I'll go for kelp soup. It's something that Izzy could have agreed with. He passed in his sleep last night at a very ripe age of 15+.
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Sounds like it was peaceful though. I had a grandpa named Izzy who died peacefully doing what he loved most, watching baseball.
There's a little blue box with a ? in it, where I assume a picture should be. Are others seeing the photo?
I'll go for kelp soup. It's something that Izzy could have agreed with. He passed in his sleep last night at a very ripe age of 15+.
Thanks for hosting.
But I'm happy to hear that he passed peacefully in his sleep. I've prayed for that so many times...
Take care.
I'll go for kelp soup. It's something that Izzy could have agreed with. He passed in his sleep last night at a very ripe age of 15+.
Thanks for hosting.
I'll go for kelp soup. It's something that Izzy could have agreed with. He passed in his sleep last night at a very ripe age of 15+.
Thanks for hosting.
I'll go for kelp soup. It's something that Izzy could have agreed with. He passed in his sleep last night at a very ripe age of 15+.
Thanks for hosting.
Birds have built their nests again in my patio awning. I wake up to the sounds of birdsong and little cheeps. I was worried that they got washed out last night during our huge storm. Or fried by the lightening. Crack!
Nice B&W.
No asparagus here, but I do have a nice big artichoke to go with dinner tonight.
Birds have built their nests again in my patio awning. I wake up to the sounds of birdsong and little cheeps. I was worried that they got washed out last night during our huge storm. Or fried by the lightening. Crack!
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Awesome beautiful bird photos SP! That first bird is a Cassin's Kingbird. The white chin, throat, and malar area surrounded by medium dark gray is a great mark for them. I expect this bird was flycatching from the perch? Kingbirds run about 9", so close to Robin sized. A Bell's vireo is 5", so warbler or small sparrow sized. And they generally stay in the thickest parts of trees and shrubs, in riparian corridors in the southwest U.S. The bird in the photo probably had fairly saturated yellow underparts?
Great pix, get the shot. You can worry about what it is later. And with a photo it will almost always be ID'able.
Nice B&W.
No asparagus here, but I do have a nice big artichoke to go with dinner tonight.
Some bird shots from the last few weeks.
Least Bell's Vireo
Cedar Waxwing
Spotted Towhee
Hooded Oriole
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the Cassin's Kingbird, dystopian. I don't remember seeing any yellow on it's underside. I was only able to get the one shot posted here before it flew away.
#2 Awesome beautiful bird photos SP! That first bird is a Cassin's Kingbird. The white chin, throat, and malar area surrounded by medium dark gray is a great mark for them. I expect this bird was flycatching from the perch? Kingbirds run about 9", so close to Robin sized. A Bell's vireo is 5", so warbler or small sparrow sized. And they generally stay in the thickest parts of trees and shrubs, in riparian corridors in the southwest U.S. The bird in the photo probably had fairly saturated yellow underparts?
Great pix, get the shot. You can worry about what it is later. And with a photo it will almost always be ID'able.
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Nice Bollox, the single sailboat in relation to the sail-like carvings of the mighty cliff.
Tulip and Rain ...
If anyone ever has the desire to host a Friday POT, go for it. It’s always warm and welcome here.
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Lots happening here and everything is up in the air so I'm not sure what the summer will bring. If I had the money I'd buy this house. OMG. It's right up from Muir beach. Check out both the house and beach photos.
You wanna flip a coin for who gets the little cottage ; ). One could easily spend the duration of their lives there. A great place to die peacefully in sleep.
Lots happening here and everything is up in the air so I'm not sure what the summer will bring. If I had the money I'd buy this house. OMG. It's right up from Muir beach. Check out both the house and beach photos.
This is pretty sweet huh? I like looking at how rich people live and how they decorate their homes. Most look like they are compensating for something lacking in their lives because their houses are just too big and gawdy. This house is exactly where I'd like to live. There are probably some foggy days, but that is great for photography.
BTW. Again I can't see your photos. Darn it!
Edit..I forgot about that cottage. I'd be very happy living in it. Love the colors..
I remember walking on the beach and looking up at the houses and wondering what it'd be like living there. I can come up with a few thousand....
You wanna flip a coin for who gets the little cottage ; ). One could easily spend the duration of their lives there. A great place to die peacefully in sleep.
This is pretty sweet huh? I like looking at how rich people live and how they decorate their homes. Most look like they are compensating for something lacking in their lives because their houses are just too big and gawdy. This house is exactly where I'd like to live. There are probably some foggy days, but that is great for photography.
BTW. Again I can't see your photos. Darn it!
