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Happy New Year and be safe everyone!
Here's to another year of spending time with my friends.
I enjoy your company.
Comment by booklover on December 31, 2012 at 1:45pm See Pat, I wouldn't have thought of that, or known how to do it, so, I'm still impressed! lol.
You too Carl! I love my online friendships and the friends on here are absolutely the BEST!! I wish only terrific things for all of us in 2013! Hugs all around!~ Melinda
Comment by The Flying Atheist on December 31, 2012 at 11:46am I WANT TO WISH ALL OF YOU A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR! Thanks for sharing a part of your lives with me and for providing many laughs and introspective conversations. Cheers!
Thanks for the Oliver Sacks-link, Joan!
1 o'clock: I've done some shopping and now I'm going to shut ourselves in until next year. I've heard that in many countries it's not possible to buy fireworks - seems a good idea to me! Outside there are loud bangs and a smell of gunpowder, in a few hours you'll get breathing trouble. I hope the people outside are happy, and that they won't lose many fingers and eyes.
Comment by Pat on December 30, 2012 at 5:51pm Joan, you're more than welcome. The Falling Lakes are in an area that borders Croatia, Bosnia, and Herzegovina. Sad to think that a place of such beauty saw so much bloodshed in the 1990's.
Actually, Melinda, I cheated. I took Joan's picture, opened it in a separate link, and then got on Google Images and posted the URL of the photo. The answer popped right up.
Comment by Joan Denoo on December 30, 2012 at 5:12pm Pat, thanks! Oh my GOSH! These stunning photos almost seem like a fairy land. Is this the place called, "Falling Lakes?"
https://www.google.com/search?q=Plitvice+Lakes+in+Croatia,&hl=e...
Comment by booklover on December 30, 2012 at 4:30pm Beautiful scene Joan! Cool you knew that Pat!
Happy New Year Cat is cute Steph.
My husband is glad the Bears won today, but wants the Packers to win because that puts the Bears in a better position? I don't get it. lol.
Comment by Pat on December 30, 2012 at 4:15pm Joan, the photo is of the Plitvice Lakes in Croatia, and is listed as a World Heritage site by UNESCO.
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