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Pond Chat / Re: Hi Everyone, Happy Spring

« on: March 26, 2008, 06:25:59 AM »

Hi Lou, from across the big pond....   

Hi Joyce,

I am waving to you, do you see me?

lou

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Pond Chat / Re: Hi Everyone, Happy Spring

« on: March 26, 2008, 05:59:31 AM »

Louis,  do you have pics of the THEATERS? 

My brother's (late) partner used to restore theaters, too, and did the likes of the Fox in downtown St. Louis, and one in Seattle, among others.  I never saw any of his work, so it would be nice to see what you've done, as I imagine the theaters are somewhat similar.

hi jules,

I do, take a look here and check out the virtual tours.

www.palacewaterbury.com

lou

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Pond Chat / Re: Hi Everyone, Happy Spring

« on: March 26, 2008, 05:58:40 AM »

You have such a gift.  Great photos!

Kim

thanks kim

lou

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Pond Chat / Re: Hi Everyone, Happy Spring

« on: March 25, 2008, 07:56:02 PM »

Hey Louis,

Still like the BB King shots, but the photos of Billy Cox is great...have I really gotten that old, it seems just like yesterday I was at Filmore East watching the Jimi Hendrix and the Band of Gypseys

Gary

heh heh, time waits for no man, Gary.
 nice to hear from you. its a blast taking these shots. had a chance to photograph the final show of riverdance tonight. really super show, very colorful.

lou

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Pond Chat / Re: Hi Everyone, Happy Spring

« on: March 25, 2008, 08:49:33 AM »

hi blind, wow, you are close. or so it seems. I am using the canon 5d with a variety of lens. i am happy with it.



lou

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Pond Chat / Hi Everyone, Happy Spring

« on: March 25, 2008, 08:10:09 AM »

So sorry that I have been missing as of late. Too much work and not enough time. Its spring and a mans fancy turns to ..................cleaning the ponds 

I am anxious to get the ponds going again as soon as they thaw out.  I would like to share some photos with you that I took at one of my jobs. I am the house photographer at a wonderful old restored theater. Check out some of the performers that I had the privilege to have met and to photograph.

http://www.palacewaterbury.com/shows_1.htm

Louis

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Pond Chat / Re: Joyce Grigonis

« on: March 25, 2008, 08:04:17 AM »

Hello Joyce, good to see you back. I hope your recovery is going well. I just got my LilyPons catalog yesterday and there you are on the second page. I bought one of the Pink Ribbons, hope is does well, looks like a winner. 

Louis

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Pond Chat / Re: WE ARE BACK !!! and we will stay BACK !

« on: January 22, 2008, 09:41:50 AM »

Hello Jerry,
glad everything is up and running. thanks to you, sean and Jefe for your dedication.

Louis

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Pond Chat / Re: A few photos

« on: January 01, 2008, 07:42:57 AM »

hi lorenzo, nice to see photos at this time of the year. its snowing like **ll as we speak.

keep us cheery with your photos.

louis

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Hybridizing How To's... / Re: A new pink tropical hybrid...

« on: October 10, 2007, 07:02:54 AM »

hello sean,
i like the structure of the bloom. good luck

lou

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Pond Chat / Re: Close up photos of new tropical hybrid

« on: September 06, 2007, 07:08:59 PM »

The color in the photos is accurate, it has a pale blue tint to the ends of the petals and a slight green/yellow tint to the inside of the petals.

Hi Loius
On my computer the ends of the petals look pale purple and the insides look yellow.
Im curious what everyone else sees? Is my monitor color that far out?

I'm also curious what model camera you use for taking you photos, I have viewed many of your photos here and you obviously have some significant photographic skills. 

