Pictures of your locale

[norton ash]

Lupercalia came early! Thank you for shedding your antlers in the backyard, young buck... low-fat bones and marrow, and nobody got killed.

[Nordic]

Here's what Los Angeles looks like, almost everywhere:



These ugly-ass mini-malls. Ubiquitous. All of Los Angeles sorta looks the same, mainly due to this kind of crap.

[semper occultus]

....slightly dodgy Indian shop sign.......on the way into London from Heathrow...the term superstore may have become slightly devalued....



looking across the Thames at Twickenham towards Eel Pie Island




...rainbow in the Tamar Valley Cornwall - it was there for about 2 mins...

[Perelandra]

I can't comment on every image in this favorite thread, but I'm smiling and nodding whenever you folks post in it, for real.

Springtime in the PNW is amazing. The nabe is covered in flowers and the yard humming with bees. Here's a few from camping and gardens.

[chump]

[DrEvil]

This is my favorite time of year. The snow-melt is going full tilt, so you get lots of huge waterfalls, like the one in the background (The Rjoande waterfall).

[Gnomad]

I have been on a bit of a holiday, and went cycling along the smaller roads nearby. These pics are all from within 200 km of where I live. Farmland around the westernmost parts of the country.

Its been really hot, close to 30 C daytime with occasional thunderstorms, and over 20 at night. Boy did I sweat a little while riding... Luckily lakes are plentiful and swimming an every mans right, just like cycling and hiking is allowed everywhere except in someones front yard or cultivated farmland. Right to peruse the land also includes picking berries and shrooms, and with some restrictions, camping, fishing and boating. Its a nordic thing, I think Sweden and Norway have similar laws.

[82_28]

I'm in Denver right now and I snapped this bit of beauty.

EDIT: Nordic, I know you have some Denver history and if you ever came back you will be astonished at the utter sprawl. Living in Seattle and coming to Denver I am totally amazed also to how fast people drive. My dad moved to Seattle last year and when he drives I always tell him "OK, you're driving Denver style right now." But the sprawl is insane in just the last 15 since I moved. And totally unwalkable.

[Gnomad]

At the seaside today.

[justdrew]

at the beach here today in PDX...

upon the occasion of what may well prove to have been the last nice weekend of summery weather this summer...

[semper occultus]

...took a running snap of The Shard....didn't even notice the contrails til I pulled up the pic on screen...

[Nordic]

There's something really evil-looking about that building. ^^^^

[semper occultus]

...yes, it does look like it should have a big flaming eyeball perched on the top of it...this snap came out quite nicely aswell - had no idea it was reflecting in the other building like that




...one way to beat the traffic....Amphicar..going pretty quick, took a few seconds to get the camera going...



Tavistock - Devon, Dartmoor in the background


Gunnislake in the Tamar Valley Cornwall



the Millenium Bridge from the Tate Modern

[cptmarginal]

This was found in a disused southern Ohio train tunnel:

[Joe Hillshoist]