Photo Sharing Thread II

[Nords]

This time, I happened to be home when it rained, and climbed up into the attic to see the exact leaky spot. This will help the roofers do it right this time, hopefully. Did I ever post here that you've got to do things yourself if you want it done right?

I got no sympathy for contractors who don't use their troubleshooting tools. You could point out to them that you'd be happy to loan your garden hose to use on the roof for their own rainstorm investigations.

We had one of those intermittent roof leaks (just the right combination of wind & rain direction) for at least five years. I finally went into the crawl space (more like a wiggle space) and called out to spouse to start spraying the roof with the hose. When she got to the "right" spot I was nearly drowning in evidence...

 

[kcowan]

Nords to spouse: "OK OK stop blub blub blub"

 

[Nords]

Nords to spouse: "OK OK stop blub blub blub"

I think her specific comment was "Hey, someone has to dive that bilge..."

 

[Martha]

Bald eagles, this morning along the Des Moines river in southeast Iowa:

 

[REWahoo]

Great photos Martha!

 

[RonBoyd]

Bald eagles, this morning along the Des Moines river in southeast Iowa:

Oh, how wonderful to be in the right place at the right time. Everyone should be so lucky.

 

[vicente solano]

Bald eagles, this morning along the Des Moines river in southeast Iowa:

WOW!!!

 

[Martha]

In a walk of less than a mile I counted 64 eagles. And froze my nose--windy and 9 above down here earlier this morning. I thought this was the semi-south. Much of the river has ice, but below a dam there is open water where birds are congregating.

 

[REWahoo]

I thought this was the semi-south. Much of the river has ice, but below a dam there is open water where birds are congregating.

"Semi-south"? Iowa?

Martha I thought you knew nothing was considered even vaguely "south" if you see ice anywhere other than in your tea...

 

[vicente solano]

Wouldn´t some of you exchange places with me?

 

[Martha]

Wouldn´t some of you exchange places with me?

I would.

 

[Moemg]

Gorgeous pictures Martha ! As for Iowa being semi south if they don't serve grits it is not the south .

 

[RonBoyd]

Gorgeous pictures Martha ! As for Iowa being semi south if they don't serve grits it is not the south .

Or if they call it Mush.

 

[Dawg52]

Bald eagles, this morning along the Des Moines river in southeast Iowa:

Very nice.

Wouldn´t some of you exchange places with me?

I tell you what Bubba. I'll swap houses with you for a month. You just tell me when.

 

[BTravlin]

In a walk of less than a mile I counted 64 eagles. And froze my nose--windy and 9 above down here earlier this morning. I thought this was the semi-south. Much of the river has ice, but below a dam there is open water where birds are congregating.

Nice pics!

I've never seen more than four bald eagles at one time. Is a crowd like that common in semi-south Iowa?

 

[veremchuka]

wow that's a huge number of eagles to see in 1 place!

 

[aaronc879]

In a walk of less than a mile I counted 64 eagles. And froze my nose--windy and 9 above down here earlier this morning. I thought this was the semi-south. Much of the river has ice, but below a dam there is open water where birds are congregating.

Wow! 64 eagles in one little area? I've seen bald eagles fairly regularly my entire life along the Fox River in east-central Wisconsin but I don't remember ever seeing more than 2 at a time.

 

[NW-Bound]

I dunno. These eagles do not look bald to me. [-] Hairy[/-] Feathery eagles?

 

[audreyh1]

In a walk of less than a mile I counted 64 eagles. And froze my nose--windy and 9 above down here earlier this morning. I thought this was the semi-south. Much of the river has ice, but below a dam there is open water where birds are congregating.

Wow! Unbelievable! I've never seen anything like that!

Audrey

 

[Nords]

Bald eagles, this morning along the Des Moines river in southeast Iowa:

I'm guessing that the rodent, rabbit, and fish population is gettin' pretty thinned out...

 

[ronocnikral]

Wichita mountains, Oklahoma, Nov 2010

 

[vicente solano]

Is it asking too much of forum members to post isome nformal pics of our Christmas family dinner/reunion....whatever?

 

[veremchuka]

beautiful photos, i had no idea there were mountains in ok i thought it was all flat.

 

[Nords]

Used to see herds, er, flocks, er gaggles of the filthy beasts terrorizing Temple Valley. See also

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Can't recall if this has been resolved. In a vacuum, I'd side with the peacock. Having dealt with them, I can kinda see an insanity defense.

TromboneAl has probably had this one on his followup calendar, so here's the end of the story:
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My cynical perspective is that she was cleared on a technicality but punished via the months of time & piles of money she had to spend on the judicial process.

I also notice that she managed to present a consistently unsympathetic, even hostile, image throughout the entire saga...

 

[Major Tom]

Hope it's OK if I revive this thread. A few years ago a friend, who is a bass player, asked if I could take some pictures of him for publicity purposes and general use. I was a bit nervous about it, having not done too much of this kind of stuff before, but they turned out OK. He loved them. Here are a couple from that session: