View Full Version : What does your backyard look like?
interactive
04-05-03, 05:54 AM
In continuation with my "What does your desk look like" thread, I started another one :D.
Here's mine:
http://69.10.141.234/backyard.jpg
On the other side of those mountains is Mexico :D
JeremyV
04-05-03, 06:06 AM
Hmm.. don't have a back yard. Live in a cozy apartment. But we are on the ground floor so we do have a small walkout patio with a BBQ grill and a table. But nothing worth taking pics of I don't think.
Holy Cow! I've never seen a backyard like that in my life! I guess you have no reason for a lawnmower, so that's good :p:
I'm out of town for the weekend, but I'll take a picture of mine on monday.
I need to get a digital camera...
interactive
04-05-03, 07:33 AM
Originally posted by Rewdog:
Holy Cow! I've never seen a backyard like that in my life! I guess you have no reason for a lawnmower, so that's good :p:
I'm out of town for the weekend, but I'll take a picture of mine on monday.
My parents have 40 acres thats just like 5 of them there. Then beyond our property is BLM land which extends about all the way to the base of the mount. We have a huge pull behind bush hog on a tractor, no lawn mowing :-D. Good thing though is we probably won't have neighbors behind us for another 20 years.
Homeiss
04-05-03, 10:23 AM
Here's a picture of my back and front yard...
www.ffilms.net/cory/backyardapril5-2003.jpg
www.ffilms.net/cory/frontyardapril5-2003.jpg
Chicken
04-05-03, 12:01 PM
No need for a lawnmower for either of those ;) :D Mine...
http://www.hosthideout.com/pictures/IMG_1179.JPG
http://www.hosthideout.com/pictures/IMG_1180.JPG
Needs a bit of work, I know. Need to find landscaping professional :D
interactive
04-05-03, 12:32 PM
I miss grass :'(. Grew up in Colorado/Idaho hated it there. Oh well
TowerHost.com
04-05-03, 01:00 PM
Hey Chicken nice pad!
Do you live in the southern US at all.... I don't see any traces of snow :D
We've about 2 inches of ice rain here in the GTA (Toronto) area - pretty nasty
Chicken
04-05-03, 01:12 PM
Yep, see under username in post... Southern Cali (short for Southern California). We're green year 'round :D I used to live in the Northeast, so I remember the white stuff.
thebyp2
04-05-03, 02:02 PM
Don't have a backyard. My flat (or appartment to you american folks) has a balcony which looks onto the river avon. on the other side of that are the tewkesbury plains.
Chicken
04-05-03, 02:57 PM
That's close enough to a 'backyard' ... snap it! :D
maxhest
04-05-03, 03:03 PM
Nice Pick of your byard... so barren.. :D Cool Mountains
interactive
04-05-03, 04:07 PM
Originally posted by maxhest:
Nice Pick of your byard... so barren.. :D Cool Mountains
lol, very barren thats the back portion of it but ya.
nameslave
04-05-03, 04:27 PM
Envy you guys, esp. Chicken. I just spent 2 and a half hours "de-icing" my driveway which is just enough to park 2 cars. As TowerHost.com has posted, we have some nasty freezing rain in the last couple of days. My wife couldn't even get to work on Friday because I refused to either drive her to work or let her walk to take the bus (too slippery). And there was an 80-car pile-up on one of our major highway that day!
I dont miss COLD weather (born Northerner, went South!) Weve had temps in the upper 80's here in San Antonio for about the last week...running AC at 8pm
Chicken
04-05-03, 10:34 PM
Originally posted by elevation:
http://www.navinrizwi.com/fl01.jpg
http://www.navinrizwi.com/fl02.jpg
http://www.navinrizwi.com/fl03.jpg
:)
That looks like my backyard! Without the pool, the long deck to lake, etc., etc., etc. of course :[
StLHosting
04-05-03, 11:46 PM
i need a wider lens for my backyard... might have to take it from an angle.. post it when the sun is shining though its been cloudy here past few days
Here's mine and allan's:
http://www.zannie.com/pics/yard/yard1.jpg
http://www.zannie.com/pics/yard/yard2.jpg
DarktidesNET
04-06-03, 05:07 AM
I wish I had a backyard .... *looks behind the apartment* just a fence =/
I only have palm trees and red hibiscus in mine :cool:
Tropical Tundra
04-06-03, 09:27 AM
Here is my backyard last fall when a storm knocked down my willow tree! Luckily it didn't fall on my house! :D
http://www.clickluck.com/10260005.jpg
http://www.clickluck.com/10260013.jpg (my dog is surveying the damage in this pic).
http://www.clickluck.com/10260014.jpg (view from my deck).
rockergrrl
04-06-03, 10:11 AM
^^ Pictures are showing up... -- getting dns errors
I don't have a backyard either (we live in an apartment).
