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FIREFLY PEDALING

by: KNUCKLEHEAD

Sat Jun 05, 2010 at 00:36:43 AM EDT

(9AM
- promoted by Dreamer)

Tonight, I decided I needed to be distracted myself, so I went out at 4:30 this afternoon with my iPod on, my camera, & went riding my bicycle on the street.
Thinking I`d get away from the catastrophe in the gulf & the murderous piracy in the sea off Gaza, the first thing I saw was a snake. A snake in the grass. I thought of the CEO of BP immediately, then shut those thoughts down, called the little twins & their dad (they were getting in their car) over to see The Snake, then put bad thoughts out of my mind.
I caught this also, with which I decided to start over again.

SUNRISE

KNUCKLEHEAD :: FIREFLY PEDALING

SNAKE IN THE GRASS

WHAT`S UP DOC?

HANDFUL

NICE SPOT

TEXAS BABE

FIRE SIGHTING

SNAKE CHARMING

SMOKING GRASS

VANISHING POINT

WHITE FLIGHT

NIGHT FLIGHT

NEXT FLIGHT

And from my cactus garden, a bloom that opened last Sunday night, here`s ;

STREET WALKER
&
SUN STALKER

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FIREFLY PEDALING | 17 comments

Pedal pusher (15.00 / 9)

Have a nice weekend, & if I forgot anybody`s comment in last week`s post, I apologize.
I was having a 3 day yard sale, & it took up a lot more time than I expected.
It is a great way though, to meet new friends, reconnect with old ones & get the news on acquaintances you`d not heard from lately, plus... you get rid of all your crap.

by: KNUCKLEHEAD @ Sat Jun 05, 2010 at 04:41:31 AM UTC

Love the flowers (15.00 / 4)

Day lilies, irises & cactus blossoms are particular favorites of mine: how did you know?

;-D

English usage is sometimes more than mere taste, judgment and education - sometimes it's sheer luck, like getting across the street.
E. B. White

by: Youffraita @ Sat Jun 05, 2010 at 06:02:14 AM UTC

Youffraita (15.00 / 5)

I was showing off my cactus blossoms to passersby on Monday.
One shot I didn`t get a few days ago, was of a weasel/stoat/mink that I spotted & talked to from about 15 feet away & for about thirty seconds.
I shall try to shoot it, photographically of course, in the coming days. I was too immersed in my music, & forgot my camera. Today I caught the snake, in the same coincidental type meeting.
Always have a camera ready, a lesson I always teach but not always follow. (to all our detriment, I might add).
I hope you are well.

by: KNUCKLEHEAD @ Sat Jun 05, 2010 at 07:03:30 AM UTC

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Yes, I'm well, thanks for asking (15.00 / 4)

When I was in fifth or sixth grade, we moved to a house in the 'burbs where the previous owners had a bunch of different flowers planted in circles in the yard.

My father -- who always wanted a perfect lawn! -- took them out.

But one of the circles had a hardy prickly pear cactus in it. I always loved that plant, and it's a reason why I'm such a cactus aficionado even today. Cacti are gorgeous. Succulents are kinda fun too, imho.

English usage is sometimes more than mere taste, judgment and education - sometimes it's sheer luck, like getting across the street.
E. B. White

by: Youffraita @ Sat Jun 05, 2010 at 07:45:16 AM UTC

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PS: Who knew (15.00 / 4)

that you could grow prickly pear cacti in PA? I mean, in your backyard?

I didn't, until we moved there. But apparently there's a species that's either native here, or -- if not native -- can tolerate the weather here.

English usage is sometimes more than mere taste, judgment and education - sometimes it's sheer luck, like getting across the street.
E. B. White

by: Youffraita @ Sat Jun 05, 2010 at 07:50:10 AM UTC

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Who knew (15.00 / 5)

Here`s some from my yard.
Delicious

by: KNUCKLEHEAD @ Sat Jun 05, 2010 at 08:09:35 AM UTC

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all gorgeous (15.00 / 4)

but moreso is how you changed your outlook, changed what you "saw", started over with little rays of sunshine!
thanks knucklehead
a good reminder....
♥~

"Indeed, if a poor man will spend a year in prison for stealing out of hunger,
how high would the gallows need to be to hang the rich man?"
~The Patrician in 'Snuff' by Terry Pratchett

by: RiaD @ Sat Jun 05, 2010 at 11:10:32 AM UTC

RiaD (15.00 / 4)

I have to constantly remind myself, especially when I espouse "mellowness" as a way of life, myself.

by: KNUCKLEHEAD @ Mon Jun 07, 2010 at 04:46:26 AM UTC

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beautiful photos (15.00 / 4)

I've had to do the reset thing a lot lately, too.

