I look forward to them. I'll have to find some I took on Oneida Lake in Central New York-I arrived at a friend's camp just as the sun was setting.......
I'm not a fisherman, but I see people out there fishing all the time (including ice fishing in the winter-nothing says redneck like building a portable house with a hole in the bottom so you can sit and freeze while drinking beer and fishing....). LOL.
Actually Spike most of the Ice Houses have a generator, stove, heater and some have TV. It isn't like the good old days of freezing your ass off sitting on a block of ice..LOL
Your not a fisherman...That's not only unpatriotic but totally un American....
Another client off Route 81 North on the way to Ft. Drum and I used to fish on Salmon Creek. What salmon, trout and bass we did catch always smelled better than the stories we told about the one's that got away.
That works for me! I was out at 30 Mile on Sunday-the flooding has truly devastated the shoreline. I'm working on the pictures......maybe I'll seed something.....
We caught this one about 2 hours later. His wife, my cousin, with a 51 inch muskie. Measured them, a couple of photos and back into the lake to fight another day.
I've never caught much, even though I fished with Grandma and Grandpa, and Daddy... Daddy approached fishing in a very scientific, organized way, and Grandma and Grandpa just went out to have fun, taking a picnic on the boat. Somehow, despite their very different methods-- they all caught fish! Mine were the 'catch and release' kind...
No pictures but we have some great fishing around here. Shasta Lake, Whiskeytown Lake, the Sacramento River, many local creeks. Rainbow Trout and Salmon are nice catches around here. http://www.visitredding.com/mobile//great-outdoors
Were you swimming in the KY river, or the Ohio? They don't recommend swimming in the KY river any more, because of pollution issues, but you can still swim in the Ohio River...
I'm not sure-- I don't recognize anyone as being identifiable, BUT, the house is in many pictures I have-- all with the same people, just people I don't know!
It was the first night without a lot of rain in a couple of weeks... Sky! you could see sky! I focused on the flooded road, of course. Somewhere in there, herons were wading around the edge.
This is the place I usually go to to see celestial events. Not much pollution, (although it is getting worse), and not a lot of streetlights, etc. Takes 1.5 hours to get there, but you can really appreciate the comets and things...
Wow! The clouds were actually that colour or did you colour-edit the photo?
Thanks Buzz.
No color editing but there might have been some cropping.
That's about the extent of my photo editing, some zooming in and some cropping as my taste dictates.
That's how I got the only known photo of me still around.
About 12 years back I took a shoot by accident, (drinking hard on the back deck, in the rain), saw the image in the camera a few days latter and noticed that, (besides the whole "tilted" , south side of the cabin and sky part), there was also the reflection of an aging hermit down in the lower corner of one of the bedroom windows.
Used the tilt function in the photo software, some zoom in & crop and voila!
The last known image of a drunken hermit.
Wow! The clouds were actually that colour or did you colour-edit the photo?
Table Rock Lake sunset. If you look at the cloud on the right on the top of it, it looks like long fingers of the Creator guiding the cloud into place.
Sunrise on Gull Lake, Haliburton Lakes district, Ontario, as taken from the dock in front of my Chalet. In the morning we would make coffee, pour in about 25% Baillie's Irish Cream (which we called Gull Lake Coffee), and go sit on the dock to watch the sunrise. The mist is rising from the lake, and we listen to the loon calls echoing from down the lake. Memories are made of this.
You've reached a record for a photo-essay - 123 comments including this one at 5:30 pm on Sunday, my time (probably around 5:30 a.m. your time), and I'm sure there's more to come. Way to go, Kavika.
Yes, Enoch, it actually is possible to have an article on the Home (Front) Page where members who are at odds on other topics can come together and be entirely civilized and respectful of each other. Kavika is to be praised for this effort, which has gone beyond mere success. As I am posting this comment there are 170 comments recorded on, of all things, a photo essay. Fourteen members have contributed so far, and 9 of those have posted photos. What an accomplishment. It shows to us as members and the world at large who read our articles that this is a most worthwhile social news site. One that should make us proud, and thankful to Perrie for providing the venue.
Can we now have more of these, and flood the Home (Front) Page with them. I will do my best to contribute, and hope others will as well.
Kudos to one and all for this great positive back and forth in celebration of nature and fellowship.
Also kudos to fishing and beer Enoch. Can't do without those (well, we could do without the beer if we have Jack Daniels). Last time I was at the lake and got pictures, the sun was high in the sky, so I can't possibly match those beautiful sunsets.
