Photo Thread (NO TP&TH or DK pictures, please)

[poppiesgal]

Marion - what a sweet photo - beautiful babies!
Nurk - you're a knucklehead! :icon_laugh: My hubby hasn't stopped laughing.

This "night bloom" photo was taken in my sister-in-law's garden. It's a flowering cactus and she held a flash light behind the bloom to get the effect. Reminds me of a sci-fi movie ...

http://www.mudcrutch.com/photos/data/500/Night_bloom.jpg

[KansasPettyFan]

Wow! That is gorgeous!

[Mary Jane 49]

Nurk!! you nitwit --LOL
The other pics are beautiful ,thanks

[WildflowerNJ]

Wow, poppiesgal, now that is very cool!! I have a flowering cactus, too....it blooms twice a year....once around Thanksgiving and again sometime after...very neat effect you captured...thanks for that....

[agirl]

poppiesgal, that is a beautiful picture. I love it when my cacti bloom.

[Pettyjunkie]

That is gorgeous poppiesgal! Wow.

[Marion]

That is very pretty!

[Ladywiz]

My neighbor has a plant that blooms only once a year around Christmas, I think its called 'Star of Bethlehem.' (last year it didn't bloom, must be the drought)

[WildflowerNJ]

I will look that plant up, Ladywiz....I love the learning...

Here is what is called elephant ears. It is a bulb and can grow very tall. I ordered some and will plant them out by the big pond....they must be dug up in the Fall, though....cannot tolerate frost....they look so tropical!

http://www.virginiagarden.com/elephant/circle.jpg

[wildgator]

I love elephant ears. My parents used to have them when I was growing up.

[KansasPettyFan]

This would not let me paste the picture here for some reason. Just click the link. Is this how they do it in England? I'd be so confused! LOL

http://www.allstarpuzzles.com/picture/01532_solution.html

[Echosoftom]

^ OMG! That would not work at all here in the land of idiot drivers, LOL!

Beth, those Elephant ears are beautiful. But they're not tasty like the fresh and hot ones I eat when I go to Seaside, Oregon. Yuuuummmm!

http://frogleg.mvps.org/images/lunapiercook/mnrofair07/04_powdered.jpg

[agirl]

^ Those are so yummy!!

[WildflowerNJ]

Yummmm, Sharon!! That looks really good!! It reminds me a little of what we have around here...funnel cakes. You sprinkle them with powered sugar, too....

[WildflowerNJ]

http://www.tomwaitslibrary.com/images/imagestopography/troubadour-photogarywayne.jpg

[WildflowerNJ]

This looks so pretty....Tavern on the Green in NYC...can't wait!

http://www.brooklyn.cuny.edu/bc/spotlite/news/tavern.jpg

[KansasPettyFan]

We have a pair of Great Horned Owls living in the trees around our house! We can hear the hooting inside the house faintly. It's very cool. When we take the dogs out at night, we have seen them fly off. Its wingspan must be 4 feet! They hide very well during the daylight. I have looked and looked during the day and never see a thing. The other night we thought we might have heard babies. Hopefully, they teach them how to fly at night...when these dogs are inside in their beds. Here is a professional photo of one:

http://a248.e.akamai.net/f/248/37853/60d/images.enature.com/birds/birds_l/BD0153_1l.jpg

[agirl]

That is so cool, Teresa.

[Echosoftom]

Wow! He's beautiful. Teresa, you have so much cool nature stuff going on around your place.

[WildflowerNJ]

Teresa, that is so cool you have baby owls. I know we have some owls here, too. I used to hear them in that big tree in front of the house. I loved hearing them who-who-who-ooooo....I miss that.....I miss that tree....

[Raelin]

Beautiful Teresa.

[WildflowerNJ]

I love pussy willows...we had a shrub growing in our yard when I was a kid....sure sign of Spring to see those fuzzy catkins...I have some in a vase and I hope they will take root for me....:sun_smiley:

http://www.extension.iastate.edu/newsrel/reiman/pussywillow2.jpg

[KansasPettyFan]

^ Pretty! My grandma had those. :)

[Mary Jane 49]

I love looking at all the lovely pics , thanks everyone!

[WildflowerNJ]

These grape hyacinths are coming up all over my property...I started with just a few and have divided and planted them all over. They look so delicate in a small vase.....ahhhh Happy Spring! :sun_smiley:

http://www.lewisgardens.com/gallery/grapehy.jpg

[Pettyjunkie]

^Those are beautiful!

[KansasPettyFan]

We have a baby owl in the nest! This is a professional photo but this looks just like what I saw in the owl tree yesterday with the binoculars...He's soooo cute!!!

http://www.blkittiwake.com/GreatHornedOwlBaby.jpg

[Echosoftom]

Teresa, very nice. You have so much cool wildlife around your place.

Beth, those grape hyacinths are just gorgeous!

[Pettyjunkie]

That owl is SO adorable! :)

[WildflowerNJ]

Awwwww Teresa, that is so cute! I know we have owls in the back of this property.....I wish I would see them.....

