Looking out my back door...

[skyppere]

Just got back from Illinois, locked the front door, oh boy...
Lookin' out my back door...
http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r315/skyppere/DSC_1126.jpg
skyppere

[skyppere]

What does it look like around YOUR neighborhood? This is from Santa Fe, New Mexico!
Post a pic!
skyppere

[dgator]

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Beautiful day in Chicago. If you look closely, the Willis (formerly Sears) Tower antennae are in the background.

[Sketchy]

My house started as a cabin over a hundred years ago. It's grown slightly and oddly, I'm not sure which side would be considered the front or back.

So, here's looking east,
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and west,
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West is cheating a little as I'm not standing exactly at my door.

[Sketchy]

Two more. This is one of my pastures being used by the SCA, Society for Creative Anachronism, for their Beltane Festival a couple of weeks ago. 400 people reenacting the middle ages kept the llama, Llarry, quite amused by the spectacle of it all.
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and one looking up,
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[Tracy Lee]

Great thread. Here is a sunrise photo from my patio looking probably Southeast, and then a photo snapped just now, with a light rain falling around 8 a.m., looking south and slightly west.

[jbb]

This oak tree is devouring a pine tree at a local park where we frequently take walks. The oaks in this park have lots of oak galls for making ink.


http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2836/8754440123_7b68694f59_c.jpg

[woosang]

Out of my kitchen door


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[writingrav]

Wow!

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[Tracy Lee]

Wow, these views are just amazing! What great places for pen parties - even picnicking under a tree devouring a tree! :-)

[woosang]

Lol not so pretty around the corner 2838 the roofers left the trash when they redid the roof

[Tracy Lee]

I put my thumb across the bottom and it is just as lovely!!! :-)

[KrazyIvan]

Great photos everyone!

I posted this in another thread so pardon the repost.

Living in the desert southwestern US (El Paso, Texas) far removed from major hub cities can have its drawbacks but we get the largest equestrian statue in the world. That counts for something, right?

http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6167/6163754190_9cecc5d048_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ivan_romero/6163754190/)
Equestrian Statue (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ivan_romero/6163754190/) by IvanRomero (http://www.flickr.com/people/ivan_romero/), on Flickr

My dad in the shot for a size reference.

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5068/5654458489_a5a3758d09_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ivan_romero/5654458489/)
Equestrian Statue (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ivan_romero/5654458489/) by IvanRomero (http://www.flickr.com/people/ivan_romero/), on Flickr

El Paso is divided right down the middle by the southern most edge of the Rocky Mountains.

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3550/3485624117_861dcc85cd_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ivan_romero/3485624117/)
El Paso, Texas (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ivan_romero/3485624117/) by IvanRomero (http://www.flickr.com/people/ivan_romero/), on Flickr

The desert means dust and dust means you can count on an awesome sunset almost every evening.

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2342/1912937401_0cfae3e1a1.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ivan_romero/1912937401/)
Sunset in Far West Texas (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ivan_romero/1912937401/) by IvanRomero (http://www.flickr.com/people/ivan_romero/), on Flickr

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2266/2161274826_e1e405eb91_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ivan_romero/2161274826/)
Basking in the clouds (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ivan_romero/2161274826/) by IvanRomero (http://www.flickr.com/people/ivan_romero/), on Flickr

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2527/3816264747_3149c82cb7_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ivan_romero/3816264747/)
Sun Rays (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ivan_romero/3816264747/) by IvanRomero (http://www.flickr.com/people/ivan_romero/), on Flickr

Travel north for 45 minutes or so and you run into Las Cruces, New Mexico. I get lost just looking at the Organ Mountains.

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2169/2067377962_d7c5be7326_z.jpg?zz=1 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ivan_romero/2067377962/)
Windmill in the mountains (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ivan_romero/2067377962/) by IvanRomero (http://www.flickr.com/people/ivan_romero/), on Flickr

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2212/2066577339_8eb87fadca_z.jpg?zz=1 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ivan_romero/2066577339/)
Rock Formation (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ivan_romero/2066577339/) by IvanRomero (http://www.flickr.com/people/ivan_romero/), on Flickr

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3427/3371148555_459aefb9a6_z.jpg?zz=1 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ivan_romero/3371148555/)
Organ Mountains (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ivan_romero/3371148555/) by IvanRomero (http://www.flickr.com/people/ivan_romero/), on Flickr

On the way to Las Cruces, if you are willing to take it slow, you can drive through the Pecan groves. This past season was not too good to the growers though. The summer rains never really came.

