Unique and Unusual on Creative Arts Three Day Weekend
Unique and Unusual on Creative Arts Three Day Weekend
A ghostly audience for a ghostly show
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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Seek out your most unusual, or unique or strange artistic creation - even if it were an accident or a mistake, and let's see what you've got. But first of all, check out something unusual and creative that was not appreciated by the general NT population - cakes baked that were candy for the eye, and then sweet for the tooth. LINK ->
Arvo...just some photos of my walk around the foreshore yesterday on a gloomy Autumn day..
And to finish off the day with hot chips and chicken salt..not a french fry insight..😁
A very nice collection.
Those are great.
Besides the ghosts dancing posted by me as the lead photo, there are some others I've taken that I consider unique, unusual, or maybe just accidents or mistakes, You've probably seen them before, but I've not been taking photos for a while.
1. Bird's Eye View
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2. Supporting herself with her teeth
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3. Can you guess? Don't bother, I accidentally pushed the shutter button while the camera was pointing down
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4. I named that panda FDR. Does anyone know why?
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5. This photo makes me think of the line in the song "Autumn Leaves": "But I miss you most of all, my darling, when Autumn leaves start to fall."
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6. I named this one 'Leaf Shadows'. I took this photo of dying lotus plants in a big pool, and then could hardly believe it when looking through the photos of some Chinese photographers I saw an almost identical photo.
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7. No, it isn't a city skyline, it's stalagmites behind a pool in a cave
I like the last photo a lot, but there's always something to be said for an accidental photo of concrete.
Morning G..I do that quite regularly take photos of the ground but usually have my foot in it..
I do, too, shona, and I also have some really nice photos of my thumb.
It's been hard to get my foot in my photos when it's usually in my mouth.
Morning..think we have all done that one..
I was slagging off one of my bosses one day and he was right behind me..I thought oh crap...but even get had to agree with me in the end because what I said was pretty spot on..
I kept my job.. never had any more problems with him after that...
What I forgot to say was that the theatre ghosts photo at the top of the article and the "stalagmites" photo at the bottom were not edited at all save for a little cropping and addition of a simple frame, although they might appear to have been edited.
The FDR Panda has the same cigarette with holder in his mouth as FDR.
LOL. I KNEW you knew that from before.
I like reflections and ripples...
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'Reflections' is a good word, it can mean what you posted, and even more - perhaps to send ripples through our minds.
Pet Hotels, Los Angeles (© G. Gam)
Auto Repair (© G. Gam)
Yeah, I can see the doggies in the windows in the top photo, and I was wondering if calling it
"auto repair" was right when a human is doing the repair. These days with the development of robotics and automation, humans are not as necessary.
Both good photos, one for subject, other for editing, but that's just my amateur opinion.
I really like the trees sticking out of the top of the first one. Nice artistic choice.
Today was a great day for one particular ''Shelter Dog'', Athena was at Marion County Animal Shelter for two years and getting no attention, we work with MCAS and we took her hoping that we could get her adopted she was with us for three and a half years for a grand total of five and half years in shelters.
My neighbor and his wife (two doors down from us) lost their dog a few months ago and has been moping around ever since so I told him about Athena and how long she had been in shelters and her age, a bit over 14 years old and she deserved a loving home like yours. Well they went over to VOCAL and met Athena and fell in love and Athena was brought to his house today and we were all waiting for her to show. They are in love with Athena and I'm sure that she is with them. The smile on her face was precious.
She checked out every room in the house, garage included and then out to the back yard that was fenced and checked that out marked her territory came back in the house got some pets laid down on her bed and in a minute was snoring up a storm...
Some days are just better than others.
Lucky dog. Lucky adopting family.
Arvo...good on them for taking her in..a win win situation all around..what a lovely story and I hope they have a very happy time together..🐾🐾
It's nice to see SOME good news these days.
Evening...there is always good news around Buzz..but for some reason humans seem to revel in doom and gloom..
Yeah, one can get their fill of it these days.