I might have been able to do so today, since I was going to take my grandson out fishing, but the weather crapped out on us (high winds and heavy black clouds). Besides, my son just told me that all the kids went with his fiance over to the fair to watch the motorcycle racers, four wheelers and tractors going through the mud. When we do get out sometime this week, I'll be sure to take the camera along. I've always wanted to find out if it's waterproof; I found out back in 2005, the hard way, that cellphones aren't.
Kudos to one and all for this great positive back and forth in celebration of nature and fellowship.
Kudos to one and all for this great positive back and forth in celebration of nature and fellowship.
I found out that the mud run doesn't run machinery through the mud; the kids run through the mud. Then, when they got home, they got into really hot water (with soap). After the showers, the three older ones took much of the contents of the refrigerator and went outside to play a game they call "Eat it or Wear it" (I'm sure you can imagine what the rules are). Then they were in the other kind of hot water, and still are. I'm supposed to make the day boring for them tomorrow.
I am currently in a trout stream so deleting the multiple comments is not feasible; when I get to my computer and have a good connection I will clear the repeats.
My fishing partner, Wiki Warrior Wonder Wiener...She has on her ''Outward Hound'' life jacket. Photo taken at the end of a hard day fishing, so Wiki is letting out a yawn.
She is really funny, when I'm fighting a fish she gets both front feet up on the rail and barks. When I land the fish she has to run over to it and smell it before I release it..
Dear Friend Kavika: Closest I have to a photo to add to this collection is one of my wife, daughter and daughter in law fishing for compliments at a dress shop.
She's a great swimmer, but when your in the middle of the lake and see goes overboard the life jacket is easy to spot and it has a handle on the top of it to grab...
My wife and I are thinking of getting a 3rd dog, but I don't know if a wiener dog can climb out of the pool? We also have our eye on a male pup that is half Shih-Tzu (mom) and half Poodle (dad). Now that ought to be a good swimmer. Our oldest Shih-Tzu won't go in the pool unless I carry her and the almost 4 year old loves it, but she's a mix with what looks like Brittney Spaniel of all things. Swims like a fiend and has her own float to climb off and on.
We do intend have steps that come out of the pool. In fact sometimes when she just wants a quick cool down the younger dog will just sit down on the top step and cool off. And my wife LOVES wiener dogs, though I have been hesitant because I keep hearing about back problems.
Because of their long backs then can have problems..The best thing to do is not let them jump up or down from furniture. Wiki has her steps to get up and down from the couch. Jumping is the worst thing for their backs. The other important thing to remember is NOT to let them get overweight. That is very bad on their backs as well...
If you follow those simple rules, chances are they will not have a problem.
Hmmm...does that mean we would have to stop "free feeding" (keeping kibble in the dog food dish all of time)? We use Hill's Science Diet Advanced Years, which is a pretty good food. Walking them is impossible here about 5 months out of the year. We just had our 2nd day in a row (and 3rd in the past week) of 122 degrees and have had 6 days now of 120 or above this month.
One of the few photos of a legendary fisherman of the wilds of Minnesota. Rumor has it that he caught this fish with his bare hands. As you can see he is squinting in this photo...Since most of his time is spent in the water, being out in the sunlight is hard on his eyes. He is know to the locals as ''Jiibay'' (the ghost). This is a true legend folks.
Bass Pro Shops used a photo of a fish I caught with my bare hands and transferred it to the sweatshirt. Of course I Siouxed and am now receiving royalties from them.
The legend is the greatest fisherman that ever lived. Faster than a speeding sailfish. More powerful than a great white shark, able to leap tall whales in a single bound.
My wife and I don't fish (though I suppose I could take a picture of her picking up a jar of Gefilte Fish?). However I do have a picture of a real King, something that spent a great deal of time underwater and and the morning Sun reflecting of from the mountains of Kauai, if they count?
She keeps a jar of white in the fridge! These shots were taken with my old point and click, so most of the ones I took didn't come out so good. May be better ones next time.
Been there as well, although 45 years ago, and it was nowhere as developed as those photos show. Kauai actually has a mini Grand Canyon. Did you see it?
I heard that, but my wife wasn't feeling good (her feet and we hadn't bought her electric scooter yet) so I stayed on board with her there. Beautiful mountains cruising in in the morning!
I don't recall that fact. Maybe because I'm Canadian the presence of snow was not considered anything special. However, I do remember that its rain forest was one of the rainiest (is that a word?) spots on Earth.
