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07/20/2009 11:37:49 AM · #2654

Originally posted by snaffles:

Originally posted by Melethia:

Originally posted by meyers:
Congrats to Melethia, who gets to comment on all of the amazing Team Suck Flowers!!

And there are a TON of gorgeous Team Suck flowers! I shall get to them all shortly.

Wow looks like you better get cracking, Deb, looks like every TSer entered! Many great shots!

I shall. I probably hit a few during voting, too. I think for the moment, though, I shall load up gear and go pigeon hunting... :-) No guarantees but by gosh I gotta try!

07/20/2009 01:57:08 PM · #2655

They were playing some sort of game, though I know not what the objective was, and their parents were sitting in full view of them, watching all the while as they stomped the lilies to the ground. Kinda sad.

Sony FE 200-600mm f/5.6-6.3 G OSS

07/20/2009 02:40:45 PM · #2656

Originally posted by Melethia:

No pigeon shots and kinda sad. Not just because I can get pigeon shots any other time of the year other than the week there's a pigeon challenge... but because while trying to get a pigeon shot, three young boys, probably 8-12 years old, were stomping down the day lilies. And I mean into the ground.

They were playing some sort of game, though I know not what the objective was, and their parents were sitting in full view of them, watching all the while as they stomped the lilies to the ground. Kinda sad.

what assholes! did you go beat them with your longest lens? i feel obligated to do that peridically

Message edited by author 2009-07-20 14:40:53.

vawendy

Sony Alpha 1

07/20/2009 04:43:04 PM · #2657

Originally posted by Melethia:

What idiots!! the parent's I mean. The kids are what you'd expect with such stupid parents.

NikonJeb

Nikon D850

Nikon AF-S Nikkor 28-300mm f3.5-5.6G ED VR

07/20/2009 10:23:15 PM · #2658

Originally posted by Melethia:

they stomped the lilies to the ground. Kinda sad.

That's so weird.....

I love lilies, but for some odd reason, I haven't really shot any this year.

Today, for some unbeknownst reason, I felt obliged to shoot a few.

Here's one for you, Deb....

posthumous

Canon EOS-40D

Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II

07/20/2009 11:40:45 PM · #2659

This Old Field
for Karen

This old field was here before the war.
They say it was a cemetery once,
but nothing like a boneâ��s been dug up for
as long as Iâ��ve been living. Kids who hunt
for arrowheads have better luck. It seems
the natives liked this spot for settlinâ�� in.
Creekâ��s not far away. The current teems
with salmon, even today. I see their fins
break water like theyâ��re little sharks, eager,
strong, relentless, like the creek itself,
as you can see from here. No ghosts, no meager
regrets of whatâ��s been lost. Itâ��s just a shelf
of meadow with good sightlines every side,
where stubborn thistle flowers scratch the sky.

Quigley

Nikon D700

Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED

07/21/2009 12:23:44 AM · #2660

It is with a heavy heart that I report to you that G.G. has now left her crew. Sunday after noon around 4:30pm Great Grandmother Archer saw fit to leave our loving hands and move on to be

with her husband gone these 40+ years. They now dance together once more. Living with cancer for the past 12 years and finally being overtaken by it, her passing in her final day was

fast and peaceful. Kay Archer lived to be 96 and was the proud mother of three, my mother-in-law Caroline and her husband K. Lynn Lambert. Their children, my wife Janet-Lynne, me Max, and

our children, Caleb and Isaac Durnford and their son Geoff Lambert. John her son and his wife Barb and their two sons, Ryan and his wife Malissa and their daughter Kaitlyn and one on the

way, and Paul Archer. Phillis and her husband Gerry and their three children, Denise, Steven and his daughter Makahlia, and Julie Topp. Great Grandmother Kay will be missed by all her
family and friends.

07/21/2009 02:53:23 AM · #2661

Don - perfect poem for that picture. Or just by itself, actually, but the picture adds quite nicely.

