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Above and below pictures were taken at Thanksgiving Point Gardens in Utah I hope you all have a Wonderful Thanksgiving with you and yours whether you stay at home,travel far or near. Have fun and be careful out there and above all be grateful for all you have. We are all so blessed to live in the times and places we do. Hugs and Love, Roger

chaoswva wrote: [color=darkred - Above and below pictures were taken at Thanksgiving Point Gardens in Utah I hope you all have a Wonderful Thanksgiving with you and yours whether you stay at home,travel far or near. Have fun and be careful out there and above all be greatfull for all you have. We are all so blessed to live in the times and places we do. Hugs and Love, Roger[/color]

A neat gift idea for those older kids that are hard to buy for and its not that expensive to boot. They may not appreciate it now put in time they will. Some of it is over doing it but the idea is a good one IMHO...lol....Hugs, RogHave a Thrifty Holiday Treasure BoxesWith three of her four kids in college, Connie has had to tighten her belt last holiday season. Instead of purchasing new gifts for her children, she found what money can't buy—years and years of childhood keepsakes. Connie saved everything from a scrap of carpet from her daughter's first bedroom to the letters she wrote home from summer camp. "I just kept throwing it in boxes and filing cabinets," she says. "It was all over the house."To turn her scattered collection into beautiful mementos for her children, Connie purchased treasure boxes to hold each child's memories. "I wanted it to be a piece of furniture that they'll put on a shelf and keep forever," she says. It took months to put together, but Connie's children were touched when they received their mother's gift. "I'll always remember where I came from and what I am and who I am because of you," her son Jay says.To make your own treasure box, start by searching for all your children's keepsakes. Be creative—from baby's first footprints to your little Picasso's artwork; science fair ribbons to grade school report cards, your children will love to relive it all. Once you have your keepsakes, Connie suggests organizing everything by year using folders and plastic sleeves from an office supply store. Put it all together in a beautiful box—and if you look for coupons in the newspaper or online, you may be able to find boxes on sale at a craft store like Connie did!

That is a good idea Roger, thanks.

Happy Thanksgiving Roger...this thread happens to be one of the little things I am grateful for. Every night before I sign off I try to look through here at all the pictures yourself, Naidad and others have posted. It's a nice way to end the day. Thanks to all of you who take the time to do this.

Dear Chaoswva, I too wish to thank-you for this most up-lifting, happy, beautiful thread. I have especially enjoyed your many and varied flower pictures. They have been simply magnificent. Thanks again, and cheers to you on this special Thanksgiving day.

The "Venus & Jupiter & Moon show making a smiley from the land down under on Dec. 1....

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~EARTH FROM ABOVE~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Heart in Voh in 2006, New Caledonia, France (20°56’S, 164°39’E). No, this clearing wasn’t carved by man. Nature is the originator of this traced heart in the mangrove, near Voh, on the west coast of Grande Terre island. The mangroves were formed by trees adapted to the brackish-water tides. In these forests, surfaces of bare ground ( tannes») appear, in which the forms spring up by chance. It’s in the more elevated areas, hence less often flooded, where salt is concentrated by evaporation, causing the death of the mangroves. It’s this phenomenon that is at the beginning of the heart of Voh. Flying over the heart in 2006 reveals its evolution since the 1990 shot. The vegetation grew back into the inside of the heart, where the salt got rid of almost 10 acres (4 ha) of it after a drop in the salinity caused by a change in the tidal flood conditions. The light patch in the foliage is a result of the blast of air from the second helicopter’s blades. If the salinity continues to drop, the mangrove will close up completely within the heart. If the salinization comes back, the heart will rebuild itself. Nature will decide. But perhaps it must return? Powell Lake, Creek Bay, the United States (37°18’ N - 110°45’ W).

TWO OF MY FAVORITE PLACES TO GO SOMEDAY The Inca city of Machu Picchu, Cuzco region, Peru (13°05’ S, 72°35’ W). Machu Picchu was built in about 1450 in the Urubamba valley, about 62 miles (100 km) northeast of Cuzco. Lying at about 8,200 feet (2,500 m) above sea level, this sanctuary built of stone blocks straddles the crest of a spur of the Andes. The land was terraced to allow building and agriculture, and the whole is wonderfully integrated with its surroundings. Since 1982, the site has been on UNESCO’s World Heritage list, on the grounds of both its cultural and natural history value. However, it is fragile and constantly threatened with degradation. Rain perpetually causes erosion in this precipitous region but, more worrying, there is pressure from tourism. The authorities must choose whether to protect one of the most outstanding examples of humanity’s heritage, or to enjoy the revenue from the country’s prime tourist site. Stonehenge, Wiltshire, England (51°11’N, 1°50’W). Rising out of the Salisbury plain in southern England are the impressive remains of Stonehenge ( hanging stones»), built in several phases between 2800 and 1900 B.C. The monument was originally made up of about 125 monoliths arranged in four concentric circles, of which only the first two survive. These blocks of sandstone, weighing up to 30 tons and as tall as 23 feet (7 m), came from diverse regions, some even hundreds of miles aways. The site was constructed so that the sun rises in the axis of the main doorway on the morning of the summer solstice. In addition to its role as an astronomical calendar, Stonehenge might have been the center of religious cults, of which we have lost all traces. Along with the site of Avebury, also in Wiltshire, Stonehenge was named UNESCO world heritage site in 1986. These witnesses of European prehistory have survived through the ages, but retaining part of their mystery.

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A view from a 12 seater plane of the stunning 979m (3,212 ft) drop of the Angel Falls in Venezuela.Angel Falls (indigenous name: Kerepakupai merú) is the world's highest free-falling waterfall at 979 m (3,212 ft), with a clear drop of 807 m (2,468 ft). It is located in the Canaima National Park, in the Gran Sabana region of Bolivar State, Venezuela. The height of the falls is so great that before getting anywhere near the ground, the water is buffeted by the strong winds and turned into mist.The base of the falls feeds into the Kerep river (alternately known as the Rio Gauya) which flows into the Churun River, a tributary of the Carrao River. In the indigenous Pemon language Angel Falls is called Kerepakupai merú meaning "waterfall of the deepest place".The falls were sighted in 1912 by the Venezuelan explorer Ernesto Sanchez La Cruz, but he did not publicize his discovery. They were not known to the outside world until the American aviator James "Jimmie" Angel flew over them on 16 November 1933 on a flight while he was searching for a valuable ore bed.Returning on 9 October 1937, Angel tried to land his Flamingo monoplane "El Rio Caroni" atop Auyan-tepui but the plane was damaged when the wheels sunk into the marshy ground and he and his three companions, including his wife Marie, were forced to descend the tepui on foot. It took them 11 days to make their way back to civilization but news of their adventure spread and the waterfall was named "Angel Falls" in his honour. A rainbow arches over the full width of Gare Loch in Western Scotland, while heavy, black rain clouds sweep across the loch in the background. The sky had been cloudless only 10 minutes earlier.