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Post by tod2 on Mar 18, 2015 11:03:34 GMT
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Post by htmb on May 3, 2015 19:30:08 GMT
I've continued to look for that bird, but have yet to see it again. The fact that it is graduation weekend on the university campus has helped to make my weekend walks a bit more interesting.
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Post by htmb on May 3, 2015 19:45:12 GMT
I almost forgot to add a photo of my walking buddy, outside the College of Fine Arts.
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Post by Deleted on May 3, 2015 20:36:30 GMT
Graduation weekend already? I didn't think it was before June in most places.
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Post by htmb on May 3, 2015 20:40:26 GMT
Most of the universities, in Florida anyway, are on semester schedules. January to late April/early May August to early December And two short summer semesters
When I was in school the first time we followed the quarter system. That might be what you remember.
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Post by Deleted on May 3, 2015 20:57:56 GMT
My university in California was on a semester schedule, but the first semester didn't start until mid September.
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Post by lugg on May 4, 2015 18:50:57 GMT
Thank you for the new additions - Your pics just re-iterate that your Spring weather is much like my Summer ( at its best) judging by the clothing in the pics
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Post by htmb on May 4, 2015 20:17:00 GMT
Thank you, Lugg. We've had some unusually gorgeous weather lately, which was fortunate since several graduation ceremonies were held outside on the football field due to work being done on the inside venues. It's actually been so cool at night that we've been wearing sweaters and I've opened up the windows in my house. This won't last, but it's sure wonderful for the moment. Usually for us, during this time of year, it feels just like living inside a steam room.
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Post by bixaorellana on May 5, 2015 0:09:05 GMT
Love that picture of your nice pooch -- great portrait of her in profile, plus such an interesting photo with the long view, the tree shadows, & the crisp lines of the buildings in the sunlight.
Guess it's going to get very quiet around there now, right?
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Post by htmb on May 5, 2015 0:13:46 GMT
It will be quiet for a week and then get crazy again.
That was S's college, so Lilly gets excited every time we walk over that way. It's kind of pathetic. They miss each other very much.
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Post by bixaorellana on May 5, 2015 0:14:46 GMT
Oh, that is sad!
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Post by htmb on Jul 28, 2015 19:14:13 GMT
While trimming back the jungle that had grown outside my front door I came across this snake skin. It was tucked into an area where my hand was busy grabbing at weeds (I knew better than to do that without checking). It had been pretty well hidden, but my lecherous friendly neighbor stopped by just as I was getting ready to take a photo and pulled the thing out with my clippers. There's a very aggressive black snake that lives near by, so perhaps the skin is from him. He should be taking care of decreasing the frog, mouse, and rat populations.
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Post by bjd on Jul 29, 2015 6:13:59 GMT
I would be having a panic attack, not coolly taking photos of the snakeskin. Of course, you get up close to alligators too.
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Post by htmb on Sept 18, 2015 19:09:25 GMT
I wasn't sure where to put this since it's a terrible picture, so I thought I'd put it here. Seen while I was on a quick trip home today at lunchtime. It's a flying dragon strapped to a flatbed trailer. I have no idea where it was being taken. I was tempted to follow when it turned the corner, but was pressed for time and only managed a quick snap.
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Post by bixaorellana on Sept 19, 2015 1:53:05 GMT
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Post by htmb on Sept 19, 2015 2:24:42 GMT
I should have followed it.
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Post by htmb on Sept 19, 2015 12:54:00 GMT
This morning I happened to see a Facebook post by a friend showing the dragon installed (temporarily?) behind the local Hippodrome Theatre. The dragon was apparently welded together a few years ago by a local artist and was totally constructed from recycled materials such as a beer keg and metal shipping containers. www.gainesville.com/article/20130804/ARTICLES/130809815Photo: Hippodrome State Theatre Facebook page
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Post by nycgirl on Sept 27, 2015 4:05:58 GMT
That is an impressive piece.
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Post by htmb on Feb 5, 2016 21:33:38 GMT
I visited a new organic market in a part of town I had not been to in a long time. At the edge of the market parking lot was this retention pond filled with water from the heavy rains we had yesterday. There have been domestic-type ducks in this area for many years, even though it's near a major highway. They thought I was going to feed them, and I could see evidence of open cans of what looked like cat food near the edge of the pond. This one was hopefully wandering the parking lot in search of a tip.
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Post by bixaorellana on Feb 6, 2016 4:31:43 GMT
Beautiful water pictures, Htmb.
We used to live on some canals in south Texas, which were heavily populated by those "domestic type" ducks. You could generally tell they were the Pekings crossed with various wild cousins & every so often you'd see some where the mix hadn't melded well. The ones in your picture look as though they've stabilized into a particular type. Isn't it out of the ordinary to see so much comb on ducks?
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Post by htmb on Feb 6, 2016 4:47:01 GMT
I don't know, Bixa. They look very similar to a lot of Internet photos I've seen of Muscovy Ducks.
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