29 November 2006
2Much and 2Little
Stole this from the Blob, blame him if you hurl.
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Lord. that is a whole bucket o' ugly
# posted by Hammer : Thursday, November 30, 2006 8:38:43 AM
Excuse me while I grab a barf bag, I think I'm gonna lose my dinner. Dang....you didn't have to swipe that from the Blob....most likey he would have paid you to take it. Man they are both a case of double ugly.
# posted by AB5SY : Thursday, November 30, 2006 9:41:34 AM
That is just nasty.
# posted by Maeve : Friday, December 01, 2006 8:38:19 AM
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It's too bad the law doesn't allow us to shoot spammers, or at least tar and feather them; I think it would be a very popular recreation to go after butt wads like the one above.
Just my opinion.
# posted by Anonymous : Friday, December 01, 2006 7:43:17 PM
Oh yuck. I could have happily lived a whole lifetime without seeing that.
# posted by Libby Spencer : Sunday, December 03, 2006 7:21:36 AM
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Excuse me while I grab a barf bag, I think I'm gonna lose my dinner. Dang....you didn't have to swipe that from the Blob....most likey he would have paid you to take it. Man they are both a case of double ugly.
It's too bad the law doesn't allow us to shoot spammers, or at least tar and feather them; I think it would be a very popular recreation to go after butt wads like the one above.
Just my opinion.
Just my opinion.
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C'mon you men fess up and post your kitty pictures
The white and ginger boykie is JJ (Just Jinger)
The ginger one is Wiley as in Coyote.
The grey lassie is Liksie as in liquid.
JJ where he is at his prettiest.
Remember real men can do what they goddam like.
I have been an animal lover all my life.
Cats are very dear to me.
JJ is not with us and his brother and sister any more.
He was the one and only that turned the Mother into the Cat's Mother.
Photo's from about 7 years ago in Botswana.
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OMG!
What precious kitties!
I'm hoping Santa will bring us a nice black kittie for Yule.
# posted by Maeve : Friday, December 01, 2006 8:36:01 AM
What a great photo. They look so sweet and how fun that they're all different colors.
# posted by Libby Spencer : Sunday, December 03, 2006 7:24:33 AM
Yes Maeve, they are so pretty.
I hope FC gets it right for you.
Libby they are two brothers and a sister from one litter. Their mother Tatsie is still living with us. She must have had a roving eye to produce all those colours.
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Keesie, they are just too beauteous. And nicely arranged in the flowers, there! Without a dog to harass them like here.
Give them earscritches from me!
Give them earscritches from me!
Oh, geez. I forgot about sweet Thumpy. Do you have another doggie now? We do. Dot. Beebs wouldhave wanted us to get her.
Bless the kittehs and doggehs.
Bless the kittehs and doggehs.
That's a fine bunch you have there.
My four are all over my blog, and I've been told by my daughter and son and ex-wife that I'll be getting a kitten soon to add to the bunch. I'm naming him "Peeve" as in "That's my pet, Peeve."
MC
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My four are all over my blog, and I've been told by my daughter and son and ex-wife that I'll be getting a kitten soon to add to the bunch. I'm naming him "Peeve" as in "That's my pet, Peeve."
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Mmmm, I wonder which will taste best
Gerrit van Zyl snapped this
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It's trying to decide if it wants light meat or dark...
# posted by BobG : Wednesday, November 29, 2006 8:31:00 PM
I'd say the "large one"...third from the right.
# posted by Yabu : Thursday, November 30, 2006 8:36:03 PM
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I'd say the "large one"...third from the right.
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# posted by : Thursday, November 30, 2006 8:36:00 PM
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A little bite to eat - or not
I let the little feller go, he was only 7 inches accross, not my normal of 12.
Excuses ..... excuses ..... blah etc.
It was pitch dark and late at night so the picture quality can be excused.
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Ewww. You have those just crawling around there?
# posted by alaska kim : Wednesday, November 29, 2006 10:54:24 PM
Very cool!
# posted by Maeve : Friday, December 01, 2006 8:37:10 AM
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Ewww. You have those just crawling around there?
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# posted by : Wednesday, November 29, 2006 10:54:00 PM
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Full exposure - The old man and the sea
And his lovely wife.
The hotel was lovely but not recomended for a long stay.
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Okay tell us the whole story - why wasn't the hotel recommended for a long stay???
Or were you two just so "noisy" that you were asked to leave? MWAHAHAHA
# posted by Lisa W. : Thursday, November 30, 2006 6:37:21 AM
ROFLMAO @ Lisa.