Though we do have some palm trees and a pond (with ducks, fish, turtles, hurons, and various other forms of wildlife - no Gators or anything like that) in the center of the complex (which is just 20 feet from our building).
Tropical Tundra
04-06-03, 10:29 AM
Originally posted by rockergrrl:
^^ Pictures are showing up... -- getting dns errors
I just changed the nameservers so maybe hte DNS propagation isn't compelted yet. It works for me on my desktop and laptop so not sure.
Originally posted by elevation:
http://www.navinrizwi.com/fl01.jpg
http://www.navinrizwi.com/fl02.jpg
http://www.navinrizwi.com/fl03.jpg
Now, which one of your many houses is that one :)?
Tropical Tundra
04-06-03, 11:40 AM
Originally posted by interactive:
Here's mine:
http://69.10.141.234/backyard.jpg
On the other side of those mountains is Mexico :D
You're so close to Mexico do you ever have illegals trying to enter the US via your back yard?
suppleSupport
04-06-03, 03:26 PM
Originally posted by allan:
Now, which one of your many houses is that one :)?
That's my Florida retreat :)
interactive
04-06-03, 03:31 PM
Originally posted by arpmn:
You're so close to Mexico do you ever have illegals trying to enter the US via your back yard?
We did have a problem when we first moved here for about the first 6 months. We would see the same sets of illegals come over again and again (border patrol picks them up sends them to mexico, then they just walk accross again). Back in September though we got 2 Bermese Mountain Dogs and haven't seen a illegal walk accross our property to date. Some friends of ours have a horse ranch about 4 miles closer to the border, they have a big problem with illegals. They will just walk through cut down the fence and leave it open, and of course the horses will escape.
Originally posted by elevation:
That's my Florida retreat :)
Hence the "fl" in the image names :). Any others?
suppleSupport
04-06-03, 04:25 PM
Originally posted by allan:
Hence the "fl" in the image names :). Any others?
No backyards in any of my other homes. There's a frontyard in my house here though... This is a corner of it:
http://navinrizwi.com/bubble_and_squeak.jpg
Oh and meet my duckies :D ^^
and my rooster:
http://navinrizwi.com/murgha.jpg
interactive
04-06-03, 04:40 PM
Dang how many houses do you have? What do you do for a living?
Originally posted by interactive:
Dang how many houses do you have? What do you do for a living?
Hosting Mafia :D.
suppleSupport
04-06-03, 04:56 PM
Originally posted by allan:
Hosting Mafia :D.
Darn it, Allan! I thought we agreed to keep that between us... now I have no choice but to...
:uzi: allan :uzi2:
Originally posted by elevation:
Darn it, Allan! I thought we agreed to keep that between us... now I have no choice but to...
:uzi: allan :uzi2:
Hey, they don't call me Loose Lips Liska for nutin' :D.
Tropical Tundra
04-06-03, 09:14 PM
Originally posted by arpmn:
Here is my backyard last fall when a storm knocked down my willow tree! Luckily it didn't fall on my house! :D
http://www.clickluck.com/10260005.jpg
http://www.clickluck.com/10260013.jpg (my dog is surveying the damage in this pic).
http://www.clickluck.com/10260014.jpg (view from my deck).
:offtopic:
Are my links now working? Seems the DNS propagation is complete so hopefully the DNS errors are history! Please let me know if the above links are working. Thanks!
Alan
Tropical Tundra
04-06-03, 09:21 PM
Cool thank you for checking! :cool:
Originally posted by elevation:
and my rooster:
http://navinrizwi.com/murgha.jpg
That looks like Chicken :chicken: :D
suppleSupport
04-07-03, 03:55 AM
Originally posted by arpmn:
:offtopic:
Are my links now working? Seems the DNS propagation is complete so hopefully the DNS errors are history! Please let me know if the above links are working. Thanks!
