What are you doing today?

[gimme30]

Hey @WhistlingBadger, where'd you find the tree? I don't need one. I just want to visit a place with random girls standing on rocks.

 

[WhistlingBadger]

Hey @WhistlingBadger, where'd you find the tree? I don't need one. I just want to visit a place with random girls standing on rocks.

We were up in the Wind River Mountains. And that isn't a random girl, it's my Badgerling, surveying the territory for a trophy. (and we're both usually packin' in the mountains, so you just watch yourself, buster) She likes to climb up on big boulders and look around. I have a ton of pictures of her doing that, going clear back to toddler-hood.

In this case our prey was the cunning and elusive lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta). I'm happy to report that, while locating a trophy can require a great deal of searching, they are fairly easy to sneak up on, compared to my usual quarry, the elk and pronghorn.

But they really don't taste as good.

 

[WhistlingBadger]

Today I just watched college football and ordered a 5-pack of 'slipper socks'.

As to the football my apartment manager is going to be hostile... not really hostile but she will complain as her Michigan team lost pretty badly to Ohio State. I'm not really a hard core fan of any college team but I AM from Ohio so casually follow Ohio State. Ohio State won pretty easily and I'm sure that I won't be able to resist picking on her a bit.

As to the slipper socks I don't get some negative reviewers.

• First there were complaints that you could feel the 'soles' when walking. Come on, these are slipper socks with soles on the bottom. Of course you will feel. Personally I like this as it is sort like an automatic foot massage when you walk. If you don't want this why would you order such socks?
• There were also complaints that they are too 'fuzzy' and leave fibers behind on any carpet. The things are advertised as very fuzzy which would actually add to comfort. If you don't want fuzz why would you order something that is stated as very fuzzy?

Here are the socks I ordered:

Amazon.com: floconssy Fuzzy Socks Men with Grips, Cozy Fluffy Slipper Socks Non Slip Winter Warm Soft for Hospital Sleep Home Non Slip Thick Plush Footies 5 Pairs Red Blue Brown : Clothing, Shoes & Jewelry

Amazon.com: floconssy Fuzzy Socks Men with Grips, Cozy Fluffy Slipper Socks Non Slip Winter Warm Soft for Hospital Sleep Home Non Slip Thick Plush Footies 5 Pairs Red Blue Brown : Clothing, Shoes & Jewelry

www.amazon.com

Ah, life in the fast lane.

 

[gimme30]

it's my Badgerling

It dawned on me after posting that might be the case. I'm going to crawl back into my candy-filled van now.....

 

[WhistlingBadger]

It dawned on me after posting that might be the case. I'm going to crawl back into my candy-filled van now.....

 

[GaryE]

I went to visit my daughters across the Bay of Fundy and beyond this weekend (not thanksgiving here - just a weekend) and on the return, we decided to take the 2.5 hour ferry ride. It turns a 4 hour drive into a five hour trip, but wandering on a ship surrounded by harbour porpoises beats sitting behind a wheel dodging deer anytime.

I always look out at the freighters and tankers sitting out in the bay in winter, and wonder how hard life must be for the people working on them. It was interesting to be out on deck in the darkness, feeling the sub zero wind. It confirmed my suspicion that life is cold for the poor Filipino sailors out on those decks. But the sea's always beautiful - not unlike @WhistlingBadger 's vistas but changing every second. The ferry dock is 10 minutes from our door, so it was a very easy trip once we finished rocking and docking.

We left on a cool, choppy late afternoon and sailed through the sundown into ferocious winds and an ever growing swell. There are rumours of a possible nor'easter tomorrow.

In the bigger city my travels took me to, I picked up 3 Hyphessobrycon melanostichos to add to my shoal (black friday sales) and got 4 young Anomalochromis cf thomasi Cichlids to see what I can do with them.

So this morning I'm looking at a wondrous sky over a cold sea, drinking Nicaraguan coffee, sitting with a dog from the States, and preparing to go out and take care of fish from Guinea, Venezuela, Gabon via Austria and Cameroon.

 

[Lanpenn]

Yesterday I received my tripod. For several years, I have been thinking about buying a camera tripod and... so, finally, I have bought something that seems to be decent. Although I don't know if this will last, it is interesting.

 

[jaylach]

Yesterday I received my tripod. For several years, I have been thinking about buying a camera tripod and... so, finally, I have bought something that seems to be decent. Although I don't know if this will last, it is interesting.
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To give more stability to the tripod hang a couple of pounds of sand between the legs. This will counter the camera making the setup top heavy and will give a LOT more stability.

 

[Innesfan]

Took a walk in the bracing cold to see our newly lighted tree. I say 'our' but we do have to share it with 8.5 million fellow New Yorkers.

 

[GaryE]

It's looking sharp out there this morning. Sharp like a pointed stick - it is freezing. -17 and there's a wind off the bay.

We don't get this cold often, but when we do, we kind of notice it. My dog has a minor UTI, being treated, but she had to go out at 5 this morning. I got to the inside door as a zombie, but once I stepped out, I was invigorated. I could have Bollywood danced up the icy road.

So I'll go check the temperature in the fishroom. It should be good. I don't have any water changes due, which is good because the oxygen saturation in the tapwater would be dangerous for fish. Tomorrow's supposed to warm up to around zero, so that'll be fine. Tis but a glitch.

 

[Lanpenn]

To give more stability to the tripod hang a couple of pounds of sand between the legs. This will counter the camera making the setup top heavy and will give a LOT more stability.

That makes sense. I will think about what I could use as a weight. Only yesterday I found out about the different thing between the legs...

Photo I took of the moon several days ago, before the tripod:

 

[jaylach]

That makes sense. I will think about what I could use as a weight. Only yesterday I found out about the different thing between the legs...

Photo I took of the moon several days ago, before the tripod:
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If you like photography I trust that you are aware of the "rule of thirds'. If not it is important. Many think that the main object in a photo should be dentered but that is actually not true. If the subject is in motion you want it off set so the motion has somewhere to go. Think if a tic-tac-toe grid. Here is an example. Being offset the copters have somewhere to go to continue the aspect of motion. If the copters were centered it would actually take away the motion aspect. Also many think that they should totally 'freeze' the image but that is not true. The little bit of blur of the copter rotors also denote motion. Just these two factors can make the difference between boring and an experience.

 

[gimme30]

I think you can get away with it with moon shots, since so much is negative space anyway, but yeah generally it's more appealing to follow the golden rule or rule of thirds.

As for today? I'm giving the Sculpey another go after work. I am DYING to redo my bowfront but just can't find anything commercial that fits my vision. Wish me luck!

 

[Back in the fold]

I’m still waiting for the snow and ice to clear off the streets completely so I can take my new bike out for its maiden voyage .

 

[Fishmanic]

Is that a single speed bike?