<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17366712</id><updated>2012-01-29T06:31:47.009-05:00</updated><category term='weathered'/><category term='dark'/><category term='florence'/><category term='sculpture'/><category term='jupiter'/><category term='caribbean'/><category term='suspension bridge'/><category term='frog'/><category term='new york city'/><category term='barn'/><category term='carmens river'/><category term='alpaca'/><category term='alida thorpe'/><category term='fennel'/><category term='sand'/><category term='mozart'/><category term='south shore'/><category term='lady bug'/><category term='strawberries'/><category 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San Marco'/><category term='juno beach'/><category term='air craft'/><category term='from my past'/><category term='cliffs'/><category term='statue'/><category term='elaborate'/><category term='brooklyn bridge'/><category term='security'/><category term='Milwaukee'/><category term='british'/><category term='observation deck'/><category term='canoe'/><category term='city life'/><category term='fall'/><category term='sunglasses'/><category term='waldorf-astoria'/><category term='details'/><category term='sintra'/><category term='heavy'/><category term='people'/><category term='diving'/><category term='Castelo dos Mouros'/><category term='sign'/><category term='grandmother'/><category term='dawn'/><category term='butterfly'/><category term='budapest'/><category term='europe'/><category term='overcast'/><category term='soft'/><category term='robert burns'/><category term='iguana'/><category term='sanctuary'/><category term='architecture'/><category term='butcher'/><category term='coast guard'/><category term='canadian snowbirds'/><category term='sicily'/><category term='peruvian'/><category term='slave huts'/><category term='buds'/><category term='wash'/><category term='ocean'/><category term='big'/><category term='vine'/><category term='eggplant'/><category term='honduras'/><category term='golden'/><category term='santa cruz'/><category term='pelican'/><category term='homemade'/><category term='beach'/><category term='memorial'/><category term='genovesa island'/><category term='gettysburg'/><category term='winter'/><category term='Pacific'/><category term='clammer'/><category term='surf'/><category term='winery'/><category term='pueblo'/><category term='bank'/><category term='toy'/><category term='debris'/><category term='one'/><category term='coco view'/><category term='tracks'/><category term='slowly'/><category term='irrigation'/><category term='bryant park'/><category term='oakdale'/><category term='Flushing Meadow Park'/><category term='sewing'/><category term='arboretum'/><category term='state park'/><category term='telephone'/><category term='eyes'/><category term='hat'/><category term='dressed'/><category term='children'/><category term='disguise'/><category term='firemen'/><category term='wooden'/><category term='vacation'/><category term='meet'/><category term='greenery'/><category term='still life'/><category term='streets'/><category term='mermaid parade 2010'/><category term='tug boat'/><category term='single'/><category term='fragmities'/><category term='american robin'/><category term='communication'/><category term='j.e. aldred estate'/><category term='silhouette'/><category term='greenport'/><category term='cloudy'/><category term='st. john&apos;s university'/><category term='waterfront'/><category term='grapes'/><category term='cayman islands'/><category term='red slave huts'/><category term='florida'/><category term='fisherman'/><category term='tree ornament'/><category term='clock'/><category term='netherlands antilles'/><category term='food'/><category term='monterey aquarium'/><category term='jets'/><category term='mall'/><category term='house'/><category term='religion'/><category term='wheels'/><category term='petals'/><category term='brookhaven'/><category term='photo friday'/><category term='magnolia'/><category term='Bonaire'/><category term='snow'/><category term='mets'/><category term='bellport'/><title type='text'>no politics, no religion, just photos</title><subtitle type='html'>A random selection of photos taken by Alida Thorpe.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nopolitics.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nopolitics.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default?start-index=101&amp;max-results=100'/><author><name>Alida Thorpe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00745077186455249696</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2188/1091/400/Alida%20underwater.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>723</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17366712.post-5252871602145155167</id><published>2012-01-29T06:30:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2012-01-29T06:31:47.014-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='All rights reserved © Alida Thorpe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pond'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='duckweed'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='frog'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='photo friday'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='greenery'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='wildlife'/><title type='text'>Greenery</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alidasphotos/4939206565/" title="frog in duckweed by Alida's Photos, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4079/4939206565_532e0e74b8_b.jpg" width="800"  alt="frog in duckweed"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17366712-5252871602145155167?l=nopolitics.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/5252871602145155167'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/5252871602145155167'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nopolitics.blogspot.com/2012/01/greenery.html' title='Greenery'/><author><name>Alida Thorpe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00745077186455249696</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2188/1091/400/Alida%20underwater.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17366712.post-7416040467231664196</id><published>2012-01-29T06:26:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2012-01-29T06:27:01.513-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='All rights reserved © Alida Thorpe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='florida'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='palm beach county'/><title type='text'>Blowing Rocks Beach</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alidasphotos/6775591597/" title="Blowing Rocks Beach by Alida's Photos, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7166/6775591597_d22e664c4d_b.jpg" width="800"  alt="Blowing Rocks Beach"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17366712-7416040467231664196?l=nopolitics.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/7416040467231664196'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/7416040467231664196'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nopolitics.blogspot.com/2012/01/blowing-rocks-beach.html' title='Blowing Rocks Beach'/><author><name>Alida Thorpe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00745077186455249696</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2188/1091/400/Alida%20underwater.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17366712.post-4399165806384392224</id><published>2012-01-24T23:15:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2012-01-24T23:16:24.375-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='All rights reserved © Alida Thorpe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='boating'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='florida'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='palm beach county'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='north palm beach'/><title type='text'>Waiting for the Bridge</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alidasphotos/6758318443/" title="Waiting for Bridge by Alida's Photos, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7009/6758318443_3f0f883fb5_b.jpg" width="750"  alt="Waiting for Bridge"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17366712-4399165806384392224?l=nopolitics.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/4399165806384392224'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/4399165806384392224'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nopolitics.blogspot.com/2012/01/waiting-for-bridge.html' title='Waiting for the Bridge'/><author><name>Alida Thorpe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00745077186455249696</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2188/1091/400/Alida%20underwater.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17366712.post-7543142951697750515</id><published>2012-01-22T00:11:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2012-01-22T00:12:12.794-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='All rights reserved © Alida Thorpe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pristine'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='photo friday'/><title type='text'>Pristine</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alidasphotos/3574897270/" title="Carmens River by Alida's Photos, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2442/3574897270_63a4a40d82_b.jpg" width="800"  alt="Carmens River"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17366712-7543142951697750515?l=nopolitics.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/7543142951697750515'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/7543142951697750515'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nopolitics.blogspot.com/2012/01/pristine.html' title='Pristine'/><author><name>Alida Thorpe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00745077186455249696</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2188/1091/400/Alida%20underwater.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17366712.post-8428934053479437182</id><published>2012-01-22T00:03:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2012-01-22T00:06:08.420-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='All rights reserved © Alida Thorpe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='rain'/><title type='text'>the rain</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alidasphotos/1635393741/" title="umbrella in Quito by Alida's Photos, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2055/1635393741_d32b0ec61f_b.jpg" width="700"  alt="umbrella in Quito"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Quito, Ecuador&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17366712-8428934053479437182?l=nopolitics.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/8428934053479437182'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/8428934053479437182'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nopolitics.blogspot.com/2012/01/rain.html' title='the rain'/><author><name>Alida Thorpe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00745077186455249696</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2188/1091/400/Alida%20underwater.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2055/1635393741_d32b0ec61f_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17366712.post-1021653282741054905</id><published>2012-01-13T08:29:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2012-01-13T08:30:49.541-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='All rights reserved © Alida Thorpe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='florida'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cloudy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='photo friday'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='intracoastal'/><title type='text'>cloudy</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alidasphotos/5595772044/" title="racing the storm by Alida's Photos, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5091/5595772044_86b1eb9bb5_b.jpg" width="800"  alt="racing the storm"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17366712-1021653282741054905?l=nopolitics.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/1021653282741054905'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/1021653282741054905'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nopolitics.blogspot.com/2012/01/cloudy.html' title='cloudy'/><author><name>Alida Thorpe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00745077186455249696</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2188/1091/400/Alida%20underwater.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17366712.post-1685270558275304620</id><published>2012-01-07T07:57:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2012-01-07T07:58:13.080-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='All rights reserved © Alida Thorpe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sunset'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='photo friday'/><title type='text'>Day's End</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alidasphotos/4607890974/" title="driftwood decor by Alida's Photos, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm2.staticflickr.com/1424/4607890974_0af4c49a98_b.jpg" width="800" alt="driftwood decor"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17366712-1685270558275304620?l=nopolitics.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/1685270558275304620'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/1685270558275304620'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nopolitics.blogspot.com/2012/01/days-end.html' title='Day&apos;s End'/><author><name>Alida Thorpe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00745077186455249696</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2188/1091/400/Alida%20underwater.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17366712.post-2321376234689349514</id><published>2011-12-30T05:52:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2011-12-30T05:53:30.851-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sunrise'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='All rights reserved © Alida Thorpe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='juno beach'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pier'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fishing'/><title type='text'>sunrise at Juno Beach</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alidasphotos/5552590351/" title="Juno sunrise by Alida's Photos, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5063/5552590351_571955bd1a_b.jpg" width="800"  alt="Juno sunrise"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17366712-2321376234689349514?l=nopolitics.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/2321376234689349514'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/2321376234689349514'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nopolitics.blogspot.com/2011/12/sunrise-at-juno-beach.html' title='sunrise at Juno Beach'/><author><name>Alida Thorpe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00745077186455249696</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2188/1091/400/Alida%20underwater.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17366712.post-2179381599240594481</id><published>2011-12-28T08:27:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2011-12-28T08:27:42.679-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='national seashore'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='All rights reserved © Alida Thorpe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fire island'/><title type='text'>the beach</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alidasphotos/2909815522/" title="Barrett Beach by Alida's Photos, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3282/2909815522_40710ffba4_b.jpg" width="800"  alt="Barrett Beach" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The approach to Barrett Beach, the Fire Island National Seashore, from the Great South Bay.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17366712-2179381599240594481?l=nopolitics.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/2179381599240594481'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/2179381599240594481'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nopolitics.blogspot.com/2011/12/beach.html' title='the beach'/><author><name>Alida Thorpe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00745077186455249696</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2188/1091/400/Alida%20underwater.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17366712.post-558651473084205023</id><published>2011-12-25T06:52:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2011-12-25T06:52:30.061-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Merry Christmas!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0; font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alidasphotos/2128190920/" title="Merry Christmas!"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2371/2128190920_dd66cd2204.jpg" alt="Merry Christmas! by Alida's Photos" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span style="margin: 0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alidasphotos/2128190920/"&gt;Merry Christmas!&lt;/a&gt;, a photo by &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alidasphotos/"&gt;Alida's Photos&lt;/a&gt; on Flickr.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17366712-558651473084205023?l=nopolitics.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/558651473084205023'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/558651473084205023'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nopolitics.blogspot.com/2011/12/merry-christmas.html' title='Merry Christmas!'/><author><name>Alida Thorpe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00745077186455249696</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2188/1091/400/Alida%20underwater.