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LitNetIsGreat

05-15-2012, 07:09 PM

I had an ambivalent feeling towards the rain because of the drought affecting the country, but after the downpour that suddenly materialised and went on for about three weeks, I was also glad of a few days sunshine.
Taking breakfast in a sunny garden is one of life's delights and I'm hoping to do more of it when the weather settles down.

The cat looks more alert than usual, this is is how she normally looks.

http://img846.imageshack.us/img846/9386/dsc0135n.jpg

Oh the rain has done nothing but wreck my plans and put me in bad moods. I thought we might be over it but today's heavy hailstones and snow in places didn't go down well for the middle of May. This is especially so considering Mrs N has informed me that we should expect such downpours until the middle of June, when 'some bloke' on daytime TV (according to her) promises a 'sizzling summer.' What I think of this prediction is unwritable but we can hope - really I just want it dryish so as not to spoil outdoor plans where constant rain can put a downer on things.

Yes I imagine that it is one of life's delights. At the moment I don't have breakfast or have the pleasure to sit in the garden AM during the week, but I intend to do both at the weekend (weather permitting of course!) and during my week off shortly. I also expect to make it a regular occurrence as soon as is humanly possible for me. For fun I threatened Mrs Neely with the prospect of selling the house and living in a caravan for good; anything which means not having to work and therefore living in relative peace and quiet! I was only half serious but I think I would take it if given the option all the same.

Yes in my experience cats usually look like that. They have it about right I think, best way to go about life; a little snooze here and there followed by lunch etc - can't be bad. If only humans could live like cats!

Gilliatt Gurgle

05-15-2012, 11:18 PM

Some pictures taken in the garden to show that spring is here, although they might have been better if my camera hadn't been damaged.

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And finally an earlier one of my cat in studious pose.

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Nice to see you back on the photos thread Emil. Your flowers and Mily look wonderful. We have numerous Iris's and Tiger Lily's that are lush and healthy, but no blooms this year. I was trying to recall when they typically bloom, but I would have bet by mid May.

Neely, I agree, cats have it on easy street and to top it off they expect us to clean out their chamber pot.

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Emil Miller

05-17-2012, 12:33 PM

Oh the rain has done nothing but wreck my plans and put me in bad moods. I thought we might be over it but today's heavy hailstones and snow in places didn't go down well for the middle of May. This is especially so considering Mrs N has informed me that we should expect such downpours until the middle of June, when 'some bloke' on daytime TV (according to her) promises a 'sizzling summer.' What I think of this prediction is unwritable but we can hope - really I just want it dryish so as not to spoil outdoor plans where constant rain can put a downer on things.

Yes I imagine that it is one of life's delights. At the moment I don't have breakfast or have the pleasure to sit in the garden AM during the week, but I intend to do both at the weekend (weather permitting of course!) and during my week off shortly. I also expect to make it a regular occurrence as soon as is humanly possible for me. For fun I threatened Mrs Neely with the prospect of selling the house and living in a caravan for good; anything which means not having to work and therefore living in relative peace and quiet! I was only half serious but I think I would take it if given the option all the same.

Yes in my experience cats usually look like that. They have it about right I think, best way to go about life; a little snooze here and there followed by lunch etc - can't be bad. If only humans could live like cats!

Yesterday wasn't bad down here, I have found a pub that miraculously hasn't had all the bars knocked into one noisy mass but it's largely on account of the shape of the building so that, although I can hear the distant caterwauling of pop music from the big bar, it's too faint to be an insult to the intelligence. I have to make a train journey of about 30 minutes to get there but I will go a long way in search of civilisation. There is also a Witherspoons within a ten minute walk from there that is a very nice pub with a spacious bar that is only marginally marred by beer bellies and baseball caps and I usually end up there as its near the station and ideal for a large brandy and coke before wending my way home.

Nice to see you back on the photos thread Emil. Your flowers and Mily look wonderful. We have numerous Iris's and Tiger Lily's that are lush and healthy, but no blooms this year. I was trying to recall when they typically bloom, but I would have bet by mid May.

Neely, I agree, cats have it on easy street and to top it off they expect us to clean out their chamber pot.

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Well I haven't been taking many pictures recently Gilliatt as my camera was damaged when it hit the floor of my kitchen as I was leaving for a walk in the country and was dropped as I was in a hurry to leave. It still works but doesn't focus very well and I have to manually tune the focusing because the barrel lens won't turn beyond 24. I am thinking of getting a compact which is easier to handle and less likely to get damaged. The one I fancy is discounted to £255. It is a Panasonic Lumix DML-LX5. It has a Leica lens so it should be pretty good.
It has had sterling reviews and while it is another all singing and dancing item in excess of what I require, it still resembles a camera in the old sense of the word.

http://img804.imageshack.us/img804/5769/18066363.jpg

ClaesGefvenberg

05-20-2012, 05:17 PM

The cat looks more alert than usual, this is is how she normally looks.

http://img846.imageshack.us/img846/9386/dsc0135n.jpgIt also looks like she is well prepared for a Cat scan. :smilewinkgrin:

Some pictures from todays Roll Out (Airshow) at Hässlö Airport, Sweden:

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/Hasslo%20Roll%20Out%202012/IMG_7746.jpg
P51D Mustang, old Crow

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/Hasslo%20Roll%20Out%202012/IMG_7620.jpg
A checklist I intend to apply in my car...

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/Hasslo%20Roll%20Out%202012/IMG_7676.jpg
Four veteran SAAB Safir trainers

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/Hasslo%20Roll%20Out%202012/IMG_7623.jpg
Prancing parachutists.

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/Hasslo%20Roll%20Out%202012/IMG_7797.jpg
Wingwalking

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/Hasslo%20Roll%20Out%202012/IMG_7722.jpg
The only remaining airworthy SAAB 37 Viggen

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/Hasslo%20Roll%20Out%202012/IMG_7763.jpg
Pitts Python

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/Hasslo%20Roll%20Out%202012/IMG_7821.jpg
Three old DH Vampire jet fighters

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o127/ClaesG/Hasslo%20Roll%20Out%202012/IMG_7570-Kopia.jpg
Follow me... Slowly.

Gilliatt Gurgle

05-21-2012, 11:01 PM

The Mustang and Viggen look great Claes. You might be interested in the WW II aircraft discussion the Cold Ale Blokes stumbled into a few days ago. Flip back a few pages.
Thanks for sharing.

Emil,
Nearly missed your last posting. I meant to ask how you damaged your camera, but now I read.
The Lumix looks fine and with a Leica lens you need not worry about the quality.
I look forward to seeing the results if you do go through with the purchase.

Gilliatt Gurgle

05-27-2012, 12:48 PM

The Iris and Tiger Lily's did not bloom this year, but my Silverado Sage pulled through.
The fragrance rivals the color...

http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/ae114/tabuka1/Elements%20of%20Nature/IMGP2655.jpg

http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/ae114/tabuka1/Elements%20of%20Nature/IMGP2620.jpg

http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/ae114/tabuka1/Elements%20of%20Nature/IMGP2641.jpg

ClaesGefvenberg

05-27-2012, 05:57 PM

Brilliant, Gilliat. :nod:

/Claes

Snowqueen

05-28-2012, 03:44 AM

http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/ae114/tabuka1/Elements%20of%20Nature/IMGP2641.jpg

Great pictures Gilliatt! I loved the close shots specially this one with cute little moth (I think it's a moth).

Gilliatt Gurgle

05-28-2012, 09:16 AM

Thanks Claes and Snowqueen, I'm proud of my three Sages. They began as small plants about half a meter high and now they have grown to roughly two meters high.

The moth is a male "Fiery Skipper (Hylephila phyleus)"

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Pensive

07-01-2012, 11:45 PM

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(If only I could exceed the file limit for attachments!)

Snowqueen

07-02-2012, 07:34 AM

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(If only I could exceed the file limit for attachments!)

Wow it must be delicious! Can you tell us more about these dishes? One of them looks a bit like kitchery to me.

Snowqueen

07-10-2012, 09:58 AM

I took some pictures when I visited Lahore Museum.

http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv183/SheherBano5/Lahore/LahoreMuseum.jpg

http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv183/SheherBano5/Lahore/stone.jpg

Portrait of Mughal Emperor Shah Jehan.

http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv183/SheherBano5/Lahore/Janhangir.jpg

Portrait of Mughal Empress Mumtaz Mahal.

http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv183/SheherBano5/Lahore/MumtazMahal.jpg

Indus Valley Seals taken from Harappa (it’s an archaeological site in Punjab).

http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv183/SheherBano5/Lahore/seals.jpg

Terra cotta heads.

http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv183/SheherBano5/Lahore/terracottaheads.jpg

Gilliatt Gurgle

07-10-2012, 09:10 PM

Snowqueen

07-11-2012, 05:43 AM

Wonderful Snowqueen, thanks for sharing.
After a quick Wiki read up on Lahore Museum, I discovered a Kipling connection. Apparently Rudyard's father was a curator and Rudyard wrote a book titled "Kim" set in the vicinity of the museum.

Your photo of the Indus seals reminded me that the Dead Sea Scrolls are currently exhibited in Fort Worth Texas. I plan to pay a visit.
Do you recall some of the facts on the seals?

Thanks again.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lahore_Museum

These seals are about 3000 years old and they were discovered in the ruins of Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro. Seals are usually square to rectangular, about 2-3 centimeters on a side, although there are larger and smaller ones. While meanings of these symbols carved on the seals are still unknown.

Thanks for the comments Gilliatt, I'm glad you liked the images.

There were a few strange figures that drew my attention. I forgot to post the pictures earlier.

http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv183/SheherBano5/Lahore/Harappa.jpg

http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv183/SheherBano5/Lahore/museum.jpg

These figures are considered as an important part of Harappan culture (also known as Indus valley civilization).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indus_Valley_Civilization

Pensive

07-13-2012, 05:34 PM

Thanks for sharing these photos Snowqueen!
I am not very keen on visiting museums generally (they bore me! :p) but the seals make me want to take a bus to Lahore straight away. Your photography always manages to provoke me so! :)

Wow it must be delicious! Can you tell us more about these dishes? One of them looks a bit like kitchery to me.

Well these are some Chinese dishes which I had in a Chinese Halaal Restaurant. I am not sure if I really liked the taste though. It was very different from the Chinese dishes in Pakistani restaurants.

One consisted of boiled rice with round bread (their rotti) and the other was a mixture of some traditional vegetables and chicken.

Snowqueen

07-15-2012, 02:19 AM

Well these are some Chinese dishes which I had in a Chinese Halaal Restaurant. I am not sure if I really liked the taste though. It was very different from the Chinese dishes in Pakistani restaurants.

Yes, they look different too.

Thanks for sharing these photos Snowqueen!
I am not very keen on visiting museums generally (they bore me! :p) but the seals make me want to take a bus to Lahore straight away. Your photography always manages to provoke me so! :)

Well, I found it very interesting. Thanks for the comments by the way. :)

Madhuri

08-20-2012, 01:00 PM

Pictures from my trip to Andaman Islands.

Havelock Island beach.

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t132/Madhuri05/DSC07168.jpg

Mud volcano: It is nothing like what we know about the volcanoes; only sand comes out of the tiny pits.

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t132/Madhuri05/DSC07015.jpg

A house near limestone cave in Bartang Island

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t132/Madhuri05/DSC06963.jpg

A woman going towards her rice paddy field.

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t132/Madhuri05/DSC06959.jpg

View of one of the islands from the aircraft.

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t132/Madhuri05/DSC06721.jpg

Peahen at Ross Island.

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t132/Madhuri05/DSC07614.jpg

Ruins at Ross Island. Notice how the walls are now covered big roots.

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t132/Madhuri05/DSC07556.jpg

Snowqueen

08-21-2012, 04:26 AM

Amazing pictures Madhuri! You must be having fun on that island. I’m fascinated by this picture. what kind of roots are these?

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t132/Madhuri05/DSC07556.jpg

Madhuri

08-21-2012, 09:10 AM

Thanks, Queen. We had great fun there :) There were a variety of trees on the island but I don't remember the name of this tree.

