Friday Night Photos Flora Edition

Submitted by Socialprogressive on Fri, 06/23/2023 - 5:00pm

Happy Friday everyone. I hope everybody is doing well. Post any photos, memes, or music you like.

Now that summer is here we are finally getting our spring weather with overcast skies in the early morning and sunshine by late morning through the rest of the day and temps in the mid 70s, which is about 10° below normal for this time of year. It's been very pleasant.

A mix of some of the local plant life around where I live

Have a good weekend everyone.

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Submitted by QMS on Fri, 06/23/2023 - 6:23pm

love the lede

mushrooms!

eat them whenever I can

have some pollen and ferns for trade ..

a lake in Maine at the shoreline of our cabin
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and of course, the yacht at the dock (yatdoc)

thanks for posting and hosting!

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Submitted by Socialprogressive on Fri, 06/23/2023 - 7:05pm

Hi, QMS.

@QMS
I never could acquire a taste for mushrooms. To me they all taste like dirt.
Hope you've had lots of sailing time in the yacht while at the lake.

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Submitted by QMS on Fri, 06/23/2023 - 7:26pm

only one day with wind

@Socialprogressive

for a week which is unusual
but got her out there
used it more as a picnic boat
motor out to the middle of the lake
food, drinks and lot's of eagle activity
to watch and listen to silence

kinda does taste like dirt

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Submitted by Socialprogressive on Fri, 06/23/2023 - 7:46pm

Sounds like a great way to spend an afternoon

@QMS

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Submitted by humphrey on Fri, 06/23/2023 - 7:27pm

That yacht looks similar to the one that the Ukrainians used to

@QMS

blow up Nord Stream. /S

Submitted by Socialprogressive on Fri, 06/23/2023 - 7:48pm

Good one, humphrey

@humphrey
I got a big smile from that one.

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Submitted by janis b on Sat, 06/24/2023 - 2:00am

Hi Q

@QMS

Thanks for the ferns and pollen. What a great combination.

And here I aways thought that yatdoc meant you were the GP of yachts ; )

Submitted by dystopian on Fri, 06/23/2023 - 9:33pm

Hi pixelators

Hi all, Hey SP! Hope all are well!

Great flower and fungus photos, as always. Love the shroom shot. The ones that won't kill you are great for you. It's the tellin' them apart to be sure part that is hard. Plus the fact that at least one type in Mexico was found to have changed chemically and went from edible to toxic, killing a family.

Fairly sure though since not a plant we can't call them flora. Animals are fauna, plants are flora. Fungus (mushrooms) (and lichen) are neither. Not positive but methinks flora is for botanical, only, and shrooms are not.

Not sure if there is a good categorical name for the non flora and fauna living things.

Not trying to nitpick, just don't want people to get the wrong idea that mushrooms are flora (plants).

I think the thistles are Musk Thistle, the Euro non-native invasive. Third one up from bottom looks like Castor Bean, also non-native invasive, and the source of Castor Oil, and ricin. Four beans can kill. Nice bee coming into the succulent.

GREAT photos as always.

Will go see my friend the uploader shortly...

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Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.
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Submitted by Socialprogressive on Fri, 06/23/2023 - 10:56pm

Hi, dystopian

@dystopian
I knew mushrooms were fungus, I just didn't know whether fungus was considered a plant or not. Now I know.

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Submitted by orlbucfan on Sat, 06/24/2023 - 10:46am

No, they’re fungi. To cook the edible ones, you really

@Socialprogressive need to add other foods and spices. Tomatoes and cheese work beautifully. Already loving the pics and comments.

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Submitted by dystopian on Fri, 06/23/2023 - 9:46pm

Art in nature

I look for the art in nature, and so see it all the time. Perception is everything. You find what you are looking for in life.

art

nature

a bonus flora - a flower which is art

The last one is Dayflower, aka Widow's Tears. Is said if picked and squeeze the stem a drop comes out.

Be well all!