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17366712.post-6769592124549993457</id><published>2011-12-21T09:38:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2011-12-21T12:02:25.390-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='All rights reserved © Alida Thorpe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='photo friday'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='meditation'/><title type='text'>Meditation on the Beach</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alidasphotos/42409892/" title="Yoga on the beach by Alida's Photos, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm1.staticflickr.com/29/42409892_a40a6f9c67_o.jpg" width="800" alt="Yoga on the beach"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;© 2005 Alida Thorpe.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17366712-6769592124549993457?l=nopolitics.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/6769592124549993457'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/6769592124549993457'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nopolitics.blogspot.com/2011/12/meditation-on-beach.html' title='Meditation on the Beach'/><author><name>Alida Thorpe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00745077186455249696</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2188/1091/400/Alida%20underwater.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17366712.post-4228333792025391680</id><published>2011-12-21T09:35:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-12-21T09:36:33.717-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='All rights reserved © Alida Thorpe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='florida'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='dew'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='rain'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='intracoastal'/><title type='text'>Rain on Screen</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alidasphotos/6549022751/" title="Rain on screen by Alida's Photos, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7167/6549022751_40100a3b8f_b.jpg" width="800"  alt="Rain on screen"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;© 2011 Alida Thorpe. &lt;br /&gt;Florida&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17366712-4228333792025391680?l=nopolitics.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/4228333792025391680'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/4228333792025391680'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nopolitics.blogspot.com/2011/12/rain-on-screen.html' title='Rain on Screen'/><author><name>Alida Thorpe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00745077186455249696</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2188/1091/400/Alida%20underwater.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17366712.post-2545395453701073486</id><published>2011-12-11T08:34:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2011-12-30T05:42:08.141-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='All rights reserved © Alida Thorpe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='depth'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='photo friday'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='italy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sorrento'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ruins'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Il Vallone dei Mulini'/><title type='text'>Depth below</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alidasphotos/123434194/" title="Sorrento Ruins: Il Vallone dei Mulini by Alida's Photos, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm1.staticflickr.com/37/123434194_6875faafb4_o.jpg" width="800" alt="Sorrento Ruins: Il Vallone dei Mulini" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;© Alida Thorpe. All rights reserved.&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Thank you for making this a noteworthy image on Photo Friday!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;You can see all entries here: &lt;a href="http://www.photofriday.com/archives/noteworthy/001147.php"&gt;Photo Friday&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17366712-2545395453701073486?l=nopolitics.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/2545395453701073486'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/2545395453701073486'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nopolitics.blogspot.com/2011/12/depth-below.html' title='Depth below'/><author><name>Alida Thorpe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00745077186455249696</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2188/1091/400/Alida%20underwater.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17366712.post-7281385801075625651</id><published>2011-12-09T04:34:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2011-12-09T04:34:00.280-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='All rights reserved © Alida Thorpe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='florida'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='jupiter'/><title type='text'>Jupiter, Florida beach</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alidasphotos/4421682930/" title="Jupiter Beach Park by Alida's Photos, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2778/4421682930_9f470e1ce5_b.jpg" width="800"  alt="Jupiter Beach Park"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17366712-7281385801075625651?l=nopolitics.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/7281385801075625651'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/7281385801075625651'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nopolitics.blogspot.com/2011/12/jupiter-florida-beach.html' title='Jupiter, Florida beach'/><author><name>Alida Thorpe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00745077186455249696</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2188/1091/400/Alida%20underwater.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17366712.post-5428374966788774776</id><published>2011-12-06T04:33:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-12-06T04:33:00.143-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='dance'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='peru'/><title type='text'>dancer</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alidasphotos/1673295460/" title="Peruvian Dancer by Alida's Photos, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2361/1673295460_444d58b07a_b.jpg"  height="750" alt="Peruvian Dancer"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17366712-5428374966788774776?l=nopolitics.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/5428374966788774776'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/5428374966788774776'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nopolitics.blogspot.com/2011/12/dancer.html' title='dancer'/><author><name>Alida Thorpe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00745077186455249696</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2188/1091/400/Alida%20underwater.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17366712.post-3599138962269243134</id><published>2011-12-04T14:40:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-12-04T14:40:00.202-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='All rights reserved © Alida Thorpe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bird'/><title type='text'>Little Bird</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alidasphotos/4594623563/" title="sanderling 3 by Alida's Photos, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3315/4594623563_9a244c1d4e_b.jpg" width="800" alt="sanderling 3" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17366712-3599138962269243134?l=nopolitics.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/3599138962269243134'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/3599138962269243134'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nopolitics.blogspot.com/2011/12/little-bird.html' title='Little Bird'/><author><name>Alida Thorpe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00745077186455249696</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2188/1091/400/Alida%20underwater.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3315/4594623563_9a244c1d4e_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17366712.post-2418888438586031797</id><published>2011-12-02T20:46:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2011-12-02T20:51:17.934-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='graceful'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='All rights reserved © Alida Thorpe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Wisconsin'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='architecture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Milwaukee'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='photo friday'/><title type='text'>Graceful</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alidasphotos/4167382479/" title="milwaukee museum of art by Alida's Photos, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2486/4167382479_94c3399d74_b.jpg" width="800" alt="milwaukee museum of art"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17366712-2418888438586031797?l=nopolitics.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/2418888438586031797'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/2418888438586031797'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nopolitics.blogspot.com/2011/12/graceful.html' title='Graceful'/><author><name>Alida Thorpe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00745077186455249696</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2188/1091/400/Alida%20underwater.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17366712.post-4784820737163654022</id><published>2011-11-29T07:16:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2011-11-29T07:16:44.584-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='All rights reserved © Alida Thorpe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fire island'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Atlantic Ocean'/><title type='text'>Driftwood on the beach</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alidasphotos/6331084774/" title="driftwood davis park by Alida's Photos, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6110/6331084774_822639cc6a_b.jpg" width="800"  alt="driftwood davis park"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17366712-4784820737163654022?l=nopolitics.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/4784820737163654022'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/4784820737163654022'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nopolitics.blogspot.com/2011/11/driftwood-on-beach.html' title='Driftwood on the beach'/><author><name>Alida Thorpe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00745077186455249696</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2188/1091/400/Alida%20underwater.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17366712.post-5445242948046856013</id><published>2011-11-27T07:43:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2011-11-27T07:45:54.021-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fog'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='surfers'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='All rights reserved © Alida Thorpe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='rugged'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Atlantic Ocean'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='photo friday'/><title type='text'>Rugged</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alidasphotos/494280323/" title="this is not california surfing by Alida's Photos, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm1.staticflickr.com/227/494280323_f4d813ab11_o.jpg" width="800"  alt="this is not california surfing"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cold water, rocks, fog...this is not California surfing.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17366712-5445242948046856013?l=nopolitics.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/5445242948046856013'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/5445242948046856013'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nopolitics.blogspot.com/2011/11/rugged.html' title='Rugged'/><author><name>Alida Thorpe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00745077186455249696</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2188/1091/400/Alida%20underwater.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17366712.post-4883215367800890785</id><published>2011-11-24T11:15:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2011-11-24T11:17:17.852-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='All rights reserved © Alida Thorpe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='clock'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='time'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='midnight'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='photo friday'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='noon'/><title type='text'>noon</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alidasphotos/6395090221/" title="noon by Alida's Photos, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7151/6395090221_0583bac2ce_b.jpg" width="800"  alt="noon"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17366712-4883215367800890785?l=nopolitics.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/4883215367800890785'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/4883215367800890785'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nopolitics.blogspot.com/2011/11/noon.html' title='noon'/><author><name>Alida Thorpe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00745077186455249696</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2188/1091/400/Alida%20underwater.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17366712.post-7715252070459946625</id><published>2011-11-24T07:04:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2011-11-24T07:04:13.059-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Happy Thanksgiving</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0; font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alidasphotos/303599135/" title="Happy Thanksgiving"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm1.staticflickr.com/103/303599135_ee6cce2bd7.jpg" alt="Happy Thanksgiving by Alida's Photos" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span style="margin: 0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alidasphotos/303599135/"&gt;Happy Thanksgiving&lt;/a&gt;, a photo by &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alidasphotos/"&gt;Alida's Photos&lt;/a&gt; on Flickr.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17366712-7715252070459946625?l=nopolitics.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/7715252070459946625'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/7715252070459946625'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nopolitics.blogspot.com/2011/11/happy-thanksgiving.html' title='Happy Thanksgiving'/><author><name>Alida Thorpe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00745077186455249696</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2188/1091/400/Alida%20underwater.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17366712.post-4517443673324286742</id><published>2011-11-22T06:54:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-11-22T06:55:10.546-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='All rights reserved © Alida Thorpe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fire island'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='barrett beach'/><title type='text'>beach scene</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alidasphotos/2908967709/" title="Barrett Beach Ocean by Alida's Photos, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3019/2908967709_d888a3be78_b.jpg" width="800"  alt="Barrett Beach Ocean"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All rights reserved © Alida Thorpe&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17366712-4517443673324286742?l=nopolitics.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/4517443673324286742'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/4517443673324286742'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nopolitics.blogspot.com/2011/11/beach-scene.html' title='beach scene'/><author><name>Alida Thorpe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00745077186455249696</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2188/1091/400/Alida%20underwater.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17366712.post-7551487216341822374</id><published>2011-11-17T23:01:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2011-11-17T23:01:55.622-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='All rights reserved © Alida Thorpe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='boat'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='single'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='florida'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='photo friday'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='one'/><title type='text'>One</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alidasphotos/395829347/" title="row boat by Alida's Photos, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/170/395829347_2d2889224c_o.jpg" width="800" height="535" alt="row boat"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17366712-7551487216341822374?l=nopolitics.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/7551487216341822374'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/7551487216341822374'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nopolitics.blogspot.com/2011/11/one.html' title='One'/><author><name>Alida Thorpe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00745077186455249696</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2188/1091/400/Alida%20underwater.