Three in One.. Wednesday Photo Memes!

"Edible, adj.: Good to eat, and wholesome to digest, as a worm to a toad, a toad to a snake, a snake to a pig, a pig to a man, and a man to a worm. " ~ Ambrose Bierce

“And now this pale swan in her watery nest ~Begins the sad dirge of her certain ending.”

~ William Shakespeare

"There's a fine line between fishing and just standing on the shore like an idiot."
~Steven Wright




Lighthouses it is!

Hunting Island Lighthouse~ The first lighthouse on Hunting Island was
constructed of brick. Built in 1859 to guide vessels along the coast,
between Charleston and Savannah, Georgia. It warned ships away from the

dangerous shoals, sandbars, and reefs along this stretch of the South Carolina coast. It was destroyed during the civil war to keep the union soldiers from using it for navigation. Reconstructed in 1875 with its distinctive black and white coloring; the new lighthouse was designed to be moved in case of barrier island erosion. Just as feared, within a few years, the ocean had cut away the northern end of the island, endangering the lighthouse and its outbuildings. In 1889, it was moved one mile southeast of the old site, where it stands today.


Bald Head Lighthouse, known as Old Baldy, is the oldest
Lighthouse in North Carolina! For nearly 200 years, it has marked the mouth of the historic Cape Fear River.

I love Lighthouses! I think I would have loved to have be en a light-keeper or maybe a light-keepers wife.. They lived very lonely lives at times and I' m going to say they would have had to love each other an awful lot to stand being there together all winter.. Many of them are easily
accessible now but that wouldn't have been the case when they were actually in use.... The barrier islands would have been hard to reach in winter storms...

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The Lens Day Challenge for this week is Edible.

1. (n.) Anything edible.
2. (a.) Fit to be eaten as food; eatable; succulent; as, edible fishes.

How is that for Edible? Dave fought and caught him on a fishing trip that he went on with the guys from work.. We ate him fried and stewed .. stuffed and grilled.. finally giving some to some to a friend to eat.. He was edible several times over.. I wasn't on the trip but I would have needed a colorful..cold.. fruity drink after a workout like reeling that big fish in... just look at him.. he is half as big as Dear Dave!!

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Do you see what I see hiding along the edge of the shore? Dave and Cooper walked right up to her this time and a few other times to make her picture.. She is the mama gator that lives on Hunting Island.. in one of their ponds.. with some her children.. ( Incidentally.. she is also edible!)...This is an old picture.. she is twice this size now.. My newer photo's of her are gone with all the others on my now deceased computer.. Dave and I .... with the children.. have followed her growth through the last 15 or so years.. when we were there earlier this year we didn't stop by the pond to see her.. she is so used to people that she does her best to ignore everyone who snaps her picture.. She is often found laying on the bank in the sun and won't even flinch as people walk up close for a photo.. The park has now built barriers to keep camera toting idiots.... Dave and Cooper.. NOT me!.. out of harms way.. to me.. her tail is edible.. to her..all of me is edible..

Have a wonderful Day!
Patsy

Tuesday! I don't know what those are... Do You??

"Life is just one damned thing after another." - Elbert Hubbard

"You only live once, but if you work it right, once is enough." - Joe Lewis

"There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle The other is as though everything is a miracle." - Albert Einstein

Today since they are so easy I am asking what these TWO things are..

#1~ Do you know what I am? ~ yes I am edible.. I don't grow on a tree but I do grow under one sometimes... I Can be prepared Grilled, Baked, Broiled, boiled or Fried. I have even been stuffed.. I am mentioned in the Bible... I can be frozen or canned.. By products of me have been used in crafts and in making jewelry.. someone knows exactly what I am.. give it a guess.. Maybe that someone is you!

Update~ I am not a pineapple nor a tuber.. I am not a pepper..It's a handsome quail in the hand of a handsome male.. I personally think a quail has a beautiful feather pattern .. No one guessed this one..

#2~ Are you going to guess what I am? I am not edible.. I am very useful though. I can be made into many things that are used every day by millions of people.. I am also mentioned in the Bible... Someone knows at a glance exactly what I am.. Go ahead .. glance at me and then tell everyone what I am..

