Spring pictures thread 2025
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Jardin des Plantes in Nantes France a couple of weeks ago.
Quite why you need to say “a garden with plants in it” in French instead of just a “garden” I don’t know. Maybe rock gardens are very popular with Frenchies.
The last picture is of a wooden statue of Gia (the “green man”). Water comes out of his head and runs down his body, but it does look like he is pissing into the pond. Eventually he will be covered in green moss and look very organic, apparently.
Quite why you need to say “a garden with plants in it” in French instead of just a “garden” I don’t know. Maybe rock gardens are very popular with Frenchies.
The last picture is of a wooden statue of Gia (the “green man”). Water comes out of his head and runs down his body, but it does look like he is pissing into the pond. Eventually he will be covered in green moss and look very organic, apparently.
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The russkis won't be crossing this trench!
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Last weekend I went out for a drive and ended up most of the way to Philadelphia. The next morning I drove into the city and hung out for a few hours then drove to da burbs to get a cheesesteak with my old pal @herb before heading back towards Pittsburgh. Sort of an impromptu grand tour of my beloved Pennsylvania before I move away next week.
Not sure why but the only pictures I ended up taking were of the Edgar Allan Poe house. Sadly, the museum inside was closed. Not as famous as his house in Baltimore but meh.
EDIT: I forgot, there was one other pic I took. SNK really is owned by the Saudis
Not sure why but the only pictures I ended up taking were of the Edgar Allan Poe house. Sadly, the museum inside was closed. Not as famous as his house in Baltimore but meh.
EDIT: I forgot, there was one other pic I took. SNK really is owned by the Saudis
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Wow, you lil faggots surprised me. I made this thread in hopes to get your asses off the computer and go outside and it looks like you'e all ahead of the game.
Some pictures from the past week, spring came early this year:
At the city wall ruins park:
And two from down by the river where I live:
Some pictures from the past week, spring came early this year:
At the city wall ruins park:
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And two from down by the river where I live:
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I don't want Sage to think I'm a faggot that never goes outside so here's some pics from today!
One of my favorite old houses in Pittsburgh. Most of the neighborhood is dilapidated and many of these old homes have been demolished, but this one has endured. The hill it's on is so steep the sidewalk is just stairs.
Randyland! The home and active art installation of outsider artist Randy Gibson. Until relatively recently the neighborhood this is in was a really bad part of the city. Randy bought this building and started collecting old junk that had been dumped and turned his little patch of the neighborhood into something more positive. I got to meet him in 2021, he's a koll guy. I have more pictures from a few years ago but I want to keep this thread 2025.
Pittsburghers love French fries. They put em on sandwiches. They put em on salads. They love em so much they put a dumbass statue of French fries right off Bigelow Boulevard, aka Pittsburgh's autobahn. "Art"!
Lastly, it's a rare beautiful sunny day in Pittsburgh. So here's downtown from the Mt. Washington overlook.
I'm on my way to go putz around Lake Erie for the weekend so I'll be back tomorrow with more pics. Be sure to like and subscribe. kthxbai
One of my favorite old houses in Pittsburgh. Most of the neighborhood is dilapidated and many of these old homes have been demolished, but this one has endured. The hill it's on is so steep the sidewalk is just stairs.
Randyland! The home and active art installation of outsider artist Randy Gibson. Until relatively recently the neighborhood this is in was a really bad part of the city. Randy bought this building and started collecting old junk that had been dumped and turned his little patch of the neighborhood into something more positive. I got to meet him in 2021, he's a koll guy. I have more pictures from a few years ago but I want to keep this thread 2025.
Pittsburghers love French fries. They put em on sandwiches. They put em on salads. They love em so much they put a dumbass statue of French fries right off Bigelow Boulevard, aka Pittsburgh's autobahn. "Art"!
Lastly, it's a rare beautiful sunny day in Pittsburgh. So here's downtown from the Mt. Washington overlook.
I'm on my way to go putz around Lake Erie for the weekend so I'll be back tomorrow with more pics. Be sure to like and subscribe. kthxbai
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Erie turned out to be a bit of a wash. When I got here yesterday afternoon the sun was shining, warm out, and wasn't too windy. It was supposed to be the same today but instead it was cloudy, chilly, rained for half the day, and wind gusts up to 50 mph. Didn't get to do as much stompin around Presque Isle State Park as I would've liked but such is life. Oh well, have some BEEFPICS 
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Lake Erie is still frozen. Complete with ice dunes!
There's a monument to Oliver Perry on Presque Isle. Interesting guy, famous for his role as a naval commander in the War of 1812. IMO, an underrated era of American history. When I was a kid we didn't learn much about it in school. We just kind of skipped from the American Revolution to the American Civil War.
The city of Erie from across the bay. Once the third largest city in Pennsylvania it continues to lose population and struggles with poverty and a stagnant economy, like Pittsburgh but much worse, due to the loss of much of its industrial base.