# posted by Maeve : Friday, December 01, 2006 8:37:40 AM
You two do look rather blissful....
# posted by Libby Spencer : Sunday, December 03, 2006 7:25:40 AM
No Lisa we were on our sunday best behaviour.
We (I) tend to get rowdy now and again.
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Okay tell us the whole story - why wasn't the hotel recommended for a long stay???
Or were you two just so "noisy" that you were asked to leave? MWAHAHAHA
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28 November 2006
When you get there
Foxes Lazy Lagoon in Tanzania
Your hostess is waiting to welcome you.
At this point the camera battery gave up.
The other piccies will have to wait until I get the battery charged at a friend as brain sturgeon Kees left the charger in Zambia, clever huh.
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Your hostess is waiting to welcome you.
At this point the camera battery gave up.
The other piccies will have to wait until I get the battery charged at a friend as brain sturgeon Kees left the charger in Zambia, clever huh.
I am more relaxed than you
Just when you think that you have relaxing down to a fine art, you are shown up as a rank amateur. Remember he is on his way to work.
Places to stay - A nice trip
Where are we going?
To that hotel on that Island over there
Snow in Africa
Not the cold stuff though.
For people who, have never seen snow, we have a vast number of names for it.
The pictures above we call 'kapok', which means a light type of snow.
People who suffer from hay fever better stay out of here in the months October to December.
Once the sun gets hold of that bloated pink nose and it starts peeling they really love it here.
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it is so beautiful where you live.
# posted by Maeve : Tuesday, November 28, 2006 9:14:46 AM
I would love to visit...I love all these pictures!
# posted by Lisa W. : Tuesday, November 28, 2006 6:00:46 PM
Looks almost as bad as the cottonwood trees around here; when they cut loose it can cover the ground fairly well.
# posted by BobG : Tuesday, November 28, 2006 10:23:51 PM
That hotel looks interesting. What does the inside look like?
# posted by Hammer : Wednesday, November 29, 2006 9:09:04 AM
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That hotel looks interesting. What does the inside look like?
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23 November 2006
A poem
You didn't know Keesie has his poetic side? Neither did we...
I like to sit upon my stoep
And eat a little chicken soep
The taste, it throws me for a loep
And then I have to go and poep
I'm new at this; I am a roekje
I'll place a bet and call my boekje
And now I'm off to get some noekje
It's better than a sugar koekje
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I like it. Poop poems are hard to come by these days.
# posted by Hammer : Friday, November 24, 2006 12:38:14 PM
Just beautiful. Bought a tear to my eye.
# posted by kees : Friday, November 24, 2006 2:56:55 PM
ahhhh, don't quit your day job just yet..poets don't get famous while they are still alive..and I ain't never met one who had any money
# posted by GUYK : Friday, November 24, 2006 5:49:07 PM
Bravo!
Have you found an agent yet?
Surely a book deal is in the works.
# posted by Erica : Saturday, November 25, 2006 12:22:06 AM
Amazingly better than Nantucket stuff. Really.
# posted by Kim : Saturday, November 25, 2006 2:21:09 AM
that boy's got TALENT!
# posted by tony : Sunday, November 26, 2006 7:33:54 PM
Have you thought of writing for Hallmark?
# posted by BobG : Sunday, November 26, 2006 9:44:02 PM
.. most excellent... genius yet again!...
Eric
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A big thank you to all you kind people.
If recited after a big meal of cabbage stew it does have a nice ring to it.
I like to sit upon my stoep
And eat a little chicken soep
The taste, it throws me for a loep
And then I have to go and poep
I'm new at this; I am a roekje
I'll place a bet and call my boekje
And now I'm off to get some noekje
It's better than a sugar koekje
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I like it. Poop poems are hard to come by these days.
# posted by Hammer : Friday, November 24, 2006 12:38:14 PM
Just beautiful. Bought a tear to my eye.
# posted by kees : Friday, November 24, 2006 2:56:55 PM
ahhhh, don't quit your day job just yet..poets don't get famous while they are still alive..and I ain't never met one who had any money
# posted by GUYK : Friday, November 24, 2006 5:49:07 PM
Bravo!
Have you found an agent yet?
Surely a book deal is in the works.
# posted by Erica : Saturday, November 25, 2006 12:22:06 AM
Amazingly better than Nantucket stuff. Really.
# posted by Kim : Saturday, November 25, 2006 2:21:09 AM
that boy's got TALENT!
# posted by tony : Sunday, November 26, 2006 7:33:54 PM
Have you thought of writing for Hallmark?
# posted by BobG : Sunday, November 26, 2006 9:44:02 PM
.. most excellent... genius yet again!...
