Osuche, those pictures are fantastic. The scenery is terrific! :thumbs:

All that section of coast needs is a few miles of golden beaches.

Wild Flowers
 

Did my morning walk this morning and took a few of some of the wild flowers I saw. Thought I'd share them with you.

Here's three old barns
 

Old barns are a favorite subject with me and I took pictures of three on my way home after the walk.

When I got home, I took a few of flowers around the house. I gotta tell ya, the lilacs smell wonderful!!! :)

Very pretty, our countryside is fading to brown as the dry sets in.

With all this rain, I suspect the mushroom hunters are thrilled at their prospects. :boink:

The wild weather didn't offer any picture opportunities?

We actually dodged the bullet on the worst of the weather and just got a little rain. I even mowed the yard today. :)

I did find one of my favorite pictures from last year ... so I'll share it in lieu of the wild weather.

This was taken by my brother while he was on an aircraft carrier on his way to Iraq. If I can find them, I will post more pics of the troops.

Found the Iraq pics...

And some more

And 1 for gekko

1 more for gekko

Wow, AV. I didn't know gecko's were into bondage. :faint:

http://www.pixies-place.com:81/foru...achmentid=65430

Here's some I took on my walk yesterday ...

It's looking greener and warmer DB.

Well now you do ;)

Couple of friends I met at the park yesterday.

Never a 30-06 when you need one, eh DB?

Because of the Walmart being built nearby we have actually had near misses in the car lately with giant deer, right on my street.

Might I suggest you continue to miss them.

*flips through book*

Let's see, we have White-tailed deer, Mule deer, Marsh deer, Pampas deer, Red Brocket, Merioa Brocket and Dwarf Brocket, deer. We've got Pygmy Brocket ,Yucatan Brown Brocket, Little Red Brocket. :rolleyes: There's Pudú, Taruca, Chilean Huemul, Roe Deer, Caribou, Reindeer and even Moose.

Can't find 'Giant deer' anywhere. :confused:

It must be something else Walmart is importing. :shrug:

















:rofl:

In Florida deer are the size of cocker spaniels :p So these are older full grown things with horns and stuff

Giant deer in Florida??? :huh:








How many mudslides did you have? :)

Hey it was 6 am! I don't drink til ten! Fer fuck's sake, I'm a lady ya know!






















:D

Ah yes! "things with horns and stuff" Now I know what you mean.




( I think she was looking at a lobster ;) )















:roflmao:

Hey, we have lobsters as big as deer where I'm from, like 6 feet long...

Edited to add: but they don't go shopping at Walmart, though.

RIGHT! :rolleyes2


6 foot lobsters........... yeah :nod:























( I think she was looking at a deer)

:D

:roflmao:

Ok, I've never seen it. But I know where it is. It doesn't ever move - it's one of the attractions for divers at home.

And I realize that this isn't *quite* 6 feet... (;)) But it's still a helluva lobster. Seriously though, once they get too big to get caught in the traps, they grow forever. A lobster has pretty much no enemies in the sea... This one had come ashore during a storm a couple years ago. That's my grandmother holding it. They found two like that on the shore - one was still alive, so they ate it, and the second one was dead so they cooked it for the cats. They each weighed 15 lbs.

That'll teach em, eh?

LMAO


OMG that IS a monster :yikes: But I would only guess it to be 2m long. ;)





I never thought about the trap size having a 'get out of jail free' factor. How old can one get?

Very interesting. TY for sharing.

:rofl:


I think they live forever. Wikipedia says over a hundred years old:

Lilith! Send Gamera!!!

There really could be a giant lobster that is going to trample New York.

:doorpeek:

It'll just be a deer. :p

More lobster weirdness...
 

This lobster was caught in the bay at home... Pretty, isn't it?

:roflmao:


NO! Aint buying it. ;)


Besides the one missing lower leg, that tail turned under says he's going into the pot or just got out. :bite:

He hasn't been in yet - he wouldn't still have the elastic bands around his claws had he already been cooked.

True.



Was that just a PhotoShop job or did you really color the poor fellow?

He was that colour coming out of the trap. They're rare, but they exist.