOLER here!!

Ultimate Tree Houses   
    June 14 - December 31, 2006
Presented by Moore Tree Care
Moore Tree Care presents Ultimate Tree Houses, an exhibit at the Dallas Arboretum featuring 13 "extreme" tree houses on display. Fifty-five entries were submitted by local architects and the winning designs were chosen by a jury. The winning designs are spectacular and will delight visitors of all ages. All entries chosen are accessible and most are ADA accessible. Enjoy these exciting designs spread throughout the Arboretum's 66 acres!

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Hugs,
Prissy

MY GOODNESS ALL OF THESE PICS CAN BE FRAMED AND PUT ON A WALL.  ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS.

HUGS
RAINEY

SASHA, FANTASTIC PHOTOS.  BOY YOU SURE GOT YOUR EXERCISE ON YOUR VACATION.  EVERYTHING LOOKED SO BEAUTIFUL.  WE DO HAVE  SUCH A BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY. 

JOANN, WHAT A WONDERFUL SHOT WITH THE BIRDS FLYING.  LOOKS WONDERFUL THERE WHERE YOU VACATIONED.  SO GLAD YOU AND JENNIE HAD A WONDERFUL TIME. 

Wow, what beautiful pictures you all have taken. I feel like I've just taken a vacation.

Im glad to share my pictures.    Thanks for everyone sharing their pictures.

Lorrie:  Ive been to Maui a few times one of my favorite places.  But your right there is other beautiful places around, I love the moutains to and Asheville is quite beautiufl, my hubby is ready to move there.  We are so lucky there are so many beautiful places in the states.


Thanks for sharing the pictures everyone.

Sasha

Here is a picture of the hotel we stayed in Asheville, it had such charm.

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Here is a picture in PA in the Amish country, this little boy kept waving at me.

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SASHA AND PRISSY AND EVERYONE ELSE!!! I LOVE THE PICS...WE HAVE AN AMISH COMMUNITY NEARBY HERE. THAT IS WHERE WE AT TIMES BUY THINGS. WE BOUGHT THE WOODEN SWING THERE AND THE SWING-SET THAT MY NEICES AND NEPHEWS PLAY ON :yes

Prissy...the ultimate tree houses are awesome...I've never seen anything so cool...makes me want to climb a tree!!!!! :lol

Sasha.. it calms me to see such beauty...I love the waterfalls, the stone buildings, the scenery and the flowers that you have shared with us...thanks....it's wonderful to see all the beauty around us.....

Joann....love the seaguls and view from your cousins yard...awesome...

this rock formation is in the upper pennisula of michigan...it's a natural formation that has been made into a look out....

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Sasha,

Beautiful photos!  That hotel is awesome and the views are fantastic!!

Debi,

Great photo of  that rock formation.  I'm afraid of heights, so i don't think I'd venture out on it!!

Hugs, Prissy

Here are a few photos from our trip to Colorado.  These pictures are from the Rio Grande National Forest.

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More photos from the Rio  Grande National Forest and as we continued on through Colorado we found this beautiful lake.

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In South Central Colorado, we visited the Great Sand Dunes.  This is an amazing mountain of sand that seems out of place.  Because of the wind and a mountain blocking it, this 35 square mile area of sand remains where it is. (It's like a beach without water, but a mountain of sand.)

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OH WOW, PRISSY!!! THE MORE AND MORE DIGITAL CAMERA PICS I SEE THE MORE EXCITED I AM NOW THAT I HAVE ONE OF MY OWN. I'M WAITING FOR JUST THE RIGHT TIME TO START USING THE CAMERA. I DO PLAN ON BEING BACK AT THE LAKE AGAIN, TOO, WHEN I USE THE CAMERA AND LIKE YOU, I ALSO WANNA GET SOME WOODS/FOREST PICS :yes

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AC,

I take my camera with me wherever I go!  We have not had snapshops made from the digital, but I am going to do that in the next few days;  especially the pictures from Houston of the baby, my sisters and nieces.

It would be fun to take a course in photography, too.

Prissy

PS:  I am using clickable pictures because some people have trouble scrolling down when there are so many photos.  Also, I am able to have a bigger photo to click onto than would normally fit here on the site.

:wave Tammy had suggested whenever i do upload pics from the camera, that using that clickable feature from photobucket is a good idea :yes

This is a picture from Maui during sunrise.

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Lorrie...oh my gosh that is beautiful....I've never seen a sunset that was so red.....dang i want that camera....tell me again what kind it is!!!!!!!

Prissy beautiful pictures from colorado..I've never been there so it's nice to see pictures from there....thanks

Debi... I have to confess, I didn't take it.  It's not a sunset it's actually a sunrise.

