Saturday, June 23, 2007

More Pics

By the pool. Shortly after a short exchange with a hairy Turk. See previous post.
A desert rose. According to Wikipedia a "[d]esert rose is the colloquial name given to rosette formations of the minerals gypsum and barite with poikilotopic sand inclusions. The 'petals' are crystals flattened on the c crystallographic axis, fanning open along characteristic gypsum cleavage planes. (See also: Crystallography) The rosette crystal habit tends to occur when the crystals form in arid sandy conditions, such as the evaporation of a shallow salt basin. Gypsum roses usually have better defined, sharper edges than barite roses."

Rex, celebrating being on the honor roll, with good ol' American applie pie and vanilla ice cream. With Old Glory. Wow.
Virgin Mega Store. Sanity. Previously I thought these stores too loud for me. But here, with it's huge English language book section, it is practically Mecca to me.
Unfortunately, not an uncommon sight.
The Dragonfly catcher.

Tim Burton would love the curbs here: they're nearly all black and white striped.

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