Eric
# posted by Anonymous : Sunday, November 26, 2006
A big thank you to all you kind people.
If recited after a big meal of cabbage stew it does have a nice ring to it.
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I like it. Poop poems are hard to come by these days.
# posted by : Friday, November 24, 2006 12:38:00 PM
: Friday, November 24, 2006 12:38:00 PM
ahhhh, don't quit your day job just yet..poets don't get famous while they are still alive..and I ain't never met one who had any money
Bravo!
Have you found an agent yet?
Surely a book deal is in the works.
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Have you found an agent yet?
Surely a book deal is in the works.
# posted by : Saturday, November 25, 2006 12:22:00 AM
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The Cat's Mother
Some time ago in Kitwe Zambia, where she was born.
Her dad worked on the copper mines.
And we will be looking up this house.
Kitty Kats
I stole this from Bad Tempered Zombie the first time I visited her site, I don't think I can be trusted.
But it was tooo gooood to pass up. Thanks Barbara.
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Just a bunch of reasons to shoot every cat I find on sweetthing's half acre
# posted by GUYK: Thursday, November 23, 2006 3:14:58 PM
I laughed until I peed.
# posted by Elisson : Thursday, November 23, 2006 6:34:33 PM
Thanks to whoever fixed this gif.
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We are becoming a bunch of sissies
Lusaka airport now have fans.
It is only about 45 deg C or 113 deg F, so what the hell.
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I am a big sissy! I would have been crying about only having fans when it was 113 degrees...bring me my central air stat!
# posted by MrsJoseGoldbloom : Wednesday, November 22, 2006 7:34:43 PM
I'd be dead at that temperature! Yikes - I can handle the cold but not the EXTREME heat and to me, that's extreme!
# posted by Lisa W. : Wednesday, November 22, 2006 8:29:28 PM
Nice clean airport waiting room. I see that your security line isn't causing anyone to be late for their flight!
# posted by LeeAnn : Wednesday, November 22, 2006 8:56:59 PM
I'll bet a person could make a fortune selling cold beer there.
# posted by BobG : Wednesday, November 22, 2006 10:01:53 PM
I thought they were for sticking your tongue in when you got bored waiting.
# posted by Velociman : Thursday, November 23, 2006
113F is a bit warm..but a fan don't help much..just blows warm air around. Now, a big glass of Iced Tea though...
# posted by GUYK : Thursday, November 23, 2006 3:14:07 PM
That's an airport?
It looks like a step above solitary confinement. In hell.
# posted by Erica : Saturday, November 25, 2006 12:24:11 AM
At 113 degrees, you could put a fork in my Jersey ass.
# posted by Jim - PRS : Saturday, November 25, 2006 1:06:50 AM
113 degrees doesn't sound too bad. It was warmer than that here in Phoenix this past summer, and I don't have A/C.
# posted by ralphd00d : Sunday, November 26, 2006 11:38:40 PM
If the concourse at O'Hare international airport in Chicago ever got to 113 degrees, it would be a big hairy crisis and people would be filing lawsuits.
It amazes me the range of conditions people live perfectly well. What's really strange is the rigid climate control that is considered "normal".
# posted by decrepitoldfool : Monday, November 27, 2006 3:28:17 AM
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I am a big sissy! I would have been crying about only having fans when it was 113 degrees...bring me my central air stat!
# posted by : Wednesday, November 22, 2006 7:34:00 PM
: Wednesday, November 22, 2006 7:34:00 PM
I'd be dead at that temperature! Yikes - I can handle the cold but not the EXTREME heat and to me, that's extreme!
Nice clean airport waiting room. I see that your security line isn't causing anyone to be late for their flight!
# posted by : Wednesday, November 22, 2006 8:56:00 PM
: Wednesday, November 22, 2006 8:56:00 PM
113F is a bit warm..but a fan don't help much..just blows warm air around. Now, a big glass of Iced Tea though...
That's an airport?
It looks like a step above solitary confinement. In hell.
It looks like a step above solitary confinement. In hell.
# posted by : Saturday, November 25, 2006 12:24:00 AM
: Saturday, November 25, 2006 12:24:00 AM
At 113 degrees, you could put a fork in my Jersey ass.
# posted by : Saturday, November 25, 2006 1:06:00 AM
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113 degrees doesn't sound too bad. It was warmer than that here in Phoenix this past summer, and I don't have A/C.
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# posted by : Sunday, November 26, 2006 11:38:00 PM
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Fun
Me and the Cat's mother fooling around with some eye protection, some alcohol may have been involved.
