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Grant (SSSF) Send message Joined: 19 Aug 99 Posts: 13886 Credit: 208,696,464 RAC: 304 ![]() ![]() |
A couple of shots taken while walking down the canal towpath... Both excellent shots. Grant Darwin NT |
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How did you get them to pose so nicely for you? ;~) The cemetery near my house where my paternal grandparents and Muhammad Ali and Col. Sanders are buried has a lake where a couple swans like to swim. I might go out this afternoon and see if I can get their picture. ![]() |
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Just got back from the cemetery, and no swans to be found, today, but a variety of ducks greeted me - ![]() ![]() What type of duck is this fellow with the pompadour? ![]() Hello! ![]() Now that's a monument! ![]() ![]() |
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Just got back from the cemetery, and no swans to be found, today, but a variety of ducks greeted me - Could that be the infamous Trump duck? ~Sue~ ![]() |
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Gnu, I love the feather photo. Very artsy-fartsy. ;-) ~Sue~ ![]() |
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Could that be the infamous Trump duck? LOL! Suzie, you made my day. I truly laughed. Thank you. :~) ![]() |
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Looks like a spooky place! ![]() |
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I went to a radio play tonight of the famous War of the Worlds broadcast. It was staged inside a real radio performance studio that seats about 50 people. They will be broadcasting the play live, Tuesday night, at 9 pm (EST). You will be able to stream it online here - http://wfpk.org/2018/halloween-fun-day-2/ Here's some pictures I took of their setup, tonight. They didn't want pictures taken during the actual performance. Front of studio, left - ![]() Front of studio, right - ![]() Back of studio - ![]() Sound effects table - ![]() ![]() |
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My neighborhood had trick or treat last night since rain storms are predicted for Halloween. This was my set-up - My witch taps her finger on the window when people walk up. I heard one kid say she looks friendly. That really wasn't the idea. ;~) ![]() Flash - ![]() ![]() Some 1970's Halloween memories here in the same home - Me, in the living room in my home-made robot costume, and the Halloween cake my mother made - ![]() Me, in front of Mr. Scarecrow, who you can see in my photos above, and who has graced the front door on Halloween here for many moons - ![]() ![]() |
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My neighborhood had trick or treat last night since rain storms are predicted for Halloween. This was my set-up - Kids today watch Hollywood movies that have cameras from the point of view of the bullet. |
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I posted a photo in the Bugs & Insects thread, if anyone's interested. http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=82738&postid=1964000#1964000 ~Sue~ ![]() |
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I have a video camera on the front of the house, and the images are automatically uploaded to Weather Underground's website along with my backyard weather station data. Last night, a light freezing precipitation glazed Louisville. My Birch tree bent over like an expert gymnast! Here are three pictures from my camera. One around 3 am(quite a yoga gesture!) - ![]() Earlier this afternoon(you can see the tree bounced back) - ![]() Just a couple hours ago - ![]() Here's also a timelapse video of the tree bending overnight. Wild to watch - https://www.wunderground.com/webcams/Simple554/1/video.html?month=11&year=2018&filename=current.mp4 ![]() |
moomin ![]() Send message Joined: 21 Oct 17 Posts: 6204 Credit: 38,420 RAC: 0 ![]() |
Really amazing. I have never seen birches behave that like that even though living in a country with lot's of them. Maybe American birches want to sleep at night:) |
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Well, I was pretty worried about it, but it recovered. :~) ![]() |
moomin ![]() Send message Joined: 21 Oct 17 Posts: 6204 Credit: 38,420 RAC: 0 ![]() |
It could be that the birches bend because of the snowfall at night. Maybe heavy wet snow that they cannot support to carry. That's a theory from here anyway that suggest that. |
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Well, it was the overnight coating of icy rain that caused mine to lean over, but they're ok, now. The reason that first picture looks kind of snowy white is because of my video camera's infrared light. ![]() |
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Nice! I saw an Australian Pink Floyd tribute band many moons ago that was spot on. It's like they were channeling them! ![]() |
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Took this last,..along with quite a few more...at Preston Guildhall.....it's the Aussie Pink Floyd...one of the best, if not the best Floyd tribute bands. They can't be that bad if Dave Gilmour books them for a gig... You have an eye for this GNU. From some of your other photos I have wondered whether you should be a photo journalist. I love the photography in the old Picture Post magazines. |
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Some Buddhist monks from Tibet visited the Thomas Merton center here in Louisville, last week, to create a mandala representing interfaith world peace. After a chanting ritual that came before the beginning of the mandala design process, I documented the progress, starting out with just a blank blue board on the floor. They took rulers and compasses and drew out the basic design into which they subsequently started laying down dyed granules of pulverized marble with their special tools. The tools are long metal tubes with varying sized tips and they use a rod to carefully vibrate the grains out onto the surface. The culmination of the mandala is Dissolution, symbolizing the impermanence of life. Here are my pictures: 1st day: ![]() ![]() Day 2: ![]() Day 3: ![]() Day 4: ![]() Day 5: ![]() ![]() Dissolution ceremony: ![]() Scattering of the remains of the mandala into a nearby creek: ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Some Buddhist monks from Tibet visited the Thomas Merton center here in Louisville, last week, to create a mandala representing interfaith world peace. Beautiful and fascinating. What patience that must take. Oh, and, don't sneeze! ~Sue~ ![]() |
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