Happy Friday everyone. I hope everybody is doing well. Post any photos, memes, or music you like.
They say every picture tells a story. If it evokes an emotion be it joy, sorrow, curiosity, wonder, laughter, anger or any other emotion then it's a story well told.
I can especially relate to the rusted-out wheelbarrow. Kinda how the shell is
feeling as of late.
This is from the recent "full-super-blue" moon framed by Ng Han Guan
with the equestrian statue of Damdin Sükhbaatar seeming to support the
lunar orb. Taken in Sükhbaatar Square in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
Which coaxes this sound along it's seams, by Reaching Calm.
@QMS
Nice shot of the Blue Moon from Damdin Sükhbaatar. My attempt was a failure.
Like the music selection. The sound of the rain is very soothing.
I can especially relate to the rusted-out wheelbarrow. Kinda how the shell is
feeling as of late.
This is from the recent "full-super-blue" moon framed by Ng Han Guan
with the equestrian statue of Damdin Sükhbaatar seeming to support the
lunar orb. Taken in Sükhbaatar Square in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
Which coaxes this sound along it's seams, by Reaching Calm.
must be a story in here somewhere.
thanks for sharing social!
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I woke up this morning determined to drink less, eat right, and exercise.
But that was four hours ago when I was younger and full of hope.
in Mongolia while befriending the Communist Russians in their struggles with the Chinese
for the autonomy of Mongolia. Per wiki ..
Damdin Sükhbaatar (2 February 1893 – 20 February 1923) was a Mongolian communist revolutionary, founding member of the Mongolian People's Party, and leader of the Mongolian partisan army that took Khüree during the Outer Mongolian Revolution of 1921. For his part in the Outer Mongolian revolution of 1921, he was enshrined as the "Father of Mongolia's Revolution".
I can especially relate to the rusted-out wheelbarrow. Kinda how the shell is
feeling as of late.
This is from the recent "full-super-blue" moon framed by Ng Han Guan
with the equestrian statue of Damdin Sükhbaatar seeming to support the
lunar orb. Taken in Sükhbaatar Square in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
Which coaxes this sound along it's seams, by Reaching Calm.
LOML and I had wanted to travel to the coast to see the moon, remembering a time a decade or two ago when we sat on the north jetty at Ocean Shores WA, watching the sun setting to the west as the moon rose in the east. This time it wasn't to be. The smoke had shifted to west of the Cascades and rain was forecast.
So we looked to the east, Pendleton OR. We watched the moon rising over the Blue Mountains. There was smoke but it was in the upper atmosphere.
We also found a couple of excellent restaurants, neither a chain. A mere 100 miles or so and well worth the trip.
@exindy
Very nice shot of the blue moon. Your change of venue payed off.
It didn't turn to gold, it started out that way.
LOML and I had wanted to travel to the coast to see the moon, remembering a time a decade or two ago when we sat on the north jetty at Ocean Shores WA, watching the sun setting to the west as the moon rose in the east. This time it wasn't to be. The smoke had shifted to west of the Cascades and rain was forecast.
So we looked to the east, Pendleton OR. We watched the moon rising over the Blue Mountains. There was smoke but it was in the upper atmosphere.
We also found a couple of excellent restaurants, neither a chain. A mere 100 miles or so and well worth the trip.
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I woke up this morning determined to drink less, eat right, and exercise.
But that was four hours ago when I was younger and full of hope.
Those are some special places to be, where you can watch the full moon rise as the sun sets.
It didn't turn to gold, it started out that way.
LOML and I had wanted to travel to the coast to see the moon, remembering a time a decade or two ago when we sat on the north jetty at Ocean Shores WA, watching the sun setting to the west as the moon rose in the east. This time it wasn't to be. The smoke had shifted to west of the Cascades and rain was forecast.
So we looked to the east, Pendleton OR. We watched the moon rising over the Blue Mountains. There was smoke but it was in the upper atmosphere.
We also found a couple of excellent restaurants, neither a chain. A mere 100 miles or so and well worth the trip.
The Green Lacewing looks like it was hung up in a web? They are cool. Off top of mind, which has been blown a large number of times, Neuroptera is the order, Chrysoptera is the family for Green Lacewings. There are about 80 species of them and they are considered nearly impossible to tell apart. Dissection and such... I just don't care when that is what it takes to make an ID. Family ID is good enough for me. Once in Yosemite with the Mrs. before she had that moniker, one landed on her. She asked if they bite. I said no. It promptly sunk its jaws into her. This did not help the trust factor whatsoever. Here I was hoping she'd appreciate what a wonder natureboy I was and this happened! The larvae have been called aphid lions, for how they go after them. I had prior had hundreds on me and never got bit.
edit: Chrysopidae is the family. Insect order suffix is -ptera, familiy is -idae.
Bee-eaters are an awesome group of old world birds. They are all fancy looking. And deft with that bill. Too bad we don't have them here. We have hummingbirds though...
I saw the last Rod Stewart and the Faces tour in '75, which was the only Faces tour with TWO guitar players. Jesse Ed Davis was the other, who had done the guitar on Rod's Atlantic Crossing album. It was mind-blowing. Every Picture was out of this world. But the best was That's all you need. Everyone walked off stage for 10 minutes and Ron Wood gave a Ph.D. dissertation on how to play slide guitar. I was sitting next to the best guitarist I ever knew and played with. We were speechless.
