Had a request for some photos (dial-up warning)

[Kali]

these are some kind of typical summer photos (in other words I pretty much take the same ones every year LOL)


western box turtle






about a three or four year old colorado river toad






new block of salt






rare swamp dumbass






fog on Wednesday morning






idyllic view looking south to thunderheads in Mexico





ear cam forward





pan left






this is our two to three week period of looking like Ireland (moo, for the fans)

[bluesbassman]

1. Great shots Kali!

I must say though, that looks more like a Colorado dish toad to me.

[Kali]

9. Arizona Saucer Toad

that is a 12 inch saucer, by the way!

[AnneD]

2. The swamp dumb ass is not so rare.....

Bro has one on his farm.

[Scuba]

7. Not rare at all. I have a couple of them.

[Kali]

10. ha!

he loves to walk around in the pond gets into the troughs, but just try to get him wet with a hose...

[AnneD]

22. And don't even think....

About soap.

[seabeyond]

3. that is too cool. i was gonna say, i am surprised at how green it is. so, just a small period of

time.

we finally got enough rain to get a little green in our yard.

that is beautiful.

do you share the pond, hence the fence across?

beautiful. thanks for sharing.

[Kali]

13. our real spring is July, August, September - heh

it can stay green for two months or more but usually less and sometimes it really feels like only a couple weeks.

no, half of pond is fenced off for management purposes - wildlife, bad fence on the other side, etc. We get tons of ducks and geese and the occasional cranes, other shore birds in there especially in the fall.

thanks and you are welcome

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. Those are beautiful, Kali!

You must have had some recent rain. I hadn't thought things were normally that green...

Thanks for the view into your world! It's lovely.

[Kali]

14. augh it has been so spotty

it is dry and crunchy around the HQ - invaded by grasshoppers, and yet a half mile or so away - that last pic.

one of the peaches that was on my young tree, devoured along with all of the leaves:

[Curmudgeoness]

33. OMG, now THAT is serious damage!

I have never seen grasshoppers eat a whole piece of fruit and leave the seed on the tree. Really sad.

[MiddleFingerMom]

5. I did some volunteer work for a serious herpetologist at a nearby jr high (my main compensation...

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... was getting to watch things eat other things -- coolest were the rattlesnakes and the mice).

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He had an ENORMOUS lump of a Colorado River Toad that was absolutely motionless until we dangled a little
pinkie mouse over it. It would strain upward while opening its HUGE WIDE mouth and envelop the mouse --
then settle back down. I don't remember EVER seeing it move except for that mousechomp.
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COOL stuff for a 13-year-old.
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[Kali]

15. they are the original Jabba the Hut

Jabbas the Huts...Jabba tht Huts...whatever

[7wo7rees]

6. Don't have ear cam on Google!

Thanks for a look into your world!

[Kali]

16. will have some more of those now that I have her back home

she and the two paints she runs with took off for litteral greener pastures and hadn't been back tot he barn in more than a week. Had to track them down and ride her quite a ways yesterday so I could start riding again. heh

[HopeHoops]

8. The "western" box turtle looks just like our "eastern" ones. And is that a border collie? (ear cam)

[Kali]

17. That is Lupe my illegal alien

brought her up from Chihuahua sin papeles two years ago. No CLUE what she is composed of. May have some border, jack russel, beagle, sheppard...

[HopeHoops]

21. I think the word you're looking for is "mutt", but she looks like a sweetheart.

[Kali]

25. I call her my paint coyote.

she is a clown

[HopeHoops]

26. That's a good term.

[siligut]

11. Just wonderful

Thank you

[Kali]

18. thanks/welcome

[LynneSin]

12. Damn, how did you know about the lust in my heart for Box Turtles

Sen John Cornyn warned that would happen if we allowed gays to marry

BTW for those who can't figure it out -

[Kali]

19. and if you tried to write something like that as satire or a joke

(man-box turtle love) it would fall flat. hard to do satire on the crazy fuckers!

[LynneSin]

20. Don't bother me now - dealing with the lust in my heart!!

and btw

[Dystopian]

23. Kali!

The photos are beautiful ...thank you so very much for sharing...



I so very much wanted to ride a horse this summer... maybe next year...
So much beauty in your life .... it's like a different world to me.

peace~

[Kali]

24. hee hee

I don't post the gross pictures.

thanks

[Ptah]

27. Great tour of your place.

Thanks for getting off dial-up.

[Kali]

28. heh

haven't given it up yet, I have limited data on this thing

my biggest problem? my stupid sentimentality. I want to dump the land line, but that number has been in use since before I was born - was a party line and all that blah blah blah

[Raster]

29. I grew up in Southeastern Arizona. These remind me of the rainy monsoon season!

Thank you!

[Kali]

30. ha! then we may be related

whereabouts, if that isn't too personal? I am in Texas Canyon - if you know the area, you know the place I am sure.

[Raster]

31. I love Texas Canyon!!!

I grew up in Safford and visit at least once a year!

[Kali]

32. that is me down in the hole

[catbyte]

34. These are really wonderful! What's the story with the "rare swamp dumbass"? LOL

[Kali]

36. Dumbass is campaigning to become the Lounge mascot

a couple more shots in this thread:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1018179040

[HappyMe]

35. Great pictures!

Thanks for posting. They reminded me of this song.

[Kali]

37. thanks!

(we need a hat tip smiley)