@Socialprogressive
Awesome photos SP! Love the Lesser Goldfinch shots. The bottom one is a female, the top two are a first spring male just acquiring its first adult plumage. We have the Black-backed type in Texas, AZ and westward they are green backed. All one species and just geographic morphs. Great bees too!
The Rosemary in my backyard is in bloom and attracting bees, bugs, birds, and butterfly's.
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#1 Awesome photos SP! Love the Lesser Goldfinch shots. The bottom one is a female, the top two are a first spring male just acquiring its first adult plumage. We have the Black-backed type in Texas, AZ and westward they are green backed. All one species and just geographic morphs. Great bees too!
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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 found some trumpeter swans the other day:
I love swans, they are so elegant, and they are fine as long as you keep your distance and don't fuck with them. I remember seeing mute swans everywhere when I went to England; they are like our Canada geese here. Wish I could remember other birds I saw there, aside from pigeons and blackbirds. I wanted to see a robin but I didn't find any.
I also saw a red-tailed hawk on a deer carcass, and a bald eagle on a fox or coyote carcass but they didn't sit for photos.
I guess predators are especially sensitive to ones higher on the predatory scale. You'd think, that being so high up there themselves on the scale, the hawks and eagles would know the difference between an innocent lens and the end of a rifle.
I found some trumpeter swans the other day:
I love swans, they are so elegant, and they are fine as long as you keep your distance and don't fuck with them. I remember seeing mute swans everywhere when I went to England; they are like our Canada geese here. Wish I could remember other birds I saw there, aside from pigeons and blackbirds. I wanted to see a robin but I didn't find any.
I also saw a red-tailed hawk on a deer carcass, and a bald eagle on a fox or coyote carcass but they didn't sit for photos.
Love the composition. I just remembered that I was going to go out to the lake for pictures.
Can you pm with the details for where to go and how to get there?
I found some trumpeter swans the other day:
I love swans, they are so elegant, and they are fine as long as you keep your distance and don't fuck with them. I remember seeing mute swans everywhere when I went to England; they are like our Canada geese here. Wish I could remember other birds I saw there, aside from pigeons and blackbirds. I wanted to see a robin but I didn't find any.
I also saw a red-tailed hawk on a deer carcass, and a bald eagle on a fox or coyote carcass but they didn't sit for photos.
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Love the composition. I just remembered that I was going to go out to the lake for pictures.
Can you pm with the details for where to go and how to get there?
I found some trumpeter swans the other day:
I love swans, they are so elegant, and they are fine as long as you keep your distance and don't fuck with them. I remember seeing mute swans everywhere when I went to England; they are like our Canada geese here. Wish I could remember other birds I saw there, aside from pigeons and blackbirds. I wanted to see a robin but I didn't find any.
I also saw a red-tailed hawk on a deer carcass, and a bald eagle on a fox or coyote carcass but they didn't sit for photos.
I found some trumpeter swans the other day:
I love swans, they are so elegant, and they are fine as long as you keep your distance and don't fuck with them. I remember seeing mute swans everywhere when I went to England; they are like our Canada geese here. Wish I could remember other birds I saw there, aside from pigeons and blackbirds. I wanted to see a robin but I didn't find any.
I also saw a red-tailed hawk on a deer carcass, and a bald eagle on a fox or coyote carcass but they didn't sit for photos.
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@Daenerys
Beautiful swan pics D! Yes, what awesome birds they are. When those Trumpeters call, one no longer wonders why they call them that. Love yer pics!
I found some trumpeter swans the other day:
I love swans, they are so elegant, and they are fine as long as you keep your distance and don't fuck with them. I remember seeing mute swans everywhere when I went to England; they are like our Canada geese here. Wish I could remember other birds I saw there, aside from pigeons and blackbirds. I wanted to see a robin but I didn't find any.
I also saw a red-tailed hawk on a deer carcass, and a bald eagle on a fox or coyote carcass but they didn't sit for photos.
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@Daenerys
in one of the mid-town lakes near my house. It's a tourist attraction, natch. The city volunteers keep an eye on the touristas. You leave the swans alone; they are not pets. Terrific thread as always. Rec'd!!
I found some trumpeter swans the other day:
I love swans, they are so elegant, and they are fine as long as you keep your distance and don't fuck with them. I remember seeing mute swans everywhere when I went to England; they are like our Canada geese here. Wish I could remember other birds I saw there, aside from pigeons and blackbirds. I wanted to see a robin but I didn't find any.
