Renting bicycles in Paris, France

These bicycles known as Vélib's are used all over Paris. The word vélib is a contraction of vélo for bike and liberté which stands for bicycle freedom.  They are cheap to rent and you can see people riding them everywhere.  There are actually four times as many bike stations in Paris as metro stations. Amazing!  It's really simple too...  you rent it, ride it and then return it to any station.  It's a great way to get around!!

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This butterfly is actually sitting on her face.  It is not superimposed.  The butterfly was so pretty and she was playing around and having so much fun with it that I got my camera and started clicking a few shots of it.  This one was my favorite because of the way her eye shows through the tail.

Big Bend National Park patio view

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Big Bend National park is located in the southern part of South West Texas, not too far from New Mexico and just across the Rio Grande river from Mexico.  We went down there to spend our Thanksgiving vacation last year.  We stayed in a house in Lajitas, TX just outside of the park and we were on a hill overlooking the Rio Grande river.  It was so beautiful! We were at walking distance to Lajitas Inn which was great because of their awesome restaurant.  We were so close to the river that you could hear the roosters crow in Mexico. So funny! I took this picture from the back of the house facing the opposite direction. 

This is a Texas Longhorn.  I took this picture in Fort Worth, Texas about four years ago.  I think these cows are so beautiful!  They are known for their horns, which can sometimes extend to 120 inches tip to tip for steers. Some horns can even have a slight upward turn at their tips or even a triple twist. They are also well known for their extreme diversified coloring. The Texas Longhorn Breeders Association of America serves as the recognized registry for the breed and it can fetch up to $40,000 or more at auction with a record $160,000 for a cow.

I love New York City. There is so much going on there all the time. The place is thriving!!

Designer fur coats

This is the window display at a fur coat store in New York City. I was walking down the street and came upon it. I like the way they dressed up all those Barbie dolls into different colored fur coats. I loved playing with
Barbie dolls when I was a little girl and this was very cool to me even as an adult. In this picture, the reflection of the buildings onto the pane tells the story. It's a question and answer scene.

One of the fun things to do in Karachi, Pakistan is to go camel riding on the beach. It might surprise you to know that the camel gets up by it's hind legs first and then it's front legs. So, if you are not ready for this, you feel as though you could fall off head first. After the camel is up it is fun to trott along the edge of the water (with a guide of course). Camels are beautiful animals but sometimes they spit. So... it's good to always make sure you are standing on the side of the animal rather than in front. This picture was taken in the winter of 1979.