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17366712.post-3629010918113087645</id><published>2011-11-10T20:42:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2011-11-10T20:43:13.067-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='public space'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='All rights reserved © Alida Thorpe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nyc'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='manhattan'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='central park'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bryant park'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='photo friday'/><title type='text'>Public Space</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alidasphotos/5111560137/" title="typical Sunday, Central Park by Alida's Photos, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1315/5111560137_7c0f6a2a6b_b.jpg"  height="800" alt="typical Sunday, Central Park"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17366712-3629010918113087645?l=nopolitics.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/3629010918113087645'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/3629010918113087645'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nopolitics.blogspot.com/2011/11/public-space.html' title='Public Space'/><author><name>Alida Thorpe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00745077186455249696</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2188/1091/400/Alida%20underwater.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1315/5111560137_7c0f6a2a6b_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17366712.post-1208340414146255227</id><published>2011-10-28T08:07:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-10-28T08:08:14.751-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='All rights reserved © Alida Thorpe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Kennedy Space Center'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='florida'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='photo friday'/><title type='text'>Wide Angle</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alidasphotos/4412832985/" title="moon rockets, Kennedy Space Center, Florida by Alida's Photos, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2778/4412832985_1cddfef847_b.jpg" width="800"  alt="moon rockets, Kennedy Space Center, Florida"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17366712-1208340414146255227?l=nopolitics.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/1208340414146255227'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/1208340414146255227'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nopolitics.blogspot.com/2011/10/wide-angle.html' title='Wide Angle'/><author><name>Alida Thorpe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00745077186455249696</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2188/1091/400/Alida%20underwater.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2778/4412832985_1cddfef847_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17366712.post-7955123781898094846</id><published>2011-10-21T07:15:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2011-10-21T07:16:43.487-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='All rights reserved © Alida Thorpe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sand'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='little'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='photo friday'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bird'/><title type='text'>Little</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alidasphotos/4594623563/" title="sanderling 3 by Alida's Photos, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3315/4594623563_9a244c1d4e_b.jpg" width="800"  alt="sanderling 3"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17366712-7955123781898094846?l=nopolitics.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/7955123781898094846'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/7955123781898094846'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nopolitics.blogspot.com/2011/10/little.html' title='Little'/><author><name>Alida Thorpe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00745077186455249696</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2188/1091/400/Alida%20underwater.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3315/4594623563_9a244c1d4e_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17366712.post-7601914456445695096</id><published>2011-10-14T06:12:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-10-14T06:13:26.949-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='All rights reserved © Alida Thorpe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='my baby'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='chick'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='photo friday'/><title type='text'>Photo Friday: My Baby</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alidasphotos/1656114634/" title="Red-footed Booby with Chick by Alida's Photos, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2062/1656114634_b85d64de01_b.jpg" width="800" alt="Red-footed Booby with Chick"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17366712-7601914456445695096?l=nopolitics.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/7601914456445695096'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/7601914456445695096'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nopolitics.blogspot.com/2011/10/photo-friday-my-baby.html' title='Photo Friday: My Baby'/><author><name>Alida Thorpe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00745077186455249696</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2188/1091/400/Alida%20underwater.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2062/1656114634_b85d64de01_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17366712.post-7128835426768270511</id><published>2011-10-12T08:12:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2011-10-12T08:14:13.537-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='All rights reserved © Alida Thorpe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ecuador'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='rain'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='slick'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='photo friday'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Quito'/><title type='text'>Slick</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alidasphotos/1635393741/" title="umbrella in Quito by Alida's Photos, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2055/1635393741_d32b0ec61f_b.jpg" width="800"  alt="umbrella in Quito"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Quito, Ecuador&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17366712-7128835426768270511?l=nopolitics.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/7128835426768270511'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/7128835426768270511'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nopolitics.blogspot.com/2011/10/slick.html' title='Slick'/><author><name>Alida Thorpe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00745077186455249696</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2188/1091/400/Alida%20underwater.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2055/1635393741_d32b0ec61f_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17366712.post-6195890838692568569</id><published>2011-09-29T13:40:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2011-10-12T08:00:05.709-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='All rights reserved © Alida Thorpe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='inside'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='portugal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='photo friday'/><title type='text'>Inside the chapel</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alidasphotos/5079269335/" title="Capela da Memória by Alida's Photos, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4131/5079269335_a284b45bd1_b.jpg" width="800" alt="Capela da Memória" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Thank you for the Noteworthy recognition for the &lt;a href="http://www.photofriday.com/archives/noteworthy/001124.php"&gt;Photo Friday challenge: Inside&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17366712-6195890838692568569?l=nopolitics.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/6195890838692568569'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/6195890838692568569'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nopolitics.blogspot.com/2011/09/inside-chapel.html' title='Inside the chapel'/><author><name>Alida Thorpe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00745077186455249696</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2188/1091/400/Alida%20underwater.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4131/5079269335_a284b45bd1_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17366712.post-3051483638015815141</id><published>2011-09-17T07:57:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2011-09-17T07:58:24.477-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='All rights reserved © Alida Thorpe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='oliver'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='photo friday'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='children'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='glowing'/><title type='text'>Glowing</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alidasphotos/5253951167/" title="Oliver by the tree by Alida's Photos, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5242/5253951167_d972f6476b_b.jpg" width="800"  alt="Oliver by the tree"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17366712-3051483638015815141?l=nopolitics.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/3051483638015815141'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/3051483638015815141'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nopolitics.blogspot.com/2011/09/glowing.html' title='Glowing'/><author><name>Alida Thorpe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00745077186455249696</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2188/1091/400/Alida%20underwater.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5242/5253951167_d972f6476b_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17366712.post-6806021822200704603</id><published>2011-09-05T07:41:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-09-05T07:42:22.327-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='All rights reserved © Alida Thorpe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cars'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='woodie'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='photo friday'/><title type='text'>Cars</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alidasphotos/3768091593/" title="Rita's Rest: a Ford &amp;quot;Woodie&amp;quot; by Alida's Photos, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3504/3768091593_d60cd2fc07_b.jpg" width="800"  alt="Rita's Rest: a Ford &amp;quot;Woodie&amp;quot;"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17366712-6806021822200704603?l=nopolitics.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/6806021822200704603'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/6806021822200704603'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nopolitics.blogspot.com/2011/09/cars.html' title='Cars'/><author><name>Alida Thorpe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00745077186455249696</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2188/1091/400/Alida%20underwater.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3504/3768091593_d60cd2fc07_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17366712.post-5403204351804570379</id><published>2011-08-30T08:26:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-08-30T08:27:49.904-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='All rights reserved © Alida Thorpe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='florida'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='surfing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='photo friday'/><title type='text'>Recreation</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alidasphotos/4443173199/" title="Juno Beach, Florida Surfer by Alida's Photos, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2771/4443173199_cfd1e4117d_o.jpg" width="800"  alt="Juno Beach, Florida Surfer"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17366712-5403204351804570379?l=nopolitics.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/5403204351804570379'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/5403204351804570379'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nopolitics.blogspot.com/2011/08/recreation.html' title='Recreation'/><author><name>Alida Thorpe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00745077186455249696</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2188/1091/400/Alida%20underwater.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17366712.post-8774408721554154320</id><published>2011-08-19T07:35:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2011-08-19T07:40:47.418-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='All rights reserved © Alida Thorpe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='aerial'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='florida'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='miami'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='photo friday'/><title type='text'>Curvature</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alidasphotos/6058378963/" title="Miami redone by Alida's Photos, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6199/6058378963_a25cf5d86a_b.jpg" width="800"  alt="Miami redone"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17366712-8774408721554154320?l=nopolitics.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/8774408721554154320'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/8774408721554154320'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nopolitics.blogspot.com/2011/08/curvature.html' title='Curvature'/><author><name>Alida Thorpe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00745077186455249696</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2188/1091/400/Alida%20underwater.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6199/6058378963_a25cf5d86a_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17366712.post-8195856873384763125</id><published>2011-08-18T23:03:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-08-18T23:04:09.222-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='All rights reserved © Alida Thorpe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='boating'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sunset'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='great south bay'/><title type='text'>sunset boating</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alidasphotos/4763969364/" title="July 4th sunset on the Great South Bay by Alida's Photos, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4102/4763969364_5e150a0a13_b.jpg" width="800" alt="July 4th sunset on the Great South Bay"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17366712-8195856873384763125?l=nopolitics.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/8195856873384763125'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/8195856873384763125'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nopolitics.blogspot.com/2011/08/sunset-boating.html' title='sunset boating'/><author><name>Alida Thorpe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00745077186455249696</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2188/1091/400/Alida%20underwater.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4102/4763969364_5e150a0a13_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17366712.post-3251839177960970618</id><published>2011-08-14T08:27:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-08-14T08:28:57.072-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='All rights reserved © Alida Thorpe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bayport'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='neighborhood'/><title type='text'>Neighborhood</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alidasphotos/2391529673/" title="neighborhood by Alida's Photos, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2022/2391529673_5704faab98_b.jpg" width="800" " alt="neighborhood"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17366712-3251839177960970618?l=nopolitics.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/3251839177960970618'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/3251839177960970618'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nopolitics.blogspot.com/2011/08/neighborhood.html' title='Neighborhood'/><author><name>Alida Thorpe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00745077186455249696</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2188/1091/400/Alida%20underwater.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2022/2391529673_5704faab98_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17366712.post-8141529271163293696</id><published>2011-07-29T08:12:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2011-07-29T08:14:31.761-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='enormous'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='All rights reserved © Alida Thorpe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nyc'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='photo friday'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='new york city'/><title type='text'>enormous</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alidasphotos/2364802483/" title="larger than life by Alida's Photos, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2104/2364802483_e40c517c88_b.jpg" height="800" alt="larger than life"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img 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width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17366712.post-1972608278172213711</id><published>2011-07-27T16:00:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-07-27T16:01:19.481-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='All rights reserved © Alida Thorpe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='vertical'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='skyscrapers'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='architecture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='photo friday'/><title type='text'>vertical</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alidasphotos/60256967/" title="New York City by Alida's Photos, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/30/60256967_dcafba2746_b.jpg" width="800"  alt="New York City"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17366712-1972608278172213711?l=nopolitics.