Edit..I forgot about that cottage. I'd be very happy living in it. Love the colors..
I remember walking on the beach and looking up at the houses and wondering what it'd be like living there. I can come up with a few thousand....
I could have guessed flugelhorn, you seem just the type.
I love yer inter-tidal zone shot, Britain is it?
#7.1.1.1
with me on flugelhorn, Purfleet on drums, with Fred on bass, we could definitely make some noise.
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A saguaro forest on the slopes of Twin Peaks in Marana, AZ.
Close up of saguaro blooms.
"Mickey Mouse" cactus. Actually, prickly pear, but you can see where the nickname came from with the head and ears.
Prickly pear cactus beginning to bloom. This one is about 5 feet tall and 8 feet wide.
Now for a sad photo. This is a tree in the Ironwood National Monument (Federal park) strangled to death by mistletoe, an invasive plant running rampant in Southern Arizona. Birds eat mistletoe berries and poop them out on other trees, where the mistletoe embeds itself in the bark and slowly overwhelms the tree. Hundreds of thousands of trees here in Pima county have mistletoe infestations.
And finally, an oldie but goodie from 1974 when I was in the Army. This bridge over a river in Georgia had seen better days. For some reason, my Captain wouldn't let me cross it.
for piping in from your corner of this fascinating world.
I always thought mistletoe was benign, guess not.
A saguaro forest on the slopes of Twin Peaks in Marana, AZ.
Close up of saguaro blooms.
"Mickey Mouse" cactus. Actually, prickly pear, but you can see where the nickname came from with the head and ears.
Prickly pear cactus beginning to bloom. This one is about 5 feet tall and 8 feet wide.
Now for a sad photo. This is a tree in the Ironwood National Monument (Federal park) strangled to death by mistletoe, an invasive plant running rampant in Southern Arizona. Birds eat mistletoe berries and poop them out on other trees, where the mistletoe embeds itself in the bark and slowly overwhelms the tree. Hundreds of thousands of trees here in Pima county have mistletoe infestations.
And finally, an oldie but goodie from 1974 when I was in the Army. This bridge over a river in Georgia had seen better days. For some reason, my Captain wouldn't let me cross it.
@edg
Is there anything that can or is being done about the mistletoe infestation?
A saguaro forest on the slopes of Twin Peaks in Marana, AZ.
Close up of saguaro blooms.
"Mickey Mouse" cactus. Actually, prickly pear, but you can see where the nickname came from with the head and ears.
Prickly pear cactus beginning to bloom. This one is about 5 feet tall and 8 feet wide.
Now for a sad photo. This is a tree in the Ironwood National Monument (Federal park) strangled to death by mistletoe, an invasive plant running rampant in Southern Arizona. Birds eat mistletoe berries and poop them out on other trees, where the mistletoe embeds itself in the bark and slowly overwhelms the tree. Hundreds of thousands of trees here in Pima county have mistletoe infestations.
And finally, an oldie but goodie from 1974 when I was in the Army. This bridge over a river in Georgia had seen better days. For some reason, my Captain wouldn't let me cross it.
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The prevailing thought is that it doesn't kill trees, which is nonsense as my picture shows, and that it's a natural part of the desert. I see hundreds of dead trees just driving around locally and many others with serious infestations. I hope prevailing thought changes before it's too late.
[Tidbit: I learned today that both holiday mistletoe (the kind you kiss under) and desert mistletoe like in the photo belong to the same genus Phoradendron which means ‘thief of a tree’. Both are parasites that can harm their host tree.]
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Is there anything that can or is being done about the mistletoe infestation?
The prevailing thought is that it doesn't kill trees, which is nonsense as my picture shows, and that it's a natural part of the desert. I see hundreds of dead trees just driving around locally and many others with serious infestations. I hope prevailing thought changes before it's too late.
[Tidbit: I learned today that both holiday mistletoe (the kind you kiss under) and desert mistletoe like in the photo belong to the same genus Phoradendron which means ‘thief of a tree’. Both are parasites that can harm their host tree.]
Prickly pears (mostly Opuntia stricta) were originally imported into Europe during the 1500s[1] and Australia in the 18th century for gardens, and were later used as a natural agricultural fencing[7] and in an attempt to establish a cochineal dye industry. They quickly became a widespread invasive weed, eventually converting 101,000 sq mi (260,000 km²) of farming land into an impenetrable green jungle of prickly pear, in places 20 ft (6.1 m) high. Scores of farmers were driven off their land by what they called the "green hell"; their abandoned homes were crushed under the cactus growth, which advanced at a rate of 1,000,000 acres (4,046.9 km²; 1,562.5 sq mi) per year.[7] In 1919, the Australian federal government established the Commonwealth Prickly Pear Board to coordinate efforts with state governments to eradicate the weed.