Smokey has a little owl stuffed toy he got for Christmas, it's one of his favorites....it makes that sound....Who...Who....WhoWhoooooooo.....

[agirl]

Teresa what a cutie!

[Sweet Little Queen]

http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u43/SLQXIII/2279301945c2f1ea201dojv0.jpg

[WildflowerNJ]

Awwwwwwww, this is so cute, SLQ!!! My Smokey reminds me of an otter sometimes (maybe in his past life) he plays with a toy on his back with it in his front paws...I have to catch him doing that again and atke a pic....

Thanks for this sweet image....:)

[agirl]

SLQ, that is adorable. I love otters!

[Mary Jane 49]

So cute SLQ Awwwwwwwwwww

[KansasPettyFan]

He's cute!!!

[Mary Jane 49]

bluebells in my garden
http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/9351/dinglydell1rv0.jpg

[KansasPettyFan]

^ Gorgeous, Christine!

[Beamish]

^^ Beautiful ! How I envy your ability to cultivate a garden.

[Raelin]

Beautiful flowers Christine!:)

[WildflowerNJ]

Oh Christine, beautiful!!! I wanted to grow some of these...I love seeing those....:sun_smiley:

[Sweet Little Queen]

Oh Christine, beautiful !
I like the flowers of that tint so much!

[Sweet Little Queen]

Sad Dog
http://i026.radikal.ru/0805/95/ca8db545e86dt.jpg
http://i032.radikal.ru/0805/d0/6022f661fa07t.jpg
http://i025.radikal.ru/0805/4f/d968bd561511t.jpg
http://i038.radikal.ru/0805/a1/8b578a148e29t.jpg
What's he thinking about?

[KansasPettyFan]

You have to look really close but here is the baby owl! He is directly under the square I added. He is out of the nest more now and sits on that branch watching me and the pups. lol He's cute!!!

http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg228/KansasPettyFan/P5060675.jpg

http://www.mudcrutch.com/forum/%3Ca%20href=%22http://s249.photobucket.com/albums/gg228/KansasPettyFan/?action=view&current=P5060675.jpg%22%20target=%22_blank%22%3E%3 Cimg%20src=%22http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg228/KansasPettyFan/P5060675.jpg%22%20border=%220%22%20alt=%22Photobuc ket%22%3E%3C/a%3E

[Refugee]

Awwww....that owl is beautiful. :)

[WildflowerNJ]

Awww Teresa, that is so sweet...I love owls..

SLQ, that puppy wants his master....where could he be? He is cute, too..

[agirl]

Teresa, what a little cutie!
and SLQ, what a cute puppy.

[Starfish]

Love that owl pic, Teresa!

[Raelin]

Such a cute little guy!

[WildflowerNJ]

I love hollyhocks....I always start alot of them....

http://www.drexlerart.com/images/large/hollyhocks.JPG

[Mary Jane 49]

Teresa the owl is so cute !,Beth those hollyhocks are beautiful , mine died ,i don`t know why

[MJ§LastDance]

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OMGGGGG... I´M SOOOOO... HUNGRY!!!!! :118::118::118: http://img512.imageshack.us/img512/6725/2007wo2.gif :118::118::118: :faint:LOL

[nurktwin]

http://www.reveries.com/folkden/images/rogerandgeorge2.jpg

[Refugee]

http://www.overthelimit.info/images/gay-marriage-california-supreme-court.jpg

[agirl]

^ LMAO!!

[Flower]

must be love

[Echosoftom]

^^^ LOL! Talk about your odd couple.

[WildflowerNJ]

LOL!!!

[Mary Jane 49]

http://www.overthelimit.info/images/gay-marriage-california-supreme-court.jpg

Rofl !! Thats great !!!!

[WildflowerNJ]

Got some pics developed from my trip to CA and these were on there....my two buddies....Smokey and Mikey....

http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t314/BethGardener/img772.jpg

I love how Mikey thinks she is the Queen of the property.....she is...:heart:

http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t314/BethGardener/img773.jpg

[Raelin]

Nice pictures Beth! My Milo was like that, king of the world! lol..

[KansasPettyFan]

Awwww! They are too cute, Beth! Thanks for sharing. :)

[Echosoftom]

Awwww, Smokey and Milo. How sweet. Very nice pics Beth. Your property is gorgeous.

[WildflowerNJ]

Hey thank you, Farmers...yeah, my Smokey and Mikey know they rule, lol!!

These pictures were taken in March...lots has changed...things blooming, sprouting......we own past those big Ponderosa pines.....the small pond is in that flower bed...the bigger one is to the right..

[KansasPettyFan]

One of the owls came down from the tree this morning! We have only seen this one and are not sure if the other one is still in the nest or what. No dogs outside off leash today. In the second picture, he saw me and puffed himself up and was making this clicking sound at me. I got the hell out of there after I snapped it. HAHA The mother was not far away and I am scared she'll attack!

http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg228/KansasPettyFan/P5180684.jpg

http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg228/KansasPettyFan/P5180685.jpg

[menmont63]

What a beautiful yet somewhat scary animal. I love owls and am quite fascinated by them but scared to get near one

[KansasPettyFan]

And one last picture as they are both off and flying this evening. This guy thought he was hiding. He was in a bush at eye level. Again, I snapped it and ran because I wasn't sure if the mother was around. lol Isn't he pretty?

http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg228/KansasPettyFan/P5180692.jpg

[Refugee]

^ Oooo...what a great picture, Teresa! He/she is awesome!

