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Post by justlikeyou on Dec 30, 2015 19:45:11 GMT -5
Yes she must be brave! It looks like there are whirlpools there  .. and, wasn't it cold? But love of sea is another thing!  The air temp was in the 60's F and the water temp was in the mid 40's F. We've been lucky that winter has held off until two days ago when it came to let us know whose boss  Here is another of her in the water with her husband close by taking pics. She does this cold water thing often   |
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Post by zin on Dec 30, 2015 19:52:55 GMT -5
Oh, the pic is good, the emoticon is good! Let me steal it!  (btw 60 F IS cold!! bravo!) |
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Post by justlikeyou on Dec 30, 2015 20:04:06 GMT -5
Oh, the pic is good, the emoticon is good! Let me steal it! (btw 60 F IS cold!! bravo!) Yes, personally I prefer something warmer.  |
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Post by zin on Dec 31, 2015 13:29:11 GMT -5
can't resist snow views : )  |
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Post by justlikeyou on Jan 1, 2016 14:56:55 GMT -5
Cleaning out the iPhone. Took this this summer. Not sure what it is but it's very cool whatever it is.  |
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Post by zin on Jan 1, 2016 18:24:51 GMT -5
Wow! You've caught an alien in the shape of a flower! Very nice! |
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Post by justlikeyou on Jan 1, 2016 18:40:54 GMT -5
Sea smoke forms when cold air moves over the warmer ocean. Always a sight to behold!  |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 1, 2016 18:42:32 GMT -5
I don't know a lot about trees, but I do recognize a few of them when I see them, and know a little about them. Being that they (trees) have been around for so long, I kind of feel a fancy for them. I also used to take care of a pecan orchard and planted acres and acres of loblolly pine once. Also, seeing trees that have been around for thousands of years (like the Redwoods or Sequoias) always leaves a closer impression of the blink-of-an-eye of our bodily lives. Anyway, I suggest finding a camera with "macro" ability. There are some not-so-expensive ones now that enable you to do some close up shots of various things you find in nature. Where do you live...I might be able to offer some advice about looking online for certain models (mind you, I'll be on the road for the next few days, so a little out of touch). You'll find yourself looking a little more intricately along paths, under logs, or in creek beds, taking a few snaps of the micro-world and going back to your computer to see a whole other perspective. Kinda cool...at least it is for me. There's a whole other world that is constantly going on in our little dreamland that often goes completely unnoticed. Fun stuff! Here's another macro shot of a nice desert bush. The flowers are juuuuust about to pop!  First of all, the picture is marvellous! Thank you! Trees: I looked at loblolly pines, they seemed a bit funny to me, very tall! I was going to ask why you planted them, then read (under 'pinus taeda' title) "The yellowish, resinous wood is highly prized for lumber, but is also used for wood pulp. This tree is commercially grown in extensive plantations." It gave an idea at least... Yes, trees are special for me, too (I guess they're so for most people). Many times I find them consoling, for example. Many times during walks when I was upset I came across tree branches that looked like ready to embrace : ) Also some of them in my area I call arch angels, because they rise above the whole street, as if protecting everything. I am quoting from H. Inayat Khan now: "All the teachings that the great prophets and teachers have given are only interpretations of what they have seen. They have interpreted in their own language what they have read from the manuscript of nature: that trees and plants and rocks spoke to them. Did nature only speak to those in the past? No, the soul of man is always capable of that bliss if he only realized it. Once the eyes of the heart are open, man begins to read every leaf of the tree as a page of the sacred Book.
In the swinging of the branches, in the flying of the birds, and in the running of the water,
Beloved, I see Thy waving hand, bidding me good-bye.
In the cooing of the wind, in the roaring of the sea, and in the crashing of the thunder,
Beloved, I see Thee weep and I hear Thy cry.
