Cool Pics & Adventures

[belleswell]

So, how do you like them apples?





















My fave are the Honey Crisp




We have nine apple trees with 5 different varieties.

2 Honey Crisp
2 Fuji
2 Gala
2 McIntosh
1 Red Delicious



We also have two Red Haven Semi Dwarf Peach trees










We get between 20 and 25 five gallon buckets full.




Canned applesauce and apples

 

[Chefdave]

So, how do you like them apples?

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My fave are the Honey Crisp
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We have nine apple trees with 5 different varieties.

2 Honey Crisp
2 Fuji
2 Gala
2 McIntosh
1 Red Delicious



We also have two Red Haven Semi Dwarf Peach trees

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We get between 20 and 25 five gallon buckets full.

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Canned applesauce and apples
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Beautiful!!

 

[BobBitchen]

 

[DopeDaniel]

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Ready for ski season?

 

[BobBitchen]

Ready for ski season?
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Always ready. Mammoth got a dusting this week and the whites received even more.
Super el nīno gonna be wild.

 

[DopeDaniel]

Super el nīno gonna be wild.

That's the rumor at least.

Long as you guys don't hog it all. Lol.

 

[TonesOwn]

Couple good sunsets this week

 

[LoboGrow]

I miss my Arizona sunrises and sunsets....

 

[TonesOwn]

I miss my Arizona sunrises and sunsets....

I never thought id say it but they may be better then Floruda sunsets I used to get

 

[Chefdave]

I never thought id say it but they may be better then Floruda sunsets I used to get

And amazing star gazing when ya get away from cities like Tucson or Phoenix -Mesa

 

[TonesOwn]

And amazing star gazing when ya get away from cities like Tucson or Phoenix -Mesa

We did that about a week before I joined here. Went up past Payson to stay in a cabin and kayak fish a day in Willow Spring Lake. I got skunked was my first time fishing for freshwater trout im used to the crazy florida fishing lol but got a few awesome pics and was very relaxing

 

[Chefdave]

We did that about a week before I joined here. Went up past Payson to stay in a cabin and kayak fish a day in Willow Spring Lake. I got skunked was my first time fishing for freshwater trout im used to the crazy florida fishing lol but got a few awesome pics and was very relaxing View attachment 249955View attachment 249956View attachment 249957View attachment 249958View attachment 249959View attachment 249960

Beautiful, yeah I'm a saltwater guy also, my Dad's next door neighbor on the eastern Chesapeake had a home in Islamorada, best fishing ever, love the Chesapeake but fla keys fishing is a different world!! Arizona is beautiful as long as ya get away from the heat once and while. I remember when it was in the 100s outside in Tucson , my ex and I would drive up Mt. Lemon it would be like 75. Very wild temp shifts in the desert

 

[TonesOwn]

Beautiful, yeah I'm a saltwater guy also, my Dad's next door neighbor on the eastern Chesapeake had a home in Islamorada, best fishing ever, love the Chesapeake but fla keys fishing is a different world!! Arizona is beautiful as long as ya get away from the heat once and while. I remember when it was in the 100s outside in Tucson , my ex and I would drive up Mt. Lemon it would be like 75. Very wild temp shifts in the desert

Agreed to all the above lol when we left our area of AZ it was 115 and by nighttime in the cabin in the mountains it was 55 I was in love. I had trouble adjusting to this heat but now that I been through a few months of it I think the weather here is more bearable then Florida. That humidity is killer. I never got to go all the way down the keys but did a few fishing trips out of Islamorada for my bday a couple years in a row. I used to take my kayak all over the place down there though. I worked at a marina and could put my kayak in there and get out to the flats fast and slay some snook and reds and trout

 

[Chefdave]

Agreed to all the above lol when we left our area of AZ it was 115 and by nighttime in the cabin in the mountains it was 55 I was in love. I had trouble adjusting to this heat but now that I been through a few months of it I think the weather here is more bearable then Florida. That humidity is killer. I never got to go all the way down the keys but did a few fishing trips out of Islamorada for my bday a couple years in a row. I used to take my kayak all over the place down there though. I worked at a marina and could put my kayak in there and get out to the flats fast and slay some snook and reds and trout

Yeah humidity sucks, I agree that az is way more liveable than fla summers, the worst I have lived in and experienced was texas, miserable looking state, miserable weather, very nice people

 

[TonesOwn]

Yeah humidity sucks, I agree that az is way more liveable than fla summers, the worst I have lived in and experienced was texas, miserable looking state, miserable weather, very nice people

I agree again lmao lived there and got the same vibes. Plus im an Eagles fan i was in enemy territory but yeah Florida's weather was nuts. Heres a couple more crazy pics. Couple shots of the marina I worked at in Florida after we got hit by the eye of hurricane Ian a few years ago. Our equipment measured 210 mph gusts before they failed. We stayed and didnt board our windows or nothing and got super luckywith no damage

 

[Amarok]

Found this in an old folder this morning.

A friend and I watched this grizzly chase down and kill a yearling moose along the shore of the bay we were in. It was absolutely terrifying. The bear then dragged the carcass behind the big rock to the bear's right. We moved a bit closer to shore and from out of sight the griz "barked" at us, letting us know to approach no closer. We didn't need to be told twice.

We carried along down the lake, fishing, terrified every time we got within 50 yards of shore, even though we knew the bear was feasting a few miles away.

When we returned on our way to the dock a few hours later, we moved toward where we knew the carcass was and I started whistling. The griz came out from behind the rock, sat down and stared at us.

Us bald monkeys might start thinking we are tough, but I learned my place in Nature on that day. We ain't nowhere near the top of the food chain.

 

[belleswell]

Snappers and Painted Turtles

We've watched this huge snapping turtle in our pond since moving here nine years ago. We named her Nessie.






Tip to tip, she's around 3 feet long from her nose to her tail. There is a good chance she is older than I am.








This last summer she dug a hole in our yard about 80 feet away from the pond and laid her eggs. After she lays them, she then covers the eggs back up. She walks away and that ends her work for the clutch. She chose a spot where the soil was a very sandy loam making it easy for the newborns to dig their way out.








The baby turtles will make their way out roughly three months later. We watched her bury the eggs, and I had been watching the spot closely to notice when they had made their way to the surface. It happened this last week. We found one of the small turtles wandering on the opposite side of our home from the pond, so we gave it a helping hand and set it down right next to the pond.

Barely an inch long





Here is a pic of a baby painted turtle hanging out on top of a water lily leaf.
















Going for the gold with this pyramid formation.













Proverbial log jam