Sasha your pics are great!  Isn't it amazing to drive up and see the massive Biltmore right there in the mountains?!?   I love all the pics - JoAnn your seagull pic was funny!
Prissy, your vacation must have been wonderful!  And Hawaii....wow. Beautiful.  My grandmother said Hawaii was the closest thing to paradise she could ever imagine. I'm happy she got to go there before she left us. From the mountains to the lakes to the dessert to the coast - it's all right here in this thread.  Kudos Tammy!

I'll post some pics after everything gets a bit less ..... crunchy.  :para

We need soem serious rain here.

Pamela: I agree!!! I love looking at this thread and it's the big reason i wanted a digital camera...now i have one...and s'oon digital shots i take of the outdoor surroundings will be posted here. I hope to be in a few of them, too :bouncy :bouncy I like the feel of the thread.

Prissy: great vacation pictures.  I love seeing different parts of the country!  Thank you.  You and Skip have been to some very interesting spots. 

LuvMyClay:  OMG!  That picture of Maui should be framed and put on your wall.  I think you could sell that beautiful picture for a big price.  That is so gorgeous.  It almost looks make believe.  I love it!

Thanks Prissy and Pam.  Pam hubby is ready to move to Asheville.....The moutain views from my room were great.

Prissy great pictures of Colorado.

Lorrie:  great sunrise.

AC:  you will love it.  I just printed all my pictures and put them in an album....  Im going to try and do that every one in while when i take pictures, I havent been doing that.

Sasha

Tammy...for the life of me I can't think of the name of it....I see it everytime I go to northern michigan...I guess you could say I've been having a senior moment on this

Prissy thank you so much for sharing your vacation with us....those pictures are beautiful and makes me want to travel...well I love to travel anyways soo those pictures are a good excuse.......LOL.....

Tammy..I guess I should have done that instead I went on the web and looked for what it is called...you are right Castle Rock...here is a link
http://www.stignace.com/attractions/castlerock/

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Hello Tammy and the others who post and lurk here!!! Those are three pics taken of me today by my sister with my digital camera. I have others that i haven't uploaded on Photobucket yet. They were taken at that same lake in Springfield we went to a few weeks ago.

Here i am standing beside my silver Prizm...i think i was reading something written on the cinema marquee thing next to the steak house my sister and i ate at today. Oh, that's my ink pen in my shirt...it's not a microphone :giggle

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AC-----nice photos, looks like your digital camera is doing a great job and I'm glad that your in the picture.

JoAnn

  SAY CHEESE!  :bigsmile

AC, great pictures.  I am so glad you went to the concert and had a nice day with your sister.  Great picture of you by the lake.  Really looks nice there.

This is a picture of the Texas coastline at Port Aransas, Texas.  It is on Mustang Island at the very top of Padre Island.  The rocks in the  jetty are rose color granite.  This is a type of rock(expensive) used to make buildings.  I took it on my vacation two weeks ago.
JoAnn.


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I visisted my cousins in Rockport,Texas two weeks ago.  Their house is on a canal that feeds into the gulf.  The first picture, I taking it front the front seat of their boat as we're headed down the canal from their home to go out into the ocean.
     The second picture is one of the millions of pelicans I saw and took pictures of.  This time of year, there are only the grayish ones like this guy.  Then in the winter months, they fly out and only the solid white pelicans come in.  This is the first"live" pleican I've seen.   When they take off and start to fly, they look like the old dinosaur birs.
JoAnn

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JOANN, fantastic pictures.  Hey you could make postcards with those pictures and make tons of money.  That rock is gorgeous in color.  Keep them coming. 

Thanks Pepe,


    I had a wonderful time down on the coast.  I love the sun and surf.   I just refuse to swim in the ocean because of sharks.  I only took 150 pictures and don't worry, I won't bore anyone with them. 
     If you remember the butterfly photo I posted in the garden thread a few days ago, I had it made into a 5x7 size and it is gorgeous!  The colors popped out  and the butterfly can be seen.
JoAnn

AC,

Great pictures of you and the lake.  (I like that shirt, too.)

JoAnn,

I know you and your mom, Jennie, had a great vacation.  Beautiful pictures.  It makes me want to take a trip to the coast.  I've been to the mountains, now I'm ready for the "sea."

Prissy

WOW THIS IS AN AWESOME THREAD!  THESE PICTURES TAKE YOU WHERE I HAVE NEVER BEEN BEFORE.  IT IS SO INTERESTING TO SEE THE DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE COUNTRY.  I LOVED ALL OF THE PICTURES.
THANK YOU TAMMY :hugg

JO ANN,Wonderful pictures, always nice to see other placesJamma

JUST DISCOVERED THIS THREAD THROUGH JERRY.
WOW , WHAT GREAT PICTURES OF THE WONDERFUL OUTDOORS.