I also saw a red-tailed hawk on a deer carcass, and a bald eagle on a fox or coyote carcass but they didn't sit for photos.
@orlbucfan
The first time I went to New Orleans, there was one on the lake in City Park. Also a transplant, obviously.
#3 in one of the mid-town lakes near my house. It's a tourist attraction, natch. The city volunteers keep an eye on the touristas. You leave the swans alone; they are not pets. Terrific thread as always. Rec'd!!
Beautiful picture Janis! The place looks awesome. What is 'Piha' there in kiwiland?
I always think of that fantastic South American bird, the Screaming Piha. Great name for a band...
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Piha was a name given to Lion Rock, referring to the way the waves part as they hit the rock, the “bow-waveâ€, or wave pattern in front of the rock.
The Piha Stream as we know it, had the name Waitekahu, referring to Kahukeke, the wife of Rakataura. About 600 years ago, a party from the canoe explored the whole of the Waitakeres and Kahukeke thought Piha exceedingly beautiful. Because of her love of Piha, the party stayed for some and hence her name was given to the stream – “the water of Kahuâ€.
Beautiful picture Janis! The place looks awesome. What is 'Piha' there in kiwiland?
I always think of that fantastic South American bird, the Screaming Piha. Great name for a band...
hoping to transfer a photo or two from my cell phone, but, haven't used bluetooth with this laptop (yet), so, decided to settle for a photo from an old blog of mine.
Musher and dog sled team races through forest during the 2015 Iditarod Trail Race, March 10, 2015. AP Photo/Alaska Dispatch News, Loren Holmes
Quite a sharp contrast with your lovely photo, Janis. Guessing it's your summer, right? Well, this was a shot that I posted during the Iditarod Race a few years back. As you might guess, we always had very mixed feelings about dog mushing, although we knew a couple of the racers (one top one) who did take excellent care of their racing dogs (considering the situation). Of course, in our world, all dogs should be couch potatoes, resting by the fireplace with their Peeps.
Anyhoo, must admit that I had to admire the rugged, and incredibly courageous folks who faced the elements to run these races. The women, all the more. (Don't mean that sexist.) But, in all fairness, anyone who is familiar with the Alaska Bush would, hopefully, appreciate how that's meant. To be blunt, it takes 'a tough SOB' to go out alone for days, in the dead of winter--with the health, well-being, and very lives of a entire team of dogs (who they're at least very fond of) dependent on them alone--at the same time that they must battle frigid temps and the risk of frost bite, possible avalanches, possible severe personal injury, not to mention dicey encounters with Grizzlies, packs of wolves, etc. (Women could definitely be at a disadvantage strength-wise, if there was a catastrophe involving their dogs, or sled/supplies.) Yes, there are periodic checkpoints, but, there's a lot of ground to cover, and a lot of hours in between them.
Anyhoo, thought this was an interesting shot. (Of course, as a non-photographer, most of them blow my mind! )
Hey, hope life's treating you well, Janis, and, that COVID-19 hasn't come to NZ.
Thanks for hosting this evening. Have a nice weekend!
Mollie
“This above all: to thine own self be true
And it must follow, as the night the day
Thou canst not then be false to any man . . ." ~~William Shakespeare
“Every time I lose a dog, he takes a piece of my heart. Every new dog gifts me with a piece of his. Someday, my heart will be total dog, and maybe then, I will be just as generous, loving, and forgiving.”
~~Author Unknown
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Everyone thinks they have the best dog, and none of them are wrong.
"Of course, in our world, all dogs should be couch potatoes, resting by the fireplace with their Peeps."
That's a fascinating photo and event. Women, eh?
Sadly, the virus has arrived here, not unexpected considering the travel-love of NZers and the large immigrant population. Oddly enough, even though the Chinese population is quite large here, I'm not aware that any of the documented cases are of Chinese people.
hoping to transfer a photo or two from my cell phone, but, haven't used bluetooth with this laptop (yet), so, decided to settle for a photo from an old blog of mine.
Musher and dog sled team races through forest during the 2015 Iditarod Trail Race, March 10, 2015. AP Photo/Alaska Dispatch News, Loren Holmes
Quite a sharp contrast with your lovely photo, Janis. Guessing it's your summer, right? Well, this was a shot that I posted during the Iditarod Race a few years back. As you might guess, we always had very mixed feelings about dog mushing, although we knew a couple of the racers (one top one) who did take excellent care of their racing dogs (considering the situation). Of course, in our world, all dogs should be couch potatoes, resting by the fireplace with their Peeps.
