Wednesday June 22nd

[Man From Ironbark]

Thought I'd start a thread since my hump day is on its way out.

Shoulder showing screw.
   

[damar]

Hi MFIB and all who stop by today! Sorry your shoulder required a screw, but the imagery is fascinating!
Your shoulder is basically "screwed".
It still fascinates me that man is able to see inside of himself (via Xray)

Well this year, I have a small raised bed garden and this is an unfurling cucumber vine.
(training them up on hog wire fencing)
I planted San Marzano style plum tomatoes, Big Bertha Bell Peppers and pickling cucumbers.

   

[Don]

Good morning y'all. Two fascinating images to start the day with. Concerning the shoulder injury, I have a friend who injured his in a skiing accident and they were not sure if he would ever regain the use of his arm. But eventually, with surgeries and therapy, he just about has full use back. Modern medicine can do a lot.

Patty, we planted a couple of tomato plants and 3 different pepper plants which are starting to produce. On pepper plant is pretty mild but one is a super chili pepper and is pretty hot, at least to me. The Serrano pepper plant is lagging behind and only has 2 or 3 blossoms on it. I like Serranos so I hope it will hang in there an bear more fruit.

[damar]

Good morning Don!
I really wanted to plant some hot chiles but I have so many dried pods from a few years ago.
I tried to plant Poblanos but they were thin..mostly skin and seeds. Anaheims same problem. They look great but the wall of the chiles are thin.

I'll make sauce and/or powders out of my hot dried pods and plant some next year. Our current raised bed is in a temporary location due to the tree felling operation earlier this month. Next year we will have more raised beds over where the trees were removed. More sunlight!
I hope you can get some nice serranos!

Speaking of chile peppers: there is a shortage of Sriracha sauce due to a poor crop season so if you are a fan of it, keep an eye out in the stores. I used to use a lot of it but found a great Jamaican hot chile sauce that I prefer now.

DD has over 40 titanium screws or clips in her head due to a serious car accident back in 2000 but is fine today.
Medical Miracle right there.

[Man From Ironbark]

You could say she has her head screwed on?

Here's some winter moistness.

[damar]

Water droplet bejeweled web: So pretty!!!
And yes we can also ask her if she has a loose screw! LOL

I'm wondering today, if Lorell was able to resolve her camera settings issue.
If you read this Lorell, check your regular email! (if you have not already)

[Luv2shoot]

Good day all and it is till morning, so, THE TOP OF THE MORNING TO YOU ALL!

I am much happier this morning.
Yesterday's thread felt like a reunion seeing Patty again and all of us being together. I also got my camera problem resolved.  I visited my British Olympus blog and asked them about it and they knew instantly what the problem was.  I accidentally flipped a lever that changed the function on both my front and rear dial. I was so relieved after I found out what I did and how easy of a fix that it was.  Thanks for your concerns and suggestions.  And thank you Patty for all of the research and troubleshooting you did that you shared with me in the email.  Wow, that took a lot of time and patience. 

Well, I can follow the SPIRAL lead that you started this morning, Peter, showing us your screw in your shoulder.  I too think, Patty, that it is amazing that we can see the inside of the body using X-rays.  What a discovery! 

Patty, Love the close-up of the spiraled vine especially with the nice light shining on it.

Peter, A good capture of the little pearls of glistening water.   

It was about two years ago when I found a snail with a spiral shell and took a close-up of it.  Now I see them all over the place.
Have a great day all.

[Dave]

MFI, I agree with damar that your X-ray photo is a nice image. (So far I've avoided surgery - other than a vasectomy more than 40 years ago. I won't share a couple of slightly unpleasant details of that experience.)

damar, that's a very tightly-coiled tendril. Nicely photographed.

Beautiful photo of dew on the web, MFI.

WOW! Dramatic macro, Lorell. Strong values. intense colors, and a variety of textures.

My spring/summer gardening this year looks doomed to fail: no healthy lemon cucumbers remain, only one small Black Krim tomato, my raised-bed with various hot peppers isn't producing anything, and 3 of the sunflower varieties have not germinated. A few days ago I sowed additional cucumber and tomato seeds in pots, but it's a bit late in the season to expect much of a harvest.

Glancing out the door this morning, I saw some nice early morning clouds. Grabbed the camera and took a few shots. If I had been out there 20 minutes earlier I probably would have been gifted with a nice sunrise.

Here's one shot taken from the street and one house west of mine, looking at the clouds to the NNW...

   

[Rich]

Good Day All!
A bright blue sky day here with normal temps and light wind!

Peter, OUCH! Medical science and treatment is wonderful! Awesome web! Delicate!

Patty, a well lit closeup. This reminded me of watching cooking shows and they would use the fiddlehead, a vegetable.
Medical Miracle for sure! I am glad she is OK today!

Morning Don, wonderful photos of that guitar. I need to ask my son if he ever used a 12 string one.

Lorell, I am happy you got your camera fixed. Frustrating for sure!
I have not seen a snail that close, interesting! Blue BG really sets it off.


Dave, sorry to hear of the crop failure. Hope you had crop insurance! Kidding!
Your sky looks grand. Ours is the same blue and not a cloud in the sky.


Here is a 36 Chevy Gangster. I had a 36 Chevy as my first car, didn't look like this one!

[damar]

Thank you Lorell!
I'm happy to hear your camera is back where you wanted it!
Nice to have a group of camera nerds on a forum, huh?!!

Yours and my camera are about the same age and have a lot of similar features.
That is quite a close up of the snail! You got a nice variety of rich color in such a tight frame too!
I've been thinking about looking at some macro lenses because it would make shooting close to home a bit more interesting.
I have been hearing some good reviews on 3rd party lenses, but I would want auto focus.
I am not that great at manual focusing.

Hi Dave!
Sorry about your garden endeavor this year. Was it a pollination problem or weather related?
I don't have high expectations for my harvest this year because I had to use bagged commercial "garden soil"
(read: mostly a variety of pine/wood chips and some wet sand)
I top dressed with composted manure. I feel like my growing medium is a bit shy on actual soil.
Back in the day, I used to compost kitchen scraps and organics from yard work (far enough away from the house) but I'm not going to get into that here; it's messy and attracts pests.

Hi Rich! Thanks...good to see you!
I LOVE the paint job on those blue fenders!
And that candid capture of the camera man reflected in the head lamp!
wink wink!
Cool photos!
My first car was a bicycle!
Hahah...then I got a 1960s Rambler American.
$300 in the mid 70s. Straight 6 and 3 on the tree.

I saw some below decks photos on your FlickR page.
(torpedo and engine room). What ship was that?

I'm going to go dig around and see if I can find something from my archives that I have never posted.