Piperbarb's 2013 Project 365

[piperbarb]

6-6-13:

Rain is keeping me from wandering the neighborhood with my camera. Being resourceful and knowing that everyone is tired of looking at the same old cats (although they are not old ), I decided to wander over to my spousal unit's man cave. Yes, I entered it. Anyway, here is a photo of the grinding/buffing wheel that my husband absolutely loves. My father bought this wheel in the early 1950s. Gary said it works better than the modern one he has. BTW, I have used this wheel and it is very nice to use.

Vintage Grinding/Buffing Wheel


When you look at the label that is on it, you realize how old it truly is. It was made way before zip codes.

 

[Don Kuykendall_RIP]

6-6-13:

Rain is keeping me from wandering the neighborhood with my camera. Being resourceful and knowing that everyone is tired of looking at the same old cats (although they are not old ), I decided to wander over to my spousal unit's man cave. Yes, I entered it. Anyway, here is a photo of the grinding/buffing wheel that my husband absolutely loves. My father bought this wheel in the early 1950s. Gary said it works better than the modern one he has. BTW, I have used this wheel and it is very nice to use.

Vintage Grinding/Buffing Wheel
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When you look at the label that is on it, you realize how old it truly is. It was made way before zip codes.

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Doesn't the D7000 have a weatherized sealed body. Get out and shoot. You won't melt.

 

[piperbarb]

Doesn't the D7000 have a weatherized sealed body. Get out and shoot. You won't melt.

Yes, it does, but I was not in the mood to get drenched this afternoon.

 

[piperbarb]

6-7-13:

Went out for a few minutes between downpours. Came back with an image of some very healthy grass seed...

Going to Seed

 

[piperbarb]

6-8-13:

Today's photos are a potpourri of the odd. That is all the warning you get.

Walked out to the living room this morning, and found this on the living room floor:

Deader than Paddy's Pig


This arachnid, or very dead wolf spider if you prefer, was in the middle of the living room floor. Its body was about the size of a dime, or larger. My husband had spotted it yesterday morning, about 3:30 a.m. walking around the kitchen (the spider, that is). Forget the cats. They looked at spider and kept on walking. Anyway, I guess it ran under the cabinet before he could squish it. Figures that I would find it's dead carcass this morning. Some feline must have had fun playing with it last night but decided that it wasn't worthy as a late night snack.

I would not let the dog eat it, so she laid down near the spider and just looked sad. Labs are very good at that look. That practice when no one is home.

Blew It This Time



Now on to more pleasant things.

This morning, after I got out of the shower, I looked out the window and saw a dark-eyed junco eating out of the bird feeder. YAY! I was still wet from the shower, so, wrapped in a towel, I grabbed my camera and took a few photos of it through the kitchen window, through the screen, thus, the soft focus. I didn't lift up the screen because that would have chased the junco away.

This is the same bird feeder that the bear attacked over a month ago. My husband made a sturdier bracket for the feeder and we put it back out. It took almost 3 weeks before the birds started to use it.

Breakfast Time


Damn! She Saw Me

 

[STM]

6-8-13:

Today's photos are a potpourri of the odd. That is all the warning you get.

Walked out to the living room this morning, and found this on the living room floor:

Deader than Paddy's Pig
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This arachnid, or very dead wolf spider if you prefer, was in the middle of the living room floor. Its body was about the size of a dime, or larger. My husband had spotted it yesterday morning, about 3:30 a.m. walking around the kitchen (the spider, that is). Forget the cats. They looked at spider and kept on walking. Anyway, I guess it ran under the cabinet before he could squish it. Figures that I would find it's dead carcass this morning. Some feline must have had fun playing with it last night but decided that it wasn't worthy as a late night snack.

I would not let the dog eat it, so she laid down near the spider and just looked sad. Labs are very good at that look. That practice when no one is home.

Blew It This Time
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Now on to more pleasant things.

This morning, after I got out of the shower, I looked out the window and saw a dark-eyed junco eating out of the bird feeder. YAY! I was still wet from the shower, so, wrapped in a towel, I grabbed my camera and took a few photos of it through the kitchen window, through the screen, thus, the soft focus. I didn't lift up the screen because that would have chased the junco away.

This is the same bird feeder that the bear attacked over a month ago. My husband made a sturdier bracket for the feeder and we put it back out. It took almost 3 weeks before the birds started to use it.

Breakfast Time
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Damn! She Saw Me
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Here's one in the family way............cute little bugger, ain't she?

 

[piperbarb]

Here's one in the family way............cute little bugger, ain't she?