Alan
Works here :)
shaunewing
04-07-03, 05:34 PM
The moment we've all been waiting for.. my backyard :D
It's only very small.. I don't spend a great deal of time out there, but:
http://media.shaunewing.com/images/photos/backyard/yard1.jpg
http://media.shaunewing.com/images/photos/backyard/yard2.jpg
http://media.shaunewing.com/images/photos/backyard/yard3.jpg
http://media.shaunewing.com/images/photos/backyard/yard4.jpg
--Shaun
Originally posted by elevation:
No backyards in any of my other homes. There's a frontyard in my house here though... This is a corner of it:
http://navinrizwi.com/bubble_and_squeak.jpg
Oh and meet my duckies :D ^^
and my rooster:
http://navinrizwi.com/murgha.jpg
URLs don't work?:confused:
My Digi cam sucks, please buy me a new one.
http://rewdog.com/by1.jpg
http://rewdog.com/by2.jpg
http://rewdog.com/by3.jpg
Chicken
04-12-03, 09:25 AM
Originally posted by Rewdog:
My Digi cam sucks, please buy me a new one.
http://rewdog.com/by3.jpg
Either a government testing facility is nearby or your digi-cam does interpret the colors of the sky in an interesting way. I kinda like it (and have a really cheap digi-cam that produces similar images). Quality is not one of its features (should have said so on the box), but the images are artistic! :D
My backyard is a forrest. This is the road to get to my backyard.
Originally posted by Dapon:
My backyard is a forrest. This is the road to get to my backyard.
Nice BY
I almost hate posting this one for you guys with snow but....it's not my fault you don't live in Florida :p:
http://www.picolio.com/Albums/album23/Picnic_07.jpg <<== a week ago
http://www.picolio.com/Albums/album84/A_Foundation_04_22_03i.jpg <<== 20 minutes ago
Wow, looks like a great spot for a hosting pool party Deb! :eek: :banana:
Wow, looks like a great spot for a hosting pool party Deb! We try to every year :banana:
Last July Terra (our CTO) saving his cell phone after an *ahem* accident at the party...
http://www.picolio.com/Albums/album23/Terra_Pool_02.jpg
Some of the food
http://www.picolio.com/Albums/album23/Picnic_33.jpg
Even a chef! (cuz I don't cook!)
http://www.picolio.com/Albums/album23/Picnic_35.jpg
Me setting up for one of the kid's games (our team has no shortage of kids lol)
http://www.picolio.com/Albums/album23/Picnic_37.jpg
Our Service Manager trying to charade AOL Client (pictures don't do this one justice!)
http://www.picolio.com/Albums/album23/Picnic_54.jpg
Ok Ok... you didn't ask for this...I'll stop now . In short, we have fun getting the team together... though it's not always an easy task with them so spread out all over the world! :o:
Oh what the heck... here's one more...
From about a week ago as well... our dog can fly!
http://picolio.com/Video/MaxSoars-3-22-2003.avi
So, uhh...how does one get invited to one of these pool parties :)?
101sales
04-22-03, 12:27 PM
How dare you torture me who's up in the Great White North! :finger:
I got a view of Okanagan Lake - so tempting to just jump in although it's still nearly freezing. I'll post a picture in my next post.
What's the temp down there? Like 80, 90?
Currently 88 degrees with a light breeze and soft cotton puff clouds floating by.....
Sorry but it's true!!! It's gorgeous out today :cool:
So, uhh...how does one get invited to one of these pool parties ? It's quite easy.... Just work for me for a year :fork:
Who knows what the future will bring ;)
adminME
04-22-03, 12:32 PM
Originally posted by Dapon:
My backyard is a forrest. This is the road to get to my backyard.
Where in Ontario are you?
101sales
04-22-03, 12:34 PM
Ok, here's the view from Dave's desk.....
101sales
04-22-03, 12:37 PM
And....
