Cool Pic Thread #2 (NO NSFW / NO POLITICS / NO PEOPLE)

Wifey shot this with her iPhone on the way home from dinner last night.

Haha......I shot this at Arches last Sep. Great minds think alike.

Oy. That's what scares me about going to National Parks these days. Last time were were at Arches, it was practically deserted.

M_Six wrote

Oy. That's what scares me about going to National Parks these days. Last time were were at Arches, it was practically deserted.

We had a timed entry for 11 - noon. We got in line about 11:20 down by the sign at the turn-off. It was a 50 min. 2 line crawl to the entry booth. The visitor center was packed, but the rest of the park was manageable. We'll, except for the Windows area. That's always a mess.

Now that I think about it, it was Oct 3rd. The last day for timed entries last year.

Dino GT wrote

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This is the epitome of aerodynamics. Aircraft designers the world over shed a tear, for they know they are forever beaten.

"Fearless Girl" - NY - March 8, 2021 (International Women's Day 2021).

Excellent.

Artemis wrote

"Fearless Girl" - NY - March 8, 2021 (International Women's Day 2021).

Cailín gan eagla. You remembered.

🏞

So is that your full time home?

Murf the Surf wrote

So a few days and 1500 miles of driving has taken us from high 80's and palm trees to this. Got home at 10 last night after 13 hours of driving, our driveway hasn't been plowed so had to park up on the road, I'm going to have some quality time with the snow blower today. On the upside Woody likes the snow.

Jeeez, that's beautiful. Envy sir. Envy. Bad man. Good dog. I shouldn't envy.

Shawn

M_Six wrote

So is that your full time home?

Yes my friend, that is home.

Murf the Surf wrote

Yes my friend, that is home.

Nice home, Murf.

Esteban wrote

Nice home, Murf.

Thanks, it is nice to come home to.

Murf the Surf wrote

Thanks, it is nice to come home to.

There’s no place like home 🏠

Murf the Surf wrote

Thanks, it is nice to come home to.

I'll bet. My idea of a perfect house.

M_Six wrote

I'll bet. My idea of a perfect house.

Thank you. My wife and I have moved a lot, we always have bought oddball homes, never the typical home. It's the biggest house we've ever had but it's cozy if that makes sense.

Murf the Surf wrote

Thank you. My wife and I have moved a lot, we always have bought oddball homes, never the typical home. It's the biggest house we've ever had but it's cozy if that makes sense.

People make it cozy.

Esteban wrote

People make it cozy.

It's true. I have to say that I hate winter, too many years working outside in the cold shitty weather. But when we're inside and its a blizzard and we have a big fire going there is a very comfortable vibe going on.

Murf the Surf wrote

Thank you. My wife and I have moved a lot, we always have bought oddball homes, never the typical home. It's the biggest house we've ever had but it's cozy if that makes sense.

Happy wife, happy life. Happy house, happy spouse.

M_Six wrote

Icarus

Quick phone snap of "Icare" by Henri Matisse that I took last month at an Italian museum of modern and contemporary art.

Matisse included this vibrant "pochoir" (1946) in his his "Jazz" art book (1947). He was 76 at that time. The text on the left is just the final page of 7 pages of personal thoughts (hence, can only be better understood if you also read the 6 previous pages of a chapter he entitled "L'Avion" ["The Airplane"]).

IMHO it's about freedom and putting things into perspective (despite the Icarus title refering to 'hubris'). It resulted from his personal observation of a temporary, grand, majestic feeling of ultimate freedom and awe experienced instantly after ascending through the clouds with an airplane ("the splendor of the sun as well as the perception of unlimited space (...) a moment so free." - "la splendeur du soleil ainsi que la perception de l'espace illimité (...) un moment si libres.").