We were there in January and it was one of the things the tour guide people on the ship pointed out and was one of the guide tours. To see go up to the snow covered mountains in Hawaii. Unfortunately it was a tour that required a considerable hiking effort
This one has nothing to do with fishing or sunsets. What it has to do with is owning dogs. Or being owned by them. I have owned dogs most of my life and I have loved them all. Still that doesn't change the truth that every once in awhile a dog comes into your life that is different then all of the rest. Even if you have other dogs in your life at the same time, sometimes one stands out and takes a piece of you that you know you'll never get back. He doesn't just become your dog. He becomes your Dawg. I don't really think it's sexist to say that a man needs a dawg of some kind. They fill something inside of you, that nothingness, that empty place, that no one else can and when they're gone you know the empty spot will never really be filled again because it was special. When I was growing up I have had that feeling, but I am coming up on a year since Harry walked on and damn it I miss him more every day. It still hurts. I can't pay him a higher compliment then he was a special good dawg.
Yeah, he'd just had a bath. Harry hated being wet. He had several raincoats and walked around puddles on the sidewalk. If he stepped in one he'd stop a second and shake his paw. When he was looking for a place to drop his....um...feces....he always picked as dry of a place as he could find. Oh and he hated Sunset Blvd (2 blocks away) because it was very noisy. He liked to piss and shit in the parking lot of the Jim Henson Studio.
This one was taken at Long Run Lake, a short distance from our house in Louisville. There are tons of ducks and geese there, and we go to feed them... They're so busy!
Thank you, Buzz! I haven't taken many pictures since I lost the sight in one eye... But thankfully, my camera has a big screen that I can use as a view finder... Hoping I can take more pictures when I can get up and about again!
Top photo...Table Rock Lake MO. Taken from my front deck.
Photo 2 and 3....Pelican Lake Northern MN. Taken from our boat.
Photo 4....Clear Lake CA...Taken from our campsite.
Photo 5...Lake of the Woods, Kenora Canada, taken from our boat.
photo 6...Lake Winnibigoshish (dirty water) Northern MN...taken from our boat.
Enjoy
Awesome pics, Kavika. Sunset pics are very beautiful, somehow calming the soul.
Thanks Spike, I have a number of others from different parts of the US. I'll have to dig out more of them at a latter date to post.
I look forward to them. I'll have to find some I took on Oneida Lake in Central New York-I arrived at a friend's camp just as the sun was setting.......
Do they have anything like this on Oneida Spike...My buddy with a 52 inch muskie. Caught at Red Lake MN.
Correction, length should be 50 inches not 52.
I'm not a fisherman, but I see people out there fishing all the time (including ice fishing in the winter-nothing says redneck like building a portable house with a hole in the bottom so you can sit and freeze while drinking beer and fishing....). LOL.
Actually Spike most of the Ice Houses have a generator, stove, heater and some have TV. It isn't like the good old days of freezing your ass off sitting on a block of ice..LOL
Your not a fisherman...That's not only unpatriotic but totally un American....
Dear Friend Spikegary: Oneida Lake, Know it well.
Had clients up that way.
Another client off Route 81 North on the way to Ft. Drum and I used to fish on Salmon Creek. What salmon, trout and bass we did catch always smelled better than the stories we told about the one's that got away.
E.
Found it!
Dear Frirnd Spikegary: Nice.
Great photo.
Thanks.
Enoch.
Very nice, Spike....Well done.
Nice addition to the thread!
Dear Friend Spikegary: Totally agree with all three of your points.
Kavika, like AMac and Buzz have the gift of a photographers eye.
Maybe a bistro overlooking Lake Ontario should be the site of our next culinary adventure?
E.
That works for me! I was out at 30 Mile on Sunday-the flooding has truly devastated the shoreline. I'm working on the pictures......maybe I'll seed something.....
Dear Friend Spikegary: By all means do seed something about Lake Ontario flooding.
Some weeks back Mrs. E. and I went to Sodus Bay.
The pumps were draining not only the shoreline, but as far back as storefronts and residential streets.
This is newsworthy.
Enoch.
We caught this one about 2 hours later. His wife, my cousin, with a 51 inch muskie. Measured them, a couple of photos and back into the lake to fight another day.
Correction, it should read 2 days later, not 2 hours later...LOL, getting old.
I enjoyed all of these AT LENGTH …
Sunsets and fish.
The long and short of it is have a great time in the Pocono's.
What lovely sunsets!!! Thank you for them!
I doubt, at 60" tall, I could lift a 50" fish... Golly, it looks mean/mad!