Thanks for the great shots! I'll dig something up shortly...
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@dystopian
You are correct, the Lacewing is caught up in a web. I don't see them very often and when I do more often than not they're caught up in a web. What I have been seeing a lot of recently are Monarch Butterfly's which is very encouraging. Nice RS selection. He may be getting old but he's still out there performing as are so many other British rockers. The Stones, Eric Clapton, Roger Waters, Paul McCartney, David Gilmore, Mick Fleetwood all still making music.
Hi all, Hey SP! Hope it's all good out there!
GREAT photos as always SP! Wonderful work man.
The Green Lacewing looks like it was hung up in a web? They are cool. Off top of mind, which has been blown a large number of times, Neuroptera is the order, Chrysoptera is the family for Green Lacewings. There are about 80 species of them and they are considered nearly impossible to tell apart. Dissection and such... I just don't care when that is what it takes to make an ID. Family ID is good enough for me. Once in Yosemite with the Mrs. before she had that moniker, one landed on her. She asked if they bite. I said no. It promptly sunk its jaws into her. This did not help the trust factor whatsoever. Here I was hoping she'd appreciate what a wonder natureboy I was and this happened! The larvae have been called aphid lions, for how they go after them. I had prior had hundreds on me and never got bit.
edit: Chrysopidae is the family. Insect order suffix is -ptera, familiy is -idae.
Bee-eaters are an awesome group of old world birds. They are all fancy looking. And deft with that bill. Too bad we don't have them here. We have hummingbirds though...
I saw the last Rod Stewart and the Faces tour in '75, which was the only Faces tour with TWO guitar players. Jesse Ed Davis was the other, who had done the guitar on Rod's Atlantic Crossing album. It was mind-blowing. Every Picture was out of this world. But the best was That's all you need. Everyone walked off stage for 10 minutes and Ron Wood gave a Ph.D. dissertation on how to play slide guitar. I was sitting next to the best guitarist I ever knew and played with. We were speechless.
Thanks for the great shots! I'll dig something up shortly...
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I woke up this morning determined to drink less, eat right, and exercise.
But that was four hours ago when I was younger and full of hope.
Check your night lights outside for them. They usually come in to a porch light well. Not a great situation for photography though. Generally flash on a wall...
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You are correct, the Lacewing is caught up in a web. I don't see them very often and when I do more often than not they're caught up in a web. What I have been seeing a lot of recently are Monarch Butterfly's which is very encouraging. Nice RS selection. He may be getting old but he's still out there performing as are so many other British rockers. The Stones, Eric Clapton, Roger Waters, Paul McCartney, David Gilmore, Mick Fleetwood all still making music.
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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
I’m sure a little bite didn’t change her affection towards you as a wonder nature boy. You are also a wonderful storyteller.
Hi all, Hey SP! Hope it's all good out there!
GREAT photos as always SP! Wonderful work man.
The Green Lacewing looks like it was hung up in a web? They are cool. Off top of mind, which has been blown a large number of times, Neuroptera is the order, Chrysoptera is the family for Green Lacewings. There are about 80 species of them and they are considered nearly impossible to tell apart. Dissection and such... I just don't care when that is what it takes to make an ID. Family ID is good enough for me. Once in Yosemite with the Mrs. before she had that moniker, one landed on her. She asked if they bite. I said no. It promptly sunk its jaws into her. This did not help the trust factor whatsoever. Here I was hoping she'd appreciate what a wonder natureboy I was and this happened! The larvae have been called aphid lions, for how they go after them. I had prior had hundreds on me and never got bit.
edit: Chrysopidae is the family. Insect order suffix is -ptera, familiy is -idae.
Bee-eaters are an awesome group of old world birds. They are all fancy looking. And deft with that bill. Too bad we don't have them here. We have hummingbirds though...
I saw the last Rod Stewart and the Faces tour in '75, which was the only Faces tour with TWO guitar players. Jesse Ed Davis was the other, who had done the guitar on Rod's Atlantic Crossing album. It was mind-blowing. Every Picture was out of this world. But the best was That's all you need. Everyone walked off stage for 10 minutes and Ron Wood gave a Ph.D. dissertation on how to play slide guitar. I was sitting next to the best guitarist I ever knew and played with. We were speechless.
Thanks for the great shots! I'll dig something up shortly...
@snoopydawg
You're right, it is heartbreaking seeing all the homeless, specially the elderly. Even more heartbreaking is knowing that it's only going to get worse before it gets better.
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Just sad to see homeless people, but especially the elderly.
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I woke up this morning determined to drink less, eat right, and exercise.
But that was four hours ago when I was younger and full of hope.
Here's something... photos of slides, so degenerate as the photog...
Big Bend sunrise - Texas, Feb. 1989
Sunrise at Sea - this was off west coast where much harder to see a sunrise without land in sight. When this happens, you know you are in for a great day! Probably late 90's, 30 miles west of Pt. Conception and steaming west over 2 mile deep water looking for albatross and such.