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Submitted by Socialprogressive on Fri, 06/23/2023 - 10:59pm

Good to see the uploader

@dystopian
is working for you tonight. Nice shots of art in nature. That's a cool looking lizard by the way.

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Submitted by janis b on Sat, 06/24/2023 - 2:09am

Up close dystopian,

@dystopian

the skin of the reptile looks like a woven rug. I'll bet you didn't want to disturb the dayflower to find out if it dropped a tear. Are they called a dayflower because they only open during daylight or last for just a day?

Submitted by Sima on Fri, 06/23/2023 - 9:59pm

Just took these a few days ago...

I love this thread, and all the wonderful pictures shared here every week. I would like to share some of mine even though I do not have a very good camera, right now, it's my phone. So pardon for the fuzziness of some of the pics...
This is a very old chicken named 'Purry'. She is called that because she makes a sound like purring when we pet her as she's on the hay rick. She spends every night there. None of the other chickens do.

And here's a fledgling barn swallow, giving me a LOOK, but not scared at all! I love these birds, and give them all the freedom I can for them to nest in the farm buildings, etc. They are so good at helping with bugs!

And, a nest in one of the barns. These guys are about ready to fledge too, I think.

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Submitted by dystopian on Fri, 06/23/2023 - 10:17pm

neat pics Sima

@Sima Love your pictures Sima! The Barn Swallows are great. Yeah they are some serious bug eaters. A single bird will take hundreds of bugs in a day. In Europe considered a sign of good luck for them to nest at your place. Like the storks.

That is a wild lookin' chicken. What breed? Looks big.

Thanks for sharin'!

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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

Submitted by Socialprogressive on Fri, 06/23/2023 - 11:11pm

Hi, Sima

@Sima
A chicken that purrs. I'm guessing you don't get to many of those. There's a lot of tree swallows where I live. I'm still trying to get a decent shot of one. I haven't had any luck yet. Nice shots from your farm.

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Submitted by janis b on Sat, 06/24/2023 - 2:12am

Thanks Sima

@Sima

That old chicken, Purry, sure has lush, vibrant feathers.

Submitted by janis b on Sat, 06/24/2023 - 1:17am

Hi Social

Thanks for the groovin’ bloomin’

Flora and flashlight from last year’s tulip

Have a good weekend all

Submitted by Socialprogressive on Sat, 06/24/2023 - 9:43am

Hi, Janis

@janis b
Very interesting shot. Nice use of light and shadows. Thanks for the Mark Twain quote.

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Submitted by janis b on Sat, 06/24/2023 - 2:50am

Just thought I would add this quote from Mark Twain

which was on the opening page of a book of photographic images I looked at today.

You Can’t Depend On Your Eyes When Your Imagination Is Out of Focus

Submitted by orlbucfan on Sat, 06/24/2023 - 11:02am

I did my MA thesis on psycho-linguistical analysis. The book

@janis b and author were “Number 44: The Mysterious Stranger” by Mark Twain. He died before he could finish the book though he left notes completing the story. He’s always been considered a giant in American Literature. He’s reached the iconic level now. Also highly revered in progressive political circles. Not bad for a Missouri kid born in ordinary circumstances, and brought up near his beloved Mississippi River. Rec’d!!

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Submitted by janis b on Sun, 06/25/2023 - 11:45pm

Hi obf, and thanks

@orlbucfan

Did you practice psycho-linguistics as a therapy? I can imagine it being a very interesting area of study.

The Mysterious Stranger is available online through Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/3186/3186-h/3186-h.htm#link2HCH0001

Submitted by orlbucfan on Mon, 06/26/2023 - 6:31am

I actually got interested in the psychological

@janis b relationship to language when I was getting my BA, jb. I was aware that writing has always been a powerful therapy in psychology. What I did at the MA level was prove that Twain's story was a psychological-linguistical portrait of what his final years were like mentally. It is a fascinating field to say the least. Thanks for asking.