Was out on a walk on Sunday afternoon and spotted these lovelies! Each one is a close up view of the...

AstralSmoke comments on Jun 13, 2018:

:-)

photograph by skado “grove”

AstralSmoke comments on Jun 13, 2018:

Very cool. Looks great!

Today Karen and I hiked Pine trail near Stevens Pass, 5.

AstralSmoke comments on Jun 13, 2018:

The pics of the flowers are lovely. Next time show us the stream crossings ;-)

Kim Jong Un Offers to Host Peace Talks Between United States and Canada | The New Yorker

AstralSmoke comments on Jun 12, 2018:

If it were only true!

I want to thank everyone that helped me get to Level 8 today, I couldn't have done it without you.

AstralSmoke comments on Jun 12, 2018:

Hey, great that they let a Kentuckian get to level 8! ;-)

More than enough milkweed! The attached pictures show only two of several groupings of common ...

AstralSmoke comments on Jun 12, 2018:

That's cool. I'll have some by next year. Promise!

Does anybody else use a Collinear Hoe for their weeding task?

AstralSmoke comments on Jun 12, 2018:

No, I just use the old hand method, but I have a relatively small garden.

Yummmm.

AstralSmoke comments on Jun 12, 2018:

I think I need to learn how to bake and cook.

Judging what's in your heart.❤❤❤

AstralSmoke comments on Jun 12, 2018:

It's true about me and everyone else on this planet (and maybe beyond).

Danny Kirwan, Fleetwood Mac guitarist, dead at 68 - CNN

AstralSmoke comments on Jun 12, 2018:

Sad, but our time is limited.

Oh yeah, camping is the best.

AstralSmoke comments on Jun 12, 2018:

That's called campering, isn't it?

"Spirit of the Rainforest" Collection, Oil, 16" X 20", $250

AstralSmoke comments on Jun 12, 2018:

I like your work!

I did a little fishing this evening in my little pond by the house.

AstralSmoke comments on Jun 12, 2018:

I remember going fishing down at the local creek with my brothers. It was a hot day as we sat on a foot bridge going over the creek. We sat and sat and sat. I finally caught a fish, about a 4" long bluegill. By older brother said it was too small and threw it back in. I didn't like fishing!

Dad's Sweet Comics Promote Empathy, Tolerance And Love | HuffPost

AstralSmoke comments on Jun 12, 2018:

Very encouraging!

Drk 1965, I think from reading your bio that you and I have a lot in common! Welcome, the groups ...

AstralSmoke comments on Jun 12, 2018:

1965 was a pretty dark year, but not compared to 1968.

I finished the main garden for my mates mum today .

AstralSmoke comments on Jun 12, 2018:

Looking good!

This one is cute too... [facebook.com]

AstralSmoke comments on Jun 12, 2018:

That is funny! Did you know that they (artists) made the penis small (when carving in stone) so as to prevent it from so easily breaking off?

I have just received a reply to my "Greeter" message from a new member @loveintheair.

AstralSmoke comments on Jun 12, 2018:

It sounds to me like a cut and paste trap.

As a self-taught chef, I loved Anthony Bourdain's books and show.

AstralSmoke comments on Jun 12, 2018:

If I'm asked, I will share. Otherwise I keep my mouth shut.

Not sure what they were thinking with this little architectural detail

AstralSmoke comments on Jun 12, 2018:

Looks like a warrior in full headdress?

I Am Not A Stalker!!!

AstralSmoke comments on Jun 12, 2018:

Well, we all know you are a stalker! ;-) If it really bothers you, you can do it in stealth mode and be a real stalker.

Strange barn in Gallinas Canyon. I think it would be cool to convert to living quarters

AstralSmoke comments on Jun 12, 2018:

Looks like it's waiting for you!

Some of the prettiest dragonflies I saw while being eaten alive by mosquitoes.

AstralSmoke comments on Jun 12, 2018:

I have to get a better camera!

A pair of fledgling northern flickers that were out on the soccer field this morning.

AstralSmoke comments on Jun 12, 2018:

Those are pretty birds!

I know these aren’t plants or trees but they are going to be the main form of pest control in my ...

AstralSmoke comments on Jun 12, 2018:

Very nice. You guys need to learn that videos are horizontal, not vertical.

People are already torching things they shouldn't with Elon Musk's flamethrowers

AstralSmoke comments on Jun 12, 2018:

Why?

Well, he's had his minute.

