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Friday, September 5th, 2025 - Dave - 09-05-2025 TGIF friends. Here's a photo taken in July 2020 and just now completely reprocessed...     What pleases me about the shot is that it seems (to me at least) to have a calming, serene mood to it. I finished my 2025-2026 NFL predictions before yesterday's opening game: I have Philadelphia beating Detroit for the NFC title and Baltimore over Buffalo for the AFC title. Then I'm going with Philadelphia to beat Baltimore in the Super Bowl. But it's a long season, and injuries to key players on any of the top teams could change things dramatically. RE: Friday, September 5th, 2025 - Rich - 09-06-2025 Lovely, well processed! It is calming! Good luck with the predictions. If you bet money, I hope you win. One of our radio stations has something similar. I don't remember what the prize is but bragging rights for sure! RE: Friday, September 5th, 2025 - Dave - 09-07-2025 Thanks Rich. No, I don't bet on the games. Just enjoy seeing how well (or poorly) I can predict results. RE: Friday, September 5th, 2025 - Man From Ironbark - 09-07-2025 It is a calming image. Hard to tell but is it one of the poppies? I prefer to not gamble as it is usually a loss. Wins are for dreamers. Lost interest in football about the same time I lost interest in war games. I do appreciate that others are obsessed with being football fans and that it is a big part of their lives and happiness etc. I simply have more tiime for other things. Like falling over while looking up. Luckily, only broke my neck rather than the camera. RE: Friday, September 5th, 2025 - Dave - 09-07-2025 Thank you, MFI. Regarding my photo, the unopened buds look much like those of poppies. But the blossom's petals don't seem poppyish to me, and I've never seen a poppy that color. So I'd have to say it's a small rose. I agree with  you about betting. Although I do buy lottery scratchers, the money comes from my small entertainment budget. And since I don't go to movies and haven't been able to play golf for 25 years, there are few other entertainment things I spend $$ on. But there was one time when I was playing golf with my boss and his boss, and they were big gamblers. By the time we got to the 17th hole I was down hundreds of dollars. That 17th hole was a long par 3 that required a draw, and I could never hit a draw. So I took a 4 wood, aimed way left hoping to hit a high fade over some tall trees. It just cleared the trees, landed on the green, and stopped close enough to the pin for me to sink the birdie putt. All 3 of us tied the final hole, so nobody won or lost money. WHEW!! We wouldn't have been able to pay the rent that month if I hadn't planned and nailed that good 4 wood shot. Your tale of falling reminds me of a fall I took a few years ago. As I fell my first reaction was to try to protect my camera, so I ended up tweaking my back and landing hard on the point of my shoulder. Lots of pain for weeks but the camera itself was saved - just had to replace the small protective filter. RE: Friday, September 5th, 2025 - Rich - 09-07-2025 Interesting cloud formation Peter. Kind of looks like a spine and vertebrae. I may buy a lottery ticket tomorrow. Jackpot is in the Billions. RE: Friday, September 5th, 2025 - Man From Ironbark - 09-07-2025 Vertebrae is the interesting part. I tripped over a folding clothes basket trolley while trying to photograph the sky. It folded, my legs folded and I landed on my forehead BANG! Now I have protesting neck vertebrae.