Friday Night Photos

Submitted by Bollox Ref on Fri, 02/02/2018 - 6:29pm

Still blooming cold around these parts. And we've got the Super Bowel to endure.

But anyway,....

To the photos:

Glass ornament:

The wild savannah that is St. Louis Park:

Fred says 'Buonasera!' as he does the laundry (he's on some Italian kick,... who knows).

Off to indulge in ravioli. Feel free to have a food fight.

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Submitted by magiamma on Fri, 02/02/2018 - 6:36pm

Thanks for the Fri Phōs

Charlie

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It's unseasonably warm here

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Submitted by Bollox Ref on Fri, 02/02/2018 - 7:02pm

Charlie looks like a happy cat

@magiamma

We recently had an in-floor heating malfunction (i.e., it wouldn't turn off). The cats were glued to the floor.

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Submitted by janis b on Fri, 02/02/2018 - 8:27pm

I'm sure they were ... glued to the floor.

@Bollox Ref

I had to say goodbye yesterday to my best friend's 20 year old cat, who I sometimes babysat. He sat so close to the blazing heat of the wood stove. I always wondered how he could tolerate such intense heat.

Submitted by Bollox Ref on Fri, 02/02/2018 - 8:56pm

Hey Janis

@janis b

20 years is a pretty good innings, but still, it's hard to say goodbye.

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Submitted by janis b on Fri, 02/02/2018 - 9:10pm

I see you're still in sports mode ...

@Bollox Ref

"pretty good innings'. Thanks for the smile Bollox.

Submitted by Bollox Ref on Sat, 02/03/2018 - 5:39pm

Well,

@janis b

If one human year = seven cat years, your friend's cat made 140 which, in cricket, is a very good innings indeed for a batsman.

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Submitted by janis b on Sun, 02/04/2018 - 11:21pm

Yes, indeed. n/t

@Bollox Ref

Submitted by magiamma on Fri, 02/02/2018 - 8:57pm

Right, huh...

@Bollox Ref
I had the thought this morning that it's the fur that let's them be able to get that hot. Charlie is indeed a very happy soul and aims to please. His name was Harley when I got him from the pound because he belonged to a motorcycle gang. We renamed him Charlie.

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Submitted by magiamma on Fri, 02/02/2018 - 9:05pm

The shot of

@Bollox Ref
the wild Savannah rocks. I like how the middle ground is so crisp. And the colors.

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Submitted by janis b on Fri, 02/02/2018 - 8:21pm

Hi magiamma

@magiamma

I look forward to listening to the fossil-free video later. Thank you for your photos and environmental focus.

Submitted by magiamma on Fri, 02/02/2018 - 8:57pm

Hi Janis

@janis b @janis b
Thanks. It's hard not to post a whole list of crazy about The Heating. But here is one that made me think of you. https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/01/27/fire-j27.html. I guess we have front row seats. (edit buy to but)

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Submitted by janis b on Fri, 02/02/2018 - 9:04pm

Australia is far hotter.

@magiamma

But this summer in New Zealand has been the hottest in my 21 years here ... and in the hundred years on record.

The first month of this year is poised to be the warmest month New Zealand has ever had since records began in 1909.

Preliminary data is showing the country's average temperature for the first 23 days of the month was 19.85C - more than 2.72C higher than the current record.

... until 2 days ago. At the moment it is thundering loudly, and the temperatures have dropped significantly. It's all a bit weird.

Submitted by snoopydawg on Fri, 02/02/2018 - 8:43pm

Love the waves in the second picture

@magiamma

Sigh. It makes me long for the beach. Someday..

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Submitted by magiamma on Fri, 02/02/2018 - 8:47pm

Hi snoopy

@snoopydawg

Thanks. It was a pretty spectacular low tide with the super whatchamahoony moon thingy. Again unseasonably warm here. Late spring like. Lovely except it is early February.

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Submitted by Socialprogressive on Fri, 02/02/2018 - 7:17pm

Thanks for Fri Photos tonight, BR

Fred doing the laundry. He sounds like a real team player.

Some shots from a trip to the San Francisco Bay Area last November.
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Submitted by Bollox Ref on Fri, 02/02/2018 - 7:39pm

Been to L.A. twice

@Socialprogressive

Unfortunately, never to San Francisco.

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Submitted by snoopydawg on Fri, 02/02/2018 - 8:45pm

I left my heart there

@Socialprogressive

The time when I could go there on a whim. Just over a hour and I was strolling the streets of San Francisco.

