Friday Photography - Lizardly

Submitted by janis b on Fri, 09/14/2018 - 5:36pm

Don’t know this lizardly visitor, but appreciated its appearance.

I would have had a beautiful portrait to post of a Roseate Spoonbill lit by the setting sun, making its rose colour really rosey, with an even more intensely coloured reflection in the water, but I mistakenly deleted it from my camera. Oh, well.

Wishing you all an enjoyable weekend. Post away ...

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Submitted by snoopydawg on Fri, 09/14/2018 - 6:30pm
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Todd is looking at Abby and she was acting like she wanted to play with her. Abby didn't think that was a good idea though.

Ninja Squirrel and friends

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Sorry to hear about your deleted photo, Janis. I've done that more than once. Nice shot of the lizard.

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Submitted by janis b on Fri, 09/14/2018 - 7:26pm
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Abby knows best!

How did she get the name Todd?

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Submitted by snoopydawg on Fri, 09/14/2018 - 11:54pm
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@janis b

She is never outside by herself. I got distracted by trying to keep my dawgs from bolting and getting photos of her. She appears young and very playful. She did that "play with me" jig and jag that dawgs do. She is very beautiful in person and I hope next time I can pet her.

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Submitted by janis b on Sat, 09/15/2018 - 1:50pm
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It's such a genuine expression of excitement. I hope you get to touch her. Making contact eventually would be wonderful.

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Submitted by QMS on Fri, 09/14/2018 - 7:28pm
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@snoopydawg funny stance

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Submitted by janis b on Fri, 09/14/2018 - 7:36pm
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@snoopydawg

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Submitted by magiamma on Fri, 09/14/2018 - 8:24pm
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@snoopydawg
by Todd's amazing tail. Oh, look, over there, squirrrrrrel.....

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Submitted by Unabashed Liberal on Fri, 09/14/2018 - 11:19pm
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@snoopydawg

with the neighborhood fox, now? Wink

Hey, thanks for the slideshow. That squirrel cracks me up!

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Submitted by snoopydawg on Fri, 09/14/2018 - 11:58pm
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@Unabashed Liberal

I wish that there was a backstory on what he was doing before the picture was taken. There are some amazing photos of animals and places on the guardian at times.

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Submitted by lotlizard on Sat, 09/15/2018 - 2:04am
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@snoopydawg  
in reference to Todd, instead of as an independent top-level comment.

https://caucus99percent.com/comment/368935#comment-368935

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Submitted by Bollox Ref on Fri, 09/14/2018 - 7:02pm
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Off for a walk, but retrieved from camera cards:

That lizard reminds me of a Bollox Minor toy.

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Submitted by janis b on Fri, 09/14/2018 - 7:30pm
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How come there's no evidence of the water the lily is blossoming in except for the drops on its leaves? Mysterious.

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Submitted by Bollox Ref on Fri, 09/14/2018 - 7:59pm
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The local nature centre really doesn't exist. Mark my words.

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Submitted by janis b on Fri, 09/14/2018 - 8:25pm
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@Bollox Ref

is probably the only thing that is real.

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Submitted by Bollox Ref on Fri, 09/14/2018 - 8:49pm
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@janis b

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Submitted by magiamma on Fri, 09/14/2018 - 8:04pm
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@Bollox Ref
That is a fine picture of the Water Lilly. Pretty perfect. Smile

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Submitted by Bollox Ref on Fri, 09/14/2018 - 8:17pm
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@magiamma

Fortunately, our almost urban city/burb likes to maintain green spaces.

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Submitted by Unabashed Liberal on Fri, 09/14/2018 - 7:32pm
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and for the cool lizard pic!

You and SD must be mind readers, since my contribution is also an animal shot--a 'wild horse,'

https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

Always loved horses. Growing up, we never had one; but, as an adult, my Brother got one that he boarded at a stable (he was a city dweller). Rode him once--didn't go too well!

Smile

Having a worse problem than usual typing [due to arthritis], so, I'll close by saying 'thanks' to all of our excellent C99 photographers for sharing photos, tonight.