Sunset in the San Gabes. That would be San Gabriel Mountains, LA County, this in June 1995. On Angeles Crest Hwy. (2), which, go drive if you are ever there. An hour and change from LA fir forest with Big Cone Spruce, Incense Cedar and such. The poor man's Sierras. When you don't have 6 hours to drive.
Hope all are well! Take care and have good ones! It remains the best revenge.
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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
@dystopian
I saw a lot of beautiful sunrise and sunsets at sea while I was in the navy. The most colorful ones were in the Indian Ocean.
Hi all,
Here's something... photos of slides, so degenerate as the photog...
Big Bend sunrise - Texas, Feb. 1989
Sunrise at Sea - this was off west coast where much harder to see a sunrise without land in sight. When this happens, you know you are in for a great day! Probably late 90's, 30 miles west of Pt. Conception and steaming west over 2 mile deep water looking for albatross and such.
Sunset in the San Gabes. That would be San Gabriel Mountains, LA County, this in June 1995. On Angeles Crest Hwy. (2), which, go drive if you are ever there. An hour and change from LA fir forest with Big Cone Spruce, Incense Cedar and such. The poor man's Sierras. When you don't have 6 hours to drive.
Hope all are well! Take care and have good ones! It remains the best revenge.
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I woke up this morning determined to drink less, eat right, and exercise.
But that was four hours ago when I was younger and full of hope.
on Indian Ocean? I was just looking at photos around some islands there. The ocean looks like a gentler and even more colourful version of the Carribbean.
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I saw a lot of beautiful sunrise and sunsets at sea while I was in the navy. The most colorful ones were in the Indian Ocean.
on Indian Ocean? I was just looking at photos around some islands there. The ocean looks like a gentler and even more colourful version of the Carribbean.
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I woke up this morning determined to drink less, eat right, and exercise.
But that was four hours ago when I was younger and full of hope.
Beautiful photos as always. Love the geology shot! Do you get to pick wild cherries? We have one type found here, Escarpment Cherry. They are on the tart and less sweet side, but very strongly flavored. Due to drought they have not been having good fruit years, as in none most of the last 10 years at least. Maybe a couple years of 10 they produce well. At which time wife and I hit them like, well, hungry birds. Actually they are a great tree to watch for birds when they are fruiting. Everything around will be hitting it.
It's cherry blossom time here, on land and on coast …
Enjoy the weekend all and be well.
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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
Auckland doesn’t have the right climate for cherries, but there are areas south of here that do. They are sold here in season, sometimes even on the side of the road. They are a treat, and my favourite jam is made from black cherries. Do you think birds recognise them as a delicacy?
I googled what fruit trees grow in your environment. The same grow in areas of NZ, even pecans. I was surprised to learn that pecans grow in NZ and have for 100 years. In my imagination I associated them only with america. I also had no idea that jujube was a fruit, not a candy until now ; ).
Thanks as always for your knowledge and stimulation to explore. I will look for the wrybill when they return in December.
Beautiful photos as always. Love the geology shot! Do you get to pick wild cherries? We have one type found here, Escarpment Cherry. They are on the tart and less sweet side, but very strongly flavored. Due to drought they have not been having good fruit years, as in none most of the last 10 years at least. Maybe a couple years of 10 they produce well. At which time wife and I hit them like, well, hungry birds. Actually they are a great tree to watch for birds when they are fruiting. Everything around will be hitting it.
Birds see in the ultraviolet range unlike humans. What this means in berry terms is that they are able to tell exactly which berry is ripest. Whereas we would see a bunch of red or purple fruit, they see them broken down by UV wavelength, and it is no surprise which ones they eat first. Ripest generally means most sugars developed. Birds are a problem in cherry orchards. When our native wild cherries have a good crop, you can get the jelly amongst those the locals sell, it is awesome. Smuckers cherry is very good cherry.
I thought jujubees came in a little box? It really is a something? ROFL!
Kiwiland sure seems full of non-native introduced species, like most English colonies. Pecans too eh?
Auckland doesn’t have the right climate for cherries, but there are areas south of here that do. They are sold here in season, sometimes even on the side of the road. They are a treat, and my favourite jam is made from black cherries. Do you think birds recognise them as a delicacy?
I googled what fruit trees grow in your environment. The same grow in areas of NZ, even pecans. I was surprised to learn that pecans grow in NZ and have for 100 years. In my imagination I associated them only with america. I also had no idea that jujube was a fruit, not a candy until now ; ).
Thanks as always for your knowledge and stimulation to explore. I will look for the wrybill when they return in December.
Cheers!
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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
I can understand the desire of immigrants to want the comfort of familiarity in their adopted home, which was shockingly different and uncomfortable. Unfortunately they didn’t have the foresight to realise the potential harm to the native population of birds and plants by what they imported. Even worse was their governments lack of regard for the native human population.
I also miss some of the birds from 'the old country’, but thankfully you and others fill in the blanks. If I knew they would cohabitate well, and not become a pest I wouldn’t mind seeing a flicker or two ; ). I suppose most, if not all imports are invasive and cause extinction of native species, which is likely never a good thing.
Kiwiland also has plenty of imported botanicals from Polynesia. Climate changes in Auckland are becoming more tropical in nature. With your deep understanding of nature dystopian, can you imagine a successful adaptation ultimately of both plants and animals, including us, wherever we reside? I know that’s a complex and also vague question, just wondering where your thoughts are so far.