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2452/3739429873_b50c0ed9ff_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ivan_romero/3739429873/)
Driving through the pecan groves. (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ivan_romero/3739429873/) by IvanRomero (http://www.flickr.com/people/ivan_romero/), on Flickr

There is not much surface water around here even with the Rio Grande, which is not so Grand this far north, running through the city.

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3278/3011604445_971a7bb41f_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ivan_romero/3011604445/)
Lonely Tree (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ivan_romero/3011604445/) by
IvanRomero (http://www.flickr.com/people/ivan_romero/), on Flickr

When it does rain, you can find taco stands at the end of Rainbows.

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2086/2051938442_6fe4829ed3_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ivan_romero/2051938442/)
What's at the end of a rainbow? (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ivan_romero/2051938442/) by IvanRomero (http://www.flickr.com/people/ivan_romero/), on Flickr

We are also on the border with Mexico but I do not go there as often as I used to.

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2335/2064078307_93386438cb_z.jpg?zz=1 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ivan_romero/2064078307/)
Flags (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ivan_romero/2064078307/) by IvanRomero (http://www.flickr.com/people/ivan_romero/), on Flickr

[KrazyIvan]

When we want to get away from the summer heat, we go to Ruidoso, New Mexico where you can rent a cabin in the middle of the pine forests for a weekend.

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3365/3656062772_19b3f186c7_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ivan_romero/3656062772/)
Cabin (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ivan_romero/3656062772/) by IvanRomero (http://www.flickr.com/people/ivan_romero/), on Flickr

Spring is when we get the sand storms. Really, it's the only bad time of year.

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3009/2551598103_9a7b242ba4_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ivan_romero/2551598103/)
Sandstorm (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ivan_romero/2551598103/) by IvanRomero (http://www.flickr.com/people/ivan_romero/), on Flickr

Winter is very mild. You can grill almost through the whole year but sometimes we do get snow.

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2601/4151552031_42d31c1617_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ivan_romero/4151552031/)
The Road Less Travelled (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ivan_romero/4151552031/) by IvanRomero (http://www.flickr.com/people/ivan_romero/), on Flickr

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2683/4152438884_61536b1b43_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ivan_romero/4152438884/)
Ocotillo in snow (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ivan_romero/4152438884/) by IvanRomero (http://www.flickr.com/people/ivan_romero/), on Flickr

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2612/4152266096_c13c9437be_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ivan_romero/4152266096/)
Heading west on Transmountain Road (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ivan_romero/4152266096/) by IvanRomero (http://www.flickr.com/people/ivan_romero/), on Flickr

Thanks for looking. :)

[Nomdeplume]

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Not exactly my back door...but not terribly far away!

[woosang]

Lovely

[Murfie]

This is the view some 150 yards from my backdoor ...

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[reprieve]

This thread makes me dream of leaving city life... :hippie:

[jbb]

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2859/8765633481_66e7922c81_o.jpg


http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3814/8765687085_36c3a1a98d_c.jpg

[skyppere]

I love chicago! My brother used to live there and I went to visit once. Road around on the L, explored the LOOP, did marshall fields, walked along the lake... I liked it a lot!

[skyppere]

Oh my! I have my swim suit right here. I can be there in half an hour. well ok, maybe not but I can dream!
skyppere

[skyppere]

What a wonderful natural looking garden you have! It looks so peaceful!

[manoeuver]

From the back porch:
http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m262/timhofmann/IMG_20130521_142555_zps0d76b0b0.jpg
neighbor's house and yard. the house is 100 years old, a young childless couple in their 30s is apparently buying it. If the house doesn't eat them the yard will.

http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m262/timhofmann/IMG_20130521_142620_zps3f960d32.jpg
view from my back door. Not bad for Baltimore City. That's planks screwed together on the right, covering a dry well whose bottom I've never been able to see.

[Bogon07]

Manoeuver that looks wonderfully lush and green.


view from my back door.
Not bad for Baltimore City. That's planks screwed together on the right, covering a dry well whose bottom I've never been able to see.

