What did you get up to today?

[Candice]

Schen, sounds like a great project to be involved with!!  Keep sharing those pictures. We love them!!

[schen]

The amazing variety of oak leaves:



Bur Oak, Chimney Fire Oak, Cut-leaved Daimyo Oak, Dean Oak
Dumast Oak, Oriental White Oak, Maple-leaved Oak, Turkish Oak

[Hannie]

Wow, didn't know there was such a variety of oaks! 

[philbach]

 That is interesting.  I did not know that either.  About 5 years I planted some Oak saplings in the yard and every year they grow.  But I believe I will be long gone before they reach maturity.

[schen]

Until I met these, I didn't know there are columnar oaks. These are Ware's Oak, a mix of Columnar English Oak and Swamp White Oak.

[Hannie]

Amazing!

[Shadow]

Love the pics and the info Schen!! Thank you so much for sharing. Looking at all the trees around me with a keener eye. :)

[schen]

I had to make a quick trip to Taipei, Taiwan last week. Something interesting caught my eye. Outside of many office buildings, there were tables set up. When lunchtime came, Uber Eats delivery person came by motorcycle or scooter (don't have to worry about parking). They dropped off the food on the table and left. There was no receptionist or security. I was told that since the beginning of the pandemic, they refused delivery persons to enter the buildings. It worked so well, the practice continued.

[Hannie]

That is great Shujen! I don't think that would work here, I'm sure it would atract the pilferers.

[Mhayes]

How interesting and nice that your food was still there.

[schen]

Yesterday, I attended a Moth Night event at Morton Arboretum. Moth Night is an annual event performing census data for research. We hung a piece of white cloth with two lamps of different wavelengths on each side and waited for the moths to land on it. I used a macro lens I bought at the hotel during a 24-hour layover in Tokyo in 1979. The lens is sharp but has no auto-focus. The flutter of the cloth in the wind made it very difficult to take close-up pictures.

[Shadow]

Very cool Schen!

[Hannie]

Some of those colors and patterns are unreal, very beautiful Shujen!

[philbach]

Nice photos, Schen.  You hooked up your old lens to a digital camera.  They seem to be in good focus.  I'll bet you moved with the moving cloth. 

[philbach]

No this was not out my bedroom window.