Random Pictures Thread

Got some potted sunflowers on the side of the house. I really like coming home and seeing them. Just starting to bloom. Squirrels haven't destroyed them yet.
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Amongst you that are history buff’s would appreciate this and it is a must see which is “The Theodore Roosevelt’s House” on 28 East 20th Street between Park Avenue South & Broadway, which is located in the Gramercy neighborhood & within walking distance from Gramercy Park/Square in Manhattan, NYC. It is a NYC landmark/US National Historic Site/US National of Historic Register Places- this is a replica that was re-built in 1923 that was erected originally in 1848, demolished in 1916. This replica was designed by noted female Architect Theodate Pope Riddle. This is basically a double wide frontage (it had a twin house which was used to replicate the left side and was demolished to pave the way for the museum) and the right side was added before it was demolished which is not common for a row house and you can see the partial section of it that is slightly set back. This brownstone is in the “Gothic Revival Style” period. The interior is a must see and it is very lavish, ornate and period correct- it was a very affluent neighborhood (it still is but became more commercial) and if you walk several block towards Gramercy Park you can see how wealthy were the families were that lived in this area in the late 18th century.

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Lil Mikey gotta say, Nashville's trees ain't as strong as they need to be. Over the past 2 months bunches of trees have either fallen or broken due to rain and wind. But that ain't nothing new - but you'd think the winds from last year would have taken down the weak trees and left the stronger trees! On the good side - if I'm fast enough there's lots of wood to scrounge - but on the bad side lots of people get left without electricity for awhile. This is a group of trees that fell in a park I hike in. It fell "through" a foot bridge and had to be cut so they could fix the bridge. That 10' gap was too much for Old Lil Mikey to jump across. Unfortunately these will lay there and rot. One of many, in fact, I worry about fire. And there is at least 3 burls I've been able to see in the area - 2 pretty good sized. Stricty, no touchy, no feely, no takey!

In fact in this same area, had it's first successful bald eagle nest last year. It was in a tree that blew down in a wind. The eaglets and the parents were unharmed and volunteers build a nest platform that was accepted, and one of the eaglets fledged - the other one they don't know. The other nest in Nashville that I knew about (might be more) was knocked down by an excavation contractor clearing land in late July. With the idiots we have here, that is not surprising and hope the Feds throw the book at them.

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These were shot the same day with about 2-1/2 hour difference between the two neighborhoods of Brooklyn Heights and DUMBO (Down under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass). First up is Brooklyn Heights with panoramic views of lower downtown Manhattan Financial District, Brooklyn Bridge in the background as well as midtown (Empire State).

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DUMBO below during sunset……..

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Was walking out of the restaurant last night (my wife"s birthday dinner), when I shoulda been picking my teeth and opening the door for my wife, but I see this burl (I guess) on a crepe myrtle. Don't think it was a pollardhead! Should I risk incarceration?

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BoonareeBurl said:
I'll contribute $10 to Mike's freedom if I can get dibs on 2 pen blanks, please.

Thanks,

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Surely and emphatically, Li’l Mikey is worth more than that, so I’ll up your $ 10 to $ 10.01 :sarcastic:. Two pen blanks won’t do it, I am going to ask for a spindle blank! Anything to get him off behind those bars and just cause I don’t think he would last an hour in there, before he cries out to not to ask for his lawyer, but to ask, “I like to see my Warden pronto”!
 
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Blue moon isn't until Thursday, but grabbed this shot tonight because the smoke colored it orange instead of blue. We've been in heavy smoke for over a week now from fires west and south of us.

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