Gilliatt Gurgle

08-21-2012, 10:31 AM

Thanks, Queen. We had great fun there :) There were a variety of trees on the island but I don't remember the name of this tree.

Looks like a wonderful place based on your photos.
I couldn't help but notice the bottle (one of my vices)...there may have been a message inside, treasure map?
Thanks for sharing and for resuscitating the thread.

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Madhuri

08-25-2012, 02:52 AM

I missed seeing the bottle! There could have been a treasure waiting for me to find it!

Well, I'll have to wait until my next trip.

Enjoy some more pics:

Sunrise:

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t132/Madhuri05/DSC07318.jpg

Shell creatures (not sure what these are called):

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t132/Madhuri05/DSC07222.jpg

Spotted an Octopus just a few feet from the shore!

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t132/Madhuri05/DSC07200.jpg

Bird:

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t132/Madhuri05/DSC07180.jpg

These crabs were all over the place:

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t132/Madhuri05/DSC07165.jpg

Tsunami hit area:

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t132/Madhuri05/DSC07031.jpg

Cellular jail - a colonial prison mainly for political prisoners during the pre-independence era.

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t132/Madhuri05/DSC06827.jpg

Idril

08-25-2012, 11:11 AM

Those are so striking, Madhuri, each so evocative in their own way.

Pensive

09-04-2012, 12:48 PM

Madhuri are you a professional photographer or what? Because seriously it's all just beautifully captured!

Emil Miller

09-14-2012, 07:16 AM

Some pictures taken randomly at various places such as my garden, Kew horticultural garedns, a favourite pub and a London underground train.

http://imageshack.us/a/img411/6776/dsc1036w.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img35/2750/dsc1038d.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img703/9082/dsc1041y.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img253/7465/dsc1040y.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img210/238/dsc1062xj.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img38/6048/dsc1060m.jpg

Sancho

09-15-2012, 05:09 PM

Gooood Kitty.

What is that? An MG? (the convertible in front of the pub) Is it yours, Emil?
Also, I don’t remember the underground trains in London being so clean.

I snapped this a couple of days ago near Tillamook, Oregon:
http://i971.photobucket.com/albums/ae197/mollyandbruno/Untitled.jpg

Emil Miller

09-15-2012, 05:39 PM

Gooood Kitty.

What is that? An MG? (the convertible in front of the pub) Is it yours, Emil?
Also, I don’t remember the underground trains in London being so clean.

Yes it's an MG but not mine because drinking and driving is an absolute no no unless you are drinking non alcoholic beverages.
The reason that the train looks so clean is because the rubbish had just been removed while the train was at the end station waiting to depart.

Gilliatt Gurgle

09-16-2012, 12:26 PM

Some pictures taken randomly at various places such as my garden, Kew horticultural garedns, a favourite pub and a London underground train.

So, how long did Mily put up with the neighbors(?) cat eating her food?

The gardens and pub are inviting.
Thanks for sharing

...I snapped this a couple of days ago near Tillamook, Oregon:

You do get around. I recall some recent photos from Boston.
did you hike or drive up to that vantage point?

Emil Miller

09-16-2012, 05:47 PM

[QUOTE=Gilliatt Gurgle;1170034]So, how long did Mily put up with the neighbors(?) cat eating her food?

The gardens and pub are inviting.
Thanks for sharing

[QUOTE]
I've managed to get Milly to accept our neighbour's cat but she does it grudgingly and occasionally takes a swipe at him when she passes by.

You probably noticed that the photos are slightly out of focus but that's because I am still using the damaged Nikon.

Sancho

09-18-2012, 06:45 PM

Howdy, Gill. I snapped that photo from a turnout on US101. La Roja (wife) and I had done a couple of Mt. Hood hikes earlier in the week, but on that particular day we’d been bombing around the Willamette Valley in our rent-a-car, sampling as much free wine as we could find at the local vineyards. It was a splendid day. Sorry, Emil, I've always enjoyed drinking and driving (in moderation, of course).

As for kitties, this one showed up at my house last winter – pregnant and sans tail. We call her Bob-Cat. She's turned out to be a great barn cat. All the various assorted varmints have moved next door.

Gooood kitty:
http://i971.photobucket.com/albums/ae197/mollyandbruno/bobcat_zpsbbacd65e.jpg

Emil Miller

09-19-2012, 07:12 AM

Howdy, Gill. I snapped that photo from a turnout on US101. La Roja (wife) and I had done a couple of Mt. Hood hikes earlier in the week, but on that particular day we’d been bombing around the Willamette Valley in our rent-a-car, sampling as much free wine as we could find at the local vineyards. It was a splendid day. Sorry, Emil, I've always enjoyed drinking and driving (in moderation, of course).

As for kitties, this one showed up at my house last winter – pregnant and sans tail. We call her Bob-Cat. She's turned out to be a great barn cat. All the various assorted varmints have moved next door.

Gooood kitty:

They usually manage to find a home if they have gone astray and females make the best mousers. My own has cleared the garden of mice but even she isn't fast enough to catch the pigeons that congregate below the bird feeders hanging above.

Sancho

09-19-2012, 10:19 AM

I built a ladder for Bob-Cat out of scrap lumber and carpet remnants. And this year, for the first time in a long while, the barn swallows have decided to nest in someone else’s rafters.

Gooood kitty.

Snowqueen

09-19-2012, 10:53 AM

Yes, good kitty and what a moustache!

Here are a few picture I've taken last week.

http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv183/SheherBano5/Islamabad%20%20September%202012/m2.jpg

http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv183/SheherBano5/Islamabad%20%20September%202012/vp.jpg

http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv183/SheherBano5/Islamabad%20%20September%202012/m3-1.jpg

http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv183/SheherBano5/Islamabad%20%20September%202012/m5.jpg

http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv183/SheherBano5/Islamabad%20%20September%202012/m7.jpg

http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv183/SheherBano5/Islamabad%20%20September%202012/s.p.v1_zps6af21ce9.jpg

My little friend smiling at me.

http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv183/SheherBano5/Islamabad%20%20September%202012/Lf_zps0e60d574.jpg

Gilliatt Gurgle

09-19-2012, 06:49 PM

Haven't seen you around in a while Snowqueen.
Where are the photos taken?
Your little friend is a charm.

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Snowqueen

09-20-2012, 03:47 AM

Haven't seen you around in a while Snowqueen.
Where are the photos taken?
Your little friend is a charm.

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Thanks for the comments, I've been to Islamabad and taken some pictures there. The second last photo is from Saidpur village.

tonywalt

09-22-2012, 03:33 PM

http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z53/caymanchess/industrialmodel.jpg

Gilliatt Gurgle

09-23-2012, 09:54 PM

Madhuri

09-24-2012, 10:58 AM

At Ross Island, which was first captured by the British and then by Japanese.

A grave dated 1864:

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t132/Madhuri05/DSC07606_zps1aab991a.jpg

Water treatment plant:

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t132/Madhuri05/DSC07620_zps989ac5b6.jpg

A very famous bakery:

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t132/Madhuri05/DSC07619_zps1c168814.jpg

tonywalt

09-24-2012, 09:50 PM

WOW!

The legs on that ...uh...boiler(?) look hot.
Seriously- it is an interesting composition in B/W and what is that piece of equipment?
Looks like someone spent some time with a cutting torch.

You got anymore to share?

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I will pass that compliment to her!

I took the photos in a industrial dump and do not know what on what
she is sitting. I have a series of photos of people in that industrial dump, but haven't posted the rest of them.

qimissung

09-25-2012, 12:24 AM

Maddie, Snowqueen, Tony, thank you for your amazing pictures! And Emil and Sancho, your cats are so dear (yes, Sancho, even that little outlaw you call Bob-Cat).

Snowqueen, is that child your niece?

Snowqueen

09-25-2012, 01:32 AM

Madhuri and Tony your pictures are wonderful. Thanks for sharing.

Maddie, Snowqueen, Tony, thank you for your amazing pictures! And Emil and Sancho, your cats are so dear (yes, Sancho, even that little outlaw you call Bob-Cat).

Snowqueen, is that child your niece?

Thanks for your comments Qimi. You are looking at a boy (my uncle's grandson).

Sydneysider

09-25-2012, 02:00 AM

Self portrait.

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g73/bongoboy_photos/2012-05-09171159.jpg

qimissung

09-25-2012, 11:33 PM

lol, sydneysider. O-h-h-h, Snowqueen. I apologize, and thanks for clearing that up. :)

tonywalt

09-26-2012, 03:06 PM

Maddie, Snowqueen, Tony, thank you for your amazing pictures! And Emil and Sancho, your cats are so dear (yes, Sancho, even that little outlaw you call Bob-Cat).

Snowqueen, is that child your niece?

Thanks very much!

Madhuri and Tony your pictures are wonderful. Thanks for sharing.

Thanks Snowqueen. I loved your photos, so vivid!

Thanks for your comments Qimi. You are looking at a boy (my uncle's grandson).

Thanks Snowqueen. I loved your photos, so vivid!

Themis

09-27-2012, 02:08 PM

@Madhuri: What a nice bakery!
@Sydneysider: My, what a cute bear you are!

On Tuesday I went for a walk in my beloved Vienna Woods and I took a few pictures.

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o12/Blitzgneisser/Bildschirmfoto2012-09-27um200009.png
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o12/Blitzgneisser/Bildschirmfoto2012-09-27um200029.pnghttp://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o12/Blitzgneisser/Bildschirmfoto2012-09-27um200019.png

Pensive

09-30-2012, 06:10 PM

Some photos I took during my brief stay in Helsinki! :)
(last one is of my university town though)

Gilliatt Gurgle

09-30-2012, 08:50 PM

...On Tuesday I went for a walk in my beloved Vienna Woods and I took a few pictures.

Vienna woods look wonderful.
I missed the birds the first time I looked.
I recognize the Nuthatch (bird to the right inside feeder) but not sure what the left perching bird is with the black collar.
Oh and now I see one flying up to the feeder - fantastic!

Some photos I took during my brief stay in Helsinki! :)
(last one is of my university town though)

What is that in the second photo? a steel groom "panhandler"?
Thanks for sharing.

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Snowqueen

10-01-2012, 06:17 AM

Your pictures are amazing Pensy; I loved the last two. Can you share more details?

tonywalt

10-01-2012, 10:00 AM

Themis! Pensive! Excellent photos - brilliant ambient light in your Themis, very cool!

Themis

10-01-2012, 10:26 AM

Vienna woods look wonderful.
I missed the birds the first time I looked.
I recognize the Nuthatch (bird to the right inside feeder) but not sure what the left perching bird is with the black collar.
Oh and now I see one flying up to the feeder - fantastic!

Actually, I thought all three of them were nuthatchs. (And to be honest, I missed the one flying up myself.)

@tonywalt: Thanks!

tonywalt

10-01-2012, 12:24 PM

Actually, I thought all three of them were nuthatchs. (And to be honest, I missed the one flying up myself.)

@tonywalt: Thanks!

Yea, I love Austria. So clean and rustic - love the homes on the side of the mountains. Are they generally made of Austrian Pine?

Themis

10-01-2012, 03:26 PM

Yea, I love Austria. So clean and rustic - love the homes on the side of the mountains. Are they generally made of Austrian Pine?

I really have no idea, I live on the other side of those mountains. But I suppose they could be, at least partially. Houses made up entirely of wood are rare.

Gilliatt Gurgle

10-01-2012, 09:47 PM

I haven't posted here in a while.
Speaking of Austria - a few from 1988 digital conversion from slides.
Themis might recognize these.

Innsbrucke

http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/ae114/tabuka1/Europe%201988%20through%20a%20Pentax%20ME%20Super/Europe%201988%20digital%20conversion%20from%20slid es/1820820-R02-012.jpg

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Salzburg

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Mozart

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Snowqueen

10-02-2012, 05:07 AM

It’s good to see some pictures from you again. They don’t seem that old to be honest. The view in the first picture is breathtaking.

RicMisc

10-02-2012, 11:14 AM

It’s good to see some pictures from you again. They don’t seem that old to be honest. The view in the first picture is breathtaking.

