Miss You , Wish you were here . . .: May 2013

May 30, 2013

FABULOUS FLORIDA FAVORITES

Study in knees at Cypress Gardens,

America's Tropical wonderland

in beautiful Florida

Cypress Gardens

is now LEGO Land.

If you look closely

you can still find remnants of

Cypress Gardens

May 26, 2013

May 25, 2013

BEEN THERE, DONE THAT, Bought the Post Card

IN THIS TEMPLE

AS IN THE HEARTS OF THE PEOPLE

FOR WHOM HE SAVED THE UNION

THE MEMORY OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN

IS ENSHRINED FOREVER

My brother and I made a road trip to D.C. last year.

The Lincoln Memorial is still one of the most moving sights there is to see anywhere.

I made this video of an Evening on the National Mall

with images of the Lincoln Memorial included.

FABULOUS FLORIDA FAVORITES


MOON OVER MIAMI BEACH

Playground of the America's at Night
Miami Beach, Fla.

Trailer from Moon Over Miami

May 22, 2013

VACANCY

FORT MOULTRIE

COURT

AIR CONDITIONED

Mt. Pleasant, S.C.

Located six miles North of Charleston, S.C.

Twenty two modern units - Restaurant - Steam Heat.

Two miles from Best Beaches.

"The Best for Our Guest"

Edward & Grace Heins, Owners

AAA

May 21, 2013

PRICKLY PEAR IN BLOOM
THE PLATYOPUNTIA IS OF GREAT VALUE ECONOMICALLY. IT IS USED AS A FORAGE AND ALSO CULTIVATED FOR ITS EDIBLE FRUIT, COMMONLY CALLED CACTUS PEAR, WHICH SI SERED IN MANY WAYS.
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PAINTED CLIFFS "APACHE TRAIL", ARIZONA
THE GREATEST SCENIC HIGHWAY IN AMERICA,, 120 MILES LONG BETWEEN PHOENIX AND GLOBE. IT PASSES THROUGH THE HEART OF "APACHE LAND." A STRANGELY PICTURESQUE MOUNTAIN PEAKS AND SHEAR PRECIPICES, AGLOW WITH BRIGHT MINERAL COLORS AND TEEMING WITH ROMANCE AND HISTORIC INTEREST.
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PALO VERDE IN BLOOM
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Desert View
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OCOTILLO AND SAHUARO CACTUS
OCAOTILLO, SOMETIMES CALLED CANDLEWOOD, COACH WHIP OR JACOB'S STAFF, HAS LONG SPRINGY PROFUSELY BARBED STEMS BEARING SHOWY CLUSTERS OF FLAME RED BLOSSOMS. THE GIANT CACTUS, SAGUARO OR SAHUARO, REACHES 40 TO50 FEET IN HEIGHT. ITS BLOSSOMS ARE WAXEN WHITE, WHILE THE FRUIT WHICH FOLLOWS IS BRIGHT RED, SOMEWHAT LIKE A POMEGRANATE THOUGH PEAR SHAPED.
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May 20, 2013

Greetings from LARGE LETTER Land

I am about to take a road trip with my brother.

We leave Wednesday for VIRGINIA.

Going to visit Monticello and Williamsburg.

Greetings

from

VIRGINIA

May 19, 2013

"SUNDAY FUNNIES"

May 17, 2013

MT. RUSHMORE, BLACK HILLS S.D.

BEFORE AND AFTER

World's Greatest Sculptural work began in 1927
Gutzon Borglum, World's Artist and Sculptor, planned and supervised the Monument. Financed by contributions and federal funds. Busts are proportionate to men 465 Ft. Hich. Top of Washingtons's head to tip of chin 60 Ft. Rock is ageless Granite. Busts are of Washington, Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Lincoln.

If you didn't watch the 10 min. video
you can take a 4 min. tour that is very good also.

This view is a little closer.

Been there...

Done that!

Lifestyles of the "RICH & FAMOUS"

The Nelsons (Ozzie and Harriet)

The Will Rogers Ranch House in the Santa Monica Mountains,
Overlooking the Pacific not far from Beverly Hills, California

Home of Don Ameche, North Hollywood, Calif.

Home of Joan Crawford, Brentwood Heights, California
Don't forget "Mommy Dearest".

Home of Claudette Colbert, Holmby Hills, California

May 16, 2013

VACANCY

Sunset Court

U.S. 29 & 601 South Salisbury, N.C.

"For The Rest Of Your Life"

12 Units & Showers - Family Accommodations

Air-Conditioned - TV - Restaurants Near-By

U.S. 29 & 601 - 7 Miles South Salisbury, N.C.

Phone UL7-2584 - China Grove, N.C.

Sally & Mitchele Kennedy

Historic Downtown Salisbury

"DESERT BLOOM"

YUCCAS IN BLOOM IN
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
THIS CLUMP OF GRACEFUL YUCCAS IN BLOOM
SHOWS THE DESERT IN ITS GENTLEST MOOD
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THE CHOLLA OR BUCKHORN
IN FULL BLOOM
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SUNSET ON THE DESERT
FANTASTIC SCENES, MIRAGES, AND SUNSETS OF GREAT BEAUTY ARE RARE CHARMS OF THE DESERT. THE GREAT VARIETY OF CACTUS SHOWN IN THIS PICTURE ARE, LEST TO RIGHT-THE CHOLLA, BISNAGA OR NIGGER-HEAD, OCATILLO OR DEVIL'S COACH-WHIP, PALMAS OR PRICKLY-PEAR, GIANT SAHUARO, AND AT THE EXTREME RIGHT THE BARRELL CACTUS. ALL ARE FORTIFIED WITH THORNS AS THO FOR THE PRESERVATION OF THEIR LIVES-EVERYTHING ON THE DESERT DOES BATTLE FOR AN EXISTENCE.
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SOTOL AND PRICKLY PEAR
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CACTUS IN BLOOM, ARIZONA
THE GREAT AMERICAN DESERT IS NEITHER MONNOTONOUS NOR LIFELESS. BESIDES THE MARVELOUS COLORING THERE IS A GREAT VARIETY OF CACTI, FROM THE SAGUARO CACTUS TOWERING THIRTY TO SIXTY FEET IN HEIGHT CROWNED BY CLUSTERS OF WHITE FLOWERS, TO THE SHORT AND FIERCELY THORNY CUCUMBER CACTUS WITH LARGE CRIMSON FLOWERS.
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