Tag: travel
group name: wintertimespn
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December 30, 2007 03:00 PM EST --
in 1995 I took a trip to Australia with my parents. I finally scanned in all the photos to my computer and here are some of the scenic photos I took (pre-digital days).
Ayers Rock is an Aborigine . . . more
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February 22, 2008 02:19 AM EST --
I wrote an article here on Gather a couple months back about the newest art exhibit that was to come to Chicago. Well it came, and I have never been as disappointed in art as I was about this . . . more
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March 24, 2008 10:37 PM EDT --
My 11-year-old granddaughter Amber woke recently to a sight that caused her to shout, "Grandmommy, look at the lake. It's covered with ice. I never saw Lake Superior covered with ice before." . . . more
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December 10, 2007 02:04 PM EST --
AAAHHH!!!!!!!
there.. i feel a bit better. not much though.
at work last night, hubby ran over a screw and ruined a tire. we know that our tires are bad, but don't have money for more. i got . . . more
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January 22, 2008 08:54 PM EST --
Hurried along by 25-mph winds and knuckle-numbing cold, a dozen intrepid workers pluck frozen grapes from brittle vines, plopping them into crates. It is the crack of dawn along the southern shore of . . . more
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December 21, 2006 10:55 PM EST --
(Originally written on December 7, 2004. And inspired by real squirrels!)
It is said that the branches of a tree reach right up to heaven, while others reach down to uplift us here on earth. But I . . . more
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January 05, 2008 11:33 PM EST --
Tonight as I drove to the grocery store, I approached a car that was turning left into a drive thru resteraunt that was closed. Once the car had cleared the lane I was in, I drove ahead, only to see that . . . more
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July 19, 2008 09:01 AM EDT --
It would seem that strange things are afoot in my life as a Sydneyite. At this time, as a Witch Broom apears in the front yard tree, the Pope is visiting Sydney. Our city and streets are full of . . . more
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August 09, 2008 06:39 AM EDT --
After exacting screening for approapriate competitors and Medalists ENTIRE WEIGHT LIFTING COMPETITION (all catagories & divisions)-CANCELLED
LATE BREAKING NEWS-China objects
EXPLANATION OF . . . more
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June 19, 2008 09:15 AM EDT --
I was eating at one of our Food Halls in one of those larger Shopping Malls that frequently invade our Western City lives. Across the way was a Newsagent with the latest Edition of our . . . more
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May 19, 2008 08:32 AM EDT --
Firstly, I believe that Australians have the reputation for swearing. This may or may not be true, Australia is reputedly "the most Conservative" of the British Commonwealth Nations, however, . . . more
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June 05, 2008 09:25 AM EDT --
IMMEDIATE WARNING TO ANY OVERSEAS PERSPECTIVE OWNERS OF THESE BIRDS: They live 100 years or more! Do you have someone to pass them to?
Most people, even Australians, believe that the major (perhaps . . . more
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April 12, 2008 09:21 AM EDT --
As far as I am aware prior to White Settlements (First Fleet 1788) the Australian Mainland Fauna's mammaliam population consisted only of Marsupials and two Monotreme Species, except for Man, Dogs . . . more
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May 21, 2008 09:19 AM EDT --
In recent years News has broken here of the fight to survive by the Island State of Tasmania's other large carnivore the Tasmanian Devil. Americans and the World are more familiar perhaps with the . . . more
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June 24, 2008 10:45 PM EDT --
NOTE: I was moved to write this poem immediately after my visit to a place I lived in once for nearly a year. Incredibly beautiful and tranqil, the Congewai Valley via Cessnock NSW Australia, is a thinner . . . more
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May 01, 2008 09:00 PM EDT --
Here I am, again being reminded of the joys of meandering along the Golf Courses of Australia when my ball lands in the light rough, sits up at the pinnacle of a little mount on top of a small . . . more
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June 30, 2008 03:43 AM EDT --
For those considering a visit to Sydney you should consider a Day Trip to the Hunter Valley Vineyard Region. For anyone interested I run a Small Business that accesses the Vineyards in a couple of ways. . . . more
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May 16, 2008 12:17 PM EDT --
HERE IT IS!
THE POULET SUPREME DOORBELL DATER!
WHY CYBER DATE?
WHY SPEND SATURDAY NIGHTS ALONE?
WHY WASTE YOUR TIME AT ALL IN THE SINISTER CLUB
CHAT-UP . . . more
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May 17, 2008 02:37 AM EDT --
LOOKING FOR JUST THE RIGHT WAY TO SAY YOUR HEART FELT THOUGHTS?
RELATIONSHIP AT AN END? "DEAR JOHN..." JUST DOESN'T SEEM ENOUGH OR THE RIGHT SENTIMENT?
BUSINESS GONE . . . more
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June 14, 2008 06:41 AM EDT --
In my younger years I had the dubious good fortune of securing a job as an Australian Public Service Clerical Officer with that much respected organisation Repat, or The Department of Veteran's Affairs. . . . more
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