LunaCee73

@lunacee73

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LunaCee73@lunacee73· May 12

Yesterday was the seedling sale. It's still too cold out at night to leave them outside alone, but I can't bring them in because 1. no room, and 2. I already saw an aphid and aphids are NOT allowed in the house. So I made the seedlings a very fancy custom greenhouse. 🤣

Seedlings sit under a large upside down plastic bin weighed down with another planted pot on top. The concrete gets warm enough during the day that it should keep them from freezing, while the bin protects from chill and wind. That's the theory, anyway. I guess we shall see.

LunaCee73@lunacee73· Apr 28

@starrystarrynights.bsky.social Happy Birthday!!

A crow perches on a branch, with water on the background. The crow has its beak open, shouting Happy Birthday to Wendy.

LunaCee73@lunacee73· Apr 17

@starrystarrynights.bsky.social I'm proclaiming today to be Tree Day here. After days and days of rain (and attempts at snow Wed afternoon and last night) the sun came out this morning and KABLAM!

A curving road flanked by large trees with freshly emerged buds.

The trees burst into bloom once the sun came out following days of rain. Yellow star shaped flowers of a forsythia on the left and pinky purple magnolias on the right.

LunaCee73@lunacee73· Apr 9

I have flowers! And a cool dentist.

Top down view of a newly opened red tulip in my window box.

Top down view of a newly opened peach pink tulip in my window box.

Closeup of my first daffodil, in a planter on my patio.

"Tell your dog I said hi" sticker in the glass insert of the door to my dentist' office.

LunaCee73@lunacee73· Feb 13

'My' raven has trained me well: call until I come outside with the camera, then pose patiently as I walk back and forth in search of a clean background for portraits.

A closeup of a raven squawking, facing camera left with its beak open.

A raven sits patiently on the edge of a roof, looking into the camera as it waits for me to find the best place from which to take its picture.

A raven sits on the edge of a roof. The blurry green background is an evergreen tree on the other side of the building. The raven is looking up slightly, likely pondering whether raid a nearby pigeon nest.

A closeup of the head and neck of a raven. Its head is turned slightly to the camera's right as it watches me with its right eye.

LunaCee73@lunacee73· Feb 2

She told me she's going to do a painting of this photo next, but was pondering putting a bird on one of the pilings. I've seen bald eagles and great blue herons perched there, so we went through what I have of both and she chose this heron to work from. I can't wait to see the result!

Old port pilings in the west arm of Kootenay Lake (Nelson BC) revealed by low water levels, with Big Orange Bridge and mountains in the background. Taken from along the dog walk beside the Nelson airport.

A live great blue heron perched on top of a sculpture of three birds in a nest in Duck Bay, Nelson BC. with an evergreen tree in the background.

LunaCee73@lunacee73· Feb 2

I told her all along that she always has free reign to add, delete, or combine anything from any of my photos, so the painting I received today is based on this photo with the addition of a pair of Mallards on the dock at the bottom.

photo of a dock (running left to right) with old dock pilings in the midground and autumn leaves on the trees along the shore in the background.

LunaCee73@lunacee73· Jan 6

When surrounded by trees and (for weeks at a time) clouds, a person can become a bit obsessed with how they interact. That person is obviously me.

Evergreen trees on a hillside nestled in cloud so low that it looks like fog.

Freshly snow-dusted evergreen trees and rock faces on Elephant Mountain (across the lake to the north from Nelson BC) partially obscured by low clouds.

Evergreen trees with fresh dusting of snow recede into the clouds.

A few evergreen trees on the crest of a hill are just barely visible due to the low clouds above, below, in front of, and behind them.

LunaCee73@lunacee73· Jan 3

Just now:

Screenshot of trending topics.
1. Impeachment and Oil
2. Schumer
3. The Traitors
4. New Year Celebrations
5. Arsenal

LunaCee73@lunacee73· Jan 1

Tried again because the first go-round was so ridiculous. Now I'm convinced the dictionary is just fucking with me, and that my phone is also in on it.