Their are the Apex predator in fresh water Dowser.
I can see why!!!
Dear Friend Dowser: For me the problem isn't the weight of the aquatic life.
Last time I had a whale on my line, he looked up at me and shrugged. Sorry, he said, you are not sufficiently kosher for me.
Enoch.
LOL!
I've never caught much, even though I fished with Grandma and Grandpa, and Daddy... Daddy approached fishing in a very scientific, organized way, and Grandma and Grandpa just went out to have fun, taking a picnic on the boat. Somehow, despite their very different methods-- they all caught fish! Mine were the 'catch and release' kind...
Dear Friend Dowser: Mine were the catch and have for dinner as Trout Almondine, or Grilled Salmon with baked potato and a garden salad variety.
I recall not getting many end of the year holiday cards form lake and river fish.
No one pleases all.
Enoch.
Kavika, you KNOW how much I enjoy seeing your sunsets - please keep posting them. I once caught a muskie in Ontario's Haliburton region. What a fight.
They are a great fighting fish, and really really large, Buzz as you well know.
Dear Friends Kavika and Buzz: I once saw a ten rounder at Madison Square Garden.
It was a bout between a 62 inch Muskie, and Senator Edmund Muskie.
Split decision, decided by a hanging chad recount.
The eight round was a close shave.
The judges and referee went 3-1 for Gilette.
At least, that is what Howard Cosell reported.
Enoch, Stuck in the 60's.
Yeah … but have you ever been fishing with Philly boxer, "Willie The Worm Monroe"?
He had a pretty good left hook …
Indeed, the ''Worm'' did have good left hook. Talking from experience.
Beautiful shots, Kavika !
Here's one on my car...
That is so cool Pat...great shot.
Great shot, Pat!!!
Very clever shot, Pat - absolutely unique.
Pat,
Is that a Windows window or an Apple window?
Either way, a fresh, unique presentation of a traditional subject.
Is that a Windows window or an Apple window?
Lol, in my case it would be Apple.
It's actually a vintage Honda window.
Dear Friend Pat Wilson: Super image.
Well done.
E.
If anyone has sunset, sunrise or fish photo please feel free to post them here.
Me as a young teenager, and the bass I had caught.
Buzz, you were never that young...LOL...Handsome kid.
"Ah, but I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now."
Nice catch ! You and the fish !
Hah! I'll bet you weren't even born yet when that photo was taken. You'd have to go back in time to find a virgin 13 or 14 year old like me.
Lol, I don't think I was even a twinkle in my mother's eye then.
Awww.. young Buzz. You were a cute kid!
What a cutie you were! Great looking fish, too!
Not only great looking, but great eating. As well, they put up a great fight.
No pictures but we have some great fishing around here. Shasta Lake, Whiskeytown Lake, the Sacramento River, many local creeks. Rainbow Trout and Salmon are nice catches around here. http://www.visitredding.com/mobile//great-outdoors
Indeed XX. I've fished them all, but spent more time on the upper Klamath and the McCloud rivers. Fished Lake Shastina, Copco and Iron Gate as well.
Heading west towards the coast, I've fished for steelhead in the Smith river.
Happy to see you here, XX!
Fisherman's Catch, circa 1918:
Is that a family photo ?
I'm not sure, Pat-- I don't recognize them... I think they were fishing in the Ohio River!
Dear Friend Dowser: As undergraduates in Lexington, KY, we used to swim the KY river every spring.
I don't think they would allow that anymore, due to issues of pollution, undertow, hypothermia, etc.
Great memory though.
E.
Were you swimming in the KY river, or the Ohio? They don't recommend swimming in the KY river any more, because of pollution issues, but you can still swim in the Ohio River...
Did they fish the lake out Dowser?
I think they were fishing on the Ohio River.
I'm not sure-- I don't recognize anyone as being identifiable, BUT, the house is in many pictures I have-- all with the same people, just people I don't know!
They obviously weren't "into" catch and release!
Taken last year from my front deck. It was taken right after a thunder storm. The coloring and shapes of the clouds are pretty interesting.
Great sunset, great photo.
Beautiful photo, Kavika.
Taken last year from my front deck. It was taken right after a thunder storm. The coloring and shapes of the clouds are pretty interesting.
Sailors watch the sky carefully.
They have a saying about the colpur of the sky and what is says about upcoming weather:
Red sky at night, sailors' delight.
Red sky at morning, sailors take warning.
''Sailors watch the sky carefully'' so do Indians, Krish. That way nothing ever falls on our heads.
