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Phishin' Philosophy on Creative Arts Three Day Weekend

  
By:  A. Macarthur  •  3 months ago  •  48 comments


Phishin' Philosophy on Creative Arts Three Day Weekend
 

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First cast of the weekend.


Red Box Rules

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.

Thanks, A. MAC


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A. Macarthur
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1  author  A. Macarthur    3 months ago

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Buzz of the Orient
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1.1  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  A. Macarthur @1    3 months ago

And because it has been so long since I have fished, I am getting very old, and feeling it.

 
 
 
devangelical
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1.2  devangelical  replied to  A. Macarthur @1    3 months ago

don't forget to vote up the article art lovers.

 
 
 
A. Macarthur
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2  author  A. Macarthur    3 months ago

Trollin' for creative stuff.

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
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3  Buzz of the Orient    3 months ago

There is still some joy in memory....teaching my young son how to fish.  A photo taken by my then wife from our lakeside cottage balcony.

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Buzz of the Orient
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3.1  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  Buzz of the Orient @3    3 months ago

Of course I fished there a lot myself.  Here the boat is anchored in the same spot as in the photo above, about 60 feet off my dock where the shallowness ends with an abrupt drop to deeper water.  The side of the drop is covered with weeds that the bass liked to hang out in, and I was always able to catch enough for a pan-fried meal.

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This is an average size bass that I was able to catch there.  You'll notice I'm not holding it up towards the camera to make it look bigger.  What I do notice is that I was a lot bigger around the waist back then than I am now - Chinese food is healthier.

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Now, since I was never a "catch and release" fisherman, but a 'catch and eat' one, the fish had to be filleted, with my son's friend who was his guest that weekend watching.  My canoe is there.  We also had a kayak and two snowmobiles.

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All that relaxing was pretty exhausting, so what else would I be doing?

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I do miss that place.

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Gsquared
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4  Gsquared    3 months ago

Backyards of Our Dreams 2 (© G. Gam)

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Branches  (© G. Gam)

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Perrie Halpern R.A.
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4.1  Perrie Halpern R.A.  replied to  Gsquared @4    3 months ago

I really love "Branches". It's so zen! 

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
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4.2  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  Gsquared @4    3 months ago

I really like the top photo.  It's the kind of picture I would not get tired of looking at.  The second one could be a prize-winner at a LensCulture contest because I think it's the type of thing that would please those judges, because my photos sure don't.

 
 
 
A. Macarthur
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5  author  A. Macarthur    3 months ago

The top image would make an excellent stained glass window or sun-catcher. I consider it easily publishable!

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
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5.1  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  A. Macarthur @5    3 months ago

From your lips to the LensCulture judges' ears.

 
 
 
shona1
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6  shona1    3 months ago

Good evening from Norfolk Island 1,800 kms out in the Pacific Ocean from Australia.

A very unique Island where convicts were sent from England. Many of the buildings remain today and it is fascinating to see history come alive after been taught it in school..

Norfolk Island pines cover much of the island. 2,000 people live here.

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Buzz of the Orient
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6.1  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  shona1 @6    3 months ago

Looks like a nice quiet place for a rest - bet there's no traffic jams there.  So this is where that Norfolk Pine Christmas tree you posted photos of recently comes from. 

 
 
 
shona1
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6.1.1  shona1  replied to  Buzz of the Orient @6.1    3 months ago

The only traffic jams here are caused by cattle and chooks wandering all over the road..

All livestock have right of way and the max speed limit here is 50ks all over the island..

No one would die of a heart attack, ulcer or stress here...and they even have Vegemite..😁

Yes many coastal towns in Australia have Norfolk pines growing and this is where they originally came from..

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devangelical
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6.2  devangelical  replied to  shona1 @6    3 months ago
A very unique Island where convicts were sent from England.

tracing back the family history, are you?

 
 
 
shona1
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6.2.1  shona1  replied to  devangelical @6.2    3 months ago

Morning...sigh...if only...😔

Would love to have convict history but alas not..

 
 
 
Kavika
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6.2.2  Kavika   replied to  shona1 @6.2.1    3 months ago

Perhaps it was ''white collar'' crime that your ancestors were involved in, they never get jail time or sent to penal colonies.

Just trying to be helpful, shona.

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
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6.2.3  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  shona1 @6.2.1    3 months ago

Isn't that kind of a "Great Expectation"?

 
 
 
shona1
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6.2.4  shona1  replied to  Kavika @6.2.2    3 months ago

Arvo..I do know one of our rellies was a sea captain over in England...he was walking across the gang way, slipped and fell in and drowned..🤣

 
 
 
devangelical
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6.2.5  devangelical  replied to  shona1 @6.2.1    3 months ago
Would love to have convict history but alas not..

it's never too late to start a worthwhile project. if our relatives escaped england, it's in our DNA. start off small...

