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January 5, 2012
Angel Falls is the world’s highest waterfall, with a height of 3,212 feet and a plunge of 2,647 feet. It is fifteen times the height of Niagara Falls, and is located in the Canaima National Park, in the Gran Sabana region of Bolivar State, Venezuela.
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June 24, 2011
People’s laziness never ceases to amaze me!
They’re smelly, brainless, and pathetic
But only video-games get their fingers energetic.
They watch TV until they get a headache
And wonder why life won’t give them a break.
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October 21, 2010
May you always have work for your hands to do.
May your pockets hold always a coin or two.
May the sun shine bright on your windowpane.
May the rainbow be certain to follow each rain.
May the hand of a friend always be near you.
And may God fill your heart with gladness to cheer you.
- Irish Blessing
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October 17, 2010
Truly spectacular!!
This is every bit as beautiful at night also. The lighting is perfect.
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Fall at Butchart Gardens, Victoria, B.C., Canada. It’s hard to believe anything could be this beautiful. Talk about the Lord’s paintbrush!
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September 29, 2010
I THINK that I shall never see
A poem lovely as a tree.
A tree whose hungry mouth is prest
Against the earth’s sweet flowing breast;
A tree that looks at God all day,
And lifts her leafy arms to pray;
A tree that may in Summer wear
A nest of robins in her hair;
Upon whose bosom snow has lain;
Who intimately lives with rain.
Poems are made by people like me,
But only God can make a tree.
TREES by: Joyce Kilmer (1886-1918)
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June 2, 2010
Sharks are ugly and mean, and have big teeth, just like Emily Richardson. She’s not my friend any more. (Kylie, age 6)
My uncle goes out in his boat with 2 other men and a woman and pots and comes back with crabs. (Millie, age 6)
This is a picture of an octopus. It has eight testicles. (Kelly, age 6)
If you are surrounded by ocean, you are an island. If you don’t have ocean all round you, you are incontinent. (Bobby, age 7)
When ships had sails, they used to use the trade winds to cross the ocean. Sometimes when the wind didn’t blow the sailors would whistle to make the wind come. My brother said they would have been better off eating beans. (William, age 7)
I’m not going to write about the ocean. My baby brother is always crying, my Dad keeps yelling at my Mom, and my big sister has just got pregnant, so I can’t think what to write. (Amy, age 6)
Some fish are dangerous. Jellyfish can sting. Electric eels can give you a shock. They have to live in caves under the sea where I think they have to plug themselves in to chargers. (Christopher, age 7)
The ocean is made up of water and fish. Why the fish don’t drown I don’t know. (Bobby, age 6)
My dad was a sailor on the ocean . He knows all about the ocean. What he doesn’t know is why he quit being a sailor and married my mom. (James, age 7)
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February 21, 2010
This was forwarded by a friend. Her grandmother had a cousin
living in Niagara Falls that year. She told the family that she and her neighbors woke up in the night feeling something was wrong.
It took a while but they finally realized that it was the lack of noise. They had all become so used to the roar of the falls that the silence was unusual enough to alert their senses. Of course at that time nearly all the houses were near the falls. Amazing pictures! Almost 100 years old. Can you imagine walking on Niagara falls ?
1911 Photos of Niagara Falls …
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August 24, 2009
Dog Pack Attacks Gator In Florida
At times nature can be cruel, but there is also a raw beauty,
and even a certain justice manifested within that cruelty.
The alligator, one of the oldest and ultimate predators,
normally considered the ‘apex predator,’ can still fall
victim to implemented ‘team work’ strategy,
made possible due to the tight knit social structure
and ‘survival of the pack mentality’ bred into the canines.
See the remarkable photograph below courtesy of Nature Magazine.
Note that the Alpha dog has a muzzle hold on the gator preventing it
from breathing, while another dog has a hold on the tail to keep it
from thrashing. The third dog attacks the soft underbelly of the gator.
Not for the squeamish!
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August 22, 2009
Caught 1-1/2 miles offshore while Fishing! (After the fires in Southern California.)Look what the fire brought!
What is that?! Look in the middle.
Can it be, really?!!!! Look 1/3 down.
It’s a DEER!!! Son of a gun!!!
Not too much of a struggle. Poor guy!!!
He was very glad to be on board. No doubt!!!
He was soooo tired and was glad to get into our boat and rest!
And yes, we turned him loose when we got back to the shore.
Just try beating this Fish Story!
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April 27, 2009
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