[agirl]

Those are great pics, Teresa. What a cute little guy.

[Echosoftom]

Wow! That is one big baby owl. I think they're so spooky looking.

[WildflowerNJ]

Beautiful pictures, Teresa....I loved seeing them....thank you for sharing them with us....

[Mary Jane 49]

Wondeful pictures Teresa , Thanks !!

[Raelin]

So cute!

[Sweet Little Queen]

The awesome picture!!

[Refugee]

This was taken by March AFB in Southern CA.

http://www.latimes.com/media/photo/2008-05/39142807.jpg

[Echosoftom]

OMG! That is unbelievable!

[Patty Petty]

^ That is! Great picture!

I also love the pictures of the owl, Theresa. Beautiful animal!

[agirl]

That's a great picture, Ref.

[KansasPettyFan]

Wow, Linda! That's freakish but very cool.

The owls are still here. They squawk back and forth at night and yesterday we saw them hanging out back in the nest. Haven't seen the mother though, but she is very skittish and hides well. I hope they stick around!

[KansasPettyFan]

Beth, here is my Cranesbill (perennial geranium). It was planted about 4 years ago and was a tiny little plant. It has also spawned several volunteers. It loves the afternoon sun. I am redoing this planting area. Taking out cypress mulch...ugg...removing landscape fabric and putting down some cotton burr compost.

http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg228/KansasPettyFan/P5250701.jpg

This is Columbine. We got the dark purple Barlow one last year. Love it!

http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg228/KansasPettyFan/P5250697.jpg

This is two kinds of Clematis growing on a ginger jar. We don't know why but every year after they bloom, they die back to the ground and come back later in the summer. Some kind of wilt disease I guess. Fingers crossed for this year.

http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg228/KansasPettyFan/P5250706.jpg

This has a few annuals in it but that trailer with the blue flowers is something I have not seen before. It is called Anagallis, Wildcat Blue. They look purple but they are actually the prettiest shade of cobalt blue. I haven't seen anything like them. They've grown a lot already. :)

http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg228/KansasPettyFan/P5250712.jpg

[KansasPettyFan]

And one more. This is a...get this...lemon tree! Right here in Kansas. LOL It has tons of flowers already and will grow little edible lemons. Can't wait to see how it does.

http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg228/KansasPettyFan/P5250713.jpg

[agirl]

Very pretty, Teresa.

[WildflowerNJ]

Teresa, those pictures are beautiful!!! I love the cranesbill...mine are getting bigger and hopefully will bloom this year. I love columbine....my variety is just the wild kind ( a cranberry color)..but it reseeds everywhere and is pretty in flower arrangements. The lemon tree is very ornamental..I love it!! Thank you for sharing these....I loved seeing them....

[WildflowerNJ]

Oooo I missed the clematis and that pretty annual. I love clematis...we have several varites on the back of the shed on the copper pipe trellis Fred made....ones that bloom in summer and a giant one that blooms in the Fall...very fragrant. I hope they do well this year....our neighbor, Johnny, lost 3 of his clematis already...

That anagallis is new to me.....so pretty. I love blue colored flowers. That is a neat way to showcase a plant...on that lattice...

Again, thank you for posting these, Teresa....this is my favorite time of year....the garden is starting to come back to it's full blooms.......:sun_smiley:

[KansasPettyFan]

^ I am glad you liked them. :)

[nurktwin]

i'll check them out in july before we go to oklahoma joes.....lol. so many new places to go too, it's gonna be fun. see ya soon.

[WildflowerNJ]

Teresa (and for any other gardener-Farmer)

Here is the garden a few weeks ago...everything seems so small....there is my Smokey bear looking on :)

http://www.mudcrutch.com/photos/data/500/medium/img776.jpg

Now the tomotoes are in (in those home-made cages)...still looks small, things are growing up now..

http://www.mudcrutch.com/photos/data/500/medium/img777.jpg

Foxgloves by the side of the house. They are coming up everywhere. I had tried to plant them in certain spots but they will not have that...the seeds go where they will and I let them come up....

http://www.mudcrutch.com/photos/data/500/medium/img778.jpg

[WildflowerNJ]

Forgot to add this....this is one of the Lady's Slippers coming up in our back woods....they seem so delicate...

http://www.mudcrutch.com/photos/data/500/medium/img775.jpg

[emmie]

Your garden is BEAUTIFUL! WOW! Come and be my gardener!

[WildflowerNJ]

Hey, Emmie, thank you so much for that...we have more tomatoes back by the big shed (for the groundhog, lol and maybe some more for us) The big pond is getting a make-over....we just got a pallet of big stones delievered the other day...they will go around it. I have a small prefab pond in that flower bed behind the fence....more things will bloom soon....here is a pic of some of the irises just coming out....but more flowers to come. Haha, I would love to work in your garden...any garden. I think in my past life I was one of those head gardeners at some big estate.....

