Re: November PUG is up

2023-11-09 Thread Ralf R Radermacher
Am 09.11.23 um 09:04 schrieb Henk Terhell: (Maybe I'm obsessed about taking pictures of butterflies.) Certainly one of the more positive obsessions as long as you don't neglect the mushroom pictures. :-) Ralf -- Ralf R. Radermacher - Köln/Cologne, Germany Blog :

Re: November PUG is up

2023-11-09 Thread Henk Terhell
Strange, gmail nowadays doesn't show me all pdml posts. About my butterflies photo, of course English is not my mother language, however the urban dictionary defines shipping as follows: " A term used to describe fan fictions that take previously created characters and put them as a pair. It

Re: November PUG is up

2023-11-09 Thread Ralf R Radermacher
Am 08.11.23 um 23:36 schrieb John Sessoms: If you don't have something topical you can still post an image for the "open gallery". Nothing wrong with that and it's a really fine image. I was just wondering if, as we say here. I was standing on the hose. Ralf -- Ralf R. Radermacher -

Re: November PUG is up

2023-11-09 Thread Alan C
Very clever! Perhaps you could have looked for a pair of Skippers? "of course English is not my mother language" - your alter ego perhaps? Alan C On 09-Nov-23 10:04 AM, Henk Terhell wrote: Strange, gmail nowadays doesn't show me all pdml posts. About my butterflies photo, of course English

Re: November PUG is up

2023-11-09 Thread ann sanfedele
Interestingly (or not) the English Language expression "passing ships in the night" referring to brief romantic interludes, sounds like it originated with that definition of yours. ann On 11/9/2023 3:04 AM, Henk Terhell wrote: Strange, gmail nowadays doesn't show me all pdml posts. About my

Re: November PUG is up

2023-11-09 Thread Henk Terhell
I would guess relationSHIPping is closer to the origin of this urban expression than Longfellow's poem. Henk - Ann wrote: Interestingly (or not) the English Language expression "passing ships in the night" referring to brief romantic interludes, sounds like it originated with

Re: November PUG is up

2023-11-09 Thread Henk Terhell
A happy coincidence is that my photographic obsessions appear to be seasonal. Henk Ralf wrote: (Maybe I'm obsessed about taking pictures of butterflies.) Certainly one of the more positive obsessions as long as you don't neglect the mushroom pictures. :-) Ralf Op do 9 nov 2023 om 09:31

Re: November PUG is up

2023-11-09 Thread Stanley Halpin
Thanks again Brian! Several this month intrigued me. Ralf’s well seen signage, Henk’s fritillary courtship, Brian’s beautiful scene of a typical freighter… John’s nice shot of his re-purposed shipping container got me wondering about our local zoning restrictions and if/how I could sneak such

Re: November PUG is up

2023-11-09 Thread Stanley Halpin
Ralf - thank you for asking about Henk’s graphic/verbal puzzle! I was pleased to learn something new from his reply. > On Nov 8, 2023, at 4:46 PM, Ralf R Radermacher wrote: > > Am 07.11.23 um 22:17 schrieb Brian W: >> G'day all >> >> A small gallery this month - see it here: >> >>