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Bee takes a nap.

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Gëzuar!!
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Submitted by Socialprogressive on Fri, 10/06/2017 - 9:30pm

Nice.

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Submitted by janis b on Fri, 10/06/2017 - 8:36pm

Nice photos Social

@Socialprogressive

Do you know what those did flowers are?

Submitted by Socialprogressive on Fri, 10/06/2017 - 8:58pm

Thank you Janis.

@janis b
I'm sorry, Janis, I don't know what type of flowers they are. I found them in the cactus garden at Balboa park. They were very small, no more than a 1/4 inch in size.

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Submitted by riverlover on Fri, 10/06/2017 - 10:47pm

Zinnias?

@Socialprogressive Just a guess. I love those flowers. They come in pleasing colors.

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Submitted by janis b on Fri, 10/06/2017 - 8:04pm

Evening Bollox.

Thanks for posting your beautiful photos, and tonights POT.

I wonder if your painted butterfly joined this group?

Patterns ...

Submitted by Bollox Ref on Fri, 10/06/2017 - 8:22pm

Hey Janis

That would be a long flight for a small butterfly, but they are amazing creatures. The top shot: is that wood, rock?

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Submitted by janis b on Fri, 10/06/2017 - 8:35pm

It is both rock and wood.

It is a stone tile on a wood deck, with impressions of the stones that were lying on top.

What's cooking tonight?

Submitted by Bollox Ref on Fri, 10/06/2017 - 9:08pm

Lamb Vindaloo was happily consumed

At the House of Bollox.

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Submitted by riverlover on Fri, 10/06/2017 - 10:58pm

Poor lamb. But that sounds good.

@Bollox Ref Maybe after my gallbladder removal is done. Not before. There were mini-sheep of multi-colors in a semi-field down the field. Rentals. Last cutting has been done and now there are rolls. Those big rolls are in a lot of fields. Semi-foreign to me who has lived in woodland so long. But close by.

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Submitted by janis b on Sat, 10/07/2017 - 3:54am

Hi riverlover

@riverlover

I also live in bush land that's not too far down the road from sheep fields. They are very contrasting places. What are the colours of multi coloured sheep???

Submitted by joe shikspack on Fri, 10/06/2017 - 8:08pm

evening bollox...

here's one from a sunny day a couple of weeks ago.

AS4B1613-r

Submitted by Bollox Ref on Fri, 10/06/2017 - 8:25pm

Hello Joe

@joe shikspack

The Monarchs seem to have moved on our end. Still, we had more fluttering around than we've had for a decade, so that's good news.

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Submitted by joe shikspack on Fri, 10/06/2017 - 9:15pm

we've had more monarchs this year...

than i've seen in the last few years. a couple of years ago was the worst, i only saw two of them around ms. shikspack's garden all summer that year. ms. shikspack plants a virtual feast for caterpillars and butterflies every year and we have watched the monarchs numbers dwindle for a decade. hopefully, now they are back on an upswing.

Submitted by riverlover on Sat, 10/07/2017 - 7:28am

Monarchs seem to have become the iconic butterfly

@joe shikspack Several years ago, on a ferry, leaving Canada I saw a late one leaving. I have always left milkweed plants alone for them. And checked for several years and found no caterpillars. Here I love the early Ladies and all of the swallowtails.

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Submitted by janis b on Fri, 10/06/2017 - 8:38pm

Such beautiful light and focus.

@joe shikspack

Thanks joe.

Submitted by joe shikspack on Fri, 10/06/2017 - 9:17pm

thanks janis! n/t

Submitted by snoopydawg on Fri, 10/06/2017 - 10:53pm

Nice, joe

@joe shikspack

We used to have many more monarchs passing through to wherever they were going, but I can go all summer without seeing one.

Every day another species goes extinct. How very sad.

How about we tell what type of camera we use? I have two canons. One is a point and shoot with the same control settings as my canon 40 D with a tamron 28-300 lens. The lowest aperture is 3.5
My uncle is going to give me his 28-55 canon lens which has a 2.8 aperture.

Plus I have a canon elan and a Pentax? with a 600mm lens and a 3x telexextender.

I took this with it. Not too shabby for an off market brand.
Ahh, the days when we took a roll of 36 pictures and only got 3-5 pictures that were worth keeping.

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Submitted by janis b on Sat, 10/07/2017 - 4:00am

Ahh, is right.

Ahh, the days when we took a roll of 36 pictures and only got 3-5 pictures that were worth keeping.

There was special thrill in that process. The degree of anticipation was a wonderful part of it!

Submitted by riverlover on Sat, 10/07/2017 - 7:35am

And we had to pay for every print.

@janis b Now I am sorry I got rid of all the elder cameras here. I have a Panasonic, elderly, that sucks through batteries. And then there is my missing iPhone. And a missing Kindle. If I had not been told that my brain volume is decreasing would I feel this bad?