A saguaro forest on the slopes of Twin Peaks in Marana, AZ.
Close up of saguaro blooms.
"Mickey Mouse" cactus. Actually, prickly pear, but you can see where the nickname came from with the head and ears.
Prickly pear cactus beginning to bloom. This one is about 5 feet tall and 8 feet wide.
Now for a sad photo. This is a tree in the Ironwood National Monument (Federal park) strangled to death by mistletoe, an invasive plant running rampant in Southern Arizona. Birds eat mistletoe berries and poop them out on other trees, where the mistletoe embeds itself in the bark and slowly overwhelms the tree. Hundreds of thousands of trees here in Pima county have mistletoe infestations.
And finally, an oldie but goodie from 1974 when I was in the Army. This bridge over a river in Georgia had seen better days. For some reason, my Captain wouldn't let me cross it.
What a bright idea! Take a desert plant that is very successful on just 10 inches of rain a year and move it to Hawaii where it can get 300 inches of rain. Woo-hoo!
Opuntia ficus-indica was probably introduced into Hawaii from Mexico by Don Francisco de Paulo Marin in about 1809. Originally intended to serve as a barrier in cattle pastures (panini means “fence wall” in Hawaiian*), cattle fodder, and a human food source.
Prickly pears (mostly Opuntia stricta) were originally imported into Europe during the 1500s[1] and Australia in the 18th century for gardens, and were later used as a natural agricultural fencing[7] and in an attempt to establish a cochineal dye industry. They quickly became a widespread invasive weed, eventually converting 101,000 sq mi (260,000 km²) of farming land into an impenetrable green jungle of prickly pear, in places 20 ft (6.1 m) high. Scores of farmers were driven off their land by what they called the "green hell"; their abandoned homes were crushed under the cactus growth, which advanced at a rate of 1,000,000 acres (4,046.9 km²; 1,562.5 sq mi) per year.[7] In 1919, the Australian federal government established the Commonwealth Prickly Pear Board to coordinate efforts with state governments to eradicate the weed.
Prickly pears (mostly Opuntia stricta) were originally imported into Europe during the 1500s[1] and Australia in the 18th century for gardens, and were later used as a natural agricultural fencing[7] and in an attempt to establish a cochineal dye industry. They quickly became a widespread invasive weed, eventually converting 101,000 sq mi (260,000 km²) of farming land into an impenetrable green jungle of prickly pear, in places 20 ft (6.1 m) high. Scores of farmers were driven off their land by what they called the "green hell"; their abandoned homes were crushed under the cactus growth, which advanced at a rate of 1,000,000 acres (4,046.9 km²; 1,562.5 sq mi) per year.[7] In 1919, the Australian federal government established the Commonwealth Prickly Pear Board to coordinate efforts with state governments to eradicate the weed.
Thanks everyone all over the site for all the great stuff posted, comments, open threads, it is all great!
Eastern Kingbird
Carolina Wren, moments after it left the nest, still downy in parts.
Mourning Warbler, female just after bathing
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I'll go for kelp soup. It's something that Izzy could have agreed with. He passed in his sleep last night at a very ripe age of 15+.
Thanks for hosting.
Regardless of the path in life I chose, I realize it's always forward, never straight.
I'm sorry Pricknick and Izzy
Sounds like it was peaceful though. I had a grandpa named Izzy who died peacefully doing what he loved most, watching baseball.
There's a little blue box with a ? in it, where I assume a picture should be. Are others seeing the photo?
Maybe an oops?
Somebody else please let me know if they're having problems with the photo.
Regardless of the path in life I chose, I realize it's always forward, never straight.
Sorry about Izzy
I also don't see the shot.
Gëzuar!!
from a reasonably stable genius.
I'm very sorry to hear about Izzy
But I'm happy to hear that he passed peacefully in his sleep. I've prayed for that so many times...
Take care.
I'm so sorry. Condolences.
Sorry for your
loss.
dfarrah
Thanks for Friday Night Photos tonight, BR.
Nice B&W.
No asparagus here, but I do have a nice big artichoke to go with dinner tonight.
Some bird shots from the last few weeks.
Least Bell's Vireo
Cedar Waxwing
Spotted Towhee
Hooded Oriole
I'm great at multi-tasking. I can waste time, be unproductive, and procrastinate all at the same time.
They're all stunning Social.
I especially enjoyed the Vireo and Oriole. Thank you.
