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   Working out / Bodybuilding thread

   March 28 by UK_Palms

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   So there is probably quite a few of us on here who have been working out over the years, either in the gym, or at home. Others may get their exercise from the gardening, or have plans/aspirations to get in shape and lose some weight, perhaps so they can stay on top of the gardening properly. Either way I thought I would make a thread for this so people can share their experiences or journey's. I started working out in the gym at 17 and competed in powerlifting contests during my early twenties. At one point I could deadlift 600 pounds and bench press over 400 pounds for reps. I had a few injuries over the years and backed away from the gym a bit around 27. Then follo…

   

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   Eclipse Trip

   Wednesday at 01:44 PM by Ed in Houston

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   My wife and I rented a 4-bedroom 3-bath home for 6 days west of San Antonio Tx. at Leakey Tx. and had a total of 10 family members join us. It had been quite a while since I have been under a dark sky. I noticed the summer milky way across the sky early one morning. The home backed up to the Frio "River" where we went kayaking. Wife: Below is an image of the eclipse near mid-totality. There was 100% semi-transparent high level cirrus cloud coverage and 95% mid-level opaque cumulus cloud coverage. There was a break in the cumulus coverage for a few seconds near mid-eclipse when this image was taken. 50mm diameter lens at f/4: …

   

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   Sunrises 1 2 3 4

   November 26, 2012 by sur4z

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   To bad I can't sit on the beach and watch the sun rise every morning...work tends to dictate otherwise. However they are still nice to see while driving to work. Morning has broken!! (what song is this line from?)

   

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   Cloud Photos 1 2 3 4 7

   August 29, 2013 by Walter John

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   I noticed sunrays through the clouds yesterday, so I snapped a few cloud pics. I love cloud pics, please have a look and add some too.

   

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   Garden Visitors 1 2 3 4 33

   October 9, 2010 by Daryl

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   We get a fair amount of wildlife in the garden here, including Wallabies And Kangaroos, plus many other native animals, birds and reptiles. This little Wallaby was happily munching on the Singapore Daisy this afternoon. Even though wet from the rain, his fur is much darker than that of the usual wallabies we get around here. Daryl

   

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   environmental toll of string trimmers

   March 30 by redbeard917

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   I'm sure there are more pressing issues in the world. But I was using a string trimmer to get rid of the weeds that grow in cracks in my driveway, and noticed the string wears down quite quickly against the concrete. The reality of how I'm showering my garden with invisible plastic dust hit home in that moment. Is there some downstream chemical ramification of this practice?

   

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   Waiting For Dave

   December 13, 2007 by Ken Johnson

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   I hope the first person in Fl. to see Dave will post here. It would be fun to follow is journey. If all goes well I will be hauling in "2 gallons" of claws every few days. Stone Crab claws that is. The stuff of ledgens. Dave will be one of the first guest to taste them. Anyone remember the day DEA closed down Everglades City? Seems the local crabbers started a small coke import business to the tune of millions of dollars. Sure beat catching the crabs!

   

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   Istari land for wildlife conservation Australia

   April 4 by happypalms

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   My friends property is called istari it was once a cattle station having purchased the land two friends with a dream to dedicate there land to wildlife regenerating the once working cattle station into the the wilderness it once was in thirty some years later it has certainly become that vision for the couple of friends doing something that they are passionate about creating a wonderful place for wildlife they have documented many new species on there land recording many species as good friend of them my wife and myself often help with tree planting expeditions they have a website Australianbushlife.com definitely worth having a look at they have done a wonderful job loo…

   

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    Sunsets 1 2 3 4 19

    January 22, 2009 by sur4z

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    Each evening after work (when it's not raining) I try to get some exercise, so I go for a walk. I walk along the intercoastal waterway (in south Florida) for first half of the walk and along the ocean for the last half. The views are tough to take. Anyway, all of a sudden I started noticing these incredible sunsets so I started taking pictures with my cell phone. Here are a few...

    

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    Anyone traveling to see the April 8, 2024 solar eclipse? Or staying home and watching?

    April 3 by DoomsDave

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    I’ve got three palm friends traveling to see it: one’s going to NY the other two are driving to TX. How about you, or anyone you know? My younger brother and best friend from high school both live on the eastern edge of the Cleveland metro area, and the path will be going right through, as well as Niagara Falls, NY, and ON, Canada.

    

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    Taipei Earthquake

    April 3 by flplantguy

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    Do we have any memebers in the area of the earthquake today? I was seeing reports of power outages and a 7.2 rating. Seems like many other places would suffer heavy damage, but with the island being disaster prone im curious about how well they fared and hopeful everyone is ok.

    

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    Slowly rebuilding my greenhouse

    March 12 by happypalms

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    After my greenhouse got smashed by a falling very large limb of a old growth gumtree the little rebuild is coming along slowly in between work and life with a little progress it will be covered in 70 percent shade cloth for the roof and with horticultural plastic on the sides to keep out the cold wind for the cool tender tropical varieties the last couple of photos are what it used to look like before it got smashed luckily there was no plants in there at the time it was reserved for my joey palms

    

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    Crocodile range in Florida 1 2

    November 27, 2022 by RedRabbit

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    I recently read the crocodile living in Sanibel survived Hurricane Ian and is still on the island. That made me wonder, does anyone know of them living year-round north of there? I understand one lived in Lake Tarpon for a few years before it was removed, but I’m not aware of any others north of Sanibel. Also, how far north do they go on the east coast?