Okay, this does not look like much yet....we will soon be putting the awnning up for that little back deck....

http://www.mudcrutch.com/photos/data/500/medium/img779.jpg

See you next week in Philly.... :)

[TheWildOne]

Great photos, everyone. Love the owl. And the tornado. And all the beautiful flowers. Here is a shot of a visitor in my backyard last weekend.

http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m41/kaymfrye/20080524%20Squirrel/P1030779.jpg

[Flower]

When my son was little he called them girls ( squirrels)

[WildflowerNJ]

Hey, Kay, that is a great photo....that squirrel looks like they are posing for you :) Thanks for posting that....:)

[Nylle]

Love all your pics, everyone. TeeBee & Beth, your properties are gorgeous. Love that lemon tree, Teresa! My daylillies are all in bloom right now & looking fabulous - I'm heading out to do major pruning but will try to remember to snap a photo later.

[Raelin]

Beautiful pictures everyone!

[Yuppie]

Wow your gardens all look great. Love the squirrel too.

[KansasPettyFan]

Beth, your place is gorgeous! Come and run the weed eater around my place. LOL It needs it. It is on the absolutely never ending list of things around here to do. I love this place, but it is a lot of work. But I wouldn't have it any other way. :)

Awww...cute squirrel. I finally saw one here today. Haven't seen any lately...probably because of the owls. Yikes. We have found two decapitated critters here lately. A guinea hen from next door and a rabbit. Lovely. Both times my dog was carrying them around. :eek:

[WildflowerNJ]

I know what you mean about the work...never ever ending, Teresa...but for me as well, I would have it no other way, it is my labor of love...:)

Thank you for all these pictures

Ellyn, I would love to see the daylilies...

[Pankie]

Great photos, everyone. Love the owl. And the tornado. And all the beautiful flowers. Here is a shot of a visitor in my backyard last weekend.

http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m41/kaymfrye/20080524%20Squirrel/P1030779.jpg
He's cute! Looks like a little old man....

[agirl]

What a cutie. I love squirrels.

[TheWildOne]

^ A funny thing about that squirrel pic, I was actually shooting that knot of wood he's sitting on because I noticed that it looked like a face. The next time I looked up, there was Mr. Squirrel waiting to have his photo made!

[agirl]

^ It does look like a face, lol.

[Refugee]

http://www.latimes.com/media/photo/2008-06/39926435.jpg
Firefighters taking a rest from the Martin fire. In the state of CA, these men really do earn their money. Bless them.

[Marion]

Aw, bless their hearts.

[WildflowerNJ]

God bless them all......

[surfnburn]

Wow....there's a job...

http://www.otherworlddesigns.com/myspacepicsbodega08/ptreyes.jpg

[wild1forever]

Ref, thank you SO much for that photo! I'm surprised they didn't run it in the local paper.

[Shainjr]

http://images.cnhi.zope.net/images_sizedimage_076003746/med This is my highschool basketball team Borden BRAVES who went all the way to the Final-Four in State. We also won our first Sectional and Regional titles ever and we were the only team to defeat the #1 ranked team in Indiana (Orleans 22-2) we beat them to win Regionals. We were the biggest under-dogs in Indiana Highschool history and we made first page of every newspaper 55 miles around and also made Braves week every March 18-23 in my small town of Borden.

[Beamish]

^ Right on, Shainjr !

[Flower]

Wow....there's a job...

http://www.otherworlddesigns.com/myspacepicsbodega08/ptreyes.jpg
gray tape can fix anything!

[KansasPettyFan]

^ LOL, Flower!

Cool picture, Shain!

[KansasPettyFan]

This is my Montmorency Cherry Tree. They are tart pie cherries and very tasty! I call it the Benmont Cherry Tree. lol

http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg228/KansasPettyFan/P6210752.jpg
http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg228/KansasPettyFan/P6210753.jpg

These are my Nikko Blue hydrangeas. Depending on the PH of the soil, they are either pink or blue. Somehow, we pulled of pink, blue and lavender. They look like a watercolor painting.

http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg228/KansasPettyFan/P6200750.jpg

[Katie]

^ they DO look like watercolors! How beautiful, Teresa! I'd love to have those in my garden!

[nurktwin]

by the looks of that map, i better buy some property in san jose or yuma. looks like it's gonna be ocean front property!!!!!!!!

[WildflowerNJ]

Beautiful, Teresa!! I love seeing those!

