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a favour to ask of those living on flatland Specifically, the Canadian prairies or those parts of the U.S. below them.
If any of you have photos of all that wide open space, would you mind posting them? This Edmonton girl living in Vancouver's feeling a bit homesick today. "A Watcher scoffs at gravity!" | |
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meow85 said: Specifically, the Canadian prairies or those parts of the U.S. below them.
If any of you have photos of all that wide open space, would you mind posting them? This Edmonton girl living in Vancouver's feeling a bit homesick today. I saw this movie the other day near Regina | |
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The flatlands. Enjoy watching your dog run away from home for three weeks, eh, meow?
[Edited 9/6/09 22:47pm] Ὅσον ζῇς φαίνου
μηδὲν ὅλως σὺ λυποῦ πρὸς ὀλίγον ἐστὶ τὸ ζῆν τὸ τέλος ὁ χρόνος ἀπαιτεῖ.” | |
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Lammastide said: Thanks for teaching me about shelf clouds today, man | |
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ThreadBare said: Lammastide said: Thanks for teaching me about shelf clouds today, man It's beautiful, right? But NOT something I'd want to see coming my way in real time! Ὅσον ζῇς φαίνου
μηδὲν ὅλως σὺ λυποῦ πρὸς ὀλίγον ἐστὶ τὸ ζῆν τὸ τέλος ὁ χρόνος ἀπαιτεῖ.” | |
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http://www.flickr.com/sea...irie&w=all
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Thanks.
People who aren't from the prairies don't get it. They think there's nothing to look at. They're looking for the wrong things though. The nothingness IS what you're supposed to see. All that wide open space has a sort of freedom and clarity mountains and forests, lovely as they are, can never compete with. "A Watcher scoffs at gravity!" | |
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meow85 said: Specifically, the Canadian prairies or those parts of the U.S. below them.
If any of you have photos of all that wide open space, would you mind posting them? This Edmonton girl living in Vancouver's feeling a bit homesick today. Ohh purple joy oh purple bliss oh purple rapture! REAL MUSIC by REAL MUSICIANS - Prince "I kind of wish there was a reason for Prince to make the site crash more" ~~ Ben |
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meow85 said: Thanks.
People who aren't from the prairies don't get it. They think there's nothing to look at. They're looking for the wrong things though. The nothingness IS what you're supposed to see. All that wide open space has a sort of freedom and clarity mountains and forests, lovely as they are, can never compete with. It's interesting how we're so often a product of our environment. I've always imagined just sprinting with abandon across those gigantic plains and under such a big sky must be the next best thing to flying! But I don't think I could live in such an area. I'm WAY too agoraphobic... and aside from what must be a breathtaking night sky, I think I'd crave "stuff" to look at after some time. On the other hand, when I've visited heavily forested mountain regions -- Vermont say -- I've felt entirely claustorophic. There are no expanses; just trees on top of you and hills over which you can't see just a few hundred feet ahead. I need something inbetween. Ὅσον ζῇς φαίνου
μηδὲν ὅλως σὺ λυποῦ πρὸς ὀλίγον ἐστὶ τὸ ζῆν τὸ τέλος ὁ χρόνος ἀπαιτεῖ.” | |
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Saskatchewan prairie flowers in full bloom:
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Ooh, pretty!
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luv4u said: meow85 said: Specifically, the Canadian prairies or those parts of the U.S. below them.
If any of you have photos of all that wide open space, would you mind posting them? This Edmonton girl living in Vancouver's feeling a bit homesick today. "A Watcher scoffs at gravity!" | |
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Lammastide said: meow85 said: Thanks.
People who aren't from the prairies don't get it. They think there's nothing to look at. They're looking for the wrong things though. The nothingness IS what you're supposed to see. All that wide open space has a sort of freedom and clarity mountains and forests, lovely as they are, can never compete with. It's interesting how we're so often a product of our environment. I've always imagined just sprinting with abandon across those gigantic plains and under such a big sky must be the next best thing to flying! But I don't think I could live in such an area. I'm WAY too agoraphobic... and aside from what must be a breathtaking night sky, I think I'd crave "stuff" to look at after some time. On the other hand, when I've visited heavily forested mountain regions -- Vermont say -- I've felt entirely claustorophic. There are no expanses; just trees on top of you and hills over which you can't see just a few hundred feet ahead. I need something inbetween. How about the Okanagan Valley? It's not quite mountains, it's not quite flatland. It's a little of both. Prairies are home for me. When I hear the word "home" I don't picture any house I've ever lived in or even any city. I picture flatland. I like to imagine myself with my ancestors riding horseback at full gallop across all that wide open plain. "A Watcher scoffs at gravity!" | |
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PunkMistress said: There's no sky in the world that looks like that. That shade of blue is perfection. "A Watcher scoffs at gravity!" | |
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