Second attempt at Merriam Webster word of the year screenshot came up with 'opulent'. I'm currently wrapped up in a blanket because I refuse to turn up my heat, so obviously my year of opulence is off to a bit of a slow start.

LunaCee73@lunacee73· Jan 1

Uh huh. Sure. 🤡

Merriment Webster 'screenshot for your word of the year' gave me...sultry? That is so completely and absolutely unlikely that it's hilarious.

LunaCee73@lunacee73· Dec 18

The front page of today's (weekly) paper made me feel better about my BNL pics. It wasn't just me, the lighting really was just that challenging.

Grint page of this week's Nelson Star, with 3/4 page photo of Ed Robertson of BNL onstage aboard the Holiday Train.

LunaCee73@lunacee73· Dec 17

I just went looking for it, cuz I'm weird like that, and it was this:

Screenshot of a bsky post of a TikTok clip of natl guard in LA

LunaCee73@lunacee73· Dec 16

Stationary light displays are much easier to take pictures of.

Two doves in blue LEDs on the side of the CPKC Holiday Train.

LED light design on the side of the CPKC Holiday Train, this one of two children, one of whom is standing on a ladder to place a star on top of a Christmas tree, the other standing at the base of the tree. Two large snowflakes 'fall' beside them on our right.

LED light display on the side of the CPKC Holiday Train, this one of a mother and baby deer standing beside an evergreen tree with a line of snow below it and a string of blue lights encircling it.

LunaCee73@lunacee73· Dec 16

This one is not a 'good' picture (grainy, wonky lighting, and the blur of someone's head at the bottom), but I kinda like it anyway.

Grainy greyscale closeup photo of Ed Robertson of Barenaked Ladies playing guitar and singing on the CPKC Holiday train. Unfortunately his guitar is obscured by the head of someone in the crowd. But the streaks of light above his head from the dancing lasers look kinda cool.

LunaCee73@lunacee73· Dec 16

It's been entirely too long since I've taken any concert pictures, so I'd forgotten how crazy challenging the lighting could be when dealing with spotlights, footlights, and lasers outdoors in the dark. I think this is about the best I managed to get.

Barenaked Ladies playing on the CPKC Holiday train. Left side of frame is Tyler Stewart on drums, right side is Ed Robertson behind a mic stand, playing guitar and smiling. Ed's face is a bit overexposed due to the spotlight on him.

LunaCee73@lunacee73· Dec 16

I really needed this today. Weather cooperated (a break in the rain and temp stayed above freezing), BNL and crowd had fun. Will maybe post some pics tomorrow.

LunaCee73@lunacee73· Dec 15

My first Christmas tree since I can even remember. (I dont have space or any need for a full sized tree.) Some years I've put lights and lightweight ornaments on my umbrella tree, but it hated that, so my dad made me this one.

The new Christmas tree that my dad made for me is up and decorated. It is 3 feet tall and made of 2x4 board scraps painted green. I used clear pins to hang ornaments from, and wrapped the whole thing in a wire strand of teeny tiny lights. In the spring I may replace these ornaments with Easter eggs or tiny birds.

My Christmas cactus is currently sitting in front of it because it's blooming like crazy and needs to be near the window.

LunaCee73@lunacee73· Nov 27

Crows sometimes land at my feet as I wait to cross the street, but this morning is the first time the raven has done that.

My neighborhood raven landed in the crosswalk in front of me just as I was about to step off the curb.

LunaCee73@lunacee73· Nov 11

Every time I make this soup, I just have to laugh at how disgusting it looks. It's good, I swear!

Overhead view of a pot of pureed soup. Looks disgusting but tastes delicious. Ingredients: sautéed onion and garlic, carrots, butternut squash, red lentils, veggie stock. This time I also added soft tofu for extra protein. What makes it yummy is the 'secret' ingredient: jerk spice.

