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[david antony]

Cloudy & cool breeze 7ºc

Lovely tulips Yidiz.

Looking towards the North Shore from HWY 99 Ladner.
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[David Kilpatrick]

Yesterday it was so wet I couldn't even get the dog to go outside and so windy I nearly lost my best umbrella. Did not take camera. This morning it is - snowing...

David

[david antony]

Sunny & Cool 9ºc


Fraser River from Wellington Park, Ladner, B.C.

[aster]

David Antony;

Thanks. Your panoramic scenes are always a 'calling'. I feel like taking a dive in there but the water probably would be far too cold for any swim at all. Those mountains are great and I think I recognize the seafood treatment plant's flags on the right side of the photo. I remember that you have a shot of the flags which you sent to one of our challenges earlier this year.



David Kilpatrick;

Your weather made me smile with surprise. Still chances of snow? That's incredible and I wish we had some for a short while... just a little so our fruit trees are not affected.

Yildiz

[aster]

Today was a day for those bumblebees that I've been waiting for a while...

Weather Today in Istanbul was sunny with light showers of rain in the morning.

20° C | 10° C
Humidity: 72%
Dew Point: 9 °C
Wind: 4 km/h / 1.0 m/s Variable
Pressure: 1014 hPa (Steady)
Visibility: 10.0 kilometers
UV: 0 out of 16
Clouds: Few 1066 m
Scattered Clouds 3048 m

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[aster]

Hi David Antony,

Finally, after taking a careful look around and on the roofs around my place I spotted adult seagulls who probably will have some chicks soon... Those red spots can be seen from quite a distance with the naked eye if one is searching for them.

Here's a shot from early evening. Not as good as yours, just to have you see the findings...

Yildiz

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[Greg Beetham]

Nice scenes DA, Yildiz, (love that amazing violet flower). The Bumblebees here have a bright yellow tuft on the top of the body and the rest of the body is almost black and probably about three times the size of a normal bee...I'd hate too get stung/stabbed by one, one good thing though, they don't seem to be agressive.
Greg

ps..I'm thinking now that those Gulls might develop that red spot during the breeding season, and at other times it fades away...maybe.

Townsville weather past few days, overcast with the odd overnight shower. 22-26°C, 75-80% H, 13-25 km/h SE

[david antony]

High winds & rain tonight thru the morning. 7ºc

Those gulls look very content Yidiz, the violet and bee photo is very nice,
with the rich colour. The bee's around here aren't that busy yet!

You might be right about the developing of the red spot Greg good thought!

[aster]

Thanks guys!

Greg the violet flower is an iris and it's the friend of the other iris that I photographed previously and sent to the thread. They have their own colony space in the garden and the bees love them but can't keep still for me to catch them in full focus.

I'll support Greg on his thoughts of the red spot. Any day now we may be seeing some eggs laid right next to the chimneys and they'll start worrying about keeping the eggs warm and take turns...When one is on the eggs, the other parent catches fish and feeds the incubating one. They are very interesting to watch because they make very responsible and tactful parents...even better than humanbeings.

Yildiz

[david antony]

Wet & windy 4ºc



From my puter window, neighbor moving.

[Greg Beetham]

Hmm I'm not sure I'd want to trust my gear in a removalist rig marked 'DYN-O-MITE' and 'TNT' I'd have visions of everything being reduced to tiny shards
Greg

[Juanito200]

That, or Jimmy Walker is doing the moving.

I saw this today at 7-11 on my way home from work. Apparently their kid goes to the same school as my son. Dannelle has seen this car there dropping the kids off... Wow. They must really like Skittles, or they are getting paid. I'd bet they just like Skittles.........65 F wind to 3mph , pressure 29.74 and rising, visibility 10 miles. John

[Greg Beetham]

The world is getting weirder by the minute I reckon, I don't know if skittles is a lolly (like smarties), or a chat site or what, http://www.skittles.com/ I don't know what twitter or facebook has to do with it either, (I'm not a twitterer or a facebooker) so I'll need an interpreter....I think.
Greg

[david antony]

Still windy & wet 5ºc

Greg: They do get the job done very well. At Miller Time they are Dynamite!
I know Tom the owner standing there and a few of his guys.

Yildiz: Greg and I knew it wasn't a Violet, we were just testing you ;^)


More like Johnnie Walker, John.
Could be they like Skittles and the are paid. Some cars around here
get paid for displaying ads, especially VWs. Nice sharp photo John.

Here you go Greg.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skittles_(confectionery)

[Greg Beetham]

Ah so, my apologies to Dyn-O-Mite Removals...and Skittles IS a lolly after all..very strange home page though, I don't think it actually says anywhere just what it's representing...
Greg

ps. Oh yeah, that's right, a Violet is a flower too...forgot about that...

Townsville Weather: 28 C, 74%H, 20km/h SSE overcast and occasional shower