Update~ I am not a wind chime or a hanging dangling thing.. I am the center of a lovely lily that makes it's home in the homemade bucket jungle.. My smell is as beautiful as my flower... Phoebe was right about me.. Maybe she recognized me from the jungle?

Today since they are so very easy I have given you two things to guess. I bet that someone will guess them both very quickly.. I think they are both easy.. what do you think they are?... give it a guess.. You might be right.. Please leave me a comment.. Check back tomorrow for the correct answer... Have a wonderful day!

Patsy

It's Tuesday.. Do you see what I see?

"To be a poet is a condition, not a profession." ~ Robert Frost

"I went down and had a friendly reunion with the constellations.... I get a wonderful peace and the most exquisite pleasure from my friendship with the stars."
~ Ellen Glasgow

If we could destroy custom at a blow and see the stars as a child sees them, we should need no other apocalypse.
~ Gilbert Keith Chesterton

Hi and welcome to another Tuesday with a couple of pictures for you to examine and make a guess.. I have to thank my sister-in- law Camella for actually making these two "what is it" Pictures for me.. My sad little camera couldn't see as well as hers could.. I knew that you would never be able to guess from my sad little pictures.. Thanks Camella!
this first one surprised Dave and I.. we did plant it.... but it grew where it wanted to instead of where we had planned for it to grow.. These items used to be commonly planted by all homesteads.. Every body needed them.. You may even recognize this thing that hangs from the top of a tree in this picture.. Can you tell me not only what it is but also what kind... and what it was used for?? I grow several different varieties of them most years but this year I only planted one.. It is also edible although I don't eat it..... I thought it had failed me since it decided to grow where it pleased instead of where I planted it..{Update~ It's gourds~ Dipper gourds in fact!}

I was looking up in an old cherry tree that overhangs the duck pen because I could hear my escaped finch sitting up there somewhere calling to his mate.. He had darted out of the cage a few days before as I was feeding them.. he still sits in the tree calling for his ~still Caged and already nesting with a new Mister~ mate.. I was shocked by what I saw.. I have never seen this plant do this before.. The old cherry tree looks beautiful dressed in the wonderful blossoms that go along with this item.. The hummingbirds love it too.. Guess what it is and leave me a comment..

This one is another one that keep the hummers busy.. I think the Hummingbirds in my yard might even get fat from all the things here for them to drink from.. The police took a few of these from me before I started planting them behind the house.. that way they can't find them.. Do you know what I have here? Look closely at it.. I just love this plant... I have a few of them growing close to my banana trees..It loves water and my plants are way taller than my House... I made a lot of money last year selling this.. What do you think it could be? I will tell you that you can't eat this.. It is not what some of you may think.. Then again I will only know what you think if you leave me a comment and let me know you were here.. Make a guess.... you might just be right.. and I love to read the comments from everyone too..
~ {Update~ It's a hibiscus .. though it looks like an illegal plant this can not be rolled and smoked~ yes it has been tested by the county sheriffs department~ It is know as Texas Star and/or Swamp Hibiscus..}

Do you know what I have shown you today? Do you recognize these two plants? Just for fun I have also included a shot Camella made as she was finding her way out of my home made jungle.. She had already been down all of the secret paths with Dorie where they spotted a hose snake and a stick tiger tail peaking from the deep surrounding jungle... they had rested beside the still waters for a second and were happily emerging from the forest.. I love it when children come here.. I love the ooohs and ahhs they make when they spot a stone angel or a sparkling glass ball sitting on a pipe perch over a fish pond..I enjoy them spotting a blue tailed lizard or a fat bull frog just before he dives under the water.. Or as in these Pictures today a strange and unique plant.
Do you know what they were? If you know comment and share your guess with me.... If you don't know just comment to let me know you were here... I'm sure someone knows.. Some one even remebers what the first ones are used for.. Maybe some day; some of you will come and poke around in my bucket Jungle.. You might bring children and go with them down a secret path.. where if it will hold water I will make it the home for a fish or a frog or a turtle.. and if it will hold dirt I will make it a planter for something blooming or edible.. or maybe even Both.... where chickens crow and ducks quack and birds sing........and where I am almost always planning a new surprise for the people who find my place restful ..... Until then.. Have a great day!
Patsy