@12poundbass, here’s another one for you?. Our most handsome boy!

We have a couple of these big Lilly’s in pots in our house and in the greenhouse, had em for years now. Every year about this time they send up one big, bright orange bouquet about the size of a basketball. A sure sign of more greenery to come for us. 

Beautiful tree in our yard. Anyone know what It is? 

11 minutes ago, Cbump said:

Beautiful tree in our yard. Anyone know what It is? 

Looks like a Flowering Crabapple.

On 3/16/2023 at 7:23 AM, Cbump said:

How about a different cat. 

Whoa.  Now that's my kind of "cat."

23 minutes ago, MN Fisher said:

Looks like a Flowering Crabapple.

Do those have crabapple fruits? If so this one does not. 

1 minute ago, Cbump said:

Do those have crabapple fruits? If so this one does not. 

Some do, some don't - depends on a lot of factors...how nutritive the soil is, water intake, general weather. Hot climates - like you got down there - kind of restrain the fruit growing...flowering crabs like cooler climates.

36 minutes ago, MN Fisher said:

Looks like a Flowering Crabapple.

 

48 minutes ago, Cbump said:

Beautiful tree in our yard. Anyone know what It is? 

Looks like a Redbud

22 minutes ago, GLK said:

 

Looks like a Redbud

Sorry MN, just looked this up and it’s a redbud. To be fair I know this wasn’t the best close up picture for ID purposes. 
 

We have this redbud on one side and a large crepe myrtle on the other. Redbud always flowers well before the crepe every year. 

42 minutes ago, gimruis said:

Whoa.  Now that's my kind of "cat."

We caught 5 that day between 35 and 50 pounds on super glass like conditions. It was incredible. It was so calm that we had to use the trolling motor to drift. 

 

The biggest that day. Right at 50:

 

 

5 minutes ago, Cbump said:

We caught 5 that day between 35 and 50 pounds on super glass like conditions. It was incredible. It was so calm that we had to use the trolling motor to drift. 

 

The biggest that day. Right at 50:

Good lord.  Those things are so bulbous that you have to cradle them when you hold them.  Haha

20 minutes ago, Cbump said:

Sorry MN, just looked this up and it’s a redbud. To be fair I know this wasn’t the best close up picture for ID purposes.

Ya - they're fairly rare up here - the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum had to develop a special strain that would survive MN winters.

 

I'm more use to crabapples and one strain which I've seen in my neighborhood looks almost identical to redbuds when in flower...'Perfect Purple' variety.

My neighbor has a tree that flowers that color in the spring, but has drooping branches, very pretty and dramatic, but it only lasts a few days. Not sure what it is. 

3 minutes ago, Deleted account said:

My neighbor has a tree that flowers that color in the spring, but has drooping branches, very pretty and dramatic, but it only lasts a few days. Not sure what it is. 

Sounds like a weeping cherry. 

25 minutes ago, Jar11591 said:

Sounds like a weeping cherry. 

Another one we have that is the same way but doesn't droop is a Cherry Blossom.   Absolutely beautiful, and sadly short lived-in terms of blooms. 

 

 

Perfect dinner for a cold, windy and snowy day we’ve had up here all day. Big ole batch of venison stew. 

Time to sow some seeds. Spring is almost here. 

Mrs B went to the casino yesterday and won $15K.   

 

Went and saw Jay Leno at the River Spirit Casino here in Tulsa.  He was funny ?

 

15 hours ago, Jar11591 said:

Time to sow some seeds. Spring is almost here. 

Seems there's just enough space right there for the ganja ~

 

First Day of Spring at the 45th parallel ~

A-Jay

10 hours ago, A-Jay said:

Seems there's just enough space right there for the ganja ~

 

First Day of Spring at the 45th parallel ~

A-Jay

That’s better than we have. I could probably get a pic of a tuft of brown grass sticking out of the snow, but nothing green just yet?. That’ll change real quick though once it starts, always the way it is here in the north. 

Riggs first time in the boat while I was rigging up. A bit of a spaz to be expected... might consider taking him out on a solo trip this spring. 

Elite series anglers and the skyline yall always see in my pictures 

Poche went as far as you can on Cherokee haha

Camping the other day with the wife. What a beautiful truck. ?

On 3/23/2023 at 8:56 AM, TnRiver46 said:

Poche went as far as you can on Cherokee haha

Looks like my kinda spot...a lot of skinny water to just get there. Above that looks amazing too...

This pic of the northern lights was taken last night in my hometown, Parry Sound, On. ( not by me, I was fast asleep?).

I’m gonna stay up a bit tonight to see if I can spot them, shouldn’t be too hard as we have a fantastic view of the west and northern sky here, and we’re far away from any light pollution.