Snowing on Graves

It was an overcast afternoon at about 4:30. The sun shone through the thin, hazy layer of clouds. I'm not sure what they are or how it happened, but those concentric curves were there when I downloaded the shot. I kind of liked them

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Winter Colors

Emik... there are colors in winter - you just have to go look for them a little. :-) These are some bee hives in a field near our house.

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Snail Mail

I have an ancestor who was a ship captain in the early 18th century. This was his lap-desk that he used on his ship. The teacup is fine bone china and was my Great-Grandmother's in the late 19th century. The teapot is only about 25 years old.

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Dentist's Dream

This is a tooth from a Wooley Mammoth, found while diving in Tampa Bay. It is about 7" tall and approximately 75,000 years old. The "top" part of the tooth is the flat part facing the left-front. The remains of mammoths have been found in 49 out of the 50 states (not Hawaii) and some ...

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'nana holder

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Stunt Plane

These little planes do more than just fly straight. They can do loops and swerves, depending on how you adjust their flaps. I've put together an SBS to show you how to make them, please check it out if you're interested.

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Take-off

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Camoflaged

I went walking through the woods this morning and almost didn't even see this guy. He's a Great Horned Owl.

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Know the words?

What do you do if you don't know the words? You hum.

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Closest

This is the closest place to get anything for many miles

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Charmed

What can you tell about her?

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Beacon

The brightest place at night in our little village

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Gecko Earring

I told my son how we used to make earrings out of the Geckos around our house when I was a kid, but he didn't believe me. He does now. :-)

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Hung Food

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Ice Water

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Ethiopian Opal

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Fire Agate

Fire agate is only found in southern Arizona and northern Mexico. The rock on the bottom is what it looks like originally. It has to be cut by hand as the color is only a few microns thick (which is why you rarely see them in jewelry stores, and when you do they're fairly expensive). It is similar t...

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Workers

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Fenceless Post

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Inspiration

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Woman

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St. Pat's

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Hydra

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Lifeline

Most of us would die without one of these! :-p

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