Location: El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Angeles del Río de Porciúncula
Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2007 11:53 pm Post subject:
Do you remember the title of the movie? I wonder if I've seen it. Anyway, there's Balboa (or Balboa Peninsula) where the Ferris wheel and kiddie rides and outdoor activities are, and then there's Balboa Island with ritzy beach homes and swank shops. I think you have to be made of money to live on the Island.
Thought it's time for some pictures again. Below are some pictures I took of The Eye - a natural fountain in the town of Kuruman, and apparently the second largest in the world. It supplies the town with water.
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Click to see full size image _________________ Toe ek jonk was, het ek al die antwoorde geken. Nou verstaan ek nie eens die vrae nie.
Location: San Francisco, Noord-Kalifornië, Noord-Amerika
Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2007 12:45 am Post subject:
Lovely pictures! Is a fountain the same as a spring? Some years ago, I visited a friend in Florida who took me to the Silver Springs Park. Silver Springs is one of the largest spring "complexes", with water reaching 80 feet in depth. It's been used for lots of underwater scenes in movies. They have tours in glass-bottomed boats -- it's incredible how clear spring water is.
Lovely pictures! Is a fountain the same as a spring? Some years ago, I visited a friend in Florida who took me to the Silver Springs Park. Silver Springs is one of the largest spring "complexes", with water reaching 80 feet in depth. It's been used for lots of underwater scenes in movies. They have tours in glass-bottomed boats -- it's incredible how clear spring water is.
Yep, fountain = spring. We use spring as well, but in Afrikaans both spring and fountain translates as fontein, and I would say fountain is used more often than spring in SA English. _________________ Toe ek jonk was, het ek al die antwoorde geken. Nou verstaan ek nie eens die vrae nie.
Beautiful pictures, André. I love those wildflowers growing on the desert floor. Is that the Richtersveld?
No, that's Namaqualand (although you're close, the Richtersveld is next door). Those flowers are daisies, the ones Deborah have in her garden. _________________ Toe ek jonk was, het ek al die antwoorde geken. Nou verstaan ek nie eens die vrae nie.
We have oryx (gemsbok) where I live, too -- they were imported for big game hunting and live wild in the scrub on White Sands Missile Range, just up the road and over the mountains from where I live --
Elaine, technically the Richtersveld is part of the greater Namaqualand, but its the area closer to the coast next to the Namibian border. We generally think of them as two seperate regions. _________________ Toe ek jonk was, het ek al die antwoorde geken. Nou verstaan ek nie eens die vrae nie.
The ones on the flower pics? They're quiver trees. It's a kind of aloe.They're found in Namaqualand and Bushmanland. _________________ Toe ek jonk was, het ek al die antwoorde geken. Nou verstaan ek nie eens die vrae nie.
Gosh, you are truly blessed with such a fabulous diversity of flowers and animals, and such an overabundance of beauty, Andre! _________________ An apple a day....
Gosh, you are truly blessed with such a fabulous diversity of flowers and animals, and such an overabundance of beauty, Andre!
The wonderful thing about this country is that the various regions are so different from each other. You have it in the USA too, but here it is over a much smaller distance. You drive 150 km, and you're in a completely different enviroment. _________________ Toe ek jonk was, het ek al die antwoorde geken. Nou verstaan ek nie eens die vrae nie.
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