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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Mon Oct-05-09 11:31 PM
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For your viewing pleasure: A Swiss Alp...Updated at 9:21 PM
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   This picture makes me horny.  Dirtyhairy   Oct-05-09 11:32 PM   #1 
   Why does that matter?  baldguy   Oct-05-09 11:33 PM   #2 
      I guess it doesn't.  Dirtyhairy   Oct-05-09 11:53 PM   #17 
      My dear Dirtyhairy!  CaliforniaPeggy   Oct-05-09 11:55 PM   #19 
      ..  Gormy Cuss   Oct-06-09 12:14 PM   #32 
   Ahhh. that's nice  Ptah   Oct-05-09 11:34 PM   #3 
   My dear Ptah!  CaliforniaPeggy   Oct-05-09 11:37 PM   #4 
   Oh! That's breath taking  question everything   Oct-05-09 11:44 PM   #5 
   My dear question everything!  CaliforniaPeggy   Oct-05-09 11:48 PM   #8 
   Gorgeous  Solly Mack   Oct-05-09 11:45 PM   #6 
   Thank you so much, my dear Solly Mack!  CaliforniaPeggy   Oct-05-09 11:49 PM   #11 
   I have a sudden urge to watch The Eiger Sanction.  Forkboy   Oct-05-09 11:46 PM   #7 
   Spoiler alert!  Ptah   Oct-05-09 11:48 PM   #9 
   Now you went and ruined it for everybody!  Forkboy   Oct-05-09 11:53 PM   #16 
   My dear Forkboy!  CaliforniaPeggy   Oct-05-09 11:50 PM   #12 
      Yep.  Forkboy   Oct-05-09 11:52 PM   #15 
      The three peaks are right next to each other  Lionel Mandrake   Oct-06-09 02:19 AM   #20 
         Indeed they are, my dear Lionel Mandrake...  CaliforniaPeggy   Oct-06-09 02:24 AM   #21 
   Breathtaking!  BuelahWitch   Oct-05-09 11:49 PM   #10 
   My dear BeulahWitch!  CaliforniaPeggy   Oct-05-09 11:52 PM   #14 
   Wow, look at that ski trail! Or did someone hike up there?  petronius   Oct-05-09 11:52 PM   #13 
   My dear petronius!  CaliforniaPeggy   Oct-05-09 11:54 PM   #18 
   Is that a ski trail? It looks like a single track. How beautiful! nt  Demoiselle   Oct-06-09 06:30 PM   #39 
   this picture makes me happy  velvet   Oct-06-09 02:55 AM   #22 
   My dear velvet!  CaliforniaPeggy   Oct-06-09 12:08 PM   #27 
   just ONE?  Blue_Tires   Oct-06-09 10:33 AM   #23 
   My dear Blue_Tires!  CaliforniaPeggy   Oct-06-09 12:09 PM   #28 
   I have relatives who live near the Matterhorn.  SidneyCarton   Oct-06-09 10:46 AM   #24 
   My dear SidneyCarton!  CaliforniaPeggy   Oct-06-09 12:11 PM   #29 
   How long did it take you to reach the summit?  bikebloke   Oct-06-09 11:44 AM   #25 
   I was so scared that there would be no ice or snow on top of the mountian  mdmc   Oct-06-09 11:47 AM   #26 
   My dear mdmc!  CaliforniaPeggy   Oct-06-09 12:13 PM   #31 
      thank ya kindly miss  mdmc   Oct-06-09 12:58 PM   #33 
      Not really: Climate change is hammering the Alps as a natural habitat.  Call Me Wesley   Oct-06-09 01:29 PM   #36 
         That's the thing. A lot of people who take pre-arranged tours aren't informed of the devastating  Heidi   Oct-06-09 01:44 PM   #37 
   My dear bikebloke!  CaliforniaPeggy   Oct-06-09 12:12 PM   #30 
   The Monch isn't an "alp." It's part of the range of mountains called "the Alps."  Heidi   Oct-06-09 01:16 PM   #34 
   My dear Heidi!  CaliforniaPeggy   Oct-06-09 01:20 PM   #35 
   Thanks for posting that! I knew that "Alps" was the range, but I had no idea the  petronius   Oct-06-09 07:39 PM   #42 
   For the record, that snow-capped peak may not exist in another 50 or 100 years,  Heidi   Oct-06-09 01:46 PM   #38 
   Absolutely stunning!  Brigid   Oct-06-09 06:52 PM   #40 
      My dear Brigid!  CaliforniaPeggy   Oct-06-09 07:36 PM   #41 
 