I have to post some of my blueberries....the bushes are so loaded, they are bending over. I forgot to prune this year! Currants and black raspberries coming on now....:)

[WildflowerNJ]

Okay, here is one of the blueberry bushes...I have five.

http://www.mudcrutch.com/photos/data/500/medium/img249.jpg

Hard to see now but my husband made a new trellis for me for the back of this tiny garden shed. I did have a wooden green stained one he made...but it was starting to rot. The solution? I thought copper! So he made this one out of copper pipes, lol....it works and will never rot....that is an autumn clematis that blooms so much in September, very fragrant, too...also sweet peas and baby's breath. This was taken a few weeks ago...

http://www.mudcrutch.com/photos/data/500/medium/img247.jpg

My sweet Smokey loves to be with me when I walk the gardens....he sometimes takes time off and rolls in the grass....that ferny stuff you see is asparagus....again, so much has grown now. This was taken a few weeks before my trip....

http://www.mudcrutch.com/photos/data/500/medium/img248.jpg

[Marion]

Beautiful garden photos! I love seeing them. I wish I had a green thumb.

Teresa, how do you pick those cherries? They are just gorgeous!

[Echosoftom]

Beth and Teresa, you both have such beautiful gardens and yards. Thanks for sharing the pics. :)

[agirl]

Beautiful, Teresa and Beth. Thanks for sharing.

[KansasPettyFan]

^ You're welcome. That cherry tree isn't too tall so most of them we get with a step ladder, the very top goes to the birds. lol This has been a great year for everything. Last year we had a late freeze so there was no fruit on any of the trees, no hydrangeas, boring year. lol

Beth, your Smokey is soooo cute in his yard! hehe And I love the vines behind your shed. I didn't know there was a clematis with fragrance. What variety is it? Mmmm...blueberries. We tried those twice and they died. Booooo! We have blackberries coming as well. Gotta have a blackberry (I call it a purple cow) milkshake or two. Yum!

[LizzieB]

Beautiful pictures, Teresa and Beth! I love looking at pictures of peoples plants/gardens.

[WildflowerNJ]

Your welcome...I love seeing people's gardens as well.

Teresa, the clematis is called Sweet Autumn Clematis....it gets covered in tiny white flowers.....

You are right about this being a great year for plants. We have got the rain just when we ned it and things are so lush....I am hoping the hydrangea I transplanted from the back woods up to my big flower bed does well....there are blooms coming up....:)

[Beamish]

Makes me wish I had a yard- gorgeous !

[Succatash]

This thing came up from seed that fell from a bird feeder hanging on the porch! Isn't it gorgeous - if Van Gogh was here he's snatch it up and do a still life painting of it!

[Refugee]

This is a shot of a plane dropping fire retardant by a home near the Gap fire in Goleta, CA. Which by the way is less than 45 miles South of us.

http://www.latimes.com/media/photo/2008-07/40710941.jpg

[Refugee]

Bless these men.

http://www.latimes.com/media/photo/2008-07/40708583.jpg

[Echosoftom]

^ Great pic Ref! Firemen are truly extraordinary human beings!

[agirl]

That is so cool, Succatash.
Thanks Ref. Thank God for firefighters!

[WildflowerNJ]

Beautiful, Succatash....

Linda, thank you for those images....yes, Bless those men....:heart:

[KansasPettyFan]

Those poor firefighters. :(

[KansasPettyFan]

And Succatash, beautiful sunflower. :)

[Pettyjunkie]

Definitely Ref, bless them.

[Beamish]

This is a shot of a plane dropping fire retardant by a home near the Gap fire in Goleta, CA. Which by the way is less than 45 miles South of us.

http://www.latimes.com/media/photo/2008-07/40710941.jpg




Check out how casual the guys on the patio are !

[Orphan_of_the_storm]

this is the second best thing in life (after listening to TP&HB)

[agirl]

Yikes, Beamish. I didn't notice that. lol.

[Echosoftom]

I love looking at this. The Saryarka in Kazakhstan. It's beautiful!

http://www.aolcdn.com/aolnews_photos/02/04/20080710120409990008

[KansasPettyFan]

^ Beautiful!

We need to start the Scavenger Hunt thread again. I loved that!

[Echosoftom]

^ Oh, that's right. I'd forgotten about that.

[WildflowerNJ]

That's beautiful, Sharon, thank you for that.....

[agirl]

Beautiful picture, Sharon. We do need to start the "Scavenger Hunt" thread up again. It was alot of fun.

[Succatash]

That firefighting airplane shot is astonishing - I bet those guys on the balcony were very happy to see that airplane dropping its load.
Its troubling to see on the evening news the reports of wildfires here and there... I feel so sorry for those who lose their homes.

[Refugee]

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/dayart/20080709/621foo10_gohl.6.jpg

[Beamish]

^ That's a tasty shot, Ref !

[Yuppie]

Dave is sooo yummy, I love that one, thanks Ref.

[nurktwin]

how about 1 of you yuppie? post 1.

[agirl]

Very nice picture of Dave. Thanks Linda.

[Echosoftom]

Whoa! That's a nice shot Ref!

[WildflowerNJ]

For Sydney.....have a great time!!

http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t314/BethGardener/img111.jpg

[wild1forever]

Alex Rodriguez is taunted by fans with Madonna photos in Toronto. Ah, you gotta love baseball... and A-Rod cheating on his wife with just about everybody.


http://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/images/gallery/alex-rodriguez-madonna-pictures.jpg

[WildflowerNJ]

I love how my sweet Smokey sits to have his picture taken....:heart:

http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t314/BethGardener/img197.jpg

[KansasPettyFan]

Awwww! What a good doggie! :)

[Echosoftom]

Awww! Beth I love that picture!