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/1972608278172213711'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/1972608278172213711'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nopolitics.blogspot.com/2011/07/vertical.html' title='vertical'/><author><name>Alida Thorpe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00745077186455249696</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2188/1091/400/Alida%20underwater.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm1.static.flickr.com/30/60256967_dcafba2746_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17366712.post-1535765394744837428</id><published>2011-07-25T12:59:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2011-07-25T12:59:50.987-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='macro'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='flowers'/><title type='text'>macro flowers</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alidasphotos/2501100383/" title="macro daisy 1 by Alida's Photos, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3295/2501100383_5c3e88d080_b.jpg" width="800" alt="macro daisy 1" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;© 2011 Alida Thorpe. All rights reserved.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;_&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alidasphotos/2594405603/" title="mauve by Alida's Photos, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3208/2594405603_7a40f68152_b.jpg" width="800" alt="mauve" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;© 2011 Alida Thorpe. All rights reserved.&lt;br /&gt;All images available for purchase. Contact:&lt;br /&gt;alidathorpe[at]gmail.com&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17366712-1535765394744837428?l=nopolitics.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/1535765394744837428'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/1535765394744837428'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nopolitics.blogspot.com/2011/07/macro-flowers.html' title='macro flowers'/><author><name>Alida Thorpe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00745077186455249696</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2188/1091/400/Alida%20underwater.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3295/2501100383_5c3e88d080_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17366712.post-3162316230757545034</id><published>2011-07-19T18:24:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-07-19T18:25:19.738-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='All rights reserved © Alida Thorpe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Atlantic Ocean'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='davis park'/><title type='text'>Seashore erosion</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alidasphotos/59807358/" title="foundation washes away by Alida's Photos, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/27/59807358_5ca228c9ca_b.jpg" width="800" alt="foundation washes away"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17366712-3162316230757545034?l=nopolitics.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/3162316230757545034'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/3162316230757545034'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nopolitics.blogspot.com/2011/07/seashore-erosion.html' title='Seashore erosion'/><author><name>Alida Thorpe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00745077186455249696</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2188/1091/400/Alida%20underwater.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm1.static.flickr.com/27/59807358_5ca228c9ca_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17366712.post-3290769233928410043</id><published>2011-07-13T22:40:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-07-13T22:41:55.758-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='All rights reserved © Alida Thorpe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fire island'/><title type='text'>walk on fire island</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alidasphotos/1172831165/" title="Untitled by Alida's Photos, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1269/1172831165_8a0ae6ab3a_b.jpg" width="800"  alt=""&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17366712-3290769233928410043?l=nopolitics.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/3290769233928410043'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/3290769233928410043'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nopolitics.blogspot.com/2011/07/walk-on-fire-island.html' title='walk on fire island'/><author><name>Alida Thorpe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00745077186455249696</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2188/1091/400/Alida%20underwater.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1269/1172831165_8a0ae6ab3a_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17366712.post-117968531345804958</id><published>2011-07-12T06:04:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2011-07-12T06:06:13.308-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fog'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gloomy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='All rights reserved © Alida Thorpe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='foggy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Montauk Point'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='photo friday'/><title type='text'>Gloomy</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alidasphotos/1110364619/" title="Montauk Fog by Alida's Photos, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1257/1110364619_0d93c49d44_b.jpg" width="800"  alt="Montauk Fog"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17366712-117968531345804958?l=nopolitics.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/117968531345804958'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/117968531345804958'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nopolitics.blogspot.com/2011/07/gloomy.html' title='Gloomy'/><author><name>Alida Thorpe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00745077186455249696</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2188/1091/400/Alida%20underwater.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1257/1110364619_0d93c49d44_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17366712.post-2810873619596715152</id><published>2011-07-01T11:51:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2011-07-01T12:11:12.901-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='All rights reserved © Alida Thorpe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='eagle'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='photo friday'/><title type='text'>Sharp Focus, the Eagle Eye</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alidasphotos/5109716401/" title="immature Eagle, captured by Alida's Photos, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1154/5109716401_6dabfbb32d_b.jpg" width="800" alt="immature Eagle, captured" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 19px; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;Eagles have extremely keen eyesight which enables them to spot potential prey from a very long distance. This keen eyesight is primarily contributed by their extremely large pupils which ensure minimal &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;diffraction&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt; (scattering) of the incoming light.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17366712-2810873619596715152?l=nopolitics.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/2810873619596715152'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/2810873619596715152'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nopolitics.blogspot.com/2011/07/sharp-focus-eagle-eye.html' title='Sharp Focus, the Eagle Eye'/><author><name>Alida Thorpe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00745077186455249696</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2188/1091/400/Alida%20underwater.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1154/5109716401_6dabfbb32d_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17366712.post-1723448341435163846</id><published>2011-06-29T08:37:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2011-06-29T08:37:58.112-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='All rights reserved © Alida Thorpe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='great south bay'/><title type='text'>early morning on the bay</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alidasphotos/176742109/" title="Early Morning Bay by Alida's Photos, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/75/176742109_2e7c51d925_b.jpg" width="800" alt="Early Morning Bay"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17366712-1723448341435163846?l=nopolitics.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/1723448341435163846'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/1723448341435163846'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nopolitics.blogspot.com/2011/06/early-morning-on-bay.html' title='early morning on the bay'/><author><name>Alida Thorpe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00745077186455249696</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2188/1091/400/Alida%20underwater.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm1.static.flickr.com/75/176742109_2e7c51d925_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17366712.post-835592197901355332</id><published>2011-06-24T07:16:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-06-24T07:17:03.922-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='All rights reserved © Alida Thorpe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Galapagos Islands'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='lava'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='wilderness'/><title type='text'>Wilderness, the Galapagos</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alidasphotos/5202492929/" title="walk on lava by Alida's Photos, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4107/5202492929_017133d6de_b.jpg" width="800" alt="walk on lava"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17366712-835592197901355332?l=nopolitics.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/835592197901355332'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/835592197901355332'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nopolitics.blogspot.com/2011/06/wilderness-galapagos.html' title='Wilderness, the Galapagos'/><author><name>Alida Thorpe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00745077186455249696</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2188/1091/400/Alida%20underwater.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4107/5202492929_017133d6de_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17366712.post-3201391517530687213</id><published>2011-06-18T06:06:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2011-06-18T06:11:55.213-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='All rights reserved © Alida Thorpe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nyc'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='building'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='architecture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='photo friday'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='new york city'/><title type='text'>Lipstick Building</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alidasphotos/76745189/" title="Lipstick Building by Alida's Photos, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/36/76745189_238594fe12_b.jpg" width="800"  alt="Lipstick Building"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17366712-3201391517530687213?l=nopolitics.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/3201391517530687213'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/3201391517530687213'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nopolitics.blogspot.com/2011/06/lipstick-building.html' title='Lipstick Building'/><author><name>Alida Thorpe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00745077186455249696</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2188/1091/400/Alida%20underwater.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm1.static.flickr.com/36/76745189_238594fe12_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17366712.post-8192464981950247195</id><published>2011-06-11T07:50:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2011-06-11T07:51:28.122-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='All rights reserved © Alida Thorpe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='shade'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Isle Verde'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Puerto Rico'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='photo friday'/><title type='text'>Shade on the Beach</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alidasphotos/2297607180/" title="Isla Verde, Puerto Rico by Alida's Photos, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3097/2297607180_56876d30be_b.jpg"  height="800" alt="Isla Verde, Puerto Rico"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17366712-8192464981950247195?l=nopolitics.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/8192464981950247195'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/8192464981950247195'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nopolitics.blogspot.com/2011/06/shade-on-beach.html' title='Shade on the Beach'/><author><name>Alida Thorpe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00745077186455249696</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2188/1091/400/Alida%20underwater.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3097/2297607180_56876d30be_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17366712.post-8296899335263919532</id><published>2011-06-10T07:11:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2011-06-10T07:13:11.635-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='All rights reserved © Alida Thorpe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nature'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sunken Meadow Park'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='barn swallow'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bird'/><title type='text'>Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alidasphotos/5816564855/" title="Barn Swallow, (Hirundo rustica) by Alida's Photos, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5224/5816564855_5d995fcb2b_b.jpg" width="800" alt="Barn Swallow, (Hirundo rustica)"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17366712-8296899335263919532?l=nopolitics.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/8296899335263919532'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/8296899335263919532'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nopolitics.blogspot.com/2011/06/barn-swallow-hirundo-rustica.html' title='Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)'/><author><name>Alida Thorpe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00745077186455249696</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2188/1091/400/Alida%20underwater.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5224/5816564855_5d995fcb2b_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17366712.post-8893140479968855408</id><published>2011-06-08T06:09:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2011-06-08T06:11:10.677-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nyc'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='photographer'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='people'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='photo friday'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='new york city'/><title type='text'>People</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alidasphotos/222008334/" title="Is this what it feels like to be famous? by Alida's Photos, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/79/222008334_67017fd164_b.jpg" width="800"  alt="Is this what it feels like to be famous?"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;© Alida Thorpe. All rights reserved.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17366712-8893140479968855408?l=nopolitics.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/8893140479968855408'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/8893140479968855408'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nopolitics.blogspot.com/2011/06/people.html' title='People'/><author><name>Alida Thorpe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00745077186455249696</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2188/1091/400/Alida%20underwater.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm1.static.flickr.com/79/222008334_67017fd164_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17366712.post-6461639710286604026</id><published>2011-06-04T12:52:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2011-06-04T12:53:34.846-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Old Westbury Gardens'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='spring'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gardens'/><title type='text'>Old Westbury Gardens, NY</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alidasphotos/2481362669/" title="Old Westbury Gardens by Alida's Photos, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2018/2481362669_866f20b512_b.jpg" width="800"  alt="Old Westbury Gardens"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;© 2011 Alida Thorpe. All rights reserved.