Evening...I have discovered I am being visited by some brush tailed possums...aka brushies..
So I have been leaving some apple and banana on my gate and it quickly disappears...
The are noisy buggars and growl and hiss alot..but are very cute..
Easy to see how they get their name.
Not my photos..
Neat. They're cuter than our possums.
Never saw a possum - don't think there were any in Ontario, although I don't recall ever seeing a pear tree.
A continuation of the Reflections and Ripples theme
©TomEArtSite
Although that appears to be a log in a moving stream, I first thought of it as an otter or other water-animal swimming, leaving ripples in its wake. Let the imagination blossom.
It is an otter swimming in 13th Lake.
Hah!!! I should have stuck with my first thought.
I have a series of shots of the otter swimming in one direction then the other. This particular image was taken after the otter had just turned, leaving the water behind with confused ripples and the water in front calm with smoother, longer ripples.
One of my favorite things is watching sea otters in Monterey Bay.
Good thinking.
Arvo..I thought it was a beaver..
But I knew it definitely wasn't a croc.. because it didn't have anything in its mouth..😁
If it had been in Canada that would have been a definite possibility.
Shona, you could be right. I just looked at it again in a larger format and thought that the head looked more like a beaver, but I couldn't be sure. So I went looking for... Pictures!
I found this article by Max Waugh Photography: Animal Identification Throwdown: Otter vs. Beaver vs. Muskrat
Verdict: It is a beaver.
LOL. The mystery is solved.
Morning...they are a bit like out wombats, but with a tail..
wombats? what? those poor creatures don't even rate an oz nickname?
Bulldozers on legs..
They go through fences, dig huge burrows and extremely strong...have been known to break legs when they charge you if annoyed..
And then there is twilight...
The info at the bottom right of that photo indicates copyright belongs to Broliver Stagnasty. Is that you?
Yes. He and I are one and the same. That was the alias I used when I first joined NV. I was attracted to the name because it allowed me to sign my posts with my initials: B.S.
Okay!!!
Arvo.. that's funny..🤣🤣
One thing this world doesn't lack is BS..
It's the year of the cicada for me. Periodical Brood XIX (local to me) has been out and about for well over a week now, and they are everywhere. Billions of them!
Some quick info...
[in 2024] Broods XIII and XIX — will emerge from their underground lairs simultaneously for the first time in 221 years.
The last time the two broods teamed up, Lewis and Clark began their trek through territories recently acquired through the Louisiana Purchase, the US Supreme Court heard the landmark Marbury v. Madison case, and Thomas Jefferson was president. (source)
These periodicals live almost their entire lives underground as juvenile nymphs eating roots, only to emerge above ground once after 13 or 17 years (depending on the brood) to breed, lay eggs and then die. It's kind of sad in a way.
Here's a map (public domain) from the USDA Forest Service showing the distribution of the various broods. The light blue one heavy in Missouri is Brood XIX, the one I have. It's one of only a few thirteen-year broods. Most are seventeen.
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A few days ago they were really raising a ruckus. I took some photos and shot some video of them. They were especially thick in the mulberry and crab apple trees.
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Here's a video I made with Microsoft's Clipchamp app that installed itself on my computer in a recent update. It's not bad at all. Much better than the old video editor.
The constant loud droning is of course the sound they make to attract mates. It's quite a chorus.
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Speaking of broods, the wrens are working on one of their own. This female has been house sitting almost constantly for days now, so she'll probably have chicks in another week or so.
And in other news, my electric co-op has been clearing branches away from power lines this spring, and when they got to me they tore the hell out of the yard. There's probably over 600 feet of track ruts like this in total. What a bunch of crap. Hopefully they'll get back out here and fix it all soon. Aside from being unsightly, it makes mowing a complete nightmare.
Evening dig..geez good on them for ploughing up your yard.. total drop kicks... probably end up doing it yourself at least that way it will be done properly..
Do the cicadas go through the night as well or do they stop? I know in NSW the noise of them is deafening..I don't get them down here to cold I think...
