CoTT 2 House of Cards

[Marty]

Good morning, gang!

A mainly cloudy day here, with current temperature around 10°C/50°F and a high expected of 15°C/59°F. Still no sign of a break in this spell of dry, settled weather, however, which is good news. Although it won't surprise me if the farmers start praying for rain soon.  

I must get out and face the world (well, the garden) eventually. But first I need my second mug of coffee.

Because...

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Edited April 18, 2020 by Marty

[Timothy M.]

6 hours ago, Bucket1 said:

And in another story of justice, a guy paid a group of people to buy toilet paper and hand sanitizer requiring 138 separate trips to the store. He purchased over $10,000 worth of product and was trying to make a killing on eBay. They shut him down so he took the receipts and toilet paper back to the store but was told to go away. No one likes extortionists 

Maybe he could redeem himself by donating his loot to care homes and hospitals.

Have a good weekend with love from sunny Denmark. We're holding our breaths on how the planned reopening of society will go.

[clochette]

@Valkyrie 

I don't know either to be shock/gross out someone would do this or be amazed at the new fact I've learned.

Edited April 18, 2020 by clochette

[Marty]

11 hours ago, Headstall said:

Wonderful! Love black and white!

Just out of interest, one of my Flickr albums contains my black and white (and some monochrome) photographs.

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https://www.flickr.com/photos/86156059@N00/albums/72157646715306774

 

Edited April 18, 2020 by Marty

[Marty]

Just now, clochette said:

@Valkyrie 

I don't know either to be shock/gross out someone would do this or be amazed at the new Fack I've learned.

Fack!

Not sure what Val will think about boiling Penguin eggs...  

[Valkyrie]

1 hour ago, Marty said:

Fack!

Not sure what Val will think about boiling Penguin eggs...  

[Valkyrie]

1 hour ago, Marty said:

Just out of interest, one of my Flickr albums contains my black and white (and some monochrome) photographs.

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https://www.flickr.com/photos/86156059@N00/albums/72157646715306774

 

Wow!  Those are great!  Thanks for sharing  

[Headstall]

3 hours ago, Marty said:

Just out of interest, one of my Flickr albums contains my black and white (and some monochrome) photographs.

  Reveal hidden contents

https://www.flickr.com/photos/86156059@N00/albums/72157646715306774

 

Awesome collection, Marty! I loved many of them... the train made me think of Hogwarts.  

[Headstall]

Happy Saturday, all! 

[Marty]

4 minutes ago, Headstall said:

Awesome collection, Marty! I loved many of them... the train made me think of Hogwarts.  

Cheers, Buddy.

If you mean the train with "The Jacobite" on the front, that was taken in Mallaig, in the Scottish Highlands. I had climbed Ben Nevis the day before (the highest mountain in the whole of the British Isles), before taking a day return trip on a that steam train on the West Highland Railway from Fort William to Mallaig. Below is a link to a photograph  I got of the train passing over the curving Glenfinnan Viaduct, which was actually used in several of the Harry Potter films, most noticeably the flying car sequence in 'Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets'.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/86156059@N00/9472014300

 

[dughlas]

18 hours ago, Albert1434 said:

One of the biggest meat packing plants in SD now has 777 cases of corona19 and is closed. And there talking about panic buying and only allowing you to buy so much meats.

Perhaps we'll learn to eat more like our forebears. Less meat and less food on the plate overall. Perhaps one of the outcomes of the pandemic will be an overall reduction in obesity. Soon folks will be out foraging for fungus or fishing or eating veggies ... 

[Headstall]

17 minutes ago, dughlas said:

Perhaps we'll learn to eat more like our forebears. Less meat and less food on the plate overall. Perhaps one of the outcomes of the pandemic will be an overall reduction in obesity. Soon folks will be out foraging for fungus or fishing or eating veggies ... 

I  can just picture Val out foraging for fungus.   Hey, bro and Mum.  

[Albert1434]

Aloha All

     

Edited April 18, 2020 by Albert1434

[dughlas]

18 hours ago, Marty said:

With the lockdown and social distancing, I am finding myself often not knowing what day of the week it is...

When I remembered that today is Friday, I realised I hadn't taken photograph number 3 for the 52 out of 52 challenge I have set myself, to try and take one new black and white photograph each week over  a full year. And the rules state that each week's photograph should be uploaded before midnight each Friday. As I type this, it is currently 23:25 hours.

Due to the fact that I am currently, under Government covid-19 regulations, not supposed to leave the house or garden, I have limited choices of what to photograph at present. 

This is what I came up with:

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The shapes and textures are wonderful in b&w ... probably more so than in color.

[dughlas]

1 hour ago, Headstall said:

Happy Saturday, all! 

Thanks. I guessed you were thinking of the ladies when you included the rose so I gave that to Mum.

[dughlas]

32 minutes ago, Headstall said:

I  can just picture Val out foraging for fungus.   Hey, bro and Mum.  

Whilst snacking on wasabi green peas. You know we're gonna get cranky face responses.

[clochette]

1 hour ago, dughlas said:

fungus or fishing or eating veggies ... 

[Valkyrie]

2 hours ago, Headstall said:

Awesome collection, Marty! I loved many of them... the train made me think of Hogwarts.  

 Me too 

[Valkyrie]

1 hour ago, Headstall said:

I  can just picture Val out foraging for fungus.   Hey, bro and Mum.  

[Valkyrie]

1 hour ago, dughlas said:

Whilst snacking on wasabi green peas. You know we're gonna get cranky face responses.

 making puke spheres spicy does not enhance their appeal.   

[CassieQ]

28 minutes ago, Valkyrie said:

It's not the same without the sound.  

[Page Scrawler]

3 minutes ago, CassieQ said:

It's not the same without the sound.  

Hey, Cassie.   

[Valkyrie]

6 minutes ago, CassieQ said:

It's not the same without the sound.  

Agreed   

 

 

[Marty]

2 hours ago, dughlas said:

The shapes and textures are wonderful in b&w ... probably more so than in color.

Sometimes too much colour can distract from the subject of the picture.

[Marty]

2 hours ago, Albert1434 said:

Aloha All

     

Hey, Albert!

Nice photos, but I hope you didn't take them today. I think you're supposed to be socially isolating, and not travelling too far from home...

(Just kidding, my friend. )