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you never know when you need some peeper protection, especiallly when alcohol *might* be involved. Hope you're having fun!
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# posted by Anonymous : Wednesday, November 22, 2006 4:25:51 PM
Alcohol is good.
The Cat's Mother is darling as always!
# posted by Maeve : Wednesday, November 22, 2006 4:48:14 PM
'Some' and 'may'...?
Come off it, you were slarmy! ;)
*lol*
# posted by Misty : Wednesday, November 22, 2006 7:32:50 PM
OH man, you are so gonna get photoshopped!!!
# posted by Lisa W. : Wednesday, November 22, 2006 8:27:54 PM
"Me and the Cat's mother fooling around with some eye protection, some alcohol may have been involved."
What were you doing, throwing the empty bottles at each other? LOL
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you never know when you need some peeper protection, especiallly when alcohol *might* be involved. Hope you're having fun!
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# posted by : Wednesday, November 22, 2006 4:25:00 PM
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Headless
It starts off as a pretty aimless picture.
The devil is in the detail
Maybe we have zombies here as well.
Place to go - Botswana
Cocktail time
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I wish I had that view to enjoy cocktail hour with.
# posted by Maeve : Wednesday, November 22, 2006 4:49:25 PM
What a beautiful continent. I do need to get out in the world more often.....just beautiful
# posted by LeeAnn : Wednesday, November 22, 2006 8:59:42 PM
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What a beautiful continent. I do need to get out in the world more often.....just beautiful
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# posted by : Wednesday, November 22, 2006 8:59:00 PM
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Faking it
The story starts with the fishing being bad and the devious mind of woman being ever present.
So the girls buy a fish or two from the local store and set up this eleborate series of "fishing" shots.
When the men return after a hot day under the African sun and nothing to show for their effort, they are met with a nice fish dish and these photos.
The fish tasted bitter.
The truth emerged much later.
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Cheaters!
# posted by Lisa W. : Wednesday, November 22, 2006 8:28:41 PM
Love the "bitter" irony.
# posted by LeeAnn : Wednesday, November 22, 2006 9:01:12 PM
Clever girls.
# posted by phlegmfatale : Thursday, November 23, 2006 3:02:29 AM
18 November 2006
R&R
I will be going back to Morogoro for 10 days and will see my beloved Cat's Mother again and will be otherwise occupied. (Mad dancing until belly knocks him out-Ed)
If my esteemed Mystery Writers want to post please do.
I any of my gazillion readers want to post, just ask one of the above gentlemen for the keys.
Only personal nude posts are allowed, gotta keep the standard down to KeesKennis level.
Gratuitous cat picture.
If my esteemed Mystery Writers want to post please do.
I any of my gazillion readers want to post, just ask one of the above gentlemen for the keys.
Only personal nude posts are allowed, gotta keep the standard down to KeesKennis level.
Gratuitous cat picture.
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.... enjoy your vacation, Oom Keesie... we'll hold down the fort....
Eric
Eric
# posted by : Sunday, November 19, 2006 5:02:00 PM
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Take care kees...and take some wonderful pics for us.
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More shitty shots and probable cause
These hornbills were snapped as we drove past on a bad road under construction.
The fact that I managed to get them in the view finder is amazing.
17 November 2006
The rainy season has started
The rain during this season is very heavy and we will battle to do any work on site.
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Wow what an amazing rainbow!
# posted by Lisa W. : Friday, November 17, 2006 6:58:50 PM
Don't complain. We are having freakin blizzards here.
# posted by alaska kim : Friday, November 17, 2006 8:29:48 PM
Nice rainbows; all we can look forward to is snow for the next few months.
# posted by BobG : Saturday, November 18, 2006 2:52:18 AM
isn't that magnificant?
# posted by Anonymous : Saturday, November 18, 2006 3:25:11 AM
Always liked a rainbow..but never managed to find that pot of gold at the end of it
# posted by GUYK : Saturday, November 18, 2006 3:33:25 AM
... you are a lucky man, Oom Kennis.... we've got naked trees and frost here...... damn, man..... I need to visit Africa.....
Eric
# posted by Anonymous : Saturday, November 18, 2006 7:54:06 AM
WOW!
# posted by k : Saturday, November 18, 2006 2:25:28 PM
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Don't complain. We are having freakin blizzards here.
# posted by : Friday, November 17, 2006 8:29:00 PM
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... you are a lucky man, Oom Kennis.... we've got naked trees and frost here...... damn, man..... I need to visit Africa.....
Eric
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15 November 2006
Red flowers for Keesie
There are hundreds of these popping up all thru the forest.