AstralSmoke comments on Jun 12, 2018:

Are you a Trump supporter by chance? He doesn't need any ideas how to deal with the two things you mentioned. Why doesn't he work on things that are important to the American public like healthcare, homelessness, under taxation of rich, infrastructure, etc?

California State Senate Unanimously Passes Bill to Require Vegan Meals in Prisons

AstralSmoke comments on Jun 12, 2018:

Not a law yet, but moving in the correct direction.

"The Girl on the Train" - about a woman whose life of drinking and despair intertwines with a couple...

AstralSmoke comments on Jun 12, 2018:

I've never seen this film. One that I know about and have on my to view list, though.

What kind of camping do our members do?

AstralSmoke comments on Jun 11, 2018:

Camp or backpack. Might stay in a shelter if not too crowded.

Are there any manners left in the world today?

AstralSmoke comments on Jun 11, 2018:

It's much easier to be rude than anticipate how someone will feel.

Anyone in our forum have ASBESTOSIS?

AstralSmoke comments on Jun 11, 2018:

That's not good Bob. What type of asbestosis?

I'm a handful ?

AstralSmoke comments on Jun 11, 2018:

I'm sure you are. You don't talk 'all the time' do you? Just don't interrupt!

Hi, I don't camp right now but I would love to start so.

AstralSmoke comments on Jun 11, 2018:

Don't go out and buy a bunch of stuff. Keep it as basic as possible. A nice tent (for how many people you'd like to take camping), a sleeping bag(?) depending on the temp, a small stove and a mess kit, and possibly a flashlight.

Please state what your prognostication is for the Great Summit between the Supreme Leader an Kim ...

AstralSmoke comments on Jun 11, 2018:

I believe Trump will make a deal that 'he' thinks is a good one. We will learn of the devastating effects later.

What does it mean if one of your posts is no longer listed in your profile but you are able to find ...

AstralSmoke comments on Jun 11, 2018:

It moved to the big trash bin in the sky, never to show its lovely face again. I believe it means that admin answered it.

My girlfriend and I have decided to start a YouTube channel about turning our property (that has ...

AstralSmoke comments on Jun 11, 2018:

FFF: Food First in Florida; or maybe 3Fs.

I like lots of kinds of music, but do love Pete Seeger

AstralSmoke comments on Jun 11, 2018:

Me too.

What's your personal favorite tip or trick?

AstralSmoke comments on Jun 11, 2018:

I re-purpose a lot of things. One little trick that I learned from this site is to use coffee filters in pots for planting. I used rocks to fill the holes in the pots before, but this idea works extremely well.

I believe this to be true in the future.

AstralSmoke comments on Jun 11, 2018:

I hope not, unless we downsize significantly.

More often that not, this stems to be true. Their true colors come out in time.

AstralSmoke comments on Jun 11, 2018:

Yes, I have found this to be very true in my life's experiences.

Kind Words.

AstralSmoke comments on Jun 11, 2018:

Kind words spoken to you can definitely turn your world around. I know your illness isn't humorous, but I (sort of) wish I had an illness where I lost all my body hair, as long as that's all it affected. We always want what we don't have.

T-1000 pts and counting to L8 rapture. That is all. :D

AstralSmoke comments on Jun 10, 2018:

I guess you'll be gone soon.

Why do men lash out when rejected?

AstralSmoke comments on Jun 10, 2018:

I believe it's a sign that they are not confident in their own skin. When someone lashes out against another person it is normally due to low self-esteem. They easily blame other people for their own failures. What I don't understand is how someone can think it will work out even when two people don't share the same opinion of each other.

A suggestion for those of you who did not grow up in the deep south, but still live in a warm ...

AstralSmoke comments on Jun 10, 2018:

I must admit I've never grown white acre peas. Maybe I will.

Which do you choose my fellow campers? I rather see stars than a TV.

AstralSmoke comments on Jun 10, 2018:

I don't believe I've ever stayed in a five star hotel before. A billion star hotel with no automotive noise please.

When you think about it.

AstralSmoke comments on Jun 10, 2018:

Our children's children will be dead. "It's the end of the world as we know it."

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AstralSmoke comments on Jun 10, 2018:

Working out is so boring sober!

Do You know Your Ancestry?

AstralSmoke comments on Jun 10, 2018:

Mostly northern European with German being the largest part with some Danish, English and Hollander thrown in the mix. We have people migrating to America in 1720. Dad liked to tell me that 5 of the 7 first ministers in the US are relatives. Yeah!