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Submitted by snoopydawg on Fri, 10/06/2017 - 8:36pm

We have been having unusual clouds this week

I don't remember seeing this type of formation before and I have pictures of another unusual formation, but I haven't been able to download them yet.

I love watching this chestnut tree move through the seasons. In the spring it's loaded with flowers on long stems that will grow into chestnuts. It fascinating how all living things know what to do as they grow.

Today was absolutely gorgeous. The air was clear, sky was a deep blue and the temperature was just right. A perfect fall afternoon.

Unless my ashes are scattered to the winds, this lonely person is going to get company.

Abby having a dawg day afternoon.

I've mentioned that I used to be involved with bonsai and since then I look at trees with more wonder. Many bonsai trees will be altered as to have this type of look. The area where the branches are dead is called a jin when branches are altered. Most will have only one area that has this effect.
Look at how blue the sky is.

The dawgs call this their dawg park because they get to be off leash most of the time. They think people come here to see them and they take their jobs as greeters seriously.

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Submitted by Bollox Ref on Fri, 10/06/2017 - 8:27pm

Lovely first shot snoopydawg

The memorial under the tree does seem rather lonely.

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Submitted by janis b on Fri, 10/06/2017 - 8:40pm

What a beautiful afternoon you all enjoyed!

Thanks snoopy.

Submitted by snoopydawg on Fri, 10/06/2017 - 10:33pm

It was

The week before we went from 85 on Monday to 57 Thursday and it rained in the valley and snowed in the mountains. It stayed cold for a few days and warmed up again this week until Sunday....
This has been a weird year. In the spring it went from cool to hot in days and then the other way a week later.

The leaves are starting to change and yesterday the clouds finally disappeared from the mountains so we went up to take pictures of the leaves. Bummer. The aspens haven't begun to change and they don't look like they are even thinking about it.
Oh well, it's only a 30 minute drive.

I don't remember if I've posted this picture of my town, but this shows how close the mountains are. I can be hiking in one of the canyons 10 minutes after I leave home.

On the back of the mountain is Snowbasin ski resort. This used to be Utah's best kept secret for skiing. People would fly into SLC and go to the ski resorts there while we had the basin all to ourselves.

I live 10 blocks to the right of the church in this picture.

This is Snowbasin where the Olympic downhill races were

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Submitted by janis b on Sat, 10/07/2017 - 4:02am

I’ve seen that picture of your town,

and every time I see it I think it looks like a picture-book setting - unlike anything I’ve seen or any place I’ve been. In the photo it’s deserted of people and that makes me wonder what the locals are like even more. Somehow I find this photo very evocative.

You’re lucky to live with such natural beauty surrounding you. It keeps you sane, no?

Submitted by Unabashed Liberal on Fri, 10/06/2017 - 9:16pm

Tell 'Abby' she's a pretty girl! smile EOM

Mollie

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Submitted by snoopydawg on Fri, 10/06/2017 - 10:18pm

She may be a pretty girl

@Unabashed Liberal

but she has been very naughty lately. The minute I turn my back, she slips over the cliff and goes down into people's yards and totally ignores me when I tell her to get back here. She has decided that she is a beagle now because they don't mind. Charlie is a Saint compared to Abby lately.

This picture is so precious. This is the start of a great friendship.

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Submitted by Unabashed Liberal on Fri, 10/06/2017 - 11:27pm

Hey, SD--you'll get no argument out of me, that

This picture is so precious. This is the start of a great friendship.

Mollie

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Submitted by riverlover on Sat, 10/07/2017 - 7:49am

I would judge that one sick tree

@snoopydawg and vote for removal. The utility of voting these days.

I still have a boxed fig tree in my car and a boxed spruce at the end of my driveway. Remember elm trees? Or chestnuts? Did we blame one on the Dutch and the other on China? And then there were the gypsy moths. Now Roma is to blame. My hillside was sprayed with Bt by airplane one year. Just a phase, but terrible defoliation for several years. And itchy stings from caterpillar fuzz.

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Submitted by snoopydawg on Fri, 10/06/2017 - 8:28pm

Canadians go to the town dumps to watch the bears

Thanks for hosting tonight, Bollox. I agree that we need the diversion.

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Submitted by janis b on Fri, 10/06/2017 - 8:42pm

Bears lounging around in a dump?!

@snoopydawg @snoopydawg

Sad and funny.

Submitted by Unabashed Liberal on Fri, 10/06/2017 - 9:13pm

Hi, Janis! Thanks for bringing up

the point that--aside from looking a bit comical, from the aspect of the image, only--it is a tragedy that these animals' habitats have been encroached upon to the extent that they are reduced to scavaging in human litter/dumps in order to survive.

Mr M met a Guy while we were in Alaska who had been badly mauled by a bear. It happened in his own back yard. In spite of his suffering and disfigurement, he was philosophical about the incident--pretty much acknowledging that what happened to him was, at least partly, due to his choice to live in the 'Alaska Bush.'

