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Fleur @Fleura (33152) • United Kingdom 30 Oct

The book ‘The Hunger Games’ was a best-seller, and had a massive following especially among teenagers and young adults (what this says about contemporary ‘western’ society will, I suspect, provide much analytical material for...

hunger games

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Ron Rybs @Fleura Isn't this a three film series? Doesn't sound good!

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RasmaSandra @RasmaSandra (91423) • Daytona Beach, Florida 29 Oct

Very often when this very lovely and unusual flower gets mentioned, there are those who first think of a bird, not a flower. It is an exotic plant that is native to South Africa and when blooming resembles a bird. One of the...

bird of parradise flower

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Ron Rybs @RasmaSandra They need saving for the future, for sure

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RasmaSandra @RasmaSandra (91423) • Daytona Beach, Florida 31 Oct

The Lujan Zoo in Lujan, Argentina, was shut down in 2020. However, there were wild animals left behind. Loyal zookeepers kept tending, caring for, and feeding these animals. There are 112 lions and tigers getting checkups. They...

helping animals

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Ron Rybs @RasmaSandra As with all things there are good and bad. Stamping out the bad is the problem

2 Nov

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RasmaSandra @RasmaSandra (91423) • Daytona Beach, Florida 28 Oct

Halloween is coming and the ghosts and goblins are ready, The witches are preparing their brooms to fly high. The gravestones in cemeteries are starting to move with impatient bodies wanting to get out. Werewolves will begin to...

beware on halloween

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Ron Rybs @RasmaSandra My black cats will defend me!

29 Oct

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RasmaSandra @RasmaSandra (91423) • Daytona Beach, Florida 28 Oct

Sorry to disappoint you, but no, little green men did not plant this flower. It is a strange-looking perennial plant that comes from South America. Besides Happy Alien flower, it is also known as Darwin’s slipping flower and was...

looking like an alien

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Ron Rybs @RasmaSandra Thought so, but I am no plant expert!

29 Oct

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Judy Evans @JudyEv (366476) • Rockingham, Australia 17 Oct

I really think I’m getting old. While we were away, we ran out of instant coffee which is really the only coffee we like. I buy the large tins of our favourite brand as it’s cheaper that way. So I bought a large tin in...

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Ron Rybs @JudyEv I used to use loose tea, but now find teabags easier to clean up after

18 Oct

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Judy Evans @JudyEv (366476) • Rockingham, Australia 17 Oct

Two things fell into place for me when we visited Mangowine Homestead in the Central Wheatbelt area of Western Australia. For some years, I’ve been intrigued by a tree which grows with a twisted/fluted trunk. I assumed it was just...

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Ron Rybs @JudyEv I know, it crops up in conversation all the time!

18 Oct

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Judy Evans @JudyEv (366476) • Rockingham, Australia 16 Oct

This grain silo was built by Jack Jones in 1949 when heavy lifting equipment was in its infancy. The heavy timber mainframe was made from bush timber and hoisted into position with two Fordson tractors. As the fledging silo was...

western australia

mukinbudin

grain silo

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Ron Rybs @JudyEv Now you're just making it difficult!

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Judy Evans @JudyEv (366476) • Rockingham, Australia 15 Oct

Kerosene tins were once very common in Western Australia. Once emptied, the tins, which I think held four gallons, would be used for all sorts of purposes other than holding kerosene. They would be cobbled together to make...

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Ron Rybs @JudyEv That's for sure!

18 Oct

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Judy Evans @JudyEv (366476) • Rockingham, Australia 16 Oct

@FourWalls commented on a recent discussion on how resourceful our ancestors needed to be way back when. We visited Mangowine Homestead while we were away and saw a home-made shelving unit. It had three shelves and would have...

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Ron Rybs @JudyEv You mean sober?

18 Oct

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Judy Evans @JudyEv (366476) • Rockingham, Australia 14 Oct

Travelling on the back roads as we have been doing we haven’t seen a lot of traffic but twice now we’re seen these self-propelled crop sprayers. From a distance, it’s hard to know what they are as they look a bit eerie with so...

western australia

farming

cropping

self propelled sprayer

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Ron Rybs @JudyEv Yes. don't see them working out

18 Oct

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Ron Rybs @Ronrybs (20940) • London, England 14 Oct

Yesterday I went to an unusual art exhibition, at Marble Arch, The Frameless Immersive exhibition. It is set in four rooms that show enlarged images of classic paintings, but more than that there is activity such as people and...

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Ron Rybs The hard part is finding out about them!

18 Oct

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RasmaSandra @RasmaSandra (91423) • Daytona Beach, Florida 17 Oct

Whenever I see a piano or a photo of a piano the song “As Time Goes By” from the classic movie “Casablanca” starring Humphrey Bogart comes to mind. The song was written by Max Steiner and in the movie was sung by Dooley Wilson who...

casablanca song as time goes by

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Ron Rybs @RasmaSandra So many years ago, even Humphrey was only a boy!

18 Oct

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Ron Rybs @Ronrybs (20940) • London, England 14 Oct

Yesterday I went to an unusual art exhibition, at Marble Arch, The Frameless Immersive exhibition. It is set in four rooms that show enlarged images of classic paintings, but more than that there is activity such as people and...

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Ron Rybs @Fleura Sure do! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6W2ZMpsxhg

17 Oct

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Ron Rybs @Ronrybs (20940) • London, England 14 Oct

Yesterday I went to an unusual art exhibition, at Marble Arch, The Frameless Immersive exhibition. It is set in four rooms that show enlarged images of classic paintings, but more than that there is activity such as people and...

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Ron Rybs @LadyDuck Here is the link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6W2ZMpsxhg

17 Oct

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Judy Evans @JudyEv (366476) • Rockingham, Australia 15 Oct

Kerosene tins were once very common in Western Australia. Once emptied, the tins, which I think held four gallons, would be used for all sorts of purposes other than holding kerosene. They would be cobbled together to make...

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Ron Rybs @JudyEv When you have limited space there is only so much you can keep

17 Oct

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Judy Evans @JudyEv (366476) • Rockingham, Australia 15 Oct

Near Westonia is an open-pit gold mine which is now in mothballs for about the third time in its life. The public can walk up to a viewing station which is what we did. The Edna May Gold Mine was named after the sister of the...

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Ron Rybs @JudyEv I guess that is why they keep them running as long as possible and put off paying

17 Oct

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Ron Rybs @Ronrybs (20940) • London, England 3 Oct

My little misfortunes continue. A little over a month ago, only 30 feet from my front door, I had a fall. At first, I thought no great damage was done. Then I found my brand new glasses were destroyed. My neighbours came over and...

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Ron Rybs @JudyEv Same here, once it is opened. Luckily I can avoid opening bars until really needed

17 Oct

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Judy Evans @JudyEv (366476) • Rockingham, Australia 16 Oct

Our motor-home has a stone-guard which protects the bottom half of the windscreen. Hopefully you can get the idea from the top image. We’ve discovered that it also protects against flying insects, particularly grasshoppers. The...

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Ron Rybs @JudyEv Yes, they soon learn the best places for an easy meal

17 Oct

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Judy Evans @JudyEv (366476) • Rockingham, Australia 16 Oct

@FourWalls commented on a recent discussion on how resourceful our ancestors needed to be way back when. We visited Mangowine Homestead while we were away and saw a home-made shelving unit. It had three shelves and would have...

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Ron Rybs @JudyEv Interesting how we fail to see everyday objects repurposed

17 Oct

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