Lichen my Fungi TKS L_E_1 for Tennis

[alfredo]

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[N_E_1 for Tennis]

1. I'm lichen it that you're such a fungi...

Great shot. Thx for sharing.

[alfredo]

2. Thanks. I see that overcast days are the best times for Lichen and Fungi.

[N_E_1 for Tennis]

8. A nod to my screen name in the title....

You really are a fun guy. Lol.

[alfredo]

9. I'm more fun after coffee.

[Curmudgeoness]

3. That certainly makes something that is so ordinary look incredible.

Gotta love macro photography. I have never paid attention to the mycelium coming off of the mushroom. I will have to look more closely at some of the fungi around me.

[alfredo]

4. It looked like a fractal to me.

[NCarolinawoman]

5. Wonderful. I love the close-up photos of the little stuff.

Now I want to see a picture of a tardigrade (water bear, moss piglet)

[alfredo]

6. All I need is a good quality microscope and and petri dishes. Next I can

adapt my camera to fit the microscope. The whole setup would be under $200.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

7. My experience with lichen was a little different...

[alfredo]

10. A mushroom farm?

[Spitfire of ATJ]

11. It's a classic scenery material in model railroading.

[alfredo]

12. Ok now I see it was a model railroad scene.

What is the name of the style of roof.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

13. Either that or monster sized lichen is attacking....

Probably attracted by the smell of those boots.

[alfredo]

14. There was a house on my mail route that had the same roofline. That's the first time

I have seen anything else like it until today.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

17. Model railroading allows one to create an entire world in miniature....

I had a scene on mine where a cop is harassing a wino in an alley next to the police station but if you looked up the same alley there was a sign pointing to the police department basement that read, "Mafia - Local 287".

[alfredo]

18. Railroad nerds do have a sense of humor.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

19. For some, it's puns....

One of the greatest model railroads of all time was the Gorre & Daphetid.

[alfredo]

20. I'm watching the video

[Spitfire of ATJ]

21. Keep in mind that all track was hand laid one tie at a time and he used scale sized spikes....

His photography was incredible considering the equipment of the time. (60s and 70s)

[alfredo]

22. So I guess he never married. ;)

[Spitfire of ATJ]

23. Actually, this is what retirement looks like.

[alfredo]

24. You can see some of my retirement in the photography group

[Spitfire of ATJ]

25. Great shots on Flickr too...

This looks like the location from the last scene in "Miller's Crossing".

https://www.flickr.com/photos/alfredo_tomato/13979611518/

[alfredo]

26. Thanks. It's beautiful country. Nearby where I was today is an Adena culture

earthworks. http://heritage.ky.gov/kas/kyarchynew/mt.+horeb.htm It is fenced off, but I can see it from the road.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

27. And to think that I feel tired after doing some yard work.

[alfredo]

28. I am totally beat from the two hours I spent taking photos.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

29. Imagine all the digging and hauling dirt those guys did....

They didn't even have steel shovels or wheel barrows either.

I guess it depends on the number of people involved in it too. Back in college a bunch of students helped a friend move into an apartment like a bucket brigade and emptied the truck in 15 minutes.

[alfredo]

30. They probably used baskets to move the soil.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

31. Exactly. If you have 5000 people in it, it wouldn't take that long.

[alfredo]

32. Was it a tribal project, or ordered from the top?

[Spitfire of ATJ]

33. The real question is if this was the chief or the medicine man.

[alfredo]

34. Maybe church and state combined

[Spitfire of ATJ]

35. It would be a hell of a note if it turned out to be a hospital.

[alfredo]

36. With a moat.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

37. Maybe it was a mosquito ranch.

[alfredo]

38. This whole frigging state is a mosquito ranch.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

40. Must have been where they raced them.

[alfredo]

41. The Limestone water makes their exoskeletons strong.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

43. Does the opposite for endoskeletons.....

Maybe they should hunt for teeth.

[alfredo]

44. Pick them up with their mandibles?

[Spitfire of ATJ]

45. Actually, the mention of "lime" gave me a Mafia body disposal flashback...

I was thinking this might have been a very early funeral site.



Imagine a place where the services end with sinking the body in a liquid that dissolves flesh and bone.

[alfredo]

46. I don't think they found any bodies. Destroying all trace with quicklime doesn't seem like

something they would have done, even if it actually worked.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

47. Like I said, they need to search for teeth.

[juxtaposed]

15. I lichen the contrast

[alfredo]

16. Ha!

[Solly Mack]

39. Neat! Love the shot.

Really nice shot.

[alfredo]

42. Thank you.