Its oh so quiet Shh Shh

[crzy_kevo]

lol stefan

and sid nice looking parietalis

[anji1971]

I'm back!!
We had a nice time, although a holiday weekend is definitely not the best time to be in Niagara Falls. Holy crowds............
I did manage to get the kids to see the Aviaries they have there, and we went on the Skywheel and saw fireworks over the Falls. Also did the Imax movie, and Marineland yet again.
Anyone planning a trip to Marineland soon, I have one word -- SKYSCREAMER! What a rush!!!!
We spent a couple days in Cambridge and went to the African Lion Safari, somewhere I have never been yet. Very cool place!
We also went to the Wings of Paradise Butterfly Conservatory in Cambridge, which is a place I could easily spend an entire day in. Very good for the soul...........
I do have pictures coming, but there are over 400 to sort through, so it will be a couple days before I have them all organised, and my father-in-law has a better camera than I do, so I'm waiting for a few of the ones he took too. I didn't take very many pics of the falls themselves, but that's mainly because I've got so many from past trips, that it didn't really occur to me that people here might enjoy them, too. Being so close to the place, I forget what a big deal it is for those who are far away and can't see the Falls often!
But the Nature Photography thread will be filling up with birds, animals and butterflies soon enough! And I'll stick a few up in this thread too.

[jitami]

Sounds like a wonderful trip Anji! Welcome home

[anji1971]

Thanks, Tami!
I've pretty much just caught up on sleep since we got back. It was a pretty exhausting 5 days!

[ssssnakeluvr]

Yeeeeouch!!! went to get some burgers out of the freezer in my garage....found a large assassin bug in the garage.....picked it up to toss him outside.....before I could get the door open, I felt a darn sharp pain in my finger. the stupid assassin bug bit me!!!!! within a few minutes I had some swelling and pain!!! didn't know these miserable bugs would bite....it's been an hour now....still minor swelling, nice little red spot where it bit....but I didn't get mad and kill him, he still got tossed outside.

[drache]

is it kind of like a bee sting?
I used to get a couple of those every summer
here we've been getting eaten alive by mosquitoes in the yard
makes me think of this song/video (for me it works better in flash which is the play button in the blue field underneath)
and the french version is really cool too
Play films - Focus on Animation - ONF
it's even got a snake in it

[count dewclaw]

"Blackfly"...what fun!

[Snake lover 3-25]

wow so...... the creek by my house is really high and cloudy...... and i was walking around trying to find higher ground for me and my cousin when i faced my greatest fear..... i stepped on a truely massive snapping turtle!!!!!! i immediately grabbed it's tail to immobilize it so i didn't get bit and i brought it out of the water to show my cousin.... then i ended up going all the way back to my house (leaving my cousin to watch the turtle) to get a pillow case and a backpack to put the turtle in...... we brought it home to show my family and my friend.... so now it's in a giant sterilite storage box with a few big rocks some water and a piece of wood over one end.... my cousin called her dad and he told us to feed it raw chicken and try to keep our fingers from being bitten off pics will come soon

[crzy_kevo]

cool shanley about how big do you think it is?

[Snake lover 3-25]

well..... you'll see soon