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Re: garden

Post by Beyond » Wed Mar 23, 2011 11:19 pm

I guess it looks more 'bony' in person. Oh-well.
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Re: garden

Post by owlice » Wed Mar 23, 2011 11:26 pm

Thanks, Rob! Interesting object.

First quiz question: Identify the brand of paper towel pictured. :D

I want a close-up of the bone now...
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Re: garden

Post by bystander » Wed Mar 23, 2011 11:38 pm

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Re: garden

Post by orin stepanek » Wed Mar 23, 2011 11:39 pm

owlice wrote:Thanks, Rob! Interesting object.

First quiz question: Identify the brand of paper towel pictured. :D

I want a close-up of the bone now...
First= Sparkle! I hope that doesn't count as Span. :lol:

Second =Thanks again Rob! 8-) I didn't realize' that I was the only one that could see the photo; and that was why I stayed logged on. :roll:

Third= Sounds like a request for another snap shot. Oh well I need the practice! :wink: Have patience with this old dog learning a new trick :? I'll take another picture from a different angle tomorrow. Please don't hole your breath. I think I omitted a step in uploading--- We'll see.
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Re: garden

Post by orin stepanek » Wed Mar 23, 2011 11:42 pm

bystander wrote:I have no trouble seeing either.
That's because Rob fixed it. 8-)
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Re: garden

Post by bystander » Wed Mar 23, 2011 11:49 pm

No, they are different uploads. I could always see yours, even when you weren't logged in. I thought it was another picture, since I could see this one.
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Re: garden

Post by owlice » Wed Mar 23, 2011 11:53 pm

bystander, in your post, the first link still does not display the image and when clicked, still gives me "the attachment dosen't exist anymore." I had tried a cut and paste with the link from Orin's post and got the same thing: no pic.
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Re: garden

Post by rstevenson » Wed Mar 23, 2011 11:53 pm

bystander wrote:I have no trouble seeing either.
Interestingly, I can see the one I just posted but not the other one, even in your post bystander. Very odd indeed.

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Re: garden

Post by bystander » Thu Mar 24, 2011 12:39 am

It should be fixed, now. The attachment had been orphaned. Orin must have inadvertently deleted it. I reattached it to his post.
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Re: garden

Post by Beyond » Thu Mar 24, 2011 12:46 am

The way they are now i see two white rectangles. I have to click on them so i can see the picture.

Does anyone have a can of Gremlin spray :?:
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Re: garden

Post by rstevenson » Thu Mar 24, 2011 12:48 am

I see them both now. It was beginning to be a bit Twilight Zonish.

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Re: garden

Post by Beyond » Thu Mar 24, 2011 12:53 am

I think that Orin should take that whatever it is and re-bury it FAST!!
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Re: garden

Post by orin stepanek » Thu Mar 24, 2011 1:49 am

I see them all now even when I'm not logged in. :? It's freaking me out. :shock:
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Re: garden

Post by Beyond » Thu Mar 24, 2011 2:22 am

Orin, serves ya right fer postin' that dang-blasted thing in Da ferst place. :mrgreen:
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Re: garden

Post by orin stepanek » Thu Mar 24, 2011 2:45 pm

Maybe it isn't a bone. :? If not; what is it? :?
This is try #2 to up load. :?:
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The cement is on the bottom of the photo; the (whatever it is) on the top. When holding it in mand it looks like it is made of bone. :? Whatever it is looks like it may have what appears to be a couple of teeth. When the weather warms up I will see if there are any more out there.
Back to gardens my Daffodils are starting to blosom! 8-)
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Re: garden

Post by Beyond » Fri Mar 25, 2011 2:21 am

Orin, looking at it with a magnyfing glass, to me it looks like a different color cement that was at one time attached to a now missing cinder block, or the like. There are all different shades of cement even if you don't add color. I know from the stone work done in my house by a guy i used to work with. I have a few shades of color from almost white to plain grey staring at me. Its a good thing he was cheap!
So, you have a cement block around that you could try to see if it fits the angle in the middle? Or a Square to see if its a 90' angle, like the corner of a block?
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Re: garden

Post by BMAONE23 » Fri Mar 25, 2011 2:46 am

The apparent texture does resemble a sandy morter

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Re: garden

Post by orin stepanek » Fri Mar 25, 2011 3:43 am

The dark is regular concrete and not cinder block. The white doesn't have the texture of any cement that I ever seen. It doesn't have a sand or gravel mix that would be with cement. More like the texture of bone or calcium; but hard like stone. That is why I thought it may be petrified bone. When it warms up again; I'll do a little digging. If I find more; I'll take some more pictures. I can't figure why it would be buried in the middle of my back yard? If it is some type of cement; it still has me puzzled. Of course that doesn't take much. :? Maybe I can break a chunk of it off!
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Re: garden

Post by Beyond » Fri Mar 25, 2011 5:33 am

I've never seen a bone that even comes close to that kind of shape. Maybe Adobe ??
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Re: garden

Post by Sam » Fri Mar 25, 2011 5:40 am

orin stepanek wrote: Maybe I can break a chunk of it off!
That might be problematic attaching to your post.
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Re: garden

Post by BMAONE23 » Fri Mar 25, 2011 5:11 pm

orin stepanek wrote:The dark is regular concrete and not cinder block. The white doesn't have the texture of any cement that I ever seen. It doesn't have a sand or gravel mix that would be with cement. More like the texture of bone or calcium; but hard like stone. That is why I thought it may be petrified bone. When it warms up again; I'll do a little digging. If I find more; I'll take some more pictures. I can't figure why it would be buried in the middle of my back yard? If it is some type of cement; it still has me puzzled. Of course that doesn't take much. :? Maybe I can break a chunk of it off!
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Re: garden

Post by orin stepanek » Fri Mar 25, 2011 10:21 pm

I think it is a type of cement; but mixed without a filler like sand of gravel. looking at it further it appears to have been wrapped around something. It's got to have been in the ground a long time; as I have lived here almost 50 years. :?
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Re: garden

Post by Beyond » Sat Mar 26, 2011 4:00 am

50 years :?: Orin, you've got to start digging more :!: You may even be able to start a new Topic called "What I Found In My Garden Today". :mrgreen:
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Re: garden

Post by orin stepanek » Thu Apr 07, 2011 1:30 pm

These are my daffodills in full bloom
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Re: garden

Post by owlice » Thu Apr 07, 2011 1:50 pm

Orin, very pretty! I love daffodils, and have different kinds in my yard, including little bitty ones that stand only 3 or 4 inches high. They're very cute!

I bring large (varied) daffodils into work and give them to various folks. Nothing says spring like daffodils, not even cherry blossoms!
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