Kidding aside, Red (my wife) is a avid sailor and actually quite good.
How 'bout FISHIN' AT SUNSET?
2 for the price of 1.
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I don't usually get as good a connection here in the mountains as I have right now, so, while I have it … here's my contribution to a terrific thread.
Nice photo Mac. Do you know the kids?
Do you know the kids?
Nope … they were just at the lake one evening … never saw them again.
Outstanding Mac.
It almost doesn't look real. But I know your creative ability.
Love the colors!!!
Kavika,
Those are beautiful sunsets, but the last one is just spectacular. Love those colors!
Thanks, it's one of my favorites.
This is one of my flood pictures, taken next to the settling basins at the water company:
Cool photo, Dowser.
Thanks, Buzz!
Good one Dower, love the coloring and the shadows on the flooding.
It was the first night without a lot of rain in a couple of weeks... Sky! you could see sky! I focused on the flooded road, of course. Somewhere in there, herons were wading around the edge.
It was the first night without a lot of rain in a couple of weeks...
That must be why the colors aren't watered down …
I apologize for that comment, but it's kind of funny.
Hahahahaha!
I was trying to get to the other side... THAT didn't work...
The photo was taken in 1971 at COPCO Lake in northern California. The Indian boy daydreaming and hopping for a huge fish is my son.
Restored version, thanks to Mac.
Can't see the restored version; try posting it again.
How about now?
No; still can't see it.
That's weird. With all the problems I have with the internet and this site I can see it.
I can as well Buzz....I don't know what the problem is.
This is strange. If I use Internet Explorer I can't see the photos. If I use Chrome I see them fine...
It's the ''little people'' messing with us, I tell ya.
Your son is within a few years of my age then. I was 10/11 that year.
He is 8 years old in the photo XX.
Later that day we went up river (Klamath) and he got this 4 lb rainbow. We had it for dinner that evening. Ah memories.
Nice looking fish. Nice looking kid.
What can I say Buzz. Like father, like son...LOL
What a sweetheart of a kid! I wish I could hug him!
He is adorable. What a nice memory!
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Thanks Mac.
2011, while driving home from Owensboro, this gorgeous sunset made me stop the car and get out!
Wow! Absolutely beautiful.
Thanks, Buzz! I finally found a 'clear spot' to take a picture of it... It was on a Sunday, after a weekend of dreary weather!
I guess it's the general pollution covering the whole country here, but I haven't seen a sunset like the ones on this article for a decade.
This is the place I usually go to to see celestial events. Not much pollution, (although it is getting worse), and not a lot of streetlights, etc. Takes 1.5 hours to get there, but you can really appreciate the comets and things...
That's a great photo Dowser. I especially like the barren trees standing out again the sunset.
Thanks, Kavika! It took some doing to find a spot without power lines and something in the foreground that wouldn't cover up the sunset!
Great shot Dowser! You should be taking more.
Thanks, dear Perrie-- Your kindness makes my heart sing!
Spectacular!
Thanks, dear A Mac!
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Waiting for more sun rises, sun sets or fish photos.
Got lots of both but can't count on my internet connection; I am posting this from my iPhone.
I will try later and if I can't post from here in the mountains, when I get back to Philly I will post some.
We'll be waiting for more of those fabulous photo's of yours.
Waiting for more sun rises, sun sets or fish photos.
Howbout, "Winter sunset, back deck" . (few years back
Wow! The clouds were actually that colour or did you colour-edit the photo?
Wow! The clouds were actually that colour or did you colour-edit the photo?
Thanks Buzz.
No color editing but there might have been some cropping.
That's about the extent of my photo editing, some zooming in and some cropping as my taste dictates.
That's how I got the only known photo of me still around.
About 12 years back I took a shoot by accident, (drinking hard on the back deck, in the rain), saw the image in the camera a few days latter and noticed that, (besides the whole "tilted" , south side of the cabin and sky part), there was also the reflection of an aging hermit down in the lower corner of one of the bedroom windows.
Used the tilt function in the photo software, some zoom in & crop and voila!
The last known image of a drunken hermit.
Wow! The clouds were actually that colour or did you colour-edit the photo?
LOL
Dear Friend Arkansas Hermit: Is that you or Robert Redford?
E.
Jeremiah Johnson.
Jeremiah Johnson
You really think so A. Mac? Not sure I see it.
Truth be told, my first thought, (upon viewing the image), was that I just might have some Klingon heritage somewhere down the line. (smile)
My favorite film ever; I have a friend in Colorado with whom, together, at one time, we could recite the entire script from memory!
