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  • HeadwaxHeadwax Posts: 10,435
    edited December 2025

    olde carrara renders , my favourite joke about two blondes

     

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  • Steve KSteve K Posts: 3,450

    Attached from a recent New Yorker magazine.  A cat lady friend said they left out the dogs who join forces with the cats, the latter knocking stuff off the table so the dogs can chew it up.

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  • StezzaStezza Posts: 8,814

    Currently in half of Victoria!
    to put in perspective the fire area in Victoria is larger than several European countries

    Today at my place is around 40c ( 110F ) which should cool off around 5pm this arvo.

  • Steve KSteve K Posts: 3,450

    Headwax said:

    olde carrara renders  ...

    "Olde" ... "in or relating to an old-fashioned style that is intended to be quaint and attractive.
    'Ye Olde Tea Shoppe'  "  Yeah, it fits.  yes

  • WendyLuvsCatzWendyLuvsCatz Posts: 40,280

    older than Genesis devil

  • HeadwaxHeadwax Posts: 10,435
    edited January 10

    Steve K said:

    Headwax said:

    olde carrara renders  ...

    "Olde" ... "in or relating to an old-fashioned style that is intended to be quaint and attractive.
    'Ye Olde Tea Shoppe'  "  Yeah, it fits.  yes

     

    Thanks ;) my spill chick is bracken! 

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  • HeadwaxHeadwax Posts: 10,435
    edited January 10

    WendyLuvsCatz said:

    older than Genesis devil

    Ha ha older than @Stezza , 

    Nice render Stezza, looks real. Good luck in the heat. My toes nearly burnt off in the hot sand coming back from the surf this morning . Stay safe. At least you have your backyard billa bong, 

     

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  • HeadwaxHeadwax Posts: 10,435
    edited January 10

    This should put it out 

     

     

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  • WendyLuvsCatzWendyLuvsCatz Posts: 40,280
    edited January 10

    left some cat kibble out for a skinny cat I saw in my backyard

    something lower on the food chain rocked up instead surprise

    yes, I have a trailcam

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  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 108,598

    WendyLuvsCatz said:

    left some cat kibble out for a skinny cat I saw in my backyard

    something lower on the food chain rocked up instead surprise

    yes, I have a trailcam

    The cat might prefer that anyway.

  • StezzaStezza Posts: 8,814

    that's the straightest tail ever! laugh

  • Steve KSteve K Posts: 3,450
    edited January 11

    WendyLuvsCatz said:

    left some cat kibble out for a skinny cat I saw in my backyard

    something lower on the food chain rocked up instead surprise

    We have two tubular mesh bird feeders hanging from tree limbs, filled daily with sunflower seeds.  We have learned there is no such thing as a squirrel proof bird feeder. frown

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  • HeadwaxHeadwax Posts: 10,435

    Be like us and have no squrrels :)

     

    Other day ai accused me of using ai for my work. Now it has changed its mind...

     

    There is no evidence that Andrew Finnie used generative AI to create his major exhibition works, such as "The Enlightening Journey of Mr. Hugo Ball" shown at the Maitland Regional Art Gallery (MRAG) in 2018. 

    Instead, Finnie's process is characterized by:

    Digital Painting and Illustration: His works are described as "quirky digital artworks" and "digital paintings".

    Manual Composition: Finnie explains that he "paraphrases" other artists' works by manually building on their ideas, using specific compositional references, chromatic palettes, and styles (e.g., Caravaggio, Vermeer, or Mondrian).

    Historical Context: The majority of the digital images for his Mr. Hugo Ball series were created between 2016 and August 2017—prior to the widespread availability of mainstream generative AI art tools like Midjourney or DALL-E.

    Technical Outputs: His works are finalized as physical archival pigment prints on Canson etching rag, often in limited signed and numbered editions. 

    While modern artists in 2026 may use AI for "trimming" or "retouching", Finnie’s documented methodology for his Maitland exhibition focused on deliberate digital homage and reinterpretation of Dadaist concepts. 

