Quote - It's like the last great treasure hunt.Indiana Jones without the dangers! LOL! BJ

I dunno.. when you travel into redneck territory it can be more dangerous than facing natives defending ancient treasure

*a bit of glass for a change......

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How gorgeous Jay, is it a window?

That is a nice shot.

The Edmond Fitzgerald and other lakers are lost during NorWesters that blow down off the Great Plains region of Canada.

yes its a church window..... they lost the original stained glass windows in the war and they were replaced by wonderful etched glass... it is from the church where lawrence of arabias funeral was and he is buried in a nearby cemetry

It is quite beautiful Jay. There are many incredible stories of ships going down in the lakes, Tom. The lake effect is when a small weather front moves across all that open water it picks up tons of water and being winter it reenters the lower atmosphere as snow. If the front is moving fast it can be dropped as far east as Mass. At least one Nor'easter a year here is from the lakes. BJ

That last shot is seriously weird, Kort. But I like it all the more for just that reason!!

• Andy

They are all very cool shots, I like having the comparison shots as well. I'd love to know why the leaves did that. I still like Rolling in the best. BJ

i love the comparison

Here, my coworker Richard is making palladium white gold.  Much white gold is made white by the addition of nickel but some folks have skin sensitivities to nickel.  Europe requires white gold to meet certain "anti sensitivity" requirements. The USA does not but we sell white gold for the most part with no nickel problems, either the palladium white alloy mix or special proprietary gold alloys from a few manufacturers.

This is pure yellow gold being melted with a palladium metal mix. The palladium is a platinum group metal and melts at a high temperature.  We have no special furnaces and in the small shop use a torch and tricks of the trade to make good gold alloys for jewelry casting and other uses.

Perhaps the picture will be interesting.  The shot was taken with manual focus to show the flames and heat. Room lights were on but eye protection was needed.  1/60sec, f/10, ISO 200.

Earlier this summer we had a couple of swarms of bees at work, this one settled on a large stone finial on top of a gatepost. Luckily I had my camera to hand.

Astro, my totally dumb remark is "those bees are having a ball!".    Neat shot of the swarm..some folks are going to squirm from this pic.

neat hair piece...
do they do them in my size ?

I'm allergic to bees, keep back! Great shot thought. ;'] And neat image there Tom, thanks for edifying me.

Thanks again for the lesson in metallurgy, Tom, it really is fascinating. Astro those bees are amazing, I'd have been headed in the opposite direction praying, " Feet don't fail me now!".

Hmmmmm    

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Will posts hit 1700 first?
 or  will views hit 14000 first?

LOL, good question. My vote is for the views.

Bees have never really bothered me, in my experience they tend to be fairly docile and don't often sting. Wasps on the other hand I absolutely hate...

Last year I was cutting down the tall grass and weeds that were growing around the lake at work with a big petrol brush-cutter and wham I stood on a wasps nest. I didn't realise until I looked down and saw tham crawling all over my legs. Then they started to sting... I was lucky I was wearing a thick jacket I only actually got stung eight times although one got behind my visor and got me close to my eye. Ever since then I've been extremely careful to say the least. 

• Andy

*my latest toupee....

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Well, we are getting buggy here now..first astro's bees and now this toupee..well, maybe a toupee if you have a date with a very large praying mantis or very hungry bird.

 As I work as a gardener seeing this many catterpillars chomping away on a plant I really have to fight the urge to try and squish them. Although I'm sure they will turn into something beautiful.

Must say Jay, if there has to be a covering for a perfectly good bald head, I much prefer the green. This is a whole 'nother can o' worms!

This is a graveyard at Montecello.  (pronounced monte chello)  Photo from old Minolta D100

nice pics Tom...

*if anyone can gerry  can   .....

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LOL, great rose of gerries...

Here's something I got a shot of last week, I know it looks a bit wonky but I assure you it's perfectly sharp -it's just how it is. But can anyone guess what it is...?

• Andy

NEAT! Nests or a hive for some insect?

wasps nest..... i think its similar to one i had in my attic

Looks a lot like a hornet nest to me...all really neat papermache.

This rest stop had marvelous hedges and areas to wander and feel comfortable. I really do not recall where on the trip we found this little island of niceness.

We have not been to Britain but plan to next year. This somehow a few years ago made me think England...likely a generalization but a nice thought.

Tom, that shot (and it's a good one too!) )could have been taken almost anywhere in England, except the bit where I live. The landscape around my little patch of England is flat, extremely flat. In fact the nearest thing we get to hills are when the moles are busy in the fields.

*a bit of niceness near me ....

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very nice tree trunk.... ive been amassing a few myself recently

Great shots everyone!

That is a nice tree trunk. As for the house, is the number part of the address? I am not familiar with British ways.  NIce shot the local real estate sellers would envy, btw.

the 30 is the speed limit sign... it is unusual to have it so low down.. i guess its because the village is a tourist area .... thats why i left it in the pic .... 
james

LMAO! What a funny sign!  Guess you never know what an 'unpropped' body is capable of.  ;^)

My bet is on views, too. :^)