Max, bittersweet news. She was a grand woman from all you've told and shown us, and her legacy will shine on in all of you. My condolences and, oddly, my congratulations for having had such a wonderful person in your life.

Canon EF-S 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM

07/21/2009 03:13:45 AM · #2662

guess what guys:) katherine might be getting a new bf:) but strangly enough, his naem is jon too. so i gues i could still be JDubsgirL lol

vlado

Canon EOS-70D

07/21/2009 03:16:00 AM · #2663

Originally posted by Melethia:

Ditto - to both Don and Max.

07/21/2009 03:16:56 AM · #2664

Originally posted by LadyK:

katherine might be getting a new bf:)

Did you place an order or is someone having one delivered?? And don't change your username. :-)

07/21/2009 03:17:38 AM · #2665

Originally posted by Melethia:

Originally posted by LadyK:
katherine might be getting a new bf:)

Did you place an order or is someone having one delivered?? And don't change your username. :-)

lol wow, i feel cool now. mail order bf. and no im not changing my username, i like feeling like a Lady

Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II

07/21/2009 06:14:18 AM · #2666

REALLY nice work on the flowers, folks!! I very much enjoyed visiting the Team Suck entries, most of which I remembered from the challenge. And I still do feel mine, while a nice flower picture, was overrated. Only fair to point out the overrated ones - balances out one or two of the underrated ones perhaps.

I'd also like to point out that several Team Suckers added new entries to their personal top rows, including one new Personal Best!

New Personal Best for

quiet_observation

New top row (2nd!) for

krnodil

New top row for

emerkaza

New top row for

cosprenks

Also note that Mary, Karen, and Cecilia had top 20 challenge finishes, too.

snaffles

Nikon D7100

07/21/2009 07:52:05 AM · #2667

Originally posted by LadyK:

Originally posted by Melethia:

Originally posted by LadyK:
katherine might be getting a new bf:)

Did you place an order or is someone having one delivered?? And don't change your username. :-)

lol wow, i feel cool now. mail order bf. and no im not changing my username, i like feeling like a Lady

Mail order bf, eh? Attagirl! That's my snaffly! :-)

NikonJeb

Nikon D850

Nikon AF-S Nikkor 28-300mm f3.5-5.6G ED VR

07/21/2009 07:59:15 AM · #2668

I was just over at the Awwwwwww thread, and it called to mind a pretty special moment I had recently.....thought I'd share it with you guys, too.....

This guy is AWESOME!!!

Message edited by author 2009-07-21 07:59:29.

raish

Olympus C-2500L

Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.4D

07/21/2009 08:06:34 AM · #2669

I was fooled by the highly disingenuous "Be unique and creative so you can stand out from the crowd!" that was included in the challenge description for flowersxx. If anyone took that seriously then the posthumous entry would be hovering around the front page...

krnodil

Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM

07/21/2009 08:27:42 AM · #2670

Originally posted by posthumous:

Wow, thanks! Quite appropriate, on both fronts. [for those not in the know, it ties in with my last name]

posthumous

Canon EOS-40D

Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II

07/21/2009 10:06:22 AM · #2671

Originally posted by krnodil:

Wow, thanks! Quite appropriate, on both fronts. [for those not in the know, it ties in with my last name]

And it's a sonnet, too. Follows all the rules. I am the

LalliSig of poetry.

kashi

Nikon D60

Nikon AF-S Nikkor 50mm f/1.4G

07/21/2009 02:53:56 PM · #2672

Just popping in to say that I'll likely be missing in action for a while - a longish while likely.

Our little angle Jessie was born at 3:30 this morning, weighing only 3.9oz.
Her heart had stopped beating several day / weeks earlier.

Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM

07/21/2009 02:59:33 PM · #2673

Originally posted by kashi:

oh no. i dont even know what to say

Kelli

Canon EOS-D60

07/21/2009 03:31:27 PM · #2674

Originally posted by kashi:

Oh Lea, I'm so, so sorry. I've been where you are now, so if you need someone to talk to pm me.

krnodil