Other random ass pics from today. I almost fell off that pier with the lighhouse after a huge gust of wind. lol
I'm moving back to my hometown in a few days. If I take any koll pics during the drive I'll post em up. Otherwise, expect some pics of Alabama in a week or so. I'll be taking the old Jeep off-roading and hopefully there will be some actual foliage down there by then. All the trees up here in PA still look dead. lol
.Lake Erie is still frozen. Complete with ice dunes!
There's a monument to Oliver Perry on Presque Isle. Interesting guy, famous for his role as a naval commander in the War of 1812. IMO, an underrated era of American history. When I was a kid we didn't learn much about it in school. We just kind of skipped from the American Revolution to the American Civil War.
The city of Erie from across the bay. Once the third largest city in Pennsylvania it continues to lose population and struggles with poverty and a stagnant economy, like Pittsburgh but much worse, due to the loss of much of its industrial base.
Other random ass pics from today. I almost fell off that pier with the lighhouse after a huge gust of wind. lol
I'm moving back to my hometown in a few days. If I take any koll pics during the drive I'll post em up. Otherwise, expect some pics of Alabama in a week or so. I'll be taking the old Jeep off-roading and hopefully there will be some actual foliage down there by then. All the trees up here in PA still look dead. lol
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Shroom, I was wrong. All my life I thought taking pictures of birds was a really gay hobby for old men. Now I get it. It's really fun and rewarding to get a good shot of a bird. I wronged you, Shroom.
These are two great crested grebes performing a mating ritual, the dance they did was the first time I had ever seen it, what a thing to witness and capture it. I want to get it on video next time:
Mandarin ducks:
Mallard duck looks like he's smiling:
More blossoms and one where I managed to frame a tower in the back：
These are two great crested grebes performing a mating ritual, the dance they did was the first time I had ever seen it, what a thing to witness and capture it. I want to get it on video next time:
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Mandarin ducks:
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Mallard duck looks like he's smiling:
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More blossoms and one where I managed to frame a tower in the back：
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I'm not one for nature, but this is my little slice of heaven.
It's finally been nice enough to bring the toys out so I took some time today to clean up my little outside area.
It's finally been nice enough to bring the toys out so I took some time today to clean up my little outside area.
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That's a helluva butt plug
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He lives there now. <3
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Black swan:
Got this shot at just the right time to catch them in the glimmer:
Rich cherry blossoms:
Fourth time coming to this part of the hills west of Beijing, and these mid-1700s watchtowers always give me a feeling like they're from another world. Can't describe it, but this picture gets it:
Now this is a great nighttime Beijing scene. Everyone's first time to Beijing and seeing these at night will always make them doubt themselves if they really are kites. Because surely kites can't fly over a hundred and some meters, right?
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Got this shot at just the right time to catch them in the glimmer:
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Rich cherry blossoms:
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Fourth time coming to this part of the hills west of Beijing, and these mid-1700s watchtowers always give me a feeling like they're from another world. Can't describe it, but this picture gets it:
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Now this is a great nighttime Beijing scene. Everyone's first time to Beijing and seeing these at night will always make them doubt themselves if they really are kites. Because surely kites can't fly over a hundred and some meters, right?
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*in a terrible southern accent*
Howdy y'all! It's me, Bama Beef. Yer ol' pal Big City Beef is on hiatus for a while so he can look after his kinfolk. Thought I'd show y'all some lovely scenery down south a ways here in Alabama.
Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge and the Tennessee River. Limestone County.
Monte Sano State Park. Huntsville.
We'll get some more greenery soon. Still looking a bit dead, but hot damn not a cloud in the sky today! Four years in Pittsburgh and two in Seattle before that and I'm having to readjust to sunshine being the default.
Howdy y'all! It's me, Bama Beef. Yer ol' pal Big City Beef is on hiatus for a while so he can look after his kinfolk. Thought I'd show y'all some lovely scenery down south a ways here in Alabama.
Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge and the Tennessee River. Limestone County.
Monte Sano State Park. Huntsville.
We'll get some more greenery soon. Still looking a bit dead, but hot damn not a cloud in the sky today! Four years in Pittsburgh and two in Seattle before that and I'm having to readjust to sunshine being the default.
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Cleaned for like six hours today and made sure to do the cat window box/blanket first so the boys can enjoy this nearly 70 degree day.
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Beefin it back to nature!!*in a terrible southern accent*
Howdy y'all! It's me, Bama Beef. Yer ol' pal Big City Beef is on hiatus for a while so he can look after his kinfolk. Thought I'd show y'all some lovely scenery down south a ways here in Alabama.
Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge and the Tennessee River. Limestone County.
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Monte Sano State Park. Huntsville.
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We'll get some more greenery soon. Still looking a bit dead, but hot damn not a cloud in the sky today! Four years in Pittsburgh and two in Seattle before that and I'm having to readjust to sunshine being the default.
