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Post by Ash » Sat June 6th, 2009, 10:35 pm

I think its funny that they had to invent a name for something I've known about for years. When I was picking peaches on an Israeli kibbutz, I used to fall asleep, seeing peaches before my closed eyes! But its an interesting phenomena

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Post by Carine » Wed June 17th, 2009, 5:33 am

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Found this one today for the birthday of Igor Stravinsky. Beautiful isn't it ?

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Post by annis » Wed June 17th, 2009, 6:04 am

Very cool firebird :)

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Post by SonjaMarie » Sun June 21st, 2009, 6:16 pm

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For Father's Day.

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Post by boswellbaxter » Sat July 4th, 2009, 2:59 pm

For the Fourth of July:


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Susan Higginbotham
Coming in October: The Woodvilles


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Carine
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Post by Carine » Fri July 10th, 2009, 6:24 am

I opened Google this morning and found this :

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for Nikola Tesla's Birthday

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Post by annis » Sat July 11th, 2009, 7:41 pm

Posted by Carine:
I opened Google this morning and found this for Nikola Tesla's Birthday
Isn't it spectacular? I have to admit I'd never heard of Nikola Tesla before.
I did discover something, though, which everyone else probably already knows- that if you click on the Google image you get information about its subject!

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Post by SonjaMarie » Tue July 14th, 2009, 4:27 am

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For Bastille Day (found at Google France).

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Post by Misfit » Mon July 20th, 2009, 9:43 pm

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Anniversary of the moon landing.
At home with a good book and the cat...
...is the only place I want to be

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Post by diamondlil » Tue July 21st, 2009, 11:44 am

That is very cool!
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