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squawk7000

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Sep 20, 2021
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Glasgow Climbing Centre on a dull grey Saturday.

Then again hillwalkers and climbers in Scotland are used to dull grey Saturdays.
 

oldBCguy

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May 7, 2021
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Burnaby, BC, Canada
Refresh wasn't complete, they failed to refresh the Rotary symbol or they should have had the local club do it.
As a past President of a club back east, that is a sad sight to see.
Hope (a small, district community) had a very difficult time late last year (due to severe local weather, heavy adjacent Fraser Valley area flood conditions, their community support, and such). Any 'refreshments' of sculptures and such, will proceed this year, but they will take considerable time and effort of the community to complete.
I should have said the Centennial Park sculptures had received a 'partial refresh' at the time when we saw them last weekend.
It was not a "sad sight to see" by me .... but a encouraging sign, by a small community, attempting to do their part for the oncoming year.
 

Allyance

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Sep 29, 2017
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East Bay, CA
Hope (a small, district community) had a very difficult time late last year (due to severe local weather, heavy adjacent Fraser Valley area flood conditions, their community support, and such). Any 'refreshments' of sculptures and such, will proceed this year, but they will take considerable time and effort of the community to complete.
I should have said the Centennial Park sculptures had received a 'partial refresh' at the time when we saw them last weekend.
It was not a "sad sight to see" by me .... but a encouraging sign, by a small community, attempting to do their part for the oncoming year.
I only meant the Rotary sign, I have faith in those who put Service Above Self.
 
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AlaskaMoose

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Apr 26, 2008
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The nature reserve of Dehesa de Abajo, La Puebla del Río, Andalusia, Spain. February 11th 2016.

Please notice the white stork (Ciconia ciconia) in the left upper corner. I didn't see it until way after I had shot the picture. Without it, the picture would be profoundly boring.

FYI: There were plenty of white storks there, it's one of their important winter quarters in Europe. The trees are olive trees (Olea europaea) and cork oak trees (Quercus suber). The flowers are native onionweed (Asphodelus fistulosus).
I found the landscape (vegetation) and clouds the most interesting. I didn't notice the stork until you mentioned it, since I was admiring the difference in color of the plants in the foreground, trees in the background, and the clouds. Walking on a field like that on a cool summer day would be wonderful :)
 

AlixSPQR

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Nov 16, 2020
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I found the landscape (vegetation) and clouds the most interesting. I didn't notice the stork until you mentioned it, since I was admiring the difference in color of the plants in the foreground, trees in the background, and the clouds. Walking on a field like that on a cool summer day would be wonderful :)
Yes, as an experience of nature, I agree. That was why I was there, albeit in February. But the weather in February in that part of Spain strongly resembles an ordinary summer's day in Sweden.
 
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