A remnant from the days I would be representing a worker at arbitration as I extracted a "paper trail" from my briefcase, which, those familiar with my presentation, knew it was someone's metaphorical ass.
It's a clip from Absence of Malice is a1981American drama neo noir thriller film directed by Sydney Pollack and starring Paul Newman, Sally Field, Wilford Brimley, ...
I have to admit that I made a mistake with photo number 9 which I believe is actually Florence. To make up for it I am posting a couple more of my stepdaughter's photos taken in Venice.
This is a small part of my odd art collection. For context, the gold face is about 18” tall. I found this seriously weird manly looking nun piece a few years ago and thought it was so original that I had to have it. Imagine my surprise when I found another one a couple weeks ago in Rhode Island. Now (s)he has a twin. The goth rubber duckie I found in Croatia, and have never seen another like it. Note the gnome lurking beneath them. I’m quite frugal so the total cost for all these pieces was probably under $100.
My collection is about 99.5% human faces (the duck is a rare exception) so there’s literally about 1,000 eyes in the room. It would be hard to tell if one was following you, lol.
A great use of colors in a gradient method across the artwork. Very impressive, and your talent is improving more and more each week. always look forward to seeing what you have for us each new week. Well done!
Thursday we were swimming off St. Petes Beach when I noticed a huge dark mass moving toward Red and me. I knew what it was and after I got Red to stop talking to a couple about 15 ft away I pointed it out to her, at that time it was right in front of her about 3 to 4 feet away. Her eyes go the size of saucers and I told her it's not a shark. It swam right toward the other couple she was talking to, they looked down and saw it and screamed and tried walking on water to the shore, which set off a panic of a group of other people that were heading for the beach.
Tourists are so much fun to watch.
This is what it was, the Florida Manatee, I guess it to be around 10 feet long and over 1,000 lbs.
Something that size would be enough to scare anyone that don't recognize what it is at first glance. But being there was no top fin visible it would disqualify it as being a shark.
Indeed, tourists are really fun to watch, and they are easy to recognize right off.
Yes, the gentle giants of the oceans and rivers. Beautiful creatures and highly endangered in Florida. The pesticides that flow into the rivers are killing the sea grass that they survive on and now some are starving to death with no food for them to eat.
Thank you very much, G. Offering and explanation of the artwork is a way to help those who are not Native American, or are not that familiar with the culture and traditions of Native Americans, to become more knowledgeable about them.
"LIttle bit of Autumn" is right, the tree limbs appear to be barren. To me Autumn is the artist's palette of colours of the forests in Ontario at this time of year.
Note the trees on the horizon in silhouette … they still retain their foliage. Depending on the species of deciduous tree, where the leaf stalk (the petiole) attaches to a limb, is a layer of cells called the abscission layer, which, depending on the tree's genetics and environmental conditions, become desiccated and cause the leaf to fall from the tree.
The bare trees in the foreground lost their leaves before those of the species on the horizon. So, "Little bit of Autumn" literally applies to the photo, in that, the first little bit of autumn appeared through them.
Thank you for the technical explanation for the fact that Autumn leaves fall. I'll try to keep that in mind the next time I watch a leaf fall off a tree. My explanation of why the lone foreground tree(s) in your photo are barren while the ones in the background forest still are covered in leafs is that the ones in the foreground standing isolated and unprotected to weather the storms, have lost their leaves to strong winds, while the ones that are clustered together form a wind-break.
Actually, I didn’t explain that autumn leaves fall, I explained whythey fall, which, I would go out on a limb to speculate, most individuals could not explain if asked. And while it’s true autumn is a colorful time for artists, when daylight fades and darkness comes, because the colors come from the light which is reflected from surfaces, only those surfaces exposed to light strong enough to be reflected, show color; otherwise, they are “black,” which, by definition, is the phenomenon in which no light is reflected, hence, all colors are absorbed, none visible to the eye.