How long do rocks take to hit the bottom of the dry well ?

[manoeuver]

Manoeuver that looks wonderfully lush and green.


view from my back door.
Not bad for Baltimore City. That's planks screwed together on the right, covering a dry well whose bottom I've never been able to see.

How long do rocks take to hit the bottom of the dry well ?
can't tell now, I tossed a bunch of broken-up concrete in there a few years ago. My best guess is it's about 10 meters deep.

(after doing the math and estimating fall time at just over a second, my guess isn't half bad. ​shudder.)

[jbb]

We store our birdseed in this garbage can on the patio. Look who figured that out and managed to get the lid off.

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3710/8790404028_e815b0f147_c.jpg

[Tracy Lee]

We store our birdseed in this garbage can on the patio. Look who figured that out and managed to get the lid off.

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3710/8790404028_e815b0f147_c.jpg

Look at that huge tail!!! Very impressive. Squirrels here in Florida are so scrawny and their tails positively anemic.

[Bogon07]

JBB, That tail is enormous, great pictures. The mosaic work on the garbage bin looks good did you do that ?

[snedwos]

Not quite out my back door, but about 5 minutes' leisurely walk...

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This one is of the garden

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I wish I had a decent camera...

[jbb]

JBB, That tail is enormous, great pictures. The mosaic work on the garbage bin looks good did you do that ?

Thanks. Yes, I did the mosaic and quiet a few more on my patio.

[elderberry]

What an awesome thread! Can't join in myself because all you could see are the fronts and backs of other city houses, but love to look at your pictures.

[peterpen53]

What an awesome thread! Can't join in myself because all you could see are the fronts and backs of other city houses, but love to look at your pictures.

Hello! Good to see you here. Herzlich willkommen!

Cheers,
Peter

[skyppere]

I used to live not too far from you in Bowie, Maryland. I'd forgotten just how green it is there... beautiful!

[Tracy Lee]

We had a visitor this morning. These guys live in our retention pond but we haven't had them come this far up into the yard before. This is a few feet outside of our screened patio, in the landscaping. The thing was digging with back legs so I couldn't tell if he/she was burying something or what? We don't see anything. Thought I would share since it was out my back door . . .



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[jbb]

Wow! How big are those turtles?

[Tracy Lee]

This one was probably 12 or so inches across the top of the shell, maybe 14 (width) and maybe 14 or16 long. I have seen them closer to twenty so they get very big. No predators in these ponds they can just live a happy undisturbed life. Unless a gator gets in through the drainage system, which has happened, then all bets are off for turtles and ducks alike.

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[cwent2]

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not quite my back door - more like my kitchen window

Cwood

[Tracy Lee]

What a great open space!

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[jbb]

What a great open space!

....and so green! the grasses turn brown here in the summer.

[woosang]

We had a visitor this morning. These guys live in our retention pond but we haven't had them come this far up into the yard before. This is a few feet outside of our screened patio, in the landscaping. The thing was digging with back legs so I couldn't tell if he/she was burying something or what? We don't see anything. Thought I would share since it was out my back door . . .



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If the turtle is digging with its back legs its female and burying eggs. There should be a mound somewhere. You obviously have a safe place for them to be so secure. Look out for baby turtles!

[cwent2]

What a great open space!

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I grew up here = well I have grown older, never grow up. Anyway that is my right field - have a smaller left field - house is center no field. Total 8 acres. Four grass, four woods.

[fountainpenkid]

This is the view some 150 yards from my backdoor ...

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About the same for me too!

[MisterBoll]

Here is mine.

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[Tracy Lee]

We had a visitor this morning. These guys live in our retention pond but we haven't had them come this far up into the yard before. This is a few feet outside of our screened patio, in the landscaping. The thing was digging with back legs so I couldn't tell if he/she was burying something or what? We don't see anything. Thought I would share since it was out my back door . . .



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If the turtle is digging with its back legs its female and burying eggs. There should be a mound somewhere. You obviously have a safe place for them to be so secure. Look out for baby turtles!