Birds see in the ultraviolet range unlike humans. What this means in berry terms is that they are able to tell exactly which berry is ripest. Whereas we would see a bunch of red or purple fruit, they see them broken down by UV wavelength, and it is no surprise which ones they eat first. Ripest generally means most sugars developed. Birds are a problem in cherry orchards. When our native wild cherries have a good crop, you can get the jelly amongst those the locals sell, it is awesome. Smuckers cherry is very good cherry.
I thought jujubees came in a little box? It really is a something? ROFL!
Kiwiland sure seems full of non-native introduced species, like most English colonies. Pecans too eh?
@janis b
the head of a great Bison. Another look and it looked like a Rhinoserous (sp?) It's the eye looking bit and the sense of a large head. Straight on it looks like rock, but that first glance....thank you so much for your wonderful shots. The jungle forest with a bit of light are so different from what we have up here on the 45th latitude North. So lush and heavenly.
It's cherry blossom time here, on land and on coast …
Enjoy the weekend all and be well.
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What I saw was also very animal like. Isn't the camera a wonderful tool for interpreting ones experience and vision.
All the best to you
#7 the head of a great Bison. Another look and it looked like a Rhinoserous (sp?) It's the eye looking bit and the sense of a large head. Straight on it looks like rock, but that first glance....thank you so much for your wonderful shots. The jungle forest with a bit of light are so different from what we have up here on the 45th latitude North. So lush and heavenly.
The storm season is here, alive and well with a vengeance. My casa only received a light tropical stormish rain and wind Tuesday night and Wednesday. Idalia saved her punch for the Big Bend area of the state. It's the curve you see on the west side where the Panhandle connects to the Peninsula. It's lightly populated and old Florida: one of my favorite areas. So, the state dodged a major bullet for now.
In other news, the passing of Jimmy Buffett is being remembered here by his adopted state. Great artist and water freak to the max. "A Pirate Looks at 40" tells it like it is. RIP, sailor man. Rec'd!! for the photos and tunes, you all.
Remember the NW curve of the FL peninsula had several Greek sponge shops, which
seemed unique to me.
Jimmy Buffet was here a couple months back to play for a buddy's birthday bash.
Yeah, he looked older (as do we all) but was still his fun loving persona.
cheers
The storm season is here, alive and well with a vengeance. My casa only received a light tropical stormish rain and wind Tuesday night and Wednesday. Idalia saved her punch for the Big Bend area of the state. It's the curve you see on the west side where the Panhandle connects to the Peninsula. It's lightly populated and old Florida: one of my favorite areas. So, the state dodged a major bullet for now.
In other news, the passing of Jimmy Buffett is being remembered here by his adopted state. Great artist and water freak to the max. "A Pirate Looks at 40" tells it like it is. RIP, sailor man. Rec'd!! for the photos and tunes, you all.
@orlbucfan
So, y'all a bunch of sandcrabs there in the sandbar state?
Birders love 'canes. As an example why... Idalia has dropped over 55 Flamingoes in over a dozen locations around FL this week. Likely from the Yucatan. These are wild Flamingo, which is a tough to get bird in the U.S. A pic of a flock is at this link:
The storm season is here, alive and well with a vengeance. My casa only received a light tropical stormish rain and wind Tuesday night and Wednesday. Idalia saved her punch for the Big Bend area of the state. It's the curve you see on the west side where the Panhandle connects to the Peninsula. It's lightly populated and old Florida: one of my favorite areas. So, the state dodged a major bullet for now.
In other news, the passing of Jimmy Buffett is being remembered here by his adopted state. Great artist and water freak to the max. "A Pirate Looks at 40" tells it like it is. RIP, sailor man. Rec'd!! for the photos and tunes, you all.
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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
who just had a WKRP moment while reading that comment?
#9 So, y'all a bunch of sandcrabs there in the sandbar state?
Birders love 'canes. As an example why... Idalia has dropped over 55 Flamingoes in over a dozen locations around FL this week. Likely from the Yucatan. These are wild Flamingo, which is a tough to get bird in the U.S. A pic of a flock is at this link:
who just had a WKRP moment while reading that comment?
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Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.
both - Albert Einstein
@dystopian
We haven’t seen native flamingoes here on the east side of the polluted peninsula since the 1970s. No lie. The only ones are where they don’t get poisoned to death: zoos and parks.
#9 So, y'all a bunch of sandcrabs there in the sandbar state?
Birders love 'canes. As an example why... Idalia has dropped over 55 Flamingoes in over a dozen locations around FL this week. Likely from the Yucatan. These are wild Flamingo, which is a tough to get bird in the U.S. A pic of a flock is at this link:
@orlbucfan
Yeah they are strictly a very rare vagrant to FL. Less than annual, and often several years between sightings. Often out at the bottom of the glades near that settlement at the end of the road in the Nat. Pk., Flamingo. A couple mile hike through mosquitoes on the Snake Bight Trail to the Snake Bight. A shallows where they can feed well. Birders call the trail Mosquito Bight Trail. I and countless others have literally been run off the trail by mosquitoes. Impossible to walk. They say rent a bike so you can go fast enough!