You can see that they're quite old by looking at the people in the last picture. And the pictures have that sort of vintage grainy feel to them.

I thought I'd share some of the pictures I took last summer in Sicily.

Themis

10-02-2012, 01:26 PM

I haven't posted here in a while.
Speaking of Austria - a few from 1988 digital conversion from slides.
Themis might recognize these.

They're beautiful. (Thanks for alerting me to this. :) )

@RicMisc: May I just say "Oh, my god, it's so lovely!" regarding your second picture!

tonywalt

10-02-2012, 02:34 PM

[QUOTE=Gilliatt Gurgle;1174732]I haven't posted here in a while.
Speaking of Austria - a few from 1988 digital conversion from slides.
Themis might recognize these.

Gorgeous photos.

Snowqueen

10-03-2012, 03:19 AM

You can see that they're quite old by looking at the people in the last picture. And the pictures have that sort of vintage grainy feel to them.

Yes, but I’ve seen older pictures with more faded colours than those.

I thought I'd share some of the pictures I took last summer in Sicily.

I loved your first picture, I hope you didn't crush that flower. :D

Gilliatt Gurgle

10-03-2012, 11:09 PM

You can see that they're quite old by looking at the people in the last picture. And the pictures have that sort of vintage grainy feel to them.

I thought I'd share some of the pictures I took last summer in Sicily.

I nearly overlooked your photos RicMisc!
Never made it to Sicily. Beuatiful. Nice composition in that second photo.
Clearly a Greek temple by virtue of the doric columns, but I wasn't familiar with where. After a brief search is that in Agrigento?

Thanks all for taking a look at Austria.
btw that's the Olympic ski jump used in 1964 and 1976(?)
here's a more recent look from wikipedia

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Bergisel-N.jpg/200px-Bergisel-N.jpg

SkyCetacean

10-03-2012, 11:16 PM

My screwin' around with my new camera.

Piano (http://i1192.photobucket.com/albums/aa332/RainyDay247/NIKOND5100046_zpsb164b6ee.jpg)

RicMisc

10-07-2012, 11:34 AM

I loved your first picture, I hope you didn't crush that flower. :D

Don't worry, I didn't crush the flower. I actually didn't do anything to the flower. It was already laying there on a little wall and I just thought I'd take a picture ;)

I nearly overlooked your photos RicMisc!
Never made it to Sicily. Beuatiful. Nice composition in that second photo.
Clearly a Greek temple by virtue of the doric columns, but I wasn't familiar with where. After a brief search is that in Agrigento?

Sicily is absolutely gorgeous, the pictures don't even do it justice. Plus the people are amazingly nice and helpful. It was really one of the best holidays if not the best so far. And yes, the temple is in Agrigento. Very beautiful temples and after Acropolis probably the most interesting architectural site I've been, as far as temples go at least.

Gilliatt Gurgle

10-07-2012, 08:15 PM

Part of my birthday celebration included a visit to the Alliance air show in Fort Worth Texas.
The aishow is held annually about this time of year. My son and I decided to go this year and to my surprise, a P-38 Lightning in all its glory was sitting on the tarmak. My father flew the Lightning in WW II, so there's a special bond with that plane. Many of the planes are brought in for static displaty only, but forthunately they flew the P-38 including a part in what is referred to as the Heritage Flight. When they started piping bag pipe music through the PA system as the formation flew by, I couldn't hold back a few tears of pride.

The firsrt three below are the Lighning:

http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/ae114/tabuka1/Alliance%20Airshow%202012/IMGP2749.jpg

http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/ae114/tabuka1/Alliance%20Airshow%202012/IMGP2750.jpg

http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/ae114/tabuka1/Alliance%20Airshow%202012/IMGP2808.jpg

Heritage Flight
F-4 Phantom
Lockheed P-38 Lightning
F-86 Super Sabre

http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/ae114/tabuka1/Alliance%20Airshow%202012/IMGP2799.jpg

P-51 Mustang

http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/ae114/tabuka1/Alliance%20Airshow%202012/IMGP2783.jpg

North American F-86 Super Sabre
Korean war era jets

http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/ae114/tabuka1/Alliance%20Airshow%202012/IMGP2774.jpg

Snowqueen

10-09-2012, 03:57 AM

Wonderful pictures Gilliatt! I don't know much about planes, but It seems you had a great time on your birthday. Thanks for sharing.

Themis

10-09-2012, 07:15 AM

@GilliattGurgle: Great pictures! Particularly love the one with the F-4 phantom and am pretty sure I used to have a poster of one stuck to my door when I was a teenager.

Madhuri

10-09-2012, 01:23 PM

A butterfly in a park near my office:

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t132/Madhuri05/Photo0014_butterfly.jpg

Gilliatt Gurgle

10-09-2012, 07:59 PM

Wonderful pictures Gilliatt! I don't know much about planes, but It seems you had a great time on your birthday. Thanks for sharing.

@GilliattGurgle: Great pictures! Particularly love the one with the F-4 phantom and am pretty sure I used to have a poster of one stuck to my door when I was a teenager.

Thanks for taking a look.
The aerial shots aren't quite as "crisp" since I switched to a circa 1970's 200 mm lens in which I had to manually focus while the planes were quickly moving. I've been out of practice.

A butterfly in a park near my office:

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t132/Madhuri05/Photo0014_butterfly.jpg

Beautiful. Looks relatively large.

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Madhuri

10-09-2012, 11:25 PM

Thanks, GG :) It was a big butterfly and there were several. It was a pleasant sight :) I don't know why in my dream last night I was trying to catch bigger butterflies. :confused5:

Gilliatt Gurgle

10-20-2012, 10:02 AM

Continuing with insects.
Here's a large "Walking Stick" we discovered, making its way up a Hickory tree.
Note the missing leg.
The bottle is for scale.

http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/ae114/tabuka1/Elements%20of%20Nature/IMGP2828.jpg

Snowqueen

10-21-2012, 06:55 AM

Wow! This insect looks a bit like praying mantis, which is quite common around here but I’ve never seen anything like “walking stick” before. It’s fascinating.

Gilliatt Gurgle

10-21-2012, 07:55 PM

...This insect looks a bit like praying mantis...

They do.
I read through the Peterson's guide and see that they both fall in the same order; "Orthoptera" - along with roaches. grasshoppers, crickets and katydids.

Pensive

11-10-2012, 08:23 PM

View from my room, on a morning after a snowy evening!
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Gilliatt Gurgle

11-11-2012, 12:32 PM

View from my room, on a morning after a snowy evening!
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Autumn and winter are my favorite seasons. I particularly like the blanket of gray that hangs over the city in your photo.
It is amazing how a dusting of snow transforms the enviornment, it softens the urban harshness.
Very nice.

Madhuri

11-17-2012, 12:48 PM

From my trip to Mumbai for Diwali:

Applying Mehandi:

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t132/Madhuri05/DSC07849.jpg

Gateway of India and Taj hotel

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t132/Madhuri05/DSC07877.jpg

View of the city from the hanging garden

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t132/Madhuri05/DSC07892.jpg

Flower in the garden

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t132/Madhuri05/DSC07902.jpg

Snowqueen

11-18-2012, 06:46 AM

View from my room, on a morning after a snowy evening!
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Being a Snowqueen myself I loved this snowy view.

Great pictures Madhuri, I like your traditional henna (Mehndi) decoration. We usually do this on Eid and wedding celebrations.

Madhuri

11-18-2012, 10:59 AM

Thanks, Queen. We too do it for all festivals and weddings. There is a Mehandi and sangeet night prior to the wedding day and all women get this done. :)

Calidore

11-18-2012, 11:18 AM

How long does it take to get a pattern like that?

Madhuri

11-18-2012, 10:21 PM

Making the design doesn't take long, maybe 10-15 mins for a hand, but if it is the bridal mehandi then it may take a few hrs as those are very detailed designs and done on full hands and feet/legs. Also, getting the desired colour after you wash the mehandi depends on how long have you kept the mehandi. Some people keep it overnight, some wash it off after a couple of hours, and some apply clove oil before applying mehandi, some even apply lemon and sugar mix so that the mehandi doesn't fall off after drying. There are various techniques to get the desired colour. It is said that, for a bride-to-be the darker the mehandi colour the more the love of her husband and in some parts it is the love of the mom-in-law. :)

Snowqueen

11-19-2012, 07:50 AM

Thanks, Queen. We too do it for all festivals and weddings. There is a Mehandi and sangeet night prior to the wedding day and all women get this done. :)

How long does it take to get a pattern like that?

I did it on Eid, and it almost took five minutes though the design is not as detailed as it is on your hand, Madhuri.

http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv183/SheherBano5/Henna.jpg

manuscript

11-19-2012, 08:48 AM

for some reason i always assumed paisley to be an english thing and i have just realised how silly that was.

Madhuri

11-19-2012, 10:20 AM

Queen, such designs are called Arabic designs here.

tonywalt

11-19-2012, 11:23 PM

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kittypaws

11-21-2012, 01:20 AM

tonywalt

11-21-2012, 10:28 AM

kittypaws

11-21-2012, 09:48 PM

Beautiful shots!

Thanks Tony and here is one wishing everyone a Happy Thanksgiving!

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Gilliatt Gurgle

11-21-2012, 09:53 PM

I still don't have down the new means of posting an image directly to here...I'll keep working on in...but in the mean time here are a few shots of fall on the eastern cost of the USA

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hope you can view and enjoy them!

kittypaws

Thanks for sharing.
Looks like you're trees are offering some nice colors.
There's a couple of Ash trees in my yard that are displaying some nice color.
Happy Thanksgiving

Snowqueen

12-04-2012, 03:59 AM

Tony and Kittypaws your photos are truly amazing. Thanks for sharing!

I took this picture early this year during my visit to a nearby town. When I asked his name he replied ‘I’m puperman’ he actually wanted to say Superman. Cute kid!

http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv183/SheherBano5/Bilot%20%202012/Cutekid-1.jpg

Pensive

12-08-2012, 09:44 PM

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Some burnt food which I actually managed to eat (thanks to some quince preserve) and snow.

Gilliatt Gurgle

12-09-2012, 11:07 AM

...I took this picture early this year during my visit to a nearby town. When I asked his name he replied ‘I’m puperman’ he actually wanted to say Superman. Cute kid!...

He is cute owing to his bad hair day.

...and snow.

I wish you could send some snow my way.
Right now (Sunday morning) it is a balmy 60 deg F, although there is a strong cold front on the way tonight.

kittypaws

12-09-2012, 07:37 PM

I wish you could send some snow my way.
Right now (Sunday morning) it is a balmy 60 deg F, although there is a strong cold front on the way tonight.

Be careful what you wish for....you may just get it!

http://i801.photobucket.com/albums/yy299/kittypaws_jones/2010%20Snow%20Storms/P1120017.jpg

Gilliatt Gurgle

12-23-2012, 09:29 PM

Be careful what you wish for....you may just get it!

Ha! thanks and it looks like we just might get some on Chrsitmas if the forecast holds up, though it will likely be a dusting only.

After having the niece and nephew watch Forbidden Planet, Uncle Gilliatt had them work on drawing and painting skills during their weekend visit....

Niece working on a Screetch Owl using the Audubon Society field guide as a reference:

http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/ae114/tabuka1/Misc%20Album/IMGP2882.jpg

Both busy with the watercolors.
I had to cringe a few times when I caught them using a scrubbing motion with the sable hair brushes:

http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/ae114/tabuka1/Misc%20Album/IMGP2889.jpg

kittypaws

12-23-2012, 10:29 PM

Calidore

12-23-2012, 10:39 PM

Good choice--Forbidden Planet is one of those movies that even kids who don't think they'll like old movies like.

I have to say, that warping effect you used to hide their faces in the picture is kind of creepy, because it looks exactly like what happens in photographs of people who've been cursed in The Ring.

Snowqueen

12-24-2012, 08:03 AM

Ha! thanks and it looks like we just might get some on Chrsitmas if the forecast holds up, though it will likely be a dusting only.

After having the niece and nephew watch Forbidden Planet, Uncle Gilliatt had them work on drawing and painting skills during their weekend visit....

