Wingin' it on Creative Arts Three Day Weekend
Cormorant taking Off
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Takeoff Accomplished
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We're UP!
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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 …
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Good evening.
And a great one to you!
Arvo..nice anoon here and it's Friday....39c tomorrow so going to be a hot one..
Last gasp of Summer...sob..️🏖️
I'm going to greet you with one of YOUR bird photos, A.Mac.
How long ago had you posted that one?
Could have been 3 or more years back.
My bird photos are all pretty old and posted more than once, so I'll do something else. We're starting to get some Spring flowers happening here, so here are some Spring flowers previously photographed in February and early March.
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Nice and springlike.
Got snow here at the moment, and it hasn't been above freezing for days. Next week is supposed to be nice, though.
Talking about winging it... Here is my first attempt at Kokadama with a syngonium plant. I think I need to do a better job tying the moss up on the outside. Using thread to tie up anything isn't my strong suit.
The plant came from the basket of plants my office had sent to my mom's funeral last October and my wife found the bowl for me at a local thrift shop. I created the soil ball with peatmoss, potting soil and some akadama soil and used sheet moss from the local greenhouse I stopped at a couple of weekends ago. The sheet moss is tied on with green cotton thread.
Each day I pull the plant out of the bowl and soak the moss ball with the kitchen sink sprayer and then squeeze out as much water as I can and return it back to the bowl.
Unusual and Excellent.
You have an admirable relationship with your vegetation.
Morning...that looks really great evil and what a lovely way to remember your mum with the plants...
I was stuffing around the other day and came across this plant.. thought it was truly stunning..it's a butterfly Begonia..would love to get one..
That is a perfectly named plant, and a lovely one as well.
I love begonias. That one is stunning. I’ll have to see if I can find one too.
My photography skills are far below other contributors here, but I love getting out on a walk and taking pictures of all the gifts of mother nature.
Your photos are always welcomed and I think we all agree, we're not competing, rather, sharing and communicating.
Okay Robert, I know what the top and bottom birds are, but what is the one in the middle?
It's a MALE, American Goldfinch.
Palm Trees at Sunset (© G. Gam)
Cormorant (© G. Gam)
I'm really impressed by the "poster" effect of the second photo. It's fantastic.
Thanks.
Little Blue Heron.
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Great photo.
Fly Away Home.
These tiny plastic figures are less than an inch tall and probably pretty old. I got them for fifty cents each at an oddities store. They are fun for photo editing.
When I scrolled down and saw the "I love you" I burst out laughing too. It's an apt picture for the Year of the Snake.
I get pictures of this guy or maybe his ancestors and descendants, most every summer and I never get tired of waiting
Good one.
I was at the local auction house and saw these old ESSO figures. Neat old advertising
that somebody saved for years. they will probably bring a good price.
LOL. They're great!!!
Tomatoes growing in the window, with grow lights. That is what gives the purple color.
These are volunteers I dug up as very small plants before frost last fall. I have seeded others too.
If it warms up next week, I will repair my greenhouse again to get ready. Spring is coming sometime.
Wow!!! You ARE a man of many interests and talents. I have loved tomatoes all my life. I used to watch my father eat them like an apple. However, the Chinese people have no idea about leaving a regular tomato on the vine until it ripens - they pick them when they're hard, their skin thick and the inside white and hard. I eat tomatoes almost every day with breakfast, the cherry or grape tomatoes because at least they're relatively ripe enough to be red right through.
Arvo... some tomatoes I picked yesterday that I grew...
Beautiful. I wonder if I can grow a tomato plant on my balcony. It gets the sun most of the day.
No reason why you can't..alot of people do that here grow them in pots etc on verandahs and balconies..
I hate having to buy supermarket crud after having home grown tomatoes...
You can and it would be a fun thing to do. You might have to bring it in sometime and keep eye on moisture and temperature
Yeah, it gets really hot here in the Summer, so I'd have to bring it inside for a big part of the mid-day. I've already checked out a site on the internet on how to do it.
Hmm no I don't think so...mine are out in full sun all day during summer and survive very well...
So long as you keep water up to them they are fine and need the sun and heat to ripen the fruit..
Give it a fling, got nothing to lose...
Chongqing is known as one of the Three Furnaces of China for good cause - temps reach the low 40s Centigrade. For some reason I don't understand why my wife doesn't want to grow tomatoes on her mini-farm, and because it's impossible to buy a ripe tomato at a supermarket, or veggie store or even a street sale by the local farmers I have no choice if I want to enjoy a sweet ripe tomato. The same goes for strawberries - they sell them half-white and hard.
Morning...sigh...pretty sure y'day was the last swim for the summer. Hit 36c so not as high as they said it would be...best of all no damn bushfires so think we can now breathe a sigh of relief...
I will pack away my surf mat, put away my bathers and towel..and patiently wait for summer to arrive again...
And no I wasn't shark biscuits Devangy, but a guy up Qld got slightly chomped on y'day..
They did say he will survive though slightly chewed so all good ..🏝️
was he doing a seal impersonation by wearing a dark wetsuit at the time?
plenty of time left in the season for a remote controlled dorsal fin at the tourist beach ...
Not sure what he was doing they didn't say but obviously in the water..4th attack this year up Qld the previous one a 17yo lass lost her life a few weeks ago sadly...
Yes could have done with a shark fin y'day the beach was chockers much to my disgust...
that fin would get the tourists sorted out of the water and onto the beach in a hurry ...
Morning..another Aussie gone by a shark up in NSW...
Was in a fish comp 50kms out and fell over board...they fear a Great White got him...no sign of him has been found...
Actually the beach I go for a swim 20 minutes from where I live had to close due to a shark being spotted...never know that to happen before...
NOTE: Starting this evening, Three Day Weekend will become exactly that; going forward, each week the article will be posted late on Thursday nights, remain active Friday, Saturday and Sunday, and then be locked Sunday nights.
As always, a thank you to everyone.
Since nothing creative has been posted for quite a while, that is a realistic decision.