    

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    An interesting look at the enduring fantasy of Tiki Culture

    March 27 by Silas_Sancona

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    An interesting article discussing how Western idealism and escape-ism influenced one of the biggest fads of the 20th century, one that, to some deg. still lives on in the 202K's.. https://getpocket.com/fr/explore/item/tiki-hangover-unearthing-the-false-idols-of-america-s-south-seas-fantasy Original article appeared in Collectors Weekly, back in 2014.

    

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    MLB 2024 Thread

    February 24 by JohnAndSancho

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    See through pants? At least that happened long after Cecil Fielder, John Kruk, and David Wells retired. Jerseys that look like I stitched them? It looks like MLB bought them off Temu. Scott Boras clients still unsigned? Reinsdorf asking the City of Chicago to give him one billion with a b dollars to build a new stadium when he can't fill his current stadium half way? Shohei's stupid contract deferral that shouldn't be allowed? Red Sox players basically calling their ownership cheap on TV? Actually I kind of like that one. The horrible treatment of Oakland A's fans and them potentially losing thei…

    

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    Astronomy

    January 18 by BeyondTheGarden

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    Anyone into astronomy at all? I just bought my family an Orion 4.5" Starblast for Christmas. It came with a 25 and 10mm Plossl eyepiece; I've been observing the moon, a couple constellations. Lastnight I looked up Jupiter and could faintly see horizontal bands of color, when the atmospheric wobble settled a bit, and 4 very bright moons there with it. It was quite difficult to get it sharp enough that the planet didn't simply look like a star. I can also vaguely see some galaxy dust near Orion's belt, I can't remember the cluster number. I use the app "Stellarium" to pick out some targets. I'm planning to get a smaller eyepiece to increase magnification but wi…

    

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    Odds calculation ?

    March 2 by Darold Petty

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    OK, math pros, I admit it was a very long time ago that I had any math classes ! I bought a Chambeyronia palm two times from two different vendors, a macrocarpa and a hookeri. They were both only green. Phil B. told me that just one in twenty Chambeyronia palms will be only green, so what was the odds of this double failure, 5% x 5% is what percent or probability for my misfortune ?? ( I tried a Google search, but the results only showed how to calculate "odds to probability for sports betting" ) Thanks !

    

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    Garden Pond

    January 9 by BeyondTheGarden

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    I'm in the process of building my new garden, which requires some kind of pond. My old garden had a small waterfall and a little stream that trickled into a hard-black-plastic pond liner; this was integrated into elevation change which is necessary for making it feel somewhat natural and real and wild. I had about 3.5 feet of elevation gain that I had built-in. I liked it but decided I would have a bigger mound this time, extending above head so you could stand at the bottom and not see the top. My new mound is about 6.5' tall and over 20 feet wide at the base. I currently have a hole dug to probably 2' deep; maybe 10 feet wide and 15 feet long. I may make it …

    

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    Night Scenes: The all - encompassing night photo subjects thread 1 2

    April 28, 2022 by Silas_Sancona

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    We have dedicated, master threads for Cloud Photos, Rainbows, Garden Visitors / Sunsets / Sunrises here ..But, ..where is a master Night Photography thread? ..Think it is time for one.. Palms included in the shots ..or not.. Post your night shots.. In the city, ..or out in the woods.. post em' From somewhere near home, or taken while on vacation thousands of miles away ..post em' You get the picture.. Now get snapping. Nothing award winning, but testing out the camera last night, was fairly satisfied w/ some of the test shots.. Shots of the Moon ( Solar Eclipse on the 15th of May, btw ) and lightning shots to come this summer will …

    

    Last reply by Silas_Sancona, February 14

    • night photography with ..and without.. palms

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    Another Australian moth

    February 6 by happypalms

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    Spotted this moth most likely looking for somewhere to lays it’s eggs so it can chew on some rare and exotic plant just doing what Mother Nature intended

    

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    One incredible looking moth in Australia we need an entomologist for this one

    February 8 by happypalms

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    I hav3 had the mosquito zapper going at night and it’s attracting all sorts of moths this crazy looking one was on the fly screen door in the morning absolutely incredible to look at I have never seen it before

    

    Last reply by happypalms, February 9

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    Australian reptiles lizards

    February 8 by happypalms

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    With the summer heat the lizards are out and about introducing the blue tounge lizard and the bearded dragon common names often seen around my property the blue tounge will live very close to humans in the garden or under or around the house in dry spot the dragon lizard will not be far away but usually seen around the property baking in the sun on a fence post such great animals to have and live with free garden pets

    

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    Manorina melanophrys Australian bell bird

    February 4 by happypalms

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    The sounds of the Australian bush in summer IMG_0622.mov

    

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    Another cool beetle 🪲

    January 25 by happypalms

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    This guy I found crawling along minding his own business until I spotted him I don’t like to think what the grub destroyed most likely some rare and exotic palm roots

    

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    Pets With Benefits

    April 4, 2023 by amh

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    I was inspired by this thread to make this post. Today I cleaned out my main chicken coop. I've mention before that I compost my paper waste using chicken manure for a nitrogen source. First I arranged some cinder blocks into a square. I then empty a bag or two of shredded paper, old napkins, tissues, torn paper, etc into my wheelbarrow and add some chicken/coop waste and mix; dump in into the square. Repeat until the coop is cleaned, then add water. Tomorrow I'll add some oak leaves and kitchen scraps, then mix. As the temperatures warm, the soldier flies will become active and I'll add more cardboard to the pile. The soldierfly larva will…

    

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