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Those are interesting, almost like one of the allium family. How tall are they, and how big is the flower?
# posted by BobG : Thursday, November 16, 2006 2:27:12 AM
Are those proteas? Very nice.
# posted by LeeAnn : Thursday, November 16, 2006 4:03:50 AM
Bob I have no idea what they are except beautiful.
The total height above ground aprox 26 inches and the flower 5 inches in diameter
Leeann I posted some very nice protea shots
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Wait until the Flame lilies bloom - see them at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flame_lily - they used to be the Northern Rhodesian national flower, but I have no clue whether Zambia still loves them. ;-)
# posted by Oubaas : Thursday, November 16, 2006 2:26:55 PM
I can't help it, but this flower makes me think of a 'johnny mop' :)
# posted by AB5SY : Thursday, November 16, 2006 8:55:23 PM
How gorgeous.
# posted by Kim : Friday, November 17, 2006 1:17:07 AM
them things look like the commode brush after a case of bleeding piles
# posted by GUYK : Friday, November 17, 2006 3:17:43 AM
They look like overgrown Dandelions spray painted red...but what do I know.
# posted by tony : Friday, November 17, 2006 6:36:19 AM
I'm pretty sure these are called *Blood Lilies,* or African blood lilies.
They're in the Amaryllis family. If you like Amaryllis, this will sound strange, because they look very different. Blood lilies look just like alliums (onion family), as Bobg noticed.
One day I will have a nice crop of my very own. They supposedly do well here - although I don't think I've seen any around.
Here's a little more info:
# posted by k : Saturday, November 18, 2006 2:36:46 PM
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Those are interesting, almost like one of the allium family. How tall are they, and how big is the flower?
Wait until the Flame lilies bloom - see them at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flame_lily - they used to be the Northern Rhodesian national flower, but I have no clue whether Zambia still loves them. ;-)
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They look like overgrown Dandelions spray painted red...but what do I know.
# posted by : Friday, November 17, 2006 6:36:00 AM
: Friday, November 17, 2006 6:36:00 AM
I'm pretty sure these are called *Blood Lilies,* or African blood lilies.
They're in the Amaryllis family. If you like Amaryllis, this will sound strange, because they look very different. Blood lilies look just like alliums (onion family), as Bobg noticed.
One day I will have a nice crop of my very own. They supposedly do well here - although I don't think I've seen any around.
Here's a little more info:
http://www.floridagardener.com/pom/Scadoxus.htm
http://davesgarden.com/pf/showimage/2626/
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They're in the Amaryllis family. If you like Amaryllis, this will sound strange, because they look very different. Blood lilies look just like alliums (onion family), as Bobg noticed.
One day I will have a nice crop of my very own. They supposedly do well here - although I don't think I've seen any around.
Here's a little more info:
http://www.floridagardener.com/pom/Scadoxus.htm
http://davesgarden.com/pf/showimage/2626/
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Nice birds - Shitty shots
These Bateleurs have decided to settle in our area.
I heard word that they were around but have not seen them until yesterday.
Beautiful creatures and very strong.
This is a good sign that the conservation policy implemented by the mine is working.
You know about the birds and the bees. So we might be looking forward to some
Bateleur chicks.
After tantelizing you with these pics I suppose I must show you what a bateleur eagle looks like.
You know, one taken by a proper photographer.
This shot from these kind folks
I would rather see them live in the wild
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OMG! I want one! Stunning! At least he did not poop on you when you took the picture.
# posted by Maeve : Wednesday, November 15, 2006 9:03:36 AM
Gorgeous birds. I haven't seen the likes of them before.
# posted by hammer : Wednesday, November 15, 2006 12:40:46 PM
You see the greatest things....
# posted by Holder : Thursday, November 16, 2006 1:39:48 AM
Holy crapaloni. I want what's in your camera.
# posted by Kim : Friday, November 17, 2006 1:18:35 AM
Wow. That's an eagle. You're lucky to have such rich and varied wildlife around you. Kind of makes up for the dust I suppose.
# posted by Libby Spencer : Tuesday, November 21, 2006 2:59:00 AM
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Wow. That's an eagle. You're lucky to have such rich and varied wildlife around you. Kind of makes up for the dust I suppose.
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14 November 2006
A colage of dogs from my colages
Back Row.
Hagar and Bianca pyrenean mountain dogs and Bowzer my loving Bulldog.
Front Bowzer in profile and Missie the stupid.
Bowser was a super speciman and very good with kids.
As a todler my littlest pumpkin used to grab him by the tail and screamed with joy as he pulled her through the garden.
She also experimented with trying to pull his tongue out.