JOANN
LOVE THE OCEAN PICTURE WITH THE CRASHING WAVES.  AND IF YOU WANT PELICANS, JUST COME TO FLORIDA, THEY ARE ALL OVER THE PLACE AND I MEAN ALL OVER!!!!! I WILL LOOK UP SOME GOOD FLORIDA PICTURES.

PRISSY
NICE COLORADO PICS AND OF YOU IN THE RED OUTFIT. COLORADA IS A GORGEOUS STATE, I WAS THERE MANY MOONS AGO!!!

AND LORI
WHAT A POSTCARD PICTURE OF THE SUNSET.
MY SON LIVED THERE FOR 10 YEARS AND LOVED IT. I VISITED HIM ONCE AND ALTHOUGH IT WAS BEAUTIFUL. I KEPT SEEING FLORIDA IN MOST OF THE OCEAN PICTURES.

JERRY
I PUT YOUR LAST PICTURE, THE ONE IN THE RED SHIRT IN MY "FRIENDS " FILE. I HAVE A SPECIAL FILE FOR THOSE PEOPLE ON THE CLAYMANIACS WHO I FEEL WHO ARE VERY SPECIAL. ALSO HAVE ONE OF PRISSY IN THERE.

THANKS JERRY FOR POINTING ME IN THIS DIRECTION.

LUV
JAN

JUST DISCOVERED THIS THREAD THROUGH JERRY.
WOW , WHAT GREAT PICTURES OF THE WONDERFUL OUTDOORS.

JOANN
LOVE THE OCEAN PICTURE WITH THE CRASHING WAVES.  AND IF YOU WANT PELICANS, JUST COME TO FLORIDA, THEY ARE ALL OVER THE PLACE AND I MEAN ALL OVER!!!!! I WILL LOOK UP SOME GOOD FLORIDA PICTURES.

PRISSY
NICE COLORADO PICS AND OF YOU IN THE RED OUTFIT. COLORADA IS A GORGEOUS STATE, I WAS THERE MANY MOONS AGO!!!

AND LORI
WHAT A POSTCARD PICTURE OF THE SUNSET.
MY SON LIVED THERE FOR 10 YEARS AND LOVED IT. I VISITED HIM ONCE AND ALTHOUGH IT WAS BEAUTIFUL. I KEPT SEEING FLORIDA IN MOST OF THE OCEAN PICTURES.

JERRY
I PUT YOUR LAST PICTURE, THE ONE IN THE RED SHIRT IN MY "FRIENDS " FILE. I HAVE A SPECIAL FILE FOR THOSE PEOPLE ON THE CLAYMANIACS WHO I FEEL WHO ARE VERY SPECIAL. ALSO HAVE ONE OF PRISSY IN THERE.

THANKS JERRY FOR POINTING ME IN THIS DIRECTION.

LUV
JAN

OOPS, SORRY FOR THE DOUBLE POST :bduh :bduh :bduh

THANKS FOR STOPPING IN TAMMY'S THREAD!!! I'M GLAD I'M IN YOUR FRIEND's FOLDER!!!

HERE ARE SOME PICS I HAD TAKEN TODAY DURING MY CEMETARY WALK!!! I KNOW THE CEMETARY IN WHICH I WALK IS NOT A "VACATION DESTINATION" :roflmao BUT I THOUGHT OF THIS THREAD FIRST AND FOREMOST BECAUSE IT'S AN OUTDOORS THREAD AND I DIDN'T THINK TO POST THEM ON THE OCD :lol :lol

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Joann and Ac great pictures....


Sasha

JOANN AND AC - GREAT PICS.

AC - DON'T LAUGH BUT MY GIRLFRIEND AND I LOVE WALKING THROUGH A CEMETARY.  HONEST WE DO.  JUST READING SOME OF THE WRITING ON THE STONES IS JUST SO PEACFUL AND BEAUTIFUL.   THANKS FOR POSTING THEM.

I've posted these in the garden thread too..but I just thought I'd share this little walk through a garden I visited this past weekend....not real big but very peaceful!!!!

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These were taken in my backyard.....


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Beautiful pictures everyone!! 

Debi did you get a new camera?

I've decided there are so many beautiful places I'd love to see, next tour maybe I should follow Clay around the country in an RV instead of an airplane.  :wink

Sasha...I sure wish I could look in my yard and see deer!!!! I see neighbors... :lmao  and sometimes that is not the best sight....just kidding...just kidding..

