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2013-05-26 00:10:47 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 16 +1s)

#photography  
#flowerphotography  

Here is some Hardy Amarylis from my mother in law's garden in Western Tennessee.  

2013-05-23 15:46:16 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

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                  Circle One: A to J

This  is the first of two circles,  I'll share the second circle this weekend so that they're not so on top of each other.  The circles have been divided alphabetically to help give more exposure to people with fewer followers.

Please plus, comment and share.  This circle has no requirements for future participation but your support and encouragement is appreciated. 

It has been two weeks since I announced my intent to update my circle of the 500 most followed photographers on G+.  I decided to do things a bit differently this time and so I'll share the top 1000.   To build the circles and the list I enlisted the aid of +Bill Wood +GemmaCosta +Jen Baptist +Kat Scan and +Margaret Tompkins.  They built circles and vetted p... more »

2013-05-23 14:21:19 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

http://www.cityeats.com/dc/restaurants/the-red-hen-dc

Here we have @rinarap or Rina Rapuano, food writer for hire who has articles at npr.com and the Washingtonian magazine as well as cityeats.com .  

Read her wise words on Cuisine.  Be amazed.  If you happen to live in DC or northern Va. or Md. and can visit, sounds yummy.

#foodies  

#washingtondc   

2013-05-23 11:43:15 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

Notice
Hi to all my followers
Due to this profile having not worked properly for some time I am migrating to another account I started up many months ago and will shut down this profile once migration is complete.
I hope all you guys will keep following me and keep up with the great support that I truly appreciate. If you see yourself being added by me please add me back and I am sorry if there is any confusion. I will post this 2-3 times a day for a week to try and reach you all and will change my profile picture on the new account to reduce confusion.
Thanks and look forward to seeing all your work still and you mine  
  my new profile is;- plus.google.com/u/0/107134628785927999636/about

2013-05-22 00:41:05 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 15 +1s)

#paintography  

Here we have my yet to bloom Tiger lily.  Late this year.

Taken with a Lensbaby Composer F8.

2013-05-21 20:26:43 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 10 +1s)

#photography  

Tiger Lily about to bloom.  Lensbaby Composer with an F8 ring.

2013-05-21 16:04:10 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

So how do I tell Flickr and 500PX apart now?

2013-05-18 16:22:15 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

http://uncrate.com/stuff/sun-cloud-camera/

ok I want one.  no batteries would be awesome.  Would be a great store in the car camera for when you don't have your gear with you.  With 3mp it lags behind a modern phone camera, thus limiting it's usefulness.  I would like one for the no battery aspect but since I travel with a phone, I would only need it when my cell phone camera battery went south.

2013-05-16 16:33:56 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 19 +1s)

#photography  
#paintography  

Strawberry Flower

Taken last weekend while picking some really delicious strawberries at Pantall's Fruit and Vegetable farm near Spring Hill, TN.

2013-05-15 01:57:04 (1 comments, 1 reshares, 1 +1s)

Rules question, Spell is Hide from Undead.  Is a touch and is one target/level.  Does that mean that my Level 3 Inquisitor can touch 3 people in one casting of the spell (as long as I am close enough to touch all three?) and have all of them hidden from the undead?

2013-05-11 18:02:51 (6 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

#signsunday  
#signage  

Agritourism

I translated this signage to say, "Pick at your own risk".  But why not use a giant paragraph when you could shorten it to five words?  Sign makers charge by the letter.....

From my local U Pick Strawberry patch.

2013-05-11 17:19:11 (7 comments, 0 reshares, 14 +1s)

#photography  
#flowers  
#flowerphotography  
#paintography  

Ok here is a tough one, identify the flower!  There is a very subtle clue in the background of the photo.  (Says Captain Obvious!)

2013-05-11 04:43:08 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

Ok people it is Spring.  And with Spring comes flowers.  And after flowers comes #deadflowersociety  .

Yes your garden is beautiful this year, kill some, watch them shrivel, photograph them.