Niece working on a Screetch Owl using the Audubon Society field guide as a reference:

Both busy with the watercolors.
I had to cringe a few times when I caught them using a scrubbing motion with the sable hair brushes:

It's good to see the kids are getting some training from their genius uncle.
My elder niece is a little artist. she is only 5 years old but very fond of making cards. She had sent me this a few months ago and I scanned it immediately.

http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv183/SheherBano5/By%20Shinu%20and%20Bushy/card001.jpg

Gilliatt Gurgle

12-24-2012, 10:52 AM

It is always nice to have family around at this time of year.....isn't that what it is all about?

Keep prodding them as they seem like they enjoy being artist.

Here is to a very Merry, Peaceful Christmas Gilliatt!

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kittypaws

Thanks so much and I wish the same for you.
Looks like the Shepherd enjoys the snow, I see some on the muzzle.
I'm still keeping the fingers crossed for some rain and snow.

...I have to say, that warping effect you used to hide their faces in the picture is kind of creepy, because it looks exactly like what happens in photographs of people who've been cursed in The Ring.

Agreed, that turned out kind of weird. Their mom and dad probably wouldn't mind their faces being shown given their involvemnet with that infernal facebook and tweeter business, but since I didn't ask, I took decided to warp.

...My elder niece is a little artist. she is only 5 years old but very fond of making cards. She had sent me this a few months ago and I scanned it immediately.

Wonderful! I like he dresses on the hangers too.

Gilliatt Gurgle

12-26-2012, 06:22 PM

A few pics of our second White Christmas in three years taken the day after.

The 2012 Halloween "Mozartgeist" waiting for New Year's celebration.
His original Halloween pumpkin head has deflated down to a rotted blob no longer visible.
The second head is waiting to be installed just prior to the New Years eve auto de fe.

http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/ae114/tabuka1/Elements%20of%20Nature/WhiteChristmas201201.jpg

A shot down the creek

http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/ae114/tabuka1/Elements%20of%20Nature/WhiteChrsitams201202.jpg

Icicle on the green house gutter

http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/ae114/tabuka1/Elements%20of%20Nature/WhiteChrsitmas201203.jpg

OrphanPip

12-28-2012, 06:46 PM

I think I'd prefer a far less white Christmas at the moment.

http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z241/i_feel_tiredsleepy/Holiday/image_zps37921c1a.jpg

Snowqueen

12-29-2012, 09:44 AM

Gilliatt, OrphanPip great pictures, keep them coming.

Gilliatt Gurgle

12-29-2012, 10:12 AM

I think I'd prefer a far less white Christmas at the moment.

Hehe, puts my paltry couple of inches to shame. "Damn Texans, look at 'em get'n all excited about a little snow"

Snowqueen

01-08-2013, 07:59 AM

A few close up shots taken last week.

http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv183/SheherBano5/6610_zpsbbb7e7b2.jpg

http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv183/SheherBano5/rainy_zps843f2616.jpg

http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv183/SheherBano5/yellowf_zps34002a10.jpg

http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv183/SheherBano5/rose_zpsdbcc5075.jpg

Sancho

01-08-2013, 09:36 AM

Nice!

Snowqueen

01-09-2013, 03:30 AM

Nice!

Thanks for this nice little comment.

qimissung

01-09-2013, 05:48 AM

We have a mutual love of flowers, Snowqueen, but you get to be around them more. Your pics are beautiful, as usual, and I love your little niece's drawing! Such a bee-yu-ti-ful dress!

Great pics, kittypaws and Gilliatt! I envy your wilderness abode, Gilliatt. I may live only a few miles down the road, but it's miles and miles of roads and cement in every direction.

Snowqueen

01-11-2013, 10:21 AM

We have a mutual love of flowers, Snowqueen, but you get to be around them more. Your pics are beautiful, as usual, and I love your little niece's drawing! Such a bee-yu-ti-ful dress!
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Thanks for appreciating Qimi. I think I should have learnt some drawing skills from my niece.

Gilliatt Gurgle

01-12-2013, 12:26 AM

Beautiful!
I like the water drops theme.
The clarity of the rose is stunning, I want to reach through the screen and shove my nose in it!
Thanks

Snowqueen

01-13-2013, 07:59 AM

Thanks Gilliatt, I took these photos on a rainy day. We have been experiencing cold and wet weather for the past couple of weeks or so. I’m glad you like them.

Gilliatt Gurgle

01-22-2013, 11:26 PM

The Gurgles said goodbye to 2012 this past weekend in the usual fashion.
Usual fashion translates to guns, beer, explosives, vodka and fire, culminating in “Mozartgeist’s” auto de fe.

So long 2012, you’re gonna burn

Arthur Brown:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOErZuzZpS8

http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/ae114/tabuka1/New%20Year%20Celebration%20Jan%202013/IMGP2911.jpg

http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/ae114/tabuka1/New%20Year%20Celebration%20Jan%202013/IMGP2916.jpg

http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/ae114/tabuka1/New%20Year%20Celebration%20Jan%202013/IMGP2915.jpg

http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/ae114/tabuka1/New%20Year%20Celebration%20Jan%202013/IMGP2924.jpg

Exploding pumpkin

http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/ae114/tabuka1/New%20Year%20Celebration%20Jan%202013/IMGP2959cropped.jpg

http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/ae114/tabuka1/New%20Year%20Celebration%20Jan%202013/IMGP2931.jpg

Click on thumbnails:

http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/ae114/tabuka1/New%20Year%20Celebration%20Jan%202013/th_IMGP2944.jpg (http://s963.photobucket.com/albums/ae114/tabuka1/New%20Year%20Celebration%20Jan%202013/?action=view&current=IMGP2944.jpg)

http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/ae114/tabuka1/New%20Year%20Celebration%20Jan%202013/th_IMGP2934.jpg (http://s963.photobucket.com/albums/ae114/tabuka1/New%20Year%20Celebration%20Jan%202013/?action=view&current=IMGP2934.jpg)

http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/ae114/tabuka1/New%20Year%20Celebration%20Jan%202013/th_IMGP2933.jpg (http://s963.photobucket.com/albums/ae114/tabuka1/New%20Year%20Celebration%20Jan%202013/?action=view&current=IMGP2933.jpg)

qimissung

01-24-2013, 03:33 PM

It looks like a good time was had by all. :D

Snowqueen

01-25-2013, 03:23 AM

Great pictures Gilliatt! Seems like you have been shooting, I hope the cows and chickens didn't get into your way.

Gilliatt Gurgle

01-25-2013, 11:13 PM

It looks like a good time was had by all. :D

Great pictures Gilliatt! Seems like you have been shooting, I hope the cows and chickens didn't get into your way.

We had a great time and..well, admittedly not quite as wild as the picture I may have painted with my words. I didn't stray beyond beer. My brother enjoys the Vodka.
No worries about the livestock getting in the line of fire, we always post a spotter next to the person shooting keeping an eye out for safety.

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Snowqueen

03-10-2013, 04:06 AM

Some pictures of the native birds that I’ve taken in the past on different locations.

http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv183/SheherBano5/Birds/BlackDrango.jpg

Andaman Drongo. I found it wandering outside our house.

http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv183/SheherBano5/Birds/ld.jpg

Little dove. It’s a daily visitor.

http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv183/SheherBano5/Birds/greatcormorantandegret.jpg

Egret and I think the other bird is great cormorant, but I’m not so sure.

http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv183/SheherBano5/Birds/Chakor.jpg

This bird is called Chakor and it is quite common around here. It belongs to the family of partridge.

http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv183/SheherBano5/Birds/peacock.jpg

Gilliatt Gurgle

03-10-2013, 04:29 PM

Wonderful images Snowqueen.
The Dove looks very much like our Mouning Doves.
My favorite is the Chakor. How were you able to get so close?
and of course the noisy Peacock haha...is this the one that loiters around your home?

Snowqueen

03-11-2013, 06:08 AM

I think it’s called Laughing dove. lol

Here is the link.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laughing_Dove

Yes, you are right it’s the same old noisy peacock.
Chakor is extremely shy bird, but somehow I did manage to take that shot. Thanks.

Gilliatt Gurgle

03-19-2013, 09:47 PM

I found this recent picture of the missus among the Bigfoot conference photos .
She is standing in front of Richard Serra's steel sculpture titled "Vortex".
It is a permanent feature in the landscape outside the Modern Art Museum in Fort Worth Texas.

The acoustics inside the sculpture are amazing.

http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/ae114/tabuka1/Paintings%20Drawings%20and%20Sculpture/IMGP2967_zps123eb3f1.jpg

A video of a little boy and a ball inside the sculpture.
Listen for the echoes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpBr1AkGn_Y

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faithosaurus

03-20-2013, 01:53 AM

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Green River in Chicago 😊

Snowqueen

03-20-2013, 07:02 AM

Great picture, Gilliatt. Do say hi to your missus for me.
I can’t seem to follow your link as I have no access to youtube.

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Green River in Chicago 

Nice photo, faithosaurus.

Some recent pics taken with my new camera. It is a birthday gift from my parents.

http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv183/SheherBano5/New%20Camera%20March%202013/flower.jpg

http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv183/SheherBano5/New%20Camera%20March%202013/1.jpg

http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv183/SheherBano5/New%20Camera%20March%202013/flower1.jpg

Calidore

03-20-2013, 09:30 AM

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Green River in Chicago ��

I loved Tommy Lee Jones' line in The Fugitive: "If they can dye it green for St. Patrick's Day, why can't they dye it blue the rest of the year?" So true. I do love the green, though.

faithosaurus

03-22-2013, 11:01 PM

So, I am really loving Instagram lately.

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Shaman_Raman

03-22-2013, 11:17 PM

Snow, leaves, the beach, and diamond rings. You'll meet your husband between fall and winter at Lake Michigan. :yesnod:

Calidore

03-22-2013, 11:26 PM

Snow, leaves, the beach, and diamond rings. You'll meet your husband between fall and winter at Lake Michigan. :yesnod:

Bad luck; no way I'll be in beach shape by this fall.

faithosaurus

03-23-2013, 01:02 AM

Snow, leaves, the beach, and diamond rings. You'll meet your husband between fall and winter at Lake Michigan. :yesnod:

Haha, sounds like a plan!

Gilliatt Gurgle

03-23-2013, 11:11 AM

Some recent pics taken with my new camera. It is a birthday gift from my parents.

Stunning brilliance! beautiful.
A great gift to receive.

So, I am really loving Instagram lately.

Doh!, I was about to say great photo of the ocean.
Based on the clues, I'd say that is Lake Michigan. anyhow, nice composition.
I like the proportions of each layer; sand- water -sky.

Calidore

03-23-2013, 12:13 PM

Just found a batch of pictures from a San Diego vacation several years ago. Here's a few from the train ride there and back. This is why I always take Amtrak.

All of these were taken through the train window.

http://i1300.photobucket.com/albums/ag87/Calidore/DSCF0057_zps0c3bf89f.jpg

http://i1300.photobucket.com/albums/ag87/Calidore/DSCF0061_zpsb890d9e6.jpg

http://i1300.photobucket.com/albums/ag87/Calidore/DSCF0335_zps5753be34.jpg

http://i1300.photobucket.com/albums/ag87/Calidore/DSCF0389_zps0faaee13.jpg

http://i1300.photobucket.com/albums/ag87/Calidore/DSCF0402_zpsba9c6450.jpg

http://i1300.photobucket.com/albums/ag87/Calidore/DSCF0420_zps1982b101.jpg

http://i1300.photobucket.com/albums/ag87/Calidore/DSCF0429_zpsea056da0.jpg

http://i1300.photobucket.com/albums/ag87/Calidore/DSCF0442_zpsbee7b7de.jpg

http://i1300.photobucket.com/albums/ag87/Calidore/DSCF0468_zps92f44568.jpg

http://i1300.photobucket.com/albums/ag87/Calidore/DSCF0476_zps5af2c103.jpg

cafolini

03-23-2013, 01:04 PM

Nice, very nice. Thanks for sharing.