Oddly the last year or two there has been ONE lone Greater Flamingo (what all wild ones are there) up around Cedar Key. Been waiting to hear if it made it, I sorta doubt it.
These new flocks and small groups were certainly picked up by Idalia either in Cuba or Yucatan and got blown in. It is probably the biggest modern invasion. Wished I could see them!
#9.2 We haven’t seen native flamingoes here on the east side of the polluted peninsula since the 1970s. No lie. The only ones are where they don’t get poisoned to death: zoos and parks.
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We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.
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both - Albert Einstein
@orlbucfan
So glad to hear you escaped the wrath of Idalia. Hope your luck holds out for the rest of the hurricane season. So sad to hear Jimmy Buffett passed away.
The storm season is here, alive and well with a vengeance. My casa only received a light tropical stormish rain and wind Tuesday night and Wednesday. Idalia saved her punch for the Big Bend area of the state. It's the curve you see on the west side where the Panhandle connects to the Peninsula. It's lightly populated and old Florida: one of my favorite areas. So, the state dodged a major bullet for now.
In other news, the passing of Jimmy Buffett is being remembered here by his adopted state. Great artist and water freak to the max. "A Pirate Looks at 40" tells it like it is. RIP, sailor man. Rec'd!! for the photos and tunes, you all.
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I woke up this morning determined to drink less, eat right, and exercise.
But that was four hours ago when I was younger and full of hope.
@Socialprogressive
mother and MIL. He was a smart dude and good guy. Definitely put FL on the popular music map along with the Allman Brothers. :-).
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So glad to hear you escaped the wrath of Idalia. Hope your luck holds out for the rest of the hurricane season. So sad to hear Jimmy Buffett passed away.
Seems like we all got old. I’m now on Medicare which just absolutely blows my mind. But I’m still only 64 and hanging on this number for 28 more days! Besides I don’t feel that old…well….
#9.3 mother and MIL. He was a smart dude and good guy. Definitely put FL on the popular music map along with the Allman Brothers. :-).
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@snoopydawg
when I was in my 30s and my dad was in his mid 60s, talking about how mentally he still felt 30, but physically, the body said otherwise. Now I'm in my mid 60s and I know exactly what he was talking about.
Seems like we all got old. I’m now on Medicare which just absolutely blows my mind. But I’m still only 64 and hanging on this number for 28 more days! Besides I don’t feel that old…well….
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I woke up this morning determined to drink less, eat right, and exercise.
But that was four hours ago when I was younger and full of hope.
I keep saying that I knew that I would get old one day, but I never imagined that I would get there while being this young. Boy did that pop up out of the blue. But I think it was actually something that was done to me and not really my body getting old.
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when I was in my 30s and my dad was in his mid 60s, talking about how mentally he still felt 30, but physically, the body said otherwise. Now I'm in my mid 60s and I know exactly what he was talking about.
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This is a popular light hearted song about age in South Korea. You can tell the middle aged and old folks all enjoy this song:
장윤정, 내 나이가 어때서
lyrics Park Moo-bu / melody- Jung Ki-su / original performer Oh Seung-geun / Singer Jang Yoon-jeong
English
Hey hey hey, what about my age?
Age doesn’t matter when it comes to love
The heart is one ( I have one heart )
The feeling is one ( I have one feeling )
Only you are my true love
Tears are coming
What about my age?
It’s the perfect age to love
One day, as I looked at myself reflected in the mirror
I told time to move over
What about my age?
It’s the perfect age to love
Hey hey hey, what’s so bad about my age?
Age doesn’t matter when it comes to love
The heart is one
The feeling is one
Only you are my true love
Tears are coming
What about my age?
It’s the perfect age to love
One day, as I looked at myself reflected in the mirror
I told time to move over
What about my age?
It’s the perfect age to love
It’s the perfect age to love
I keep saying that I knew that I would get old one day, but I never imagined that I would get there while being this young. Boy did that pop up out of the blue. But I think it was actually something that was done to me and not really my body getting old.
The storm season is here, alive and well with a vengeance. My casa only received a light tropical stormish rain and wind Tuesday night and Wednesday. Idalia saved her punch for the Big Bend area of the state. It's the curve you see on the west side where the Panhandle connects to the Peninsula. It's lightly populated and old Florida: one of my favorite areas. So, the state dodged a major bullet for now.
In other news, the passing of Jimmy Buffett is being remembered here by his adopted state. Great artist and water freak to the max. "A Pirate Looks at 40" tells it like it is. RIP, sailor man. Rec'd!! for the photos and tunes, you all.
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Many good stories told by your photos SP
I can especially relate to the rusted-out wheelbarrow. Kinda how the shell is
feeling as of late.
This is from the recent "full-super-blue" moon framed by Ng Han Guan
with the equestrian statue of Damdin Sükhbaatar seeming to support the
lunar orb. Taken in Sükhbaatar Square in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
Which coaxes this sound along it's seams, by Reaching Calm.
must be a story in here somewhere.
thanks for sharing social!
Hi, QMS.
Nice shot of the Blue Moon from Damdin Sükhbaatar. My attempt was a failure.
