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Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :
 
Original thread deleted as being entirely redundant.

But hey! Look at the pretty leaves!

[Big Grin]

(and look at Dag's links if you're interested in pharmacists refusing to fill prescriptions because of "moral" issues)

Thanks Dag.

(and dkw who sent me a private e-mail and didn't choose to humiliate me in public like SOME people!

[Razz]

[ November 09, 2004, 05:11 PM: Message edited by: Bob_Scopatz ]
 
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
 
[Deleted so nobody bumps any of them.]

[ November 09, 2004, 05:24 PM: Message edited by: Dagonee ]
 
Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :
 
Funny thing is I actually posted in one of those threads.

Oh well...

I was on a trip and never even saw the other one.
 
Posted by newfoundlogic (Member # 3907) on :
 
There are only two colors of leaves that I am aware of. Green and brown.
 
Posted by James Tiberius Kirk (Member # 2832) on :
 
The problem around here is that the leaves tend to fall off the trees as soon as they change.

So we get beautiful colors on the ground.

--j_k
 
Posted by ludosti (Member # 1772) on :
 
Leaves? There are leaves? They turn colors?
 
Posted by Da_Goat (Member # 5529) on :
 
We had beautiful colors in September and October. Now most of the trees are leafless.
 
Posted by sndrake (Member # 4941) on :
 
We got kinda shortchanged on fall colors this year in Illinois - very dry summer. Drought makes the leaves start to turn brown before the usual start of fall. It's a survival thing.

Very selfish of the trees, really. Doing stuff to ensure their survival instead of feeding our desire for displays of reds, yellows and oranges.

Ssselfish nassssty treessss. [Mad]
 
Posted by Architraz Warden (Member # 4285) on :
 
I second ludosti's statement...

The only green here is found as either very small, very numerous leaves that don't change color according to the time of year, or the bark of the trees. When an entire tree changes color, it usually means I'm going to have to replace it soon.

Feyd Baron, DoC
 
Posted by Teshi (Member # 5024) on :
 
We're almost past the fall colours stage here, but it was beautiful and vivid while it lasted. [Smile]
 
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
 
What is this "fall" of which you speak?
 
Posted by Raia (Member # 4700) on :
 
*giggle* What she said.
 
Posted by Mike (Member # 55) on :
 
Fall foliage.

We had a late fall this year in Rhode Island -- it's only now starting to get really cold. I don't have a useful camera, or I'd have taken some picures.
 
Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
 
I'm with raia and rivka. What fall?

I can see a brown banana leaf off my back balcony, but all the other leaves are a far greener green than most of you have ever seen. And that goes for the coconut palms, pineapple, mango, papaya, lime, and all other tropical trees out here.

Aren't'cha jealous yet?

[Evil] [Evil] [Evil] [Evil] [Evil] [Evil]
 
Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
 
"Aren't'cha jealous yet?"

Nah. I like seasons. And insects smaller than my head.
 
Posted by kaioshin00 (Member # 3740) on :
 
Rain men are just as fun as snow men.
 
Posted by Sara Sasse (Member # 6804) on :
 
Great pictures, Mike.
quote:
I was on a trip and never even saw the other one.
Yeah. I've heard about those kinds of "trips."

[Big Grin]
 
Posted by Tatiana (Member # 6776) on :
 
How do you make a rain man? With clear plastic leaf bags filled up under the drain spout? Would he leak if you jammed in sticks for his arms?
 
Posted by newfoundlogic (Member # 3907) on :
 
quote:
Rain men are just as fun as snow men.
No, no, no, no, no, no, no...
 
Posted by Teshi (Member # 5024) on :
 
You know what's a sign of impending winter?

Totally. Overweight. Squirrels.

I swear, they are waddling.
 
Posted by newfoundlogic (Member # 3907) on :
 
There so many squirrels here, but I haven't seen any fat ones. Oh, I want to see an obese squirrel.
 
Posted by Teshi (Member # 5024) on :
 
Well earlier on in the year they are all sleek and now they're fat and can't go so fast.
 
Posted by Mike (Member # 55) on :
 
You want to see an obese squirrel? Here you go.

-----

quote:
Great pictures, Mike.
Thanks, I took them myself. [Wink]
 
Posted by newfoundlogic (Member # 3907) on :
 
quote:
Show: All sizes - Large - Medium - Small


Heh heh heh.
 
Posted by Sara Sasse (Member # 6804) on :
 
[Big Grin]

(I think that big guy in the top center photos of the "fat squirrel" image-search is actually a prairie dog. Note that you can't see a tail peeking 'round the edges. Pretty durn cute, though.)

[ November 10, 2004, 06:07 PM: Message edited by: Sara Sasse ]
 
Posted by Goody Scrivener (Member # 6742) on :
 
quote:
Rain men are just as fun as snow men.
Ten minutes to Wapner....
 
Posted by Mrs.M (Member # 2943) on :
 
quote:
(I think that big guy in the top center photos of the "fat squirrel" image-search is actually a prairie dog.
That reminds me of a conversation Andrew and I had last year:

Andrew: What the h@%& is wrong with that squirrel?
Kira: It's a chipmunk.

We had spectacularly beautiful foliage here for 2 weeks, then we had 2 days of record winds and they all blew off the trees.
 
Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
 
I think I'm gonna have nightmares. Some of those squirrels just freaked me out. [Angst] [Angst] [Angst] [Angst] [Angst] [Angst] [Angst]
 
Posted by WishfulWiggin (Member # 6823) on :
 
We had some pretty colors also...but I didn't get a chance to catch some pictures. But, it did snow a few days ago!! I did take some decent (if i may say so myself) photos of that.

Here are the snow pictures I took

Oh, my Dad has two prairie dogs. And he wants a squirrel. They're cute. Not that fat though. [Smile]
 


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