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I found this rock on the beach yesterday. I have never seen one like it.

My daughter in CA says she thinks it's an agate formed by a volcano but
said she's never seen one quite like this one either. It hasn't been polished.

I literally just found it on the sand and couldn't resist bringing it home.
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Lara said:
I found this rock on the beach yesterday. I have never seen one like it.

My daughter in CA says she thinks it's an agate formed by a volcano but
said she's never seen one quite like this one either. It hasn't been polished.

I literally just found it on the sand and couldn't resist bringing it home.
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that's very pretty Lara, I've never seen one like it on the beach ..how big is it ?
 

CinnamonSugar said:
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The natural springs at Wakulla state park south of Tallahassee FL. I think that’s a cormorant in the foreground of the first shot… he dove and swam sunset water. Also saw white herons gliding gracefully, a hawk perched high in a tree and a titmouse busily hopping from branch to branch.

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I walked the nature trail, enjoying the variety of plants from tiny violets to huge oak, elm and magnolia. The live oaks are always beautiful. These are saw palmetto palms

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Cypress trees and their “knees”

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crazy path of a wild grape vine
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Re: the second from the bottom. That wouldn't be a good place to fall !!
 
This is Pixie, my grandfukid... DD's chihuahua this morning , running through the daffodils up near where they live..

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this is the bloom on one of my indoor houseplants. It’s called a Walking Iris (neomarica gracilis). It can grow outside but I keep mine as an indoor hanging basket.

It blooms in late winter but each bloom only last a day. The photo is a little deceiving as it is a very small bloom much like an orchid. I’ve watched this one gradually open since this morning. By bedtime tonight it will have closed up and be finished Currently have three blooms.

My husband, my mother, and I have been eagerly anticipating the buds for several days and so excited to see them open! Every time we look they’re in a different stage of blooming.

Cheap entertainment.
 
Yesterday I went into the city ( London ).. for the Ideal Home Exhubition, and also to do some shopping at the Mall in the city..

Altho' I live only 20 miles from the city centre, getting around London involves overground trains and Tubes because I live in the countryside and not the suburbs.. ... so here's a few pics from the day...

This is a tiny part of the Mall... maybe 10 % ..

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The overground commuter train at our local small train station...

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Train interior for anyone who might be interested, nothing plush ... that's a rolling info board ..final destination Moorgate London..

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A tiny part of the huge food halls.... inside the Mall...

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The trains and tubes were fairly empty until we hit the much busier London districts.. and then on the way home.. the train was full, ... and that was at 4 pm long before rush hour..

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photo of the tube arriving at the platform, one tube every 2-4 minutes.. this might have been Shepherd's Bush tube station can't remember.. or it might have been Highbury & Islington for those who are interested in London geography, ..i had to travel from 3 different tube stations..

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One of the tube trains I took .. 2 minutes after I took this photo it stopped at Hackney Wick, and there was no longer an empty seat for the rest of the journey, this was around 2.30pm....

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@hollydolly … when I visited London a few years back, I used several of the available modes of transport (bus, train, tube, Uber). I disliked the tube for the following reasons… stuffy air, hot, the lurching movement in confined area (tunnels). I can’t image how ppl dealt with sleeping all night in the crowded tube stations during WWII.

I think I liked the train best …

btw, are they still licensing Uber drivers in London? Our driver seemed to think the cab drivers were going to try to get a law passed to put a stop to it
 
CinnamonSugar said:
@hollydolly … when I visited London a few years back, I used several of the available modes of transport (bus, train, tube, Uber). I disliked the tube for the following reasons… stuffy air, hot, the lurching movement in confined area (tunnels). I can’t image how ppl dealt with sleeping all night in the crowded tube stations during WWII.

I think I liked the train best …

btw, are they still licensing Uber drivers in London? Our driver seemed to think the cab drivers were going to try to get a law passed to put a stop to it
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yes the tubes are hot and stuffy but it's because they are soooo much further underground than any other country.. so they do their best to get as much air in as poss but with the crowds of people it's quite hard, but at least they're clean.. which is always great. I dislike the long escalators and long passages from some tube stations .. a lot of walking from the time you get off the tube to getting outside into the street... . unlike New York where I understand the tube stations are not very far underground.

Often it's quicker to just walk above ground from place to place rather than all that faffing with escalators and waiting for a tube..albeit that the tube is fast.. it can go several stations before you reach your destination, whereas if you walked above ground it might only be a 5 minute walk to the station you want..

TBH I don't know about Uber, I don't use them, but I do know there was a huge outcry about them from the regular cab drivers recently.. and I believe also they're trying to get them stopped.. I'll go see if I can find any info...

ETA...Apparently Uber were allowed to continue operating in London in 2020 after a court battle.. and are still operating there now... but here's an explanation of what's occurring now in 2022..

https://newstextarea.com/ubers-one-service-banned-in-london/
 
hollydolly said:
yes the tubes are hot and stuffy but it's because they are soooo much further underground than any other country.. so they do their best to get as much air in as poss but with the crowds of people it's quite hard, but at least they're clean.. which is always great. I dislike the long escalators and long passages from some tube stations .. a lot of walking from the time you get off the tube to getting outside into the street... . unlike New York where I understand the tube stations are not very far underground.

Often it's quicker to just walk above ground from place to place rather than all that faffing with escalators and waiting for a tube..albeit that the tube is fast.. it can go several stations before you reach your destination, whereas if you walked above ground it might only be a 5 minute walk to the station you want..

TBH I don't know about Uber, I don't use them, but I do know there was a huge outcry about them from the regular cab drivers recently.. and I believe also they're trying to get them stopped.. I'll go see if I can find any info...

ETA...Apparently Uber were allowed to continue operating in London in 2020 after a court battle.. and are still operating there now... but here's an explanation of what's occurring now in 2022..

https://newstextarea.com/ubers-one-service-banned-in-london/
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Thanks, @hollydolly hope you have a good evening 🙂
 
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