Photo of the day

[texan]

Sunset, Sri Lanka

 

[texan]

Australian racehorse Black Caviar has been retired, unbeaten after 25 starts.

 

[texan]

Where I Really want to be. Any takers on where this is?

I always post a what and where, but see if any would know where this is, and where I want to go.

 

[texan]

Another shot, another clue.

26	וָאֳנִ֡י עָשָׂה֩ הַמֶּ֨לֶךְ שְׁלֹמֹ֜ה בְּעֶצְיֽוֹן ־ גֶּ֨בֶר אֲשֶׁ֧ר אֶת ־ אֵל֛וֹת עַל ־ שְׂפַ֥ת יַם ־ ס֖וּף בְּאֶ֥רֶץ אֱדֽוֹם ׃

 

[dilligaf]

The best I can do is Isreal.

 

[1BROWNWRENCH]

I can't read Hebrew, but it looks like a port city like maybe Haifa? Too small? Throw us a bone, Tex

 

[dilligaf]

Another shot, another clue.

26	וָאֳנִ֡י עָשָׂה֩ הַמֶּ֨לֶךְ שְׁלֹמֹ֜ה בְּעֶצְיֽוֹן ־ גֶּ֨בֶר אֲשֶׁ֧ר אֶת ־ אֵל֛וֹת עַל ־ שְׂפַ֥ת יַם ־ ס֖וּף בְּאֶ֥רֶץ אֱדֽוֹם ׃

And King Solomon made Etzion - a man who the - clubs on - Sea - the end of the land of Edom:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edom

 

[dilligaf]

I can't read Hebrew, but it looks like a port city like maybe Haifa? Too small? Throw us a bone, Tex

Thanks, you gave me the clue I needed. I made the internet read it for me.

 

[texan]

Eilat, the most southern city of Israel at the gulf of Aqaba.

Eilat averages 360 sunny days a year.

 

[moreluck]

From today's London Marathon...........

 

[rod]

Australian racehorse Black Caviar has been retired, unbeaten after 25 starts.

I wonder how many races he would have won if he was beaten.

 

[cachsux]

I wonder how many races he would have won if he was beaten.

Use a cattle prod and you can get a horse to deal a deck of cards. It's just a matter of voltage.

 

[texan]

Sunrise, Badlands National Park, South Dakota.

 

[rod]

Sunrise, Badlands National Park, South Dakota.

I've been to the majority of the National Parks west of the Mississippi and the Bad Lands are still one of the most scenic of them all.

 

[texan]

A heron is seen on its nest beside the Yellow River in Pinglu County, north China's Shanxi Province.

 

[texan]

A duck paddles past a window belonging to Anderson Eye Care at the Riverfront Plaza Building in downtown
Grand Rapids, Mich., as The Grand River reaches an all time high of 21.85 feet, a full 2.2 feet above the record
set in 1985.
Previous water levels can be seen marked on the wall.

 

[texan]

The Solar Impulse piloted by Bertrand Piccard glides over the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco.

 

[rod]

A duck paddles past a window belonging to Anderson Eye Care at the Riverfront Plaza Building in downtown
Grand Rapids, Mich., as The Grand River reaches an all time high of 21.85 feet, a full 2.2 feet above the record
set in 1985.
Previous water levels can be seen marked on the wall.

Is that bubble gum in the corner of that window plugging a leak? Man-they better hope that window don't bust.

 

[serenity now]

The Solar Impulse piloted by Bertrand Piccard glides over the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco.

i know it's overused,but................... Awesome!

 

[serenity now]

kudos to texan for this Great thread

anyone can Google , but very few can do it this well---THANKS