Like the music selection. The sound of the rain is very soothing.
I woke up this morning determined to drink less, eat right, and exercise.
But that was four hours ago when I was younger and full of hope.
Yes, Damdin Sükhbaatar was an important political figure
in Mongolia while befriending the Communist Russians in their struggles with the Chinese
for the autonomy of Mongolia. Per wiki ..
Damdin Sükhbaatar (2 February 1893 – 20 February 1923) was a Mongolian communist revolutionary, founding member of the Mongolian People's Party, and leader of the Mongolian partisan army that took Khüree during the Outer Mongolian Revolution of 1921. For his part in the Outer Mongolian revolution of 1921, he was enshrined as the "Father of Mongolia's Revolution".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damdin_Sükhbaatar
Hi Q
Thanks for the wonderful photo!
Blue Moon
It didn't turn to gold, it started out that way.
LOML and I had wanted to travel to the coast to see the moon, remembering a time a decade or two ago when we sat on the north jetty at Ocean Shores WA, watching the sun setting to the west as the moon rose in the east. This time it wasn't to be. The smoke had shifted to west of the Cascades and rain was forecast.
So we looked to the east, Pendleton OR. We watched the moon rising over the Blue Mountains. There was smoke but it was in the upper atmosphere.
We also found a couple of excellent restaurants, neither a chain. A mere 100 miles or so and well worth the trip.
Hi, exindy
Very nice shot of the blue moon. Your change of venue payed off.
I woke up this morning determined to drink less, eat right, and exercise.
But that was four hours ago when I was younger and full of hope.
Hi exindy
Thanks for the golden moon photo.
Those are some special places to be, where you can watch the full moon rise as the sun sets.
Hi pixelators
Hi all, Hey SP! Hope it's all good out there!
GREAT photos as always SP! Wonderful work man.
The Green Lacewing looks like it was hung up in a web? They are cool. Off top of mind, which has been blown a large number of times, Neuroptera is the order, Chrysoptera is the family for Green Lacewings. There are about 80 species of them and they are considered nearly impossible to tell apart. Dissection and such... I just don't care when that is what it takes to make an ID.
Family ID is good enough for me. Once in Yosemite with the Mrs. before she had that moniker, one landed on her. She asked if they bite. I said no. It promptly sunk its jaws into her. This did not help the trust factor whatsoever. Here I was hoping she'd appreciate what a wonder natureboy I was and this happened! The larvae have been called aphid lions, for how they go after them. I had prior had hundreds on me and never got bit.
edit: Chrysopidae is the family. Insect order suffix is -ptera, familiy is -idae.
Bee-eaters are an awesome group of old world birds. They are all fancy looking. And deft with that bill. Too bad we don't have them here. We have hummingbirds though...
I saw the last Rod Stewart and the Faces tour in '75, which was the only Faces tour with TWO guitar players. Jesse Ed Davis was the other, who had done the guitar on Rod's Atlantic Crossing album. It was mind-blowing. Every Picture was out of this world. But the best was That's all you need. Everyone walked off stage for 10 minutes and Ron Wood gave a Ph.D. dissertation on how to play slide guitar. I was sitting next to the best guitarist I ever knew and played with. We were speechless.
Thanks for the great shots! I'll dig something up shortly...
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
Hi, dystopian
You are correct, the Lacewing is caught up in a web. I don't see them very often and when I do more often than not they're caught up in a web. What I have been seeing a lot of recently are Monarch Butterfly's which is very encouraging. Nice RS selection. He may be getting old but he's still out there performing as are so many other British rockers. The Stones, Eric Clapton, Roger Waters, Paul McCartney, David Gilmore, Mick Fleetwood all still making music.
I woke up this morning determined to drink less, eat right, and exercise.
But that was four hours ago when I was younger and full of hope.
night lights
Hey SP.
Check your night lights outside for them. They usually come in to a porch light well. Not a great situation for photography though. Generally flash on a wall...
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
Hi dystopian
I’m sure a little bite didn’t change her affection towards you as a wonder nature boy. You are also a wonderful storyteller.
Hi Social
Thank you for your stories. I love the narrative aspect of the photographic image, and how it engages the viewer in creating their own stories.
Is that insect with spiderweb-like wings caught in a spiderweb?
Hi, Janis
The insect is a Lacewing and yes it's caught in a spider web.
I woke up this morning determined to drink less, eat right, and exercise.
But that was four hours ago when I was younger and full of hope.
The first photo is heartbreaking
.
Just sad to see homeless people, but especially the elderly.
Which AIPAC/MIC/pharma/bank bought politician are you going to vote for? Don’t be surprised when nothing changes.
Hi, snoopy
You're right, it is heartbreaking seeing all the homeless, specially the elderly. Even more heartbreaking is knowing that it's only going to get worse before it gets better.
I woke up this morning determined to drink less, eat right, and exercise.
But that was four hours ago when I was younger and full of hope.
Hi again
Hi all,
Here's something... photos of slides, so degenerate as the photog...
Big Bend sunrise - Texas, Feb. 1989
Sunrise at Sea - this was off west coast where much harder to see a sunrise without land in sight. When this happens, you know you are in for a great day! Probably late 90's, 30 miles west of Pt. Conception and steaming west over 2 mile deep water looking for albatross and such.