Snowqueen

03-24-2013, 04:31 AM

Just found a batch of pictures from a San Diego vacation several years ago. Here's a few from the train ride there and back. This is why I always take Amtrak.

All of these were taken through the train window.

I like variety of landscapes that you’ve captured in your pictures. I always take the photos whenever I’m travelling. Thanks for sharing, Calidore.

Stunning brilliance! beautiful.
A great gift to receive.

Gee! Thanks!

Adolescent09

03-25-2013, 11:02 PM

Editedddddddd

Madhuri

03-30-2013, 01:04 AM

Sunrise:

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t132/Madhuri05/Roberts%20Ganj/DSC08102_zps72f67317.jpg

Flower in the garden:

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t132/Madhuri05/Roberts%20Ganj/DSC08109_zps4deae904.jpg

Onion flower:

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t132/Madhuri05/Roberts%20Ganj/DSC08139_zps14b4b2e6.jpg

Cave drawings:

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t132/Madhuri05/Roberts%20Ganj/DSC08145_zps5954174b.jpg

A house in the field:

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t132/Madhuri05/Roberts%20Ganj/DSC08154_zpsddab5281.jpg

Fossils in the Fossil park:

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t132/Madhuri05/Roberts%20Ganj/DSC08192_zps7efdf530.jpg

Mango:

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t132/Madhuri05/Roberts%20Ganj/DSC08237_zpsdfea9b56.jpg

Dew:

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t132/Madhuri05/Roberts%20Ganj/DSC08224_zpscbc43721.jpg

Gilliatt Gurgle

03-30-2013, 09:49 AM

Just found a batch of pictures from a San Diego vacation several years ago. Here's a few from the train ride there and back. This is why I always take Amtrak.

All of these were taken through the train window.
....

http://i1300.photobucket.com/albums/ag87/Calidore/DSCF0402_zpsba9c6450.jpg

Nice sequence shots showing the varied landscape. ^This one looks like the region around the "Four Corners" near "Shiprock"

Editedddddddd

??? interesting. Playing poker with a cigar?

quote Madhuri

...
Cave drawings:

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t132/Madhuri05/Roberts%20Ganj/DSC08145_zps5954174b.jpg

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Nice photos Madhuri. The home isolated in the field would make a nice, peaceful escape.
^ the cave paintings remind me of the petroglyps / pictographs common through the U.S. Southwest.

Here are two examples I took at Chaco Canyon National Historic Park in New Mexico:

Petroglyph:

http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/ae114/tabuka1/Chaco%20Culture%20NHS%20and%20New%20Mexico/IMG_1432.jpg

A Pictograph:

http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/ae114/tabuka1/Chaco%20Culture%20NHS%20and%20New%20Mexico/IMG_1435.jpg

qimissung

03-30-2013, 10:32 PM

Snow, leaves, the beach, and diamond rings. You'll meet your husband between fall and winter at Lake Michigan. :yesnod:

Very poetical, Shaman_Raman; and Faith, your pictures are gorgeous!

As are yours, Calidore, Gilliatt, Maddie and Snowqueen. I see you are making good use of your birthday present, Snowqueen. :)

Adolescent09

03-31-2013, 05:47 AM

??? interesting. Playing poker with a cigar?

Nope, it's the first photo I've taken with my phone besides self-pics. I know I'm a narcissist :p. Tis a difficult habit to break for us young people.

Gilliatt Gurgle

03-31-2013, 09:09 PM

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A few shots of a Green Anole on our fence:

http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/ae114/tabuka1/Elements%20of%20Nature/IMGP2990_zps4a8809e1.jpg

Cropped from the pic above

http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/ae114/tabuka1/Elements%20of%20Nature/cropped_zps19aef867.jpg

http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/ae114/tabuka1/Elements%20of%20Nature/IMGP2986_zps18da4cae.jpg

http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/ae114/tabuka1/Elements%20of%20Nature/IMGP2984_zpsf5716ec3.jpg

YesNo

03-31-2013, 09:24 PM

Adolescent09

04-01-2013, 05:06 AM

Some beginner level photomanips of mine. I'm having a really difficult time with lighting but I guess I shouldn't expect much from an iPhone :p

Adolescent09

04-01-2013, 05:18 AM

I literally added over 22 filters to the Bentley one

Snowqueen

04-02-2013, 06:48 AM

Mango:

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t132/Madhuri05/Roberts%20Ganj/DSC08237_zpsdfea9b56.jpg

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Our mango trees haven’t borne fruit yet; their branches are filled with blossoms though. Hopefully they will turn into tiny mangos by the end of this month. We have mostly grown Chaunca mango trees.

Very poetical, Shaman_Raman; and Faith, your pictures are gorgeous!

As are yours, Calidore, Gilliatt, Maddie and Snowqueen. I see you are making good use of your birthday present, Snowqueen. :)

Thanks for noticing, Qimi. I forced my parents to hand over the presents long before my birthday, just like a spoilt child. :D

Nice close up shots, Gilliatt. I never mustered up the courage to take photos of lizards and other crawling creatures that I often see around my house during summer. lol

faithosaurus

04-02-2013, 05:55 PM

Very poetical, Shaman_Raman; and Faith, your pictures are gorgeous!

As are yours, Calidore, Gilliatt, Maddie and Snowqueen. I see you are making good use of your birthday present, Snowqueen. :)

Thank you :D

The animals are coming out

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LitNetIsGreat

04-02-2013, 06:13 PM

Gilliatt Gurgle

04-02-2013, 09:44 PM

The dilated pupil on the second picture of the Green Anole made me wonder if that meant something similar to what it might mean in humans. It certainly knew you were watching it. Nice pictures...

Thanks. It wasn't until I cropped in closer on the head that I noticed the pupil staring at me.

Jesus, what's with the green dinosaur thing on the back garden? Scary looking. Looks like it bites. I wouldn't be staying around to find out.

What's with the wench avatar?

He's not so big, but they will bite if you place your finger near their mouth. To give you a sense of his size, the fence picket is about 3 1/2 inches wide.

The wench is what awaits me in the afterlife according to Eben Alexander and the power of the "Orbs". Sophia Loren will be my "pretty girl in a peasant dress"
Look...just play along and read through the Texas BFcon thread starting about post 17. Ever since I laid eyes on her, I needed to have her close at hand hence the avatar.

qimissung

04-02-2013, 11:41 PM

God, that anole looks just like the ones you get in the pet store, too.

Forgot to mention, Gilliatt, nice pic of your wife. Is she on board with the whole Sophia thing? :D

Gilliatt Gurgle

04-03-2013, 09:53 PM

God, that anole looks just like the ones you get in the pet store, too.

Forgot to mention, Gilliatt, nice pic of your wife. Is she on board with the whole Sophia thing? :D

Thanks.
She's not aware of Sophia yet. I'm waiting for the right time to explain the whole bit about peasants and orbs.

Gilliatt Gurgle

04-22-2013, 10:36 PM

How about something to take our minds off of recent tragic news or otherwise Monday blues.
This has to be about the cutest darn thing I've seen in a long time.
It brought a lump to my throat when I spotted the little fella.
There is a rabbit den in the backyard that I've been monitoring and protecting to the best of my ability, primarily against our dog.
Today they finally began to venture out beyond the fenced enclosure I placed around the den. So far we have spotted three.

Eastern Cottontail - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_cottontail

http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/ae114/tabuka1/Elements%20of%20Nature/IMGP3114_zpsf01aee20.jpg (http://s963.photobucket.com/user/tabuka1/media/Elements%20of%20Nature/IMGP3114_zpsf01aee20.jpg.html)

http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/ae114/tabuka1/Elements%20of%20Nature/IMGP3113_zps400ce187.jpg (http://s963.photobucket.com/user/tabuka1/media/Elements%20of%20Nature/IMGP3113_zps400ce187.jpg.html)

http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/ae114/tabuka1/Elements%20of%20Nature/IMGP3112_zps6d8bd7b4.jpg (http://s963.photobucket.com/user/tabuka1/media/Elements%20of%20Nature/IMGP3112_zps6d8bd7b4.jpg.html)

Snowqueen

05-12-2013, 03:34 AM

Here are a couple of images that I have taken of Red Vented Bulbul.

http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv183/SheherBano5/Birds/redvented.jpg (http://s682.photobucket.com/user/SheherBano5/media/Birds/redvented.jpg.html)

http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv183/SheherBano5/Birds/redv.jpg (http://s682.photobucket.com/user/SheherBano5/media/Birds/redv.jpg.html)

Yesterday I captured some pictures of a girl who lives in our neighborhood.

http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv183/SheherBano5/Kids/friend.jpg (http://s682.photobucket.com/user/SheherBano5/media/Kids/friend.jpg.html)

http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv183/SheherBano5/Kids/friend2.jpg (http://s682.photobucket.com/user/SheherBano5/media/Kids/friend2.jpg.html)

http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv183/SheherBano5/Kids/friend3.jpg (http://s682.photobucket.com/user/SheherBano5/media/Kids/friend3.jpg.html)

Gilliatt Gurgle

05-16-2013, 10:15 PM

Hello Snowqueen.
Wow, those eyes, she is a doll!

Snowqueen

05-17-2013, 05:22 AM

Hi there! :seeya:

Yes, her eyes beautiful. Thanks for noticing. By the way, I read in the newspaper about violent storms in Taxes. I hope you and the rest of your family members are safe.

ACm Stha

05-17-2013, 05:29 AM

Amazing pic .!!! LOVED IT

Snowqueen

05-17-2013, 05:48 AM

Thanks ACm Stha and welcome to Litnet.

Gilliatt Gurgle

05-18-2013, 07:42 AM

... I read in the newspaper about violent storms in Taxes. I hope you and the rest of your family members are safe.

"Taxes"!, careful with that word, there's a lot of Tea Party loyalists lurking about -hehe
Thanks for asking, there were several isolated but severe storm cells that passed through. Fortunately our area fell in a gap between storms. Sadly, there was severe damage and death to the south of Fort Worth.

kittypaws

05-25-2013, 03:20 PM

http://i801.photobucket.com/albums/yy299/kittypaws_jones/spring3-29-2013.jpg

Idril

05-25-2013, 08:45 PM

Ah, a very welcome sign of spring, kittypaws. :)

Snowqueen

05-26-2013, 01:47 AM

It's a nice close up shot, Kittypaws. Thanks for sharing.

qimissung

05-29-2013, 11:47 PM

Oh, Gilliatt, the baby bunny! So adorable. Thank you for guarding them from your dog, who would, I'm sure, have a lot of, um, fun with them.

Snowqueen, your pictures are beautiful, as is that child!

That is a beautiful spring flower, kittypaws. Thank you all for enlivening our pages with such beautiful images.

Snowqueen

05-30-2013, 06:37 AM

Thanks for taking a look at the pictures, Qimi. :)

kittypaws

06-03-2013, 12:30 AM

Ah, a very welcome sign of spring, kittypaws. :)

thank you Idril!

kittypaws

06-03-2013, 12:34 AM

It's a nice close up shot, Kittypaws. Thanks for sharing.

thank you for noticing Snowqueen. It was taken along a path thur the woods where Zeus and I walk. It was out of place on the path and I wondered how it got there...one lonely crocus spouting. So I figured it was worthy of a photo to capture it. :)

kittypaws

06-03-2013, 12:55 AM

I would like to share some photos of adorable creatures that comfort our lives in more ways then one. Those of you who have not visited my blog on the Dog Park may not know that I work there as a part-time attendant. I see and live many wonderful and some times not so wonderful moments. I just recently began to carry my camera along.

http://i801.photobucket.com/albums/yy299/kittypaws_jones/Dog%20Park/image005-7.jpg

3 month old Great Dane...Wladimir.

http://i801.photobucket.com/albums/yy299/kittypaws_jones/Dog%20Park/image003-11.jpg

Chloe... a 4 month old French Bull Mastiff.

Gilliatt Gurgle

06-03-2013, 09:33 PM

I would like to share some photos of adorable creatures that comfort our lives in more ways then one. Those of you who have not visited my blog on the Dog Park may not know that I work there as a part-time attendant. I see and live many wonderful and some times not so wonderful moments. I just recently began to carry my camera along.
...
3 month old Great Dane...Wladimir.