Thanks!

Remember to #deadflowersociety   and add your curators +Don Noll , +Alex Ponce  and the lovely Katie Wright.

2013-05-10 15:15:09 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

Virtual Photo Walks™ is hanging out with 6 people right now in a live Hangout On Air! #hangoutsonair

2013-05-05 16:00:21 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

Because you never want to hear your players say, "We should have brought a bigger boat."

Who needs Wizards with mass teleport spells?
What you need is something to get you around in style. 

My Sunday PF game the PCs are returning from adventuring in the interior of the Island of Cui Cui, aka the land of the small and the silly.  The native islanders were thankful for some PC help and offered to ironwood the hull of the PC's flying boat, the Manticore.  The PCs decided to do some adventuring and have come back and are ready for the long ride home.

The PC's will return today to find their craft much changed.  The Druid's of Cui-Cui have added some tropical island goodness to their craft, more than just a tougher hull.



The Manticore and “Iris”

Manticore
Colossal Vehicle AC 2
HP 560 (consideredcripple... more »

2013-05-05 14:59:11 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

The Manticore is the current mode of transportation for the PC's in my game.  Sure a Wizard with mass teleport maybe faster but this is traveling in style.  The players have let the Cui Cui islanders alone with their flying boat for a couple of weeks and are exploring the interior of the island.  The Manticore was a boat that had been magicked to fly.  Leaving the boat with the Druids of Cui-Cui who promised to give her an ironwood hull, the players will return from their adventure in the jungle today to see the results.  The Druids of the island Cui Cui have done some interesting things to the visitors "Large Canoe" as they call it. Description below.

The Manticore and “Iris”

Manticore
Colossal Vehicle
Two masted iron age sailboat.
AC 2
HP 560 (considered crippled)  800 is destroyed
Ironwood Hull  Hardness 10  (3 inches thick 90 HP)Iron Wood H... more »

2013-05-04 21:50:46 (3 comments, 1 reshares, 23 +1s)

#paintography  

Spring is here!

2013-05-04 20:49:04 (4 comments, 0 reshares, 6 +1s)

Photo by +Andy Gray , poor humor is all mine baby!

2013-05-04 15:48:22 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

More Lore from the Cui-Cui, the land of the small and the silly.

From the Acme Dungeon Adventurers Handbook page 87......
The Ring of Kuhl-Ad

The ring of Kuhl-Ad is magic ring forged in the Legendary era of the "Keeblah Elves".  It has many superflous and annoying powers but is still considered a powerful artifact my many.

Once a day if you speak the command words, "Hey Kuhl-Ad"  a giant form of a glass pitcher, 6 feet wide and 5 feet high will burst thru the nearest wall.  The form will be carrying a tray of 1d6+2 healing potions (cure moderate at cast at CL 7) 

Once a week you can speak the command words "Oh *(&%^&^$ He Died Again"  and the pitcher form will again break through the nearest wall this time with no refreshing drinks but you can then lift your dead party member and unceremoniously dump him into thebrig... more »

2013-05-04 15:47:51 (5 comments, 1 reshares, 3 +1s)

More Lore from the Cui-Cui, the land of the small and the silly.

From the Acme Dungeon Adventurers Handbook page 87......
The Ring of Kuhl-Ad

The ring of Kuhl-Ad is magic ring forged in the Legendary era of the "Keeblah Elves".  It has many superflous and annoying powers but is still considered a powerful artifact my many.

Once a day if you speak the command words, "Hey Kuhl-Ad"  a giant form of a glass pitcher, 6 feet wide and 5 feet high will burst thru the nearest wall.  The form will be carrying a tray of 1d6+2 healing potions (cure moderate at cast at CL 7) 

Once a week you can speak the command words "Oh *(&%^&^$ He Died Again"  and the pitcher form will again break through the nearest wall this time with no refreshing drinks but you can then lift your dead party member and unceremoniously dump him into thebrig... more »

2013-05-04 15:47:30 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 7 +1s)

More Lore from the Cui-Cui, the land of the small and the silly.

