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RED BOX RULES: AN IMPORTANT REMINDER
From time-to-time, I should remind all members of NT, etc., that when posting photos, artwork, etc., it's important, when posting, that you own, and/or legally represent the licensing, copyright, etc., of what you post, and TO PROTECT YOUR WORK, TO INCLUDE YOUR COPYRIGHT SYMBOL/INFORMATION; and/or, WHEN POSTING COPYRIGHTED PROPERTY BELONGING TO PARTIES OTHER THAN YOURSELF, TO …
• BE SURE YOU HAVE PERMISSION TO POST, TRANSMIT, etc, SUCH PROPERTY, and,
• IF/WHEN SUCH PERMISSION HAS BEEN GRANTED, TO PROPERLY AND CLEARLY ATTRIBUTE THE COPYRIGHTS TO THEIR RIGHTFUL OWNER(S).
VERY IMPORTANT … IN THE FUTURE, I WILL REMEMBER TO POST THIS CAVEAT REGULARLY.
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Welcome back.
Unfortunately I don't have any new stuff, but yours is pretty good.
nice effect amac!
Arvo....was it fate, good fortune or just pure chance??
As the Northern Hemisphere basks in the summer months and I freeze my arse off in the Southern things took a sinister turn here...
My cousin in Qld had surgery for a mole on her right arm half way between her shoulder and elbow...yep turned out a level 3 melanoma the worst kind and had to have plastic surgery to cover the incision...
Hmm so I do a skin check and stuff me dead found a mole in the same spot...odd I don't remember seeing it there before and looked a bit strange...
So trundle off to the quack a biopsy taken and Monday I get the phone call, it's a melanoma..can you come in Wednesday and I have to take a bigger area to make sure it is all removed...yep no worries can do that..
Fortunately it was caught very early a level 1 and it was all removed the first time around..but here there are specific guidelines when it comes to melanoma and the doctor had the tape measure out marking the area..
Soon a hunk roughly half the size of my thumb was removed and heaps of stitches later..
This will be the end of it now, so yep escaped a bullet with this one..I will have quite an indentation in my arm but not worried about it..will just say a shark just missed me, the croc was to slow or I got bitten by a snake.. something really exciting..
No I don't fry myself in the sun on the beach, I am very careful with the sun here but unfortunately the damage was done when we were kids and our parents didn't know about melanomas and skin cancer then..
So as you mob fry away in Summer up there please be mindful and always check your skin for strange marks and moles...
You just never know as I sit on my rock and sand bar and count my blessings...🦘
... damn vegemite. hopefully you instructed the doctor to leave you a conversation piece scar.
I guess I should've taken inventory beyond the basics early on, but I only look in the mirror to part my hair. I wouldn't know if I'd gained some moles or not, to be honest. I can only remember my scars. the 2 on my back where the sawbones had to remove cysts, I've only seen pictures of. take care of yourself and try to avoid those bearing scalpels.
Shona, I'm very glad you caught it early. Stay well!
I second that emotion.
Thanks..🦘
Third.
another scar or two and they'll all be more afraid of you off the beach or in the bush ...
Morning Vangy...took the bandage off last night and once healed will be hardly noticeable..the doctor did a great job...so won't be much of a talking point...
Will see about mole mapping though but have to travel 100kms for that so will wait awhile first..
Flaming freezing here this morning 3c when I got up no wonder the friggin cat is still in bed after bellowing at 4am because it's dish was half empty,.. it's turning 15 in November keeps this up it may not make it..😁
The sun is just coming up over the horizon, roll on Summer...I am sitting next to the heater with a cup of Earl Grey tea...and enjoying the bird songs and quiet....
Not a bad way to start the day...
most of mine are frankenstein scars from the ER. I figure for the obscene expense of medical treatments these days, I really need something to show for it.
although with my adonis like features, especially at my age, my assorted scars are rarely noticed ...
Adonis like features!!..
