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6th December 2014, 02:21 AM #1
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We still have a web connection and extreme squash blossoms!
Last edited by JBW; 6th December 2014 at 02:36 AM. Reason: brain melt down I put in the wrong shot
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6th December 2014, 10:01 AM #2
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Re: We still have a web connection and extreme squash blossoms!
You must live in the Luzon area...to be able to escape Hagupit. (Hey! I read that in the Wall Street Journal while waiting for Bill to come out of his operation...
) Anyway....this flower seems to be floating...love the colour.
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6th December 2014, 10:51 AM #3
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Re: We still have a web connection and extreme squash blossoms!
Squash blossoms are so beautiful. I love their crepey texture, which you have captured.
glad you still have your internet.
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6th December 2014, 11:30 AM #4
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Re: We still have a web connection and extreme squash blossoms!
hope Bill is okay. Actually we live outside of Dumaguete. It is 19:30 and the wind is still barely moving the bamboo.
Originally Posted by IzzieK
You must live in the Luzon area...to be able to escape Hagupit. (Hey! I read that in the Wall Street Journal while waiting for Bill to come out of his operation...) Anyway....this flower seems to be floating...love the colour.
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6th December 2014, 11:31 AM #5
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Re: We still have a web connection and extreme squash blossoms!
So am I. Especially because it means that the super typhoon has not shown up and that menas no loss of life in our area. They are creepy in a beautiful way. Originally Posted by Marie Hass
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6th December 2014, 11:52 AM #6
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Re: We still have a web connection and extreme squash blossoms!
Brian, not sure if you understood my word usage. The textture of the blossom is crepey - not creepy . Wrinkled like crepe paper.
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6th December 2014, 11:53 AM #7
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Re: We still have a web connection and extreme squash blossoms!
Glad you are weathering the storm, read that winds were 150mph. Nice image.
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6th December 2014, 02:06 PM #8
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Re: We still have a web connection and extreme squash blossoms!
You're right I mis-read. Originally Posted by Marie Hass
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6th December 2014, 02:06 PM #9
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Re: We still have a web connection and extreme squash blossoms!
Thankfully the storm was a no show where we are. Originally Posted by Shadowman
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7th December 2014, 10:37 AM #10
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Re: We still have a web connection and extreme squash blossoms!
I have to google Dumaguete because I only heard of it but not visit -- yet. It is in the #5 up the ladder of one of the best place to retire in the world. But the location is a little bit icky because you are surrounded by waters all around. I am still wondering why it says that Dumaguete is a storm protected area...I am glad you and your family are OK... Originally Posted by JBW
Yes, Bill is surviving...he is more resilient than I am. I had my eye operation last Tuesday and I am just recovering whereas he has his last Friday on both eyes and he is healing faster than I am.
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8th December 2014, 12:32 AM #11
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Re: We still have a web connection and extreme squash blossoms!
The entire Philippines is surrounded by water. Dumaguete is at the Eastern base of a rather tallish sleeping volcano that nicely deflects the majority of typhoons that move in from the west. As for being number 5 for retirement? It is a small university town that is overpopulated and dirty. As it is a sea port it has a major drug problem. Murder and mayhem are on the rise. We are here for Myras work but we are as far out of the town as we can comfortable get. We are technically part of Valencia, Upper Bongbong to be exact. Originally Posted by IzzieK
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8th December 2014, 12:42 AM #12
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Re: We still have a web connection and extreme squash blossoms!
Glad to here all is ok where you are Brian.
Eye work recovery times sometimes takes a bit of patience Izzie. My father had that experience after a cataract operation. To help make him feel better they also gave him beta blockers - then he noticed his pulse rate was around 40 and sometime lower. Couple of months after he was fine.
John
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8th December 2014, 09:28 AM #13
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Re: We still have a web connection and extreme squash blossoms!
Thanks for the info, John...Mine wasn't that bad. No cataract. 3-day recovery. I'd be OK before the Project 52 challenge. I already went out of the house yesterday to start my Christmas shopping. In sunglasses, on a cloudy day.
I feel like a dork in sunglasses.
Somehow, I have to feed the beasts and the hubby. I just made sure he will be OK while I was away...
Hmm.. interesting you said that, Brian. I think hubby's best friend and we'll look around Baguio then or Malaysia. At least my DIL's family lives there. Every place has a pro and cons...but will be nice if it has more pros than cons...
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