Anyhoo, must admit that I had to admire the rugged, and incredibly courageous folks who faced the elements to run these races. The women, all the more. (Don't mean that sexist.) But, in all fairness, anyone who is familiar with the Alaska Bush would, hopefully, appreciate how that's meant. To be blunt, it takes 'a tough SOB' to go out alone for days, in the dead of winter--with the health, well-being, and very lives of a entire team of dogs (who they're at least very fond of) dependent on them alone--at the same time that they must battle frigid temps and the risk of frost bite, possible avalanches, possible severe personal injury, not to mention dicey encounters with Grizzlies, packs of wolves, etc. (Women could definitely be at a disadvantage strength-wise, if there was a catastrophe involving their dogs, or sled/supplies.) Yes, there are periodic checkpoints, but, there's a lot of ground to cover, and a lot of hours in between them.
Anyhoo, thought this was an interesting shot. (Of course, as a non-photographer, most of them blow my mind! )
Hey, hope life's treating you well, Janis, and, that COVID-19 hasn't come to NZ.
Thanks for hosting this evening. Have a nice weekend!
Mollie
“This above all: to thine own self be true
And it must follow, as the night the day
Thou canst not then be false to any man . . ." ~~William Shakespeare
“Every time I lose a dog, he takes a piece of my heart. Every new dog gifts me with a piece of his. Someday, my heart will be total dog, and maybe then, I will be just as generous, loving, and forgiving.”
~~Author Unknown
“Every time I lose a dog, he takes a piece of my heart. Every new dog gifts me with a piece of his. Someday, my heart will be total dog, and maybe then, I will be just as generous, loving, and forgiving.”
~~Author Unknown
"Of course, in our world, all dogs should be couch potatoes, resting by the fireplace with their Peeps."
That's a fascinating photo and event. Women, eh?
Sadly, the virus has arrived here, not unexpected considering the travel-love of NZers and the large immigrant population. Oddly enough, even though the Chinese population is quite large here, I'm not aware that any of the documented cases are of Chinese people.
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Everyone thinks they have the best dog, and none of them are wrong.
“Every time I lose a dog, he takes a piece of my heart. Every new dog gifts me with a piece of his. Someday, my heart will be total dog, and maybe then, I will be just as generous, loving, and forgiving.”
~~Author Unknown
and now for something completely different, some other weird stuff I do...
This is one of a set from Deutch Dem Repub. (Germany) of poisonous mushrooms. Great way to inform the people. I think this one is cosmopolitan, Fly Agaric or Deathcap among other names. Amanita muscaria. Used in much art, but without telling how deadly it is. I have found them wild, when out birding.
One of the U.S.'s most famous stamps, the inverted Jenny, was re-issued as a facsimile in 2013, so I had to have one, since I didn't have a spare mil laying around. The original I think was just one sheet let out by a high high up guy in the postal printing place, all the others were destroyed because the damn plane was upside-down. It was to us nerds one of the greatest ever funny scenes when in Brewster's Millions (Richard Pryor and John Candy) they got rid of a million by putting one on a postcard!
I have no doubt BR could tell you what this one is called. Is it true brits see this image in their sleep? This is the first ever postage stamp that had adhesive on it. Instead of being put on with sealing wax. First issued May 1840 in the U.K., or Great Britain. It cost me a lot of fn pennies, I'll tell you that! Brits got the last laugh ...
Thanks for all the great pix all! Bunch of wonderful great stuff! I have been too busy to be around much more than the odd drive-by lately...
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It's always a pleasure to have your company when possible.
and now for something completely different, some other weird stuff I do...
This is one of a set from Deutch Dem Repub. (Germany) of poisonous mushrooms. Great way to inform the people. I think this one is cosmopolitan, Fly Agaric or Deathcap among other names. Amanita muscaria. Used in much art, but without telling how deadly it is. I have found them wild, when out birding.
One of the U.S.'s most famous stamps, the inverted Jenny, was re-issued as a facsimile in 2013, so I had to have one, since I didn't have a spare mil laying around. The original I think was just one sheet let out by a high high up guy in the postal printing place, all the others were destroyed because the damn plane was upside-down. It was to us nerds one of the greatest ever funny scenes when in Brewster's Millions (Richard Pryor and John Candy) they got rid of a million by putting one on a postcard!