NEVER HAVE I EVER, well I got 8 out of 20 LOL

AstralSmoke comments on Jun 10, 2018:

Don't care to do: 2, 4, 5, 7, 20 Bucketlist: 13

Don't ask me what my sign is.

AstralSmoke comments on Jun 10, 2018:

It depends. Do you know you can name unnamed stars?

I got the first cabinet done.

AstralSmoke comments on Jun 10, 2018:

I knew you could do it!

Pick a door, any door, I pick Camelot.

AstralSmoke comments on Jun 10, 2018:

I pick Mushroom Kingdom. Maybe I'll have some luck there.

Male and Female Ruby-throated Hummingbirds .

AstralSmoke comments on Jun 10, 2018:

Cool. Thanks for being so dedicated!

Business Insider: NASA just woke up a nuclear-powered probe 1 billion miles beyond Pluto — and ...

AstralSmoke comments on Jun 10, 2018:

Very cool!

Hi.

AstralSmoke comments on Jun 10, 2018:

Search Google: Atheism as a culture. https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/07/opinion/sunday/the-culture-of-atheism.html https://matteroffactsblog.wordpress.com/2013/11/17/cultural-atheism/ https://www.richarddawkins.net/2013/10/is-atheism-winning-the-culture-war/

Well I"m finally finish planting, and I got a nice rain today, which is just what the garden needed.

AstralSmoke comments on Jun 10, 2018:

Do you grow tobacco too?

Loreena McKennitt- The Mummers Dance (with lyrics) [youtu.be]

AstralSmoke comments on Jun 10, 2018:

We've been rambling all the night and some time of this day ...

Does anyone have any idea what plant this is?

AstralSmoke comments on Jun 10, 2018:

Oh, you have a problem. That's the Large Pawed Gnarled-tooth Slobber Proud. Extremely invasive, but you know that.

@AstralSmoke i would have to watch EasyRider again to be accurate but this is the street where they ...

AstralSmoke comments on Jun 10, 2018:

Very nice. I need to watch it again too. Thanks for remembering!

Our mailbox "habitat" garden is attracting hummingbirds.

AstralSmoke comments on Jun 9, 2018:

Do you have a plant list? I don't recognize the unopened umbrellas.

"Piglet?

AstralSmoke comments on Jun 9, 2018:

A good friend!

Is anyone here interested in West African drumming, esp. the djembe and dundun?

AstralSmoke comments on Jun 9, 2018:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UcpRb8JjCI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVtMNOwUZi8 I'm not familiar with these specific drums, but I love rhythms.

[facebook.com] I like this guy

AstralSmoke comments on Jun 9, 2018:

Do you like the photographer or the praying mantis? Both? If his other photos are like this one, I could easily say both.

Doppleganger

AstralSmoke comments on Jun 9, 2018:

I wonder how many there are?

Squash for lunch again?? Yes, please!

AstralSmoke comments on Jun 9, 2018:

Fried this time?

Bonnaroo????

AstralSmoke comments on Jun 9, 2018:

I don’t go. From TN though. Cops have to make quotas?

Spiders and forks, bad combination. LOL

AstralSmoke comments on Jun 9, 2018:

My nerves are at end!

How many use these when camping? I even use some of them at home.

AstralSmoke comments on Jun 9, 2018:

Nice pots and pans. I use cast iron at home. I like to travel light, so don’t use them for camping.

Just love this ☺ How about you?

AstralSmoke comments on Jun 9, 2018:

Not true. I know several gays that consider themselves Christian. Maybe if they offered an atheist register?

The common denominator.

AstralSmoke comments on Jun 9, 2018:

Depends on the music. My parents hated most of the 60’s and 70’s music that we as kids loved.

This sums it up quite well.

AstralSmoke comments on Jun 9, 2018:

I find myself in small talk often. I hate it. I nod. I pretend that I’m paying attention. I don’t have a clue what they were talking about. Must have been important to them.

A Video Every Woman Must See… It Just Brought Me To Tears.

AstralSmoke comments on Jun 9, 2018:

A very nice video. I know it was directed toward women, but I found it to be a more universal truth. You have to love yourself first.

Our next project is a build for Rita our green iguana.

AstralSmoke comments on Jun 9, 2018:

Pretty!

Quick trip to Greywolf, the sign is new at the wilderness border.

AstralSmoke comments on Jun 9, 2018:

Well planned!

Camping on the Fiery Gizzard in the South Cumberland Mountains of Tennessee.

AstralSmoke comments on Jun 9, 2018:

Looks like home!