That looks like a Gopher Snake, I think...

"In proportion to the vigor of the individual, these revolutions are frequent, until in some happier mind they are incessant..." R.W.Emerson - Compensation

by: incessantrevolutions @ Sat Jun 05, 2010 at 22:09:33 PM UTC

incessantrevolutions (14.00 / 5)

Thank you.
I`ll take this time to also express my gratitude for your last comment about my daughter in my last posting.
She had not much choice I think, but to learn how to have a discerning eye.
She had only me to show her the way (not much of a statement) since her mom died before she was three.
She had to "see" how I was treated & my reactions to those too familiar occasions, & absorb some of it to be who she is today, & what her daughters are now.
We are all the sum of our experiences, no matter what kind of math we use to arrive at the total.

Yes, that is a Gopher snake.
Here`s another place I go to reboot occasionally.
A pond I built for some friends/clients.

PRAYER CIRCLE

FISH CIRCLE

LIFE CIRCLE

LOVE CIRCLE

by: KNUCKLEHEAD @ Mon Jun 07, 2010 at 04:57:51 AM UTC

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Circles (15.00 / 4)

Circles, cycles, an ancient math that makes the the world go 'round... Very very nice (and I don't use very very much, it's really only very rarely useful) pond and photos.

3 + 5 + 10 + 11 + 14 + 15 = comment ratings for the above = 58

"In proportion to the vigor of the individual, these revolutions are frequent, until in some happier mind they are incessant..." R.W.Emerson - Compensation

by: incessantrevolutions @ Mon Jun 07, 2010 at 17:05:05 PM UTC

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Circles (15.00 / 1)

What do those numbers represent.
Or am I simply ignorant.

by: KNUCKLEHEAD @ Tue Jun 08, 2010 at 04:28:14 AM UTC

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numbers... (15.00 / 2)

next to the "reply" link on each comment on the right is a white box with a drop-down arrow. if you hit the arrow you will see "ratings" with numbers beside them
incessantrevolutions rates your comment above:

3- thank you/you're welcome
5- thought provoking
10- you make fireflys dance~
11- this makes my butt light up
14- pfabulous
15- brilliant!!

"Indeed, if a poor man will spend a year in prison for stealing out of hunger,
how high would the gallows need to be to hang the rich man?"
~The Patrician in 'Snuff' by Terry Pratchett

by: RiaD @ Tue Jun 08, 2010 at 04:35:36 AM UTC

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ditto Ria n/t (12.50 / 2)

"In proportion to the vigor of the individual, these revolutions are frequent, until in some happier mind they are incessant..." R.W.Emerson - Compensation

by: incessantrevolutions @ Tue Jun 08, 2010 at 11:22:17 AM UTC

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beautiful, knucklehead (13.00 / 3)

thank you for beauty in the midst of so much sadness

It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see. ~ Thoreau ... and, do no harm

by: newpioneer @ Sun Jun 06, 2010 at 19:41:01 PM UTC

Newpioneer (12.00 / 4)

I hope all is well with your partner & your menagerie.
I always try to look for the brighter side of night.
I`ve learned to acquiesce to sadness, since there is no removing it everywhere.
I think I have to do my share, especially given the uneven distribution of pain on this blue dot.

by: KNUCKLEHEAD @ Mon Jun 07, 2010 at 06:23:24 AM UTC

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thanks, knucklehead (14.00 / 3)

the animals are well, and right now I'm waiting for J to finish chemo for today. He's done with radiation, so at least one less demon to battle.
He's hanging in there, and we'll someday look back on this as a golden memory of struggle and victory

It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see. ~ Thoreau ... and, do no harm

by: newpioneer @ Mon Jun 07, 2010 at 15:51:30 PM UTC

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