In the promise of the dawn, in the breaking of the morn, in the smiles of the rose,
Beloved, I see Thy joy at my homecoming."Desert bush picture: The desert theme turned out to be quite fecund : ) This pic made me think of beginnings and hope. Not in a too much sentimental way - but these facts are just there, in front of my nose. And I am not making poetic talk now: Just like one may not see these flowers in a desert at first glance, one may not notice beginnings and hope in one's 'soul', either. The concept of soul may be unnecessary here but in my mind it is so much related to deserts! The picture I'm putting here belongs to a flower at a park, it's just a close view - I took it (today) thinking the desert flower pic.  About cameras: You wrote "Anyway, I suggest finding a camera with "macro" ability. There are some not-so-expensive ones now that enable you to do some close up shots of various things you find in nature. Where do you live...I might be able to offer some advice about looking online for certain models" .. I live partly on Mars, partly in Turkey.. Awaiting advice accordingly! ...Joke aside, I liked my new cellphone, I am inclined to exploit it a bit longer. But your advice is welcome of course... After so much space interest (that is me), the time of micro-world may be near . hey Zin, i was just scrolling a bit here sorry to come barging in like this...and i see the bottom photo--i have a tree like that in my garden and it is blooming ----they bloom like 3 or 4 times per year...beautiful and full of bees i recently got a GE 1450 -120 euros--but though it makes excellent photos, it is not so easy to use the menu...(i wanted a camera that i could take long-shuttertime night photos with, (for blacklight art)... so eh, sorry but how do you upload a photo from your pc to here? i never succeeded doing that... |
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Post by justlikeyou on Jan 1, 2016 18:45:12 GMT -5
The biggest tomato I ever bought at a farmers market.  |
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Post by zin on Jan 1, 2016 18:49:18 GMT -5
hey Zin, i was just scrolling a bit here sorry to come barging in like this...and i see the bottom photo--i have a tree like that in my garden and it is blooming ----they bloom like 3 or 4 times per year...beautiful and full of bees i recently got a GE 1450 -120 euros--but though it makes excellent photos, it is not so easy to use the menu...(i wanted a camera that i could take long-shuttertime night photos with, (for blacklight art)... so eh, sorry but how do you upload a photo from your pc to here? i never succeeded doing that... I signed up to Photobucket, and I upload pics there, and then give a link here. In the previous pages of this thread we had talked about this. Btw what is the name of the tree? do you know? |
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Post by zin on Jan 1, 2016 18:52:03 GMT -5
The biggest tomato I ever bought at a farmers market. and the smallest piano there ever is, I guess |
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Post by justlikeyou on Jan 1, 2016 18:53:44 GMT -5
The biggest tomato I ever bought at a farmers market. and the smallest piano there ever is, I guess You noticed? |
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Post by zin on Jan 1, 2016 18:56:04 GMT -5
and the smallest piano there ever is, I guess You noticed? Yea I am unbelievably smart!  |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 1, 2016 18:57:46 GMT -5
hey Zin, i was just scrolling a bit here sorry to come barging in like this...and i see the bottom photo--i have a tree like that in my garden and it is blooming ----they bloom like 3 or 4 times per year...beautiful and full of bees i recently got a GE 1450 -120 euros--but though it makes excellent photos, it is not so easy to use the menu...(i wanted a camera that i could take long-shuttertime night photos with, (for blacklight art)... so eh, sorry but how do you upload a photo from your pc to here? i never succeeded doing that... I signed up to Photobucket, and I upload pics there, and then give a link here. In the previous pages of this thread we had talked about this. Btw what is the name of the tree? do you know? thanks i will have a look...i have an art -site but cant just upload any old photo there- no i dont know the name of the tree...it is quite common here in portugal though, in holland i have never seen it..too cold probably i´d have to ask a portuguese person what the name is. |
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Post by zin on Jan 1, 2016 19:04:23 GMT -5
I signed up to Photobucket, and I upload pics there, and then give a link here. In the previous pages of this thread we had talked about this. Btw what is the name of the tree? do you know? thanks i will have a look...i have an art -site but cant just upload any old photo there- no i dont know the name of the tree...it is quite common here in portugal though, in holland i have never seen it..too cold probably i´d have to ask a portuguese person what the name is. I looked, the talk I've mentioned is on page 11 here.. I am curious about the tree, I saw it at only one place here.. You have difficulty at your art site, too? Give the link if you wish? |
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.. and, wasn't it cold? But love of sea is another thing! 