They're noisy all through the evening until dark and quiet down after that, but then the frogs and crickets take over.
That was a super cicada reminder. I got my first lifetime experience with them a few years after arriving in China. The buzzing didn't bother me that much, probably because it formed a chorus with my tinnitus, which sounds like a varying steam pipe leak. Now at least you won't go hungry. Here they roasted and ate them - offered me one to try which I politely turned down. I did an article on NT a while back about them when the first warning about their coming was announced.
Gosh, that was almost an article in itself! Thanks, Dig.
I remember cicadas from my time in AR and MO. Man were they ever loud at night.
you need to stay on top of them about the yard damage and find out the level of liability they have outside the utility easement, since most state PUC's own the politicians. for expedited service, file a complaint with the state public utilities commission and include pictures, because time is on their side. while they are allowed access to the power lines within their utility right of way, any damage done to your property, they are liable for. back in the 90's I did underground utility replacement and we were required to put the yard back together as if we hadn't been there at all, even within the utility easements. although your project was aerial maintenance, the same rules should apply.
in this day and age I wouldn't expect much in the way of quality work. instead of that hassle, I would urge you to negotiate an advance utility credit in writing for the work needed and do it yourself if possible. depending upon how much damage was done, estimate $2K - $3K per day landscaping labor and materials for a crew of 2 laborers, if you can find out how long the co-op thinks it will take. you can bet that some paper shuffler back at the home office would rather approve the utility credit than to deal with a persistent and annoyed customer.
the easiest way to fix the damage shown is to get some topsoil, fill in the heavy equipment tracks to grade level, and then keep it wet. the embedded grass in the tracks will grow thru the topsoil. it may take a few weeks, but if you use grass seed or fertilizer on just the repair job it will definitely show.*
*I only went back and applied grass seed and fertilizer on repairs when the owners needlessly complained about the imagined damage to their unkempt shitty yards, just to make our repair stand out as the best looking part of their yards.
I made it a fun job. I did all the advance work, met with the home owners, walked out the projects, doxxed their neighbors that had caused the repairs by not calling in the underground locates before digging, called in the new underground locates, scheduled the projects, and called the sheriff in to explain the concept of utility easements to homeowners that refused me access into their yards. the vast majority of home owners I dealt with were very understanding and awesome to work with.
That appears to be excellent advice.
I forgot you have brown thumbs up to your elbows. if you know exactly what type of grass you have in the yard, putting grass seed in the tracks before covering with topsoil will accelerate the process, but if you don't know the grass variety, you'll soon find out and be reminded every time you look at it...
My grass variety is whatever wants to grow there, lol. It's a wild yard.
I'll probably find out this week what they plan to do about it. I suppose I wouldn't mind filling in the ruts myself, as long as they provide the dirt. I could throw any remainder in the garden.
Hell, they haven't even cleared away the limbs they cut yet. There aren't very many, which makes all the yard damage that was done to get at them seem pointless. I might just break out the chainsaw and clean them up myself tomorrow.
oops, I meant green thumbs...
I wouldn't volunteer any labor on your part until you find out what they're going to do first, and I'm really surprised nobody from the co-op or the on site job foreman said anything to you...
Your photo is bigger than the page, and as I was first scrolling down through it, before I got to your comment below it, what flashed through my mind was that this appeared to be a really spooky picture - I didn't realize until I read the comment that I was right.
That's strange. I wonder what the explanation is? Are you sure you aren't messing with us? haha
We just got back home from our Washington state vacation last night and here are a couple of the photos I took...
Hope you had a good time. It's cool that the wildlife showed up for you, especially the orcas.
Wow!!! What great memories THOSE fabulous photos will revive for years to come.
Brilliant photos evil..
We have got an elephant seal here at the moment down the harbour..
He rolls up every six months and sloths out..
Not my photo..
And now the weekend has ended on the west coast of mainland America, so this "weekend" article has come to a close. Thanks to all who contributed. A.Mac will most likely be opening next weekend's Creative Arts 3 Day Weekend next Thursday night or Friday morning.