My favorite film ever; I have a friend in Colorado with whom, together, at one time, we could recite the entire script from memory!
Were you and your friend on a ''Rocky Mountain High'', Mac.
Actually, the last time we were together, we were high ... atop Mt. Evans ... 14000 feet.
When we entered the park at the base, it was 91 degrees at the top 28!
Hmmmm, I'm sure that is a not so true story, Mac.
I'm sure that is a not so true story, Mac.
I'll have to ge back to you on that.
LOL, I'll be waiting.
That's a great photo of a sunset AH.
The hermit isn't bad either. Rare critter indeed.
Up here we call them the ''Ozark Hollower''
Golly! What a view! I love it!
Table Rock Lake sunset. If you look at the cloud on the right on the top of it, it looks like long fingers of the Creator guiding the cloud into place.
You're right. That's a perfect description of the sunset.
Dear Friend Kavika: I agree with Buzz.
Beautiful description of a glorious image.
The hand of G-d at work in nature.
E.
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Beautiful Mac!
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Great photos Mac.
Could you clean up the photo of my son with his rainbow?
Will do it in the morning.
OK, OK
This is about as good as it gets, and this is with editing to make it more colourful.
Great photo Buzz....Somewhere in China ?
Taken right from where I live.
Very cool photo and close to you as well.
Sunrise on Gull Lake, Haliburton Lakes district, Ontario, as taken from the dock in front of my Chalet. In the morning we would make coffee, pour in about 25% Baillie's Irish Cream (which we called Gull Lake Coffee), and go sit on the dock to watch the sunrise. The mist is rising from the lake, and we listen to the loon calls echoing from down the lake. Memories are made of this.
There are two sounds that are unforgettable, the call of a loon and the howl of a wolf.
Great photo Buzz, I can hear the loon calling.
You've reached a record for a photo-essay - 123 comments including this one at 5:30 pm on Sunday, my time (probably around 5:30 a.m. your time), and I'm sure there's more to come. Way to go, Kavika.
Thanks Buzz, there are some really great/unique photos posted.
Thanks to everyone for sharing your photos.
Dear Friend Buzz: That and another record.
Everyone here was positive, gets along.
All enjoy reveling in the beauty and serenity of fishing, water, skies and people.
This is the best of what we do at the newstalkers.
I am proud of the community in this photo essay article and discussion thread.
Enoch.
Yes, Enoch, it actually is possible to have an article on the Home (Front) Page where members who are at odds on other topics can come together and be entirely civilized and respectful of each other. Kavika is to be praised for this effort, which has gone beyond mere success. As I am posting this comment there are 170 comments recorded on, of all things, a photo essay. Fourteen members have contributed so far, and 9 of those have posted photos. What an accomplishment. It shows to us as members and the world at large who read our articles that this is a most worthwhile social news site. One that should make us proud, and thankful to Perrie for providing the venue.
Can we now have more of these, and flood the Home (Front) Page with them. I will do my best to contribute, and hope others will as well.
Dear Friend Buzz: Git Gesucht! (Well stated).
Kudos to one and all for this great positive back and forth in celebration of nature and fellowship.
E.
Also kudos to fishing and beer Enoch. Can't do without those (well, we could do without the beer if we have Jack Daniels). Last time I was at the lake and got pictures, the sun was high in the sky, so I can't possibly match those beautiful sunsets.
I might have been able to do so today, since I was going to take my grandson out fishing, but the weather crapped out on us (high winds and heavy black clouds). Besides, my son just told me that all the kids went with his fiance over to the fair to watch the motorcycle racers, four wheelers and tractors going through the mud. When we do get out sometime this week, I'll be sure to take the camera along. I've always wanted to find out if it's waterproof; I found out back in 2005, the hard way, that cellphones aren't.
I found out that the mud run doesn't run machinery through the mud; the kids run through the mud. Then, when they got home, they got into really hot water (with soap). After the showers, the three older ones took much of the contents of the refrigerator and went outside to play a game they call "Eat it or Wear it" (I'm sure you can imagine what the rules are). Then they were in the other kind of hot water, and still are. I'm supposed to make the day boring for them tomorrow.
If you can look at the photo of my lake, and listen to this at the same time, you'll get the sound of the lake in the morning as well.
I just listened, that is just too cool...Thanks Buzz.
Kialua Kona Hawaii....The Big Island.
Been there. Seen that. Caught a Mahi Mahi while on the Kona Queen fishing launch.
