Just for fun post a non-porn pic.

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Faces...

Students at an Islamic madrassa chant anti-American slogans while burning thousands of DVDs, videos and music CDs at the Lal Mosque in Islamabad, Pakistan.

A costumed participant makes a face as she marches in the Coney Island Mermaid Parade in New York.

Marilyn Manson performs during the B'estival music festival in Bucharest, Romania.

An actor dressed as Darth Maul is seen during the Star Wars Celebration Europe exhibition at the Excel Centre in London.

 

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Roses - dried and lovely. At my office.

 

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Sometimes it pays to advertise

 

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Sometimes it pays to advertise

And I wonder what the elephant signifies... or do I already know!!

 

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I don't know what you already know. I mean do I have to teach you everything?

 

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Singers perform on a giant floating stage on Lake Constance during a dress rehearsal for Giacomo Puccini's "Tosca" in Bregenz, Austria.

A performer in the Kirov Opera walks across the stage during a dress rehearsal of "Das Rheingold" at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York.

 

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I don't know what you already know. I mean do I have to teach you everything?

It may not even be worth the effort!

 

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It may not even be worth the effort!

Then again, some things are

 

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Then again, some things are

Especially if they're elephantine!

 

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Animals...

Bolivia's President Evo Morales holds a baby vicuna during a visit to the village of Ulla Ulla

A loggerhead sea turtle swims inside a bucket at Churaumi Aquarium, Japan, before being released into the sea

A langur monkey holds its newborn at the Monkey Park in Ben Shemen near Tel Aviv, Israel

A pair of newborn twin panda cubs are seen at the China Panda Protection and Research Centre in Wolong

Turtle keeper Isao Kawazu brushes seaweed off a hawkbill turtle at the Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium in Japan

 

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^^^OMG! You're right!!^^^

 

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More from my country:

 

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SWAN COUNT AT ABBOTSBURY

For these swans it is time to stand up and be counted. Every summer up to 1000 mute swans gather to moult on Fleet Lagoon, near Chesil Beach, Dorset.

Every two years volunteers coax them into pens to be ringed and counted.

Swanherds at Abbotsbury Swannery - set up 600 years ago by Benedictine monks - take advantage of the gathering to organise a count.

Steve Groves, deputy swanherd, said the total was 806 this year.

"There were fewer than usual because of the floods. Some birds that would usually visit us have felt safe to stay where they are," he said.

 

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A runner stretching at dawn.
Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA

 

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Well, I've managed to kill a few plants this summer--- so I bought some zinnias yesterday. Orange flowers really are pretty, aren't they?

 

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Lovely! Are Zinnias annuals or perennials?

 

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Lovely! Are Zinnias annuals or perennials?

They're annuals! Do you not see them in Europe?

 

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Yes, although I haven't seen that particular variety before. I've seen then in pink, yellow, orange and white. But I'm not looking for annuals this year as I'm trying to establish my garden.
As you know I've been on the lookout for orange perennials for some time now but for some reason I can't seem to find any that I simply must have.
I don't really know what I want yet to be honest. I have seeds of the California poppy but haven't sown them yet.

I did buy some Trollius chinensis 'Golden Queen' aka Globeflower earlier this week that I planted today. Great colour and although it's nearing the end of its flowering period, there are still some flower buds in it so it will bring me some joy next week.

 

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My most recent additions to the garden.

Two new varieties of Echinacea.
This one is called Harvest Moon, the other variety is named 'The King' (a sweet smelling variety I have yet to take a photo of on its own.)

I also got some Penstemon 'Rich Ruby'. My mom has it in her garden as well which was the main reason I got it.

And I couldn't resist getting some Rudbeckia 'Toto'. I bought this for my mom's birthday this year and was jealous of her at the same time. Again another plant I have to take a pic of.

And I found some more purple to put in the garden, which was a good thing as the Monkshood I planted earlier this week had miraculously disappeared after the gardeners came to plant new shrubs. It should grow back as I took a cutting earlier in the week and had planted some seeds.

Delphinium 'Magic Fountain'.

And here they are on the handlebars of my bike. My cycling garden. From left to right:
Delphinium (Larkspur) 'Magic Fountain', Penstemon 'Rich Ruby', Echinaceas 'Harvest Moon' & 'The King' and Rudbeckia Hirta 'Toto'