I have no doubt BR could tell you what this one is called. Is it true brits see this image in their sleep? This is the first ever postage stamp that had adhesive on it. Instead of being put on with sealing wax. First issued May 1840 in the U.K., or Great Britain. It cost me a lot of fn pennies, I'll tell you that! Brits got the last laugh ...
Thanks for all the great pix all! Bunch of wonderful great stuff! I have been too busy to be around much more than the odd drive-by lately...
@dystopian
Supposedly, the U.S. sent aid to post-war Germany, with the word "GIFT" on the boxes. "Gift", of course, is German for "poison".
and now for something completely different, some other weird stuff I do...
This is one of a set from Deutch Dem Repub. (Germany) of poisonous mushrooms. Great way to inform the people. I think this one is cosmopolitan, Fly Agaric or Deathcap among other names. Amanita muscaria. Used in much art, but without telling how deadly it is. I have found them wild, when out birding.
One of the U.S.'s most famous stamps, the inverted Jenny, was re-issued as a facsimile in 2013, so I had to have one, since I didn't have a spare mil laying around. The original I think was just one sheet let out by a high high up guy in the postal printing place, all the others were destroyed because the damn plane was upside-down. It was to us nerds one of the greatest ever funny scenes when in Brewster's Millions (Richard Pryor and John Candy) they got rid of a million by putting one on a postcard!
I have no doubt BR could tell you what this one is called. Is it true brits see this image in their sleep? This is the first ever postage stamp that had adhesive on it. Instead of being put on with sealing wax. First issued May 1840 in the U.K., or Great Britain. It cost me a lot of fn pennies, I'll tell you that! Brits got the last laugh ...
Thanks for all the great pix all! Bunch of wonderful great stuff! I have been too busy to be around much more than the odd drive-by lately...
#6 Supposedly, the U.S. sent aid to post-war Germany, with the word "GIFT" on the boxes. "Gift", of course, is German for "poison".
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lying around somewhere, but a Penny Black is way out of my league.
and now for something completely different, some other weird stuff I do...
This is one of a set from Deutch Dem Repub. (Germany) of poisonous mushrooms. Great way to inform the people. I think this one is cosmopolitan, Fly Agaric or Deathcap among other names. Amanita muscaria. Used in much art, but without telling how deadly it is. I have found them wild, when out birding.
One of the U.S.'s most famous stamps, the inverted Jenny, was re-issued as a facsimile in 2013, so I had to have one, since I didn't have a spare mil laying around. The original I think was just one sheet let out by a high high up guy in the postal printing place, all the others were destroyed because the damn plane was upside-down. It was to us nerds one of the greatest ever funny scenes when in Brewster's Millions (Richard Pryor and John Candy) they got rid of a million by putting one on a postcard!
I have no doubt BR could tell you what this one is called. Is it true brits see this image in their sleep? This is the first ever postage stamp that had adhesive on it. Instead of being put on with sealing wax. First issued May 1840 in the U.K., or Great Britain. It cost me a lot of fn pennies, I'll tell you that! Brits got the last laugh ...
Thanks for all the great pix all! Bunch of wonderful great stuff! I have been too busy to be around much more than the odd drive-by lately...
@Bollox Ref
I would LOVE to have a penny red! Very neat. That gives me a great idea my wife would hate to hear. LOL In another life when I made money I was a low-end philatelist. The Penny Black was my prize. Since the Inverted Jenny was out of the question.
lying around somewhere, but a Penny Black is way out of my league.
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I'd been hearing them for several days, and yesterday I finally saw some. Also saw a pileated woodpecker attacking a stump in somebody's front yard - they're very flashy birds and it's hard to mistake them for anything but an ivory-billed woodpecker (which has never been known around here, if there even are any more of them).
@TheOtherMaven
Pileated Woodpecker is one of the most amazing birds in America. I think we can sadly remove Ivory-billed Woodpecker from our list of things we might see. Pileated are big on Carpenter Ants, why they are often on dead trees or fallen logs.
I'd been hearing them for several days, and yesterday I finally saw some. Also saw a pileated woodpecker attacking a stump in somebody's front yard - they're very flashy birds and it's hard to mistake them for anything but an ivory-billed woodpecker (which has never been known around here, if there even are any more of them).
