Photography At Home

[steve ridgway]

Very pretty!  I hadn't heard of a butterbur flower before now.  What kind of conditions do they like to grow in?

Dark and damp places are what they enjoy.

[Pohjolas Daughter]

I was suspecting shady places. :-)

[steve ridgway]

A couple more of those butterflies in the front garden today.

[pjme]

Browsing through my vacation photos, I found this ...Grenoble Musée des Beaux arts. 

[steve ridgway]

Browsing through my vacation photos, I found this ...Grenoble Musée des Beaux arts. 

"Your mother was a hamster, and your father smelt of elderberries".

[MusicTurner]

Evening scene, looking out of the window.

Neighbours are watching television.

[Irons]

I do...or rather, I live in chaos 




Sarge

How long before the wall of CD's block out PC screen? One week or two.

[MusicTurner]

Some serious catalogue work is probably going on ... 👨‍💻

[steve ridgway]

Evening scene, looking out of the window.

Neighbours are watching television.

Lovely deep blue sky there .

[MusicTurner]

Lovely deep blue sky there .

Yes, that's how it is these days around 8:30 PM, and we're currently having clear skies too.

A big contrast to just 2 1/2 months ago, when it would get dark at 4 PM ...

[Pohjolas Daughter]

I've seen numerous stories about how air pollution is improving due to the current changes:  traffic, factories, etc., including a story today about China's air quality.

[MusicTurner]

Yes, we never have any real smog here though, but air pollution can still be a health problem in the long run for inhabitants.

However 'light pollution' is another subject that is being talked about; areas with less density of electric light - say islands or rural districts - are being celebrated as 'dark sky regions', generally calmer and good for enjoying the night sky etc., as a contrast to the more populated normality (one example is the island of Møn). When I look eastwards towards the city centre in the evening, there's obviously more 'light pollution' in that direction. But actually the current lock-down has perhaps also resulted in a bit less of it, since there's much less traffic, and a lot of places are closed, including amusement parks, shops, entertainment places, etc.

[Pohjolas Daughter]

Yes, we never have any real smog here though, but air pollution can still be a health problem in the long run for inhabitants.

However 'light pollution' is another subject that is being talked about; areas with less density of electric light - say islands or rural districts - are being celebrated as 'dark sky regions', generally calmer and good for enjoying the night sky etc., as a contrast to the more populated normality (one example is the island of Møn). When I look eastwards towards the city centre in the evening, there's obviously more 'light pollution' in that direction. But actually the current lock-down has perhaps also resulted in a bit less of it, since there's much less traffic, and a lot of places are closed, including amusement parks, shops, entertainment places, etc.

Interesting to hear about what can now see--better; I heard about the special moon last night--alas too light to see whether or not I could have seen it (Pink Moon, huge, etc.).   

I hope that what is going on now and the new reports will help us to think better about what we can do in terms of pollution?

[aligreto]

I take great delight in encouraging and cultivating "weeds" in my front garden.

[steve ridgway]

I take great delight in encouraging and cultivating "weeds" in my front garden.

Those yellow poppies are great. We have them growing all over, in dirt or just gravel, they spread themselves with zero attention and flower over many months.

[Pohjolas Daughter]

Very pretty and cheerful!

[aligreto]

This is the best that I could do in the circumstances. There was just a smidgen of wind; enough to cause focusing chaos to moss that is no more than 2 cm high. Also, the resizing does not help with detail quality [as I also found in my first contribution above].

[MusicTurner]

Nice photo ...

[aligreto]

Those yellow poppies are great. We have them growing all over, in dirt or just gravel, they spread themselves with zero attention and flower over many months.

We would often get requests for slips of both the poppies ans forget me not's. This happened again only two days ago.

[aligreto]

Nice photo ...

Thank you.