From the Acme Dungeon Adventurers Handbook page 87......
The Ring of Kuhl-Ad

The ring of Kuhl-Ad is magic ring forged in the Legendary era of the "Keeblah Elves".  It has many superflous and annoying powers but is still considered a powerful artifact my many.

Once a day if you speak the command words, "Hey Kuhl-Ad"  a giant form of a glass pitcher, 6 feet wide and 5 feet high will burst thru the nearest wall.  The form will be carrying a tray of 1d6+2 healing potions (cure moderate at cast at CL 7) 

Once a week you can speak the command words "Oh *(&%^&^$ He Died Again"  and the pitcher form will again break through the nearest wall this time with no refreshing drinks but you can then lift your dead party member and unceremoniously dump him into thebrig... more »

2013-05-04 01:17:36 (1 comments, 1 reshares, 11 +1s)

Wednesday night Pathfinder

2013-05-03 15:39:25 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

The winners of the Google+ Photographers Photo Competition have been announced
#photography   #photographycompetition   #googleplus   #googleplusphotos  

Check out the finalists from over 430+ entries and watch the live judging:
http://camerasmash.com/2013/05/04/google-photographers-photo-competition-ii/

2013-05-01 14:42:55 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 9 +1s)

#photography  
#portraiture  

Here we have a photo from 2006 taken with my trusty D70!

2013-04-30 15:22:02 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 9 +1s)

May 2006,  +Angelina Noll 
Always a princess in my eyes.

2013-04-27 14:13:24 (4 comments, 0 reshares, 10 +1s)

I did an all Lensbaby Composer walk around of my county fair last year.  (Williamson County, Tennessee.)

2013-04-25 15:32:29 (5 comments, 0 reshares, 28 +1s)

Wednesday Night Pathfinder.

2013-04-24 14:34:15 (6 comments, 0 reshares, 18 +1s)

#iphonography  

Poor mans Google Glass(es)

#googleglass

2013-04-20 18:44:00 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

NEW HORIZONS CIRCLE

Take your Circles to New Horizons  by adding this mix of  interesting G Plussers!

Feel free to add yourself and re-share. If  you wish to be included in my next edition leave a comment.  I keep  names and faces "fresh" across all of my 11 circles, so please ask only if you are not already in any of  my other circles. Thanks.

Circles I am curating:
21ST CENTURY PHOTOGRAPHERS (1&2), ALL KINDS, DISCOVERY, FULL CIRCLE,SOCIAL, ECLECTIC,ENGAGERS, AWESOME, NEW HORIZONS and BOOST

  #circleoftheday   #circleshare       #circlesharing      #circlesharingforthepeopleplc         #sharedcircles     #sharedpubliccircles     #sharedcircleoftheday     #sharedcircleday     #publiccirclesproject     #publiccircles     #publicsharedcircles  
  #sharedpublicircles     #circle     #circles    #circlemeup  
  #awesomepeople  ... more »

2013-04-20 16:50:54 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

The Three Hundred
"Completed" Copy

As most of you probably know by now, I have been working on a #circlemanagement  project for quite some time now, in which I sought to increase the vetting process that occurs when I add people to my circles.  As most of you also know, I've been absolutely swamped and have barely had time to share content (let alone post my own or curate circles), so it's taken me a while to get here.

However, after only six months to the day (lucky coincidence) I've managed to finish what I would consider a mostly-complete copy of this circle.  You can see the vetting process and the history of it here (http://goo.gl/kqE8h), and as always I encourage you to add and share this circle as you see fit!

If you're notified, you're in it!  If you do not wish to be included in any future circle shares, please let mekno... more »

2013-04-16 01:30:20 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 18 +1s)

#photography  
#blackandwhite  
#waterfalls  

From my old trusty D70.  Looking back at some old raw files and seeing what I can pull from them.  

May, 2009 in the Great Smokey Mountains National Park.

