Ratel
May 8, 2020, 2:23pm
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Are you saying their discernment might be offended?
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And they have American cousins!
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Cool
Good luck little plants!!
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Someone posted this above the toilet at work.
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L0ki
May 8, 2020, 7:14pm
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I believe marketing advisers would call it ‘finding your niche’.
His is a hopefully small niche but if you can corner the market for patriotic drunk drivers who want a lawyer who shouts a lot, well you’ve got yourself some loyal (and what’s more important - lucrative) clients.
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L0ki
May 8, 2020, 7:34pm
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I can’t find a credit or other confirmation but the humour and art-style scream:
Bernhard-Viktor Christoph-Carl von Bülow (12 November 1923 – 22 August 2011), known as Vicco von Bülow or Loriot, was a German comedian, humorist, cartoonist, film director, actor and writer.
He is best known for his cartoons, the sketches from his 1976 television series Loriot, alongside Evelyn Hamann, and his two movies, Ödipussi (1988) and Pappa Ante Portas (1991).
On the television series Unsere Besten (Our Best), Loriot was ranked the 54th best German ever. In a special comedy episode of...
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O gracious that’s gotta be him
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LDoBe
May 8, 2020, 9:34pm
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Found a cranefly emerging from its chrysalis in a planter box on the deck
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Cool and hideous in almost equal measure. Almost
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LDoBe
May 8, 2020, 10:03pm
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It’s just an animal making its way in the world.
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Yeah. I wouldn’t hurt it, but I am quite glad they are small.
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Woah… that looks positively alien…
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LDoBe
May 8, 2020, 10:07pm
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I’m hurting for a proper macro lens on my phone. I kinda want to take a lot of bug photos, but the built in lenses on my pixel phone don’t let me get in proper close.
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Reminds me of this guy’s art, Simon Stålenhag.
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Yep. I’d step on my brakes at that, too.
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MrShiv
May 8, 2020, 10:48pm
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Our flyover. Totally underwhelming.
(That’s it way over there)
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B-2?
I suppose it beats bread and circuses
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On the subject of new plants, I’ve been trying again to grow some trees for bonsai purposes. Here’s the first one that sprouted. I believe it’s a Scots Pine.
がんばって松ちゃん!
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I think you mean CC TREE V…
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Later, I’ll go out and shovel the hummingbird feeder. I’m not sure if we’ve had any yet, but they’ll need a good fill-up in this weather.
The cardinals always look like they’re posing for a Christmas card.
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