What's the View Like From My New Place?

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The discussion revolves around a user learning to use their camera phone, sharing photos taken from various locations around their home, and expressing excitement about the local wildlife, particularly a large unidentified bird humorously dubbed "notagoshawk." Participants engage in identifying the bird, suggesting it might be a red-tailed hawk or a ferruginous hawk due to its size and coloration. The conversation also touches on gardening challenges in a shaded patio area, with advice on potential planting solutions. The user shares a personal anecdote about falling near a ravine, which resulted in a broken arm, and humorously mentions that their pet, referred to as the "Fruit Bat," also sustained an injury during the incident. The thread highlights a sense of community as users share their experiences with birds and gardening while providing support and encouragement.
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  • #152
lisab said:
You really should see a doctor, or at least ask your dentist if it's related. I hope you feel better soon!

Agreed...call a REAL doctor (not your usual pill-pusher) and let them know about the recent dental work in addition to the drop in temperature and nausea before passing out. If you have some sort of infection getting into your heart valves (a real risk of invasive dental procedures like root canal) that's not yet triggering a fever, that sort of thing could cause weird symptoms like that. If it's something like that, you DON'T want to wait, you want to be on antibiotics right away before it does permanent damage. Or, it could be a weird coincidence with the timing (the arm was healed, the tooth was fixed, so time for Evo to acquire a new injury), but still something that should be thoroughly checked out. The drop in temperature and nausea are especially concerning and make it more than just an odd bout of fatigue or onset of flu or something.
 
  • #153
Agreed, Moonie. Get to a real diagnostician, Evo!
 
  • #154
93°F is worrisomely low. There can be several reasons for low temperature, including sepsis (widespread infection), of which septicemia is one possibility. Possibile infection could have spread from the abscessed tooth. There are other causes as well.

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/body-temperature/AN01513

If the fainting or low temperature reoccurs - go to an ER - don't wait.
 
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  • #155
you r very lucky to live over there:)
 
  • #156
Evo said:
Bear with me, I'm learning how to use my camera phone and I've just e-mailed these to myself from my phone. When I get my SD adaptor hopefully they'll look better.

This is from my bedroom window
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From the patio
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From the back door (you can see how quickly the yard drops off into the ravine) this is where I fell and broke my arm
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This is sitting at my computer
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wow..! ! Beautiful! I wish it would snow here in the philippines...
 

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  • #157
Here is a picture taken from my patio a few minutes ago with the camera the Evo Child gave me for mother's day. Ah, I see that I need to set the date.

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  • #158
Great shot, Evo but perhaps issue a height fear warning too: don't look if you're acrophobic.
 
  • #159
Ephratah7 said:
wow..! ! Beautiful! I wish it would snow here in the philippines...

You should come to Quebec and see the snow here!

I'll be creating a website with Quebec pictures soon, and I'll link you to it.

(Adding to photoshack and linking all the time is annoying.)
 
  • #160
Evo said:
Here is a picture taken from my patio a few minutes ago with the camera the Evo Child gave me for mother's day. Ah, I see that I need to set the date.

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Wow that looks lovely.
 
  • #161
Ephratah7 said:
wow..! ! Beautiful! I wish it would snow here in the philippines...
Snow? You want snow? This was my house in March. I would gladly have shared the snow with you.
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  • #162
turbo-1 said:
Snow? You want snow? This was my house in March. I would gladly have shared the snow with you.
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Man, that's nuts.
 
  • #163
Cyrus said:
Man, that's nuts.
Luckily, we had a week-long thaw in previous months and several rains that reduced the depth of the snow. We got well over 10' of snow last winter - lots of shoveling, snow-scooping, roof-raking, and snow-blowing. I'm glad it's over.
 
  • #164
turbo-1 said:
Luckily, we had a week-long thaw in previous months and several rains that reduced the depth of the snow. We got well over 10' of snow last winter - lots of shoveling, snow-scooping, roof-raking, and snow-blowing. I'm glad it's over.

Snow---ya call dat snow-- 10 feet?----we call that 'dust' aroun' thees parts, kiddo


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I didn't get much really this year---I thought I had heard that someplace in NW NY state got about or over 5 feet though in one snow 'event'--2 to 3 days
 
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rewebster said:
Snow---ya call dat snow-- 10 feet?----we call that 'dust' aroun' thees parts, kiddo

I think you're confused with some illegal substances.
 
  • #166
Evo said:
Here is a picture taken from my patio a few minutes ago with the camera the Evo Child gave me for mother's day. Ah, I see that I need to set the date.

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Nice gully! Looks like a nice area.

Any signs of notagoshawk lately?
 
  • #167
Astronuc said:
Nice gully! Looks like a nice area.

Any signs of notagoshawk lately?
That's the "ditch of darn" - a terrain element that might be dangerous only if you are incapable of walking without falling down.
 