He loved the attention.
Hagar chased the light of a torch or a shadow.
Very easy to keep him fit
A previous story about Hagar and Bianca Here
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Nice looking dogs. Do you still have any pets or just those ants in the big anthills, to keep you company?
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# posted by : Wednesday, November 15, 2006 7:05:00 AM
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13 November 2006
Reality strikes again
Picture from Vearl
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Not to be anal or anything, because it is a lovely duck, but shouldn't it look like this?
# posted by tony : Tuesday, November 14, 2006 2:13:22 AM
Naw Tony how could that be anal?
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Not to be anal or anything, because it is a lovely duck, but shouldn't it look like this?
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# posted by : Tuesday, November 14, 2006 2:13:00 AM
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12 November 2006
An deathly embrace
Breakfast.
Maybe the one in the left top corner is saying "Leave someting for me"
The brown one is eating the green one alive.
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Are they mating?
# posted by k : Sunday, November 12, 2006 9:41:52 PM
"The brown one is eating the green one alive."
As a matter of fact, mantids always eat their prey alive; they will not eat dead prey, and cannot even perceive their prey unless it is moving. If an insect does not move, the mantis does not notice it, no matter how close it is.
# posted by BobG : Monday, November 13, 2006 12:03:57 AM
What puzzles me is that the female mantid is almost always the larger one - and the coloration, one green and one brown, is usually green female, brown male.
Famously, the female may eat the male during mating. But only if she's hungry.
And the male - knowing this ahead of time - takes preventive measures. But if he's eaten? She eats the head first - including the part of their teensy brain that makes the male more cautious - and mating is more successful.
I'm getting the impression you may be a fellow bug lover and already know all that.
So...why, in this pic, would we be watching what seems to be a male eating a female?!?
# posted by k : Monday, November 13, 2006 5:43:21 AM
Perversion in the Animal kingdom?
Yes k I know a bit but I am not an expert at all.
The brown one had eaten a chunk out of the green and the green was still feebly waving its horns/feelers.
# posted by KeesKennis : Monday, November 13, 2006 7:27:57 AM
I did not see any sign of mating.
# posted by KeesKennis : Monday, November 13, 2006 7:28:42 AM
Wow.
Really, I'm speechless.
Yes. I'd have to agree. This seems VERY perverted to me!
Pix of abnormal insect behavior can be of great interest to the scientists who most love that particular species. Who knows? Perhaps the world's leading mantid expert will come by and covet your photos. Then you'll have yet another claim to fame!
# posted by k : Monday, November 13, 2006 2:04:32 PM
Why am I hearing that song? You always hurt -- the one you love...
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"The brown one is eating the green one alive."
As a matter of fact, mantids always eat their prey alive; they will not eat dead prey, and cannot even perceive their prey unless it is moving. If an insect does not move, the mantis does not notice it, no matter how close it is.
As a matter of fact, mantids always eat their prey alive; they will not eat dead prey, and cannot even perceive their prey unless it is moving. If an insect does not move, the mantis does not notice it, no matter how close it is.
What puzzles me is that the female mantid is almost always the larger one - and the coloration, one green and one brown, is usually green female, brown male.
Famously, the female may eat the male during mating. But only if she's hungry.
And the male - knowing this ahead of time - takes preventive measures. But if he's eaten? She eats the head first - including the part of their teensy brain that makes the male more cautious - and mating is more successful.
I'm getting the impression you may be a fellow bug lover and already know all that.
So...why, in this pic, would we be watching what seems to be a male eating a female?!?
Famously, the female may eat the male during mating. But only if she's hungry.
And the male - knowing this ahead of time - takes preventive measures. But if he's eaten? She eats the head first - including the part of their teensy brain that makes the male more cautious - and mating is more successful.
I'm getting the impression you may be a fellow bug lover and already know all that.
So...why, in this pic, would we be watching what seems to be a male eating a female?!?
Perversion in the Animal kingdom?
Yes k I know a bit but I am not an expert at all.
The brown one had eaten a chunk out of the green and the green was still feebly waving its horns/feelers.
Yes k I know a bit but I am not an expert at all.
The brown one had eaten a chunk out of the green and the green was still feebly waving its horns/feelers.
Wow.
Really, I'm speechless.
Yes. I'd have to agree. This seems VERY perverted to me!
Pix of abnormal insect behavior can be of great interest to the scientists who most love that particular species. Who knows? Perhaps the world's leading mantid expert will come by and covet your photos. Then you'll have yet another claim to fame!
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Really, I'm speechless.
Yes. I'd have to agree. This seems VERY perverted to me!