Lorrie...nope Ididn't get a new camera..wish I could...maybe next year..I do so love mine..I bought it used but I am ready for a little up grade...

Debi, we see neighbors and deer and believe me I would rather see neighbors! The deer do so much damage. I planted 8 or 9 rose bushes and the deer ate most of them. I only have two left. Rose bushes are relatively inexpensive. The shrubs that they eat are not cheap. We have had to replace way too many.

Sasha, we had a deer in our yard resting under a tree at 11:00 in the morning a few weeks ago. It is rare that we see them during the day. I attempted to take pictures. The first one was way too far away. The second one was a little closer. I moved in even closer and the deer stood up ready to bolt and I snapped a decent shot.

I started to get even closer when it started to move so I went back to the deck. Hubby asked why I didn't get even closer. I said that I didn't want to get hit by a deer. He started singing Grandma Got Run Over By A Raindeer in his oh so monotone voice! :lmao

Tammy, you had such a great idea when you started this thread. We get to see areas of the country that we have never seen before and maybe never will. It could turn into a handy vacation destination guide.

Mary:  Im lucky the deer have not done any damage to my yard,  they like to eat my neighbor's jungle.  He walks through my yard and goes and eats in his yard :lol...  But I know what you mean my friend at work they eat everything in  his  yard.......  Mary I took those of the deer from my deck..... I have a pretty good zoom on my camera, wish it was a little better especially at Clay concerts.. :lol  Im practing of the animals in my yard getting ready for the concert.....  so that was a pretty good distance i took them from...



Sasha

I finally got a picture of my turkeys today, there must be 10 babies, I  looked throught my binoculars and counted them :lol  They better laeve before thanksgiving  :lol :lol


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I think momma is looking at me I was hiding behind the bushes..... :lol


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Tammy:  they will still there at 5 when i went to my moms......   I think they were drying out from the rain..... :lol :lol  I will keep a watch on them and the babies.  Im going to give the pictures to the kids next door.    next one I want to get is the woodchuck eating my apples sitting up,, its the cutiet thing.   they can eat all the apples on the ground,  good Chuck.    then I dont have to pick them up :lol :lol


Sasha

Mary...sorry the deer do so much damage....I still think I'd rather deal with that opposed to some neighbors. :lol  but isn't there anything you can do to keep  those deer away from your flowers and shrubs???? It must be frustrating to have them ruin your stuff...

Sasha...oh my gosh last weekend I was in norhern michigan visiting my mom and sister...and in my sisters back yard there was some wild turkeys too..I think it must have been two families cause there sure was a lot of babies...one thing I didn't know is that they fly and sit in trees...it kinda freaked me out when I heard noise in the trees...well it was only the turkeys practicing flying!!!! LOL

Tammy hello...I look forward to your pictures.....get some good ones...

Deb:  I havent seen them in my trees  :lol  I didnt know that either.......  What's next in my yard....   :lol  I never know what to expect from the woods....   I wish it was Clay....  :lol  At least the coyotes didnt come around this year, they made me nervous especially with the kids next door...  I think thats why I am getting other animals because they are gone.  They use to eat my pears     :lol


Sasha

SAsha....
I too was very suprised when I saw those turkeys up in the tree....LOL...It kinda caught me off guard!!!!

And you are right about the woods..I love walking in the works...mostly in the fall I like it....well spring time too....you are right you never do know what you will find in the woods...maybe CLAY....you mean like this????

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I know i'd like to find him in the woods... :wink :lol :smile

Deb:  I love to find that in the woods...   :luv


Tammy:  I will keep trying to get a picture of that....... they are so quick.......



Sasha

Tammy ...I believe it is the male species of the human....he is quite  a fine species and you may find him hiding out at the edge of the woods trying to find a peaceful moment (May I add this is why I love to hang out in the woods.)......daydreaming about all his fans...well that is what I've been told anyways....LOL..If I happen to see him again I'll give ya a jingle...... :lmao

Sasha....keep your eyes peeled you never know what might come out of those woods...remember we didn't know that turkeys flew either....so like I said you just never know!!! :wink

DEBI
 :lol :roflmao :lmao

Deb and Tammy I keep looking in the woods but  all that come is turkeys and Deer.  This is the first time i saw the male. good deer they eat next door... :lol


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I finally was able to count all the babies, 10.......   Im still looking for Clay to come out of the woods. :slick  Ill keep my camera ready


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:wave HELLO ALL!!! I THOUGHT I'D POST TWO PICS FROM THE SERPENT MOUND PARK MY SISTER, NEICE, AND I WENT TO TODAY!! :bouncy :bouncy IT IS LOCATED IN ADAMS COUNTY, DOWN IN THE COUNTRY!!

