Very nice pix, whaas! Please send a couple of those sunrises/sunsets down here. I'll be waiting...

hortster

A+++++ pics, whaas!! I might steal one of those for a Facebook cover photo...

Here are a couple I've taken but they certainly are pretty mundane after that opening series

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My daughter touching snow for the first time
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Her immediate reaction
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Sunrise through the elms.

Sunset, Left to Right: aspen grove, yellow birch, concolor fir, Eastern cottonwoods.

Forgot I even posted this!

Thanks for the pics and comments.

Jon, the little ones sure are entertaining aren't they!?

Sunrise over the Cedar River Valley from the garden. The trees are Pseudotsuga menziesii, aka Douglas Fir.
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Posted by mikebotann 8a SE of Seattle (mikebotann@gmail.com) on Sat, Jan 18, 14 at 11:35

Wisconsin is very different from Seattle. The pictures do not tell. Wisconsin is extremely flat, cold and alkline. The people are agricultural with a culture some described as crazy.

This post was edited by jujujojo on Sat, Jan 18, 14 at 11:39

jujujojo, I've only been to Wisconsin once, but I would think the culture in Seattle is crazier than the Cheeseheads in Wisconsin. Just look at the Seahawk fans.
Mike

Christmas morning 12 25 2003 Looking east across the pond.
Mike

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It is okay for same sex to hold hands because holding hands only means friendship in China.

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The winter is cold, long and snowy ... this event last only one month during the coldest season but more than one million people visit each year :-)

A couple more from me

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jujujojo.........those are awesome pictures. Did you take them.

Frank

This one was taken in Wheeler, Oregon a few years ago. People were pulling over to take this picture. One kid took a picture of it reflected on the side of his freshly washed car. I should have done that too, but I had been on the road for a few days and my car needed washing. I thought it was a good idea though.
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This picture is a reflection of the morning sky and trees in the pond. It looks a bit like a painting.
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I like both of your pictures Mike but the last one is killer,

Frank

Some lovely photos here!
Here's sunset over the river with a spruce on the right in the foreground, a few oaks and silver maples, but mostly white pines along the bank.
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A cherry with more white pines

Thanks Frank.
I forgot to mention, I flipped the picture because the reflection was upside down and the trees didn't look right.
Mike

Sunrise from the deck.
I dug the pond with a bulldozer. Fun! It was a very dry year and the pond hasn't been dry since. I got lucky.
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Looking through a >Viburnum dilatatum seedling...

And I have always enjoyed the playfulness of my Thuja plicata and Lagerstroemia - finding their own fun making shadow puppets...

Thank you everyone for sharing their pics! Quite a bit of winter left yet!

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