Google Streetview 6.0

sidpook · Post by **sidpook** » Thu Dec 02, 2010 6:24 pm

DesertZone wrote:
sidpook wrote:I like to go in and look at my old college apartment in france...too bad my peace corps digs in Comoros east africa are not loaded in street view...didn't have streets so much there...
That is awesome, I hope one day to see places like that.

My family lives in europe so i was able to go back and forth a lot, but i bave to say, Comoros Islands, Seychelles and South Africa opened my eyes....way wide!!!! Stunning!

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Sat Dec 04, 2010 11:08 am

near Sardinia...oh man!
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DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Sat Dec 04, 2010 11:28 am

Have you been to the little mountain towns in corsica yet "beautiful".

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Sat Dec 04, 2010 4:42 pm

On my way, Aaron.

Nice way to travel.
Cheap
No security pat-down

Barb

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Sat Dec 04, 2010 10:03 pm

lucky1 wrote:On my way, Aaron.

Nice way to travel.
Cheap
No security pat-down

Barb

So very cheap,and a good weapon against the winter blues.

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Sun Dec 05, 2010 8:13 am

The bold look of yucca faxon

Nightmare on Walnut Street " the slaying of yucca elata"

sidpook · Post by **sidpook** » Sun Dec 05, 2010 12:24 pm

We're gonna' have to put you all on Intervention: you're addicted...LOL. I have to say though, it is soooooooo interesting. I always use Google earth and all its applications in my classroom on our Promethean Smartboard. What a way to teach, science, geography and history! So much fun...

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Sun Dec 05, 2010 1:55 pm

sidpook wrote:We're gonna' have to put you all on Intervention: you're addicted...LOL. I have to say though, it is soooooooo interesting. I always use Google earth and all its applications in my classroom on our Promethean Smartboard. What a way to teach, science, geography and history! So much fun...

Are you a teacher? Very cool.

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Sun Dec 05, 2010 2:10 pm

Had to look up Promethean...

Relieved to learn it's a company name, not a group of bygone invading hoardes I missed in history.

OMG Aaron! That was cut down?!!!!???
Barb

TerdalFarm · Post by **TerdalFarm** » Sun Dec 05, 2010 6:19 pm

Mike,
I'd like to use Google Earth for teaching but haven't figured out how to do it. If you have any tips, PM or FB me. --Erik

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Sun Dec 05, 2010 8:19 pm

lucky1 wrote:OMG Aaron! That was cut down?!!!!???
Barb

I don't know, I hope they were just trimming suckers or an arm or two?

sidpook · Post by **sidpook** » Mon Dec 06, 2010 5:24 pm

TerdalFarm wrote:Mike,
I'd like to use Google Earth for teaching but haven't figured out how to do it. If you have any tips, PM or FB me. --Erik

Erik, Let's definitely chat. Here is my email sidpook@msn.com. We can discuss your goals and maybe I could be helpful in finding ways to use it in your instruction/level/standards etc....
mike

sidpook · Post by **sidpook** » Mon Dec 06, 2010 5:25 pm

lucky1 wrote:Had to look up Promethean...
Relieved to learn it's a company name, not a group of bygone invading hoardes I missed in history.

OMG Aaron! That was cut down?!!!!???
Barb

LOL...Hey you gave us your cold Barb!!! Literally!!! Brrrrrrr!!!!!

sidpook · Post by **sidpook** » Mon Dec 06, 2010 5:27 pm

DesertZone wrote:
sidpook wrote:We're gonna' have to put you all on Intervention: you're addicted...LOL. I have to say though, it is soooooooo interesting. I always use Google earth and all its applications in my classroom on our Promethean Smartboard. What a way to teach, science, geography and history! So much fun...
Are you a teacher? Very cool.

Hey, yep I've been teach fourth grade 18 years now in a North Philadelphia urban public school. Cool place, great little school, sad and impoverished neighborhood, but the kids rock!!!!!

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Mon Dec 06, 2010 6:51 pm

Good for you.

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Mon Dec 06, 2010 8:33 pm

you gave us your cold Barb!

Sorry Mike...we had some to spare

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Mon Dec 06, 2010 9:50 pm

Aaron, you'll drool over this shot...
Kinda surprising to see Trachies in Santa Barbara?

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sidpook · Post by **sidpook** » Tue Dec 07, 2010 4:04 am

lucky1 wrote:
you gave us your cold Barb!
Sorry Mike...we had some to spare

I'll say, and windy too! 20 mph sustained to 45 mph gusts this week...three days of the lovely weather! UGH!

I miss our 104 degree temps frm this summer already!!!!!W javascript:emoticon(':bigsmurf:')javascript:emoticon(':lickice:')

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Tue Dec 07, 2010 8:04 am

Complaining about 34F ?

la Nina is our ugly sister.

Barb

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Tue Dec 07, 2010 9:33 am

lucky1 wrote:Aaron, you'll drool over this shot...
Kinda surprising to see Trachies in Santa Barbara?

Lots of trachies in coastal southern California, and one of the best climates in the USA. Love the dragoon tree.

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Tue Dec 07, 2010 9:46 am

Dragoon tree...good to know ID.

You've gotta see these green-painted rocks...

