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8 hours ago, electricwizard said:

There is some hour or two in the night when is little darker, between 1 and 3 pm. 

I found  more  from my collection :)

 

Every night, however bright, contains its flicker of darkness. Such it is with the human soul, as we move through sunlit days that yet cast long shadows...

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31 minutes ago, Senorita said:

Visited Scotland recently, such a beautiful place.

 

 

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Work in Scotland quite a bit so have experienced lots of the greatness the country has to offer.  Edinburgh remains my favourite city as they balance the old and the more contemporary architecture so well.  We usually try to stay at the Witchery right up by the castle when we go.  Glasgow by comparison is just so grotty.  Spent time last year up at Loch Ness in a cottage and was glad of my waterproofs.  Dundee has had a ton of regeneration work done and now looks quite stylish, especially down by the river front.  Aberdeen has very consistent if not quite dreary architecture I find but still has some decent hotels.  Whereabouts in Scotland did you visit?

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12 minutes ago, MacabreEternal said:

Work in Scotland quite a bit so have experienced lots of the greatness the country has to offer.  Edinburgh remains my favourite city as they balance the old and the more contemporary architecture so well.  We usually try to stay at the Witchery right up by the castle when we go.  Glasgow by comparison is just so grotty.  Spent time last year up at Loch Ness in a cottage and was glad of my waterproofs.  Dundee has had a ton of regeneration work done and now looks quite stylish, especially down by the river front.  Aberdeen has very consistent if not quite dreary architecture I find but still has some decent hotels.  Whereabouts in Scotland did you visit?

Started the UK trip in Liverpool (Anfield tour and a Beatles fan).

started Scotland with Glasgow then road trip took us to Loch Lomond, Oban, Glencoe, Fort William, isle of Skye, Inverness, Cairngorms, Edinburgh. 

The highlands was spectacular. 

 

 

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19 minutes ago, Senorita said:

Started the UK trip in Liverpool (Anfield tour and a Beatles fan).

started Scotland with Glasgow then road trip took us to Loch Lomond, Oban, Glencoe, Fort William, isle of Skye, Inverness, Cairngorms, Edinburgh. 

The highlands was spectacular. 

 

 

Glencoe was the most amazing place I have ever seen.  It was thick with snow and really low cloud going up to Loch Ness which gave it such a threatening atmosphere.  Coming back down it was clearer and absolutely captivating.

I get married next year around the corner from Anfield - not a football fan but I had to book the date around availability of when the Liverpool players weren't using the venue.  Small world.

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8 hours ago, MacabreEternal said:

Glencoe was the most amazing place I have ever seen.  It was thick with snow and really low cloud going up to Loch Ness which gave it such a threatening atmosphere.  Coming back down it was clearer and absolutely captivating.

I get married next year around the corner from Anfield - not a football fan but I had to book the date around availability of when the Liverpool players weren't using the venue.  Small world.

Small world indeed, congrats on the almost marriage. Be sure to post some pics.

glencoe was really beautiful, I was there in summer 10 degrees Celsius which was freezing for me so I don’t imagine I would’ve done well in the snow.

52 minutes ago, True Belief said:

 

 


Both sides of my family born and bred Collingwood. You?

 

 

GWS. Waiting for 9am to get elimination final tickets. 

 

I’ll  keep my Collingwood opinions to myself lol.

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I suppose yesterday was the last official day of summer, but it felt like a perfect start to autumn. We went to an orchard, got lost in a corn maze, went apple picking, had a nice meal afterwards. Such days are rare. There's something surreal about being surrounded by acres of trees with the apples hanging off almost like bunches of grapes. Wish I'd gotten more pictures.

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1 hour ago, FatherAlabaster said:

I suppose yesterday was the last official day of summer, but it felt like a perfect start to autumn. We went to an orchard, got lost in a corn maze, went apple picking, had a nice meal afterwards. Such days are rare. There's something surreal about being surrounded by acres of trees with the apples hanging off almost like bunches of grapes. Wish I'd gotten more pictures.

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Proper apples them. Not the Frankenstein watermelon size you get in shops these days. 

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My son the ham. I have no idea how they get him to smile for school pictures.

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On 9/23/2019 at 10:10 AM, Requiem said:

Proper apples them. Not the Frankenstein watermelon size you get in shops these days. 

Indeed. They were amazing, too... I almost forgot how much better apples are right off the tree. We're right in the heart of apple country (take that, Immortal) so everything here is pretty legit, but I've run across some of those flavorless monstrosities before.

 

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On 9/30/2019 at 10:30 AM, FatherAlabaster said:

My son the ham. I have no idea how they get him to smile for school pictures.

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Indeed. They were amazing, too... I almost forgot how much better apples are right off the tree. We're right in the heart of apple country (take that, Immortal) so everything here is pretty legit, but I've run across some of those flavorless monstrosities before.

I'm listening to 'At the Heart of Apple Country' this very moment that I saw your post. What a coincidence. 

Good to see plenty of space where your youngling can run and expel energy. I say this as one father to another. 

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Pictures from this weekend. Sorry in advance for the image quality; I have an older phone so my camera isn't that great and it was dark as fuck in there. Couldn't imbed the photos themselves so here are the links. Nevermind, I'm just a dumbass lol. It took me more than an hour to upload this shit successfully so you motherfuckers better appreciate it. ?

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