Sunset in the San Gabes. That would be San Gabriel Mountains, LA County, this in June 1995. On Angeles Crest Hwy. (2), which, go drive if you are ever there. An hour and change from LA fir forest with Big Cone Spruce, Incense Cedar and such. The poor man's Sierras. When you don't have 6 hours to drive.
Hope all are well! Take care and have good ones! It remains the best revenge.
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 taking us along on your travels, dystopian
I saw a lot of beautiful sunrise and sunsets at sea while I was in the navy. The most colorful ones were in the Indian Ocean.
I woke up this morning determined to drink less, eat right, and exercise.
But that was four hours ago when I was younger and full of hope.
Do you have photos or slides from the your time
on Indian Ocean? I was just looking at photos around some islands there. The ocean looks like a gentler and even more colourful version of the Carribbean.
Unfortunately I don't have any photos, Janis
I've never been to the Caribbean so I can't compare the two.
I woke up this morning determined to drink less, eat right, and exercise.
But that was four hours ago when I was younger and full of hope.
Hi all
It's cherry blossom time here, on land and on coast …
Enjoy the weekend all and be well.
Nice shots, Janis
I really like the colors, textures and patterns in the first 2 photos.
I woke up this morning determined to drink less, eat right, and exercise.
But that was four hours ago when I was younger and full of hope.
Thanks Social
Have a good weekend, and I'm glad you were spared the worst of the storm.
Hi Janis!
Hey J,
Beautiful photos as always. Love the geology shot! Do you get to pick wild cherries? We have one type found here, Escarpment Cherry. They are on the tart and less sweet side, but very strongly flavored. Due to drought they have not been having good fruit years, as in none most of the last 10 years at least. Maybe a couple years of 10 they produce well. At which time wife and I hit them like, well, hungry birds. Actually they are a great tree to watch for birds when they are fruiting. Everything around will be hitting 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
Hi dystopian
Auckland doesn’t have the right climate for cherries, but there are areas south of here that do. They are sold here in season, sometimes even on the side of the road. They are a treat, and my favourite jam is made from black cherries. Do you think birds recognise them as a delicacy?
I googled what fruit trees grow in your environment. The same grow in areas of NZ, even pecans. I was surprised to learn that pecans grow in NZ and have for 100 years. In my imagination I associated them only with america. I also had no idea that jujube was a fruit, not a candy until now ; ).
Thanks as always for your knowledge and stimulation to explore. I will look for the wrybill when they return in December.
Cheers!
birds see UV
Hi Janis,
Birds see in the ultraviolet range unlike humans. What this means in berry terms is that they are able to tell exactly which berry is ripest. Whereas we would see a bunch of red or purple fruit, they see them broken down by UV wavelength, and it is no surprise which ones they eat first. Ripest generally means most sugars developed. Birds are a problem in cherry orchards.
When our native wild cherries have a good crop, you can get the jelly amongst those the locals sell, it is awesome. Smuckers cherry is very good cherry.
I thought jujubees came in a little box? It really is a something? ROFL!
Kiwiland sure seems full of non-native introduced species, like most English colonies. Pecans too eh?
take care
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
Hi dystopian
I can understand the desire of immigrants to want the comfort of familiarity in their adopted home, which was shockingly different and uncomfortable. Unfortunately they didn’t have the foresight to realise the potential harm to the native population of birds and plants by what they imported. Even worse was their governments lack of regard for the native human population.
I also miss some of the birds from 'the old country’, but thankfully you and others fill in the blanks. If I knew they would cohabitate well, and not become a pest I wouldn’t mind seeing a flicker or two ; ). I suppose most, if not all imports are invasive and cause extinction of native species, which is likely never a good thing.
Kiwiland also has plenty of imported botanicals from Polynesia. Climate changes in Auckland are becoming more tropical in nature. With your deep understanding of nature dystopian, can you imagine a successful adaptation ultimately of both plants and animals, including us, wherever we reside? I know that’s a complex and also vague question, just wondering where your thoughts are so far.
Janis, that second photo looked so much like
the head of a great Bison. Another look and it looked like a Rhinoserous (sp?) It's the eye looking bit and the sense of a large head. Straight on it looks like rock, but that first glance....thank you so much for your wonderful shots. The jungle forest with a bit of light are so different from what we have up here on the 45th latitude North. So lush and heavenly.
A society grows great when old men plant trees in whose shade they know they shall never sit. Allegedly Greek, but more possibly fairly modern quote.
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Thank you for your impressions, Dawn
What I saw was also very animal like. Isn't the camera a wonderful tool for interpreting ones experience and vision.
All the best to you
Hi all
Check out the Wildlife photographer of the year preview at the link posted by joe in the EB's.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2023/aug/31/wildlife-pho...
Greetings from the stormy Sandbar Peninsula.
The storm season is here, alive and well with a vengeance. My casa only received a light tropical stormish rain and wind Tuesday night and Wednesday. Idalia saved her punch for the Big Bend area of the state. It's the curve you see on the west side where the Panhandle connects to the Peninsula. It's lightly populated and old Florida: one of my favorite areas. So, the state dodged a major bullet for now.