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Thanks for Friday Photos tonight, Janis.
The Rosemary in my backyard is in bloom and attracting bees, bugs, birds, and butterfly's.
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'm flabbergasted Social,
at the incredible attraction of your rosemary.
Last night I roasted young carrots with rosemary and red onion. I can recommend the combination.
Your photo of the bee and the other bug in the rosemary flower
is so lively.
Thank you, Janis.
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.
Roasted carrots
with rosemary and red onions sounds really good. I'll have to try it.
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.
great pix SP!
Awesome photos SP! Love the Lesser Goldfinch shots. The bottom one is a female, the top two are a first spring male just acquiring its first adult plumage. We have the Black-backed type in Texas, AZ and westward they are green backed. All one species and just geographic morphs. Great bees too!
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 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.
Back from avoiding the news
to enjoy some Thai food.
Here's an incoming paw from a certain furry person:
Thanks for hosting Janis.
Gëzuar!!
from a reasonably stable genius.
"Get that damn lens outta my face!"
Hi you two.
We were just playing
So it was just a soft 'whap' of a paw.
Gëzuar!!
from a reasonably stable genius.
Soft "whap"
is better than scratching the lens. I figured Fred is a lot softer than that. Nice relationship you two have.
Evening Janis, everyone
I found some trumpeter swans the other day:
I love swans, they are so elegant, and they are fine as long as you keep your distance and don't fuck with them. I remember seeing mute swans everywhere when I went to England; they are like our Canada geese here. Wish I could remember other birds I saw there, aside from pigeons and blackbirds. I wanted to see a robin but I didn't find any.
I also saw a red-tailed hawk on a deer carcass, and a bald eagle on a fox or coyote carcass but they didn't sit for photos.
This shit is bananas.
Thanks for the elegance Daenerys
I guess predators are especially sensitive to ones higher on the predatory scale. You'd think, that being so high up there themselves on the scale, the hawks and eagles would know the difference between an innocent lens and the end of a rifle.
Great photo
Love the composition. I just remembered that I was going to go out to the lake for pictures.
Can you pm with the details for where to go and how to get there?
Which AIPAC/MIC/pharma/bank bought politician are you going to vote for? Don’t be surprised when nothing changes.
Sure
pm coming at ya.
This shit is bananas.
Here's a Swan family
passing by a local pub, on the River Colne.
Gëzuar!!
from a reasonably stable genius.
Sweet n/t
Nice shots of the Swans, Daenerys.
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.
Great swans D!
Beautiful swan pics D! Yes, what awesome birds they are. When those Trumpeters call, one no longer wonders why they call them that. Love yer pics!
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
We have both black and white swans
in one of the mid-town lakes near my house. It's a tourist attraction, natch. The city volunteers keep an eye on the touristas. You leave the swans alone; they are not pets. Terrific thread as always. Rec'd!!
Inner and Outer Space: the Final Frontiers.
I saw a black swan once
The first time I went to New Orleans, there was one on the lake in City Park. Also a transplant, obviously.
This shit is bananas.
beautiful photo Janis!
Beautiful picture Janis! The place looks awesome. What is 'Piha' there in kiwiland?
I always think of that fantastic South American bird, the Screaming Piha. Great name for a band...
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 d
What a whistle that bird has!
Piha -
Hi, Janis & Friday Night Photographers! :-D Was
hoping to transfer a photo or two from my cell phone, but, haven't used bluetooth with this laptop (yet), so, decided to settle for a photo from an old blog of mine.
Musher and dog sled team races through forest during the 2015 Iditarod Trail Race, March 10, 2015. AP Photo/Alaska Dispatch News, Loren Holmes
Quite a sharp contrast with your lovely photo, Janis. Guessing it's your summer, right? Well, this was a shot that I posted during the Iditarod Race a few years back. As you might guess, we always had very mixed feelings about dog mushing, although we knew a couple of the racers (one top one) who did take excellent care of their racing dogs (considering the situation). Of course, in our world, all dogs should be couch potatoes, resting by the fireplace with their Peeps.