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17366712-6461639710286604026?l=nopolitics.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/6461639710286604026'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/6461639710286604026'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nopolitics.blogspot.com/2011/06/old-westbury-gardens-ny.html' title='Old Westbury Gardens, NY'/><author><name>Alida Thorpe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00745077186455249696</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2188/1091/400/Alida%20underwater.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2018/2481362669_866f20b512_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17366712.post-2378609368165546807</id><published>2011-05-28T07:15:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-05-28T07:16:37.293-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='jones beach'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='jets'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='long island'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='memorial day'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='air show'/><title type='text'>Memorial Day Air Show</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alidasphotos/4650544029/" title="Jones Beach Air Show by Alida's Photos, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4071/4650544029_4f533c66a7_b.jpg" width="800"  alt="Jones Beach Air Show"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;© 2010 Alida Thorpe. All rights reserved.&lt;br /&gt;--&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alidasphotos/4650130360/" title="Blue Angels formation by Alida's Photos, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4025/4650130360_c5dd8d6867_b.jpg" width="800"  alt="Blue Angels formation"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;© 2010 Alida Thorpe. All rights reserved.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17366712-2378609368165546807?l=nopolitics.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/2378609368165546807'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/2378609368165546807'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nopolitics.blogspot.com/2011/05/memorial-day-air-show.html' title='Memorial Day Air Show'/><author><name>Alida Thorpe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00745077186455249696</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2188/1091/400/Alida%20underwater.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4071/4650544029_4f533c66a7_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17366712.post-1781940671548256357</id><published>2011-05-21T07:28:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2011-05-21T07:31:10.701-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='connetquot river'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='kayak'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='long island'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='great south bay'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='kayaking'/><title type='text'>Kayaking, Long Island</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alidasphotos/5742781432/" title="kayack by Alida's Photos, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3664/5742781432_c9114f2b20_b.jpg" width="800"  alt="kayack"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;© 2011 Alida Thorpe. All rights reserved. Kayaking on the Connetquot River.&lt;br /&gt;---&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alidasphotos/41957303/" title="Long Island, NY (3) by Alida's Photos, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/30/41957303_223e53ab39_o.jpg" width="800"  alt="Long Island, NY (3)"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;© 2011 Alida Thorpe. All rights reserved. Kayaking on the Great South Bay.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All photos are for sale in print and digital.&lt;br /&gt;Contact alidathorpe[at]gmail.com&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17366712-1781940671548256357?l=nopolitics.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/1781940671548256357'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/1781940671548256357'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nopolitics.blogspot.com/2011/05/kayaking-long-island.html' title='Kayaking, Long Island'/><author><name>Alida Thorpe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00745077186455249696</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2188/1091/400/Alida%20underwater.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3664/5742781432_c9114f2b20_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17366712.post-7482467836356807790</id><published>2011-05-18T05:57:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-05-18T05:58:20.279-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sunset'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='great south bay'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fishing'/><title type='text'>Sunset fishing</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alidasphotos/3535130650/" title="sunset fishing by Alida's Photos, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2421/3535130650_b0f9aeb9ec_b.jpg" width="800" alt="sunset fishing"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;© 2011 Alida Thorpe. All rights reserved.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17366712-7482467836356807790?l=nopolitics.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/7482467836356807790'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/7482467836356807790'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nopolitics.blogspot.com/2011/05/sunset-fishing.html' title='Sunset fishing'/><author><name>Alida Thorpe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00745077186455249696</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2188/1091/400/Alida%20underwater.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2421/3535130650_b0f9aeb9ec_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17366712.post-5868000644810474350</id><published>2011-05-16T17:33:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-05-16T17:34:26.522-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sailing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bvi'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bareboat'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='british virgin islands'/><title type='text'>British Virgin Islands 2011</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alidasphotos/5663820509/" title="BVI sunrise by Alida's Photos, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5064/5663820509_8042a005ef_b.jpg" width="800"  alt="BVI sunrise"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;____&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alidasphotos/5666771167/" title="blue on blue by Alida's Photos, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5262/5666771167_4587e8dd81_b.jpg" width="800"  alt="blue on blue"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;© 2011 Alida Thorpe. All rights reserved.&lt;br /&gt;All images for sale. Contact alidathorpe[at]gmail.com&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17366712-5868000644810474350?l=nopolitics.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/5868000644810474350'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/5868000644810474350'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nopolitics.blogspot.com/2011/05/british-virgin-islands-2011.html' title='British Virgin Islands 2011'/><author><name>Alida Thorpe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00745077186455249696</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2188/1091/400/Alida%20underwater.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5064/5663820509_8042a005ef_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17366712.post-3910854632223376178</id><published>2011-05-03T07:47:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2011-05-03T07:48:45.937-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='early spring'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='flowers'/><title type='text'>spring bud</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alidasphotos/2484754209/" title="daisy bud by Alida's Photos, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2407/2484754209_a820e7b2d2_b.jpg" width="800"  alt="daisy bud"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;© 2009 Alida Thorpe. All rights reserved.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17366712-3910854632223376178?l=nopolitics.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/3910854632223376178'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/3910854632223376178'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nopolitics.blogspot.com/2011/05/spring-bud.html' title='spring bud'/><author><name>Alida Thorpe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00745077186455249696</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2188/1091/400/Alida%20underwater.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2407/2484754209_a820e7b2d2_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17366712.post-6236292922533257911</id><published>2011-04-25T07:56:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2011-04-25T07:57:12.589-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='hawk'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='raptor'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bird'/><title type='text'>Hawk</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alidasphotos/5112030597/" title="Ferruginous, Rough-leg Hawk, captured by Alida's Photos, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4124/5112030597_d5f5b04fc3_b.jpg"  height="750" alt="Ferruginous, Rough-leg Hawk, captured"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17366712-6236292922533257911?l=nopolitics.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/6236292922533257911'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/6236292922533257911'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nopolitics.blogspot.com/2011/04/hawk.html' title='Hawk'/><author><name>Alida Thorpe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00745077186455249696</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2188/1091/400/Alida%20underwater.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4124/5112030597_d5f5b04fc3_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17366712.post-3520989135200026680</id><published>2011-04-12T16:18:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2011-04-12T16:19:59.471-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mall'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='portugal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='silhouette'/><title type='text'>Silhouettes</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alidasphotos/5067954525/" title="Mall Walkway by Alida's Photos, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4133/5067954525_668a674b19_b.jpg"  height="700" alt="Mall Walkway"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;© 2011 Alida Thorpe. All rights reserved.&lt;br /&gt;www.alidathorpe.com&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17366712-3520989135200026680?l=nopolitics.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/3520989135200026680'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/3520989135200026680'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nopolitics.blogspot.com/2011/04/silhouettes.html' title='Silhouettes'/><author><name>Alida Thorpe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00745077186455249696</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2188/1091/400/Alida%20underwater.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4133/5067954525_668a674b19_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17366712.post-8983209483200562340</id><published>2011-04-05T06:46:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-04-05T06:47:46.430-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='portugal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='grotto'/><title type='text'>portugal view</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alidasphotos/5079269335/" title="Capela da Memória by Alida's Photos, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4131/5079269335_a284b45bd1_b.jpg" width="800"  alt="Capela da Memória"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;© 2011 Alida Thorpe. All rights reserved.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17366712-8983209483200562340?l=nopolitics.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/8983209483200562340'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/8983209483200562340'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nopolitics.blogspot.com/2011/04/portugal-view.html' title='portugal view'/><author><name>Alida Thorpe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00745077186455249696</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2188/1091/400/Alida%20underwater.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4131/5079269335_a284b45bd1_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17366712.post-9017523676245317828</id><published>2011-04-03T08:39:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2011-04-03T08:40:57.084-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='elaborate'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='photo friday'/><title type='text'>Elaborate</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alidasphotos/2481652654/" title="Old Westbury Gardens by Alida's Photos, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3197/2481652654_0047969d2c_b.jpg" width="800"  alt="Old Westbury Gardens"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;© 2011 Alida Thorpe. 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All rights reserved.&lt;br /&gt;Contact alidathorpe [at] gmail.com&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17366712-8834036074867317813?l=nopolitics.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/8834036074867317813'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/8834036074867317813'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nopolitics.blogspot.com/2011/03/sunrise-fishing.html' title='Sunrise Fishing'/><author><name>Alida Thorpe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00745077186455249696</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2188/1091/400/Alida%20underwater.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5017/5554315728_f7b949ccbb_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17366712.post-946871410286557670</id><published>2011-03-29T07:11:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2011-03-29T07:12:55.486-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='birds'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gulls'/><title type='text'>gulls on the attack</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alidasphotos/102118093/" title="Gulls on the Rampage by Alida's Photos, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/39/102118093_2e2d88187d_b.jpg" width="900"  alt="Gulls on the Rampage" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;© 2011 Alida Thorpe. All rights reserved.&lt;br /&gt;All images are for sale in print and digital.&lt;br /&gt;Contact alidathorpe[at]gmail.com&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17366712-946871410286557670?l=nopolitics.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/946871410286557670'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/946871410286557670'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nopolitics.blogspot.com/2011/03/gulls-on-attack.html' title='gulls on the attack'/><author><name>Alida Thorpe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00745077186455249696</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2188/1091/400/Alida%20underwater.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm1.static.flickr.com/39/102118093_2e2d88187d_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17366712.post-7640366009500112925</id><published>2011-03-13T19:18:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2011-03-13T19:20:10.957-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ethereal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='religion'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='photo friday'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cross'/><title type='text'>Ethereal</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alidasphotos/102768602/" title="Cross and the lady by Alida's Photos, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/37/102768602_6ae02ff546_b.jpg" width="900"  alt="Cross and the lady" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;© 2006 Alida Thorpe. 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Contact alidathorpe[at]gmail.com.&lt;br /&gt;~&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17366712-7640366009500112925?l=nopolitics.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/7640366009500112925'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/7640366009500112925'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nopolitics.blogspot.com/2011/03/ethereal.html' title='Ethereal'/><author><name>Alida Thorpe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00745077186455249696</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2188/1091/400/Alida%20underwater.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm1.static.flickr.com/37/102768602_6ae02ff546_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17366712.post-6365011200343995753</id><published>2011-03-10T07:59:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2011-03-10T08:02:26.353-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='netherlands antilles'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='photo friday'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bonaire'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='waves'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='turbulent'/><title type='text'>Turbulent</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alidasphotos/2294288943/" title="bonaire splash by Alida's Photos, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3061/2294288943_b918b22b83_b.jpg" width="900"  alt="bonaire splash" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;© 2011 Alida Thorpe. All rights reserved.