By the way, I can relate to your deer problem. I finally had to put a 6 ft. fence all the way around my back yard to help prevent the deer from getting into my veggetable garden. They still, on occasion, walk up the stairs and across my deck to get into the garden. Crazy deer 

hi again mucky,
i forgot to answer your question on my camera. actually i have newer cameras but i cannot get the detail that i can in my old olympus E-10. i use it just for flower shots.

thanks for asking.

lou

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Pond Chat / Re: Close up photos of new tropical hybrid

« on: September 06, 2007, 12:26:27 PM »

thanks everyone for your comments, they are appreciated.

lou

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Pond Chat / Re: Close up photos of new tropical hybrid

« on: September 06, 2007, 12:25:40 PM »

The color in the photos is accurate, it has a pale blue tint to the ends of the petals and a slight green/yellow tint to the inside of the petals.

Hi Louis
On my computer the ends of the petals look pale purple and the insides look yellow.
I'm curious what everyone else sees? Is my monitor color that far out?

I'm also curious what model camera you use for taking you photos, I have viewed many of your photos here and you obviously have some significant photographic skills. 

By the way, I can relate to your deer problem. I finally had to put a 6 ft. fence all the way around my back yard to help prevent the deer from getting into my veggetable garden. They still, on occasion, walk up the stairs and across my deck to get into the garden. Crazy deer 

hi mucky,
different monitors will show colors differently, especially pale colors. LCD will change colors as you move your head, where CRT's are more accurate. the ends of the petals are a very pale blue as opposed to purple.

lou

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Pond Chat / Close up photos of new tropical hybrid

« on: September 06, 2007, 06:35:37 AM »

My crop of new hybrids were promising but were mostly destroyed by a deer attack. Of this particular plant, I had two of them, one was totally eaten. This plant was pulled from its pot and all the roots and pads and stems were also eaten and the tuber deposited on the lawn to dry out. I replanted it in late june, hoping that it would recover. It took all summer and it finally bloomed for me a couple of weeks ago. It is a cross between N. Moonbeam and N. Golden West. Moonbeam being the pod parent. Now the plant has numerous side shoots which will give me more plants. Its interesting to note that it suffered shock from its ordeal and to make up for the trauma, it tubered and made lots of little babies. I think I have found a good way to propagate a tuber, shock it  .

Its blooming non stop, last count was 4 blooms and nine buds surfacing. 

It is similar to Moonbeam so I am not sure if a name is in its future. The only major difference that I see is the shape of the flower and petals. The color in the photos is accurate, it has a pale blue tint to the ends of the petals and a slight green/yellow tint to the inside of the petals.

Plants that were destroyed this year by the deer were: 2 Golden Wests, 1 Red Flare, 2 Moonbeams, and many others that I cannot remember now.



Give me your thoughts.

lou

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Pond Chat / Re: Several blooms brightened my ponds over the past week...

« on: August 24, 2007, 04:50:49 PM »

awesome photos, really nice.

lou

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Chit Chat / Re: Cat. 4 Hurricane off of Hawaii? Tammie??

« on: August 17, 2007, 05:56:28 PM »

glad everthing is ok

lou

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Hybridizing How To's... / First blooms - new tropical hybrid

« on: August 16, 2007, 06:14:00 PM »

Hi everyone,
I mentioned early in the season how the deer had destroyed most of my new hybrids. This one was pulled from the pot in early june and all the pads, roots and stems were eaten. i hate bambi  

it has taken 2 1/2 months to recover and it gave me three blooms at one time. it is a cross between moonbeam and golden west. west being the pod parent. pads are plain green.  i apologize for the ratty pads, i just have not had any time to work on the ponds this year.  i did not get a close up, cam battery went dead. i will take one in a short time as soon as the blooms stabilize.


lou

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Hybridizing How To's... / Re: A new pink tropical hybrid...

« on: August 16, 2007, 05:53:54 PM »

very nice, sean, i like it. sure wish i was in the tropics so i could devote more time to the passion.

lou

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Pond Chat / Re: The itsy, bitsy spider....