Have a nice, and safe weekend, All . . . Pleasantry

Blue Onyx

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Submitted by janis b on Fri, 09/14/2018 - 7:47pm
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Like your brother, I once rode a horse that didn't end well, but I still think they're magnificent.

Any closer to adopting a new dog to love? I'll look for your answer when your fingers are feeling more cooperative.

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Submitted by Unabashed Liberal on Fri, 09/14/2018 - 9:18pm
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the horse! I am truly baffled, because although Firefox does not allow me to view 'Tweets,' it's the only browser that allows me to post the code that Twitter uses. IOW, I post using Firefox, view using Chrome. This evening, though, for whatever reason, Chrome isn't allowed me to view the Tweet (except in text paragraph form). Can't tell you how upsetting that is, since, now I won't be able to tell if a Tweet is posting correctly (unless someone comments to me, as you have). Gonna have to find/download another browser, I guess.

Anyhoo, one of my sentences was poorly constructed. I meant to convey that 'I' rode Al's quarter horse, only once. It scared the stew out of me, and I had practically no control of him. But, I think they're gorgeous--and sweet--animals.

Still working on finding another 'special friend.' Partly due to the situation with 'the B'--he was a 'special needs' dog, and I was literally 'joined at the hip' with him for 10-1/2 years--I've had to take more time than usual (to grieve). Plus, it's the only time in going on 42 years, that we haven't had at least one dog, when another one passed away.

In the end, I think it's only fair to a new dog, for me/us to have those feelings worked out. Obviously, he/she will be entirely deserving of our full love and devotion. Rest assured--you Guys will be among the first to hear, when we know for sure what we're going to do! Pleasantry If all goes well, it'll be by year's end. Fingers crossed!

Hope you're still having a nice visit with Family.

Will have to ask Folks to please overlook typos, etc. This has been one of the worse days for errors, that I can recall!

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Submitted by janis b on Fri, 09/14/2018 - 9:49pm
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You are so right to give grief its time, and to give your next dog your full love and devotion, which can only be freely given when your feelings are clear and resolved, as you have expressed. I wish we could exchange a real hug.

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Submitted by Unabashed Liberal on Fri, 09/14/2018 - 10:36pm
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@janis b

best check out the Twitter html code. I must have made an error when I copied and/or pasted it, since I'm viewing your horse in my Chrome-based browser.

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Submitted by magiamma on Fri, 09/14/2018 - 8:02pm
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@Unabashed Liberal
that is a beauty !! Smile

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Submitted by QMS on Fri, 09/14/2018 - 8:05pm
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@Unabashed Liberal not sure I would care to ride that one, even bare back.

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Submitted by magiamma on Fri, 09/14/2018 - 7:38pm
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Thanks for Friday Photos. Here are a few from my recent walks in the Pogonip. Posting and running but will be back.

Another shot of the labyrinth
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Path with oaks
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Lime Kilns
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Submitted by QMS on Fri, 09/14/2018 - 7:49pm
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@magiamma looks a lot like the place I found in a dream scape last night, except there were wabbits, fwogs and whybiscuits too!

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Submitted by magiamma on Fri, 09/14/2018 - 8:21pm
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I'll work on the fwogs and wabbits and whybiskits too.

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Submitted by janis b on Fri, 09/14/2018 - 7:50pm
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There's something so appealing about spirals.

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Submitted by magiamma on Fri, 09/14/2018 - 8:26pm
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@janis b
picture of the lizardly lizard. Very green.

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Submitted by Unabashed Liberal on Fri, 09/14/2018 - 8:38pm
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@janis b @magiamma

he's one VERY green lizard. And, it's a pretty shade of green, too!

Wink

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Submitted by QMS on Fri, 09/14/2018 - 10:04pm
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@janis b

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Submitted by janis b on Sat, 09/15/2018 - 1:45pm
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One of the most perfectly beautiful representations. Thanks QMS

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Submitted by snoopydawg on Fri, 09/14/2018 - 11:01pm
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@magiamma

This is very cool design. What's the story on it? I miss California oaks. Some of the areas I traveled that were full of them have burned. The fires around Santa Rosa last year burned a scenic area that I drove through on my way to the beach. I can't imagine what it looks like now.