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Kurdt said:
I think you're confused with some illegal substances.


funny!---I didn't catch the double usage-(and usually try to include them on purpose)
 
  • #169
Gully? It's the CHASM OF DOOM! It's where I fell and broke my arm. :frown:

Ok, so it's not a staight 20 foot drop directly into the creek, but it's at least a 45 degree slope in some places, something young girls with baby stollers and babies can manuever down, but not EVO! I fell when I slipped on an 8" dip in the grass. But it was DARK, and the grass was wet, and I was wearing thongs. :rolleyes: If 8" can break an arm, just imagine what me tumbling 20 feet would do.
 
  • #170
rewebster said:
Snow---ya call dat snow-- 10 feet?----we call that 'dust' aroun' thees parts, kiddo


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I didn't get much really this year---I thought I had heard that someplace in NW NY state got about or over 5 feet though in one snow 'event'--2 to 3 days
Yeah, when I as a kid we got about that much in one "event". My wife's parent's house was buried, and they had to climb out of upper-story windows to shovel out the doors. I had the responsibility of getting outside periodically to keep the doors clear so that they could be opened, and try to bust up the snow-banks from the plowing operations so that my father could get to work every day. Between the driveway, the clotheslines, and the paths to each, I shoveled pretty much full-time every day. This year was mild compared to that.
 
  • #171
Evo said:
Gully? It's the CHASM OF DOOM! It's where I fell and broke my arm. :frown:

Ok, so it's not a staight 20 foot drop directly into the creek, but it's at least a 45 degree slope in some places, something young girls with baby stollers and babies can manuever down, but not EVO! I fell when I slipped on an 8" dip in the grass. But it was DARK, and the grass was wet, and I was wearing thongs. :rolleyes: If 8" can break an arm, just imagine what me tumbling 20 feet would do.
Well, don't do that again. Please don't go outside in the dark, especially when the grass is wet.

There isn't a porch light or some yard light back there?

I think you just landed hard. The secretary at our company was out walking her dog at night when he abruptly turned right in front of her. She fell over the dog and broke her forearm and IIRC sprained her wrist.

Just be careful - until we can build an Evo catcher back there. :approve:
 
  • #172
The Evo racing-leather-duvet-bubble-wrap suit will be ready soon. I just have to figure out an air con system.
 
  • #173
Evo said:
Gully? It's the CHASM OF DOOM! It's where I fell and broke my arm. :frown:

Ok, so it's not a staight 20 foot drop directly into the creek, but it's at least a 45 degree slope in some places, something young girls with baby stollers and babies can manuever down, but not EVO! I fell when I slipped on an 8" dip in the grass. But it was DARK, and the grass was wet, and I was wearing thongs. :rolleyes: If 8" can break an arm, just imagine what me tumbling 20 feet would do.


Ok---but what kind of shoes were you wearing?
 
  • #174
Evo said:
But it was DARK, and the grass was wet, and I was wearing thongs.
You need to wear MULTIPLE thongs? What is this? Pre-Depends training for middle-aged women.
 
  • #175
Evo! ---EVO!---

---please POST something!--anything!-!


I just want to make sure you didn't go out THERE!-----in your thong(s) again!
 
  • #176
Evo said:
Gully? It's the CHASM OF DOOM! It's where I fell and broke my arm. :frown:

Ok, so it's not a staight 20 foot drop directly into the creek, but it's at least a 45 degree slope in some places, something young girls with baby stollers and babies can manuever down, but not EVO! I fell when I slipped on an 8" dip in the grass. But it was DARK, and the grass was wet, and I was wearing thongs. :rolleyes: If 8" can break an arm, just imagine what me tumbling 20 feet would do.

It looks a lot more inviting with green grass around it rather than ice and snow. That's about the slope of my little bit of backyard too, except mine goes up, so it's hard for me to slide down it. :biggrin: Though, when I had my china cabinet delivered, it arrived on a rainy day, and the delivery guys decided to come down the hill into the back door rather than up the stairs from the front...they didn't carry it so much as hold it propped up while they slid down on their butts! :bugeye: (I don't know how they managed not to break anything...the cabinet or themselves...the one guy took a nasty looking fall before the slide, and I really didn't think the cabinet was going to get to the bottom in one piece, and was half expecting to be providing ice for at least a sprained ankle for the delivery guy).
 
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Some of my favorite art from local Artist Randal Spangler.

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  • #178
I like the puppy christmas tree. :smile:

I don't normally see you around at this time, Evo!
 
  • #179
Im up sick. :frown: So I'm going around playing with my camera, trying to figure out how to work it.

Thye're all signed limited editions, but I don't have the cat tree. :cry:
 
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  • #180
Aww.. I'm sorry to hear that.. get yourself a nice warm cup of tea (a true Brit's answer to everything :wink:) On second thoughts, wake up the Evo child and make her do it :smile:

Still, looks like you're doing well with the camera.. I see the incorrect date/time has disappeared!
 