What to do when you find yourself unexpectedly unemployed? Go explore.

AstralSmoke comments on Jun 9, 2018:

Maybe you should be unemployed more. Love the first photo especially. The last one’s pretty nice too ;-)

Warped priorities

AstralSmoke comments on Jun 9, 2018:

I agree.

My project for the day is to assemble this.

AstralSmoke comments on Jun 9, 2018:

You’ve got this!

Don't forget you're human

AstralSmoke comments on Jun 9, 2018:

Yes, semi-controlled chaos.

Yesterday's jalapeño harvest! I picked them all because the smaller ones had stopped growing.

AstralSmoke comments on Jun 8, 2018:

Clever Clogs fits you. Thanks @Herbert54

"Folks, we have a winner ! "

AstralSmoke comments on Jun 8, 2018:

All this time I thought sex was good; just don't get caught.

I got my agnostic.com shirt in the mail today!!! Whoohoo!

AstralSmoke comments on Jun 8, 2018:

I think you should send it back. It's printed backwards!

The lady that has trained me on radio has given me the challenge to play as many female artists as ...

AstralSmoke comments on Jun 8, 2018:

Concrete Blondes; Patti Smith; Tori Amos; Sinead O'Conner; Donna the Buffalo (w/ female lead); Anoushka Shankar; Edith Piaf; Bjork; Tracy Chapman; Nanci Griffith, Shaun Colvin; Mamas and the Papas; Peter, Paul, and Mary; The Carpenters; 4 Non Blondes; Cowboy Junkies; Joan Baez; Madonna; The Roches; Yoko Ono; Brandi Carlile; Cowboy Junkies; Rhiannon Giddens; The O'Coonor Band; Emmylou Harris; Joan Carter; Dolly Parton; and my favorite: Queen.

Life is an adventure and journey.

AstralSmoke comments on Jun 8, 2018:

Oh yes I was!

Salvador Dali. “Galatea of the Spheres" 1952.

AstralSmoke comments on Jun 8, 2018:

Not familiar with that one. Like it.

Bison Gores Woman in Yellowstone's 3rd Recent Animal Attack

AstralSmoke comments on Jun 8, 2018:

It's similar to tourists feeding black bears in the Smoky's. I can't figure out why it bit me.

Mating in alpacas is a learned behavior

AstralSmoke comments on Jun 8, 2018:

Well, he's enjoying it and that's what matters.

Snoopy has the right idea, LOL

AstralSmoke comments on Jun 8, 2018:

Hadn't thought of that one before.

Gearing up for a camping trip high in the Elkhorn mountains in Oregon.

AstralSmoke comments on Jun 8, 2018:

Two weeks of good weather, at least you aren't hoping for too much.

A monster snapping turtle that's living in the canal on my way home from work.

AstralSmoke comments on Jun 7, 2018:

A green slimmed snapping turtle. They're pretty rare! Wonder what he's waiting on?

Is it good when it all devolves into porn and popcorn? Just wondering.

AstralSmoke comments on Jun 7, 2018:

Maybe.

A few more photos of adventures in shearing.

AstralSmoke comments on Jun 7, 2018:

He obviously doesn't walk like an Egyptian.

I sure don't know what kind of squirrel this is. LOL

AstralSmoke comments on Jun 7, 2018:

The only place I've seen black squirrels is in Ohio. That one's a pretty big one.

I think I am completely insane, but maybe not?

AstralSmoke comments on Jun 7, 2018:

I got fired from a job once for being too intelligent and ambitious. Taught me.

Yesterday Karen and I took our women's hiking group on a fast, 6.

AstralSmoke comments on Jun 7, 2018:

Sounds like you guys have a great time.

Newly hatched Polyphemus moth caterpillars.

AstralSmoke comments on Jun 7, 2018:

Not sure how you ended up with the black one, but It is beautiful. Your language is going to require a little work from me. You're too amazing to complain about!

I am watching Nature on PBS, Sex, Lies & Butterflies. Hope you are too.

AstralSmoke comments on Jun 6, 2018:

Nope, but I'll check for it On Demand tomorrow.

German Politicians Call For Expulsion Of U.S. Ambassador - The Intellectualist

AstralSmoke comments on Jun 6, 2018:

Dang it! They're everywhere.

Being on this site has caused me to do a lot of thinking about myself and how I feel about some ...

AstralSmoke comments on Jun 6, 2018:

Chapter V. Patterns, not so much. I like finding new streets.