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alfredo

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28. I can't look up because of the vertigo, so kite flying is out.

Reply to Solly Mack (Reply #27)

Fri Jul 6, 2018, 07:58 PM

Jul 2018

I kept my fighting kites because I like looking at them, and i’d Rather an experienced flyer received them. If you don’t know what you are doing, they are no fun.

This is the most famous design. This type of kite was a copy and refinement of the Indian fighting kite. The Dutch traders brought Indian kite to Japan. This and many other Hata kites are red white and blue, just like the Dutch flag.

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Hen and Chicks [View all] alfredo Jul 2018 OP

Bored waiting for bugs? I don't know what to do with that. Solly Mack Jul 2018 #1

I guess I will have to go to the arboretum, they have bugs. alfredo Jul 2018 #2

All the best ones do. Solly Mack Jul 2018 #3

The best Italian restaurants have great lamb. alfredo Jul 2018 #8

I blame Mary Solly Mack Jul 2018 #9

As long as she doesn't mind. alfredo Jul 2018 #14

That would be a little selfish of her. Solly Mack Jul 2018 #15

That's typical. alfredo Jul 2018 #17

True. Take a lamb to school and then complain when it learns something. Solly Mack Jul 2018 #18

Was Mary with the lamb and Mary with the garden the same person? alfredo Jul 2018 #20

Nah. Not all Marys are the same Mary. Solly Mack Jul 2018 #21

Learn something every day. alfredo Jul 2018 #22

Good thing you didn't marry a Mary then. Solly Mack Jul 2018 #23

I lived in a Catholic town, so there were many girls named Mary. alfredo Jul 2018 #24

Oh, my. I'd have been a thorn in the side of a lot of people. Solly Mack Jul 2018 #25

Mom was in in labor for 20 hrs. Once underway, my birth was fast. alfredo Jul 2018 #26

I enjoyed flying kites as a child. Though my older - and taller - siblings felt I Solly Mack Jul 2018 #27

I can't look up because of the vertigo, so kite flying is out. alfredo Jul 2018 #28

Sweet. I don't fly them anymore and haven't in years but I always Solly Mack Jul 2018 #29

In spring I pretend that I'm going to seal the deck. alfredo Jul 2018 #30

That'll keep you busy. Solly Mack Jul 2018 #31

I might have to pay someone to do it. alfredo Jul 2018 #32

That happens from time to time. Solly Mack Jul 2018 #33

These are gorgeous, alfredo! CaliforniaPeggy Jul 2018 #4

Thanks, that lens is so good. The Russians made some fine lenses. alfredo Jul 2018 #6

So the Russnakis made good lenses in addition to their Stoli. sprinkleeninow Jul 2018 #10

The varieties available is mind boggling. alfredo Jul 2018 #12

I had had an assumption that a 35 mm SLR would result in this bokeh sprinkleeninow Jul 2018 #16

I used a lens for a 35mm, the Mir 1b 37mm 2.8 with extension tubes. alfredo Jul 2018 #19

I am enamoured of succulents. sprinkleeninow Jul 2018 #5

I love succulents alfredo Jul 2018 #7

We bought our house about 33 years ago. yonder Jul 2018 #11

Mine are putting out a bunch of chicks. My Prickly Pears are native to the US, and have great blooms alfredo Jul 2018 #13