Originally posted by Finched:
Nice BY
It is very nice up in the mountains. I live in S CA so I am close to everything. The beach is 1 hour away, Disneyland is 1 hour, San Diego is an hour, the desert is 45 minutes, Palm Springs is less than an hour,and on, and on, and on. Plus it doesn't get hotter than about 85 or 90 in the summer at my house. And I live 1 block from a lake.
We have bears, racoons, coyotes, and a lot of other wildlife that visit us on a regular basis. Kind of neat.
Ohhhh Dave has a desk by a window!!! He must be a bigwig!!!
Nice view!!!!
101sales
04-22-03, 12:47 PM
Better Believe it!!:banana: :D
Although the temp outside leaves little to be desired. :mad: it's like 20 Celcius. I can still go skiing - 5 minute drive from where I live.
Originally posted by Deb:
It's quite easy.... Just work for me for a year :fork:
Who knows what the future will bring ;)
Great!! Where do I apply, and do you pay relocation expenses, and can you match my current salary, and do you mind that I am a total slackass, who does the bare minimum to get by :D?
Ohhh tough call. You'd be competing with the other two hundred aps I have from slakers :p:
Originally posted by Deb:
Ohhh tough call. You'd be competing with the other two hundred aps I have from slakers :p:
Ahh...but I don't think any of them can slack as well as I do, I put an awful of effort into my slacking, and have really turned it into an art form :).
Anyone can hire a slacker, but how many can hire the king of all slackers :).
interactive
04-22-03, 05:21 PM
Originally posted by Deb:
We try to every year :banana:
Last July Terra (our CTO) saving his cell phone after an *ahem* accident at the party...
http://www.picolio.com/Albums/album23/Terra_Pool_02.jpg
Some of the food
http://www.picolio.com/Albums/album23/Picnic_33.jpg
Even a chef! (cuz I don't cook!)
http://www.picolio.com/Albums/album23/Picnic_35.jpg
Me setting up for one of the kid's games (our team has no shortage of kids lol)
http://www.picolio.com/Albums/album23/Picnic_37.jpg
Our Service Manager trying to charade AOL Client (pictures don't do this one justice!)
http://www.picolio.com/Albums/album23/Picnic_54.jpg
Ok Ok... you didn't ask for this...I'll stop now . In short, we have fun getting the team together... though it's not always an easy task with them so spread out all over the world! :o:
You got a nice pool that's for sure. Maybe you should host a HHO Party. What do you think, we could get Timechange (all in good fun theo), Timmah, the founder of Cyberwings it would be great!
Could happen, but the odds of it happening this year are slim to none :(
Don't forget the pics I posted in my first post to this thread...particularly the one I took today:
http://www.picolio.com/Albums/album84/A_Foundation_04_22_03i.jpg
There's an addition being built so the pool is out of commission until it's completed due to nails and concrete dust etc...
It wont be completed until November or so :mad:
interactive
04-22-03, 05:33 PM
Dang oh well. Possibly something to look forward to ;). They way I see it, we could have Timechange tell all the jokes, and then we could play "pool ball" with Timmah, and Cyberwings.
But on a serious not, what sort of an addition is that going to be, with it right next to the pool and all?
Besides a master bath, master bedroom, pool bath, and small bedroom.... ONE HUGE HOME OFFICE!!!!!!!
Funny what happens when they find a natural spring under your home and the original addition begins to sink lol.... This new addition is the epitomy of turning huge sour lemons into sweet lemonade. :D
Let's see, we can take the money and try to repair the rotted side, or we can build a brand new bigger and better side..... ohhh such a tough decision :p:
interactive
04-22-03, 05:55 PM
Ahh I see, I would bet thats a problem in Florida then?Did they give you any trouble when they discovered the natural spring (the county or whatever)?
We've been through it back, primarily with insurance companies... but in the end the fruits of that frustration are hopefully paying off ;)
shaunewing
04-22-03, 09:53 PM
Well... I thought I'd post my grandmother's backyard as it was my backyard for the weekend (when I stayed there):
http://www.shaunewing.com/miscimages/gm1.jpg - part of the "backyard" as viewed from the house balcony. Similar view from all four sides of the house.
http://www.shaunewing.com/miscimages/gm2.jpg - not a backyard, but one of the surrounding creatures that feel like coming into the house for a daily snooze.
http://www.shaunewing.com/miscimages/gm3.jpg - another one, just outside the house
http://www.shaunewing.com/miscimages/gm5.jpg - some more.
http://www.shaunewing.com/miscimages/gm5.jpg - "what are you doing taking my photo?"