In other news, the passing of Jimmy Buffett is being remembered here by his adopted state. Great artist and water freak to the max. "A Pirate Looks at 40" tells it like it is. RIP, sailor man. Rec'd!! for the photos and tunes, you all.
Inner and Outer Space: the Final Frontiers.
Glad you missed the most of the storms so far
Remember the NW curve of the FL peninsula had several Greek sponge shops, which
seemed unique to me.
Jimmy Buffet was here a couple months back to play for a buddy's birthday bash.
Yeah, he looked older (as do we all) but was still his fun loving persona.
cheers
Hi OBF
So, y'all a bunch of sandcrabs there in the sandbar state?
Birders love 'canes. As an example why... Idalia has dropped over 55 Flamingoes in over a dozen locations around FL this week. Likely from the Yucatan. These are wild Flamingo, which is a tough to get bird in the U.S. A pic of a flock is at this link:
https://www.aba.org/rare-bird-alert-september-1-2023/
Have a good one!
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
Am I the only one
who just had a WKRP moment while reading that comment?
Twice bitten, permanently shy.
I never watched much TV
but WKRP was one program I really liked. The Turkey drop was probably their best episode. Thanks for sharing.
I woke up this morning determined to drink less, eat right, and exercise.
But that was four hours ago when I was younger and full of hope.
Thanks ufs
for including your bright moment of association. "As god as my witness I thought turkeys could fly." There's always room for wishful thinking ; ).
a classic!
thanks for that UFS! That was one of the funniest episodes ever on a sitcom. Back when TV could actually still have a moment.
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
Whoa! I hope they made it through the storm surge.
We haven’t seen native flamingoes here on the east side of the polluted peninsula since the 1970s. No lie. The only ones are where they don’t get poisoned to death: zoos and parks.
Inner and Outer Space: the Final Frontiers.
FL flamingoes
Yeah they are strictly a very rare vagrant to FL. Less than annual, and often several years between sightings. Often out at the bottom of the glades near that settlement at the end of the road in the Nat. Pk., Flamingo. A couple mile hike through mosquitoes on the Snake Bight Trail to the Snake Bight. A shallows where they can feed well. Birders call the trail Mosquito Bight Trail. I and countless others have literally been run off the trail by mosquitoes. Impossible to walk. They say rent a bike so you can go fast enough!
Oddly the last year or two there has been ONE lone Greater Flamingo (what all wild ones are there) up around Cedar Key. Been waiting to hear if it made it, I sorta doubt it.
These new flocks and small groups were certainly picked up by Idalia either in Cuba or Yucatan and got blown in. It is probably the biggest modern invasion. Wished I could see them!
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
Hi, orlbucfan
So glad to hear you escaped the wrath of Idalia. Hope your luck holds out for the rest of the hurricane season. So sad to hear Jimmy Buffett passed away.
I woke up this morning determined to drink less, eat right, and exercise.
But that was four hours ago when I was younger and full of hope.
Well, he was 76 and that’s the same age that took my
mother and MIL. He was a smart dude and good guy. Definitely put FL on the popular music map along with the Allman Brothers. :-).
Inner and Outer Space: the Final Frontiers.
Madonna is 62
Seems like we all got old. I’m now on Medicare which just absolutely blows my mind. But I’m still only 64 and hanging on this number for 28 more days! Besides I don’t feel that old…well….
Which AIPAC/MIC/pharma/bank bought politician are you going to vote for? Don’t be surprised when nothing changes.
I remember
when I was in my 30s and my dad was in his mid 60s, talking about how mentally he still felt 30, but physically, the body said otherwise. Now I'm in my mid 60s and I know exactly what he was talking about.
I woke up this morning determined to drink less, eat right, and exercise.
But that was four hours ago when I was younger and full of hope.
We all will get there eventually
I keep saying that I knew that I would get old one day, but I never imagined that I would get there while being this young. Boy did that pop up out of the blue. But I think it was actually something that was done to me and not really my body getting old.
Which AIPAC/MIC/pharma/bank bought politician are you going to vote for? Don’t be surprised when nothing changes.
.What about my age?
This is a popular light hearted song about age in South Korea. You can tell the middle aged and old folks all enjoy this song:
장윤정, 내 나이가 어때서
lyrics Park Moo-bu / melody- Jung Ki-su / original performer Oh Seung-geun / Singer Jang Yoon-jeong
English
Hey hey hey, what about my age?
Age doesn’t matter when it comes to love
The heart is one ( I have one heart )
The feeling is one ( I have one feeling )
Only you are my true love
Tears are coming
What about my age?
It’s the perfect age to love
One day, as I looked at myself reflected in the mirror
I told time to move over
What about my age?
It’s the perfect age to love
Hey hey hey, what’s so bad about my age?
Age doesn’t matter when it comes to love
The heart is one
The feeling is one
Only you are my true love
Tears are coming
What about my age?
It’s the perfect age to love
One day, as I looked at myself reflected in the mirror
I told time to move over
What about my age?
It’s the perfect age to love
It’s the perfect age to love
(translation source Kpop Rocks)
Anyway I get a laugh out of this song.
語必忠信 行必正直
I'm glad your piece of the sandbar was treated gently,
I'm sorry about the area that wasn't.