Somebody start some new threads :)

I'm at work and this PC here is kinda slow ....


or "What do you have planned for St. Patrick's Day ?"

What do you have planned?

silversunpickup wrote:

What do you have planned?

Hey silversun I like your new signature pic! Is that perhaps some indication of what you have planned for St. Patty's Day?

Nah, I'm going to eat green eggs and drink green tea.

I'll probably post

we're about to go on a photo shoot at G of the G's ....
maybe lunch and stop by the comic book store for java's weekly fix


then I have some homework and laundry to do, but I will wear something green for all events OK?

The Garden was great today...alot of action due to Academic Spring Break and the weather
was like 65 degrees !!!

We both took a lot of photos...
I hope someone is in the mood for a PICTURE THREAD tomorrow !!!!


Happy St. Patrick's Day everyone, I hope you all had some fun

I'm always ready for pictures.

we both got some great shots, I just haven't had the time to get them ready...work & school is dominating for the next few days, especially since I took so much time for 2 hikes during the 60-70 degree weather...
but I'm glad I did because now it's below 30 and snowing again

this should be our last big snowfall for the season wrap up


anyways, we were lucky to walk with a group of 9 deer yesterday...it was so cool


and we both took some close ups of the yucca palnts that are dried from winter,
we thought some people may not have ever seen them like this, yucca is not as plentiful everywhere

what is the elevation where you live

c/thru wrote:

we both got some great shots, I just haven't had the time to get them ready...work & school is dominating for the next few days, especially since I took so much time for 2 hikes during the 60-70 degree weather...
but I'm glad I did because now it's below 30 and snowing again

this should be our last big snowfall for the season wrap up


anyways, we were lucky to walk with a group of 9 deer yesterday...it was so cool


and we both took some close ups of the yucca palnts that are dried from winter,
we thought some people may not have ever seen them like this, yucca is not as plentiful everywhere

Did you get any of the seeds from the yucca pods? Here's a wood pecker on my yucca flower stalk

KK wrote:

what is the elevation where you live

About 6000 ft. They said Monarch was at 11,000 ft. which is probably about as high as I've ever been so far without an airplane.

JJjava wrote:

KK wrote:

what is the elevation where you live

About 6000 ft. They said Monarch was at 11,000 ft. which is probably about as high as I've ever been so far without an airplane.

still pretty high. how you handling the altitude?

KK wrote:

JJjava wrote:

KK wrote:

what is the elevation where you live

About 6000 ft. They said Monarch was at 11,000 ft. which is probably about as high as I've ever been so far without an airplane.

still pretty high. how you handling the altitude?

Getting used to it slowly. Had to learn how to breathe less shallowly.

JJjava wrote:

KK wrote:

JJjava wrote:

KK wrote:

what is the elevation where you live

About 6000 ft. They said Monarch was at 11,000 ft. which is probably about as high as I've ever been so far without an airplane.

still pretty high. how you handling the altitude?

Getting used to it slowly. Had to learn how to breathe less shallowly.

were you a smoker?

KK wrote:

JJjava wrote:

KK wrote:

JJjava wrote:

KK wrote:

what is the elevation where you live

About 6000 ft. They said Monarch was at 11,000 ft. which is probably about as high as I've ever been so far without an airplane.

still pretty high. how you handling the altitude?

Getting used to it slowly. Had to learn how to breathe less shallowly.

were you a smoker?

If so R.I.P.

