Well, one of the signs I read said that the covered bridges in Iowa were built "covered" so that the rains wouldn't rot out the bridge's deck planks, thus making it last longer. Also it is cheaper to replace the shingles on the roof of the bridge than it is the floor planks.

Thank you :-)

Undercover is a good idea when it's raining cats & dogs! :-)

A house in the middle of the Drina River near the town of Bajina Basta, Serbia. I wonder why?

I would imagine the fishing is good...

Yep that's probably it. Because you could get solitude on dry ground.

Amazing pic.

That babe on the right... she needs to see an opthalmologist. She's cross-eyed. They have day surgery now to correct that vision problem.

God please forgive me, this is an amazing picture, yet I can`t escape the suggestive power of it that this is a very dirty picture.

If I were at a psychiatrist`s office, I`d say without hesitation that this picture features a partial shot of Freadiggina, the Ice Princess Goddess, daughter of Prinicipal god Donnershrieck from the Antarctic mythical legends of the now extinct Penguin People.

The king vulture, a large bird found in Central and South America.


It`s also a fashion statement by Madonna, endorsing a new line of eyeliners and other make-up accessories by D`Oreal of Paris. (Pay attention to the endorsal fins.)

I am a hawk!! and I`m an owl.

(This would be great as part of a lyrics to a blues song. ``I`m a hawk... and I``m an owl... it`s at night that I prowl... swoop down, lift the prey... and shan`t get AIDS dat what I pray.``)

I think it`s the boot or shoe in the fairy tales that housed that lady and her seventeen kids, and it got stuck in the mud.

Don't feel bad. I saw giant penises in Torgo's pic on page 1 of this thread. I guess I have a dirty mind too.

Blue Footed Booby, Galapagos Islands - I want one!!!

Thank you, Ruth, for putting me at ease. It's just that I haven't seen the little man in a boat in such a close-up view in a very long time.

This is the cutest bird I ever did see. Other than the chick who played the young boitchy shrew in "Tiny Days in Paradise". Or maybe she was not a bird but a dish. Can't remember.

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Edited to add: this blue-footed dish has talons there. Like all cute and wonderful creatures in this world.

I guess everything nice has to have a deterrent to not be overwhelmed, and all things ugly and frightening must have a sweet side to be able to get along.

Ruth34611 (quoted): Don't feel bad. I saw giant penises in Torgo's pic on page 1 of this thread. I guess I have a dirty mind too.


Ruth, you ARE into ice-cold sex, aren't you.

You are not fridgid, I don't think so for a moment. I think of you as a lover who likes low-temperature sex. I guess to conserve sexual energy?

Have you tried hybrid sex or wind-powered hand-helds? I think your good friend Soufie has a thermonuclear reactor implant, just to keep the power consumption up and running. She has a boyfriend with a HUMONGOUS carbon imprint. Yikes. I mean, wow.

I have come to the understanding that it is "natural" for you to think like you do Wux :-)<<----<<< that smiley was genuinely typed btw. I gave inkpads up a while ago.

I hope you still got your kneepads, though.

:-+ You should not encourage me, just like you should not feed animals in a zoo. Plus my comment here was totally unwarranted, I swear.

It was below the belt. You see, your knees are below your waist.

Anyhow, my true self can't be hidden for long. Nobody's can. I think you know me.

What am I like?

Well i can't see you swimming in this rockpool in outback Australia.



Too many crocodiles for you

Nature in the city of Buffalo by michaeljneff