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Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (20075) 21h

In Kintamani Indonesia the volcano looks beautiful. It is a volcano situated in the hills. It is amazing that from that point of the island it is difficult to understand there are seas and oceans on the three sides. The entire...

kintamani

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M Cheung That's beautiful. Looks like quite windy. Was it?

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Judy Evans @JudyEv (346488) • Rockingham, Australia 21h

When we were first married, just about everything we had was second-hand or hand-me-downs. Even my maternity dresses were given to me by a friend. I think I made myself maybe one or two new ones. We were given a cane pram like...

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M Cheung That looks like a nice perambulator.

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Always smiling @allknowing (140944) • India 19 Feb

I bought this butter a few months ago but did not repeat it as I was more into crunchy peanut better with honey At the time I bought it I had yet to get used to the dark chocolate. But now I must say I quite like dark chocolate...

peanut butter with dark chocolate

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M Cheung Dark chocolate peanut butter, oh, must be yummy. I haven't seen it in the supermarket.

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MARILYN @Marilynda1225 (83778) • United States 19 Feb

Happy Wednesday Everyone! a least today I know what day it is Can't start off a post without mentioning the weather and I'm happy to say it's sunny, cold and the snow that was predicted for overnight and into...

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M Cheung I love eggplants. I also take less meat these days. Mainly fish and vegetables. Occasionally pork and chicken.

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Judy Evans @JudyEv (346488) • Rockingham, Australia 19 Feb

The photo shows a pillar/post box which was in the Collie Museum. Unfortunately, I can’t read the sign so I don’t know how old it is but the town was gazetted in 1897. This is a handsome-looking post box with the details picked...

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M Cheung Like the swan. We also had such red post box here. Also changed to green later.

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Judy Evans @JudyEv (346488) • Rockingham, Australia 19 Feb

I wrote recently about a saying I hadn’t heard before. Our German friend used it. Translated from her native language, it was ‘making an elephant out of a mouse’. Tonight, she used another one she’d translated and that we hadn’t...

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M Cheung Very nice photo. This is the first time I heard of this saying.

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Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (20075) 18 Feb

The Blue Lagoon allows travellers to venture into long distances in Maldives. In other sea beaches the sea waters remain shallow only near the beach and then sea bed becomes deeper and deeper. In Maldives for at least 400 meters...

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M Cheung That is good for beginners.

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Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (20075) 18 Feb

In the east due to Spring the days are longer now. Winter has gone. The sunset happens around 5.45 and days are longer. Within a month summer is going to start. The flowering plants give a lot of flowers at this time of the...

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M Cheung We are not in Spring yet. The day is still shorter.

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Always smiling @allknowing (140944) • India 18 Feb

Having cake for breakfast I suppose is never heard of But I think out of the box and have all kinds of things for breakfast Take cake for example Why should I not eat it for breakfast. It has eggs, butter, sugar, flour,...

cake for breakfast

date and walnut cake

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M Cheung My breakfast is quite routine. I take western or Chinese breakfast. For western breakfast, I have oatmeal, hard boiled egg and whole wheat bread. For Chinese breakfast, I have congee and fried noodles with pork.

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Judy Evans @JudyEv (346488) • Rockingham, Australia 18 Feb

The photo shows three old washboards which were on display in the Collie Museum. Below the washboards are an enamel wash basket and advertising for Velvet soap, a laundry soap which can still be purchased today. The washboard...

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M Cheung We also had similar washboards here. I remember my mom used them a lot.

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MARILYN @Marilynda1225 (83778) • United States 18 Feb

Happy Tuesday Everyone! I almost said Happy Monday as it feels like Monday. Yesterday was a holiday and my daughter didn't have work so that just threw off my whole "what day it is". Although today is sunny it's COLD. I'm so over...

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M Cheung Weather is fine these days, not too cold and not hot. Can do some outdoor activities.

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OceanTiara @RebeccasFarm (92034) • United States 18 Feb

Went to look at another place yesterday, talked to the agent on the phone beforehand. Went there paid an Uber there and back and waste of money I don't have! So furious. Went there and it was not the person I spoke with on the...

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M Cheung @RebeccasFarm

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OceanTiara @RebeccasFarm (92034) • United States 18 Feb

Went to look at another place yesterday, talked to the agent on the phone beforehand. Went there paid an Uber there and back and waste of money I don't have! So furious. Went there and it was not the person I spoke with on the...

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M Cheung I'm sorry your son is not feeling well. Hope he recovers soon.

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Juliaacv @Juliaacv (52278) • Canada 17 Feb

Happy Family Day to Canadians celebrating this wonderful holiday today. I did not have high hopes for the plans that we made because we had a blizzard over the past few days and did not think that we would be able...

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M Cheung Lovely photo. Glad you had a fun time on the Family Day.

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Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (20075) 17 Feb

In Maldives there is blue lagoon. As the location is close to equator there is shallow water in the seas. For beginners swimming in these seas are very easy. There is no currant in the sea and the waves are very gentle. Travellers...

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M Cheung Yes, shallow water is suitable for beginners swimming there.

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Juliaacv @Juliaacv (52278) • Canada 16 Feb

This is Family Day weekend here in Canada. It is a new holiday just established in Alberta in 1990, but the rest of the country joined in decades later. In the province of Ontario, where I live, we began celebrating Family Day...

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M Cheung @Juliaacv Enjoy the Family Day holiday.

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Juliaacv @Juliaacv (52278) • Canada 16 Feb

This is Family Day weekend here in Canada. It is a new holiday just established in Alberta in 1990, but the rest of the country joined in decades later. In the province of Ontario, where I live, we began celebrating Family Day...

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M Cheung It's nice that you have Family Day as a holiday so that you can spend time with your loved ones.

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Judy Evans @JudyEv (346488) • Rockingham, Australia 16 Feb

The top photo shows a horse-drawn baker’s van which is on display in the Collie Museum. Isn’t it a lovely shape? Because I lived on a farm, we never had anything delivered by such conveyances but I know that the horses learnt the...

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M Cheung Nice photos! You looked confident and happy.

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OceanTiara @RebeccasFarm (92034) • United States 15 Feb

It's Comcast or Xfinity as they changed their name to disguise themselves. Didn't work. They are the big cable internet thieves. The reason is their extortion in pricing. Also the other reason is you absolutely will take a...

pricing

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M Cheung Here, I dislike internet service provider i-cable. They do not provide 24-hour customer service as most do. When you call for help, it takes ages to talk to a real person.

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Judy Evans @JudyEv (346488) • Rockingham, Australia 15 Feb

Some of you would know that Vince’s two elder brothers have been very sick; one for some years but the other just for a month or two. The oldest died on Friday and the younger died a day later. Their birthdays were on the same day...

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M Cheung That is so sad. I am sorry for your loss.

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