Anyhoo, must admit that I had to admire the rugged, and incredibly courageous folks who faced the elements to run these races. The women, all the more. (Don't mean that sexist.) But, in all fairness, anyone who is familiar with the Alaska Bush would, hopefully, appreciate how that's meant. To be blunt, it takes 'a tough SOB' to go out alone for days, in the dead of winter--with the health, well-being, and very lives of a entire team of dogs (who they're at least very fond of) dependent on them alone--at the same time that they must battle frigid temps and the risk of frost bite, possible avalanches, possible severe personal injury, not to mention dicey encounters with Grizzlies, packs of wolves, etc. (Women could definitely be at a disadvantage strength-wise, if there was a catastrophe involving their dogs, or sled/supplies.) Yes, there are periodic checkpoints, but, there's a lot of ground to cover, and a lot of hours in between them.
Anyhoo, thought this was an interesting shot. (Of course, as a non-photographer, most of them blow my mind!
)
Hey, hope life's treating you well, Janis, and, that COVID-19 hasn't come to NZ.
Thanks for hosting this evening. Have a nice weekend!
Mollie
“This above all: to thine own self be true
And it must follow, as the night the day
Thou canst not then be false to any man . . ."
~~William Shakespeare
“Every time I lose a dog, he takes a piece of my heart. Every new dog gifts me with a piece of his. Someday, my heart will be total dog, and maybe then, I will be just as generous, loving, and forgiving.”
~~Author Unknown
Everyone thinks they have the best dog, and none of them are wrong.
: ))) Mollie
"Of course, in our world, all dogs should be couch potatoes, resting by the fireplace with their Peeps."
That's a fascinating photo and event. Women, eh?
Sadly, the virus has arrived here, not unexpected considering the travel-love of NZers and the large immigrant population. Oddly enough, even though the Chinese population is quite large here, I'm not aware that any of the documented cases are of Chinese people.
Sorry to hear that, Janis--then, I'll add, "Stay well." :-) EOM
Mollie
“Every time I lose a dog, he takes a piece of my heart. Every new dog gifts me with a piece of his. Someday, my heart will be total dog, and maybe then, I will be just as generous, loving, and forgiving.”
~~Author Unknown
Everyone thinks they have the best dog, and none of them are wrong.
Thank you for your well wishes Mollie,
they help. I wish the same for you.
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and now for something completely different, some other weird stuff I do...
This is one of a set from Deutch Dem Repub. (Germany) of poisonous mushrooms. Great way to inform the people. I think this one is cosmopolitan, Fly Agaric or Deathcap among other names. Amanita muscaria. Used in much art, but without telling how deadly it is. I have found them wild, when out birding.
One of the U.S.'s most famous stamps, the inverted Jenny, was re-issued as a facsimile in 2013, so I had to have one, since I didn't have a spare mil laying around. The original I think was just one sheet let out by a high high up guy in the postal printing place, all the others were destroyed because the damn plane was upside-down. It was to us nerds one of the greatest ever funny scenes when in Brewster's Millions (Richard Pryor and John Candy) they got rid of a million by putting one on a postcard!
I have no doubt BR could tell you what this one is called. Is it true brits see this image in their sleep?
This is the first ever postage stamp that had adhesive on it. Instead of being put on with sealing wax. First issued May 1840 in the U.K., or Great Britain. It cost me a lot of fn pennies, I'll tell you that! Brits got the last laugh ...
Thanks for all the great pix all! Bunch of wonderful great stuff! I have been too busy to be around much more than the odd drive-by lately...
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 dystopian
It's always a pleasure to have your company when possible.
That amanita stamp reminds me of an apocryphal story
Supposedly, the U.S. sent aid to post-war Germany, with the word "GIFT" on the boxes. "Gift", of course, is German for "poison".
wow, very cool
great tidbit... thanks for that!
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 have a Penny Red
lying around somewhere, but a Penny Black is way out of my league.
Gëzuar!!
from a reasonably stable genius.
wow, very cool
I would LOVE to have a penny red! Very neat. That gives me a great idea my wife would hate to hear. LOL In another life when I made money I was a low-end philatelist. The Penny Black was my prize. Since the Inverted Jenny was out of the question.
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
The robins are back, here
I'd been hearing them for several days, and yesterday I finally saw some. Also saw a pileated woodpecker attacking a stump in somebody's front yard - they're very flashy birds and it's hard to mistake them for anything but an ivory-billed woodpecker (which has never been known around here, if there even are any more of them).
There is no justice. There can be no peace.
Pileateds are awesome!
Pileated Woodpecker is one of the most amazing birds in America. I think we can sadly remove Ivory-billed Woodpecker from our list of things we might see. Pileated are big on Carpenter Ants, why they are often on dead trees or fallen logs.
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