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GoddessOfGuinness Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-10-09 01:17 PM
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Beat the heat with cool pics...








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av8rdave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-10-09 01:41 PM
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1. Cool is good
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GoddessOfGuinness Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-10-09 01:49 PM
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2. Nice! Is that you?
Where in the world? :hi:
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av8rdave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-10-09 02:04 PM
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6. That is
On top of Mt Bachelor.
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GoddessOfGuinness Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-10-09 03:54 PM
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7. All covered with snow...
:hi:
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Kali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-10-09 01:50 PM
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3. polar bear and dog? yikes!
snow on cactus







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GoddessOfGuinness Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-10-09 01:57 PM
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4. Pretty!
Is that in your yard? :hi:
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Kali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-10-09 02:03 PM
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5. out in the pasture (down the road a little)
man that seems like a looonnnggg time ago! only 99 today, 88 inside
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GoddessOfGuinness Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-10-09 03:56 PM
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8. 98 on my front porch
and muggy as hell. :(
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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-10-09 03:59 PM
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9. My dear GoddessOfGuinness!
Lol!

These are great...esp. that last one!

Someone was extremely creative!

Or do cold, snowy winters do that to you?

:P

:rofl:

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GoddessOfGuinness Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-10-09 04:02 PM
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10. I love snow, myself...even shovelling.
It's a great workout!

I could do without ice, though.
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liberaltrucker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-10-09 05:42 PM
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11. Here ya go!
Edited on Mon Aug-10-09 05:43 PM by liberaltrucker



-15 F that day.




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GoddessOfGuinness Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-10-09 11:10 PM
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17. Stunning!
Where is this? Montana?
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liberaltrucker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-12-09 07:52 AM
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40. Top is Colorado
On I-70 west of the Eisenhower Tunnel.

Bottom is near Norfolk, NE.
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triguy46 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-10-09 08:46 PM
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12. 11,900 ft or so. Santa Fe ski area
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GoddessOfGuinness Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-10-09 11:11 PM
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18. Fantastic!
I've always wanted to visit Taos...
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triguy46 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-10-09 08:49 PM
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13. Snow's fine, but why not just take a dip with friends?
then go for a 24 mile bike ride, then, say a 6.2 mile run?

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GoddessOfGuinness Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-10-09 11:12 PM
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19. Only if I can take another dip afterwards.
:D
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Callalily Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-10-09 08:50 PM
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14. My patio
this past winter.

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GoddessOfGuinness Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-10-09 11:13 PM
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20. Looks like a nice sunset, too!
Thanks for the cool pic!
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Haole Girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-10-09 08:52 PM
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15. Spring 2008, N. Texas
Yep, it was Spring. I hate Texas weather. :-(



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GoddessOfGuinness Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-10-09 11:14 PM
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21. What sort of blossoms are those?
Did the crop survive?
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Haole Girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-10-09 11:22 PM
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23. Plum blossoms
Only a few survived...those were eaten by birds!
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handmade34 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-10-09 09:14 PM
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16. snow is always whiter on the other side
<a href="http://s643.photobucket.com/albums/uu159/seamster/?action=view¤t=artist.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>
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GoddessOfGuinness Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-10-09 11:18 PM
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22. Interesting lawn ornaments....
I love a good snowfall!
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ashling Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-11-09 12:23 AM
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24. That's like saying "Keep your mind of needing to pee with these pics"


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GoddessOfGuinness Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-11-09 11:32 AM
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27. Everybody loves a waterfall!
Edited on Tue Aug-11-09 11:33 AM by GoddessOfGuinness
Here's one of my faves...Dark Hollow Falls
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bluesbassman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-11-09 12:29 AM
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25. Cool pics Goddess! Here's an oldie of me chillin'.
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GoddessOfGuinness Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-11-09 11:35 AM
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28. Lots of skiers here...
I've only been once. I'm afraid I'll break something!
That's a great pic of you! :hi:
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-11-09 12:39 AM
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26. .
Edited on Tue Aug-11-09 12:43 AM by XemaSab
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GoddessOfGuinness Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-11-09 11:36 AM
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29. A bit of a drift, eh?
:rofl:
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Ptah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-11-09 11:38 AM
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30. cool
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GoddessOfGuinness Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-11-09 12:46 PM
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32. There's something about snow-capped conifers...
Thanks, Ptah! :hug:
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seemunkee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-11-09 11:58 AM
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31. Here's a couple cool ones
The Eiger


Mount Ranier
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GoddessOfGuinness Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-11-09 12:49 PM
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33. Have you climbed both?
Is that you in the 2nd pic? :toast:
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seemunkee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-11-09 01:53 PM
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34. My climbing partner in the second one.
We did Ranier together many years ago.
I was in Switzerland by myself so I went hiking in the area but no climbing.
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GoddessOfGuinness Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-11-09 09:31 PM
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35. Must be amazing up there...
:hi:
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amerikat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-11-09 10:18 PM
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36. Here are a couple of pics.


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GoddessOfGuinness Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-11-09 10:55 PM
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37. The second one is amazing!
Edited on Tue Aug-11-09 10:56 PM by GoddessOfGuinness
Your windshield?

Both are gorgeous. Thanks for posting them! :hi:
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amerikat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-11-09 11:43 PM
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38. Ice on the inside of a window on my home. Crazy cold that year.
Edited on Tue Aug-11-09 11:43 PM by amerikat
It has a very fractal like effect doesn't it?
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GoddessOfGuinness Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-12-09 01:29 PM
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41. It does look like fractals...
Do a Google Image Search of "ice fractal" and you get some interesting results... :hi:
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RFKHumphreyObama Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-12-09 12:46 AM
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39. Why would I want to beat the heat and post cool pics when it is winter here?
I don't need cool pics....I can feeeeeeeeeeeel the cold

Not that I'm complaining. I usually like the cold
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GoddessOfGuinness Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-12-09 01:32 PM
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42. Are you south of the Equator?
You could always start a "warm-up" thread with pics of fires and scorching deserts and such... :hi:
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