Neat pictures I've taken - Page 28

glatt · 05-10-2009, 10:15 PM

Right outside the men's bathroom at the end of today's hike.

capnhowdy · 05-11-2009, 08:04 AM

OH MY GOD!

IT'S A SKINK!

jinx · 05-11-2009, 11:52 AM

Cool skink! How big was it? Did your kids pick it up?

TheMercenary · 05-11-2009, 11:58 AM

We have lots of blue skinks around my house. We love having them and the geko's around. They help keep down the billions of insects coming out now.

glatt · 05-11-2009, 12:04 PM

It was maybe 6-8 inches long. We didn't try to pick it up. In the back of my mind, I remembered that their tails can come off easily to evade predators, and I didn't want to be left holding a bloody tail. And I didn't want to try to grab it near the mouth. We did surround it, with me on one side of the fence and my son on the other. And it would scoot under the fence to get away from one of us and be in plain view of the other. We chased it back and forth like that for a minute or so before it finally stopped trying to use the fence for cover. It was pretty cool. Fast.

capnhowdy · 05-11-2009, 05:12 PM

Can those things hurt you?

Gravdigr · 05-11-2009, 06:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dr. Suess

Skink. Skank. Skunk.

TheMercenary · 05-11-2009, 06:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by capnhowdy

Can those things hurt you?

no.

capnhowdy · 05-12-2009, 08:04 AM

I've got some huge ones around here. Some of them have colorful stripes, but the reddish ones are much larger.

Chocolatl · 05-14-2009, 10:25 PM

Delicious piece of red velvet cake from Holt's Bakery in Douglas, Georgia.

capnhowdy · 05-14-2009, 10:56 PM

Great shot!
Douglas is a quaint little town.
Now they got cake.
There goes the neighborhood.
God only knows what's next.
Could even be one of them concert things.

jinx · 05-14-2009, 10:59 PM

Yum!

Sundae · 05-15-2009, 06:20 AM

Outclassed as I am... I offer you this.

I'm taking photos of "simple pleasures" to enter into a comp run by an organic breakfast cereal company.
As their company branding is mostly yellow I figure this laburnum might have a chance. It's not an all-out photo comp, just has to be good enough to go into their gallery.

Okay - for the record? I don't think my pics are good enough for this thread, let alone a competition

But this pleased me.

Gravdigr · 05-16-2009, 05:05 PM

Beautiful.

Agent-G · 05-17-2009, 01:38 AM

Bridal Falls off of Highway 50

05-10-2009, 10:15 PM	#406
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Right outside the men's bathroom at the end of today's hike. Attached Images

05-11-2009, 08:04 AM	#407
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,200	OH MY GOD! IT'S A SKINK! __________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please.

05-11-2009, 11:52 AM	#408
jinx Come on, cat. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: general vicinity of Philadelphia area Posts: 7,013	Cool skink! How big was it? Did your kids pick it up? __________________ Crying won't help you, praying won't do you no good.

05-11-2009, 11:58 AM	#409
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	We have lots of blue skinks around my house. We love having them and the geko's around. They help keep down the billions of insects coming out now. __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

05-11-2009, 05:12 PM	#411
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,200	Can those things hurt you? __________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please.

05-11-2009, 12:04 PM	#410
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	It was maybe 6-8 inches long. We didn't try to pick it up. In the back of my mind, I remembered that their tails can come off easily to evade predators, and I didn't want to be left holding a bloody tail. And I didn't want to try to grab it near the mouth. We did surround it, with me on one side of the fence and my son on the other. And it would scoot under the fence to get away from one of us and be in plain view of the other. We chased it back and forth like that for a minute or so before it finally stopped trying to use the fence for cover. It was pretty cool. Fast.

05-12-2009, 08:04 AM	#414
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,200	I've got some huge ones around here. Some of them have colorful stripes, but the reddish ones are much larger. __________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please.

05-14-2009, 10:25 PM	#415
Chocolatl Glutton for Gluttony Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 1,409	Delicious piece of red velvet cake from Holt's Bakery in Douglas, Georgia.

05-14-2009, 10:56 PM	#416
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,200	Great shot! Douglas is a quaint little town. Now they got cake. There goes the neighborhood. God only knows what's next. Could even be one of them concert things. __________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please.

05-14-2009, 10:59 PM	#417
jinx Come on, cat. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: general vicinity of Philadelphia area Posts: 7,013	Yum! __________________ Crying won't help you, praying won't do you no good.

05-15-2009, 06:20 AM	#418
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Outclassed as I am... I offer you this. I'm taking photos of "simple pleasures" to enter into a comp run by an organic breakfast cereal company. As their company branding is mostly yellow I figure this laburnum might have a chance. It's not an all-out photo comp, just has to be good enough to go into their gallery. Okay - for the record? I don't think my pics are good enough for this thread, let alone a competition But this pleased me. Attached Images __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

05-16-2009, 05:05 PM	#419
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Beautiful. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

05-17-2009, 01:38 AM	#420
Agent-G Candy is dandy, but liquor is quicker Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Lake Tahoe, California Posts: 103	Bridal Falls off of Highway 50

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