2016 « Cosmic-Observation

FFTD: Mums

Posted on June 4, 2019 Updated on September 9, 2020

This is a Chrysanthemum that I planted back in 2014. It must have been very happy where I put it because it was huge two years later. It finally gave up the next year. ~Vic

Chrysanthemum Image — This is just one plant.
10-14-2016

Flower for the Day

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POTD: Examiner Encounters 2.0

Posted on May 19, 2019 Updated on October 4, 2023

When I posted my first Examiner Encounter, I should have numbered it. I have a few of these things.

I climbed into a guy’s car for a road test and met his little friend. I asked him if he minded me taking a picture of it. He posed her a little bit for me. Then, I asked him “Favorite past-time?” “Nah.” was his response. “It was gift from a friend…a female friend, no less.”

This comes under the heading of Things You Don’t See Everyday. I DO miss this job sometimes. ~Vic

Picture of the Day

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Shutterbug Saturday: Critter Collections 3.0

Posted on May 11, 2019 Updated on October 4, 2023

All photos and video are my personal collection. I'm surprised some of these turned out as well as they did. The first six were taken with a Samsung Alias II…an old flip phone. ~Vic
Part I/Part II

Web Image One — Rogue spider in the Den.
06-01-2013

Web Image Two — It was a good-sized web.
Spider was nowhere to be found.

Big Spider Image Three — I nearly walked into this big web leaving work.
10-23-2013

Bathroom Spider Image Five — These long-legged things freak me out.
They love to hang upside down in bathrooms.
08-22-2015

Bathroom Spider Image Six — Just ewwwww…

Leaf Grasshopper Image Seven — He looks like a leaf.
10-31-2016

Roach Image Eight — During a rainstorm, he crawled up on the kitchen window to dry off.
YUCK.
06-20-2017

I had forgotten that I had some videos of critters, too. I was trying to sing like a child, just being silly.
Clark was not impressed.

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POTD: Wash Me

Posted on May 2, 2019 Updated on July 31, 2020

Well…I had intended to post about the 1959/1960 Payola Scandal that involved Dick Clark but, apparently, The History Channel can’t make up its mind which day it happened on. *sigh*

So, instead, Photo of the Day. ~Vic