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Submitted by QMS on Fri, 09/14/2018 - 7:44pm
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so much due to light. fwog, wabbit and whybiscut.

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Submitted by janis b on Fri, 09/14/2018 - 8:01pm
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I know you weren't on a ship, which might explain the angle of your photo. So you must just be naturally dizzy ; ).

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Submitted by QMS on Fri, 09/14/2018 - 8:27pm
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@janis b and askew, doesn't seem like the horizon is level anymore. Too much time afloat, or just angling toward another balancing pivot? It all appears crooked at this point. Fun!

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Submitted by janis b on Fri, 09/14/2018 - 8:29pm
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Submitted by magiamma on Fri, 09/14/2018 - 8:18pm
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@QMS
Wait... whybiskits ?! I want cake.

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Submitted by QMS on Fri, 09/14/2018 - 8:29pm
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@magiamma why wait any longer for the world to begin...

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Submitted by dystopian on Fri, 09/14/2018 - 7:45pm
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Hi all,

Janis sorry to hear you accidently deleted your million dollar Nat. Geo. cover shot! Wink
Great pix as always BR...

Laysan Albatross - about 50 miles west of California. With a 7' wingspan, they can fly all day without flapping, doing circles around the boat. Most nest on Midway and Laysan Isls., but they are regular at the edge of continental shelf.
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Protocardia texana - Texas Heart Clam - about 100 million years old from late Cretaceous.
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Red Carpet Anemone - these are running $500 or so now if you can find one.
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sorry about the watermark, it is my photo.

I think this is a female Eastern (Prairie) Fence Lizard
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An American Bittern was knocked down by the rains here this week. Usually they are in a patch of reeds and essentially invisible. Go to xeno-canto and put American Bittern in the search box, then select some returns clicking on the number at right, and then play when they comes up. Thunderpumper was a great old colloquial name for them.
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Thanks all for the great posts all week, sorry I can't join in more often, but am busier than a one-eyed Skipjack in a school of Sardines.

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Submitted by janis b on Fri, 09/14/2018 - 8:19pm
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Thanks for directing us to the American Bittern. He sounds a little like something dropping heavily into water, nice.

https://www.xeno-canto.org/408485

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Submitted by dystopian on Fri, 09/14/2018 - 11:32pm
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@janis b Thanks for the link to the call.... what a sound, especially if you get a good marsh with several of them going at once, wow! Not quite the looker as a Spoonbill though!

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Submitted by janis b on Sat, 09/15/2018 - 1:42pm
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@dystopian

being in the marsh listening.

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Submitted by Bollox Ref on Fri, 09/14/2018 - 8:33pm
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And thank you for your weekly shots. Much appreciated.

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Submitted by magiamma on Fri, 09/14/2018 - 8:12pm
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Thanks for all the great nature photos and thanks so much for all the explanations. I have a Protocardia texana but I had no idea what it was. Love the albatross. I had no idea there were any off of CA. Imagine flying all day without flapping of wings. Smile

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Submitted by QMS on Fri, 09/14/2018 - 9:13pm
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@magiamma without wings.

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Submitted by janis b on Fri, 09/14/2018 - 8:21pm
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I want my admission price back!

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Submitted by magiamma on Fri, 09/14/2018 - 8:28pm
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I noticed that too, first thing. What's up with that guy?

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Submitted by janis b on Fri, 09/14/2018 - 8:31pm
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He must be marching to a different drummer ; ).

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Submitted by Bollox Ref on Fri, 09/14/2018 - 8:39pm
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@janis b

were sitting on parade for some 20 minutes in the hot summer sun. Those helmets are very uncomfortable. The horses are remarkable though.

Cheers all.

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Submitted by QMS on Fri, 09/14/2018 - 8:33pm
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@Bollox Ref how did that guy get a horse statue in his lap anyhow?

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Submitted by Daenerys on Fri, 09/14/2018 - 8:44pm
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Hey Janis, I think your lizard is a green iguana. My husband had one as a pet once years ago. Very cool and prehistoric-looking!

I don't have anything to add this week; snapped a few photos but haven't uploaded them yet. Not a lot of bird activity anyway. There was a roseate spoonbill seen here in MN a few weeks back, near the twin cities. It was only there for one day, and I missed it. Even made the local news!