&lt;br /&gt;Contact alidathorpe[at]gmail.com for use.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17366712-6365011200343995753?l=nopolitics.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/6365011200343995753'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/6365011200343995753'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nopolitics.blogspot.com/2011/03/turbulent.html' title='Turbulent'/><author><name>Alida Thorpe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00745077186455249696</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2188/1091/400/Alida%20underwater.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3061/2294288943_b918b22b83_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17366712.post-4707050777054443827</id><published>2011-03-02T22:27:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2011-03-02T22:29:09.479-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='shoreline'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='florida'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='jupiter'/><title type='text'>Shoreline in Jupiter, Florida</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alidasphotos/5492955519/" title="shoreline Jupiter by Alida's Photos, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5134/5492955519_2feda16485_b.jpg" width="900"  alt="shoreline Jupiter" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;© 2011 Alida Thorpe. All rights reserved.&lt;br /&gt;Contact alidathorpe[at]gmail.com for use.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17366712-4707050777054443827?l=nopolitics.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/4707050777054443827'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/4707050777054443827'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nopolitics.blogspot.com/2011/03/shoreline-in-jupiter-florida.html' title='Shoreline in Jupiter, Florida'/><author><name>Alida Thorpe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00745077186455249696</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2188/1091/400/Alida%20underwater.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5134/5492955519_2feda16485_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17366712.post-1814145015078122024</id><published>2011-02-27T07:51:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2011-02-27T07:54:05.892-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='lake worth'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='art'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='street painting festival'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='florida'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='artist'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='chalk art'/><title type='text'>Street Painting Festival</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alidasphotos/5481335041/" title="Chalk art 2 by Alida's Photos, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5172/5481335041_1fbccb0cbc_b.jpg" width="900" alt="Chalk art 2" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;© 2011 Alida Thorpe. All rights reserved.&lt;br /&gt;All images are for sale. Contact alidathorpe[at]gmail.com.&lt;br /&gt;~&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17366712-1814145015078122024?l=nopolitics.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/1814145015078122024'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/1814145015078122024'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nopolitics.blogspot.com/2011/02/street-painting-festival.html' title='Street Painting Festival'/><author><name>Alida Thorpe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00745077186455249696</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2188/1091/400/Alida%20underwater.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5172/5481335041_1fbccb0cbc_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17366712.post-5881734307655940134</id><published>2011-02-25T07:53:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-02-25T07:55:00.341-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nature'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ecuador'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Galapagos Islands'/><title type='text'>Galapagos Islands</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alidasphotos/3481696572/" title="Las Bachas Santa Cruz by Alida's Photos, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3129/3481696572_380da5e769_b.jpg" width="900"  alt="Las Bachas Santa Cruz" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;© 2007-2011 Alida Thorpe. All rights reserved.&lt;br /&gt;All photos are for sale in print and digital file.&lt;br /&gt;You can contact Alida by email, alidathorpe[at]gmail.com&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17366712-5881734307655940134?l=nopolitics.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/5881734307655940134'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/5881734307655940134'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nopolitics.blogspot.com/2011/02/galapagos-islands.html' title='Galapagos Islands'/><author><name>Alida Thorpe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00745077186455249696</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2188/1091/400/Alida%20underwater.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3129/3481696572_380da5e769_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17366712.post-1924554726393935772</id><published>2011-02-17T22:22:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2011-02-17T22:24:00.051-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pinnacle rock'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Galapagos Islands'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pacific'/><title type='text'>Breathtaking: Pinnacle Rock, Galapagos Islands</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alidasphotos/3480928961/" title="Pinnacle Rock, Bartolome Island, Galapagos by Alida's Photos, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3313/3480928961_68d062cb77_b.jpg" width="900" alt="Pinnacle Rock, Bartolome Island, Galapagos" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;© 2008 Alida Thorpe. All rights reserved.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17366712-1924554726393935772?l=nopolitics.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/1924554726393935772'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/1924554726393935772'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nopolitics.blogspot.com/2011/02/breathtaking-pinnacle-rock-galapagos.html' title='Breathtaking: Pinnacle Rock, Galapagos Islands'/><author><name>Alida Thorpe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00745077186455249696</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2188/1091/400/Alida%20underwater.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3313/3480928961_68d062cb77_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17366712.post-2919180309062929616</id><published>2011-02-10T07:22:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-02-10T07:23:27.267-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='juno beach'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='florida'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pier'/><title type='text'>Beach Walk</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alidasphotos/5426341289/" title="Beach Walk by Alida's Photos, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5296/5426341289_5042c5066a_b.jpg" width="900"  alt="Beach Walk" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;© 2011 Alida Thorpe. All rights reserved.&lt;br /&gt;All photos are for sale in print and digital file.&lt;br /&gt;You can contact Alida by email, alidathorpe[at]gmail.com&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17366712-2919180309062929616?l=nopolitics.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/2919180309062929616'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/2919180309062929616'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nopolitics.blogspot.com/2011/02/beach-walk.html' title='Beach Walk'/><author><name>Alida Thorpe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00745077186455249696</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2188/1091/400/Alida%20underwater.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5296/5426341289_5042c5066a_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17366712.post-108756628015429056</id><published>2011-02-06T06:44:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2011-02-06T08:14:38.619-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='florida'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fishing'/><title type='text'>gone fishin'</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alidasphotos/5420954055/" title="gone fishin' by Alida's Photos, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5217/5420954055_441ee5e86f_b.jpg" width="900"  alt="gone fishin'" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;© 2011 Alida Thorpe. All rights reserved.&lt;br /&gt;All photos are for sale in print and digital file.&lt;br /&gt;You can contact Alida by email, alidathorpe[at]gmail.com&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17366712-108756628015429056?l=nopolitics.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/108756628015429056'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/108756628015429056'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nopolitics.blogspot.com/2011/02/gone-fishin.html' title='gone fishin&apos;'/><author><name>Alida Thorpe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00745077186455249696</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2188/1091/400/Alida%20underwater.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5217/5420954055_441ee5e86f_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17366712.post-8580081303418206930</id><published>2011-02-03T07:53:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2011-02-03T07:55:51.984-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='lisbon'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='travels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='photo friday'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bicycles'/><title type='text'>Travels</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alidasphotos/5047767332/" title="Bicycles in Lisbon by Alida's Photos, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4109/5047767332_154d6d6890_b.jpg" width="900" alt="Bicycles in Lisbon" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;© 2011 Alida Thorpe. All rights reserved.&lt;br /&gt;All photos are for sale in print and digital file.&lt;br /&gt;You can contact Alida by email, alidathorpe[at]gmail.com&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17366712-8580081303418206930?l=nopolitics.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/8580081303418206930'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/8580081303418206930'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nopolitics.blogspot.com/2011/02/travels.html' title='Travels'/><author><name>Alida Thorpe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00745077186455249696</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2188/1091/400/Alida%20underwater.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4109/5047767332_154d6d6890_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17366712.post-7405576938893016743</id><published>2011-01-28T08:08:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-01-28T08:09:19.309-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='kite surfing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='kite boarding'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='florida'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Atlantic Ocean'/><title type='text'>Kite-surfing, Florida</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alidasphotos/5352563191/" title="kite surfing jupiter by Alida's Photos, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5129/5352563191_eb14b8f83c_b.jpg" width="900" alt="kite surfing jupiter" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;© 2011 Alida Thorpe. All rights reserved.&lt;br /&gt;All photos for sale in print and digital.&lt;br /&gt;Contact alidathorpe[at]gmail.com&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17366712-7405576938893016743?l=nopolitics.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/7405576938893016743'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/7405576938893016743'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nopolitics.blogspot.com/2011/01/kite-surfing-florida.html' title='Kite-surfing, Florida'/><author><name>Alida Thorpe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00745077186455249696</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2188/1091/400/Alida%20underwater.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5129/5352563191_eb14b8f83c_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17366712.post-5496467316271889454</id><published>2011-01-15T19:13:00.005-05:00</published><updated>2011-01-15T19:18:13.234-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='human form'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='clay statue'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='little man'/><title type='text'>Almost Human</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alidasphotos/2501937276/" title="kevin's man macro by Alida's Photos, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2169/2501937276_87bfbcaf14_b.jpg" width="600" alt="kevin's man macro" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;© 2011 Alida Thorpe. All rights reserved.&lt;div&gt;~~&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;My son made this in 4th grade (1991) and I can't bear to part with it.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~&lt;br /&gt;All photos are available for purchase in print or digital form.&lt;br /&gt;Please contact, &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;alidathorpe [at] gmail.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17366712-5496467316271889454?l=nopolitics.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/5496467316271889454'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/5496467316271889454'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nopolitics.blogspot.com/2011/01/almost-human.html' title='Almost Human'/><author><name>Alida Thorpe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00745077186455249696</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2188/1091/400/Alida%20underwater.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2169/2501937276_87bfbcaf14_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17366712.post-8489437762883975219</id><published>2011-01-15T07:55:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-01-15T07:56:29.389-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='juno beach'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='florida'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pier'/><title type='text'>Juno, Florida Pier</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alidasphotos/5356423737/" title="Juno pier by Alida's Photos, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5045/5356423737_4054abf9ec_b.jpg" width="900"  alt="Juno pier" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;© Alida Thorpe. All rights reserved.&lt;br /&gt;All photos are available for purchase in print or digital form.&lt;br /&gt;Please contact, alidathorpe [at] gmail.com&lt;br /&gt;~~~&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17366712-8489437762883975219?l=nopolitics.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/8489437762883975219'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/8489437762883975219'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nopolitics.blogspot.com/2011/01/juno-florida-pier.html' title='Juno, Florida Pier'/><author><name>Alida Thorpe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00745077186455249696</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2188/1091/400/Alida%20underwater.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5045/5356423737_4054abf9ec_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17366712.post-6678425032449821157</id><published>2010-12-12T21:42:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2010-12-12T21:43:09.909-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='scuba'/><title type='text'>Underwater tranquility</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alidasphotos/4310705524/" title="under the boat by Alida's Photos, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2665/4310705524_cd59e2a6ef_b.jpg" width="900" alt="under the boat" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;© 2010 Alida Thorpe. All rights reserved.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Tranquil for Photo Friday&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;_________________________&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;All photos are for sale in print or digital.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Please contact: alidathorpe [at] gmail.com&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Thank you for your visit!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;-&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17366712-6678425032449821157?l=nopolitics.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/6678425032449821157'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/6678425032449821157'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nopolitics.blogspot.com/2010/12/underwater-tranquility.html' title='Underwater tranquility'/><author><name>Alida Thorpe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00745077186455249696</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2188/1091/400/Alida%20underwater.