A dear friend sent this pic...Aren't they sweet? I love Pandas!
http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q314/honewatson/animals/baby-panda-cubs-drink-milk.jpg

[WildflowerNJ]

Awwww, I love Pandas, too...they are sweet, Sharon, thanks for that one..

Okay, here is another one. Me and "Gator".....I went to the Boardwalk Saturday night and I could not pass this guy up, lol!! And I love that tee shirt! :heart:

http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t314/BethGardener/img202.jpg

[Echosoftom]

HAHAHAHAHA! Beth, I love that picture...AND I love that t-shirt too! ;)

[Patty Petty]

That is a great picture, Beth!


I love this picture. This is for Krissie. She loved dolphins.. I do too!

http://www.kellysdolphinfans.zoomshare.com/my_images/dolphins20wallpaper2.jpg


One time, when I was living down the shore... I went out on my friends boat... we encountered a school of dolphins up close and personal... pretty much looking like this. They were jumping up and diving all around us. It was one of the neatest things I have ever seen!!!

[Echosoftom]

Patty, I'll bet Krissie would love that picture! Dolphins are amazing!

[Marion]

http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/stadium.weblogsinc.com/tmz/images/2008/07/0729_suzanne_crough_WI_before_full.jpg

[KansasPettyFan]

Love the gator, Beth!

Patty, that is sweet. :)

[agirl]

Just looking back over the pics. Thanks everyone!

[PumpkinBumpkin]

Great pictures everyone!

[Beamish]

Marion, are you attempting to traumatize us or something ?

[Pettyjunkie]

^I was wondering the same thing! lol

Those pandas are adorable Sharon, and the dolphins too Patty. The gator is awesome Beth!

[poppiesgal]

Great - now I've got than dang "Come On Get Happy" song stuck in my head ... :eek: LOL!

Cool photos ya'll. :heart:

[poppiesgal]

I love sunsets - "catch one" if you can! :heart:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3275/2716471997_2ab47daba2.jpg?v=0

[Pettyjunkie]

Wow, that is beautiful.

[Succatash]

Oh dang, I haven't seen the ocean in about 5 years... that photo is lovely, Pop.

[Yuppie]

Sharon, my 11 year old Emily, absolutley adores Pandas, I showed her the picture and she just loved it. That is a really cute picture.

[WildflowerNJ]

I love seeing these guys.....hope to today....surf's up! :sun_smiley:

http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2007/07_01/dolphinsDM_800x446.jpg

[Pettyjunkie]

That is SO cool!

[Pettyjunkie]

http://a269.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/41/l_e93e52465d314db126046f5c5e67d314.jpg


Our friend Jim has dropped his new bike twice, once on each side, so we decided to help him out and bubble wrap it. lol :p

[Marion]

My granddaughter checking out the flamingos at the Lowery Park Zoo.

http://www.mudcrutch.com/photos/data/500/DSC01543_2.JPG

[Echosoftom]

Poppiesgal, There's nothing like a sunset on the ocean. :cool:

Beth, so dolphins are SO cool!

PJ, that is too funny, LOL!

Marion, I remember seeing those flamingos at that zoo. I enjoyed watching them just like your granddaughter. So cute.

[WildflowerNJ]

Beautiful sunset, poppiesgal...

PJ, that is funny...

Marion, that is a great photo...

Thank you for all these, Farmers.....

[WildflowerNJ]

Wanted to share some pics I just got developed. With all this rain, everything is so lush!

This hollyhock is the tallest I have ever seen. That one next to it is getting pretty high, too..

http://www.mudcrutch.com/photos/data/500/medium/img235.jpg

Some of my tomatoes...they are growing over the cages!

http://www.mudcrutch.com/photos/data/500/medium/img1941.jpg

My back little deck. The morning glories are starting to grow now....I love sitting here when it rains....sometimes the hummingbirds come by, the are so pretty to see....

http://www.mudcrutch.com/photos/data/500/medium/img203.jpg

Just a little grass for me to cut....:) We haven't been playing basketball too much this year...Smokey loves to chase the ball...

http://www.mudcrutch.com/photos/data/500/medium/img199.jpg

[agirl]

Beth, that must keep you so busy. The results are beautiful!

[KansasPettyFan]

Nice pictures, Beth! We are still green here too which is pretty amazing for this time of year. I am still mowing on my Deere. YAY! lol

[poppiesgal]

Wow - what lovely surroundings at your place, WildflowerNJ. Just beautiful! :heart:

[Refugee]

http://www.latimes.com/media/photo/2008-08/41550538.jpg

This moment made me SO happy! Team USA brought the Gold back, YAY!

[agirl]

^ I know. Wasn't that the greatest moment!!

[Echosoftom]

^ HAHAHA! I loved watching that too. What an amazing shot! http://www.buddy-icons.info/img/smile/1502.gif

[KansasPettyFan]

We were whooping it up here! Loved it! The thing that made it the best was the Frenchies talking smack beforehand. Take that! lol

[Echosoftom]

^ HAHA! That was the icing on the cake!