I'm still a smoker. No doubt that's a factor but my shallow breathing habits come from living most of my life at at sea level where the air is thicker. Non-smokers report having similar symptoms when moving from sea level to higher elevations. When I get out of breath climbing I have to take deeper breaths. There's less oxygen in this thinner atmosphere so I have to circulate more air through my lungs more rapidly than before. Blood also must circulate more rapidly to get the same amount of oxygen transport. Slowly I'm getting used to it. I've always liked walking so I've been doing a lot of that. The hills are also a lot steeper here lol

JJjava wrote:

I'm still a smoker. No doubt that's a factor but my shallow breathing habits come from living most of my life at at sea level where the air is thicker. Non-smokers report having similar symptoms when moving from sea level to higher elevations. When I get out of breath climbing I have to take deeper breaths. There's less oxygen in this thinner atmosphere so I have to circulate more air through my lungs more rapidly than before. Blood also must circulate more rapidly to get the same amount of oxygen transport. Slowly I'm getting used to it. I've always liked walking so I've been doing a lot of that. The hills are also a lot steeper here lol

i spent a few weeks skiiing out there. I remember the first aerobics class i took out there

KK wrote:

JJjava wrote:

I'm still a smoker. No doubt that's a factor but my shallow breathing habits come from living most of my life at at sea level where the air is thicker. Non-smokers report having similar symptoms when moving from sea level to higher elevations. When I get out of breath climbing I have to take deeper breaths. There's less oxygen in this thinner atmosphere so I have to circulate more air through my lungs more rapidly than before. Blood also must circulate more rapidly to get the same amount of oxygen transport. Slowly I'm getting used to it. I've always liked walking so I've been doing a lot of that. The hills are also a lot steeper here lol

i spent a few weeks skiiing out there. I remember the first aerobics class i took out there

I still haven't skied yet, just snowboarding. We got quite a bit of snow yesterday so it should extend the sking season and maybe we'll still have a chance to go.

JJjava wrote:

KK wrote:

JJjava wrote:

I'm still a smoker. No doubt that's a factor but my shallow breathing habits come from living most of my life at at sea level where the air is thicker. Non-smokers report having similar symptoms when moving from sea level to higher elevations. When I get out of breath climbing I have to take deeper breaths. There's less oxygen in this thinner atmosphere so I have to circulate more air through my lungs more rapidly than before. Blood also must circulate more rapidly to get the same amount of oxygen transport. Slowly I'm getting used to it. I've always liked walking so I've been doing a lot of that. The hills are also a lot steeper here lol

i spent a few weeks skiiing out there. I remember the first aerobics class i took out there

I still haven't skied yet, just snowboarding. We got quite a bit of snow yesterday so it should extend the sking season and maybe we'll still have a chance to go.

boarding was in it's infancy when i used to ski a lot. you rarely saw any of them

KK wrote:

JJjava wrote:

KK wrote:

JJjava wrote:

I'm still a smoker. No doubt that's a factor but my shallow breathing habits come from living most of my life at at sea level where the air is thicker. Non-smokers report having similar symptoms when moving from sea level to higher elevations. When I get out of breath climbing I have to take deeper breaths. There's less oxygen in this thinner atmosphere so I have to circulate more air through my lungs more rapidly than before. Blood also must circulate more rapidly to get the same amount of oxygen transport. Slowly I'm getting used to it. I've always liked walking so I've been doing a lot of that. The hills are also a lot steeper here lol

i spent a few weeks skiiing out there. I remember the first aerobics class i took out there

I still haven't skied yet, just snowboarding. We got quite a bit of snow yesterday so it should extend the sking season and maybe we'll still have a chance to go.

boarding was in it's infancy when i used to ski a lot. you rarely saw any of them

Got another inch last night but it's melted already. Today it's warm and melting but still blowing a little snow out of the clouds from the West. Hopefully this will mean more wildflowers this Spring. So far we haven't seen much new green growth but it's been starting to pop out a little in the past week or two.

boarding was in it's infancy when i used to ski a lot. you rarely saw any of them[/quote]Got another inch last night but it's melted already. Today it's warm and melting but still blowing a little snow out of the clouds from the West. Hopefully this will mean more wildflowers this Spring. So far we haven't seen much new green growth but it's been starting to pop out a little in the past week or two.[/quote]

the trees are starting to bud here. the grass is going from brown to green, but it's still really cold. i've noticed a few of the earlier bulbs are starting to pop up already too

I saw a few flowers today. The few I have haven't opened yet. 70's later this week.