Thank you, Janis
I rarely see these birds. These are the first photos I've been able to get of them.
I'm great at multi-tasking. I can waste time, be unproductive, and procrastinate all at the same time.
Then they're extra special, Social.
Nice for you and us.
The first one looks so happy
Birds have built their nests again in my patio awning. I wake up to the sounds of birdsong and little cheeps. I was worried that they got washed out last night during our huge storm. Or fried by the lightening. Crack!
I hope your birds didn't get washed away, Snoopy.
I love to sit out on my patio and listen to the birds singing in the trees.
I'm great at multi-tasking. I can waste time, be unproductive, and procrastinate all at the same time.
I don't know how you birdwatchers do it
I think just about every shot I've tried to take of a bird has ended up as a blur. I just don't have the patience.
Gëzuar!!
from a reasonably stable genius.
Don't feel bad, BR
If I were to put all my blurry bird pics in one folder, it would be a really big folder.
I'm great at multi-tasking. I can waste time, be unproductive, and procrastinate all at the same time.
Well, yeah
but you bird and nature lovers practice with patience. For that we thank you. Your love and interest is always present in your images.
As always, all the photos are beautiful. Caucusers are so
talented in so many ways.
I hope your soup turns out as well as your pics.
I really enjoy good soups and stews, especially if a yummy, crusty bread accompanies them.
Great bird pix S.P.!
Awesome beautiful bird photos SP! That first bird is a Cassin's Kingbird. The white chin, throat, and malar area surrounded by medium dark gray is a great mark for them. I expect this bird was flycatching from the perch? Kingbirds run about 9", so close to Robin sized. A Bell's vireo is 5", so warbler or small sparrow sized. And they generally stay in the thickest parts of trees and shrubs, in riparian corridors in the southwest U.S. The bird in the photo probably had fairly saturated yellow underparts?
Great pix, get the shot. You can worry about what it is later. And with a photo it will almost always be ID'able.
We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.
Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.
both - Albert Einstein
Thanks for the correct ID on
the Cassin's Kingbird, dystopian. I don't remember seeing any yellow on it's underside. I was only able to get the one shot posted here before it flew away.
I'm great at multi-tasking. I can waste time, be unproductive, and procrastinate all at the same time.
Evening everyone, from coast to coast.
Nice Bollox, the single sailboat in relation to the sail-like carvings of the mighty cliff.
Tulip and Rain ...
If anyone ever has the desire to host a Friday POT, go for it. It’s always warm and welcome here.
Love the shot of the tulip, Janis.
The lighting is excellent.
I'm great at multi-tasking. I can waste time, be unproductive, and procrastinate all at the same time.
Nothing like light in the raw
The quality of the petals themselves are like translucent silk.
or
soft satin.
Rainfall I recognize
We had a tremendous thunderstorm just the other night. Rain came down in sheets.
Fortunately, we were all tucked up.
Gëzuar!!
from a reasonably stable genius.
It was a short burst,
one of many over this past week of constantly changing weather.
Love yer pix Janis!
great photos Janis! Both are beautiful!
We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.
Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.
both - Albert Einstein
Thank you dystopian!
I so much enjoy your delight and appreciation.
Beach time
These mailboxes are on the way to Muir beach.
The first one here has the beach itself painted on it. It looks just like that. Hope it's not too blurry
Those lucky people
who live down that road. Any beach-scapes in your future this summer?
Depends...
Lots happening here and everything is up in the air so I'm not sure what the summer will bring. If I had the money I'd buy this house. OMG. It's right up from Muir beach. Check out both the house and beach photos.
Wow!
You wanna flip a coin for who gets the little cottage ; ). One could easily spend the duration of their lives there. A great place to die peacefully in sleep.
I have some of that Aloe flowering now too.
Let's be home mates
This is pretty sweet huh? I like looking at how rich people live and how they decorate their homes. Most look like they are compensating for something lacking in their lives because their houses are just too big and gawdy. This house is exactly where I'd like to live. There are probably some foggy days, but that is great for photography.
BTW. Again I can't see your photos. Darn it!
Edit..I forgot about that cottage. I'd be very happy living in it. Love the colors..
I remember walking on the beach and looking up at the houses and wondering what it'd be like living there. I can come up with a few thousand....
I can add another few
if I sell my house here. Preferably, swapping for a time would suit me! I should send them an email asking whether they'd be interested ; ).
Can you contact JtC to see if he has any understanding about why you can't see my photos. Maybe you have to 'friend' me ; ).
Evening Bollox
Thanks for Friday POT
Not much new this week. Off to the races. Happy Friday everbody...
