Pictures Only Please!

[P.C.]

lol....yes...that's P.C.P.P.

  They are quite large, and very cheeky.  I think I remember now, that's what it was.  They have scared off all the wee birds with their boldness.  

[Michel]

     

     

[P.C.]

Yes....we have tons of those.  I just thought the flicker had the same kind of behaviour...sort of....but not as colourful, like the females often are.

  I should take a pic of what the pileated woodpeckers did to one of the trees here.  It's amazing.  Huge rectangular holes....very symmetrical.  

[P.C.]

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[van_guy]

 P.C. wrote:
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ahhhh you are waiting for me ...

I am resizing a whack of pics and having some waffles ... sticky business maple syrup....                                                                   .
 

[P.C.]

lol.  Yes, I am.  

[van_guy]

 P.C. wrote:
lol.  Yes, I am.  









 

[van_guy]

 
Pic 1 = dunhuang city center - far west china - gansu province just north of tibet.  just east of the stan's
Pic 2 = ghost town - yanchuan - bubonic plague killed 3/4 of all residents in 1976 - most everyone else just left.
Pic 3 = dunhuang  market - very nice - you can buy a human skull there if you wish and some lovely spices and nuts and dried fruit (dates etc ...)
Pic 4 = city square statue at night



 
 

[P.C.]

WOW !

  Fabulous.

  I hate it when I have to flaunt my ignorance.  Bubonic plague in 1976 ?  Holy.

  [img style="WIDTH: 99px; HEIGHT: 125px" height=357 src="vny!://photos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v2684/151/76/854865467/n854865467_6050492_3344406.jpg" width=156]What is the structure (?) down the center of the street ?

[van_guy]

  van_guy wrote:

yanchuan children - mostly broken glass and skulls to play with - amazing what kids think of as normal.  


 
 
 

[van_guy]

 P.C. wrote:
[div style="font-style: italic;"]WOW ![/div] [div style="font-style: italic;"] [/div] Fabulous.

Thanks.

 
I hate it when I have to flaunt my ignorance.  Bubonic plague in 1976 ?  Holy.

oh yeah it's still kicking around.  not a good idea to eat the marmots in central asia - many have bubonic plague today.

 
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What is the structure (?) down the center of the street ?

many structures - these are little carts that the merchants put thier produce etc ... on - it is very early i the am and the market isn't open yet.  so all the carts are in the middle of the market.

 

[P.C.]

I thought they looked like little carts....wasn't sure.

Beautiful pics, VanGuy.

  yanchuan children - mostly broken glass and skulls to play with - amazing what kids think of as normal.

How sad.  We really have no idea just how fortunate we are.


 

[Michel]

       
 

[van_guy]

 Michel wrote:
[div style="font-style: italic;"]lol what a coincidence I've seen pics of the same area just 2 weeks ago, including the statue of the musician.[/div] [div style="font-style: italic;"] [/div] Speaking of skulls, have you seen ox or goat skulls in pack beside the roads, and if so, do you know why they're are placed there as the girl who showed me these pics had no clue?

Weird.  it is a beautiful part of china - the magao caves are stunning!!
Food is amazing.

no idea regarding skulls.
the weirdest thing i have seen is an entire pig in a plastic bag - the pig had expoded from the expansion of hot gasses and maggots burst out of the pigs ... well ... a$$.  It didn't smell very good.




 

[van_guy]

 P.C. wrote:
[div style="font-style: italic;"]I thought they looked like little carts....wasn't sure.[/div]   Beautiful pics, VanGuy.

thanks, you were completely correct - i'll try to dig up a close up[span style="text-decoration: underline;"][/span]

How sad.  We really have no idea just how fortunate we are.
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