[Beamish]

^ We had to watch the diving prelims again this morning at work, and I thought of you gals the whole time (especially you, Magnolia)...

[Desert*Rose]

http://www.latimes.com/media/photo/2008-08/41550538.jpg

This moment made me SO happy! Team USA brought the Gold back, YAY!
That was AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!! The finish was amazing!!!!!!!!!!

http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/0gGrbY36EN7Lc/610x.jpg

http://sanityisland.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=31990&g2_serialNumber=1

:)

[Pettyjunkie]

That was such a great win!!! I was on the edge of my seat...I didn't think we would get it!

[Refugee]

Wish this included Jason Lezak, but for now....here they are! America's Dream Team!

http://english.aljazeera.net/mritems/Images//2008/8/17/20088174314434734_5.jpg

[Refugee]

Found it! Jason Lezak, Michael Phelps, Aaron Peirsol and Brendan Hansen.

http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2008/08/16/sports/olympics/17phelps02_600.jpg

[Echosoftom]

^ Very nice! These boys are on fire...I'm so proud of them! :003:

[Marion]

I really enjoyed the swimming this year. It was so exciting! All of those guys seem like nice young men too.

[KansasPettyFan]

^ Yay! I love that picture. What a very cool thing that was to see live! They are the coolest! :)

[WildflowerNJ]

Those are great photos! I am not watching any of the Olympics but I am so proud of our team....

Saw three of these beautiful birds circling over today. They were diving for fish....they would fly back to their nests with their catches......

http://www.bird-friends.com/pics/Osprey/Osprey3LR.jpg

[nurktwin]

great photo beth.

[Beamish]

^^ Is that fish sticking its tongue out ? I didn't know they even had tongues...

[SingsInFrench]

LMAO Beamish!

It looks like some innards, maybe?

[zombiezoo19]

I think the bird is sqeezing the stomach out.

[Succatash]

That is a GORgeous photo of an osprey!!!
A long time ago my husband and I went to Pawley's Island off the coast of South Carolina for a vacation with his family. He and his brother & dad would go out fishing in the surf and spend so much time trying so hard to catch something, when a majestic osprey would come cruising out from land, get out over the water, turn right & cruise a minute, drop into the water and come up with a large fish. Poor hubby and guys would go green with envy not only at what he caught but how quickly he caught it!

[Beamish]

^^ I know, dude, I was being a smartass. ;)

[WildflowerNJ]

LOL!! ^

They are beautiful, Succatash......great fishermen, too.....haha, I bet they were all green with envy...

[poppiesgal]

This little guy was hatched in a nest built within a wreath hanging on my sister's front door screen. They rarely use that entrance at their Colorado home (odd location on the house) so I guess the Momma knew it was safe. He sure looks comfy and warm! :)

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3004/2753932762_8482d4251c.jpg

[KansasPettyFan]

^ How sweet!

[tplover2]

I took these while playing with the new camera...

just hanging around...
http://b.imagehost.org/0036/IMG_0402.jpg


monarch butterfly
http://b.imagehost.org/0130/IMG_0423.jpg

and this is a sampling of what I've been busy doing lately...
http://b.imagehost.org/0027/Picture_003.jpg
Pickles, salsa, pickled peppers, pickled squash, green tomato pickles, and stewed tomatoes, and not pictured are squash,corn, and crowder peas in the freezer. I won't have to buy any vegetables out of the store for the next year!

[agirl]

Donna those are great pics. And poppiesgal what a sweet little guy.

[WildflowerNJ]

Poppiesgal, that is such a sweet photo....yes, I bet Momma bird felt so safe there.....very cool to see that...

Donna, great pictures, too! Love all the canning.....yum, that looks good!

[menmont63]

Awwww that baby bird is so cute :) I love baby animals so much

And...Donna....can I have some of taht please O_O

[Yer so bad]

tplover2: These photos are perfect!
And I wanna some pickles

[Beamish]

Nice pics- now I'm hungry for pickles.

[Yer so bad]

Nice pics- now I'm hungry for pickles.

I´m hungry too, give us please!

[WildflowerNJ]

That was so much fun last night! Watching the movie "Jaws" on a big screen right on the beach....no nightmares for me, thank goodness, lol!!

I am remembering when I went out to CA in the 80's and did this Universal Tour. When this came out, I jumped big time!!

http://www.thestudiotour.com/ush/studiotour/jaws/jaws18.jpg

[tplover2]

I´m hungry too, give us please!
Anytime you're in NC you are welcome to drop in for pickles :003:

Beth, I remember that ride. That shark looks real!

[KansasPettyFan]

That all looks dee-lish, Donna!

[Yer so bad]

Anytime you're in NC you are welcome to drop in for pickles :003:

Beth, I remember that ride. That shark looks real!


Thanks! I´ll be there! :003:

I´m afraid of the shark...

[Beamish]

Bruce (the shark) broke down the last time I was at the Studios, and looked rather sad just sitting there with his mouth hanging open. It was kind of like a baby bird waiting to be fed- maybe he was waiting for some of those beautiful pickles I keep coming back on this thread to admire...