Pix of abnormal insect behavior can be of great interest to the scientists who most love that particular species. Who knows? Perhaps the world's leading mantid expert will come by and covet your photos. Then you'll have yet another claim to fame!
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For the girls
That lighter is just over 3 inches long.
This boykie decided to expire on my stoep last night.
Anybody ready to share some recipes?
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Huh. I get cockroaches bigger than than.
Plus they fly.
# posted by k : Sunday, November 12, 2006 11:31:19 AM
k, these fly as well.
# posted by KeesKennis : Sunday, November 12, 2006 11:45:10 AM
Mmmmm! Crunchy! Of course, I live in Florida. Our larva come equipped with fangs and regardless of what you've been told, the tick, not the skeeter, is the state bird!
# posted by Bogdaddy : Sunday, November 12, 2006 3:49:05 PM
So happy I live in Canada...have I mentioned that lately?
# posted by Lisa W. : Sunday, November 12, 2006 6:50:32 PM
Yeah, I figured it flew. But beetles generally do.
Cockroaches generally don't. So these here are SPECIAL cockroaches.
Now and then, Florida and Texas - which likes to think it has the Biggest of Everything - have a Biggest Cockroach Contest.
We always win. They prevaricate and bluster and say we stretched 'em out.
Ha! Don't need to.
# posted by k : Sunday, November 12, 2006 9:41:03 PM
That would make some nice jewelry, too.
# posted by Kim : Sunday, November 12, 2006 11:11:46 PM
Better than this guy:
# posted by BobG : Monday, November 13, 2006 12:07:25 AM
oh, bobg, that is FABULOUS!
I never heard of any other pet cockroaches besides the hissing kind.
One thing about your huge giants?
At least they don't fly.
# posted by k : Monday, November 13, 2006 5:37:08 AM
Hawaii has some big roaches that also fly. I remember seeing some thing crawling in the kitchen and I remarked that it was the biggest cockroach I had seen and my mother corrected me by explain that it was a field mouse....yep they are big in Hawaii.
# posted by LeeAnn : Monday, November 13, 2006 8:51:48 AM
WHAT?!?! So what was it - a mouse or a mouse-sized roach? Yikes!
Now if it flew, it was probably not a mouse.
# posted by k : Monday, November 13, 2006 2:06:33 PM
I'm sure Sandy does over at Pea Patch.
That girl has a recipe for everything.
# posted by Maeve : Monday, November 13, 2006 4:10:19 PM
K---it was a small mouse. But the cockroaches are big there and all of them like to fly directly into your face. You don't dare walk into a dark room without first turning on the lights.
# posted by LeeAnn : Monday, November 13, 2006 7:45:57 PM
Oh Kees, you shouldn't have..... No, I really mean --- You SHOULDN'T have posted this. Yikes.
# posted by Libby Spencer : Tuesday, November 14, 2006 12:25:41 AM
Everything tastes better fried.
# posted by Elisson : Tuesday, November 14, 2006 4:58:22 AM
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Mmmmm! Crunchy! Of course, I live in Florida. Our larva come equipped with fangs and regardless of what you've been told, the tick, not the skeeter, is the state bird!
Yeah, I figured it flew. But beetles generally do.
Cockroaches generally don't. So these here are SPECIAL cockroaches.
Now and then, Florida and Texas - which likes to think it has the Biggest of Everything - have a Biggest Cockroach Contest.
We always win. They prevaricate and bluster and say we stretched 'em out.
Ha! Don't need to.
Cockroaches generally don't. So these here are SPECIAL cockroaches.
Now and then, Florida and Texas - which likes to think it has the Biggest of Everything - have a Biggest Cockroach Contest.
We always win. They prevaricate and bluster and say we stretched 'em out.
Ha! Don't need to.
oh, bobg, that is FABULOUS!
I never heard of any other pet cockroaches besides the hissing kind.
One thing about your huge giants?
At least they don't fly.
I never heard of any other pet cockroaches besides the hissing kind.
One thing about your huge giants?
At least they don't fly.
Hawaii has some big roaches that also fly. I remember seeing some thing crawling in the kitchen and I remarked that it was the biggest cockroach I had seen and my mother corrected me by explain that it was a field mouse....yep they are big in Hawaii.
# posted by : Monday, November 13, 2006 8:51:00 AM
: Monday, November 13, 2006 8:51:00 AM
WHAT?!?! So what was it - a mouse or a mouse-sized roach? Yikes!
Now if it flew, it was probably not a mouse.
Now if it flew, it was probably not a mouse.