I just about choked on my cappuccino and biscuit... laughing...🐨
I think it was the vegemite that made you choke ...
Never...😊
Here, with the heat hovering around the 40 C mark and no relief at night, people (including me) walk outside on a sunny day using an umbrella.
Morning Buzz....swap you for a couple of days so I can thaw out...
If only I could...
Pic I took a few weeks ago at my cabin. Mommy Whitetail did not do a very good job of hiding her baby. Right along side of my pole barn. This fawn was likely days old.
Evening Sparts...on my!!!..what an absolute cutie...
Yes mum certainly needs to be a bit more careful when hiding her off spring...
Hope it survives ok and flourishes...
Our Whitetail are very tough animals. I think I must have surprised mom and fawn when I drove in. Went about my business inside and when I looked out about an hour later she was gone.
Garden (© G. Gam)
Beautiful, but where?
Thanks. It's a photo taken in the backyard at my house.
nice!
it's that 60's color palette ...
That's no retro stuff. It's 21st century all the way baby!
I guess I spent too much time loaded in the blacklight room of spencer's gifts in the mall back in the 70's ...
I repotted my office ficus retusa last weekend in a bonsai bowl. Then I collected some local moss and used a couple of the decorative aquarium rocks. Hopefully I can keep the moss alive...
Morning...that looks great Evil..well done... fingers crossed the moss takes..
simple, don't play any rolling stones around it ...
Firing on all cylinders this morning Vangy..😁
bloody well right you little ripper ...
Since the aquarium stones you used are not rolling stones, neither will they gather moss but although you can't always get what you want, if you try, somehow, you get what you need.
Swallowtail Butterfly on Milkweed Flowers
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A great shot. Note that the designs on both the wing and the flower are similar.
Well spotted Buzz and you are right..
This might be why planting corn late is a bad idea – summer bugs that aren't yet in force earlier in the spring. I don't know what kind of bugs are doing this, as I haven't actually seen them, but the damage is so bad that I might not get much corn at all this year. And it came up so well, too. What a disappointment.
Trellised cantaloupes.
Baby cantaloupe.
Baby cucumbers.
Baby tomatoes.
Baby zucchinis.
Baby Gracie, taking after Bella and playing in the apple tree by the garden. She's bigger and more sure footed now, and made her first trip to the garden yesterday.
Climbing an oak.
Hummingbird wing stop.
Flowers galore.
great pics!
Thanks. That corn is a real bummer.
it's not exactly knee high by the 4th of july ...
Yeah. It wouldn't stop raining this spring.
My garden is an overgrown swamp. Some plants were washed out of the ground. Big tomatoes burst from too much water before they get ripe, but I have lots and lots of cherry tomatoes
I've had a few rains after the spring deluge, but it hasn't been bad. Looks like it's going to be hot and dry now, with an excessive heat advisory every day for the next week.
Outstanding group; well done!
Thanks, AMac.
Morning dig... brilliant photo's...go Gracie will be no stopping her now..and what a great backyard she has to play in...
One very lucky kitty...🐾🐾
What did the vet say about her eyes?
The vet didn't say there was anything wrong with them. I guess they just look different in different light. We're going back for kitten shots next week.
Ahh excellent news...always a worry when you think something may not be quite right..🐾🐾
Makes sense, people's eyes look different sometimes depending on the color of their clothing or environment.
LOL. You've got a lot of pretty babies there.
Heh. Thanks.
This is part of a model train layout our train club was given for removing it. The builder passed away and the house is being sold, the heirs wanted somebody to use it. It took 5 of us most of the day to carefully take it apart and store it in a member's building. When we get in our new building will be part of a starter display.
Neat. That could be quite a space demanding hobby.
It is. I have to get the junk (I mean all the valuable stuff I might use) out of the way and get to work on my trains.
This could be the first time I didn't post a photo on this group's weekend article, so I'll post one of Kavika's great sunset photos:
Just perfect..😊