 
 
 
Kavika
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7  Kavika     3 months ago

It's Duck o Rama at the big pond in Stone Creek. In talking to the ducks they said fishing was poor today.

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A. Macarthur
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7.1  author  A. Macarthur  replied to  Kavika @7    3 months ago

Great species variety; will try later to list identifications.

 
 
 
A. Macarthur
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7.1.1  author  A. Macarthur  replied to  A. Macarthur @7.1    3 months ago

Top to bottom:

Golden Eye

Golden Eye

Canvas Back

Bufflehead

 
 
 
Kavika
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7.1.2  Kavika   replied to  A. Macarthur @7.1.1    3 months ago

Good job Mac, we also have Wood ducks but none close to the others today.

 
 
 
devangelical
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7.2  devangelical  replied to  Kavika @7    3 months ago

4 boxes of quackers...

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
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7.3  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  Kavika @7    3 months ago

Sounds like a quack comment to me.

 
 
 
evilone
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8  evilone    3 months ago

Cherry shrimp and Amano shrimp from the waterfall tank this week.

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Some changes to the planting at the top of the waterfall tank

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I'm still trying to get the new cube tank plumbing setup. Hopefully I'll have it working this weekend.

 
 
 
Kavika
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8.1  Kavika   replied to  evilone @8    3 months ago

Looking good, Evil.

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
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8.2  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  evilone @8    3 months ago

Great job.  If fish could only speak...

 
 
 
A. Macarthur
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8.3  author  A. Macarthur  replied to  evilone @8    3 months ago

Looking forward to the first images!

 
 
 
shona1
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9  shona1    3 months ago

Arvo... gidday from Norfolk Island..

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Buzz of the Orient
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9.1  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  shona1 @9    3 months ago

Looks like a great place to escape to.

 
 
 
devangelical
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9.2  devangelical  replied to  shona1 @9    3 months ago

it looks very nice. what are the terminal risk features to humans there?

 
 
 
shona1
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9.2.1  shona1  replied to  devangelical @9.2    3 months ago

Morning from Norfolk...umm wandering cows all over the road and being attacked by feral chooks and that's it.. nothing thrilling here at all.

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devangelical
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9.2.2  devangelical  replied to  shona1 @9.2.1    3 months ago

so, cow flop everywhere and a bunch of raging little peckers. that kind of sounds familiar ...

 
 
 
A. Macarthur
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10  author  A. Macarthur    3 months ago

original

Geranium Fantasy

© A. Mac.A.G.

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
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10.1  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  A. Macarthur @10    3 months ago

Beautiful.  Have you ever considered entering your photos in a LensCulture contest?  If you want to enter just one photo per contest it is free.

 
 
 
A. Macarthur
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10.1.1  author  A. Macarthur  replied to  Buzz of the Orient @10.1    3 months ago

Don’t know anything about LensCulture but will look into it. Thank you.

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
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11  Buzz of the Orient    3 months ago

Wildlife Photographer of the Year awarded to man who captured a polar bear falling asleep

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A polar bear carves out a bed from a small iceberg before drifting off to sleep in the far north, off Norway's Svalbard archipalego @Nina Sarikhani For Wildlife Photographer of the Year    LINK ->

 
 
 
Kavika
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11.1  Kavika   replied to  Buzz of the Orient @11    3 months ago

Wow, that is so cool.

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
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11.1.1  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  Kavika @11.1    3 months ago

Yep, so cool it's damned cold.

 
 
 
shona1
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12  shona1    3 months ago

Evening... old man's beard lichen growing on the Norfolk pines..it's a sign of extremely clean air...

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Just a little bit stormy today..

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
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12.1  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  shona1 @12    3 months ago

Just got through weeks of dreary overcast cold rainy weather and for the last couple of days the sun has finally found us.  A couple of weeks ago I developed pneumonia but it didn't last long, just morphed into a bad cold that I can't get rid of but now that there's some sun I can get out and maybe the cold will pass.

 
 
 
Thomas
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12.1.1  Thomas  replied to  Buzz of the Orient @12.1    3 months ago

Hope you get lots of sunshine and feel much better,Buzz.

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
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12.1.2  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  Thomas @12.1.1    3 months ago

Thank you, Thomas - very nice of you.

 
 
 
Thomas
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13  Thomas    3 months ago

Here is one from a while back, April, 2010 to be exact...

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Copyright 2010,2024 TomEArtsite

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
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13.1  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  Thomas @13    3 months ago

It's good to see flowers these days - signs that Spring will come.

 
 
 
A. Macarthur
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14  author  A. Macarthur    2 months ago

Thanks to everyone. See you Thursday night.

 
 

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