The question is whether they are leafs or leaves. Would one say knifes or knives? Of course if we were to use the word leaves it might indicate that they're going away, and like the Toronto Maple Leafs they could be called the Toronto Maple Leaves becaue they seem to have left behind the concept of winning the Stanley Cup for an awfully long time. But that leaves me with the question whether the plural of leaf is leafs or leaves so I'd better leaf through an encyclopedic dictionary because I don't want to leave myself in the dark cause then I might not be able to reflect on it, in which case colour wouldn't matter anyway. Has this been creative enough to qualify for inclusion on the Creative Arts group? It would be more creative if I could post it using cursive writing at the very least or calligraphy at most. Were we talking about leafs or just barking up trees?
A well-seasoned array of illuminating enlightenment that branches out in an effort to posit the root distinctions between a proverbial “forest-for-the-trees” situation.
In such debates, it’s requisite to rake in all facts that fall favorably on one’s position.
Not at all boring, Kavika. The well timed photo is truly awesome. The setting suns' golden rays shine not only across the water, but, across the approaching storm clouds as well. A great shot!
Yeah....you folk are a day ahead of us here on the California coast. I had an Access Pro who lived in Bendigo a few years ago. We were both Microsoft MVPs at the time, and it was fun trying to keep up with the times both ways when we were working on special projects together.
I had at one time planned to go and visit my friend, but, three days before I was to leave I wound up in the hospital for a week. So there went the savings I had for the trip.
Thanks Buzz. But, there are so many others who share their treasures, including yourself. Many fond memories of times gone past, and the treasures of Mother Earth and Father Sky that fill our eyes and senses with wonder. For me, this group itself is a treasure of NT.
The precise placement of the white feather and the design on the blanket bringing the viewer's eye from the face of the mother to that of the baby is masterful!
Thanks, Mac. And thank you so very much for this wonderfully awesome group. I know I am not the only one who truly enjoys seeing all the great, fun, and Spiritual artwork and photos shared here. It gives me, and others, a chance to see and learn about other countires, their history, cultures and traditions. It helps to put the world at our feet.
Let us begin.
You sound so ominous there...Haha
Good luck with the fishing. As for the Pocono photo, I go with that flow. But not able to see the video, of that I cannot know.
It's a clip from Absence of Malice is a1981American drama neo noir thriller film directed by Sydney Pollack and starring Paul Newman, Sally Field, Wilford Brimley, ...
I know that movie well, A.Mac. Both Sally and the D.A. ended up with what they deserved.
Beautiful Fall photo, Mac. I enjoy going to our local mountains in the Fall and seeing the wonderful array of the beautiful Fall colored leaves.
love those great fall colors amac.
Thunderheads at sunset, St. Pete Beach, FL
Nice. I need to go down to our beach one of these evenings. Sometimes we have what I call a purple sunset.
You have to post a photo of that Ender.
Sometimes we get what I call a yellow. Just before dusk everything gets a yellowish tint. Happens every once in a while.
And our resident sunset warrior posts another conquest.
Anoon.. the calm before the storm...
Beautiful photo, Kavika.
A beautiful photo, Kavika. A great flow of bright orange sunset sky to an ominous dark gray/black clouds to the medium to light gray of the water.
A very intense photo, but, also very beautiful.
I was going to look back and post an old pic yet for some reason the pc computer doesn't like the apple phone very much...
EUROPE Through the camera lens of my stepdaughter..
1. Germany
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2. Germany - Taoism in Germany?
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3. Germany
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4. Florence
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5. Florence
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6. Holland
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7. Holland
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8. Venice
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9. Venice
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10. Venice
Very nice series of photos.
Excellent photo essay, Buzz.
Beautiful photos, Buzz. Your Step-Daughter really has a great eye for very interesting sights to photograph. Thank you for sharing them with us.
I really like number 7 in holland. definitely suitable for framing.
It knocked me out when I first saw it as well. I told her she has a better eye for photography than I do.
I'll tell her that her photography is appreciated by many. Thanks to all.
I have to admit that I made a mistake with photo number 9 which I believe is actually Florence. To make up for it I am posting a couple more of my stepdaughter's photos taken in Venice.
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Lovely photos, Buzz.
This is a small part of my odd art collection. For context, the gold face is about 18” tall. I found this seriously weird manly looking nun piece a few years ago and thought it was so original that I had to have it. Imagine my surprise when I found another one a couple weeks ago in Rhode Island. Now (s)he has a twin. The goth rubber duckie I found in Croatia, and have never seen another like it. Note the gnome lurking beneath them. I’m quite frugal so the total cost for all these pieces was probably under $100.
