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In Perradeniya Botanical gardens trees from 5 continents are kept.

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23251) 26 Feb 23

Perradeniya Botanical gardens in Kandy Sri Lanka is a lovely place. There are trees and flowering plants from continents South America, Asia, Europe, Africa and Oceania. It is a great experience to view the flowering plants, the...

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Saturday Morning Brief

Valerie J. Routhieaux @just4him (323168) • Green Bay, Wisconsin 17 Dec 22

Good morning. It's snowing. I woke at 2 and looked outside to see two things, a white driveway and the plow hadn't been here yet. I woke at 3:30 and saw a cleared driveway. The plow usually comes through at 3...

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December 9 - What I'm Thankful for Today

Valerie J. Routhieaux @just4him (323168) • Green Bay, Wisconsin 9 Dec 21

Today was a really good day. I'm sorry I didn't make it here today as planned. It was a busy day. I'm thankful I got to the YWCA this morning. I could only do the pool this morning. My left knee was giving me trouble with walking...

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June 14 - What I'm Thankful for Today

Valerie J. Routhieaux @just4him (323168) • Green Bay, Wisconsin 14 Jun 21

Today has been a very good day. Lots of exercise. I'm thankful for getting up early and getting to the YWCA. I had a good workout in the pool and added 20 minutes in the fitness center. Ten minutes each on the bike and...

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A Morning in the Garden

Valerie J. Routhieaux @just4him (323168) • Green Bay, Wisconsin 4 Aug 18

It's a beautiful day in Green Bay, Wisconsin, and what better way to spend it, than a trip to the Botanical Gardens. I think I'm burnt. I definitely have a tan. My focus was getting the one Lego sculpture I missed on my last...

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Fantastic Day!

Valerie J. Routhieaux @just4him (323168) • Green Bay, Wisconsin 19 Jul 18

I took over a hundred pictures today at the Botanical Gardens. It's an awesome place, and I'm so glad I went there to enjoy my day. The picture above is one of many of the Lego sculptures throughout the park. There was only one...

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Today's Plans

Valerie J. Routhieaux @just4him (323168) • Green Bay, Wisconsin 19 Jul 18

It's a day of celebration. I started out in the pool this morning and had a wonderful workout in the pool. Not doing the fitness center today. I'll be getting plenty of exercise later today. This morning, in a few minutes,...

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A Disappointing Trip to the Botanical Gardens

Sheila Brown @sgbrown (1638) • United States 7 Feb 16

On Friday, hubby had to make a trip up to Oklahoma City, so we decided to go by the botanical gardens while we were there. We had our little granddaughter, Jazzy, with us and thought she would really like to see all the flowers...

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what intrigued us was the calabash. would you like to share your story?

tomitomi @tomitomi (5429) • Singapore 14 Apr 10

i recently went for an outing with the kids. and of all the places, we went to the botanical gardens. they had actually expected the new roller coaster in town which had just been opened. from their gestures i could tell there...

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eaten or made into musical instrument household wa

intriguing calabash

Describe your first kiss in one word.

bugbaby @bugbaby (1787) • Indonesia 8 Sep 08

"Passionate", She was 16 and I was 13. She was a volunteer nurse at a hospital where my grandfather was bedridden. She took care of everything that didn't require a doctor or nurse, and since I visited him a lot, we became...

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first kiss

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Which are your favorite memories from visiting Australia?

maximax8 @maximax8 (31042) • United Kingdom 8 Aug 08

I happily remember my visit to Kangaroo Island where I saw lots of friendly wildlife like kangaroos. One night I saw penguins and by a camp fire in the bush I saw two possums play. Sydney is my favorite city in the world. Wow!...

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Photographing Butterflies

airnavigator @airnavigator (369) • United States 26 Jun 08

Recently my wife and I visited the Tucson Botanical Gardens where one of the most fascinating exhibits was the Butterfly exhibit which was a large enclosure with hundreds of butterflies and flowers. It was quite an experience and...

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Where are some of your..

Ravenladyj @Ravenladyj (22902) • United States 22 May 08

favourite places to go for taking pictures? Do you like Nature Preserves? Botanical Gardens? Downtown city streets maybe? Your backyard? Your front yard? Your neighbours yard LOL...ok you get the idea.. So where do you enjoy...

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favourite places to take pictures

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state parks

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Which is the best city in the world?

maximax8 @maximax8 (31042) • United Kingdom 18 Feb 08

I love Sydney in Australia. It has the most gorgeous looking harbor with the white sails of the opera house and the interesting looking harbor bridge. I think the botanical gardens have a lovely location and are home to many...

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What's One of The Dumbest Things YOU Have Said?

pyewacket @pyewacket (43903) • United States 7 Oct 07

Okay here is another dumb things discussion..this time I like to hear something dumb you may have said... Here's mine. I related this story elsewhere but want to go into more detail. Years and years ago, there was this woman,...

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dumb thing one has said

mistakes

twisted words

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Wild Cats of Buenos Aires

WynnWoods @WynnWoods (5) • United States 22 May 07

I recently moved to Buenos Aires, Argentina, from the San Francisco East Bay Area. I am simply amazed by everything to do with this city, the most cosmopolitan of all the South American cities. Having over 14 million residents and...

feral cats of argentina

pet cats

south american feral cats

wild cats of buenos aires

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Describe a recent psychedlic journey that you have taken...

verticle_ascent @verticle_ascent (19) • United States 7 Feb 07

My last experience with psychedelics was this past month while living in Hawaii. There were four of us, and we shared 3/8 of an ounce of golden mushrooms (the proper name I cannot recall). We ate the shrooms then wandered on...

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Cryptomycology: Searching For Fungi Outside of their Normal Ranges

drandy @drandy (13) • United States 17 Dec 06

RARE MUSHROOM FOUND In July 1994 a local employee of the state parks department brought a mushroom to me for identification. I have become accustomed to this, being a mushroom hunter of long standing others often come to me for...

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do you believe in Fairies

rosebug23 @rosebug23 (1906) • Australia 17 Oct 06

There have been several stories about Fairies especially in The Irish newspapers that are reported as true. There is also a lady in the Botanical Gardens in Melbourne Aust that takes

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do you believe in fairies

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