LOL, Buzz how much Bailey's have you had this morning....You've posted the comment four times...That must have been one hell of a Mahi Mahi.
You posted this comment 3 times, that is a improvement Buzz...LOL
I am currently in a trout stream so deleting the multiple comments is not feasible; when I get to my computer and have a good connection I will clear the repeats.
I also sent Perrie a msg to delete them Mac...So whoever get's there first, delete, delete.
My fishing partner, Wiki Warrior Wonder Wiener...She has on her ''Outward Hound'' life jacket. Photo taken at the end of a hard day fishing, so Wiki is letting out a yawn.
She is really funny, when I'm fighting a fish she gets both front feet up on the rail and barks. When I land the fish she has to run over to it and smell it before I release it..
We are quite the team. LOL
Dear Friend Kavika: Regards to Hebrew Nat.
E.
LOL, I'll tell her you sent your greetings niijii.
Dear Friend Kavika: Closest I have to a photo to add to this collection is one of my wife, daughter and daughter in law fishing for compliments at a dress shop.
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LOL
Men and their dogs.....
Wiki is not just a dog Pj...She's a Warrior Wonder Wiener...LOL
Can't Wiki Warrior Wonder Wiener swim?
Wiki Warrior Wonder Wiener Wears Water Wings.
Say THAT 3 times really fast!
That that that ...
Nothing to it.
When wet...LOL
She's a great swimmer, but when your in the middle of the lake and see goes overboard the life jacket is easy to spot and it has a handle on the top of it to grab...
My wife and I are thinking of getting a 3rd dog, but I don't know if a wiener dog can climb out of the pool? We also have our eye on a male pup that is half Shih-Tzu (mom) and half Poodle (dad). Now that ought to be a good swimmer. Our oldest Shih-Tzu won't go in the pool unless I carry her and the almost 4 year old loves it, but she's a mix with what looks like Brittney Spaniel of all things. Swims like a fiend and has her own float to climb off and on.
If you have steps coming out of the pool they can get out...
We do intend have steps that come out of the pool. In fact sometimes when she just wants a quick cool down the younger dog will just sit down on the top step and cool off. And my wife LOVES wiener dogs, though I have been hesitant because I keep hearing about back problems.
That is "indeed" not "intend". Damn auto-correct!
Because of their long backs then can have problems..The best thing to do is not let them jump up or down from furniture. Wiki has her steps to get up and down from the couch. Jumping is the worst thing for their backs. The other important thing to remember is NOT to let them get overweight. That is very bad on their backs as well...
If you follow those simple rules, chances are they will not have a problem.
Hmmm...does that mean we would have to stop "free feeding" (keeping kibble in the dog food dish all of time)? We use Hill's Science Diet Advanced Years, which is a pretty good food. Walking them is impossible here about 5 months out of the year. We just had our 2nd day in a row (and 3rd in the past week) of 122 degrees and have had 6 days now of 120 or above this month.
One of the few photos of a legendary fisherman of the wilds of Minnesota. Rumor has it that he caught this fish with his bare hands. As you can see he is squinting in this photo...Since most of his time is spent in the water, being out in the sunlight is hard on his eyes. He is know to the locals as ''Jiibay'' (the ghost). This is a true legend folks.
I don't know Kavika - the fish on the shirt looks a little more impressive. lol just kidding :0p
Bass Pro Shops used a photo of a fish I caught with my bare hands and transferred it to the sweatshirt. Of course I Siouxed and am now receiving royalties from them.
There's a hole in that fish story, it needs Apache.
What!!!! you two don't believe the legend of Jiibay, shocking.
What!!!! you two don't believe the legend of Jiibay, shocking.
Perhaps we're getting a bit seminole with age.
Okay, Kavika, so Jiibay is a ghost, or spirit:
But what is the legend?
The legend is the greatest fisherman that ever lived. Faster than a speeding sailfish. More powerful than a great white shark, able to leap tall whales in a single bound.
That is the legend my friend.
Here's a pic of my side kick - No life jacket needed here.
Cats make great bait when fishing for Muskie...
LOL, just kidding.
Is that a dolphin?
Ah, then, it's a mammal.
''American Icon'' photo taken at Top of the Rock, outside of Branson MO. Table Rock Lake in the background.
This is one of my favorites, Kavika-- especially the buffalo!
Let's get this re-started!
Monument Valley Twilight
© A. Mac/A.G.
Best Look at this Link
More to come.
Monument Valley has to be one of the most spectacular places on earth.
Well done, Mac.
