tomato blossom and bird pictures {dial-up warning}

[Ptah]

:hi:

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

1. Nice pictures - thanks for posting

Nothing like nature to lift my spirits and make me feel just a bit better.

[Ptah]

2. Well if they lifted your spirits, I'm glad I posted them, DeposeTheBoyKing

:hi:

[idgiehkt]

3. very nice

Nothing better than freshly-picked tomatoes in the summer time. I live on them in the summer, except last year they were a little sketchy for some reason.

[Ptah]

9. I can't wait for the first warm bite

My sunflowers are thriving:



I like your sprouting gif, idgiehkt

:thumbsup:

[idgiehkt]

19. wow, those are lovely

I live on tomato sandwiches in the summer.

Here is a sunflower one, it kind of makes me dizzy though because it's too fast, I wish I knew a way to slow some of them down (and some strawberries, too)

[Ptah]

21. Like this?

[idgiehkt]

31. That is so much better!

I'd love to know how you did that if you don't mind sharing. :)

You can pm me if you want.

[Ptah]

36. I use something called Jasc Animation Shop

I think it was bundled with my Paintshop Pro

I'll try to find a link for you, my friend.

:hi:

[idgiehkt]

40. thanks

I have quite a few that I would like to slow down, that one is much more enjoyable now. :hi:

[Call Me Wesley]

4. My, you're early.

I guess I'm a month away from this. Great pics! :hi:

[Ptah]

11. Again, bravo on the garden makeover!

I've got a little problem, this cute couple has been raiding my sunflowers



:hi:

[Call Me Wesley]

16. Yes, I saw it.

Does the silver foil help?

[Ptah]

18. It seems to. n/t

[CaliforniaPeggy]

5. My dear Ptah!

Oooh, nice pics!

I can almost smell the tomato from your pic...

The bird is way cool too!

:bounce: :bounce:

[Ptah]

12. Welcome home, Peggy!

Have I missed any new pictures of yours?

:hug:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

39. Thanks, my dear Ptah!

I haven't posted any pic threads just yet........

It will most likely be several days till I am able to...

Too many things need taking care of and my energy is not back to normal just yet...

:hug:

:loveya:

[BarenakedLady]

6. Nice

I hope my tomatoes make it to that point soon. Here are my peas and a pic of my azaleas blooming.

[idgiehkt]

7. Beautiful azaleas BNL

That looks like some 'good dirt' lol. The dirt around here sucks, this used to be used car lot and it is so rocky the dirt is awful.

[BarenakedLady]

23. Thanks

Actually the soil is mostly clay. I had to work in a ton of good store bought soil. It is also full of gravel rocks because up until recently, the front walkway to the house was gravel. The garden is along the front of the house.

[Ptah]

13. Gorgeous!

:applause:

Your tomatoes look to be thriving.

:thumbsup:

[BarenakedLady]

24. Well those are my peas

LoL. My tomatoes were just planted in the garden this afternoon. They are still rather smallish.

[Ptah]

26. Well, um , urh oops

:blush:

[Inchworm]

8. I'm not brave enough

to attempt a garden, but I bought these for a beautiful woman. :loveya:

I am going to see how long I can keep them alive.



Just a test. I will not name the flower nor will I talk to it. That way when it dies I'm only out the 2-3 dollars.

:)

[Ptah]

14. Beautiful

:hi:

:applause:

[idgiehkt]

15. what a gorgeous shade of blue

If you are going to have a plant, have a beautiful one. You won't talk to it, but I'm sure Violet knows that you have taken her photo and are talking about her on the internet and showing her off to all your friends. ;)

[Inchworm]

34. Oh dear - you are right

Violet (oh crap "it" now has a name) was here on my desk watching me the whole time!

I'm doomed.

:rofl:

[idgiehkt]

41. happens to the best of us

:hi: :rofl:

[BarenakedLady]

27. So pretty!

I love the color.

She must be some lucky lady, Inchworm!

:thumbsup:

[Inchworm]

35. Thanks you

:hi:

I'm the lucky one! Hehe, I can be a handful. (so I'm told)

:crazy:

[Maestro]

10. Throw out some finch birdseed

and you will have some beautiful male and female finches all over the garden to accompany the tomatoes and sunflowers!

[Ptah]

17. I've been having a problem with a pair of Lesser Goldfinch.

They are beautiful, but are feasting on my sunflowers



:hi:

[Maestro]

42. Strange, perhaps if you put the seed out

they would not feast on the sunflowers. :shrug: We have sunflowers in our garden but they are not bothered by a plethora of finches. We have seed out for them, though.

[Ptah]

43. I mispoke, the are Chickadees, not Goldfinches.

Your idea might work.
I need to find a feeder that doves can't use,
as there are hundreds of
doves that so far haven't entered the garden.

:hi:

[EFerrari]

20. Wow! I wish I could that! Thanks, Ptah!

There are two things I'd love to shoot. One would be the huge ravens that live in Golden Gate Park on the beach side. They're humunglous and own this joint.

The other is a grass I just found. It has little, wheat- colored pods that look like elongated hearts, about half an inch long. I have no idea what it is but it looks like it's from another planet. :)

[Ptah]

22. Flashback!

In the early seventies I frequently went to Golden Gate Park.

:hippie:

I find a lot of stuff that looks otherworldly

Budding saguaro being one example



:hi:

[EFerrari]

25. Look at that! I've been walking the path twice a day for months

with the puppy and am finding all kinds of great things I never "saw" before. Like the statice at the corner of Lincoln and The Great Highway. Can't find an image but there are maybe 12 of these plants. They have huge, green ruffled leaves at their base -- maybe three feet across. Then, long tall stalks topped with purple flowerets and those have little white "eyes". They look like Lilies of the Nile from Mars. And a ranger tells me that corner is all landfill and these guys were the only things that survived of the original planting. They're lovely.

I CANNOT have another hobby, lol, but it sure would be nice to be able to key some stuff out and / or get images. The park is a great place, buffalo and all. :)

[Kali]

28. nice

love the close up
I need a new (real) camera!

[Ptah]

29. Thanks. Did you see this one from two weeks ago?

:hi:

[Kali]

30. cool!

short saguaro or you on a ladder? or lens action?

[Ptah]

37. It's zoom action.

Here's the total view


on the Florence highway.

Some people should not have firearms





:hi:

[Inchworm]

32. That is awesome!

bzzzz

:thumbsup:

[Ptah]

38. Thanks, Inchworm, or as they say in Europe: 2.54cmWorm.

:silly:

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