Dirtyhairy (51 posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Mon Oct-05-09 11:32 PM
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1. This picture makes me horny.
I'm not sure why.
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baldguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Mon Oct-05-09 11:33 PM
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2. Why does that matter?
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Dirtyhairy (51 posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Mon Oct-05-09 11:53 PM
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17. I guess it doesn't.
Thanks, Peggy!
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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Mon Oct-05-09 11:55 PM
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19. My dear Dirtyhairy!Updated at 9:21 PM
You're welcome!

And welcome to DU...

:hi:
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Gormy Cuss Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue Oct-06-09 12:14 PM
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32. ..
:rofl:
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Ptah Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Mon Oct-05-09 11:34 PM
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3. Ahhh. that's nice
:hug:
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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Mon Oct-05-09 11:37 PM
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4. My dear Ptah!Updated at 9:21 PM
Thanks, sweetie!

You will see it again, at Christmas...

:hug:
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question everything Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Mon Oct-05-09 11:44 PM
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5. Oh! That's breath taking
Too often peaks of mountains, including Mt. McKinley at Denali park are covered with clouds. But this one - I can sit all day staring at this.
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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Mon Oct-05-09 11:48 PM
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8. My dear question everything!Updated at 9:21 PM
I'm so pleased you like this!

We were there last spring...

Thank you!

:pals:
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Solly Mack Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Mon Oct-05-09 11:45 PM
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6. Gorgeous
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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Mon Oct-05-09 11:49 PM
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11. Thank you so much, my dear Solly Mack! Updated at 9:21 PM
:hug:
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Forkboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Mon Oct-05-09 11:46 PM
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7. I have a sudden urge to watch The Eiger Sanction.
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Ptah Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Mon Oct-05-09 11:48 PM
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9. Spoiler alert!
George Kennedy limps
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Forkboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Mon Oct-05-09 11:53 PM
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16. Now you went and ruined it for everybody!
:)
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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Mon Oct-05-09 11:50 PM
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12. My dear Forkboy!Updated at 9:21 PM
I have forgotten...was that set in the Swiss Alps?

Glad you like my pic!

:hi:
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Forkboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Mon Oct-05-09 11:52 PM
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15. Yep.
Good movie too!

:hi:
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Lionel Mandrake Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue Oct-06-09 02:19 AM
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20. The three peaks are right next to each other
The Eiger, the Monk (shown), and the Jungfrau.
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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Tue Oct-06-09 02:24 AM
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21. Indeed they are, my dear Lionel Mandrake...Updated at 9:21 PM
Phenomenal, all of them...

:hi:
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BuelahWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Mon Oct-05-09 11:49 PM
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10. Breathtaking!
Very beautiful, thanks so much for sharing, Peggy!
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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Mon Oct-05-09 11:52 PM
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14. My dear BeulahWitch!Updated at 9:21 PM
Ah, sweetie, it's my pleasure!

I was just fixing the contrast as it was a bit washed out in the original, and I thought my friends in the Lounge might enjoy seeing it...

Thank you!

:hug:
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petronius (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Mon Oct-05-09 11:52 PM
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13. Wow, look at that ski trail! Or did someone hike up there?
Pretty incredible landscape...
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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Mon Oct-05-09 11:54 PM
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18. My dear petronius!Updated at 9:21 PM
I saw that too, and wondered...

I know people ski in the Alps, but I don't know if they do it up that high! That's more than 2 miles up... :scared:

Glad you're enjoying the view, sweetie!

Thank you...

:hug:
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Demoiselle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Tue Oct-06-09 06:30 PM
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39. Is that a ski trail? It looks like a single track. How beautiful! nt
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velvet (292 posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue Oct-06-09 02:55 AM
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22. this picture makes me happy
Such beauty!
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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Tue Oct-06-09 12:08 PM
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27. My dear velvet!Updated at 9:21 PM
I'm so glad! It makes me happy too!

