Random Picture Thread - Part Deux

[High Cheese]

Here's a thread where you can post some of your own photos.

Testing out the speed of my new camera


Some yard and garden pics






The DW planted a bunch of seeds. However, she forgot to mark them. So in a couple of weeks I'll need you guys to help me figure out what's what. lol

[suziquzie]

OMG everything is so green!!!!

That's it. I'm moving back east......

I'll go play with my camera later, see if I can drum up any volunteers for my yard cleanup effort.....

[High Cheese]

Originally Posted by suziquzie

OMG everything is so green!!!!

It's getting there. The cherry tree in the back yard just blossomed so I'll get some pics of that tonight.

Here's some beef and pork back ribs from Saturday.

[BamsBBQ]

and you didnt even invite me over for supper.... jeez i would have brought something to go with those eats..lol

all your pics look great HC

Originally Posted by High Cheese

It's getting there. The cherry tree in the back yard just blossomed so I'll get some pics of that tonight.

Here's some beef and pork back ribs from Saturday.

[QSis]

Oh GREAT! I LOVE this thread!!! And your pictures, High Cheese!

Funny, I was just wondering what you've harvested from your garden so far this season! LOL!

Thanks for bringing back this thread!

Is the bird in the first shot a hummingbird? Fantastic camera!

Lee

P.S. How 'BOUT those Red Sox???????

[chowhound]

Nice looking ribbers. And yes, everything seems to be growing pretty well there already. Maybe there's something to that "Garden State" after all (lol). Things just started sprouting here within the last four days, but 5 miles south looks like your pics.

[High Cheese]

Originally Posted by QSis

Is the bird in the first shot a hummingbird?
P.S. How 'BOUT those Red Sox???????

Actually, that's a bumble bee....and yes, "How 'bout dem Sawx?"

[lifesaver91958]

High Cheese, I love the second and third pictures. Beautiful.

[Biskit]

Had a horseshit situation, broken sewer main underneath a flooded area. The river water was flowing into a pumping station at such a high rate that we couldn't plug it off.
The National Guard was called in with a Blackhawk and one ton sandbags, which were dropped over the main break, thus stemming the water flow enough to allow us to install the plug and manage the situation.
Pretty cool, huh?

Our "weekend warriors" are really stepping up and doing a helluva job, no matter where they're sent.

The first pic shows the sand bag suspended below the chopper. The second shows the water all riled up from the rotor wash, the third shows the bags being dropped.
The pilot hit the mark damn neared dead on each time!

[TexasGirl]

that's cool Bis!

[suziquzie]

The sunrise out my back door 5 minutes ago......

[suziquzie]

And another of some of the rest of the yard to beg for volunteers to help leafblow the remaining 3 1/2 acres.....

Next year we're gonna start mowing them in once a week as soon as they start falling.....

[TexasGirl]

See, i love the leaves. It's a part of the season. Husband hates them and is out once a week mulching them, blowing them and burning them!! LOL

[suziquzie]

I think it was chow that gave me the idea last year to just keep mowing them..... but the big mower was broken.
All fixed and next spring we dont have to spend 2 weeks leaf blowing!!!
I should try to get a pic of DH and I with our backpack leafblowers.....

[TexasGirl]

Originally Posted by suziquzie

I think it was chow that gave me the idea last year to just keep mowing them..... but the big mower was broken.
All fixed and next spring we dont have to spend 2 weeks leaf blowing!!!
I should try to get a pic of DH and I with our backpack leafblowers.....

that should be cute, lol

[chowhound]

Last year the leaves were still on the ground when we had our first early snowfall. No more mowing was going to happen after that, so I bought a yard rake (is it called?) at Tractor Supply Co. It was on sale because the season "had ended". Coulda fooled me.
So you need to get one of these now, Suzi

[suziquzie]

Is that one of the ones that vaccums them Fred?
Thats what DH wants but we'd be stopping to empty it every 5 friggin feet!

[High Cheese]

Here's some cherry blossoms from the tree in my back yard. I wish they lasted longer.

[suziquzie]

That's beautiful Jay....
I'd love to get some other trees planted here besides the boring old oaks.

[High Cheese]

Some seeds starting.

[chowhound]

Originally Posted by suziquzie

Is that one of the ones that vaccums them Fred?
Thats what DH wants but we'd be stopping to empty it every 5 friggin feet!

No. It just sweeps/rakes them up into the hopper. My neighbor grabbed his brother's vaccum mulcher for his riding mower and said it was a PITA to keep emptying. He said if we ever have to get rid of leaves again, he's going to borrow my .... whatever it's called (lol). God.... huge brain fart this morning.

I'm thinking of replanting a tree I have out back and bringing it up front. I'm not sure what it is, but I'm goiing to be taking a pic of it shortly. I was going to show it to the nursery to identify because I'm going to be heading up there in the next day or two to get some flowering bushes to plant in that big bare spot where I dug out that big bush. It looks nice now, but I don't want a crabapple tree up front.
I'll take a pic and post it here in case anyone knows what it is.

[lifesaver91958]

Beautiful tree High Cheese

[Biskit]

Originally Posted by chowhound

No. It just sweeps/rakes them up into the hopper. My neighbor grabbed his brother's vaccum mulcher for his riding mower and said it was a PITA to keep emptying. He said if we ever have to get rid of leaves again, he's going to borrow my .... whatever it's called (lol). God.... huge brain fart this morning.

I'm thinking of replanting a tree I have out back and bringing it up front. I'm not sure what it is, but I'm goiing to be taking a pic of it shortly. I was going to show it to the nursery to identify because I'm going to be heading up there in the next day or two to get some flowering bushes to plant in that big bare spot where I dug out that big bush. It looks nice now, but I don't want a crabapple tree up front.
I'll take a pic and post it here in case anyone knows what it is.

Around here, we just call 'em lawn sweepers.

[chowhound]

There ya go Bisquit. Thanks. I wasn't even thinking "lawn", since my yard is far from being called a lawn (lol).

[Biskit]

I'm sure nobody'd object if you called it a "yard sweeper".

My dw would call it that "pull behind sweeper thingy"