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At least not bothered with the rising sun ...
6 years agoI guess you never asked the question in your photo of this tree in Day 9 but, yes, it is called a Flamboyant tree or Flame tree as Andrea said. Delonix regia.
6 years agoAgreed. Likely a flame tree.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delonix_regia
Probably delonix regia, Flame Tree. If you have seen any similar trees with bright red flowers, that's the flame tree. There are also acacias and mimosas with similar pods and leaves.
6 years agoThe seed pods and leaves look like those of the Black Locust tree.
Branching/tree shape can vary a lot by the ecosystem conditions the trees have been adapting to and successfully surviving in.
Thank you brilliant. Next time I will rest on one leg to conserve my body heat and also not fall down. Have a nice journey and say hi to the flamingos.
6 years agoI stick feathers on my helmet... Helps me go faster! :-)
6 years agoOne time on the bikes we were trying to remember that line
Like a crystal swan in a sky of suns
for hours. Drove us nuts. We came up with all kinds of alternatives, but you can't beat Bruce for this kind of thing!
One of my favorite songs ever.
6 years agoSince that is a mystery to me too, I asked the Internet. The first answer was that if they did not stand on the leg they would fall down! But more seriously, scientists have looked into the question. See here: http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2017/05/23/why-flamingos-stand-on-one-leg/#.WmfPiqinG1g
6 years agoWhy do flamingos always stand on one leg ?
6 years agoHappy flamingo hunting tomorrow! Looks like we will be following in your footsteps next fall so we are excited to see how this goes!
6 years agoGrrrrrrr
6 years agoRe CrazyGuy - I look in most mornings to check the donations total and the journals total. Neil has a lot of support financially, November 2017 being almost double November 2016 and December up 24% on 2016. January to date is 40% greater than 2017.
Journals are a different story, a day or two back presumably when you deleted your journals the total dropped by 40 journals overnight. As you say he is losing his best writers, but abusing you is no way to gain friends.
Mike
Have you or will meet Zorro ?
6 years agohttps://youtu.be/SF77AHmc7QI