Have a nice weekend!

Mollie

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Submitted by janis b on Fri, 10/06/2017 - 9:30pm

Wow, that's a pretty philosophical and enlightened guy,

@Unabashed Liberal

there in the Alaskan Bush.

Submitted by janis b on Fri, 10/06/2017 - 9:24pm

I'm glad I don't have to depend on any of your leftovers tonigh

@janis b @Bollox Ref

I will be trying some new food at a restaurant that fuses Peruvian and Japanese cooking. Should be interesting!

Submitted by janis b on Fri, 10/06/2017 - 9:27pm

I keep going back to look at the first and last shots,

and now I know why. He reminds me of myself because of the postures he is sitting in, especially one leg folded under the other ; ).

Submitted by snoopydawg on Fri, 10/06/2017 - 11:04pm

I first thought this was a person in ab bear suit

Bear seen lounging on couch 'just like a person' at Canadian dump

The poses look like a human, but it's really a bear. Canadians make a day out of their trips to the dumbs to watch the bears. The way that they are sitting is hilarious. Maybe this is like another country's Yellowstone.

There are many articles about this if you do a search for 'bears at Canadian dumps.

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Submitted by janis b on Sat, 10/07/2017 - 4:04am

“Maybe this is like another country's Yellowstone.”

That statement is just as sad and funny as the fact that bears cruise dumps. It’s such a sad statement about the bigger picture of things.

It’s true, now that you mention it. I can imagine they might be people in bear suits.

Submitted by Unabashed Liberal on Fri, 10/06/2017 - 8:56pm

Hey, hilarious Bear shots, SD! And, thanks to BR, and

to all of our Community photographers for posting your excellent work!

Pretty pooped this evening due to unexpected events, so I'll spare you Guys, and not post one of my stock photos.

Have a nice weekend; hope everyone manages to stay out of the path of Nate.

Mollie

"I think dogs are the most amazing creatures--they give unconditional love. For me, they are the role model for being alive."--Gilda Radner

"If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went."--Will Rogers

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Submitted by janis b on Fri, 10/06/2017 - 9:28pm

Thank you, and you're welcome, Mollie!

@Unabashed Liberal

Submitted by Socialprogressive on Fri, 10/06/2017 - 9:04pm

Yogi and Boo boo

@snoopydawg
using recycled goods.

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Submitted by mhagle on Fri, 10/06/2017 - 8:37pm

Thanks again . . .

The beautiful photography is a great pick-me-up.

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Submitted by janis b on Fri, 10/06/2017 - 8:43pm

Thanks Marilyn!

@mhagle

Submitted by k9disc on Fri, 10/06/2017 - 9:00pm

Here's our bus:

We've taken her from MI to St Louis and back to NY. Here she is sitting outside our training studio in NY.

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Submitted by janis b on Fri, 10/06/2017 - 9:34pm

I find these photos very graphically appealing.

I am also curious whether it's your bus that you're driving, and what kind of training you do. It's such a classic NY building. Is it one of the boroughs?

Thank you for participating.

Submitted by k9disc on Sat, 10/07/2017 - 11:52am

Our Building Makes for Good Composition for Photos

Lots of them come out amazing. It helps that we have the Hudson Valley light too -- there's a reason those artists hiked up the Hudson back in the 18th Century...

It is our bus, we purchased it in late August after being out bid on it at auction a few weeks before.

I teach people to play frisbee with their dogs, and to a lesser extent work with other dog sport peeps on improving performance. My GF runs an assistance dog program for a pretty serious non-profit based out of the Hudson Valley.

Thank you, @janis b .

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Submitted by janis b on Sat, 10/07/2017 - 7:55pm

Really interesting work you and your GF do.

I wasn't aware that type of work existed - training through sport with dogs. Sounds like quite a fun fitness program for man and dog.

Submitted by k9disc on Sat, 10/07/2017 - 8:30pm

It is a Lifestyle, For Sure.

There are a handful of us in various dog sports that teach full time, but not very many.

Frisbee, in particular, doesn't have much going on from an organized or pro instruction angle, as it's a real counter culture game -- even the squares are hippies.

But we do good work, and address it from dog training, kinesthetic, and learning theory perspectives, which gives us a lot of flexibility and elegance in addressing complex team activities.

It's scary from an economic perspective, not a lot of money to be made, but enough to live and do some amazing things.

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Submitted by janis b on Sun, 10/08/2017 - 2:58pm

Oh, so it’s also an approach to addressing

complex team activities. You mean like learning how to interact as a team more successfully to achieve the goals. Does that include other types of teams outside of sports? I hope you can sustain that lifestyle for as long as you’d like.

Submitted by snoopydawg on Fri, 10/06/2017 - 11:19pm

A bus with a slide-out?