Nice collection. The mask seems to have a wandering left eye. Does it follow you when you walk past it?
My collection is about 99.5% human faces (the duck is a rare exception) so there’s literally about 1,000 eyes in the room. It would be hard to tell if one was following you, lol.
I prefer the intent of your 1,000 eyes to the intent of the "Five Eyes" that one NT member brags about a lot.
A great collection, Hal. Those two 'Nuns' look more like men impersonating Nuns, given their big hands and feet. (hee hee hee)
Tuesday Hawk
Beautiful work. Love your use of color!
Thank you, Perrie.
Excellent, G.
Thanks, Kavika!
A great use of colors in a gradient method across the artwork. Very impressive, and your talent is improving more and more each week. always look forward to seeing what you have for us each new week. Well done!
Thank you, Raven Wing. We all look forward to seeing everything you post.
Thank you G.
Are there skies like that 'Over the Rainbow'?
If you close your eyes really tight and think lots of happy thoughts, you just might find out!
The problem is that when I then open my eyes I see the Home (Front) Page here.
Thursday we were swimming off St. Petes Beach when I noticed a huge dark mass moving toward Red and me. I knew what it was and after I got Red to stop talking to a couple about 15 ft away I pointed it out to her, at that time it was right in front of her about 3 to 4 feet away. Her eyes go the size of saucers and I told her it's not a shark. It swam right toward the other couple she was talking to, they looked down and saw it and screamed and tried walking on water to the shore, which set off a panic of a group of other people that were heading for the beach.
Tourists are so much fun to watch.
This is what it was, the Florida Manatee, I guess it to be around 10 feet long and over 1,000 lbs.
Something that size would be enough to scare anyone that don't recognize what it is at first glance. But being there was no top fin visible it would disqualify it as being a shark.
Indeed, tourists are really fun to watch, and they are easy to recognize right off.
Morning...ahhwww dugongs!! Love them and very friendly..here all you have to say, there is something in the water!!! and there is a mass exodus...
Yes, the gentle giants of the oceans and rivers. Beautiful creatures and highly endangered in Florida. The pesticides that flow into the rivers are killing the sea grass that they survive on and now some are starving to death with no food for them to eat.
The many times I've been to Florida I've never seen a manatee, or even a crocodile as it happens.
Happy Friday everyone! Hope you have a great one.....
Is he holding a "Talking Stick" or performing a healing ceremony?
Neither. It is a Tribal Chief and his wife. What he is holding in his right hand is the staff which designates him as the Tribes Chief.
Outstanding image, and thank you for the explanation.
Thank you very much, G. Offering and explanation of the artwork is a way to help those who are not Native American, or are not that familiar with the culture and traditions of Native Americans, to become more knowledgeable about them.
© A. Mac/A.G.
Just in case the shelves are void of toilet paper, there is always a substitute in the Fall.
Can use gum leaves here... available all year round...
The reflection of the clouds in the water is awesome.
And one to take us into Saturday.....
One of my favourites.
Thank you, Buzz.
One of mine, too.
Thanks G.
Just another boring day on the beach, Longboat Key, FL
LOL. Do you get a kick out of trying to make us jealous?
Little bit of Autumn, little bit of sunset.
© A. Mac/A.G.
YES, LOLOLOL.
"LIttle bit of Autumn" is right, the tree limbs appear to be barren. To me Autumn is the artist's palette of colours of the forests in Ontario at this time of year.
Sadist!!!
Note the trees on the horizon in silhouette … they still retain their foliage. Depending on the species of deciduous tree, where the leaf stalk (the petiole) attaches to a limb, is a layer of cells called the abscission layer, which, depending on the tree's genetics and environmental conditions, become desiccated and cause the leaf to fall from the tree.
The bare trees in the foreground lost their leaves before those of the species on the horizon. So, "Little bit of Autumn" literally applies to the photo, in that, the first little bit of autumn appeared through them.
The rest of autumn came afterwards.