  • Steve KSteve K Posts: 3,450

    Headwax said:

    Be like us and have no squrrels :)

    Sounds like good advice, how do you do that?  Another problem is squirrels chewing on our big trees, leaving dead spots.  Our tree man says coyote urine might chase away the quirrels.  But then how do we get rid of the coyotes? frown

  • HeadwaxHeadwax Posts: 10,435

    We have coyote eating drop bears. Maybe Stezza can send some over ;)

  • Steve KSteve K Posts: 3,450

    Headwax said:

    We have coyote eating drop bears. 

    Murderous, falling from the trees, vicious, carnivorous koala-like creatures?  Mythical for tourists or not, I'll take my chances with the grounded coyotes.  We actually do have a coyote wandering our suburb: "Coyotes are present in Deer Park, TX, often using drainage ditches as travel routes and posing a threat to small pets, leading to sightings and concerns about missing animals".  [Google AI]  My wife, a very experienced observer of nature, has seen a coyote walking past our back fence.  So the coyotes urine may not be their only plus, if "small pets" includes squirrels.

  • HeadwaxHeadwax Posts: 10,435

    The Wild West you are living in...

    now, did I ever mention our man eating bull ants ...? :) 

    ! 

  • WendyLuvsCatzWendyLuvsCatz Posts: 40,280

    why would your man eat bullants? don't you make him a sandwich?

  • HeadwaxHeadwax Posts: 10,435

    Ha ha "English is a hard language," said the Earl of Sandwhich. :) 

  • Bunyip02Bunyip02 Posts: 9,275

    WendyLuvsCatz said:

    why would your man eat bullants? don't you make him a sandwich?

    Congratulations to Wendy for making it to the front page of the store !!!

  • WendyLuvsCatzWendyLuvsCatz Posts: 40,280

    Bunyip02 said:

    WendyLuvsCatz said:

    why would your man eat bullants? don't you make him a sandwich?

    Congratulations to Wendy for making it to the front page of the store !!!

    I wish I had that morph shape  

  • StezzaStezza Posts: 8,814

    did you know that lead pencils don't and never have contained lead. cool

     

  • Steve KSteve K Posts: 3,450

    WendyLuvsCatz said:

     

    Congratulations to Wendy for making it to the front page of the store !!!

    I wish I had that morph shape  

    I looked at the store front page, not sure what this is about.  I'm old, from the last century ... cheeky

  • WendyLuvsCatzWendyLuvsCatz Posts: 40,280

    Steve K said:

    WendyLuvsCatz said:

     

    Congratulations to Wendy for making it to the front page of the store !!!

    I wish I had that morph shape  

    I looked at the store front page, not sure what this is about.  I'm old, from the last century ... cheeky

    there is a young fit attractive DAZ original character called Wendy9

    other than the first name, we have nothing in common cheeky 

  • HeadwaxHeadwax Posts: 10,435

    Stezza said:

    did you know that lead pencils don't and never have contained lead. cool


     

     

    so it's like tomato sauce? 
    congrats Wendy, good luck with the new body ! 

  • WendyLuvsCatzWendyLuvsCatz Posts: 40,280

    Stezza said:

    did you know that lead pencils don't and never have contained lead. cool

     

    the way I chewed them as a kid, I would say that's a good thing

    actually chewed my biros too, didn't end well 

  • Bunyip02Bunyip02 Posts: 9,275

    With the hot weather I was surfing the net and downloading a few E-books on my laptop. Storm was coming through so I switched off in case of lightning strike. 

    Laptop made a strange short sound as it turned off. After the storm tried turning it on and it refused to go. Bought it in 2010 so it's done a bit of service.

    Ordered a cheap refurbished Laptop - hope it gets me through a couple of years, only got a small SSD on it so that will limit what programs I put on it, will mainly use it for surfing the web.

  • StezzaStezza Posts: 8,814

    bugger!

    I know how you feel! my mini cordless screwdriver packed it in yesterday whilst trying to put a bamboo flat pack of drawers  together! frown

    Lucily though, ALDI have them on special buys this coming Wednesday. yes

  • Steve KSteve K Posts: 3,450

    WendyLuvsCatz said:

    there is a young fit attractive DAZ original character called Wendy9

    other than the first name, we have nothing in common cheeky 

    yes

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