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HERE IS A SORT OF BIRD'S EYE VIEW OF THE MOUND...

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THIS IS A PLACE I HADN'T BEEN TO SINCE I WAS IN 5th GRADE. WE WENT ON A FIELD TRIP!! MY SISTER AND ONE OF HER DAUGHTER'S TAGGED ALONG WITH ME. IT WAS A MEMORABLE ROAD TRIP :yes

HERE'S A LINK TO THE PLACE I VISITED TODAY...

MOUND (http://www.ohiohistory.com/places/serpent/)

hI EVEWRYONE, tAMMY THIS IS A NICE THREAD.   

Sasha, we have deer and turkey on our land everyday. Every evening at about 5 the Turkeys walk down the drive across the front and over to the side yard. The last to days I went on the side deck and there were turkeys on the deck. we have gaggles of malesw and females.

The deer live here and at both my neighbors. One came up on the deck and ate off half the flowers on my ivy geranium.

Some things they wont eat.. Tall bearded iris, lavendar, salvia, daffodils,

When we get our new computer, i'll try sending deer and turkey pictures.

We also have a skunk, possums, racoons, mountain lions (i have not seen them but I heard one at the end of the driveway one night,) coyoties,foxes.

Jerry interesting Indian mounds. Thanks for sharing them

SAsha....I was looking around and look what I found...LOL..

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Debi
That reminds me of Where's Waldo.. :lol :lol  I love it!  :clap  I think I'm heading to Sasha's house.. :rofl

Tammy...I think that Sasha is holding out on us...I think we should make a suprise visit to her....what you think???????

Sounds good!  How about you knock on her door while I check out the woods.. :wink

Tammy ...sounds like a plan to me!!!!!! :lol

Sasha,
I enjoyed seeing the pictures of the turkeys and deer!  What great photos!!

AC,
The Serpent's Mound is an interesting page.  I went to the link to read about it.  Did you go to the museum?

Tammy,
This is a great thread.  I always enjoy the photos!

Hugs,
Prissy

Tammy and Deb:  come on down.   See if we can find Clay :slick

Stargazer:  The turkey come in the morning and in the afternoon around 3:30 TO 400;  and the deer come around 6:30 - 7:30 am and head back to the woods around 7:30 and at night they come between 7-800 now...

HI Prissy and Pepe :lol


sasha

Tammy and Deb:  come on down.   See if we can find Clay :slick

Stargazer:  The turkey come in the morning and in the afternoon around 3:30 TO 400;  and the deer come around 6:30 - 7:30 am and head back to the woods around 7:30 and at night they come between 7-800 pm...

HI Prissy and Pepe :lol


sasha

Tammy...thanks for posting those pictures for Pepe....

Pepe..I just love the second picture of the lighthouse...do you mind if i save it and maybe use it for a greeting card....(I love to make my own greeting cards...)..thanks...

Pepe,

Beautiful pictures!  I really like that lighthouse photo, too.  Debi, that will make a lovely card!


When we were in Albuquerque in July, we visited the Botanical Gardens.  Here are a few shots from that trip.

Ducks in a Pond
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Frog
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Miniature Train
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Tiled Stream
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The Mystic Seaport pictures remind me of the days that we spent with our boys when they were young. We used to go there often on our way home from our Cape Cod vacation.

Norm and I were going to go there for a day in August but the weather was so nice in Cape Cod we decided to stay there on our last day.

Tammy, love the pictures.  They all look very familiar to me since I have been there so many times with you or my husband.  You know our favorite little place to eat is a roadside stand right on the water there.  We can see some of the ships from there too.  I love that village.

Prissy:  How cute!  I love frogs, ducks, swans.  All of those water-loving creatures.   

The pictures here are great.  I need to get some of my mother's backyard friends here. 

Hello all,

I finally got an updated picture from my sister-n-law from Fairbanks, Alaska to share.  This just came into today.

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Pepe------I hope that you really enjoy.  Donna took it herself.
JoAnn

It's me again.  I thought that I would put some more photos in here.
The butterfly photo was taken this past July by me in Skidmore,Texas.  My great grandfather established this town in the late 1800's.  He gave the land to Texas and the railroad came into it.  So, they named the town after him.  This plant is in front of the "tiny" museum.  Look close and you will also see one of the hundreds of monarch landing on it.  It was a very windy day and the plant is swaying in the breeze.  Skidmore is very close to the coastline about 45 miles from Rockport, Tx.
JoAnn

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I was here a couple of days ago and couldn't get the pictures to load but today they loaded fast. 

TAMMY, your pictures are just fantastic.  What a lovely place to live.  There is nothing better than that nice ocean smell.  I love the water just don't want to be on it!  Thank you for giving such a beautiful tour of Mystic.  My favorite is the tall ships with their masts, just love them.