My wife and I don't fish (though I suppose I could take a picture of her picking up a jar of Gefilte Fish?). However I do have a picture of a real King, something that spent a great deal of time underwater and and the morning Sun reflecting of from the mountains of Kauai, if they count?
Been there Randy, great photos.
Tell your wife not to drop the jar...
I went out to the Arizona Memorial, but didn't take any pictures. Somehow I just didn't feel right doing it. Sounds strange I know.
They all count, Randy ... But no self-respecting picture of gefilte fish would be posted without horse radish ... Either red or white.
She keeps a jar of white in the fridge! These shots were taken with my old point and click, so most of the ones I took didn't come out so good. May be better ones next time.
Been there as well, although 45 years ago, and it was nowhere as developed as those photos show. Kauai actually has a mini Grand Canyon. Did you see it?
No, but went to the great overlook on Oahu. Have some pics, but they need a LOT of work.
Post them on Creative Arts and let Mac and me work on them.
I will, but I'll need to have a few to work my way up to it first. lol
Kauai actually has a mini Grand Canyon.
I saw it, it is awesome ! Did you know that the top of Kuaui has had snow accumulate ?
I heard that, but my wife wasn't feeling good (her feet and we hadn't bought her electric scooter yet) so I stayed on board with her there. Beautiful mountains cruising in in the morning!
I don't recall that fact. Maybe because I'm Canadian the presence of snow was not considered anything special. However, I do remember that its rain forest was one of the rainiest (is that a word?) spots on Earth.
We were there in January and it was one of the things the tour guide people on the ship pointed out and was one of the guide tours. To see go up to the snow covered mountains in Hawaii. Unfortunately it was a tour that required a considerable hiking effort
Wonderful pictures, Randy!
If you can open this, and then get through a half minute of Chinese commercials, you'll get you musical Sunrise and Sunset.
I've posted this one before....
I recall. Thought it was a great shot then as well.
I remember that photos Pat. Thanks for posting it again it really a great photo.
Golly, it's Frankenfish!
This one has nothing to do with fishing or sunsets. What it has to do with is owning dogs. Or being owned by them. I have owned dogs most of my life and I have loved them all. Still that doesn't change the truth that every once in awhile a dog comes into your life that is different then all of the rest. Even if you have other dogs in your life at the same time, sometimes one stands out and takes a piece of you that you know you'll never get back. He doesn't just become your dog. He becomes your Dawg. I don't really think it's sexist to say that a man needs a dawg of some kind. They fill something inside of you, that nothingness, that empty place, that no one else can and when they're gone you know the empty spot will never really be filled again because it was special. When I was growing up I have had that feeling, but I am coming up on a year since Harry walked on and damn it I miss him more every day. It still hurts. I can't pay him a higher compliment then he was a special good dawg.
Is that a wet hairy Harry?
Yeah, he'd just had a bath. Harry hated being wet. He had several raincoats and walked around puddles on the sidewalk. If he stepped in one he'd stop a second and shake his paw. When he was looking for a place to drop his....um...feces....he always picked as dry of a place as he could find. Oh and he hated Sunset Blvd (2 blocks away) because it was very noisy. He liked to piss and shit in the parking lot of the Jim Henson Studio.
Well, you know how it is. A puppy becomes a dog when it walks around puddles instead of through them.
Well, you know how it is. A puppy becomes a dog when it walks around puddles instead of through them.
My Sally (12) still runs through them. Strange dog. She really, really, really, really misses Harry. She looks for him.
Such a sweetie!
Thanks. He was just a mutt Shih-Tzu, but he loved his daddy and never left my side.
I have the original "John Wick" ques up in the blu-ray, so I'll be busy for a bit. May check in while it's on or pause it.
The legend appears again. Water, Fish and Jiibay.
Wow!!! What a fish!
This one was taken at Long Run Lake, a short distance from our house in Louisville. There are tons of ducks and geese there, and we go to feed them... They're so busy!
This was taken right before sunset, although you can't see the sun. It suddenly got windy and dark, and wow!
Two great photos Dowser.
Thanks, Kavika! That roll cloud was scary!
You should consider spending a little more time taking photos, Dowser. I think we all enjoy seeing what you can do.
Thank you, Buzz! I haven't taken many pictures since I lost the sight in one eye... But thankfully, my camera has a big screen that I can use as a view finder... Hoping I can take more pictures when I can get up and about again!
End of the Trail. Top of the Rock outside of Branson MO. Table Rock Lake in the background. I especially like the reflection in the water.