--Shaun
Originally posted by shaunewing:
http://www.shaunewing.com/miscimages/gm1.jpg - not a backyard, but one of the surrounding creatures that feel like coming into the house for a daily snooze.
I think you mean:
http://www.shaunewing.com/miscimages/gm2.jpg
:D
interactive
04-22-03, 09:58 PM
Haha that's awesome. I take it those are tamed though, because they came in her house?
shaunewing
04-22-03, 10:04 PM
Originally posted by allan:
I think you mean:
http://www.shaunewing.com/miscimages/gm2.jpg
:D
Whoops, yeah - fixed :D
Originally posted by interactive:
Haha that's awesome. I take it those are tamed though, because they came in her house?
Yeah, they're all tame. Some wild ones come and hang around with the tame ones outside though (but they don't come into the house).
My grandmother is a wildlife carer - each of the kangaroo's mothers have died (usually by car, or sometimes by people's cruelty) - most of them have been raised since tiny things with no fur.
--Shaun
shawnewing were is that? Austrlia??
shaunewing
04-25-03, 08:38 PM
Originally posted by Finched:
shawnewing were is that? Austrlia??
Yep, Australia :)
I'm in South-West Sydney - the photos were taken at my Grandmother's property about 2 hours drive south from here.
--Shaun
Originally posted by elevation:
http://www.navinrizwi.com/fl01.jpg
http://www.navinrizwi.com/fl02.jpg
http://www.navinrizwi.com/fl03.jpg
:)
:bowdown: YOUR PLAYING CRICKET?!!!!!!!!!!!! MAN, ITS BEEN 3 MONTHS SINCE I'VE PLAYED IT. I would kill to play it right now... :)
kunal
Get a team to play with kunal :p:
suppleSupport
04-27-03, 06:10 AM
Originally posted by kunal:
:bowdown: YOUR PLAYING CRICKET?!!!!!!!!!!!! MAN, ITS BEEN 3 MONTHS SINCE I'VE PLAYED IT. I would kill to play it right now... :)
kunal
That's my brother in law, not me :) I haven't played cricket for a good 4-5 years :o:
Jan, in America, it is hard to get hold of a cricket bat. Lots of Indian Crickets here, but there is little to know equipment. :(
elevation, how can you now play cricket??? :confused: :eek2:
kunal
suppleSupport
04-27-03, 06:53 AM
Originally posted by kunal:
Jan, in America, it is hard to get hold of a cricket bat. Lots of Indian Crickets here, but there is little to know equipment. :(
My brother stuffed some cricket bats in his suitcase :rolleyes: :D
Originally posted by kunal:
elevation, how can you now play cricket??? :confused: :eek2:
Huh? I suck at cricket!
Originally posted by elevation:
My brother stuffed some cricket bats in his suitcase :rolleyes: :D
Huh? I suck at cricket!
Where are you from again??!
*thinks he will stuff some bats when he comes back from his summer break*
kunal
suppleSupport
04-27-03, 12:49 PM
<---
Ah, how can you not play cricket then?? :) Wasim Akram is a great cricketer, no kidding. :)
But we did kick your ass in the world cup.. dint we? ;)
hehe.. just playing with ya :p:
kunal
suppleSupport
04-27-03, 02:38 PM
Originally posted by kunal:
Ah, how can you not play cricket then?? :) Wasim Akram is a great cricketer, no kidding. :)
I'm more into other sports -- volleyball, baseball, tennis etc :)
Originally posted by kunal:
But we did kick your ass in the world cup.. dint we? ;)
hehe.. just playing with ya :p:
kunal
Yeah we did dismally in the WC --- I'm quite embarrassed :o:
Deb,
Nice place you got there. Any chance of a HostHideout party? :) :) :) Im in East Lansing for school, and Detroit suburbs in the summer. Id offer my pool, but there are quite a few dead animals floating around, I assume they'll disintegrate over time, possibly by next year :) So when can I load up the minivan and head on over to Deb's place ? :) :)
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