JOANN, finally I get to see your beautiful Alaska pictures.  How beautiful!  I see snow on the mountain!!!  Did your brother have  a lot of crops this year?  I think you told me the first planting froze?  Hope the dog is doing well !

wow I come here and feel like I've been on vacation

Prissy thanks so much for sharing those garden pictures...is that a real frog in that pond?

Tammy....wow you have soo much beauty around you...some day...yes some day....I am gonna see that beauty....

Joann....interesting story about Skidmore, Texas....that is soo cool that a family member established it....and I love the plant and the butterfly.....and I alway enjoy the pictures from Alaska.....thanks...

WEll here in michigan the leaves are changing colors...I went to northern michigan to visit my family and took a few little detours to enjoy the colors...these where taken at "Lakes of the north" I love it there....the lakes are beautiful and the woods are peaceful....I love the woods.....

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Hello,

Skip and I just returned from a trip to the state of Washington.  I have "lots" of pictures, but will try to post only the "best" ones here.  I have also posted some colorful plant and flower pictures in the Garden Thread. I hope you enjoy our trip to Washington!

Tammy,
I really loved all of those pictures of Mystic.  Especially love to see photos with water!  How great to have a resort area practically in your backyard!  :bigsmile

JoAnn,
Great photos, too!

Hugs,
Prissy

Yes, that is a real frog in the picture above.  Skip snapped that one!!

Hello,

Skip and I just returned from a trip to the state of Washington.  I have "lots" of pictures, but will try to post only the "best" ones here.  I have also posted some colorful plant and flower pictures in the Garden Thread. I hope you enjoy our trip to Washington!

We spent a lot of time driving through the western part of Washington which is really spectacular.

BEAUTIFUL LAKES

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WATERFALLS AND STREAMS, TOO!

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BREATHTAKING DRIVES

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ENORMOUS TREES!

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There are some very tall mountains in Washington.  Two very famous ones are Mt. Rainier and the volcano Mt. St. Helens.  After we saw Mt. Rainier, we kept seeing it other times, too!  It became a joke with Skip and me that Mt. Rainier was "following us." :lol

MT. RAINIER

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MT. ST. HELENS

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Skip at the lookout point for Mt. St. Helens with, yes, Mt. Rainier, in the background!!

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We did venture into Seattle and celebrated our 17th Anniversary with a delightful meal at the restaurant atop the Space Needle.  The restaurant revolves and we had great views of Seattle.

SEATTLE SPACE NEEDLE

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View of Seattle and the Space Needle from a ferry on the bay.

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We drove to the west coast of Washington and stayed at Pacific Beach.  I was able to get some fairly good photos of the sunset on the Pacific Ocean. This is the best.

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And the Pacific Ocean the next morning.

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PARTING SHOTS


A spider web glisstening with dew, photo by Skip, on the foggy morning we left.

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We flew over on a military plane, a C-40 and back on the same plane.  Flying to Washington (Whidbey Island), we only had 3 passangers and crew and returning, after a stop in El Centro, CA, we had the same three passengers , Skip, me and another military retiree.

Skip took my picture on the plane!

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And look who is peeking out at me from the seat in front of me! :wink

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We found a great place to board our dogs, Shadow and Sandy, while we were gone.  They got a lot of attention but were glad to see SKip and me.

One of the ladies who took care of our "babies."

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We had a wonderful trip and great weather the whole time.  Just a little fog that last morning.  Never any rain and temps in the 70's and cool at night!  Perfect week!
Hugs,
Prissy

PRISSY, your pictures are just utterly fantastic.  We are so lucky we have such a beautiful country.  When people don't leave their own state to see all this beauty they are missing out on so much!  I didn't see any pictures of the fish place so I guess you didn't find it!  Thank you for letting us share in your wonderful vacation!

Prissy - I can only echo what Pepe said - just beautiful pictures!  :clap :clap :clap :clap :clap

Thanks Angela, Pepe, and Frankie and....
Also, Dick, Lorraine, Woody, AC, and Linda for your kind words about our Washington photos.

I think I'm getting better at using the digital, and of course, Skip always gets some fantastic pictures!! We just have to remember to keep the camera charged and download before the camera says the "card is full;" no room for more pictures! :para :lol


Here are a few more random shots from our trip:

When we stopped briefly at the base in El Centro, CA, on our flight home, there was an Osprey, an unusual looking air craft out on the air field. 

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Lighthouse near Pacific Beach

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Unusual glass lights outside the Glass Museum in Tacoma

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Cabin in the woods at one of the recreational military sites.

