Sort of a dreary day here as I look out my front window. Not a lot going on in the Metropolis. :)

Here are a couple of examples of the artifacts I am studying, per request.

(The scale is in centimeters.)

What do you think about them so far?


Here are the wild irises I have growing by my pond.

So far I think that they are not what I would like to prove them to be :p

Pre-english colonial salt-glazed pottery?

Nope.

The first is Anglo-American lead-glazed earthenware. I wish the second wasn't, but it probably is. I wish it was either Acadian lead-glaze earthenware (preferably), or Québécois lead-glazed earthenware.

(Salt glaze was used for stonewares - you can recognize it by the texture of it, which looks sort of like an orange peel.)

We had some cake and wine for a friend's birthday this afternoon.

These critters are the dry season incarnate.

I had the wrong lens on the camera, but they'll do for the moment.

:rofl:

Fantastic pics. :thumb:

Went out to the park yesterday morning for my morning coffee and spent the time talking with my buddy, Sammy. Sammy's not much for talking, but he is a good listener. He just sat there chomping on an acorn or something for several minutes.

The first Sammy pic is a great candidate for a "caption the picture" contest...

Did you see that naked dude that had that flashing thing?

"OMG! No wonder the others of your kind wears clothes. :eek: "

Did ya get a look at those nuts????

Hey, kin I climb this twig to get to the nuts?

This I picked as I was putting out the garbage bin/trash/wheelie bin.

I couldn't find a Yank dime for you to relate size to, but did find a Canadian dime ( from Niagara).

Beauty is often unnoticed.

Canada has a ten cent coin. Only America (as was pointed out to me by some Aussie :rolleyes: ) has a coin with only the name "dime", and no value marked on it. ;)




Great pics OF. :thumb: Thanks. There are many fantastic things on the scale of the 'wee people'.

I'll have a dime ready for ya' at Nashville. :)

I have a couple, just not readily to hand.

Here are a couple

Sorry about the mediocre quality
my phone has a lamo camera
A nice warm Spring Day in Montreal
O.K. I forget the exact date, but I'd guess sometime in March or April
The Last is from the morning of Game Seven vs Boston
A fan decorated a Statue in Old Montreal, notice the car in the background for size reference
Price Larger than life !!! ...:hockey:
A nice tribute I think
The city even left it there for at least 4-5 days
Sadly after the Game Two loss I noticed it was gone

Thanks for sharing the balmy pics of spring time in Montreal :rofl:

Want more?

we got a little precipitation about a month ago
March 8th I believe

This is the Walk out to go see a Show
A good 'ol Rock 'n Roll Show
funnily enough not a lot of people showed up for the show
Wimps !

we had a blast though
one or two of my friends spent more time in than on the snow on the way home as I recall...

The spring pics look like the inside of my fridge. I'm so glad I live tropically.

I'm still looking for my microscope for the last pic.

I thought "3.jpg" was someone who didn't walk fast enough from his car to the front door. :yikes:

I think that was just Sharni wanting to play and make snow angels. (You know how those Aussies do everything on the wrong side of the road :shrug: )

LMAO

nah, just my drunk friend throwing himself into the snow

Guess I shouldn't have kept giving him the flask of Jameson's
ah well no more damage done than usual...

Before they dsappear, I thought I'd share some of natures beauty that is right here in our yard ...

... and just a few more. Last one is the the little "memorial" we have for our beloved cat, Pokey.

Hope you enjoyed.

Those are great pics DB. And the memorial for Pokey is beautiful.

Mrs OF was wondering what type of poppy it was.

Actually, they're just tulips from a package of mixed types. They were initially planted about 8 years ago and have just come back each year. Probably some cross breeding.

I don't think flowers are monogamous. :D

As a matter of fact, they're all quite slutty.

/me makes note to self to plant some slutty seed! :D

:thumb:
I think I heard you have a LOT of slutty seed you want to plant. :nod:









:rofl:

He's just a sow and sow.

A strange visitor from another world came by.

All I know is the air is filled (along with my nasal passages) with the by-products of indiscriminate & casual plant sex right now.

Not to mention, a trip outside smells not unlike the interior of a porn peep show booth (not that I would know what that's like) :shrug:

Our fair town was honored this weekend by having a traveling, one-half scale replica of the Vietnam Memorial in Washington DC brought here for people to see. It was truly impressive and along with the wall, a Huey helicopter was here along with many photos and memorabilia from the war years.

I've attached just a few of the photos to share with you.

The people in charge were very pleased. They indicated that they basically had a constant crowd of 200-400 people passing through the exhibit all weekend long with a large crowd of more than 400 today for a special closing ceremony.

Here's a picture of the Mendocino coast line, where I went to spend a couple of days on Wednesday and Thursday of this week.

Here's one of the beach I spent the afternoon reading and relaxing...it was a grand time

Absolutely beautiful.............. and I don't just mean the scenery, the photographer is a very nice sight as well. :nod:


Oh god, I hope you took these and not Mr. Osuche. :p

Looks like it would've been difficult not to enjoy the stay there.