Piperbarb's 2013 Project 365
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One softball team was beaten by another. The coach of the losing team was the recipient of all those flamingos.
5-15-13: Addendum... While I was out with the dog tonight for her last outing before bed, I noticed these very industrious arachnids on the window near the outside light. Both are labyrinthine orb weaver spiders. For you Trekkies out there, you may appreciate my spousal unit's comment when he saw the first spider photo. He said it reminded him of the U.S.S. Enterprise. 
Hanging Around
Bedtime Snack
Hanging Around
Bedtime Snack
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Don Kuykendall_RIP
RIP :(
I have a personal question for you Barbara... When you and you spousal unit are out at an event how do you introduce him?
Occasionally When my wife of 37 years and I are out I will introduce her as my baby moma. She really likes that.
Occasionally When my wife of 37 years and I are out I will introduce her as my baby moma. She really likes that.
Actually, I introduce him as my husband Gary.
The whole spousal unit thing goes back to early Saturday Night Live shows and the Coneheads skits. The Coneheads skits were my favorites on SNL. If you remember, Connie Conehead (the daughter) would refer to her parents as parental units. I just took it to the next step, that's all.
The whole spousal unit thing goes back to early Saturday Night Live shows and the Coneheads skits. The Coneheads skits were my favorites on SNL. If you remember, Connie Conehead (the daughter) would refer to her parents as parental units. I just took it to the next step, that's all.
Don Kuykendall_RIP
RIP :(
Actually, I introduce him as my husband Gary.
The whole spousal unit thing goes back to early Saturday Night Live shows and the Coneheads skits. The Coneheads skits were my favorites on SNL. If you remember, Connie Conehead (the daughter) would refer to her parents as parental units. I just took it to the next step, that's all.
I had forgotten about the coneheads. Funny.
I remember when I referred to my parents as "parental units." My mother's response was, "We're not the Coneheads!" She loved watching SNL. My father thought being called a parental unit was funny and charming. He was always asleep by the time SNL came on.
Actually, I introduce him as my husband Gary.
The whole spousal unit thing goes back to early Saturday Night Live shows and the Coneheads skits. The Coneheads skits were my favorites on SNL. If you remember, Connie Conehead (the daughter) would refer to her parents as parental units. I just took it to the next step, that's all.
Funny when I first saw you post Spousal Unit that was where I thought you got it. I loved that show back then.
5-16-13:
While out with the photography class, I got this one of part of the new playground that was put in for the elementary school kids. I like the B&W better than the color version because the color, itself, makes it look to busy.
Up and Down
This is the way I don't mind seeing goldenrod:
Last Year's Model
Correction: this is a crane fly, not a giant male mosquito. Sorry for the mistake. I want to thank Ron (nikonpup) for correcting me.
(NOT: These are the only type of mosquitoes I do not mind. It amazes me how much larger the male mosquitoes are compared to the females.) IS crane fly! This guy was just hanging on to the siding.
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Finally, the opportunistic feline photo. Creature loves to ham it up in front of the camera.
Window Dressing
While out with the photography class, I got this one of part of the new playground that was put in for the elementary school kids. I like the B&W better than the color version because the color, itself, makes it look to busy.
Up and Down
This is the way I don't mind seeing goldenrod:
Last Year's Model
Correction: this is a crane fly, not a giant male mosquito. Sorry for the mistake. I want to thank Ron (nikonpup) for correcting me.
(NOT: These are the only type of mosquitoes I do not mind. It amazes me how much larger the male mosquitoes are compared to the females.) IS crane fly! This guy was just hanging on to the siding.
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Finally, the opportunistic feline photo. Creature loves to ham it up in front of the camera.
Window Dressing
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Ron, Thanks. I did check them out. I think it is a crane fly and not a male mosquito.
5-17-13:
On the way home, I stopped at a pond that is down the road from me. There were two families of geese. You could tell that one set of gosslings was at least a week older than the other set. They were really rather cute. It gives me a chuckle that the owners of the pond have placed a white plastics swan on the edge of the pond. The swan is supposed to scare away the geese. i guess it's not working.
On the way home, I stopped at a pond that is down the road from me. There were two families of geese. You could tell that one set of gosslings was at least a week older than the other set. They were really rather cute. It gives me a chuckle that the owners of the pond have placed a white plastics swan on the edge of the pond. The swan is supposed to scare away the geese. i guess it's not working.
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Don Kuykendall_RIP
RIP :(
5-18-13:
Different pond, different geese.
Both photos taken with D3000, AF-S 55-200mm non-VR zoom
ISO 400
Aperture: f/8
Shutter: 1/400 & 1/250 respectively.
The Gaggle
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Family Outing
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How do you know that they were different geese?
5-19-13:
Okay, a change of pace today. No geese nor creepy arachnids. Today it is plants! Plants are your friends, and I have lots of plant pictures.
We have several crab apple trees in the woods behind our house. Here are the flowers from one.
In Bloom
These little guys seem to like a lot of shade. They are called Georgia Blue flowers. We have some growing under our forsythia bushes by the house, but this one was found along the edge of the woods near my neighbor's pond. I took it, then played around with the in-camera, color outline setting.
Georgia Blue
Vivid Georgia Blue
I have no idea what this next one is. If you know, please let me know. These flowers are about 1 to 1-1/2 inches long, grow close to the ground and are along the edge of the woods near my neighbor's pond. They are a very nice, bright magenta (my favorite color ).
Magnificent Magenta
In the same area that I found these, I found some starflowers. I like the profile version. It almost reminds me of a large satellite dish antenna.
Looking Up
I found this lichen on a branch of a dead pine tree. It is a fruticose lichen. I have two versions, the original color version, then one in B&W. I like them both.
Spiky
Finally, no walk in the woods is complete without at least one photo of a dead tree or part thereof. I took this from several angles, but liked this version the best.
Bent
Okay, a change of pace today. No geese nor creepy arachnids.
Today it is plants! Plants are your friends, and I have lots of plant pictures.We have several crab apple trees in the woods behind our house. Here are the flowers from one.
In Bloom
These little guys seem to like a lot of shade. They are called Georgia Blue flowers. We have some growing under our forsythia bushes by the house, but this one was found along the edge of the woods near my neighbor's pond. I took it, then played around with the in-camera, color outline setting.
Georgia Blue
Vivid Georgia Blue
I have no idea what this next one is. If you know, please let me know. These flowers are about 1 to 1-1/2 inches long, grow close to the ground and are along the edge of the woods near my neighbor's pond. They are a very nice, bright magenta (my favorite color
).Magnificent Magenta
In the same area that I found these, I found some starflowers. I like the profile version. It almost reminds me of a large satellite dish antenna.
Looking Up
I found this lichen on a branch of a dead pine tree. It is a fruticose lichen. I have two versions, the original color version, then one in B&W. I like them both.
Spiky
Finally, no walk in the woods is complete without at least one photo of a dead tree or part thereof. I took this from several angles, but liked this version the best.
Bent
You may be in the fly way corridor. The corridor in our area is about 20 miles wide and runs straight north/south. You live about 80 miles due north of me. I know someone in Elmira and they only see a fraction of the geese that we do.
If they are going to use our corridor, it would be awful nice if they would at least learn to use the bathroom
If they are going to use our corridor, it would be awful nice if they would at least learn to use the bathroom
No fooling. You should see, or maybe not, what they do to the soccer fields at Binghamton University. There is no way I'd play soccer on those fields. They get hundreds of geese all the time. BLECH!