...
Chloe... a 4 month old French Bull Mastiff.

Looks like business is doing well at the dog park. I recall some of the not so good stories.

Your flower from a few posts back looks wonderful. Is it a Crocus?

kittypaws

06-06-2013, 10:19 PM

Looks like business is doing well at the dog park. I recall some of the not so good stories.

Your flower from a few posts back looks wonderful. Is it a Crocus?

Hahahaha! Yes Gilliatt some times were not so great at the Dog Park but C'est la vie! Things are turning around now....since I have been in charge! :brow:

Yes, that is a Crocus which was standing all alone on the wooded path and it deserved to be preserved in an image.

kittypaws

Madhuri

06-08-2013, 02:31 PM

Our mango trees haven’t borne fruit yet; their branches are filled with blossoms though. Hopefully they will turn into tiny mangos by the end of this month. We have mostly grown Chaunca mango trees.

This type is known as the Amrapali mango tree and it starts bearing fruits when it is small. We do have other types of mango trees; but I can't make out the difference.

Sophia21

07-16-2013, 07:22 AM

Hi Snowqueen ! Wonderful shots, I must say. You captured the bulbul so beautifully. The picture is so clear, the shining eye and even it's very feathers are visible. And lovely close up of the little girl. You have got such a cute child in your neighbourhood.

Snowqueen

07-19-2013, 01:26 AM

This type is known as the Amrapali mango tree and it starts bearing fruits when it is small. We do have other types of mango trees; but I can't make out the difference.

I’ve never tried those mangos; I don’t think they are grown here. I’m always keen to know about different kinds of mangos and I can distinguish most of them from their tastes and sizes.

Hi Snowqueen ! Wonderful shots, I must say. You captured the bulbul so beautifully. The picture is so clear, the shining eye and even it's very feathers are visible. And lovely close up of the little girl. You have got such a cute child in your neighbourhood.

Hello, it’s nice to see your comments. I just pressed the shutter button and my camera did rest of the job for me. Yes, that girl is very cute and has the eyes of Sharbat Gula. She will attract lots of suitors in the future, I’m sure. :D

Nice pictures, kittypaws! Keep posting.

Pensive

07-20-2013, 12:52 PM

Some photos I took of the places I was at for my summer job. Heavenly green.

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Snowqueen

08-24-2013, 06:38 AM

A few very recent photos. I took these images when I visited my uncle last week. It was a short trip but I enjoyed it a lot.

http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv183/SheherBano5/Journey/murree-1.jpg (http://s682.photobucket.com/user/SheherBano5/media/Journey/murree-1.jpg.html)

http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv183/SheherBano5/Journey/murree2.jpg (http://s682.photobucket.com/user/SheherBano5/media/Journey/murree2.jpg.html)

http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv183/SheherBano5/Journey/murree.jpg (http://s682.photobucket.com/user/SheherBano5/media/Journey/murree.jpg.html)

http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv183/SheherBano5/Journey/murree4.jpg (http://s682.photobucket.com/user/SheherBano5/media/Journey/murree4.jpg.html)

And my two little cousins. The boy didn't want me to take his pictures. He told me to get out of his house!

http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv183/SheherBano5/Journey/messyandbrother.jpg (http://s682.photobucket.com/user/SheherBano5/media/Journey/messyandbrother.jpg.html)

http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv183/SheherBano5/Journey/messy.jpg (http://s682.photobucket.com/user/SheherBano5/media/Journey/messy.jpg.html)

Hawkman

08-24-2013, 07:01 AM

Volya

08-24-2013, 08:25 AM

I got my first camera recently, so why not...

My dog.
http://i1269.photobucket.com/albums/jj597/HunterMedia/IMG_0112.jpg

The Lake District.
http://i1269.photobucket.com/albums/jj597/HunterMedia/IMG_0584.jpg

A derelict building.
http://i1269.photobucket.com/albums/jj597/HunterMedia/IMG_0795.jpg

Gilliatt Gurgle

08-24-2013, 01:24 PM

A few very recent photos. I took these images when I visited my uncle last week. It was a short trip but I enjoyed it a lot.

....

And my two little cousins. The boy didn't want me to take his pictures. He told me to get out of his house!

....

Stunning scenery, beautiful. Is that at or near Murree? Looks similar to you past pics of Muuree.
As always, the cousins are gorgeous. Looks like the young man has doffed a shoe.

I got my first camera recently, so why not...

....

Enjoy the new camera, the dog looks like a gentle soul.

Snowqueen

08-25-2013, 05:16 AM

That's a nice collection, Snowqueen. That looks like quite a posh settlement, nestling into the side of the hill surrounded by the trees. The views are impressive, but I wonder how keen the residents are to have that building site next door :D I love the way the clouds are looming up behind.

The kids are cute - Well, the girl is anyway. The boy looks like a putative Bond Villain lol. I guess that makes the other one a future Bond Girl!

Live and be well - H

It is a posh area and a well known hill station here. I can’t say anything about that building though!
Yes, my little cousin kept on giving me devilish smiles, I wonder why! :D

Thanks for stopping by and leaving comments.

Stunning scenery, beautiful. Is that at or near Murree? Looks similar to you past pics of Muuree.
As always, the cousins are gorgeous. Looks like the young man has doffed a shoe.

.

Hi, Gilliatt, I haven’t seen you around lately.

Yes, these pictures are from Murree, my uncle lives there. It’s a place I never get tired of visiting. I love mountains.

My cousin didn’t want to wear his shoes, although he’s just a year old but very moody. It usually takes me five minutes to make friends with kids but this little guy is an exception.

Thank you for noticing by the way.

Sophia21

12-31-2013, 04:27 AM

Hi Snowqueen! Your pictures are amazing.

Snowqueen

12-31-2013, 10:26 AM

Hi, Sophia! Thanks for stopping by. I hope to see some of your pics too.

Sophia21

01-01-2014, 11:08 AM

http://www.online-literature.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=9216&d=1388588388

Snowqueen

01-02-2014, 10:35 AM

Stunning shot! Can you tell where this picture is taken?

qimissung

01-02-2014, 08:21 PM

I hate to say everything at once, but here goes: Snowqueen, your little cousins are adorable. I especially love that first picture of the mountains, the mist and the trees. Volya and Kitty, thanks for the pics of the lovely dogs. Love that derelict building, Volya. I'd like to paint it and Snowqueen's misty mountains someday (when I can actually paint :)).

Snowqueen

01-05-2014, 04:42 AM

I love your paintings Qimi, I even tried to copy that little bird of yours, perhaps you didn't notice. :smilewinkgrin: Oh, there is already something for you in the mails. Keep an eye out for it.

papayahed

01-05-2014, 10:38 AM

qimissung

01-05-2014, 12:17 PM

I love your paintings Qimi, I even tried to copy that little bird of yours, perhaps you didn't notice. :smilewinkgrin: Oh, there is already something for you in the mails. Keep an eye out for it.

It came yesterday, Snowqueen! Thank you so much! It is adorable and lovely.

I guess I missed your bird. Is it here somewhere? Is it on the artist thread? Please tell me so I can look at what you've done and admire it!

qimissung

01-05-2014, 12:19 PM

A few pics from Nicaragua:

http://imageshack.us/a/img28/405/iqvk.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img163/4082/11l0.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img838/1131/k840.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img15/9950/qn8l.jpg

I see you had a room with a view, papaya! Your pictures-and Nicaraugua-are beautiful. How was your trip? Did you get to hike any?

Snowqueen

01-06-2014, 09:37 AM

It came yesterday, Snowqueen! Thank you so much! It is adorable and lovely.

I’m glad you liked it Qimi.

I guess I missed your bird. Is it here somewhere? Is it on the artist thread? Please tell me so I can look at what you've done and admire it

You missed it? How can you do this to me? lol

Gilliatt Gurgle

01-06-2014, 11:17 PM

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Beautiful Sophia, it seems one could reach the peak, grab on to a cloud and keep climbing.

A few pics from Nicaragua...

So you settled on Nicaragua, how bout the boots?
Looks like a great place to decompress.
Nice shots!

papayahed

01-12-2014, 05:53 PM

I see you had a room with a view, papaya! Your pictures-and Nicaraugua-are beautiful. How was your trip? Did you get to hike any?

Yes I got some hiking in, I climbed up two volcanos(one active), I did some kayaking, took a boat ride, and toured a couple cities. I didn't pick a good range of pictures, I stayed at 4 separate locations and only really spent one day relaxing at the beach.

So you settled on Nicaragua, how bout the boots?
Looks like a great place to decompress.
Nice shots!

I was looking at hiking on zappo's and one of the reviews said "I bought these shoes for hiking the cloud forest in Nicaragua and these were perfect" so I bought them too, I wasn't going to the cloud forest but I figured it was close enough. My shoes were super comfy.

Sophia21

01-15-2014, 11:08 AM

Thanks for your comment Snowqueen ! It's Lake Saif-ul-Malook, located in North of Kaghan valley, Khyber Pukhtunkhwa, Pakistan.

Sophia21

01-15-2014, 11:31 AM

Yes Gilliatt, It is a sight worth seeing, a place where you can see Nature in it's full bloom.

Pensive

05-30-2014, 12:42 AM

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The first one is view out of my window. :)

Themis

08-26-2014, 11:13 AM

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o12/Blitzgneisser/Bildschirmfoto2014-08-26um165145_zpsef6eda84.png
Buttermere
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o12/Blitzgneisser/Bildschirmfoto2014-08-26um165346_zpsc9ce09a3.png
Bassenthwaite Lake
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o12/Blitzgneisser/Bildschirmfoto2014-08-26um165731_zpsdc9c6516.png
Ullswater

Snowqueen

09-13-2014, 03:06 AM

Wow, these are stunning images Themis! I loved the first one.
Thanks for sharing.

qimissung

09-13-2014, 04:27 PM

You have a room with a view, Pensive! And Themis, you have gotten to take one of my dream vacations. Beautiful pics, guys.

Dreamwoven

09-21-2014, 04:43 AM

Loch Katrine: the site of glasgow's water supply and the loch in Sir Walter Scott's novel Lady of the Lake.

http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h155/celticb33r/Picture1.png

Thats a great photo, capturing the reflection of the trees changing colour.

Snowqueen

10-19-2014, 02:11 AM

Some pics from Snowqueen.

Red Wattled Lapwing

http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv183/SheherBano5/Birds/titer.jpg (http://s682.photobucket.com/user/SheherBano5/media/Birds/titer.jpg.html)

Egrets perched on acacia.

http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv183/SheherBano5/Birds/egrets.jpg (http://s682.photobucket.com/user/SheherBano5/media/Birds/egrets.jpg.html)

I love taking pictures of these fascinating raptors.

(Sparrowhawk)
http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv183/SheherBano5/Birds/hs.jpg (http://s682.photobucket.com/user/SheherBano5/media/Birds/hs.jpg.html)

http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv183/SheherBano5/Birds/hil.jpg (http://s682.photobucket.com/user/SheherBano5/media/Birds/hil.jpg.html)

Dreamwoven

10-19-2014, 03:27 AM

Snowqueen

10-19-2014, 06:43 AM

Hi, Dreamwoven, thank you for stopping by and posting comments. So glad you liked my pictures.
Oh, and welcome to Litnet.

tonywalt

10-20-2014, 05:33 PM

I've got my pics on my blog: http://tonywalton.blogspot.com/

I try to mix it up landscape stuff with black and white street photography plus some portraits.

Hawkman

10-20-2014, 07:06 PM

Hi Snowy. Yeah, really like the bird looking over its shoulder at the mangey rat :D the last one's a great shot!

Snowqueen

10-25-2014, 09:08 AM

Hello Hawkie,
Thank you for taking a look at my pictures, and glad you liked them. Don't mind this 'mangey rat' I think it is just showing off its youth and courage. :D

Dreamwoven

10-25-2014, 09:40 AM

It doesn't matter whether it is a rat or a squirrel, getting them both in the same picture so close to one another is a very fine picture.

