Random Object Photographs

[JohnRippert]

Cannot remember if I posted these phone pics before or not. Both taken with the work phone, a Galaxy S10e. About a inch long fly on the side of my work van and a leaf footed bug laying eggs. Both cropped in phone and then run through Photoshop for a quick adjustment.

 

[TXBryan]

Dell Diamond without sod

Several years ago I was at Dell Diamond in Round Rock, TX - the home of the Round Rock Express minor league ball club - for a collegiate fundraiser in the "ballroom." Happened to be in-between sod removal and re-sodding the playing field. Other than still a bit too groomed it reminded me of all the bare soil fields I played on as a kid.

 

[Rustyt1953]

Bear is now 5 months old and 65 lbs.

Sitting with Ronin who is 7 years old and 70 lbs.

He's gonna be a biggin.

 

[ko41]

Karl taking a catnap.

Karl woke up before I did, I had the feeling I was being watched. I have the suspicion that he was about ready to smack me upside my head to stop my snoring.

KO

 

[oldbrownhat]

My gf got this iPhone closeup of a robber fly grabbing a fruitfly for breakfast

 

[JohnRippert]

My gf got this iPhone closeup of a robber fly grabbing a fruitfly for breakfast

Somewhere on my computer I have a pic of one supping on a honey bee.

 

[oldbrownhat]

Somewhere on my computer I have a pic of one supping on a honey bee.

Now that is downright evil! Fruitflies? Well, my gf is a geneticist and they're her model organism.

 

[ladder13]

Ever sit on one on a hot day with no AC?

<hand raised>

 

[Rodan]

Ever sit on one on a hot day with no AC?

My grandmother had a 1960s Plymouth/Chrysler (can't remember the specific model) that was entirely painted steel, chrome, or shiny vinyl. In the Phoenix summers, there wasn't a square inch of that car you could touch with bare skin without getting 2nd degree burns...

 

[bigwheelzip]

Ever sit on one on a hot day with no AC?

<hand raised>

Yeah, but it's best not let bare skin touch the plastic covers.

Me, with my third child (now 50 years old), on mom's plastic covered sofa.

 

[oldbrownhat]

Ever sit on one on a hot day with no AC?

<hand raised>

I think you were supposed to remove the shrinkwrap first.
Looks like the winner of a "Show us what you can make with sausages" contest.

 

[THE PILGRIM]

Speaking of laying down on the Job!

 

[Dougaz]

Back Yard Visitor

Gila Monster. Sometimes referred to as a beaded lizard.

 

[digi-shots]

There’s something about snow that dogs just love!

 

[digi-shots]

a couple more..

 

[OLDSTER]

My neighbors' trail-cam caught these two several nights in a row. ??? That's Ernie and Ethyl from just up the road. I told him he's going nuts. WE need to quit drinking his home-brew out on his deck at night. Everybody knows this is just Chewbacca and an Ewok friend looking for cookies.

 

[Onomea]

Sent a bunch of stuff from my house in Japan to my home in Oregon, including the books in my living room bookcase. So, rearranging, brought down books and a coupla plane models from my upstairs study to my newly empty downstairs living room bookcase.

A Zero:



A Corsair:



I memory serves, I bought the models about 30 years ago via an ad in Smithsonian Magazine. Think they were made in the Phillipines.

My wife's a little dubious but so far is going along with it.

 

[Retired W4]

Driving down the street outside Tucson.

 

[.38SuperMan]

Time to post a few more images from my archive. I shot all of these in East TN around 45 years ago except the Dodge truck which was about 20 years ago. Hope you enjoy.

Over the decades after making these photos these places have been torn down and an ugly building has replaced it.
The country store, Greenways, still stands and is in good shape but long closed. It's only a few miles from my home and I drive by it often thinking about the great folks that owned and ran it and the wonderful people I met there. But times have changed.

 

[ladder13]

Car fire behind me on the way home from the gym. Either Raleigh or Wake Forest Dept, couldn’t see which, was on it in a minute or so.