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Hugs,
Prissy

Prissy....your photos are breathtaking...I love the scenic mountains, waterfalls, shorelines and the big big trees....my personal favorite it the dewey spiderweb.....anyways I was just wondering...what kind of digital camera do you have??? I will be purchasing a new camera probably next spring...and I have already gotten some imput but I love the clarity you get with yours...thanks....debi

Beautiful pictures everyone.

Prissy Great picutres.


Sasha

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Sasha.....love that picture.....

Fabulous pictures, Prissy! Looks like you had a great trip.

Sasha, :thud :thud :thud

Debi, Sasha, & Mary,

I'm glad you enjoyed the photos.  We really had a great time.

Sasha,
Love that Fall Clay!!

Debi,
We bought my camera from CostCo.  I will PM you more about it later.  I do know that Clandy, Meesa, and possibly Heather have recently bought really fine digitals for getting good pictures.  I will check to see what they bought also.  I will say I have not been able to get a good shot of Clay on stage with my new digital.  It may be that I don't know what setting to use. :bduh
I agree that the spider web picture by Skip is really good.  If there is a photo contest for nature shots, I may enter that for him.

Mary,
I know you have been to some interesting places.  I would love to see some of your photos, too, if possible.

Hugs,
Prissy

Deb: I hoping to find fall CLay in my woods :slick   I keep looiking.

Prissy:  you took some great pictures.  I finally figured out on my digital camera what i did wrong, would help if i read the whole manual. :lol  I didnt know i kept shutting off my stablizier  when i was zooming  all those Clay pictures I ruined :bang  Now i know :lol  Im ready for the concerts now. :lol

mary: i see you like my folliage... :lol

Sasha

Hello all,

   I just received this email photo from family in Alaska.  My brother and family litteraly live on a mountain top outside of Fairbanks, Alaska.  They have lived there for over 40 years.  There home is a two story Swiss Chalet type log cabin with a view of Mt. McKinnley.  This photo is of their granddaughter, Mary and the manger. :roflmao This is a different manger and a different Mary.
   It is a hay manger that they had just made for the goats winter hay.  They finished it just in time for the forth coming snow.
JoAnn
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I don't post here as often as I should, but I do check this thread daily.  :hugg  I love all the pictures from various parts of the country.  So very, very interesting and y'all have some great ones to share! :thx

My hubby and I went to a Fall Fair in Western Maine last week.  I thought I would share with you how popular this event is here in Maine.  Here are some pics of the camping area that is across the street from the fair.  Look at the number of campers!! And this is only one small sampling of the number of campers there.  :smile  You can see the fairgrounds in the background.

Click to make big:
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Since I have been home, I have been working on setting up some more Halloween decorations. :wink

Clickable:
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Deanna,

Love your photos!!  And you know I love Halloween!! I have just about finished decorating.  Maybe we should revive the Halloween thread from last year!!!

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Hugs,
Prissy

PS:  Sasha, Skip keeps telling me to study the manual for my digital!!  Maybe I could learn what I'm doing wrong with the Clay stage photos!! :bduh

Sasha...if you do find fall clay in the woods...would you please pm me asap...and please keep him captive until I can get there... :wink

CRUISE PART 1



We got back from our cruise to Jamacia, Grand Caymon, and Cozumel on Sunday - as requested, here are some pictures (they are not all of scenery, but I didn't know where else to post them - I have pictures of Food for Pepe and Evelyn!  :lol )

This is a shot of SeaWolf Park in Galveston, Texas, as we were leaving the Galveston harbor - the park has a WWII destroyer and a submarine that may be toured:

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This was the view from our room on Monday morning - a little overcast, and just miles and miles of ocean - it took 2 days to get to Jamacia!!!


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This was taken at the Captain's cocktail party the first night onboard (we traveled with a group of 20 frineds from our town). That is me on the far right:


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We enjoyed the track on the upper deck  of the ship every day - this is a picture of Lewis

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I did not realize that the island of Jamacia is mostly mountains - but it is - we visited a coffee/pineapple/fruit plantation, where we were cooked a lunch of Jerk Chicken, rice with red beans, and greens cooked with asparagus - a traditional Jamacian meal, we were told:

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I took this picture, because these are NOT grapefruit - they are lemons!!! All of the plants were huge!



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A picture for me and for Pepe, because we both love ferns (this is Lewis again!):



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This is me in front of the building where we had lunch:


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This shot shows how the land is terraced to grow the coffe and pineapples:

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End of Cruise Part 1 - I don't want to lose a long post, so I am breaking it up!

CRUISE PART 2


I know anyone who has ever been on a cruise has had this done for them, but it is still fun to see - our Steward rolled towels into a different animal every night   :lol- I took pictures of a couple of my favorites - this elephant was wearing my extra pair of reading glasses when I came in!

