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[scifan5743]

Rowers on Wascana Lake.

 

[scifan5743]

The local farmer's market.

 

[BobbyBoomer]

Sapphire Anniversary Soon!

On July 12, Susan & I will celebrate our 45th Anniversary, which is known as the Sapphire Anniversary <...snip...>

45!!! Great. Congratulations and may you have another 45 happy healthy years together.

Bob

 

[BobbyBoomer]

The Everglades. It's a river of grass, about 50 miles wide and a couple of inches deep (in the rainy season) flowing from the big lake in the middle of the state (Okeechobee) to the southern tip of the state. The Everglades National Park is one of my favorite places in the world.

 

[giradman43]

Hi Bob - thanks for the anniversary congrats! We cannot believe how fast the years seem to have past -

Also, a beautiful Everglades pic - we will probably return to the west coast of Florida next spring - our last visit on the Gulf Coast side was three years ago - Naples, FL - always take a trip down to Everglades City for an airboat ride, some 'swamp critter' food, and other activities - some images from our last visit, i.e. adult & juvenile pelicans on our air boat, a raccoon family visiting in the mangroves, and our lunch (both specials for the day - I had the stone crabs & Susan the fried frog's legs).

On a previous trip there, we drove to Clyde Butcher's gallery on HW 41 close to Everglades City and wanted to buy a number of his superb photographs, but decided on the last image below which is in our living room (would have to go look as to the FL locale, north - you probably know where?). Dave

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[giradman43]

Hi again Bob - had to do a follow-up on that beautiful Clyde Butcher photograph of ours (for those interested, click on his name for a link) - the place is Lake Istokpoga in central Florida (near the big one!) - we've never visited. The photo is a large one, about 23" x 33" in a metal frame w/ one mat that is about 43" x 33", so an impressive size - it's a limited edition (250) pencilled signed. Dave
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[BobbyBoomer]

There's just something so dramatic about Black & White.

 

[scifan5743]

A large crawler crane that will be used to install the steelwork for the spectator roof over the stands in the new football stadium.

 

[scifan5743]

This panoramic photo shows the new football stadium under construction at the left, with the cranes over it, and the old stadium at the right.

 

[BobbyBoomer]

Lubber Grasshoppers. The second picture is for size, but the poor little guy was getting nervous so it isn't a great shot. It was on my screen porch. They will actually get a little bigger by the end of summer.

They are slow moving, and I guess toxic if you eat them. They don't fly, and they don't hop, but just walk around slowly. I've never noticed them doing enough damage to the plants to cause any concern. In fact, I rather like them.

If you're curious about them:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romalea_guttata

http://www.grasshopperfacts.net/lubber_grasshopper/lubber_grasshopper.html

 

[scifan5743]

I saw this Jaguar during my walk yesterday morning. It's a 1972 with only 40,000 miles.

 

[BobbyBoomer]

Nice XKE - I prefer the convertible, but there's nothing wrong with the hard top.

Too expensive to maintain for me though. Back then, Jaguars were made to need a lot of maintenance. Anyone could afford to buy one, but you really needed to be well off to keep one running. That separated the rich from the poor folks.

Bob

 

[BobbyBoomer]

Somebody had to do this:

but I'll add an original taken by myself - I wonder if the person putting the sign up got the unintended message

 

[BobbyBoomer]

I play in a band called "The Sophisticats" and I sing and am a multi-instrumentalist (saxophones, flute, guitar, wind synthesizer, bass, drums, keybaoard synthesizer). I decided to add a couple of other instruments, since they go with the SophistiCATs theme

Note: Public domain illustrations from "The Public Domain Review", posted without any permission needed.

 

[J. A.43]

Today's sunset
Panoramic (iPhone)

Canon