2013-04-15 13:38:08 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 6 +1s)

#photography  

At the playground.
Holding Hands

2013-04-15 02:55:18 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 10 +1s)

#photography  
#portrait  

Thoughtful

2013-04-15 02:54:25 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 11 +1s)

#photography  
#portrait  

Redheads, you know they are trouble but you love them just the same.  

Model is Erin Noll, my three year old.

2013-04-14 01:20:18 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 16 +1s)

#paintography  +Paintography 

Driving around middle Tennessee today and couldn't find a field of wildflowers to save my life.  But I did find...

The Farm

2013-04-13 02:46:04 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 16 +1s)

Bent Grass, composer F4. July, Fort Morgan, Alabama.
Oil Paint filter from Photoshop applied.

2013-04-13 02:37:49 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 13 +1s)

Mothy.... 2012, Lensbaby Composer F8 with crop.

2013-04-13 02:35:33 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 10 +1s)

From the Williamson County, TN County Fair, 2012.

2013-04-13 02:32:02 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 9 +1s)

I like taking my lensbaby composer to cemeteries for mood....  F8 I believe.

2013-04-13 02:46:33 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 5 +1s)

My first Lensbaby composer photo from 1/18/12.

2013-04-10 21:51:45 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 5 +1s)

Funniest tweet of the day...

#bitcoins   #humor  

2013-04-10 19:57:20 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

I am finishing up cleaning up some of my old gaming stuff and I am going to sell my 3.5 leatherbound versions of the D&D DMG and Players handbook.  (Moved to Pathfinder and not looking back as it were.)  How much are they worth?

2013-04-08 13:58:51 (6 comments, 1 reshares, 18 +1s)

#paintography  +Paintography curated by +Gail Beerman +Sherry McBriar and +Ray Bilcliff 

Centered Rose of the Pink Persuasion

2013-04-08 02:28:43 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 6 +1s)

Some more Batman 60's goodness.  Batman #153

2013-04-08 02:06:23 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 18 +1s)

+Leading Lines Monday  #leadinglinesmonday  

"Lines lines everywhere there are lines."

Taken with iPhone 4 while playing some disc golf today.

2013-04-06 16:25:20 (11 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

Where is the Arduin love?  Why don't we celebrate Dave Hargrave's birthday like we do Gary Gygax?  Did you ever roll a Phraint or Deodanth and play it?

What the heck am I talking about?  Long ago in a game store now closed before the era of OGL and D20 there was.... The Arduin Grimoire.  It started with three books that expanded the white box with all kinds of crunchy goodness.  

You can still buy them from a few placesas a PDF.  Dave Hargrave the author died at 46 and I would have loved to see his stuff officially D20'ed.
 I will have to Wiki his birthday and put it in my Google calendar!

2013-04-06 02:31:58 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 8 +1s)

I did a Marvel Xmen this morning, decided some DC 60's Batman was due to balance out the day.

2013-04-05 21:54:08 (4 comments, 0 reshares, 8 +1s)

Here is some early X-Men comic cover love........

2013-04-05 21:48:07 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 5 +1s)

Yes +Joshua Fisher some days I really miss my ride......

2013-04-04 14:49:02 (6 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

So I am playing a 3.5 Rogue 2 /Ranger 3 and we are converting to Pathfinder this week.  I am excited because since playing PF (last couple of months) I have enjoyed it and the differences from 3.5 in the game I am GMing.

In the combo I have above if I keep taking Ranger levels I will get the "Evasion" ability as a Ranger even though my second level of Rogue already gave me this very useful power.  (in last nights game I walked away from three fireball spells where half my comrades had fallen without a point of damage).  Since it is not a feat listed in the Pathfinder Core rules and there is no "improved evasion" when the time comes and it is granted as power from Ranger what should I do?  Eat it? (Do nothing, don't get another power at that level?)  Ask the DM to sub a feat for it of his choice? Ask the DM if I can take another feat? 

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