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You cannot dock in Grand Caymon right now because all of the docks were damaged in hurricanes last year - we had to take small boats into the island - I took this one of our ship as we were going into shore:


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This is a picture of us on the dock in Grand Caymen with our ship in the background:


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This was taken from a "semi-submarine" - we toured a coral reef for over an hour - you can't really tell, but the fish in the picture was about 5 feet long:


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You can barely see the diver feeding the fish outside of our window!


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Lewis took this picture of a sunset from our room balcony:


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End of Cruise Part 2

CRUISE PART 3

This is the part that is for Pepe, Evelyn, and anyone else who enjoys cooking and beautiful food presentation. I took pictures of the Grand Buffet onboard:


Ice dragon made from a 300-pound block of ice (we watched the chef make it):

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Bread display:

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These lobsters were made from blown sugar - the chef blew them from a straw, just as an artist would blow a glass ornament:


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A Watermelon Ship:


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This fish is made from thinly sliced radishes and cucumbers:

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This is a tray of salmon - the yellow fish in the background are made of cheese!

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Indian  (Mayan) dancers on the dock in Cozumel:


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The open-air market in Cozumel:


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View from the ship leaving Cozumel:

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I have posted a lot of pictures (we took over 100!) There is so much to do on a cruise - too much to mention - but I have given a quick overview!

Frankie:
What great pictures.I knew you and Lewis would have a great time. :hugg

Frankie,

What great pictures!  You really gave us a good overview of your trip.  I'm so glad you and Lewis had a wonderful time.

Hugs,
Prissy

Frankie,
           Great pictures you and Lewis looked like you had a great time, thanks for sharing.


Sasha

FRANKIE, all I can say is I would have been in my glory.  Utterly fantastic pictures and unblievable food.  The ice sculptures looked fabulous and all that wonderful bread I would have filled up on that.  The desserts and the lobster were fantastic, what artists they are.  The watermelon was something else all the work on that , the fish looked like it was made of cucumbers and radishes, who would have thought just beautiful.  I am so glad you went and that you had good weather.  A wonderful trip full of wonderful memories to treasure thru pictures and memories.  Thanks so much for remembering to take pictures of the food and I am so glad you are back home as I really, really missed you.  :hugg

GEE I NEED TO STOP BY HERE MORE OFTEN.  I FELT LIKE I WAS ON A VACATION AND I NEVER LEFT MY HOUSE.  WHAT BEAUTIFUL PICTURES.

FRANKIE - LOOKS LIKE IT WAS ONE HECK OF A TRIP.  THOSE ICE FIGURINES ARE JUST FABULOUS.  THANKS FOR POSTING SUCH WONDERFUL PICTURES.

HUGS
RAINEY

Yesterday morning, Skip and Granddaughter Ashley went to the Water Gardens in downtown Fort Worth.  They have been closed for a few years and just recently repoened. 

The Water Gardens of Fort Worth was featured in the 1976 movie LOGAN'S RUN with Michael York.

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GRANDDAUGHTER ASHLEY
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Prissy
Thats absolutely beautiful.. I have to come back here later and catch up on everything I missed.. Its getting close to outdoor and vacation time for many of us.. :yahoo

beautiful Tammy....I want to be there!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks Debi!  :hugg

It was beautiful..  We will be back when the leaves start changing colors.. The view on top of all the trees is amazing..

Tammy,

Just breathtaking.  It was such a gorgeous day as well.  Couldn't have asked for me except me being there. :bouncy :bouncy :bouncy

Hugs
Rainey

Tammy - WOW!!!  Just beautiful!!!!!  Thanks for sharing the pictures.  I must say...I don't know if I could do that steep walking.  I guess all your walking keeps you in good shape.   :bouncy  I want to go with you next time.   :wink

Thanks Woody!
It's steep but it's not that long of a hike so I think you could do it..  You just need a good pair of hiking boots or good fitting sneakers.. Maybe you should make another trip to New England some time.. :wink

Tammy,

Beautiful pictures!  What great views!!  I'm so glad this thread is activated again.  You are fortunate to have such lovely and interesting areas so near you.

Hugs,
Prissy

Thanks Prissy! :hugg
You have been to some beautiful places yourself and seen the most gorgeous gardens..

I thought this thread should be revived with summer just around the corner. :bouncy :bigsmile

This morning I was up (since I don't usually sleep at night nowadays :lol) and thought the sunrise was quite spiffy, so I took a couple pics from my sister's balcony:

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They all look pretty much the same, but I like um. :giggle

Hope you like. :hugg

Carla :bubble