Clusterheadaches.com Message Board
        (http://www.clusterheadaches.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi)
      

        New Message Board Archives >> 2005 General Board Posts >> Picture for Monday
        
(Message started by: vig on Aug 22nd, 2005, 3:03pm)
Title: Picture for Monday
Post by vig on Aug 22nd, 2005, 3:03pm
Hibiscus....

http://www.kdlltd.com/vig/hibiscusPinks.jpg

enjoy your week!
Title: Re: Picture for Monday
Post by Jonny on Aug 22nd, 2005, 3:04pm
SWEETNESS!!!
Title: Re: Picture for Monday
Post by Sandy_C on Aug 22nd, 2005, 3:10pm
You never cease to amaze me.  That's gorgeous!  Thanks

Sandy
Title: Re: Picture for Monday
Post by Frank_W on Aug 22nd, 2005, 3:11pm

on 08/22/05 at 15:03:22, vig wrote:
Hibiscus....


Same to YOU, pal! And twice on Sundays!  ;;D

Seriously: Nice work, as always. :)
Title: Re: Picture for Monday
Post by pattik on Aug 22nd, 2005, 3:16pm
Gorgeous!  Thanks, Paul.  I use to grow them, but since they don't do well inside in the winter here, it means restarting every spring.  So I settle on enjoying the hibiscus at the garden centers.  ;;D
Title: Re: Picture for Monday
Post by ExplodingEyeBall on Aug 22nd, 2005, 3:24pm
Some more pics I took while I was camping.

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5d603b3127cce93c28893004600000016108EZs2rJy0ba
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5d603b3127cce93c28e8e005800000016108EZs2rJy0ba
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5d603b3127cce93c288a9007c00000016108EZs2rJy0ba
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5d603b3127cce93c28892817700000016108EZs2rJy0ba
Title: Re: Picture for Monday
Post by sassy_lady on Aug 22nd, 2005, 3:54pm
Very Cool Pictures!! Thank You!!
Title: Re: Picture for Monday
Post by eddie on Aug 22nd, 2005, 4:21pm
nice pics
eddie
Title: Re: Picture for Monday
Post by eyes_afire on Aug 22nd, 2005, 4:49pm
Excellent pic Vig.  I don't know a damn thing about flowers, so I stick to insects, arachnids, and reptiles.  It was a good weekend.  I found a 'Milkweed Paradise' (Actual pictures... no cropping and no digital zoom):

Monarch
http://home.comcast.net/~vampiresun/I012.jpg

Dragonfly (Darner)
http://home.comcast.net/~vampiresun/I015.jpg

Black and Yellow Argiope
http://home.comcast.net/~vampiresun/I022.jpg

Bald Faced Hornet
http://home.comcast.net/~vampiresun/I014.jpg


The Copperhead from earlier this year may still be my favorite:
http://home.comcast.net/~vampiresun/I001.jpg


--- Steve
Title: Re: Picture for Monday
Post by Frank_W on Aug 22nd, 2005, 4:52pm
Oh man....  Those are some great photos!!

I always enjoy the insect/arachnid/reptile photos, too!

Those spiders: Being so vividly marked means that they are venomous?
Title: Re: Picture for Monday
Post by eyes_afire on Aug 22nd, 2005, 5:02pm

on 08/22/05 at 16:52:57, Frank_W wrote:
Those spiders: Being so vividly marked means that they are venemous?


Technically, most spiders are venomous (it's how they eat), but most spiders can't physically bite people (or won't even try).  I imagine that with that coloration, they probably taste bad to birds, but I'm not sure.  There are really only 2 spiders to worry about (in the USA): Black Widow and Brown Recluse.  Most people that think they've been bitten by a spider were probably bitten by a wheel bug:

http://home.comcast.net/~vampiresun/I016.jpg

There was a ton of them there, probably eating japanese beetles.  Their bite is reportedly on par with a hornet sting.  I was surrounded by enough of them but I wasn't going to try and find out  ;)

--- Steve
Title: Re: Picture for Monday
Post by Frank_W on Aug 22nd, 2005, 5:24pm
I've seen those spiders all over Asia, and we have them here in Tennessee, too. I just wondered. I've always thought they were really pretty.

I was scrambling up the side of a mountain in Sequoia National Forest, because my dad and I were cutting firewood, (dead wood only, for obvious reasons) and it looked like there was a nice stand of oak, so I was going up to scout it out.

As I was trying to get up the berm where the road had been cut from the side of the mountain, I heard, "FTTTTTTTTTT!!!" I froze and found myself nose to nose, less than two feet from a timber rattler who was all coiled up and ready to rock 'n' roll.

I called out in a quavery voice, "Dad? DAD??!" I began to allow myself to slide back down, ever so gradually, until I felt that I was out of striking distance, and then quickly rolled over and over until I landed on the road. Shaking like a leaf, I went back to the truck, jumped in, and said, "Let's go find a different place to cut."

*shudder*  [smiley=eek.gif]
Title: Re: Picture for Monday
Post by broomhilda on Aug 22nd, 2005, 5:33pm
Fabulous pictures boys, thank you always for sharing them! Incredible!!!


Steve thanks for the reminder I have some horny hornets to kill tonight ;;D
Title: Re: Picture for Monday
Post by Jonny on Aug 22nd, 2005, 5:47pm

on 08/22/05 at 17:33:26, broomhilda wrote:
Steve thanks for the reminder I have some horny hornets to kill tonight ;;D


Your average off the shelf spray will not kill me ;;D
Title: Re: Picture for Monday
Post by broomhilda on Aug 22nd, 2005, 5:49pm
Thought you were a tad bigger than a hornet :o ;)
Title: Re: Picture for Monday
Post by Jonny on Aug 22nd, 2005, 5:55pm

on 08/22/05 at 17:49:33, broomhilda wrote:
Thought you were a tad bigger than a hornet :o ;)


Sorry, I was going on the "Horny" part of your post.......LMAO ;;D
Title: Re: Picture for Monday
Post by broomhilda on Aug 22nd, 2005, 6:05pm
LMAO [smiley=laugh.gif]
Title: Re: Picture for Monday
Post by Charlie on Aug 23rd, 2005, 12:27am
Lovely stuff kids. Wait a minute....

http://www.netsync.net/users/charlies/gifs/spray.gif Ok.....

Thanks for them all.

Charlie


Clusterheadaches.com Message Board » Powered by YaBB 1 Gold - SP 1.3.1!
YaBB © 2000-2003. All Rights Reserved.