  • #181
hey, the pics are cool
 
  • #182
Hmm perhaps some sort of bacterial air filter will have to be introduced into this Evo suit.
 
  • #183
Kurdt said:
Hmm perhaps some sort of bacterial air filter will have to be introduced into this Evo suit.
I need my suit! Can you put "magic fingers massage" into it?
 
  • #184
Evo said:
I need my suit! Can you put "magic fingers massage" into it?

I could try but I'm worried about combining anything electrical with it. :rolleyes:
 
  • #185
Next fall you need to sneek in a few daffodils down by the creek, what a lovely setting for some spring colors.
 
  • #186
hypatia said:
Next fall you need to sneek in a few daffodils down by the creek, what a lovely setting for some spring colors.
Oh, sure! Broken arms, broken legs, broken hips... some friend. Evo must stay out of the "ditch of darn" at all costs!
 
  • #187
BTW, I don't bother planting flowers. My "spring colors" fly - and sing.
https://www.physicsforums.com/showpost.php?p=1728325&postcount=378
https://www.physicsforums.com/showpost.php?p=1728463&postcount=379
https://www.physicsforums.com/showpost.php?p=1727717&postcount=371
 
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  • #188
hypatia said:
Next fall you need to sneek in a few daffodils down by the creek, what a lovely setting for some spring colors.
Oooh, I "could" plant bulbs for next spring!

turbo-1 said:
Oh, sure! Broken arms, broken legs, broken hips... some friend. Evo must stay out of the "ditch of darn" at all costs!
Perhaps Kurdt should also build some type of structure that I could get harnessed into, like a cantilever, which I could hang from, then I could swing out over the Ditch of Darn and lower myself safely to the ground. Of course, while I am in my new protection suit.
 
  • #189
turbo-1 said:
BTW, I don't bother planting flowers. My "spring colors" fly - and sing.
https://www.physicsforums.com/showpost.php?p=1728325&postcount=378
https://www.physicsforums.com/showpost.php?p=1728463&postcount=379
https://www.physicsforums.com/showpost.php?p=1727717&postcount=371
I *love* those pictures!
 
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  • #190
Yeah, if you get any ideas about planting flowers down there, you're first going to have to get into a safety harness and be fully supervised by a professional mountain climber.
 
  • #191
Evo said:
I *love* those pictures!
Thanks! I love *my* birds. It sounds like a jungle out here with all of the singing and calls. I get repeat visitors and new ones. Sometimes, they're "just flying through" and won't stay. Last spring, I had migrant Baltimore orioles and scarlet tanagers, but either the heavy finch/grosbeak/sparrow populations looked like too much competition, or the terrain/vegetation wasn't just right. They stuck around for a day or so, then moved on. The chickadees that camped out with me all winter have dispersed, with only a few nesting pairs remaining. It's wonderful living out in the woods. In our last house in a subdevelopment, our lot bordered on forest with nothing but trees and brush, etc all the way to the river (1/4 mile or so). Even, so, we never saw this variety of birds, nor did they nest nearby for the most part.
 
  • #192
cristo said:
Still, looks like you're doing well with the camera.. I see the incorrect date/time has disappeared!
Whoa! You're right! How did that happen?
 
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  • #193
maybe it has a smart chip---did you plug it into the computer?
 
  • #194
Another picture sitting on my patio.

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  • #195
That would have been the winning entry in this week photo contest. Care to reveal type of camera, Evo?
 
  • #196
Very pretty. I love fuschias.
 
  • #197
fuzzyfelt said:
Very pretty. I love fuschias.
So do squirrels, I cought one hanging on my basket of them, calmly eating a bud right in front of me! I've had them in the past, and never seen this befor. Maybe I just got a fuschia addict on my hands?
 
  • #198
Andre said:
That would have been the winning entry in this week photo contest. Care to reveal type of camera, Evo?
It's a really inexpensive little camera the Evo Child bought me for mother's day. I told her I wanted to be able to "point and click". They didn't have the camera she had planned to buy me, so for $85 she got this. It's a Polaroid i631, 6 megapixel. I have a very nice complicated digital camera that I never use because it's too complicated. :-p

Ah, I see the Evo child's first test picture she took after she gave it to me.

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  • #199
Here is a picture of one of the many water gardens at the arboretum near me. I love that place. I didn't take this picture. This is where the mountain lions live. Well, they live up on the cliff that you can't see. :biggrin:

http://img178.imageshack.us/img178/9456/overlandparkarboretum04ph3.jpg
 
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  • #200
Evo said:
Here is a picture of one of the many water gardens at the arboretum near me. I love that place. I didn't take this picture. This is where the mountain lions live. Well, they live up on the cliff that you can't see. :biggrin:

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very Monet-esque
 
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