Calidore

03-23-2015, 03:34 PM

Spring is here!

http://www.online-literature.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=9516&d=1427138721

:rolleyes:

Calidore

03-23-2015, 06:54 PM

While I'm posting anyway...

http://www.online-literature.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=9522&d=1427150497

Some company I had while waiting for the bus the other day. Total city ducks, too. They hopped off the grass by the library and walked right up to me, then pretended not to be begging by circling the whole bus stop checking the ground.

http://www.online-literature.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=9521&d=1427150497

Turned up in my friend's pinball workshop the other day: A genuine old penny slot machine with cigarette brand logos on the wheels that pays off in tokens redeemable for packs of cigs (any 15 cent brand!). Talk about a different time.

North Star

04-19-2015, 07:37 AM

From a day in January:

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7600/16485105984_50561066e0_z.jpg (https://www.flickr.com/photos/janacekian/16485105984/)

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8766/17145273445_75ec186655_z.jpg (https://www.flickr.com/photos/janacekian/17145273445/)

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8756/17011820469_f2c0bde6d5_z.jpg (https://www.flickr.com/photos/janacekian/17011820469/)

Dreamwoven

04-19-2015, 07:47 AM

Those extraordinary vertical rainbow effects are lovely.

YesNo

04-19-2015, 10:37 AM

Those are lovely, North Star. I think I can see where the pot of gold should be in the second picture. I checked out some of your photos on Flickr and even started an account of my own.

That picture with the squirrel approaching the hawk and the expression on the hawk's face is amazing, Snowqueen.

I remember when cigarettes where 25 cents a pack, Calidore. I also remember some of those quarters still had real silver in them which makes me wonder why I put them into those machines in the first place.

Gilliatt Gurgle

04-19-2015, 09:09 PM

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Two pics of my long departed mother's Amaryllis. She doesn't bloom every year, in fact it seems that it has been maybe four years or so since the last blooming.
I like to think of it as her way of paying us a visit. The plant is at least 30 years old and still going strong.

http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/ae114/tabuka1/Elements%20of%20Nature/IMGP3448_zpsjiphbxkf.jpg (http://s963.photobucket.com/user/tabuka1/media/Elements%20of%20Nature/IMGP3448_zpsjiphbxkf.jpg.html)

http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/ae114/tabuka1/Elements%20of%20Nature/IMGP3452_zpsv1wchfdw.jpg (http://s963.photobucket.com/user/tabuka1/media/Elements%20of%20Nature/IMGP3452_zpsv1wchfdw.jpg.html)

A few Iris pics from our yard...

http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/ae114/tabuka1/Elements%20of%20Nature/IMGP3440_zpssjynfbqk.jpg (http://s963.photobucket.com/user/tabuka1/media/Elements%20of%20Nature/IMGP3440_zpssjynfbqk.jpg.html)

http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/ae114/tabuka1/Elements%20of%20Nature/IMGP3444_zpsfjqvnri9.jpg (http://s963.photobucket.com/user/tabuka1/media/Elements%20of%20Nature/IMGP3444_zpsfjqvnri9.jpg.html)

http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/ae114/tabuka1/Elements%20of%20Nature/IMGP3445_zpso6xsmgh7.jpg (http://s963.photobucket.com/user/tabuka1/media/Elements%20of%20Nature/IMGP3445_zpso6xsmgh7.jpg.html)

Dreamwoven

04-20-2015, 12:15 AM

These are amazing closeups of flowers in bloom. What kind of camera do you use?

Gilliatt Gurgle

04-21-2015, 10:05 PM

These are amazing closeups of flowers in bloom. What kind of camera do you use?

Thanks for taking a look, the camera is a Pentax K-7 digital, purchased roughly 6 years ago. However, the lens I used is approximately 35 years old; Albinar 28 mm macro. The Amaryllis has five new blooms with a couple more on the way.

Dreamwoven

04-22-2015, 12:18 AM

Photography is one skill I never learned, which is a pity. I've only got a several years old camera that I use, digital, but I am now sorry I didn't get a digital camera with a decent lens.

YesNo

04-22-2015, 08:45 AM

I have an Amaryllis plant that blooms off and on. I suppose there is a way to get it to bloom yearly with the right light or fertilizer, but I don't know what that is. Nice photos, Gilliatt Gurgle.

All I have for a camera is what is on my phone.

Dreamwoven

04-22-2015, 09:43 AM

I don't have a mobile phone but you encourage me to try with my CASIO EX-Z80.

tonywalt

04-23-2015, 11:36 PM

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A picture of a little island in the Cayman Islands

tonywalt

04-23-2015, 11:40 PM

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a chair on a beach in the cayman islands

tonywalt

04-23-2015, 11:54 PM

grand cayman, cayman islands 9549

Dreamwoven

04-24-2015, 12:58 AM

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a chair on a beach in the cayman islands

I like this one, in particular. Almost appears to be taken in black and white, non-colour.

YesNo

04-24-2015, 07:03 AM

The colors do seem unreal in their contrast. I also liked the one with the chair on the beach.

Pompey Bum

04-24-2015, 09:40 AM

Yeah, that's a pretty spooky picture of the chair--like a ghost's throne, something that ought to have permanence but doesn't.

Snowqueen

04-25-2015, 08:22 AM

Truly amazing pictures, Gilliatt and Tony! Keep them coming.

North Star, I just saw your Photostream and loved it.

Thanks for taking a look, YesNo. So glad you liked my pictures.

bounty

04-25-2015, 05:38 PM

my first time trying this...good chance it wont work!

if what I think I just inserted actually shows up, its a close-up of a Deptford pink, and its pretty misleading too---each flower is really only about the size of a thumbnail. also, they are much more pink in real life---this one came out looking lighter and with purple-ish hints.

yep---didn't work, my apologies...

i tried the "insert image" route. (my problem could be a really slow connection)

should i be trying the "attachment" maybe instead?

bounty

04-26-2015, 04:19 PM

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trying again with an attachment...

yayyy it worked!

tonywalt

04-27-2015, 12:01 PM

9551

trying again with an attachment...

yayyy it worked!

nice shot, larger aperture just focusing on flower and blurring background really works well.

Dreamwoven

04-27-2015, 12:36 PM

Yes, its very pretty.

bounty

04-27-2015, 03:53 PM

thank you tony and dream...

it was just with a little pocket sized digital camera from radio shack, that unfortunately, recently broke.

ive got a couple others I like that i'll attach here. I had to compress one of them, hopefully it will still come out okay you will like them too...

the first is a shot of the Washington street bridge that crosses the Mississippi river at the university of Minnesota campus. this is a shot from the east, at river level, looking west.

the second shot---ive got a large pond here that attracts all sorts of flora and fauna, including lots of dragonflies. normally they aren't so cooperative as to hold still for photos!

Dreamwoven

04-28-2015, 12:14 AM

Two really good pictures. What stuns me is that you have used a simple digital camera, probably a bit like the one I have. I've never tried to do anything ambitious before but now with spring here I will definitely experiment. That´s great to know.

YesNo

04-28-2015, 04:21 AM

I liked the black and white colors of the dragonfly (or perhaps it is a different insect). The bridge seemed blurry and that got me to focus on its blurriness.

bounty

04-28-2015, 07:55 AM

smiles...I appreciate your all looking, thank you!

tonywalt

04-28-2015, 11:57 PM

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A photo I took from a boat dock. It's always kool to frame a photo within the natural frame of the photo.

The other photo: a bird on the edge of a cliff in black & white - my favourite format.

tonywalt

04-29-2015, 12:08 AM

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hammock on seven mile beach, grand cayman, cayman islands

tonywalt

04-29-2015, 12:19 AM

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a pier in grand cayman, cayman islands

Pompey Bum

05-03-2015, 12:14 PM

I don't know if this will work..

9561

Well, the damned thing wants to lie on its side, but you get the idea.

Dreamwoven

05-04-2015, 03:06 AM

what is this image, Bum?

North Star

05-04-2015, 04:09 AM

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8733/17178471569_59a4d476c8_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/sb1a7i)

Dreamwoven

05-04-2015, 05:13 AM

Great close-up of a pine needles after rain!

Pompey Bum

05-04-2015, 01:52 PM

I don't know if this will work..

9561

Well, the damned thing wants to lie on its side, but you get the idea.

what is this image, Bum?

It's archaic rock art from a place in west Texas described by Cormac McCarthy in Blood Meridian (in the scene in which the Judge is recording the art in his notebook and then defacing the original). I photographed several examples of the art in the various small caves there.

It probably represents a shaman dancer being changed into an animal (but who knows?).

It's too bad these two pictures want to come out horizontally here's another picture of the same image, showing how big it is:

9567

Here's another subject, a star deity apparently associated with the planet Venus, and possibly with the cult of Quetzalcoatl:

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This one used to be my avatar:

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And here is one with the plumed helmet typically associated with Quetzalcoatl in art. The black smudges are from burnsticks used by "historical period Indians" to worship the much older images. If these are images of Quetzalcoatl, it is the farthest north that the cult is known to have penetrated. It may indicate something strange and traumatic going on to the south.

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EDIT: Oh good! All but the first two stood upright. :)

Poetaster

05-04-2015, 03:21 PM

Those are wonderful images, Pompey! I'm very impressed.

Pompey Bum

05-04-2015, 04:06 PM

Oh thanks Poe. :)

I've got others, but they're not uploading for some reason. If I can figure it out, I'll post them, too. Meanwhile here is a cool shot from Carlsbad: not the sharpest in the world, but it's crazy dark down there.

9568

North Star

05-04-2015, 04:07 PM

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8593/16231963943_6fc986e02e_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/qJn4ni)

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8121/15640864458_1822f66191_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/pQ8w5S)

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3937/15626753366_95540aefa2_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/pNTcmb)

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7482/15955901735_9d4fecfbcd_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/qiYaG4)

North Star

05-04-2015, 04:08 PM

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7479/15763025387_15f500902e_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/q1VCgM)

Pompey Bum

05-04-2015, 04:10 PM

Oh beautiful, North! The frozen fern is my favorite.

North Star

05-04-2015, 04:29 PM

Oh beautiful, North! The frozen fern is my favorite.

Thanks Pompey, but it's not frozen, but alive and well in agreeable weather.

Iain Sparrow

05-04-2015, 04:43 PM

It's archaic rock art from a place in west Texas described by Cormac McCarthy in Blood Meridian (in the scene in which the Judge is recording the art in his notebook and then defacing the original). I photographed several examples of the art in the various small caves there.

It probably represents a shaman dancer being changed into an animal (but who knows?).

It's too bad these two pictures want to come out horizontally here's another picture of the same image, showing how big it is:

9567

Here's another subject, a star deity apparently associated with the planet Venus, and possibly with the cult of Quetzalcoatl:

9564

This one used to be my avatar:

9565

And here is one with the plumed helmet typically associated with Quetzalcoatl in art. The black smudges are from burnsticks used by "historical period Indians" to worship the much older images. If these are images of Quetzalcoatl, it is the farthest north that the cult is known to have penetrated. It may indicate something strange and traumatic going on to the south.

9566

EDIT: Oh good! All but the first two stood upright. :)

Cool pics... had no idea the Quetzalcoatl guys made it that far north... from Quetzalcoatl, to the Christian Conservatives it appears Texas has hosted its share of cults.;) I recently read a book on the Plains Indians and they too were badass, especially bad in Texas.

tonywalt

05-04-2015, 07:23 PM

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7479/15763025387_15f500902e_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/q1VCgM)

Beautiful

tonywalt

05-04-2015, 07:39 PM

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Amish mother and daughter in train looking at the snow. (the mother was wary of the camera, so the photo was underexposed)

Iain Sparrow

05-05-2015, 02:50 AM

I pic of an unfortunate robin that flew into the front door window of my house. The palm trees here grow berries a few times a year, and when they've stayed on the branches for too long, and the weather is warm... they ferment. Some birds eat their fill and become drunk, and fly in a frenzy. Sometimes I'll hear a thud and know it's not a kid throwing a ball against the house, just another wayward FUI (flying under the influence) bird. When I gathered up this particular robin, it twitched in my hand... which made my heart skip a beat... because I thought perhaps I might be one of those people who can resurrect the dead. And I really don't need that kind of responsibility.:)
http://i1181.photobucket.com/albums/x426/Sparrowyn/Photos/poorfinch_zps5d09f85f.jpg

Pompey Bum

05-05-2015, 09:04 AM

That's an oddly beautiful picture, Iain.

