Scenery of your town

shifte

Disney plane at the next gate... I was just 100 meters away... I wanted to take disney plane.

ingolftopf

@shifte
I'm too.

ingolftopf

@shifte said in Scenery of your town:

btw, "wild boar meat" is called "peony (牡丹)" in Japanese.

Looks veery tasty!

ingolftopf

@ingolftopf said in Scenery of your town:

@shifte said in Scenery of your town:

From my parents' garden.

Of course I can't keep up with that.

But I also have something interesting here.

But she's not ready yet.

But now she's comming:!

nomadic

Stretching the meaning of hometown a bit, but figured I would share some pictures from my road trip for the eclipse a few weeks ago.

Obviously a picture of the eclipse itself. Had intermittent clouds until totality, so got lucky. Didn't have any fancy cameras, but this photo from my dad turned out fairly well:
Eclipse

Some eclipse themed donuts that were way too sweet:
Eclipse donuts

Watched the eclipse at my great grandfather's old ranch in Texas, USA. Found these flowers and bluebonnets everywhere:
Flowers on my great grandpa's ranch

The old house of my great grandparents has fallen into disrepair, but each time we visit, we dig through it to look for any objects with sentimental family value. This is me standing on an intact floor joist in the rotten out floor of my grandma's old bedroom:
Rotten floor in my great grandpa's old house

The ranch is in an area in Texas with a ton of fossils. Lots of varieties, but these ammonites are the best finds. My sister hunted out and found a few of these good mostly intact ones:
Fossils at my great grandpa's ranch

There is also a river nearby with some dinosaur footprints. Getting to it is a little sketchy because it hasn't been turned into an official site yet:
Dinosaur footprints on a riverbed

Also did some sight seeing along the drive. Got to see two new caves: Longhorn Cavern, a decently sized cave with a moderate amount of interesting formations. Was also super busy with all the influx of eclipse tourists:
Longhorn Cavern entrance

And Caverns of Sonora, a nice small narrow cave with a ton of interesting formations:
Caverns of Sonora interior

Also stopped by White Sands National Park in New Mexico, USA because it had been many years since our last visit. We normally stop by Carlsbad Caverns instead, but decided to switch it up. Was also super busy, but most of the tourists stayed around the road accessible areas, so we got away from the crowds by going on one of the longer hikes through the dunes:
White Sands National Park

ingolftopf

@nomadic
Many, many thanks for your very interesting pictures and impressions.

Thank you very much

You always enrich it a lot here.

ingolftopf

@nomadic
With your contributions and pictures, you have once again brought great joy to many people.

Wouldn't you like to go to Iceland and bring back an exciting report about the island and Vivaldi?

Maybe Vivaldi will even sponsor something.

Or at least to Magnolia, Boston, USA?

nomadic

@ingolftopf said in Scenery of your town:

Wouldn't you like to go to Iceland and bring back an exciting report about the island and Vivaldi?
...
Or at least to Magnolia, Boston, USA?

As a massive introvert, going out and talking with that many new people is sort of a nightmare for me. Would like to go to Iceland some day, but best you would probably get from me would be some exterior pictures of the building

Luckily we already have some reports of the Magnolia location from the other part-time New Mexico, USA resident forum member @Ayespy.

Edit: [DECLASSIFIED] The Magnolia Report - https://vivaldi.com/blog/jon-speaks-to-the-community/

Ayespy

@nomadic

ingolftopf

@nomadic said in Scenery of your town:

As a massive introvert, going out and talking with that many new people is sort of a nightmare for me. Would like to go to Iceland some day, but best you would probably get from me would be some exterior pictures of the building

If you don't prefer it, you don't need to speak up.
Think of a nice travelogue like the one you did earlier about the total solar eclipse.

ingolftopf

@nomadic said in Scenery of your town:

Edit: [DECLASSIFIED] The Magnolia Report - https://vivaldi.com/blog/jon-speaks-to-the-community/

I didn't know it at all.
I'll study it right away.
Thank you very much

Thank you @Ayespy for your great work.

supermurs

DoctorG

@nomadic Very impressive

shifte

@nomadic
Magnificent incredible scenery.

As a massive introvert, going out and talking with that many new people is sort of a nightmare for me.

Wait... By any chance, are you Mr. Chuck Norris?

edwardp

@nomadic said in Scenery of your town:

Luckily we already have some reports of the Magnolia location from the other part-time New Mexico, USA resident forum member @Ayespy.

Edit: [DECLASSIFIED] The Magnolia Report - https://vivaldi.com/blog/jon-speaks-to-the-community/

I had no idea @Ayespy was there. I'm very close to Magnolia and have been to Vivaldi Magnolia a few times already, since becoming an Ambassador.

Ryszard

@supermurs But probably not the view from the top floor of Sorvarinkatu 2, 15700 Lahti, Finland
Certainly not the view from the top of a ski jump.

Ryszard

Ryszard

I have nothing to do with the cultivation of this plant. I just admire it.