Cheers all.

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Submitted by janis b on Fri, 09/14/2018 - 9:12pm
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From this link I think the perfect circle below the eye and ear is a cheek scale ... "Some biologists speculate that it is used as a 'bluff' eye to ward off predators. When the iguana gets into protective mode and extends its dewlap, the cheek scales becomes more prominent and can possibly look like a large eye to a predator."

They sound like interesting pets.

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Submitted by QMS on Fri, 09/14/2018 - 9:16pm
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@janis b Don't roll those bloodshot eyes at me!

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Submitted by janis b on Fri, 09/14/2018 - 9:21pm
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[video:https://youtu.be/Uc0x7xOap4I]

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Submitted by QMS on Fri, 09/14/2018 - 9:33pm
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@janis b chicken feather

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Submitted by janis b on Fri, 09/14/2018 - 8:46pm
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for a fun evening's entertainment. Better than ...

[video:https://youtu.be/fzSw0hibEf0]

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Submitted by QMS on Fri, 09/14/2018 - 8:56pm
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in the old days, they would source water using swinging sticks (it works, I've tried it). Then start digging a hole, using the stones unearthed to line the pit as they dug down. This one goes down about 18 feet. Full of spiders and salamanders living in harmony. Water is good too.

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Submitted by BORG_US_BORG on Fri, 09/14/2018 - 10:04pm

Pre-War/ late 1930's Silver King (Aluminum alloy) bicycle that I used to actually ride around, (soon to be refurbished) and my beloved and terminally ill Chupe' who has been my best friend for almost 15 years.

And one of my jobsites as a Union Carpenter, up on the 24th floor rooftop..

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p.s. Uploading images is a real chore here...

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Submitted by janis b on Sat, 09/15/2018 - 1:40pm
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I'm glad you persevered and posted the two photos.

Chupe is beautiful and so soft looking in his difficult state. I know how much you'll miss him, I'm sorry.

Where on earth is that rooftop?

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Submitted by BORG_US_BORG on Sat, 09/15/2018 - 10:05pm

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Hi Janis, thanks.
Chupe' is a girl. I have to end her suffering within the next one or two weeks. It's really tearing me up, it's just been me and her all these years. No serious g/f or even dates for quite some time...
The roof top is downtown Seattle. The Space Needle is directly to the right of the crane tower in the middle of the pic. I had to reduce the file down to 2MB to even upload it, then it was automatically resized to just 500 pixels wide. Looks like a few people know how to upload lager pics. I'll look into at some point when my life is a little less pressured.
--Robert

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Submitted by janis b on Sun, 09/16/2018 - 1:50pm
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I really feel for you and Chupe', and wish for the time you have left together to be as loving as possible. My sister, who also lives in Seattle, is right now going through a similar process with her beloved dog of 14 years.

All the best to you both,
Janis

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Submitted by lotlizard on Sat, 09/15/2018 - 2:07am
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@snoopydawg – was supposed to be dedicated to snoopydawg and Todd –