Cool pics... had no idea the Quetzalcoatl guys made it that far north... from Quetzalcoatl, to the Christian Conservatives it appears Texas has hosted its share of cults.;) I recently read a book on the Plains Indians and they too were badass, especially bad in Texas.

Thanks. That site is pretty close to the border, but it is remarkable to find Quetzalcoatl images (if that's what they are) so far north. And yup, Texas gets it share. :) Out of curiosity, was the book you read The Son by Philipp Meyer?

Here's a petroglyph from another site (this one in New Mexico). I have many other (and much better) pictures from the site, but for some reason this is the only one that wants to upload. The petroglyph area was on a stony hill, about a quarter of a mile from the probable residential area. The hill may have been a sacred place to see visions and spirits and to capture them on the stones (but again, who knows?). Too bad I can't show you the others, but hey, best to let the spirits have it their way. :)

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EDIT: Oh well, that looks even worse here than in the original. Here are a couple more from the first site:

Some images that may show South American influence:

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And a weird image that may represent a "far north" depiction of Tlaloc, the Aztec rain god. It is on the ceiling of a low cave, just over a natural stone table. You have to wonder what exactly folks were doing to the poor guy who was lying on table in ancient times, staring up into the rain god's face. It's not a PC thing to talk about, but there is some evidence in some of the surrounding places for some fairly nasty practices.

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Dreamwoven

05-05-2015, 09:34 AM

Petroglyph, I had to look it up! Is that a special interest of yours?

North Star

05-05-2015, 09:52 AM

Eerily beautiful, Iain.

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5453/17169200477_f70f6cf92e_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/sabD8T)

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7651/16366390734_d2b980709e_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/qWf2LA)

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5566/14629439085_14e9d6b825_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/ohKGyn)

North Star

05-05-2015, 09:55 AM

From a series I photographed a year ago:

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3754/13445898085_b6aac48988_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/muaK44)

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5503/13617736043_c53643b162_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/mKmsut)

https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2924/13689838554_34b2bd8974_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/mRJ14d)

Pompey Bum

05-05-2015, 09:57 AM

Gorgeous, North. I keep dry flowers, too, although my wife tells me they are haunted and usually throws them out after some time. Great pictures, though.

Here's a petroglyph from another site (this one in New Mexico). I have many other (and much better) pictures from the site, but for some reason this is the only one that wants to upload. The petroglyph area was on a stony hill, about a quarter of a mile from the probable residential area. The hill may have been a sacred place to see visions and spirits and to capture them on the stones (but again, who knows?). Too bad I can't show you the others, but hey, best to let the spirits have it their way. :)

9571

EDIT: Oh well, that looks even worse here than in the original. Here are a couple more from the first site:

Some images that may show South American influence:

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And a weird image that may represent a "far north" depiction of Tlaloc, the Aztec rain god. It is on the ceiling of a low cave, just over a natural stone table. You have to wonder what exactly folks were doing to the poor guy who was lying on table in ancient times, staring up into the rain god's face. It's not a PC thing to talk about, but there is some evidence in some of the surrounding places for some fairly nasty practices.

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Petroglyph, I had to look it up! Is that a special interest of yours?

Yes. We Americans tend to ignore our antiquity. That's a mixed blessing because it helps in a way to protect the sites. Many are hardly formally protected at all, but on the other hand most are remote and not very famous. Better in some ways to keep it that way.

By the way, DW, you should go back and check out the two images I added to my post above.

YesNo

05-05-2015, 10:46 AM

I liked the second one of the rose (?) the best, North Star.

I remember seeing petroglyphs once in South Mountain Park in Phoenix some years ago, Pompey Bum. I've often wondered how they know these are old and not made recently.

The dead bird was an interesting subject for a photo and it does stand out, Iain Sparrow. I signed in to Photobucket and will see if I can post some photos in the future.

The picture of the Amish child and mother stands out for me because of the contrasting color or the blue seat the mother is sitting on and the color in her face, tonywalt.

Dreamwoven

05-05-2015, 11:37 AM

These are amazing, North Star. The last one looks to be in black and white, and the middle one, is it a mushroom?

Pompey Bum

05-05-2015, 11:50 AM

I remember seeing petroglyphs once in South Mountain Park in Phoenix some years ago, Pompey Bum. I've often wondered how they know these are old and not made recently.

I'll try not to get too far off subject, YN, but there are various approaches. Paints were organic, so they can be radiocarbon dated. Unpainted petroglyphs can sometimes be dated by from patina materials, aided, in ideal cases, by environmental sampling. In a case that everyone is buzzing about right now, for example, carbonate encrusted on petroglyphs found on the shores of a dried lake in Nevada indicated that the area had been totally submerged after the carvings were made, and then exposed as the lake dried. Core samples from the lake placed that event at between 10,500 and 14,800 years ago. That's a stunningly old date (the European "Iceman" is only 5300 years old) and places the carvings in the Clovis or even pre-Clovis world of the first human settlement of the Americas. Cool that is.

Iain Sparrow

05-05-2015, 03:12 PM

That's an oddly beautiful picture, Iain.

Thanks. That site is pretty close to the border, but it is remarkable to find Quetzalcoatl images (if that's what they are) so far north. And yup, Texas gets it share. :) Out of curiosity, was the book you read The Son by Philipp Meyer?

Thanks! What's really "odd" about it, it's in focus!
I have poor eyesight and refuse to wear glasses or contacts resulting in notoriously bad photographs. A shutterbug I am not:). I googled 'The Son', and the book covers some of the same territory and appears to be a fictional account using a real historical backdrop. The book I read on the subject was, Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History. Yes I know, a very pretentious title for a history book!

If you're used to books about indigenous peoples in the New World with a narrative ending in feelings of remorse (as a person of European heritage should rightly feel), a sense of tragedy and guilt for what can plainly be considered genocide... Empire of the Summer Moon, is not going to deliver on such a warm and fuzzy 'feel bad' experience. I usually feel a great deal of sympathy for these Native American Tribes who found themselves in the way of progress (greed, racism, religious zealotry, Manifest Destiny, etc), and witnessed an end to their way of life, and often within three or four generations. No such feelings were forthcoming in Empire of the Summer Moon. I had a muted sense of tragedy and injustice/justice, that just about everyone had it coming either due to mutual brutality, or a shared naiveté. Where brutality and murder failed, disease and starvation picked up the slack. Best I can say about the Comanches, is they were a remarkably savage stone-aged culture that could have given Attila the Hun and his Horse Riders a run for their money. Some of the recounting by survivors, usually those who were kidnapped and subsequently ransomed off, are difficult to read. Pregnant white women being gang raped, young girls being raped then tortured, and finally murdered. Even the other surrounding Plains Indian Tribes feared and despised the Comanches, and often allied themselves with white settlers. On the whole, stuff they wouldn't dare teach in a US History class.
If you're up for an unflinching look at Western Expansion and frontier life on the Great Plains from about 1800-1880, I can highly recommend Empire of the Summer Moon.

YesNo

05-05-2015, 06:40 PM

I'll try not to get too far off subject, YN, but there are various approaches. Paints were organic, so they can be radiocarbon dated. Unpainted petroglyphs can sometimes be dated by from patina materials, aided, in ideal cases, by environmental sampling. In a case that everyone is buzzing about right now, for example, carbonate encrusted on petroglyphs found on the shores of a dried lake in Nevada indicated that the area had been totally submerged after the carvings were made, and then exposed as the lake dried. Core samples from the lake placed that event at between 10,500 and 14,800 years ago. That's a stunningly old date (the European "Iceman" is only 5300 years old) and places the carvings in the Clovis or even pre-Clovis world of the first human settlement of the Americas. Cool that is.

Those look like ways to date the markings. Ten thousand years is pretty old. There are caves in France that are older.

Here's a picture of a place I stayed at once north of Green Bay, Wisconsin. I am posting this more to see if I can do it right. What I like about the picture are all the more or less horizontal lines: horizon, edge of the grass, shadows from trees and then the curvy stone path leading to the stairs and the shore.

http://i1136.photobucket.com/albums/n494/Yes-No-Maybe/fc20a234-f8e3-4be2-8e10-d2a585ffb43d.jpg (http://s1136.photobucket.com/user/Yes-No-Maybe/media/fc20a234-f8e3-4be2-8e10-d2a585ffb43d.jpg.html)

Pompey Bum

05-05-2015, 08:12 PM

Those look like ways to date the markings. Ten thousand years is pretty old. There are caves in France that are older.

Sure, European antiquity is much older than American antiquity. But most Americans seem to think that we don't have an antiquity, when we do, and a very widespread one. There is a Clovis site a few miles from where I am writing this (in Massachusetts). I doubt most folks even have a clue.

Pompey Bum

05-05-2015, 09:29 PM

I googled 'The Son', and the book covers some of the same territory and appears to be a fictional account using a real historical backdrop. The book I read on the subject was, Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History. Yes I know, a very pretentious title for a history book!

Publishers give often elaborate secondary titles to popular history books. I think it's to grab prospective buyers by explaining a little more about the subject. Not everyone's going to look on the back. But Empire of the Sun has a great reputation. It was a Pulitzer Prize nominee, which still means something. I own a copy, but I haven't read it yet.

If you're used to books about indigenous peoples in the New World with a narrative ending in feelings of remorse (as a person of European heritage should rightly feel), a sense of tragedy and guilt for what can plainly be considered genocide... Empire of the Summer Moon, is not going to deliver on such a warm and fuzzy 'feel bad' experience. I usually feel a great deal of sympathy for these Native American Tribes who found themselves in the way of progress (greed, racism, religious zealotry, Manifest Destiny, etc), and witnessed an end to their way of life, and often within three or four generations. No such feelings were forthcoming in Empire of the Summer Moon. I had a muted sense of tragedy and injustice/justice, that just about everyone had it coming either due to mutual brutality, or a shared naiveté. Where brutality and murder failed, disease and starvation picked up the slack. Best I can say about the Comanches, is they were a remarkably savage stone-aged culture that could have given Attila the Hun and his Horse Riders a run for their money. Some of the recounting by survivors, usually those who were kidnapped and subsequently ransomed off, are difficult to read. Pregnant white women being gang raped, young girls being raped then tortured, and finally murdered. Even the other surrounding Plains Indian Tribes feared and despised the Comanches, and often allied themselves with white settlers. On the whole, stuff they wouldn't dare teach in a US History class.

Unfortunately too true! Somehow the descendants of the folks who displaced and contributed to the deaths of most of the indigenous people of North America need to suckle this myth about gentle victims who never wasted anything they killed. The last bit always cracks me up. I mean, some of the peoples thought wasting food was wrong, but some thought it was really rude to take everything from a kill. Some made a point of leaving some of the meat to rot because they wanted to show the gods that they weren't greedy. And the Paleoindians used to stampede bison off cliffs, go butcher the ones at the top of the heap, and never touch the ones squished underneath them.

And yes, the Comanche are notorious for things that seem very cruel to us today--torture, rape, and slavery among them. They were hardly the gentle victims the commissars of political correctness wants us to buy. Of course they were victims, just not very useful ones to them.

If you're up for an unflinching look at Western Expansion and frontier life on the Great Plains from about 1800-1880, I can highly recommend Empire of the Summer Moon.

Thanks. It's definitely on my list. My wife and I are looking for a property in the American West, and I've sort of been planning to read it (along with a few others) once we get there. I bet you would like The Son, by the way. The Comanche start out like something from The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and end up being humanized without being sanitized. They were free, that is what Meyer seems to want to say about them. Of everyone in the narrative (which goes to the present time), only they were free. But it can be a jarring time getting there. Personally I wasn't overly bothered when the smallpox descended. Maybe that's a flaw in me, but I wasn't.