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Submitted by magiamma on Fri, 02/02/2018 - 9:02pm

Hi Social

@Socialprogressive
Love San Francisco. Love your shots of it. I particularly like the one of the trolley. We are an hour south or so.

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Submitted by snoopydawg on Fri, 02/02/2018 - 7:49pm

How much of a help is Fred?

If he does help with your laundry you're lucky. Mine used to scatter mine everywhere, especially my bed covers.

I finally caught my first lightning strike. I don't know how many years I've been trying to do this.

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Submitted by Bollox Ref on Fri, 02/02/2018 - 8:16pm

Very cool!

@snoopydawg

Never managed to do that.

Fred sits on the washing and keeps it all warm.

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Submitted by janis b on Fri, 02/02/2018 - 8:29pm

Worth the wait, don’t you think!

@snoopydawg

To me, the lightening looks like a rocket launch, or an electric bird in flight.

Submitted by snoopydawg on Fri, 02/02/2018 - 10:27pm

It's trying to guess

@Bollox Ref
when the next strike will happen which makes it so difficult to capture. I've seen pictures of strikes over the water or deserts and wanted to do it. But it isn't easy.

@janis b

Thanks, Janis. Yes it was very worth the wait to capture it. This time I was able to stay dry because I was underneath my patio awning. As long as the wind wasn't blowing hard I could put my camera under a trash bag, but that made it more of a hassle.

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Submitted by janis b on Fri, 02/02/2018 - 9:53pm

Glad it wasn't too much of a hassle

@snoopydawg

and you caught it.

Submitted by magiamma on Fri, 02/02/2018 - 8:49pm

Wow !

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That is spectacular Snoopy. Congrads.

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Submitted by snoopydawg on Fri, 02/02/2018 - 9:23pm

Thanks. I'm proud of it

@magiamma

Mostly because I've been trying for so long to get it. You should see the ones that didn't turn out.

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Submitted by riverlover on Sat, 02/03/2018 - 3:13am

It was a dark and stormy night?

@snoopydawg I had a nice light snow today, less wind than has become "normal". I realize with my > 1 week driveway washout I never took photos to document how bad it was. I separated a plastic wheel well liner from the car and popped loose a fender panel. Signs of a disordered mind. Currently 11F. All photos without snow make me hopeful, but spring usually appears in May here.

Art projects of minerals and rocks, buying tumbled and rough slabbed stones and polished cabochons. All for placement in windowsills. It's possible if one is a millionaire to spend hundreds on rocks. That would not be me. Still on a learning curve and I did this as a kid. Pix when some have been assembled. I am not into crystal woo, just colors and shapes.

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Submitted by janis b on Fri, 02/02/2018 - 8:40pm

Hi Bollox

I hope the ravioli compensates for the super bowel.

I really like the wild savannah. I keep looking for wild animals hidden there.

Shadowplay ...

Inverted, rotated, and flipped ...

Submitted by magiamma on Fri, 02/02/2018 - 8:51pm

That seriously looks

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Like a hand shadow. Love the push pull of the composition.

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Submitted by snoopydawg on Fri, 02/02/2018 - 9:24pm

Ahh, it took me long enough to figure it out

@janis b

What can I say? I'm slow.

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Submitted by janis b on Fri, 02/02/2018 - 9:59pm

Come on snoopy,

@snoopydawg

[video:https://youtu.be/Nuw8GJbqx94]

Submitted by Daenerys on Fri, 02/02/2018 - 10:11pm

Evening everyone.

I got nothing this week. It's been too cold to go anywhere again and I just didn't have time anyway. It's been another rough week. I could share photos of the trees in the park being cut down but that would probably just make me more angry.

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Submitted by janis b on Fri, 02/02/2018 - 10:19pm

Something to make you smile, maybe.

@Daenerys

I googled PITA after your comment in your essay (and before I added 'abbreviation'), and this was the first thing I saw ...

http://www.pitabread.co.nz

Submitted by BORG_US_BORG on Sat, 02/03/2018 - 12:56am

American Robins often make a mumbled cuck or tuk to communicate with each other or a sharp yeep or peek as an alarm call. They also make a repeated chirr that rises in volume and can sound like a laugh or chuckle.

American Robin with a toyon berry

Yes they can eat too many and not fly right too. Huh.