Thanks, sweetie...

:hug:
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Blue_Tires Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue Oct-06-09 10:33 AM
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23. just ONE?Updated at 8:36 PM
now post the rest of them before they get jealous :silly:
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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Tue Oct-06-09 12:09 PM
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28. My dear Blue_Tires!Updated at 9:21 PM
Yup, just one...

Heh heh heh...

;-)

Thanks, sweetie...

:7
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SidneyCarton (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue Oct-06-09 10:46 AM
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24. I have relatives who live near the Matterhorn.
My Grandmother's family is from Zermatt.
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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Tue Oct-06-09 12:11 PM
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29. My dear SidneyCarton!Updated at 9:21 PM
Oh, lucky you!

I haven't seen that one, yet...

Those pictures are always stunning!

:hi:
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bikebloke (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue Oct-06-09 11:44 AM
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25. How long did it take you to reach the summit?
:)
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mdmc Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue Oct-06-09 11:47 AM
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26. I was so scared that there would be no ice or snow on top of the mountian
thanks for the pic Peggy
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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Tue Oct-06-09 12:13 PM
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31. My dear mdmc!Updated at 9:21 PM
As far as I could tell, this part of the Alps has not yet suffered from climate change...

You're welcome, sweetie...

:D
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mdmc Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue Oct-06-09 12:58 PM
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33. thank ya kindly miss
peacce and low stress
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Call Me Wesley Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Tue Oct-06-09 01:29 PM
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36. Not really: Climate change is hammering the Alps as a natural habitat.
:(

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-10/03/content_12...
http://www.waterworld.com/index/display/news_display/s-...

And it's hurting the ski resorts, too.
http://www.planetski.eu/news/877

And here's one of our most famous glaciers over a very short range of years: (1979, 1991 and 2002.)
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Heidi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Tue Oct-06-09 01:44 PM
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37. That's the thing. A lot of people who take pre-arranged tours aren't informed of the devastating
Edited on Tue Oct-06-09 01:47 PM by Heidi
impact climate change has had (and continues to have) on Switzerland and other parts of the world. It's really a shame that tour companies have an opportunity to educate and very often don't seize that opportunity, and a double shame that tourists (myself included) don't ask about it. An indictment of our priorities, I guess. My personal example that you, as my husband, know only too well: last year when I slept overnight during business travel in a lodge at the foot of the Roseg Glacier and, not knowing really where I was and not asking about the nature around me, complained when I got home about how cold I had been. :(
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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Tue Oct-06-09 12:12 PM
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30. My dear bikebloke!Updated at 9:21 PM
Reach the summit?

HA!

Didn't get there, silly!

:P
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Heidi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Tue Oct-06-09 01:16 PM
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34. The Monch isn't an "alp." It's part of the range of mountains called "the Alps."
The Alps are a range of mountains, like the Rockies or the Appalachians. One wouldn't describe a particular mountain in either of those ranges as "a Rocky" or "an Appalachia/Appalachian." To be accurate, an alp is a high pasture where (for example) cattle are led during transhumance and allowed to feed. :hi:

P.S. Not being snarky, just clarifying. :hug:
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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Tue Oct-06-09 01:20 PM
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35. My dear Heidi!Updated at 9:21 PM
Thank you for clarifying it! I did struggle with what to call this thread...

I should have said something to the effect of "A peak from the Swiss Alps" or some such...

Sorry...

You are known for your sweetness...

:hug:
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42. Thanks for posting that! I knew that "Alps" was the range, but I had no idea the
word referred to pastures rather than peaks. I can now check off my daily 'learn something new' task! :)
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Heidi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Tue Oct-06-09 01:46 PM
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38. For the record, that snow-capped peak may not exist in another 50 or 100 years,
so save Peggy's photo of a snow-covered Monch to your hard drives, folks. Global warming is kickin' the crap outta the whole world, and the Alps in particular. :cry:
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40. Absolutely stunning!
Thank you for the Tuesday evening smile. :)
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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Tue Oct-06-09 07:36 PM
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41. My dear Brigid!Updated at 9:21 PM
I am so glad my picture made you smile...

Thank you, sweetie!

:hi:
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