[tplover2]

the neighbor's mailbox...for some strange reason I thought it looked interesting-lol!
http://b.imagehost.org/0414/Picture_002.jpg


sunset behind the corn
http://b.imagehost.org/0733/Picture_026.jpg


I'm forever chasing the perfect sunset
http://b.imagehost.org/0139/Picture_031.jpg

[KansasPettyFan]

^ Gorgeous, Donna!

[WildflowerNJ]

Donna, these images are beautiful.....I really love that sunset in that corn....

[Marion]

Beautiful Donna! I love the sunset behind the corn. I'm forever trying to capture the perfect sunset too.

This is a picture I took of a watermelon growing in Teresa's garden. Was it good, Teresa?

http://www.mudcrutch.com/photos/data/527/watermelon.JPG

[KansasPettyFan]

^ I recognize that! lol It is not ripe just yet but should be soon. I don't care for watermelon for some reason, but they sure are pretty. :)

[Yer so bad]

Precious sunset!
And I wanna a piece of the watermelon, hehe.

[menmont63]

Watermelon...I bought a really sweet one last Friday...omg was it sweet

[WildflowerNJ]

That is a beautiful and healthy watermelon plant, Teresa.....I bet it will taste great, yummmm...

[Marion]

^ I recognize that! lol It is not ripe just yet but should be soon. I don't care for watermelon for some reason, but they sure are pretty. :)

Really? Oh man, I love watermelon. In fact, I brought some for a snack today. Yum!

[WildflowerNJ]

http://www.mudcrutch.com/photos/data/500/medium/img147.jpg

[Echosoftom]

Oh man, my grandson is a watermelon-a-holic! Teresa, you can ship it to me, along with those baked beans, LOL!

Nice ocean shot Beth!

[agirl]

Donna, Marion and Beth great pics.

[poppiesgal]

I so enjoy the photos here - thanks Farmers!

[Refugee]

This was launched at the AFB I work at and right by where I live. The picture was taken by an airman that I know.

http://media3.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/photo/2008/09/07/PH2008090700284.jpg

This image provided by Vandenberg Air Force Base shows the successful launch of a Delta II, carrying the GeoEye-1 satellite, rocket from Space Launch Complex-2 Saturday Sept. 6, 2008 at Vandenberg Air Force base in Calif. The satellite makers say GeoEye-1 has the highest resolution of any commercial imaging system. It can collect images from orbit with enough detail to show home plate on a baseball diamond.

[Marion]

Wow, that's a cool to see!

[KansasPettyFan]

Cool! I'll bet that was loud.

[WildflowerNJ]

Very cool, Linda!

[Pettyjunkie]

That's cool Ref!

[pettyfreak94]

These photos are so cool!
That Elvis rocks!
What's he gonna be for halloween this year?

[WildflowerNJ]

Tavern on the Green, NYC, in winter.....it looks so pretty.

http://www.dis.uniroma1.it/~demetres/photos/Jan-13-2001/images/TavernOnTheGreen.JPG

[Pettyjunkie]

^That is so pretty. I love how snow makes everything look even better.

[Gatorfan]

Gorgeous picture Beth...I bet it's so pretty at night too, with all those lights!

[agirl]

Very pretty picture.

[MJ§LastDance]

My shoes...

http://bildrian.de/n/b/11f6ff7b68c21e74.jpg


:D

[Echosoftom]

^ HAHAHAHAHA! MJ, you're too funny. I like those shoes!

[Flower]

http://a467.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/25/m_07b8a8567d9f4b72cdb8a5d9dab2caba.jpg (http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewImage&friendID=128003483&albumID=2103945&imageID=29362671) My son and his friends at school on 9-11. They made the news!

[Marion]

MJ, that's a fabulous picture! Love it!

Flower, that is very cool.

[WildflowerNJ]

MJ, love your shoes!!! Cool stockings, too...

Hey, Flower, I love that photo....and your son and his friends in the news....happy to see our flag and our young people displaying it proudly, well done!

[Marion]

Here is a cloud with a silver lining that passed over my house yesterday afternoon while I was out in the pool. It was pretty.

http://www.mudcrutch.com/photos/data/527/medium/silver_lining.JPG

[Yer so bad]

Marion, it´s beautiful!!!!

[KansasPettyFan]

WOW, Marion! That is gorgeous!

[WildflowerNJ]

Wow, Marion, now that is really pretty.....thank you for that....

[Pettyjunkie]

LOVE your shoes MJ! :heart: I miss my two different ones.

Wow, that is beautiful Marion!

[tplover2]

That is beautiful, Marion! Love the shoes, MJ!

[Echosoftom]

Wow! Marion, that is really beautiful! I love Florida clouds!

[Beamish]

Right purty, Marion !

[Refugee]

Tina Fey as Sarah Palin on SNL, lol.

http://media3.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/photo/2008/09/14/PH2008091402500.jpg

[Echosoftom]

^ LMAOO! Oh man, I bout peed my pants watching that skit.