Chapter 21

  It was then that the fox appeared.
  “Good morning,” said the fox.
  “Good morning,” the little prince responded politely, although when he turned around he saw nothing.
  “I am right here,” the voice said, “under the apple tree.”
  [Drawing of fox in burrow under tree]
  “Who are you?” asked the little prince, and added, “You are very pretty to look at.”
  “I am a fox,” the fox said.
  “Come and play with me,” proposed the little prince. “I am so unhappy.”
  “I cannot play with you,” the fox said. “I am not tamed.”
  “Ah! Please excuse me,” said the little prince.
  But, after some thought, he added:
  “What does that mean — ‘tame’?”
  “You do not live here,” said the fox. “What is it that you are looking for?”
  “I am looking for men,” said the little prince. “What does that mean — ‘tame’?”
  “Men,” said the fox. “They have guns, and they hunt. It is very disturbing. They also raise chickens. These are their only interests. Are you looking for chickens?”
  “No,” said the little prince. “I am looking for friends. What does that mean — ‘tame’?”
  “It is an act too often neglected,” said the fox. It means to establish ties.”
  “‘To establish ties’?”
  “Just that,” said the fox. “To me, you are still nothing more than a little boy who is just like a hundred thousand other little boys. And I have no need of you. And you, on your part, have no need of me. To you, I am nothing more than a fox like a hundred thousand other foxes. But if you tame me, then we shall need each other. To me, you will be unique in all the world. To you, I shall be unique in all the world …”
  “I am beginning to understand,” said the little prince. “There is a flower … I think that she has tamed me …”
  “It is possible,” said the fox. “On the Earth one sees all sorts of things.”
  “Oh, but this is not on the Earth!” said the little prince.
  The fox seemed perplexed, and very curious.
  “On another planet?”
  “Yes.”
  “Are there hunters on that planet?”
  “No.”
  “Ah, that is interesting! Are there chickens?”
  “No.”
  “Nothing is perfect,” sighed the fox.
  But he came back to his idea.
  “My life is very monotonous,” the fox said. “I hunt chickens; men hunt me. All the chickens are just alike, and all the men are just alike. And, in consequence, I am a little bored. But if you tame me, it will be as if the sun came to shine on my life. I shall know the sound of a step that will be different from all the others. Other steps send me hurrying back underneath the ground. Yours will call me, like music, out of my burrow. And then look: you see the grain-fields down yonder? I do not eat bread. Wheat is of no use to me. The wheat fields have nothing to say to me. And that is sad. But you have hair that is the color of gold. Think how wonderful that will be when you have tamed me! The grain, which is also golden, will bring me back the thought of you. And I shall love to listen to the wind in the wheat …”
  The fox gazed at the little prince, for a long time.
  [Drawing of prince and fox regarding each other]
  “Please — tame me!” he said.
  “I want to, very much,” the little prince replied. “But I have not much time. I have friends to discover, and a great many things to understand.”
  “One only understands the things that one tames,” said the fox. “Men have no more time to understand anything. They buy things all ready made at the shops. But there is no shop anywhere where one can buy friendship, and so men have no friends any more. If you want a friend, tame me …”
  “What must I do, to tame you?” asked the little prince.
  “You must be very patient,” replied the fox. “First you will sit down at a little distance from me — like that — in the grass. I shall look at you out of the corner of my eye, and you will say nothing. Words are the source of misunderstandings. But you will sit a little closer to me, every day …”
  The next day the little prince came back.
  “It would have been better to come back at the same hour,” said the fox. “If, for example, you come at four o’clock in the afternoon, then at three o’clock I shall begin to be happy. I shall feel happier and happier as the hour advances. At four o’clock, I shall already be worrying and jumping about. I shall show you how happy I am! But if you come at just any time, I shall never know at what hour my heart is to be ready to greet you … One must observe the proper rites …”
  “What is a rite?” asked the little prince.
  “Those also are actions too often neglected,” said the fox. “They are what make one day different from other days, one hour from other hours. There is a rite, for example, among my hunters. Every Thursday they dance with the village girls. So Thursday is a wonderful day for me! I can take a walk as far as the vineyards. But if the hunters danced at just any time, every day would be like every other day, and I should never have any vacation at all.”
 
So the little prince tamed the fox.

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Submitted by janis b on Sat, 09/15/2018 - 1:24pm
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@lotlizard

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Submitted by eyo on Sat, 09/15/2018 - 9:24am

Drought 2014, walking by an empty storefront with this sculpture in the window... it is called "Thirsty" and it stunned me in to taking a picture. lol I woulda bought it if I coulda. The healthy food store resides in that space now, I go there all the time. thank you very much
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http://cloverdalesculpturetrail.org/past-exhibit-2015/cloverdale-sculptu...

Lady is my River Path walking dawg pal.
Here's my shadow and a flash inside of her eyeball... I think. Leash and bow legs make three. heh
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Lady Eye
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Submitted by janis b on Sat, 09/15/2018 - 1:37pm
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@eyo

It's painful to look at, but it's so important that the public is reminded of the immeasurable suffering of others. Art and literature are such valid expressions of that.

I really like the photo of Lady's eye holding you in her vision. The shape and light and colours are very engaging and really draw the viewer close to something mysterious. Thank you.

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