Yeah, we kind of assume she was a she. Dug quite a lot in the mulch but we think she changed her mind about things when she dug through to the landscape fabric and couldn't dig deeper. I went out and double checked. - no eggs - I think it just wasn't right. Otherwise, protect I would. I have monitored snake egg nests, bird nests, saved baby birds, saved snakes, fed the wild rabbits, tried not to hate the huge armadillo who digs in the landscape giant holes right through fabric, the squirrel that taunts and chatters at the cats, etc. It is pretty active around here. But then, that is Florida for you.

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[MisterBoll]

Sounds like you have a wild kingdom Tracy Lee. It's nice having so many things about.

[snedwos]

What a great open space!

....and so green! the grasses turn brown here in the summer.

Here the grass just dies, normally. Doesn't even go brown, it just disappears. There's hope this year, we had the wettest March and April in forever.

[jbb]

Vultures! Not a rare sighting in the neighborhood.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7384/9053299861_82f8f28e48_o.jpg

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2811/9053300611_85cbbc62e7_o.jpg

[john]

I admire all of you whose homes with a great view. But in Hong Kong if I am a billionaire, I can have a great view from my home too. Cos I'm not so that I have to live in a small apartment where is crowded and noisy.

[skyppere]

If you don't have a great view out your back door, just post a picture of what your neighborhood looks like, no matter if its city life or rural or suburban!
For example, here's a road side stand in our town that sells red chile ristras!
http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r315/skyppere/DSC00484_zpsf8562129.jpg
skyppere

[I like mango pudding]

Wow!!!

You Americans live in such wonderful places full of beautiful landscapes. As a Canadian, I thought we had beautiful places, but stateside is marvelous, stupendous and full of awesomeness!

thanks for sharing!

[KrazyIvan]

I forgot we have dinosaurs and old war planes try to kill them...

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8398/8667815383_a1b7188b0e_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ivan_romero/8667815383/)
rawr! (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ivan_romero/8667815383/) by IvanRomero (http://www.flickr.com/people/ivan_romero/), on Flickr

[Bogon07]

I admire all of you whose homes with a great view. But in Hong Kong if I am a billionaire, I can have a great view from my home too. Cos I'm not so that I have to live in a small apartment where is crowded and noisy.
Or construct a small mountain on top of the apartment in your spare time like the Professor Zhang Lin.

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2389974/Zhang-Lin-builds-mountain-apartment-block-Beijing-China-create-dream-penthouse.html



I forgot we have dinosaurs and old war planes try to kill them...

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8398/8667815383_a1b7188b0e_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ivan_romero/8667815383/)
rawr! (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ivan_romero/8667815383/) by IvanRomero (http://www.flickr.com/people/ivan_romero/), on Flickr
KI that looks almost like an area from Fallout3. And watch out for any chupacabras.

[Pommel]

I am jealous of you all!

http://u1.ipernity.com/36/45/33/26064533.8796e377.640.jpg (http://www.ipernity.com/doc/jthole/26064533)

All I see is cityscape!

[Tracy Lee]

I am jealous of you all!

http://u1.ipernity.com/36/45/33/26064533.8796e377.640.jpg (http://www.ipernity.com/doc/jthole/26064533)

All I see is cityscape!

That is lovely in its own right! No city I am near looks that nice or inviting, so thanks for sharing!

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[Pommel]

Actually I am cheating; what I see from the back window is rooftops (and a few trees) only. The canal is close though.

[cees achterberg]

... this is the view out of our living room ...

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[Murfie]

Just at the moment, the native flowers of late spring Downunder ...

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[Roefisher]

Lots of fantastic looking places in this thread!

Mark

[79spitfire]

http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/uploads/imgs/fpn_1386529415__100_0991.jpg (http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/uploads/imgs/fpn_1386529415__100_0991.jpg)

Well, it's the front door, but you get the idea....

Visual proof it snows in the desert....

[Mags]

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/12/09/uruby8ep.jpg our first snow fall as sputtered out for December in Ajax beside Lake Ontario. We tend not to get many snow falls here. You definitely have more snow in the desert than we do.


A literal predawn picture out the back door of the deck and only the dogs had been out thus far.....notice the little paw prints.

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[79spitfire]

We've had as much as 24", not this year, well not yet. The worst part so far has been the temps. It was -7f at 6:10AM this morning....