K---it was a small mouse. But the cockroaches are big there and all of them like to fly directly into your face. You don't dare walk into a dark room without first turning on the lights.
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# posted by : Monday, November 13, 2006 7:45:00 PM
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11 November 2006
Uncomfortable
I asked a co-worker to take this.
He clearly can't take good pictures.
I wasn't feeling bad or uncomfortable, but it looks like I am about to puke.
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.. and I thought you looked constipated ... ;-)
# posted by Oubaas : 11 November, 2006
Have to agree with oubaas...
# posted by BobG : 11 November, 2006
Yep, me too.
# posted by Maeve : 11 November, 2006
It definitely looked like you were having a Maalox moment. lol
# posted by dragonlady474 : 11 November, 2006
I just think you're pondering.
# posted by Kim : 11 November, 2006
I would be ready to puke standing in front of that!
# posted by Lisa W. : 11 November, 2006
Is this an activy ant hill/mountain? What happens if you upset them?
# posted by LeeAnn : 11 November, 2006
Looks to me like you have a crap blogging post coming on...
# posted by Libby Spencer : 11 November, 2006
Hmmm. Did you eat too many ants?
# posted by k : 11 November, 2006
Looks like the before picture on an antacid advertisement.
# posted by Hammer : 12 November, 2006
Plop plop, fizz fizz, oh what a relief it is!
# posted by MrsJoseGoldbloom : 12 November, 2006
Wow 11 comments for a crappy pic!!!
Thank you all for the funny comments.
Most of these anthills have been dead for centuries, sure we have ants and other goggas aplenty but the ants dont bother at all.
The anthills are very durable because of the spit/soil mix their creators used.
Make that 12!!!
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k said...
Mr. kk, I keep coming back and looking at this pic! It's just too funny for words.
I'm so glad you seem to understand my bizarre sense of humor...not to mention, have a fine fizzy one of your own.
Monday, November 13, 2006 5:33:32 AM
From one wierdo to another, thanks.
He clearly can't take good pictures.
I wasn't feeling bad or uncomfortable, but it looks like I am about to puke.
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.. and I thought you looked constipated ... ;-)
# posted by Oubaas : 11 November, 2006
Have to agree with oubaas...
# posted by BobG : 11 November, 2006
Yep, me too.
# posted by Maeve : 11 November, 2006
It definitely looked like you were having a Maalox moment. lol
# posted by dragonlady474 : 11 November, 2006
I just think you're pondering.
# posted by Kim : 11 November, 2006
I would be ready to puke standing in front of that!
# posted by Lisa W. : 11 November, 2006
Is this an activy ant hill/mountain? What happens if you upset them?
# posted by LeeAnn : 11 November, 2006
Looks to me like you have a crap blogging post coming on...
# posted by Libby Spencer : 11 November, 2006
Hmmm. Did you eat too many ants?
# posted by k : 11 November, 2006
Looks like the before picture on an antacid advertisement.
# posted by Hammer : 12 November, 2006
Plop plop, fizz fizz, oh what a relief it is!
# posted by MrsJoseGoldbloom : 12 November, 2006
Wow 11 comments for a crappy pic!!!
Thank you all for the funny comments.
Most of these anthills have been dead for centuries, sure we have ants and other goggas aplenty but the ants dont bother at all.
The anthills are very durable because of the spit/soil mix their creators used.
Make that 12!!!
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k said...
Mr. kk, I keep coming back and looking at this pic! It's just too funny for words.
I'm so glad you seem to understand my bizarre sense of humor...not to mention, have a fine fizzy one of your own.
Monday, November 13, 2006 5:33:32 AM
From one wierdo to another, thanks.
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.. and I thought you looked constipated ... ;-)
# posted by : Saturday, November 11, 2006 4:09:00 PM
: Saturday, November 11, 2006 4:09:00 PM
It definitely looked like you were having a Maalox moment. lol
# posted by : Saturday, November 11, 2006 7:08:00 PM
: Saturday, November 11, 2006 7:08:00 PM
Is this an activy ant hill/mountain? What happens if you upset them?
# posted by : Saturday, November 11, 2006 8:42:00 PM
: Saturday, November 11, 2006 8:42:00 PM
Looks like the before picture on an antacid advertisement.
# posted by : Sunday, November 12, 2006 3:13:00 AM
: Sunday, November 12, 2006 3:13:00 AM
Mr. kk, I keep coming back and looking at this pic! It's just too funny for words.
I'm so glad you seem to understand my bizarre sense of humor...not to mention, have a fine fizzy one of your own.
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I'm so glad you seem to understand my bizarre sense of humor...not to mention, have a fine fizzy one of your own.
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