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Tue Dec 07, 2010 9:56 pm

The location says Scudo, Corsica...yet the "blip" says France.
Huh????

I could move right in...wouldn't change a thing.
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DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Wed Dec 08, 2010 5:25 am

Corsica is a part of France. As far as I know.

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Wed Dec 08, 2010 6:50 am

and the south of Corsica is predominantly Italian-speaking?
Getting a real geography refresher

sidpook · Post by **sidpook** » Fri Dec 10, 2010 4:05 am

DesertZone wrote:Barb, try Corsica and Sardinia. Very cool islands (Corsica is my fav).

Here's your retirement home in Corsica....
http://www.cotemaison.fr/maison-reve/ma ... _6597.html

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Fri Dec 10, 2010 6:58 am

Hey Mike, very nice but where are palms?
Those negative-edge pools freak me out, LOL.

Indoors...I'd fill that gorgeous huge bathroom with palms that need high humidity (referring to H's 20-minute showers

)

Where's YOUR fav "lottery retirement" pic Mike?
Barb

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Fri Dec 10, 2010 11:47 am

lucky1 wrote:Dragoon tree...good to know ID.

I think I put one to many O in the name, it should be dragon tree, or dragons blood tree, or dracaena cinnabari.

sidpook · Post by **sidpook** » Fri Dec 10, 2010 1:35 pm

lucky1 wrote:Hey Mike, very nice but where are palms?
Those negative-edge pools freak me out, LOL.

Indoors...I'd fill that gorgeous huge bathroom with palms that need high humidity (referring to H's 20-minute showers )

Where's YOUR fav "lottery retirement" pic Mike?
Barb

Here is one of our first choices....we often stay here for Xmas week, It's in Puerto Rico at the foothills of the el Yunque rain forest...Amazing place!

http://v2.cache6.c.bigcache.googleapis. ... _counter=1

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Fri Dec 10, 2010 2:53 pm

What an idyllic and beautiful cottage!!!
But you had me convinced with "foothills of the rainforest".
Good that cottages aren't wall-to-wall.

Oh, to go seed-hunting there...

Barb

sidpook · Post by **sidpook** » Fri Dec 10, 2010 5:39 pm

lucky1 wrote:What an idyllic and beautiful cottage!!!
But you had me convinced with "foothills of the rainforest".
Good that cottages aren't wall-to-wall.

Oh, to go seed-hunting there...
Barb

it is a lovely place...we actually rented this one last year...amazing villa...sleeps 8. just next door...
http://v2.lscache4.c.bigcache.googleapi ... 508718.jpg

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Fri Dec 10, 2010 6:20 pm

oh be still my heart

sidpook · Post by **sidpook** » Sat Dec 11, 2010 7:14 am

lucky1 wrote:oh be still my heart

It is totally a great place , off the beaten path in the hills of the rainforest with private waterfalls and lake...private pool , acres of things to see around you! The owners are excellent too.......Here's their site
www.villasevilla.net

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Sat Dec 11, 2010 8:03 am

First-class website.
Nice testimonials from visitors too.

sidpook · Post by **sidpook** » Sat Dec 11, 2010 9:31 am

lucky1 wrote:First-class website.
Nice testimonials from visitors too.

It really is a great spot to go to Barb, if you ever get the chance...some more of my pics here, pages 2 and 3, very inexpesive vacation spot!

http://www.panoramio.com/user/92055

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Sat Dec 11, 2010 10:13 am

Thanks for the photo link, Mike.
You have a great eye for composition and contrast in your pics!

Especially liked: old gorgeous yucca at Lafayette cemetery, February snow pic , red bugs in Puerto Rico look like box elder bugs crossed with black widows on steroids

, the palm shadow photo...wow, and the death valley desert pic.

Barb

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Sat Dec 11, 2010 10:43 am

Mike....Now that we have seen your photo ability, we expect more pics on the forum.

sidpook · Post by **sidpook** » Sat Dec 11, 2010 1:17 pm

lucky1 wrote:Thanks for the photo link, Mike.
You have a great eye for composition and contrast in your pics!

Especially liked: old gorgeous yucca at Lafayette cemetery, February snow pic , red bugs in Puerto Rico look like box elder bugs crossed with black widows on steroids , the palm shadow photo...wow, and the death valley desert pic.

Barb

Thanks Barb..You know I could spend the rest of my life on New Orleans and be happy, the flora and architecture is gorgeous! Amazing!

sidpook · Post by **sidpook** » Sat Dec 11, 2010 1:18 pm

DesertZone wrote:Mike....Now that we have seen your photo ability, we expect more pics on the forum.

Thanks...I just recently bought a new Canon too, I'm falling in love all over again! LOL

sidpook · Post by **sidpook** » Sat Dec 11, 2010 1:24 pm

[quote="lucky1"]Dragoon tree...good to know ID.

You've gotta see these green-painted rocks...

Dragon trees rock!!!! They are all over the island of Socotra off the coast of yemen.....

http://www.360cities.net/image/socotra- ... 9.80,70.04

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Sat Dec 11, 2010 3:03 pm

I love'em. I don't think they will grow where my place is in AZ. I keep looking for a zone 8 dragon tree, but cant find one.

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