LunaCee73@lunacee73· Oct 29

The weather is weathering today. Please excuse the suckitude of my phone's camera, I didn't have the good one with me.

Wispy low clouds settle over buildings and fall foliage in Nelson BC.

A stand of trees with yellow leaves contrasts with the evergreens on Elephant Mountain in Nelson BC. The snow line is just above, with clouds resting on the top of the hill.

Fall foliage in front fades to evergreens and clouds st the east end of Gyro Park in Nelson BC as seen from the mall parking lot on the waterfront.

Fall foliage along the railroad tracks, as seen looking east from the Cedar Street crossing in Nelson BC.

LunaCee73@lunacee73· Oct 24

I went for a bit of a wander earlier this week.

Along the south shore of the West Arm of Kootenay Lake, a stand of deciduous trees with gold leaves provides color contrast with the evergreens. Little spots at the bottom of the frame are from tiny fast moving flies just above the surface of the water.

Snowcrest Mountain rises over the evergreen forest. View from Sunshine Bay in Procter, on the south shore of the West Arm of Kootenay Lake, looking east. The mountain is on the east shore of the main lake.

A white tail deer hides among the dried grasses below a tree with yellow leaves.

The yellowing leaves of a large tree are backlit by the sun.

LunaCee73@lunacee73· Oct 14

I went out on the lake this morning to take pictures of fall foliage, but there really wasn't any. The trees are almost all still green. I did see three Pacific Loons and two bald eagles though, so there's that.

A bald eagle sits on the branch of a tree. It was watching its mate, who was sitting on a dock piling tearing into a fish.

One of three Pacific Loons I saw this morning on the west arm of Kootenay Lake. This is a very tight crop of a photo taken at a distance, as loons are very skittish.

LunaCee73@lunacee73· Oct 2

Closeup photo of a wood cutout reading 'LOVE' sitting on a table draped with a rainbow flag.

LunaCee73@lunacee73· Sep 28

Chief Wiggum from the Simpsons saying into police car radio "Suspect is Hatless. Repeat, Hatless"

LunaCee73@lunacee73· Sep 8

Yes, I'm still working on yesterday's photos. I think I will be for a while yet.

Closeup of where the trim, the wheel well, and the edge of the hood meet on a classic VW Beetle. The silver chrome trim contrasts with the black gap lines where the side panel meets the wheel well below and the hood edge above, and with the car's teal paint.

LunaCee73@lunacee73· Sep 7

I took SO many pictures of that truck (of course I showed the owner what I was doing). Here's another closeup on the left, a slightly wider shot of the actual design on the right.

Abstract closeup of wavy lines, custom paint job on a classic truck.

A wider shot of the custom paint job, with the wavy custom painted lines on the fender and front side panel.

LunaCee73@lunacee73· Sep 7

Some of my photos are turning out even weirder than I expected, and I expected weird!

A closeup of a custom paint job on a classic truck. Between the reflections of the sky and pavement and the black and white swirls of the design, it gives a bit of a Ghostface vibe.

LunaCee73@lunacee73· Sep 6

And in the 'random weird abstracts' category so far today...

Closeup of the curve of the wheel well and reflections in the paint of a purple classic car.

Closeup of the edge of the trunk and fender of a blue classic car, with sky, trees, and buildings reflecting blurrily in the paint.

Closeup of the chrome trim of a classic pickup truck with a two toned paint job, green above the chrome and white below.

Closeup of where the wheel well meets the side body of a matte black painted classic car. A red orange blurry streak runs diagonally across the photo, top left to bottom right, the effect of the reflection of the lights of a nearby tow truck.

LunaCee73@lunacee73· Sep 6

I'm working on processing photos, but my brain is screaming at me 'No! Nap! NOW!!' So I'll pick this up later, but here's a random selection of what I've gotten through so far.