(-21C)................:smow:

[skyppere]

I am jealous of you all!

http://u1.ipernity.com/36/45/33/26064533.8796e377.640.jpg (http://www.ipernity.com/doc/jthole/26064533)

All I see is cityscape!
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ON the other hand I often wonder what it would be like to be able to walk to stores and cafes and along a river/canal like this...the grass is always greener you know...

[skyppere]

Here is mine.

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Beautiful! Where is this?

[jar]

Today...http://www.fototime.com/446032F1EAFF1A1/large.jpg

[snedwos]

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/12/09/uruby8ep.jpg our first snow fall as sputtered out for December in Ajax beside Lake Ontario. We tend not to get many snow falls here. You definitely have more snow in the desert than we do.


A literal predawn picture out the back door of the deck and only the dogs had been out thus far.....notice the little paw prints.

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Hmmm... on this side of the lake we had our first snow weeks ago... Great White North my foot :p

[Scrawler]

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[Scrawler]

http://i751.photobucket.com/albums/xx153/FPWriter/MYBARN.jpg

[Tracy Lee]

Beautiful!!!!

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[chojo]

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The garden in summer it never really looks tidy! Some of you guys live in the most amazing places.

[Bogon07]

The other week Mrs Bogon discovered a possum just outside our laundry backdoor.

[Tracy Lee]

So much cuter than the ones we have here!!!

[85AKbN]

got to sit down
take a rest
on the porch

http://imageshack.com/a/img59/2183/1yna.jpg

[kaisnowbird]

The other week Mrs Bogon discovered a possum just outside our laundry backdoor.

I didn't realize that they venture outside during the day.

[Bogon07]

The other week Mrs Bogon discovered a possum just outside our laundry backdoor.

I didn't realize that they venture outside during the day.

I think it was either trying to sleep in the cooler ground area between the Magnolia & Camillia or it could have fallen out of the tree.

[Crazyorange]

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/04/04/a8yba8y4.jpg

The sunset from last Tuesday.

[Murfie]

I live on the coast of south eastern Australia near the entrance to Port Phillip Bay. I only have less than 150 metres to walk to the water's edge. I usually walk the beach at daybreak and find everyday can be quite unique. Here's three rather special ones. They are in 16x9 aspect ratio suitable for laptop wallpaper if you wish to download them (right mouse click, 'save image as') as there is no copyright involved. These photos were taken with a $70 compact Nikon L27.

[Bogon07]

I live on the coast of south eastern Australia near the entrance to Port Phillip Bay. I only have less than 150 metres to walk to the water's edge. I usually walk the beach at daybreak and find everyday can be quite unique.

They are beautiful photos. Very Idyllic. Were they taken at low tide ?

Only 150meters !!!! Do you have any woories with high tides & storm surges ?

[Murfie]

Very Idyllic. Were they taken at low tide? Only 150meters !!!! Do you have any worries with high tides & storm surges ?
Yes, all at low tide. Between the house and the water's edge is a bank of 10 meter high sand dunes that negates any threat from high tides, etc. I tether all of my camels up there ... :)

[jackwebb]

Double rainbow, just now.
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/05/12/8adaqy3y.jpg

[Malcolm]

From my back door...

http://www.pbase.com/mallymal1/image/66449192/large.jpg

:)

[Polyhistor]

Not exactly my back door ... but my kitchen window, some time earlier this year.

http://fpgeeks.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=11775&stc=1

I'm so happy the snow is long gone by now and everything is a lush green.

[Bogon07]

A Sulpher-crested cockatoo (Cacatu galerita) on our TV aerial eating a lemon from our lemon tree.
He/she dropped the lemon on our roof after eating the seeds out of it.

[Tracy Lee]

A big male squirrel decided to come by and pester the cats a bit. It took a lot to get him to move on, he was behaving a bit aggressively and fearless and though the cats were not in any danger, he needed to go carry on elsewhere from my standpoint.
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/05/31/ynyvu4a5.jpghttp://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/05/31/taruve9y.jpghttp://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/05/31/4evyva7a.jpg

[Crazyorange]

A big male squirrel decided to come by and pester the cats a bit. It took a lot to get him to move on, he was behaving a bit aggressively and fearless and though the cats were not in any danger, he needed to go carry on elsewhere from my standpoint.
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/05/31/ynyvu4a5.jpghttp://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/05/31/taruve9y.jpghttp://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/05/31/4evyva7a.jpg

Don't you love those cheeky buggers? No fear. I have one who taunts my dog.