Now that would send me flying out of the house! BBBBLLLLEEEEECCCCHHHHH!!!!!!!

 

[Michael J.]

Barbara - I feel the same way

 

[Roy1961]

I stood on one of these in the Garage a few years back, all her babies were on her back and some of them scattered,

 

[STM]

I stood on one of these in the Garage a few years back, all her babies were on her back and some of them scattered,

I will take the wolf spider over the prey they keep at bay. Here in NW FL we are inundated with "palmetto bugs", more commonly referred to as la cucaracha!

 

[TedG954]

Here's one in the family way............cute little bugger, ain't she?

That's just plain creepy.

 

[RockyNH_RIP]

Here's one in the family way............cute little bugger, ain't she?

That is just too ugly/creepy!

Pat in NH

 

[piperbarb]

6-9-13:

Again, it was one of those mornings where I took my camera with me when I walked the dog. Here's today's batch. Nothing creepy, crawly, or otherwise to give you the heebie jeebies.

This butterfly, a white admiral butterfly, decided to land. I took a bunch of photos and these are the best three. Too bad I did not notice the red in the background (my husband's car), I would have moved a little, but then the butterfly would have probably taken off.







I then decided to convert them to B&W. I really like them in B&W, besides the fact that the red zones go away.

Black & White in Black & White







My rhododendron's flowers are starting to see better days. This is what I found on the ground this morning:

After the Fall



I forgot to mention that all photos were taken with my D3000, AF-S 55-200mm non-VR zoom, ISO 200, f/8 and 1/640sec.

 

[Don Kuykendall_RIP]

Nice butterflies. I have never had any luck shooting them. They always have their wings folded.

 

[Michael J.]

Nice butterflies. I have never had any luck shooting them. They always have their wings folded.

It seems that we have something in common

 

[piperbarb]

Nice butterflies. I have never had any luck shooting them. They always have their wings folded.

You have to be patient. This guy landed and kept his wings folded for about 30 seconds, then slowly would open and close them after that a few times before he flew off.

 

[STM]

That is just too ugly/creepy!

Pat in NH

I think what creeps most people out about spiders is the number of legs. Although spiders are arachnids and not insects and have 8 legs instead of 6, they also have two pedipalps near their mouths which they use to hold prey so it looks like they have 10. We had a rosy hair tarantula for about 7 years before she finally died. She was very docile, in spite of her ominous apparance and quarter inch long fangs. The only creatures who need fear her were the dozen or so crickets we fed her each week. She used to molt once or twice a year, the molts were really cool looking!

 

[Michael J.]

A awesome shot - When I see this it takes my fear of spiders away

 

[STM]

A awesome shot - When I see this it takes my fear of spiders away

The only spider I really fear is a Brown Recluse. They are fairly common in this part of the country. I always check my sleeping bag before I get in it whenver I am in the woods. I have been bitten by a Red (not Black) Widow and it hurt like hell for a couple of hours but that was it. The bite of the Brown Recluse, on the other hand, causes widespread tissue necrosis and often requires skin grafts to heal. Whenever I see one of them I stomp them into dust. Every other spider I leave alone.

Now if you want to see creepy, look at the Camel Spider. We saw a lot of these in Iraq. They are mean little bastids and I watched one chase down, kill and eat a mouse. They WOULD crawl into your sleeping bad and inflict a nasty bite. For that reason we were prohibited from sleeping on the ground. Most times I slept on the hood or roof of my HMMWV. We were all issued cots but I couldn't bring myself to sleep on one.

 

[piperbarb]

The only spider I really fear is a Brown Recluse. They are fairly common in this part of the country. I always check my sleeping bag before I get in it whenver I am in the woods. I have been bitten by a Red (not Black) Widow and it hurt like hell for a couple of hours but that was it. The bite of the Brown Recluse, on the other hand, causes widespread tissue necrosis and often requires skin grafts to heal. Whenever I see one of them I stomp them into dust. Every other spider I leave alone.

Now if you want to see creepy, look at the Camel Spider. We saw a lot of these in Iraq. They are mean little bastids and I watched one chase down, kill and eat a mouse. They WOULD crawl into your sleeping bad and inflict a nasty bite. For that reason we were prohibited from sleeping on the ground. Most times I slept on the hood or roof of my HMMWV. We were all issued cots but I couldn't bring myself to sleep on one.

Scott, thanks. Great shot of the tarantula. Spiders still give me the absolute creeps. The only semi-poisonous spider we have in NY State is the yellow sac spider, which is found in most gardens. I posted a picture on 4-27 in post #399. Nasty spiders is another reason to live in the northeast - we don't have many nasty ones, just creepy looking ones.