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2665/4310705524_cd59e2a6ef_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17366712.post-8881516935137413068</id><published>2010-11-19T07:23:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2010-11-19T07:24:15.945-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='reflection'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='colorful'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cd'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='vivid'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='photo friday'/><title type='text'>Vivid Reflections</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alidasphotos/3290639831/" title="rainbow cd by Alida's Photos, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3418/3290639831_eff30b730b_b.jpg" width="800"  alt="rainbow cd" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;© 2010 Alida Thorpe. All rights reserved.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17366712-8881516935137413068?l=nopolitics.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/8881516935137413068'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/8881516935137413068'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nopolitics.blogspot.com/2010/11/vivid-reflections.html' title='Vivid Reflections'/><author><name>Alida Thorpe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00745077186455249696</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2188/1091/400/Alida%20underwater.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3418/3290639831_eff30b730b_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17366712.post-4797893586020273140</id><published>2010-11-06T19:14:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2012-01-12T00:02:18.176-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='dark'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='walkway'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sayville'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='photo friday'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='path'/><title type='text'>Dark</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alidasphotos/302338327/" title="sayville at night by Alida's Photos, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/116/302338327_d37348b3d5_o.jpg" width="700" height="599" alt="sayville at night" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;© 2010 Alida Thorpe. All rights reserved.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17366712-4797893586020273140?l=nopolitics.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/4797893586020273140'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/4797893586020273140'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nopolitics.blogspot.com/2010/11/dark.html' title='Dark'/><author><name>Alida Thorpe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00745077186455249696</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2188/1091/400/Alida%20underwater.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17366712.post-2394375329752465536</id><published>2010-10-21T22:22:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2010-10-21T22:23:40.260-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sintra'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='europe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='portugal'/><title type='text'>Warped Creature</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alidasphotos/5098703281/" title="Pena Palace Newt by Alida's Photos, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1352/5098703281_df91e4a636_b.jpg" width="900"  alt="Pena Palace Newt" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;© 2010 Alida Thorpe. All rights reserved.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;~~~~~~~~~~~~~&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;&lt;a href="http://alidathorpe.buythisimage.com/BuyPhoto/parse"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;Buy This Image!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17366712-2394375329752465536?l=nopolitics.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/2394375329752465536'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/2394375329752465536'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nopolitics.blogspot.com/2010/10/warped-creature.html' title='Warped Creature'/><author><name>Alida Thorpe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00745077186455249696</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2188/1091/400/Alida%20underwater.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1352/5098703281_df91e4a636_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17366712.post-4866071846221822513</id><published>2010-10-19T08:43:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-10-19T08:44:50.715-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='europe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Castelo dos Mouros'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='portugal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cliffs'/><title type='text'>Castelo dos Mouros, Portugal</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alidasphotos/5042426236/" title="Castelo dos Mouros by Alida's Photos, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4149/5042426236_22d1c168ea_b.jpg" width="900"  alt="Castelo dos Mouros" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;© 2010 Alida Thorpe. All rights reserved.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;~~~~~~~~~~~~~&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;&lt;a href="http://alidathorpe.buythisimage.com/BuyPhoto/parse"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;Buy This Image!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17366712-4866071846221822513?l=nopolitics.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/4866071846221822513'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/4866071846221822513'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nopolitics.blogspot.com/2010/10/castelo-dos-mouros-portugal.html' title='Castelo dos Mouros, Portugal'/><author><name>Alida Thorpe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00745077186455249696</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2188/1091/400/Alida%20underwater.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4149/5042426236_22d1c168ea_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17366712.post-915820434443723686</id><published>2010-10-19T08:41:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-10-19T08:42:01.602-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='skyline'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='europe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='lisbon'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='portugal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='panorama'/><title type='text'>Lisbon, Portugal Panorama</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alidasphotos/5094237321/" title="Lisbon Pano by Alida's Photos, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4133/5094237321_42c77f6c8c_b.jpg" width="1024" height="293" alt="Lisbon Pano" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;© 2010 Alida Thorpe. All rights reserved.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;~~~~~~~~~~~~~&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;&lt;a href="http://alidathorpe.buythisimage.com/BuyPhoto/parse"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;Buy This Image!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17366712-915820434443723686?l=nopolitics.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/915820434443723686'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/915820434443723686'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nopolitics.blogspot.com/2010/10/lisbon-portugal-panorama.html' title='Lisbon, Portugal Panorama'/><author><name>Alida Thorpe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00745077186455249696</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2188/1091/400/Alida%20underwater.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4133/5094237321_42c77f6c8c_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17366712.post-4979348340860205655</id><published>2010-10-01T03:29:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-10-01T03:30:33.938-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='photo friday'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='macro'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='faucet'/><title type='text'>Macro</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alidasphotos/192237826/" title="turn on the water by Alida's Photos, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/47/192237826_e80dd689d6_b.jpg" width="900"  alt="turn on the water" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17366712-4979348340860205655?l=nopolitics.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/4979348340860205655'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/4979348340860205655'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nopolitics.blogspot.com/2010/10/macro.html' title='Macro'/><author><name>Alida Thorpe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00745077186455249696</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2188/1091/400/Alida%20underwater.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm1.static.flickr.com/47/192237826_e80dd689d6_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17366712.post-7694972755820974241</id><published>2010-09-21T22:38:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2010-09-21T23:18:12.237-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='reflection'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='colorful'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='photo friday'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='light'/><title type='text'>Reflect</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alidasphotos/3290639831/" title="rainbow cd by Alida's Photos, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3418/3290639831_eff30b730b_b.jpg" width="700"  alt="rainbow cd" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;© 2010 Alida Thorpe. All rights reserved.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;~~~~~~~~~~~~~&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;&lt;a href="http://alidathorpe.buythisimage.com/BuyPhoto/parse"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;Buy This Image!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17366712-7694972755820974241?l=nopolitics.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/7694972755820974241'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/7694972755820974241'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nopolitics.blogspot.com/2010/09/reflect.html' title='Reflect'/><author><name>Alida Thorpe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00745077186455249696</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2188/1091/400/Alida%20underwater.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3418/3290639831_eff30b730b_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17366712.post-6269875615121738241</id><published>2010-09-10T05:58:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2012-01-12T00:04:25.169-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sunrise'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='beach'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='photo friday'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fishing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='davis park'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='daybreak'/><title type='text'>Fishing at Daybreak</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alidasphotos/4607888030/" title="sunrise Davis Park by Alida's Photos, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1249/4607888030_d7838482f5_b.jpg" width="800" alt="sunrise Davis Park" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;© 2010 Alida Thorpe. All rights reserved.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17366712-6269875615121738241?l=nopolitics.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/6269875615121738241'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/6269875615121738241'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nopolitics.blogspot.com/2010/09/fishing-at-daybreak.html' title='Fishing at Daybreak'/><author><name>Alida Thorpe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00745077186455249696</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2188/1091/400/Alida%20underwater.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1249/4607888030_d7838482f5_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17366712.post-4763515730728279266</id><published>2010-09-08T23:07:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2012-01-12T00:05:53.966-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Flushing Meadow Park'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='round'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='photo friday'/><title type='text'>Round</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alidasphotos/2587212184/" title="flushing meadow park by Alida's Photos, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3078/2587212184_bb983623ca_b.jpg" height="700" alt="flushing meadow park" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;© 2010 Alida Thorpe; All rights reserved.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style "&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250&amp;amp;username=xa-4cfa52d70dad4c4f" class="addthis_button_compact"&gt;Share&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="addthis_separator"&gt;|&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17366712-4763515730728279266?l=nopolitics.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/4763515730728279266'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/4763515730728279266'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nopolitics.blogspot.com/2010/09/round.html' title='Round'/><author><name>Alida Thorpe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00745077186455249696</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2188/1091/400/Alida%20underwater.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3078/2587212184_bb983623ca_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17366712.post-3220089608596796642</id><published>2010-08-28T20:08:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2010-08-28T20:10:06.824-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='lima'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sweaters'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='alpaca'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='photo friday'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='peru'/><title type='text'>Warm Alpaca</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alidasphotos/1701505346/" title="colors of Peru by Alida's Photos, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2362/1701505346_c964827485_b.jpg" width="900"  alt="colors of Peru" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;© 2010 Alida Thorpe. All rights reserved.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17366712-3220089608596796642?l=nopolitics.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/3220089608596796642'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/3220089608596796642'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nopolitics.blogspot.com/2010/08/warm-alpaca.html' title='Warm Alpaca'/><author><name>Alida Thorpe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00745077186455249696</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2188/1091/400/Alida%20underwater.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2362/1701505346_c964827485_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17366712.post-5905974868869792501</id><published>2010-08-25T21:12:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2010-08-25T21:14:44.819-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='street'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='austria'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='linz'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='trolly tracks'/><title type='text'>The Street</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alidasphotos/2807681153/" title="Linz Austria by Alida's Photos, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3260/2807681153_ccea5733b8_b.jpg" width="900" alt="Linz Austria" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;© 2010 Alida Thorpe. All rights reserved.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;The Street: Linz, Austria&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;~~~&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17366712-5905974868869792501?l=nopolitics.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/5905974868869792501'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/5905974868869792501'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nopolitics.blogspot.com/2010/08/street.html' title='The Street'/><author><name>Alida Thorpe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00745077186455249696</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2188/1091/400/Alida%20underwater.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3260/2807681153_ccea5733b8_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17366712.post-2785160328967064988</id><published>2010-08-14T22:41:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2010-08-14T22:43:32.128-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='photoshop'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='photo friday'/><title type='text'>Photoshop Changes</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alidasphotos/4892148125/" title="Photoshop by Alida's Photos, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4116/4892148125_dbb2c2dac7_b.jpg" width="1024" height="644" alt="Photoshop" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;© 2010 Alida Thorpe. All rights reserved.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"&gt;Before &amp;amp; After Photoshop work&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17366712-2785160328967064988?l=nopolitics.