[johnus]

Reminds me of a nurse that I worked with who had a vacation home in one of the southern states. Said she alway had to keep her windows closed because of the squirrels. I asked: because they'd try to come in. She said no: that if you didn't feed them when they came up on the screens, they would get mad and 'pee' through the screens and into the house!!! Nice!

[VertOlive]

Back from a wild sailboat ride to Chicago in a way-too-fast 46 footer my father-in-law wanted to purchase. The smaller boat here is a neighbor as seen from our [empty] slip... Nice to have our sea legs back though!

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f261/sparrowe/Sailboat.jpg (http://s49.photobucket.com/user/sparrowe/media/Sailboat.jpg.html)

[oldstoat]

http://fpgeeks.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=13036&d=1406644974

Verbena bonariensis.

I do like bees

[migo984]

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Verbena bonariensis.

I do like bees

Let's hope the UK Government doesn't kow-tow to the big Agri-chemical companies and ignores the EU ban on neonicotinoids

[Crazyorange]

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Verbena bonariensis.

I do like bees

Let's hope the UK Government doesn't kow-tow to the big Agri-chemical companies and ignores the EU ban on neonicotinoids

Yeah...don't follow us here in the states. Our bees are disappearing :(

[phonelady61]

We had a visitor this morning. These guys live in our retention pond but we haven't had them come this far up into the yard before. This is a few feet outside of our screened patio, in the landscaping. The thing was digging with back legs so I couldn't tell if he/she was burying something or what? We don't see anything. Thought I would share since it was out my back door . . .



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Don't get your fingers or toes anywhere near that mouth that is better known as a alligator snapping turtle and will take your finger off I used to live in florida and I used to push them out of the road and all of us who have ever spent any time in florida know to use a branch off a tree to move them never ever use your fingers , hands or feet.

[oldstoat]

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Yesterday on a frosty morning

[Newjelan]

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Monday's sunset from my deck...

[Tracy Lee]

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Monday's sunset from my deck...
Holy moly, that is totally gorgeous!! Can I come live with you? I'll bring pens, ink, and Tomoe River![emoji6] [emoji3]

Okay, and to be fair, also a husband, 4 cats . . .

[Newjelan]

Holy moly, that is totally gorgeous!! Can I come live with you? I'll bring pens, ink, and Tomoe River![emoji6] [emoji3]

Okay, and to be fair, also a husband, 4 cats . . .
It's beautiful isn't it? It changes every day and we are continually mesmerised by the view.

You were doing well with the pens, ink & TR paper but sadly my husband is allergic to cats and my dog doesn't like them.
All the same, the TR paper ALMOST got you over the line.

[chojo]

Holy moly, that is totally gorgeous!! Can I come live with you? I'll bring pens, ink, and Tomoe River![emoji6] [emoji3]

Okay, and to be fair, also a husband, 4 cats . . .
It's beautiful isn't it? It changes every day and we are continually mesmerised by the view.


You were doing well with the pens, ink & TR paper but sadly my husband is allergic to cats and my dog doesn't like them.
All the same, the TR paper ALMOST got you over the line.

I have pens and tomoe river paper too but no cats or a partner but I do need regular feeds and am mostly housebroken! Oh and dogs love me when can i move in?

[Newjelan]

I have pens and tomoe river paper too but no cats or a partner but I do need regular feeds and am mostly housebroken! Oh and dogs love me when can i move in?

If you cook and clean, you're welcome!

[Bogon07]

Damn no TRP. Plenty of Rhodia & Maruman.
Mrs Bogon fell for the line "domesticated" & luckily for her the stationery and fountain pen addicted didn't kick in until a decade or so into the marriage.
Her yarn & wool addiction didn't start until three years ago.

[Newjelan]

Daytime view... It's a tough life
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[chojo]

I have pens and tomoe river paper too but no cats or a partner but I do need regular feeds and am mostly housebroken! Oh and dogs love me when can i move in?

If you cook and clean, you're welcome!

I do enough domestic chores here to last me a lifetime, I was kind of hoping for a pampered life in the sun. Thanks anyway if you ever get servants in let me know.