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Bob Roberts

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This one is a very strange flower from the "Ilha da Madeira" (Madeira Island).
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Some more...
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Harvested some peas and broad beans (we call those "Favas". Those are very appreciated in Portugal)
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PRETTY GARDEN. The favas are appreciated in Italy as well. Along w some bread and wine.
 

Joao Encarnado

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Thank you all.
There are more flowers there but I would need like 30 or more pictures :)

Here is another one of the Bird of Paradise were you can see the big leafs.
The lemon tree is always full of lemons, all of them with a lot of juice.
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A-1

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Some photos from Scotland last year. Beautiful country, so I decided to go there again this year!
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Went downtown to the theater district yesterday to see a wonderful dance performance in a historical venue built in 1927.
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They certainly don't build movie houses like this any more.
This one, the Lyric, is across the street from the Alabama, and is currently under restoration.
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I remember back about 30 years ago, a hoodoo shop was located in this building. It is now down the block a little in a very low key, nondescript store front.
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They are the maker and distributor of Sonny Boy products, oils, incenses, candles, etc. And have been in the hoodoo business since the 30s. Trouble with a lover? Need luck gambling? This is the place to get you a sure enough mojo hand.
 
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The Carver, here, is around the corner, and has been converted into sort of a jazz hall of fame. They still have concerts and show films once in a blue moon.
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Don's here is next door to the Alabama, and really makes me want to grow a head of hair just so I can go here for a cut.
 
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Here's me, in the fedora that was afield, with one of my favorite dancers from the performance.
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This is Eddie Kendricks memorial park, also in the area, if any of you guys are Temptations (My Girl, etc.) fans

And one last interesting shot
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If you can see the Eiffel tower looking structure on top of the building in the distance, that is what's left of a zeppelin port. Back in the early 30s, the Thomas Jefferson hotel (it says Leer Tower on the side now) had an airship dock and a fancy lobby on the top floor. That was, of course, the latest in luxury travel at the time, until the Hindenburg disaster.
 
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Super photos, Dale, but your narrative details about them really rocks!! All topped off by that story-telling snapshot of you and your sweet l'il dancer. THAT's what life's about, isn't it?!?!?
 

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