« on: August 16, 2007, 12:57:13 PM »

EEEEEKKKKKK

lou

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Pond Chat / Re: Lilies are a bloomin!

« on: August 16, 2007, 12:48:13 PM »

absolutely magnificent.

hope you heal fast.

lou

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Chit Chat / Re: When I'm an old lady

« on: August 16, 2007, 12:44:56 PM »

awww, thats sweet.

lou

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Chit Chat / Re: My rescue kitties

« on: August 14, 2007, 07:38:01 PM »

They are absolutely gorgeous!!  I'm so jealous!!         

hi cindi, its amazing how many really nice animals are at the shelters. both of these guys came to me when i visited the shelters.

lou

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Chit Chat / Re: My rescue kitties

« on: August 14, 2007, 07:36:48 PM »

What a beautiful shot Lou. How did you get them to sit still like that? LOL That Persian looks like he has some "attitude"   

hi nancy,

i keep a camera at the ready and i had only a few seconds to catch them before they jumped off.

lou

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Chit Chat / Re: My rescue kitties

« on: August 14, 2007, 07:35:53 PM »

OMG!! They are beautiful!! I love the Himalayan. His face is really something.

thanks shanna

lou

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Chit Chat / Re: My rescue kitties

« on: August 14, 2007, 07:35:20 PM »

  Louis, as I look at the pics of the boys, and their ornery faces, I almost have to feel sorry for you--they've only let you believe you're the alpha male....     No seriously, the squirt bottle works, I've used it for years on my misbehavin' kitties, but you have to have one that shoots a straight stream and not just a mist (which I did at first cuz I used a plant mister  )  They just HATE that burst of cold water! 

hi luann,
i have a good water bottle, i can hit either one from 20 feet. they go nuts, they have no idea where it came from.

lou

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Chit Chat / Re: My rescue kitties

« on: August 14, 2007, 05:14:52 AM »

They're both beautiful, Louis!     Of course I'm partial to the Himalayan because I have a blue point Siamese and have had several Siamese in the past.

That's funny (and probably quite effective) that you are teaching them their manners with a squirt gun.   

hi sandye, the himalayan, as you know, is a cross between a persian and a Siamese. they now have been classified as a persian. its strange, both persians and Siamese are small cats, but put them together and you get a larger cat. my leo is huge, big boned and putting on weight. he is on steroids because of asthma and i assume the weight gain is from that.

he will be off the meds as soon as it gets cool

lou

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Chit Chat / Re: My rescue kitties

« on: August 13, 2007, 07:38:44 PM »

Lou, somehow I can see you with water pistol.  You tell them be good children, you'll
be sorry, they ignore you, and you shoot them.  Lovely kitties.   Marie

hi marie, i am da bossman, so i think 

how was your summer?

lou

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Chit Chat / Re: My rescue kitties

« on: August 13, 2007, 07:37:30 PM »

OMG, how darling are they!!!!!  Being both boys, I imagine they are vying for territory, I've even had females do that.  They are precious, enjoy yourself spoiling them to pieces!

hi luann, yes they both want to lay claim to the house. but they have to realize that I am the aplha kitty 

lou

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Chit Chat / My rescue kitties

« on: August 13, 2007, 06:09:02 PM »

Hi everyone,

i lost two of my old cats within a year of each other and found my Himalayan last year and the orange and white persian just about 3 weeks ago.

i rescued "Leo" the larger cat from a rescue clinic in springfield, mass and found "Sam" the smaller persian at a cattery in eastern massachusetts. i am not sure what she was going to do with him. but they are mine now and spoiled rotten, how rotten, i have a medical insurance policy on each of them as i did with my previous cats. when i first brought the smaller persian into the house, he fought with the bigger guy for a long time. i had to keep them separated. now the big guy wants to eat the smaller one. i keep peace with a water gun

lou

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Pond Chat / Re: Lily pictures from the past few days

« on: August 01, 2007, 06:52:33 PM »

wow, great photos.

lou