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Nice photo magiamma
Enjoy the weekend.
Just in case.
Regardless of the path in life I chose, I realize it's always forward, never straight.
That's Izzy
He looks like he's lived forever. I'm sure you'll miss him.
and
like he's seeing the light ; ).
Whoa! — ! … Like something straight out of Harry Potter world …
One of the lesson subjects in Hagrid’s “Care of Magical Creatures” class . . .
'Middleton Destruction'
Punk band album cover........
Gëzuar!!
from a reasonably stable genius.
It definitely would be
a great punk band album cover. I love the mundane mysteriousness of it. Thanks Bollox.
mundane mysteriousness
I like it. Another punk band in the making. All we need is an album cover.
...and some music
Gëzuar!!
from a reasonably stable genius.
We already have the album cover,
but I have no musical talent to contribute ; (
Well, if I lend you a tenor sax,
with me on flugelhorn, Purfleet on drums, with Fred on bass, we could definitely make some noise.
Gëzuar!!
from a reasonably stable genius.
You picked
the right instrument for me at least ; ).
One of my favourites,
as you may already have heard from me ...
[video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wirn-iQel3w]
This is what I was thinking..
[video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfQJPRMeye8]
Gëzuar!!
from a reasonably stable genius.
Nice noise Bollox
I'll practice and meet you in the studio. Don't forget the album cover.
Shakey Jake,
I'm in!
I knew it...
B.R. chiseled:
I could have guessed flugelhorn, you seem just the type.
I love yer inter-tidal zone shot, Britain is it?
We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.
Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.
both - Albert Einstein
Fossil coast....
Gëzuar!!
from a reasonably stable genius.
heh...
yeah, but do you have attitude?
I'm not sure
if it's enough ; ).
Hi joe, have a good weekend.
heh...
get yourself some shades, a leather jacket and some safety pins and work on it a bit, i'm sure you'll do fine.
have a great weekend!
I have all those ingredients,
just don't know what to do with the safety pins!
; )))
More Arizona
A saguaro forest on the slopes of Twin Peaks in Marana, AZ.
Close up of saguaro blooms.
"Mickey Mouse" cactus. Actually, prickly pear, but you can see where the nickname came from with the head and ears.
Prickly pear cactus beginning to bloom. This one is about 5 feet tall and 8 feet wide.
Now for a sad photo. This is a tree in the Ironwood National Monument (Federal park) strangled to death by mistletoe, an invasive plant running rampant in Southern Arizona. Birds eat mistletoe berries and poop them out on other trees, where the mistletoe embeds itself in the bark and slowly overwhelms the tree. Hundreds of thousands of trees here in Pima county have mistletoe infestations.
And finally, an oldie but goodie from 1974 when I was in the Army. This bridge over a river in Georgia had seen better days. For some reason, my Captain wouldn't let me cross it.
Thanks edg,
for piping in from your corner of this fascinating world.
I always thought mistletoe was benign, guess not.
Nice cactus shots, edg.
Is there anything that can or is being done about the mistletoe infestation?
I'm great at multi-tasking. I can waste time, be unproductive, and procrastinate all at the same time.
Not enough in my opinion.
The prevailing thought is that it doesn't kill trees, which is nonsense as my picture shows, and that it's a natural part of the desert. I see hundreds of dead trees just driving around locally and many others with serious infestations. I hope prevailing thought changes before it's too late.
[Tidbit: I learned today that both holiday mistletoe (the kind you kiss under) and desert mistletoe like in the photo belong to the same genus Phoradendron which means ‘thief of a tree’. Both are parasites that can harm their host tree.]
Interesting, edg
Now I have to look and see what I discover about how mistletoe came to symbolise something so different than 'thief of a tree'.
Prickly pear / Opuntia / “panini” = seen as invasive in Hawaii.
Treated as a plague in Australia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opuntia
Humans. Meh.
What a bright idea! Take a desert plant that is very successful on just 10 inches of rain a year and move it to Hawaii where it can get 300 inches of rain. Woo-hoo!
The colonisation
of nature and culture.
my weekly thanks
Thanks everyone all over the site for all the great stuff posted, comments, open threads, it is all great!
Eastern Kingbird
Carolina Wren, moments after it left the nest, still downy in parts.
Mourning Warbler, female just after bathing
We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.
Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.
both - Albert Einstein
And so you caught it on something electrical
I always enjoy what I learn from your photos and knowledge.
Nice bird series, dystopian.
I'm great at multi-tasking. I can waste time, be unproductive, and procrastinate all at the same time.