Spring Continues on Creative Arts Three Day Weekend
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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.
Thanks, A. MAC
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Welcome back. It's that time again.
And it's about time that it is that time again,
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LOL. I didn't mean it was about time that this article appeared. I meant it's about time that a little colouir was returning to nature.
It was snowing here (Adirondack Mountains) last night....
it's snowing right now, here at the base of the rockies ...
meh, much ado about nothing. 20+ years ago, we had a blizzard that left a 6 foot drift at my front door and the power was out for a few days ...
it took 3 days to dig my car out, and then the plow came down the street and I got to do it again ...
Arvo...don't have to dig your car out of snow here when it's bogged..😁
typical female, I have no idea what you meant by what just said to me ...
I woke up to snow this morning, but I no longer feel the need to shovel snow, since at my age it's already a miracle if I show up anywhere ...
Morning.....
You said you have to dig your car out of snow..well we basically don't get snow here so not a problem for us..
If your car is bogged it means it's stuck can't be moved etc..and you have to be pulled out...eg..the car was bogged up to the bumpers in mud and had to be pulled out by a towie (tow truck)...
Hmmm sounds like you need some Vegemite to kick in the Aussie part of the brain...🦘
Ya bloody bogged mate!!! and not going anywhere.... that's what you would hear here...
Not my photo I would have more brains than drive into that...
thanks for the explanation. I've been watching the bbc and oz videos in my leisure and getting twisted up in cross translations. I learned from the bbc today that a bog was a toilet and that using it was called parking your breakfast, so you can understand my confusion in the continuing evolution, or de-evolution, of the english language from continent to continent ...
Morning...The bog is also referred to as a dunny (bathroom) here..just to confuse you more..😁
Also you can bog into your food..there is a saying here..
2,4,6,8 bog in don't wait...other words eat up don't wait...
Here is one from may, 2012...
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Pretty. Is that a trillium? If so it's Ontario's Provincial flower.
I think that it is a Trillium.
It is, absolutely. It's what's known as a painted trillium. This one from the internet is from Barrie, Ontario, a town about 60 miles north of Toronto.
They're wildflowers that blossom in early Spring in ravines and forested areas.
Flowers that bloomed in China in March and April.
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Daffodil (© G. Gam)
Freesia - After the Rain (© G. Gam)
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Ghostly.
I was going to say "Ghost Butterfly" and then I scrolled on
Actually, the wings on the BUTTERFLY are superimposed with the LARKSPUR FLOWER PETAL, a kind of visual metaphor simultaneously showing the butterfly and what it depends upon for its existence.
I often get carried away. with stuff like that.
... I think it's called creativity. don't stop ...
Morning Mac..hope this finds you and Mrs Mac well..I just came back from Queensland and have now got a ripper case of the flu..it was expected with all the air con and going from cool to warm to cool climates...
My favourite butterfly which I managed to see again in Queensland is the Ulysses butterfly..a gorgeous electric blue colour and they grow quite large..they only live in the tropics so not down here in Victoria unfortunately...
Not my photo...
Thanks shona; my wife's chemotherapy is being re-evaluated with a possible change.
Hope you are doing well other than the flu which hopefully will run its course soon.
Our geese are back for annual breeding (every year since we built the house)
I'm glad to see that you enjoy something Canadian.
Buzz
I enjoy and embrace many things Canadian - poutine, maple syrup, Canadian Club, hockey, curling and last but not least the Toronto Raptors
Things may cost a bit more, but I will continue to enjoy the things I like as will many, many citizens of the U.S. and as they say "this too shall pass" (I hope quickly).
As to the geese, my wife and I have spent many a spring afternoon watching them glide around the pond and scare the puppies who come too near the water,
Morning Robert...you are very lucky to have them in your backyard...and how lovely you can just sit in the quiet and watch them...
Will they breed there or move on to somewhere else?
Every year they come back and in a few weeks we will have little ones leaning to swim, fish and enjoy the pond.
You ARE iucky to have a situation where you need not go somewhere else to seek out wildlife, it has come to you.
On the other side of the street in front of the house, the woods are only about 100 yards from my front door. We see deer, hedgehogs, rabbits, squirrels and all types of birds from the front porch
Photos taken from roof top bar of our hotel in Sydney the night before we left.
You can see the Opera House and the Sydney Bridge. A huge cruise ship is being moved by tugs as it heads out of Sydney Harbor on it’s way to Melbourne.
Great photos taken from a rare angle. Usually we see those landmarks from a different point of view.
Geez you had a ripper location Kavika..yes Sydney Harbour sure is hard to beat...
Beautiful, enjoy
great view ...
The mountain range up Towoomba in Queensland.. stunning place..
It's on the Great Dividing Range that runs for approximately 3,500 kms along the east coast of Australia...
And one of the best flags in the World on top of the Range....
nice pictures, but ... uh, where's the mountains?
Umm, well, errrr
The highest point on the great sand bar is Mt Kosciuszko at 2,300 metres...
We have a few mountain ranges but nothing like the Rockies etc ..
I knew that was coming...
Funny...I thought the same thing..
Guess Devangy was expecting something like this on my rock..
And that is about the best we can do on that snow front in the Australian Alps ..
Not my photos to cold for me..
... oh, oh, 2300 metres high, almost 7500 feet. bloody hell, I'm getting light headed just thinking about it. I must be suffering from oxygen deprivation. I better drive west into the foothills, halfway up the first hill to the first exit, turn around and then start breathing pure oxygen as I descend the 600 metres to my home at 1700 metres in the city.
a proper mountain on terra firma has no trees on the summit, let alone any dirt. they've been wind blown off ...
Butterfly Visual Metaphor, Wing Superimposed with Floral Food & Pollination Entities
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One could call it a 'Daisyfly'.
Calling this one "done". Thanks to all.