pics of my town

[DrummerDeanna]

Great pics - and that's my kind of grafitti artist

That's the kind of lame ass grafitti I'd have done had I been a thug.

[michelle2677]

Originally Posted by carrie721

thanks.

i like your pics. henderson looks a lot like kent, only smaller. although i can't figure out why you guys have a library.

F*CK off!!! You should come visit sometime. Or I'll visit Kent.

why wouldn't we have a library?? All those books that YOU GUYS don't use, have to go somewhere

[carrie721]

Originally Posted by michelle2677

F*CK off!!! You should come visit sometime. Or I'll visit Kent.

why wouldn't we have a library?? All those books that YOU GUYS don't use, have to go somewhere

you mean the picture books?

oh, and i didn't mean my 'smaller' comment in a snarky way, i dunno if you took it that way. i was just saying. and hell yeah we should get together. carrie and michelle do the midwest!

[michelle2677]

Originally Posted by carrie721

you mean the picture books?

oh, and i didn't mean my 'smaller' comment in a snarky way, i dunno if you took it that way. i was just saying. and hell yeah we should get together. carrie and michelle do the midwest!

OH!! I'm sorry!! the "f*ck off" was the first thing that popped in my head after the library comment. then I went on to something else Sorry!!

@ picture books. hay. at leest we no how to reed!!!

"carrie and michelle do the midwest......and it has never been the same since" how much would that rock?!

[carrie721]

Originally Posted by michelle2677

OH!! I'm sorry!! the "f*ck off" was the first thing that popped in my head after the library comment. then I went on to something else Sorry!!

@ picture books. hay. at leest we no how to reed!!!

"carrie and michelle do the midwest......and it has never been the same since" how much would that rock?!

haha, we could do a ledgie tour of the midwest ... look out, homie, maria, and curtis! michelle and i are coming to get you!

[danax6]

I love seeing where everybody lives. I'm at work now so I don't have any pics handy, but here a few I got off of Google:

Oh, I live in Heerlen, the very, very south of the Netherlands. Fairly touristy area, because of the *only* hills in this flat, flat country and the lovely views that creates. Many people vacation here...

This is where I spent many summers...it's actually a lot bigger than this and there a lot more cafes and restaurants, it's the very center of our city.





Yes, we have castles too. This is where I had my highschool prom...



Those famous hills...



More cows



Pancratius Church...



Right next to the Church is the Glass Palace, which houses among other things our city library...



I'll see if I can find some of my own pics in a few...

[michelle2677]

Originally Posted by carrie721

haha, we could do a ledgie tour of the midwest ... look out, homie, maria, and curtis! michelle and i are coming to get you!

i'm sure maria would want to join us in our havoc. Curtis will be travelling with work maybe "carrie and michelle do las vegas" or "NYC" would be more productive

[carrie721]

wow. those pics are really beautiful, vanessa!

[DrummerDeanna]

Originally Posted by carrie721

wow. those pics are really beautiful, vanessa!

Yes they are! Amazing...

I just tried to find pic of my town online, but I didn't think y'all would enjoy pics of apartment buildings and store fronts....so I'll try to snap a few in the next few days

...and Carrie and Michelle do the midwest? Be afraid. be very afraid.

[Miss Vicky]

Some of the pics got kind of blurry when I resized, but here goes...

My house:


My street:


The creek near my house:


A squirrel that lives there:


The high school I attended (otherwise known as Vacaville's "other prison"):


The office where I work:

[DavidMn]

Originally Posted by Miss Vicky

Some of the pics got kind of blurry when I resized, but here goes...

My house:


My street:


The creek near my house:


A squirrel that lives there:


The high school I attended (otherwise known as Vacaville's "other prison"):


The office where I work:

Nice pics!

[ryan8472]

Vicky, for a minute, I thought it said "WOOT" on the side of the highschool, and I got excited.

Nice pics everyone!

[Miss Vicky]

Originally Posted by ryan8472

Vicky, for a minute, I thought it said "WOOT" on the side of the highschool, and I got excited.

Nice pics everyone!

Yeah I don't think that would go over real well with the principal if someone painted "Woot" on the side of gym.

[Miss Vicky]

I took my camera with me on a walk along the creek this morning, and I just thought I'd share a couple of photos I snapped:

I'm not familiar with the raptors in my area so I'm not sure what species these are exactly, but here's a vulture of some sort sunning itself in a eucalyptus tree. Literally dozens of them congregate in this particular stand of trees to roost. They also have a habit of circling my house, which is kind of eerie. They're beautiful, though.



And a hawk resting in a gnarled old oak tree.



Edit: Okay, so I did a little googling - the first one is a turkey vulture and the second is a red shouldered hawk.

[skcin]

Those pics are awesome! Even though large bird scare me a little.

Actually, there was some sort of hawk in my yard the other day. My neighborhood has developed a rat problem, and the fact that my idot next-door neighboors leave garbage bags out for days at a time just makes it worse. They now have rats living under their patio. I talked to them about it last summer, when I witnessed a rat carrying A WHOLE PIECE OF PIZZA across my yard from their garbage. But I guess they don't care. I hate them. But I digress.

The other morning, I opened my gate & heard a russling sound. A hawk-like bird took flight (scaring the hell out of me) and as it was flying away, I noticed a body with a long tail hanging from its talons. Yay hawk! At least he's trying to help with the rodent problem.