Thank you for the technical explanation for the fact that Autumn leaves fall. I'll try to keep that in mind the next time I watch a leaf fall off a tree. My explanation of why the lone foreground tree(s) in your photo are barren while the ones in the background forest still are covered in leafs is that the ones in the foreground standing isolated and unprotected to weather the storms, have lost their leaves to strong winds, while the ones that are clustered together form a wind-break.
Actually, I didn’t explain that autumn leaves fall, I explained why they fall, which, I would go out on a limb to speculate, most individuals could not explain if asked. And while it’s true autumn is a colorful time for artists, when daylight fades and darkness comes, because the colors come from the light which is reflected from surfaces, only those surfaces exposed to light strong enough to be reflected, show color; otherwise, they are “black,” which, by definition, is the phenomenon in which no light is reflected, hence, all colors are absorbed, none visible to the eye.
The question is whether they are leafs or leaves. Would one say knifes or knives? Of course if we were to use the word leaves it might indicate that they're going away, and like the Toronto Maple Leafs they could be called the Toronto Maple Leaves becaue they seem to have left behind the concept of winning the Stanley Cup for an awfully long time. But that leaves me with the question whether the plural of leaf is leafs or leaves so I'd better leaf through an encyclopedic dictionary because I don't want to leave myself in the dark cause then I might not be able to reflect on it, in which case colour wouldn't matter anyway. Has this been creative enough to qualify for inclusion on the Creative Arts group? It would be more creative if I could post it using cursive writing at the very least or calligraphy at most. Were we talking about leafs or just barking up trees?
A well-seasoned array of illuminating enlightenment that branches out in an effort to posit the root distinctions between a proverbial “forest-for-the-trees” situation.
In such debates, it’s requisite to rake in all facts that fall favorably on one’s position.
I'm not going to beat around the bush, you win.
Who is that super cool dude?
Animikii zaagijijiwan.
Lots of sun. Lots of sand. Lots of blue sky. And lots of cool shade.
Sooo....what's not to like? (grin)
Another boring sunset, Table Rock Lake, MO.
Not at all boring, Kavika. The well timed photo is truly awesome. The setting suns' golden rays shine not only across the water, but, across the approaching storm clouds as well. A great shot!
Just another day in Paradise!
Fantastic.
Sunday is on its way......
....so keep your eye open.
Waves of the spiritual emanating from a holy figure. Needs no frame to contain what should flow to all of us.
Thank you very much, Buzz.
Anoon Raven.. Sunday is already half gone here..
Yeah....you folk are a day ahead of us here on the California coast. I had an Access Pro who lived in Bendigo a few years ago. We were both Microsoft MVPs at the time, and it was fun trying to keep up with the times both ways when we were working on special projects together.
Small World.. Bendigo is just up the road about 300ks from here...have two friends who live there.
Well better make a move and drag the bins out for the garbos to collect.. enjoy your day....
I had at one time planned to go and visit my friend, but, three days before I was to leave I wound up in the hospital for a week. So there went the savings I had for the trip.
© A. Mac/A.G.
A true picture of Fall in the wilderness. Beautiful, Mac.
By one who flees not from trees lacking leaves
Bare is beautiful.
I'll bare that in mind.
Hidy Hidy Hidy Hi...Hody Hody Hody Ho. C'mon feet....let's go!
I hear the drum beating in my mind.
And the sound of the Chanters.
Thanks, Buzz.
One last artwork for this weekend...
And thank you all for your participation.
But it's you who provides the treasures, that elicit our happy pleasures.
Thanks Buzz. But, there are so many others who share their treasures, including yourself. Many fond memories of times gone past, and the treasures of Mother Earth and Father Sky that fill our eyes and senses with wonder. For me, this group itself is a treasure of NT.
The precise placement of the white feather and the design on the blanket bringing the viewer's eye from the face of the mother to that of the baby is masterful!
Thanks, Mac. And thank you so very much for this wonderfully awesome group. I know I am not the only one who truly enjoys seeing all the great, fun, and Spiritual artwork and photos shared here. It gives me, and others, a chance to see and learn about other countires, their history, cultures and traditions. It helps to put the world at our feet.
Will close the article tomorrow around noon. Many thanks to our members.