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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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The Resurgance of a Menace.. ** Squirm Alert **
by Silas_Sancona- 1 follower
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**** Fair warning ..For those a bit squeem-ish when it comes to gross things, you might want to look away.. **** A few years back, i'd mentioned something ..somewhere.. regarding an insect " pest " that legitimately qualifies as a threat.. Not necessarily to plants, but to ..anything else, inc. humans.. While flies themselves are pretty gross creatures, the New World Screw worm, Cochliomyia homnivorax ups the " Gross " factor ..just a bit.. The Latin name literally translates to " Man Eater " ..and yes, this Bug- eyed, Obligate Parasite can kill a man ( ..or woman ) and was once one of the greatest threats to livestock in the US " back in the …
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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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MLB 2025 Thread
by JohnAndSancho- 7 replies
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This is the first year in eternity I didn't get MLB.tv, so I'm in withdrawal. But my beloved Cubbies are currently in first place despite injuries to their top 2 SP's. They finally trade for a superstar player, and Cubs Twitter is confident he won't be resigned and lol just like every other star free agent, he'll probably end up a Dodger. Umpires are still terrible, still a rash of pitching injuries around the league, and the season is 1/3 over and the Rockies have only won 9 games. 9. 9 games. The White Sox last year were the worst team of all time, and that record looks to be absolutely smashed.
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When you ask for a lot of rain you get flooded out
by happypalms- 2 replies
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I wanted it to rain. And we got that alright 150mm in a matter of 4 hours, going to town then returning home only to be flooded out. So time to couch surf for the night.
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Wonder what pets everyone has. My choice might not be everyone's cup of tea, certainly my wife dislikes him immensely but I love my south west Australian carpet python.
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Somewhere over the rainbow!
by happypalms- 0 replies
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A beautiful morning at work. You know what they say, a bad days fishing is better than a good day at work but you gotta go to work!
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A 370 thousand dollar set up to grow cucumbers anyone
by happypalms- 2 replies
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A great project to be involved in at work is setting up 40 hothouse tunnels. With no bucks being spared it’s all in or nothing on this one. The labour and man hours involved in this is incredible. It’s fun to setup something of this calibre and the brains trust and bank book have been pushed. Glad it’s not my cheque book on this one. But the irrigation involved gets ones brain working, but it’s easy water is the same as electricity.
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Does anyone remember these Gonks!
by happypalms- 4 replies
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Ok it’s late Saturday night does anyone remember these little creatures, we all used to win them at the local fair or show when it came to town as kids, and some 40 years later I just remembered them crazy old mind!
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Another carpet python snake at work
by happypalms- 2 replies
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The good old carpet snake, with so much rain lately they decided to move into the hothouses at work, giving the work crew a hard time especially those that are scared of snakes. Iam not to worried about them only the deadliest snakes in Australia and we have a lot of them in my area. This one is the third one in one day to be removed and released into the bush a few hundred metres away giving the picking crew a mind set relief knowing there not there but they will only come back seeking dry warmth. I should take them home one way to solve the rat problem in the palm nursery. There’s two ends to a snake the right end and the wrong end.
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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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How's everyone in San Diego after the earthquake?
by DoomsDave- 9 replies
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I was in the middle of the morning when I got an alert on my phone which they used to use for missing senior citizens, etc., but this time it was for an earthquake. I'm thinking, "Oh really now? No [fecal material]?" and the shaking started and went on for about 30 seconds. Turned out to be an 8 mile deep temblor near Julian, up in the mountains of Sandy Ego County. Anyone else feel it? Any damage? (None for me, this time, thank heaven.) 5.2-magnitude quake shakes Southern California, tumbling rocks onto roads and items off shelves
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Happy Easter!
by NC_Palms- 1 follower
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Happy Easter to those that celebrate! Christ has risen!
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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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Palms and Architecture
by ASHCVS- 7 replies
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Palms and Architecture. Please post photos here! Palms surround the High School of Performing Arts in Los Angeles. Architecture by HMC and Coop Himmelb(l)au.
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Fiji iguanas
by Darold Petty- 5 replies
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https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/science/iguanas-fiji-rafting.html?unlocked_article_code=1.404.Jp2z.F_Tnnp0Szw7e&smid=url-share
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Rattus rattus at Lord Howe Island
by Darold Petty- 1 reply
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When I visited several years ago the small but excellent museum had several stick insects on display. Also, I don't understand why this image of a wrecked ship was used. It is not the SS Makambo, nor is Ned's Beach shown. https://www.forbes.com/sites/scotttravers/2025/01/09/the-ss-makambo-ran-aground-near-lord-howe-island-in-1918-a-decade-later-we-lost-several-island-species/
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Colossal squid
by Darold Petty- 1 follower
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When I was a child I had the ambition to become a biologist, but that didn't work out. It seems that we know more about the moon than the abysmal depths of the world's oceans. https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20250130-colossal-squid-the-eerie-ambassador-from-the-abyss
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Irrigation Repairs
by Looking Glass- 1 follower
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(Wasn’t sure where to put this. Mods feel free to move it if needed) When I first moved into the house a few years ago, the irrigation was working fine when I pressed a button, so I never looked too deeply into it. After recently having a valve break, and having the typical big-ego but low-skill professional come by and not fix it correctly for $250, I got more personally involved. After some research, I decided to do just things correctly myself instead of calling out more “professionals”. I added a PVB valve, three new irrigation valves, rebuilt the manifold, and redid the initial pipe set up off the supply line which is a dedicated irrigation line. …
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150 year old heritage home.
by happypalms- 2 replies
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What a beautiful home from the past pioneer days in Australia. My good friend Phil has nearly finished restoration of his new house. Fully furnished with antique furniture and things from a bygone era.
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Night Scenes: The all - encompassing night photo subjects thread 1 2
by Silas_Sancona- 49 replies
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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 …
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Lord Howe Island - a paradise again
by DoomsDave- 7 replies
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Rodent eradication worked! Rats took over and ate plants and native animals nearly to extinction. This might offer hope in other places, too.
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Mt warning caldera Australia
by happypalms- 0 replies
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Here’s a few pictures of the caldera of an extinct volcano. When you read palmpediacthere are sometimes photos of palms taken in the mt warning caldera. So here you go now you know what it looks like. You can see mt warning in the first picture the core of the volcano
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Rock Chalk ..Wildcats?? ..Scenes from a day among Geologcal goodies N' geeks in Tucson
by Silas_Sancona- 3 replies
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It took a few years but finally made my return to what i consider to be the biggest signal of spring, - in the desert at least - Each year, as January ends, and February arrives, thousands of Rock, Gem, and Fossil geeks from across the country and world converge upon dozens of venues spread out across Tucson to admire, learn about, and purchase tens of thousands of pieces of rock mined from across the globe.. Some quite simple and inexpensive ..others costing as much as a new car -or more- Adding to this, various vendors from across the globe attend some of the different shows to sell other art - related items, so, you not only get a mental education in eve…
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Tools of the greenhouse trade
by happypalms- 0 replies
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If you’re building your greenhouse like I do there is one little tool that makes life easier. Combined with the shade cloth pins the needle for pushing them in is essential to do the job easily. You can cover a lot of area with fixing your shade cloth together with this little gadget.
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