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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Monday, June 11, 2007 - 9:28 pm
You are getting really good on those flower shots, Gracie. Love the trees too.
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Mak1
Member
08-12-2002
| Tuesday, June 12, 2007 - 10:44 am
Denecee, it was fun seeing the ocean during wintery weather. When we checked out, the desk clerk told us to be sure to come back to see the place in the summer. I ended up on their grid-locked main drag one summer night due to dd missing an exit (lol). That was enough for me. I love an uncrowded beach. Thank you to everyone for sharing these great photos!
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Sunshyne4u
Member
06-17-2003
| Friday, June 15, 2007 - 3:44 am
I love this time of year. Great bright yellow flowers. I've never had yellow flowers before. Well other than multicoloured pansies from the Garden Centre.
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Urgrace
Member
08-19-2000
| Friday, June 15, 2007 - 7:05 pm
~~Roadrunner~~

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Sunshyne4u
Member
06-17-2003
| Sunday, June 17, 2007 - 1:17 am
beep beep! ----------------zoom (weird looking. Like a baby dinosaur)
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Sunday, June 17, 2007 - 8:19 am

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Sunshyne4u
Member
06-17-2003
| Sunday, June 17, 2007 - 4:00 pm
you know it looks like that famous fossil bird with the crest on its head and long splayed out tail feathers....i saw a replica at Drumheller Museum (that bird is cute with its little speckles)
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Urgrace
Member
08-19-2000
| Sunday, June 17, 2007 - 8:10 pm
We saw a pair of them today! They may be cute, but they can wipe out an entire neighborhood of good insects and lizards in a matter of a month. It might take years for our neighborhood to recuperate/repopulate the walking sticks, praying mantis, tree lizards, striped lizards, faux chameleons, and such, following the temporary visit of one roadrunner!
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Sunshyne4u
Member
06-17-2003
| Saturday, June 23, 2007 - 8:19 pm
Rats!!
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Sunshyne4u
Member
06-17-2003
| Saturday, June 23, 2007 - 8:24 pm
trying again. For some reason my pics just wont resize small enough. My flowers are dying but Hummingbirds, Bumblebees and Butterflies are still feeding happily. here is a great closeup of a Swallowtailwith my newish camera. I'm still playing LOL

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Sunshyne4u
Member
06-17-2003
| Saturday, June 23, 2007 - 8:28 pm
darn so much is lost when the pic is so small!
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Urgrace
Member
08-19-2000
| Sunday, June 24, 2007 - 10:22 am
Gorgeous! We have fields and fields of yellow flowers around right now. This pic was taken on a hill overlooking town.
a little closer

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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Sunday, June 24, 2007 - 10:33 am
Pretty picture, Grace, but that is the flattest land I've ever seen. Where the heck are the mountains, or even hills?
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Urgrace
Member
08-19-2000
| Sunday, June 24, 2007 - 5:50 pm
OG, deceptively the land dips down right behind the flowers and even further behind the darker dilineation into town down in the valley (you can't see it) then back up sharply to the hills lining the horizon which is 15-20 miles away. The entire town is in a valley. You can't get to it without going down. It is literally on the edge of the 'hill country'. They don't get bigger until you get about ten miles north of town. I admit the picture does it no justice. I'll try to take a picture at night so you can see the contrast.
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Sunday, June 24, 2007 - 6:33 pm
UG, I can see what you mean by the hills. I guess the straight-line horizon took me by surprise.
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Sunshyne4u
Member
06-17-2003
| Sunday, June 24, 2007 - 8:01 pm
wild flowers? Gorgeous! around here we have Purple and pink Lupins and of course, the cursed BROOM! Your pic reminds me of driving to Saskatchewan to visit my grandparents. After you leave the mountains of my province there are a few foothills, then the lay of the land looks like your pic. Alberta, great Ranchland!
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Sunday, June 24, 2007 - 10:43 pm
Texas bluebonnets are in the lupine family. I was wondering why these flowers were looking so familiar up here. (Washington state) Because they look like bluebonnets!
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Urgrace
Member
08-19-2000
| Monday, June 25, 2007 - 9:26 am
Guess the bluebonnets are the hot, dry variety! They prefer sandy, poor soil, enough rain to get them started and lots of sun. OG, this town has a different terrain on all sides of it. To the left of the picture (southeast) all is very flat. To the south or the northeast there are more hills. To the west and northwest is the hill country, rocky and craggy. Downtown we have springs that begin here and there making the shortest river in the world, three miles, when it dumps into a larger river. eta: Just reread my post and realized I spelled delineation wrong!
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Urgrace
Member
08-19-2000
| Friday, July 13, 2007 - 11:28 pm
OG, I wanted to give you a nice view of the hill country where there really are hills in this part of Texas. We went to the Devil's Backbone Park today. The pictures, however, didn't turn out very good because it was a hazy day, so the hills blend together! We are at the 1,275 foot elevation, up from about 325 ft. in town.

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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Saturday, July 14, 2007 - 7:39 am
Thanks, Gracie for the lovely car ride. It is beautiful country, just so very different than what I see around here. Top photo: I live on the other side of town about 7 miles closer to the Mt Hood, but about 40 miles from the mountain. This view is to the east. Bottom photo: This view of Mt St. Helens is to the north. I am surrounded by mountains.  
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Urgrace
Member
08-19-2000
| Saturday, July 14, 2007 - 10:29 am
OG, those are some great mountain views you have. I lived in Oregon once when I was very young. Maybe next time I take some pics it will be from the valley looking up so you will have more perspective of our "hills"! Have to LOL about the car ride! It was the only video I could find of the ridge ride along the crest of the backbone, and it was fast, blurry, and choppy!
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Saturday, July 14, 2007 - 11:36 am
Sorry about widening the page. When I posted they were one on top of the other. I don't know why they turned out like this. Mods, please feel free to dump them if necessary.
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Karen
Member
09-07-2004
| Thursday, July 19, 2007 - 3:59 pm
Gorgeous photos, Urgrace, and OG! I just got home from a week in my hometown in the Okanagan.
This is the very north end of Okanagan lake, home of Ogopogo, our very own "Loch Ness Monster", if you will. This lake stretches from Vernon south to past Penticton... takes about three and a bit hours to drive from end to end. Sorry for the shotty peicing together, didn't have the energy to color manage...
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Sunshyne4u
Member
06-17-2003
| Wednesday, July 25, 2007 - 1:41 am

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Sunshyne4u
Member
06-17-2003
| Thursday, August 23, 2007 - 11:14 pm
august 12th was a stormy black day- then a hot wind came out with the sun Sunset was amazing

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