Gumbo’s Pic of the Day, Oct 15, 2013: Bowl and Pitcher, Spokane, Washington
October 15, 2013
These unusual volcanic rock formations can be found in the Spokane River in eastern Washington state.
These unusual volcanic rock formations can be found in the Spokane River in eastern Washington state.
I remember my delight in making soap bubbles as a small boy! I could only dream of creating a bubble this large!
Two of Brussels’ most famous obsessions—chocolate and the famous Maneken-Pis stature of a small boy urinating—are caught in one picture of a chocolate shop featuring endless sizes and flavors of the statue.
Looking remarkably like grass, this is actually a field of sugar cane. What’s lacking is a size perspective because these canes are about 3 meter(10 ft) tall.
The Inca people of South America’s Andes mountains were remarkable engineers. Unlike Europeans, who used mortar to bond together large walls of brick or rock, Incas carefully shaped and chiseled stones so that they fit together perfectly!
Sunflowers are happy things! And very photogenic.
Cruise ship is dwarfed by steep mountains as it enters Norway’s Naeroyfjord, an arm of the Sognefjord in the rugged coastal mountains north of Bergen. A network of these deep waterways connects scattered areas of small towns and farms on…
Not much survives of old Cologne anymore, it largely having been destroyed in WWII. This neighborhood is one of the exceptions.
Mesa Verde National Park is a unique place because of its 600 cliff dwellings (many very well preserved), homes of the Ancestral Pueblo people.
The storied Chateau D’If sits on the small island of If, just a short ferry ride from Marseille’s Vieux Port. Built originally (depending on your view) to defend Marseille from invasion or to keep Marseille under the king’s control.
These unusual volcanic rock formations can be found in the Spokane River in eastern Washington state.
I remember my delight in making soap bubbles as a small boy! I could only dream of creating a bubble this large!
Two of Brussels’ most famous obsessions—chocolate and the famous Maneken-Pis stature of a small boy urinating—are caught in one picture of a chocolate shop featuring endless sizes and flavors of the statue.
Looking remarkably like grass, this is actually a field of sugar cane. What’s lacking is a size perspective because these canes are about 3 meter(10 ft) tall.
The Inca people of South America’s Andes mountains were remarkable engineers. Unlike Europeans, who used mortar to bond together large walls of brick or rock, Incas carefully shaped and chiseled stones so that they fit together perfectly!
Sunflowers are happy things! And very photogenic.
Cruise ship is dwarfed by steep mountains as it enters Norway’s Naeroyfjord, an arm of the Sognefjord in the rugged coastal mountains north of Bergen. A network of these deep waterways connects scattered areas of small towns and farms on…
Not much survives of old Cologne anymore, it largely having been destroyed in WWII. This neighborhood is one of the exceptions.
Mesa Verde National Park is a unique place because of its 600 cliff dwellings (many very well preserved), homes of the Ancestral Pueblo people.
The storied Chateau D’If sits on the small island of If, just a short ferry ride from Marseille’s Vieux Port. Built originally (depending on your view) to defend Marseille from invasion or to keep Marseille under the king’s control.