This is what I think of when I picture pretty Illinois farmland.
This is the flatter area, not quite as attractive, but more typical of Illinois farms, especially downstate.
See, in my fantasy, when I'm kissing you... you're kissing me. It's okay. I can wait.
Oz ,'First Date'
Natter 60: Gone In 60 Seconds
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Kathy A - Aug 21, 2008 9:13:35 am PDT #4711 of 10003
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
P.M. Marc - Aug 21, 2008 9:16:19 am PDT #4712 of 10003
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Sophia Brooks - Aug 21, 2008 9:21:19 am PDT #4713 of 10003
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
SailAweigh - Aug 21, 2008 9:22:24 am PDT #4714 of 10003
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
La Jolla. I spent as much time as I could here with a blanket, a boom box (back in the bad old days before Walkman or iPods) and a book. Peaceful.
Diego Garcia. We'd go sailing and snorkeling every Sunday. The undersea world became my house of worship.
I feel a need to be in places like these that it make my bones ache to be away from them. Since moving back to the midwest, I've felt like a displaced person. Ocean, beach, coral, cliffs are where I feel at home.
Daisy Jane - Aug 21, 2008 9:23:41 am PDT #4715 of 10003
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
And in Texas in particular, the majesty of truly towering clouds and thunderheads is a sight to behold.
I told you Seanie, you say the word and I am on finessing you a ticket here like...something that's on something else a whole lot.
I'm such a Southern girl. I like any water, tons of green, and thick muggy weather. I'm also very much a city girl though, so I don't often get the green as much as I'd like, particularly here in Dallas, where the motto seems to regularly be, "If it's pretty, cut or tear it down!"
Barb - Aug 21, 2008 9:26:57 am PDT #4716 of 10003
“Not dead yet!”
La Jolla. I spent as much time as I could here with a blanket, a boom box (back in the bad old days before Walkman or iPods) and a book. Peaceful.
God, I loved visiting there this year. It was SO gorgeous.
Trudy Booth - Aug 21, 2008 9:30:50 am PDT #4717 of 10003
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
That Al Jazeera piece showed the coffee cart where I got my coffee this morning. Trippy.
Are coffee carts unique to NYC? Or do other citys have a fleet of silver boxes stuffed with coffee and pastries that appear in the pre-dawn hours and disappear by noon?
Sean K - Aug 21, 2008 9:31:02 am PDT #4718 of 10003
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
I told you Seanie, you say the word and I am on finessing you a ticket here like...something that's on something else a whole lot.
I really want to see more of Dallas than just the airport. Plus you and omnis.
P.M. Marc - Aug 21, 2008 9:31:55 am PDT #4719 of 10003
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Are coffee carts unique to NYC? Or do other citys have a fleet of silver boxes stuffed with coffee and pastries that appear in the pre-dawn hours and disappear by noon?
In the 80s and 90s, Seattle had a lot of sidewalk espresso stands. I think they're mostly gone now, though.
Connie Neil - Aug 21, 2008 9:32:10 am PDT #4720 of 10003
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The Western mountains are rugged and majestic and gorgeous and dumb. They don't know what's coming to them. Sure, you can get lost in the wilderness, but they have no subtlety.
The Eastern mountains are old and canny and keep their secrets. You can hide in the shadows of the winding hollows and ridges and listen to the millenia of living things that have hidden there too. They look easy, but they're just waiting for someone to get stupid.