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/2785160328967064988'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/2785160328967064988'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nopolitics.blogspot.com/2010/08/photoshop-changes.html' title='Photoshop Changes'/><author><name>Alida Thorpe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00745077186455249696</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2188/1091/400/Alida%20underwater.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4116/4892148125_dbb2c2dac7_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17366712.post-3221884361053871654</id><published>2010-08-10T14:52:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2010-08-10T14:54:46.873-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='photo friday'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='caribbean'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='parrot'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='best friend'/><title type='text'>Best Friend</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alidasphotos/3277787602/" title="pet parrot by Alida's Photos, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3444/3277787602_f09bd3af12_b.jpg" width="900"  alt="pet parrot" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;© 2009 Alida Thorpe. All rights reserved.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"&gt;Best Friend &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17366712-3221884361053871654?l=nopolitics.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/3221884361053871654'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/3221884361053871654'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nopolitics.blogspot.com/2010/08/best-friend.html' title='Best Friend'/><author><name>Alida Thorpe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00745077186455249696</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2188/1091/400/Alida%20underwater.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3444/3277787602_f09bd3af12_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17366712.post-7257498528658233271</id><published>2010-07-31T18:14:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2012-01-16T07:18:45.384-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='trees'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='photo friday'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='silhouette'/><title type='text'>Crooked</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alidasphotos/2236078544/" title="fog silhouettes by Alida's Photos, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2028/2236078544_7aff83220f_b.jpg"  height="600" alt="fog silhouettes" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;©2010 Alida Thorpe. All rights reserved&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17366712-7257498528658233271?l=nopolitics.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/7257498528658233271'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/7257498528658233271'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nopolitics.blogspot.com/2010/07/crooked.html' title='Crooked'/><author><name>Alida Thorpe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00745077186455249696</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2188/1091/400/Alida%20underwater.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2028/2236078544_7aff83220f_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17366712.post-8272228807108561730</id><published>2010-07-24T20:40:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2010-07-24T20:44:21.597-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sky high'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='photo friday'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bonaire'/><title type='text'>Sky high and moving</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alidasphotos/4359545154/" title="Bonaire, oil tanks by Alida's Photos, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4071/4359545154_54ea7f8d40_b.jpg" width="900"  alt="Bonaire, oil tanks" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;© 2010 Alida Thorpe; All rights reserved.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17366712-8272228807108561730?l=nopolitics.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/8272228807108561730'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/8272228807108561730'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nopolitics.blogspot.com/2010/07/sky-high-and-moving.html' title='Sky high and moving'/><author><name>Alida Thorpe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00745077186455249696</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2188/1091/400/Alida%20underwater.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4071/4359545154_54ea7f8d40_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17366712.post-620827172660580970</id><published>2010-07-22T07:34:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2010-07-22T07:37:55.925-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='thursday challenge'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='shea stadium'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mets'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nyc'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='queens'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='hot'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nathan&apos;s hot dogs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='baseball'/><title type='text'>Hot Weather, Hot Dogs</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alidasphotos/2574390410/" title="Nathan&amp;amp;quot;s Hot by Alida's Photos, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3135/2574390410_5dbf589969_b.jpg" width="900" alt="Nathan&amp;amp;quot;s Hot" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;© 2009 Alida Thorpe; All rights reserved.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;~~~~~~~~~&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;a href="http://alidathorpe.buythisimage.com/BuyPhoto/parse"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Buy This Image!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17366712-620827172660580970?l=nopolitics.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/620827172660580970'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/620827172660580970'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nopolitics.blogspot.com/2010/07/hot-weather-hot-dogs.html' title='Hot Weather, Hot Dogs'/><author><name>Alida Thorpe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00745077186455249696</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2188/1091/400/Alida%20underwater.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3135/2574390410_5dbf589969_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17366712.post-2577766181656467105</id><published>2010-07-12T06:04:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2010-07-12T06:07:20.215-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='thursday challenge'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='kite boarding'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='surf'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sport'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bonaire'/><title type='text'>Sport: Kite Boarding</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alidasphotos/1826880936/" title="kite boarding by Alida's Photos, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2150/1826880936_e641b0df44_o.jpg" width="800" height="535" alt="kite boarding" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;© 2009 Alida Thorpe; All rights reserved.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;~~~~~~~~~&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;a href="http://alidathorpe.buythisimage.com/BuyPhoto/parse"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Buy This Image!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17366712-2577766181656467105?l=nopolitics.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/2577766181656467105'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/2577766181656467105'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nopolitics.blogspot.com/2010/07/sport-kite-boarding.html' title='Sport: Kite Boarding'/><author><name>Alida Thorpe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00745077186455249696</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2188/1091/400/Alida%20underwater.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17366712.post-7276893879506626991</id><published>2010-07-11T08:09:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2012-01-11T23:58:47.046-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='boating'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='summer'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='photo friday'/><title type='text'>Summer Fun</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alidasphotos/192259608/" title="some people will do anything for sun by Alida's Photos, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/62/192259608_e760427499_b.jpg" width="700" alt="some people will do anything for sun" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;© 2010 Alida Thorpe; All rights reserved.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17366712-7276893879506626991?l=nopolitics.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/7276893879506626991'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/7276893879506626991'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nopolitics.blogspot.com/2010/07/summer-fun.html' title='Summer Fun'/><author><name>Alida Thorpe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00745077186455249696</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2188/1091/400/Alida%20underwater.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm1.static.flickr.com/62/192259608_e760427499_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17366712.post-4440196287185144257</id><published>2010-07-02T08:26:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2012-01-12T00:05:01.357-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nyc'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='manhattan'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='central park'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='early spring'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='spring'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='photo friday'/><title type='text'>Bloom: Central Park, early spring</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alidasphotos/2453804090/" title="springtime flowers on the lake by Alida's Photos, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2137/2453804090_cb7d0c4dc1_b.jpg" width="800" alt="springtime flowers on the lake" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;© 2009 Alida Thorpe; All rights reserved.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17366712-4440196287185144257?l=nopolitics.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/4440196287185144257'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/4440196287185144257'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nopolitics.blogspot.com/2010/07/bloom-central-park-early-spring.html' title='Bloom: Central Park, early spring'/><author><name>Alida Thorpe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00745077186455249696</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2188/1091/400/Alida%20underwater.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2137/2453804090_cb7d0c4dc1_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17366712.post-2927046657273451353</id><published>2010-06-28T05:46:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2010-06-28T05:47:10.199-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='thursday challenge'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='soft'/><title type='text'>soft</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alidasphotos/335688520/" title="the pillow by Alida's Photos, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/125/335688520_d42a399881_o.jpg" width="800" height="535" alt="the pillow"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Click on the photo to read the story of this pillow on Flickr.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17366712-2927046657273451353?l=nopolitics.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/2927046657273451353'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/2927046657273451353'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nopolitics.blogspot.com/2010/06/soft.html' title='soft'/><author><name>Alida Thorpe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00745077186455249696</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2188/1091/400/Alida%20underwater.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17366712.post-3108984471476508239</id><published>2010-06-25T05:57:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2012-01-11T23:56:29.097-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='statue of liberty'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='photo friday'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='motionless'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='statue'/><title type='text'>Motionless</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alidasphotos/228496310/" title="Statue of Liberty by Alida's Photos, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/85/228496310_9771e3e0a2_b.jpg" width="700"  alt="Statue of Liberty"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;© 2009 Alida Thorpe; All rights reserved.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17366712-3108984471476508239?l=nopolitics.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/3108984471476508239'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/3108984471476508239'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nopolitics.blogspot.com/2010/06/motionless.html' title='Motionless'/><author><name>Alida Thorpe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00745077186455249696</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2188/1091/400/Alida%20underwater.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm1.static.flickr.com/85/228496310_9771e3e0a2_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17366712.post-3138406411406254290</id><published>2010-06-20T23:26:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-06-20T23:27:22.377-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mermaid parade 2010'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='stand out'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='photo friday'/><title type='text'>Stand Out</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alidasphotos/4719143231/" title="Mermaid Parade 2010 by Alida's Photos, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4033/4719143231_a5c9ef0b3e_b.jpg" width="900" alt="Mermaid Parade 2010" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17366712-3138406411406254290?l=nopolitics.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/3138406411406254290'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/3138406411406254290'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nopolitics.blogspot.com/2010/06/stand-out.html' title='Stand Out'/><author><name>Alida Thorpe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00745077186455249696</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2188/1091/400/Alida%20underwater.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4033/4719143231_a5c9ef0b3e_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17366712.post-2736284857654404963</id><published>2010-06-11T06:04:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2012-01-11T23:39:19.238-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sailing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='shipwrecked'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fire island'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='photo friday'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='heavy'/><title type='text'>Heavy</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alidasphotos/3591103460/" title="digging under by Alida's Photos, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2436/3591103460_46359377e1_b.jpg" width="800" alt="digging under" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alidasphotos/3594641823/" title="shipwrecked by Alida's Photos, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3609/3594641823_ccbdcb2027_b.jpg" width="800" alt="shipwrecked" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;© 2009 Alida Thorpe; 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All rights reserved.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:large;"&gt;Thank you for the Photo Friday noteworthy recognition!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/17366712-8887924309770372525?l=nopolitics.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/8887924309770372525'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17366712/posts/default/8887924309770372525'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nopolitics.blogspot.com/2010/05/arranged.html' title='Arranged'/><author><name>Alida Thorpe</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00745077186455249696</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2188/1091/400/Alida%20underwater.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4025/4650130360_c5dd8d6867_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17366712.post-2329571233413661140</id><published>2010-05-14T06:46:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2010-05-14T06:48:53.794-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nyc'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='church'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cathedral'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='st. john the divine'/><title type='text'>Symbol of Christianity</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alidasphotos/4375908000/" title="shadow by Alida's Photos, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4053/4375908000_f8be7bb067_b.jpg" width="500"  alt="shadow" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;© 2010 Alida Thorpe. 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