Noah Counte's Photos

I love this picture! wow

Thank you. It's of the woods that boarder my driveway. It was a lovely day to stay home, that is for sure!

It looks a bit like it could be reflections of trees in cracked ice.

Do you get snow every year where you are? Scotland is rubbish for snow, we get about one or two days of it if we're lucky!

We average 30 inches a year (maybe 0.8m), I am told. It seems to come in 1 inch (2.5cm) at a time, though. I think we are way behind this year.

Ice is another beast, altogether. Some years we don't see any, and some years we see it several times.

May I ask where about in America you live Noah?

Southern Indiana.

It is snowing in NYC right now and since i tanked you the other day for sending your cold our way:D, I wanted to see what to expect!!!
I love this picture!

LOL. It's become colder here - went from 45 degrees at 1 AM to 15 degrees at 7:30 AM. Then it hiked all the way up to 16 degrees this afternoon. Tonight is it going down to two degrees, and we're in the middle of a winder storm warning, though it is beautifully crisp and clear right now. The radar, however, shows nothing within hundreds of miles, so I suspect that we will miss the ugliness - I can't even tell who will get it from our NWS satelite feed!

2F ?? we are twice F!! I hope our 10-15F doesn't go any lower! I will need to wash my "long johns "!
so to change the subject,
if you have blue eyes ( I said if) then we are relatives! Read this:
Blue-Eyed Inbred Mutants

Scientist: All Blue-Eyed People Are Related

If you’ve got blue eyes, shake the hand of the nearest person who shares your azure irises: He or she may be a distant cousin.

Danish researchers have concluded that all blue-eyed people share a common ancestor, presumably someone who lived 6,000 to 10,000 years ago.

“Originally, we all had brown eyes,” Professor Hans Eiberg of the University of Copenhagen said in a press release. “But a genetic mutation affecting the OCA2 gene in our chromosomes resulted in the creation of a ’switch,’ which literally ‘turned off’ the ability to produce brown eyes.”

This entry was posted on Friday, February 1st, 2008

http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/i_video/main500251.shtml?id=3805431n

You know there are problems inherent in a shared gene pool, right.

yes sir!
that's why I am glad both my kids have brown eyes!
so are we related??

Nope.

My eyes are brown and green - more one than the other, depending on what I wear or what my mood is. The only constant is that there is gold in there.

taking about thousands of years ago, have you ever visited this museum in your area??? it sounds very exciting!

Angel Mounds
Evansville, IN
$ Free (donations accepted)
The Middle Mississippian Native American culture from 1100-1500 is preserved really, really well at this state historic site. Not only is there an "interpretive center" to give you the background on the property, but you can actually go and check out the actual mounds the Native Americans used for various ritual purposes. When it's quiet, which is often, it's quite easy to imagine what things were like so long ago for these people who no longer exist. It's surreal.

for a moment I thought you are like David Bowie one each!
well
I knew I don't have relatives in the USA!At least I select my friends!

Angel Mounds is a great day trip from here. We used to do it as a field trip when I was in grade school. People say it's a very spiritual place, and come from great distances to commune with the Gods.

well if I ever did ,it would have been for educational reasons...I am not religious but I am a spiritual person.
To me a sacred place it is a fascinating place to be but God can be found every where
Growing up in a very small village in Greece, (no bus service only train twice a day..) we used to go field trips walking to a hill not far from the village. I still remember the giant butterflies that you can not see any longer. Some of them were lacking colors but they were almost
6-8 inches big! I used to put them on my class mates head just to scare them!

Hahah. You were a devil of a child, weren't you?

There are certainly places where God, however you conceive of Him/Her speaks through man (some European catherals are so stunning I cannot believe they are solely the product of human sweat).

I find many more such places in nature, though.

You are so right.
There are places on earth that make you wonder:Is it possible for them to be created my a big Bam??
As for man made creations, I was watching last night the Secrets of the Parthenon (I am Greek after all!) on PBS and I was once more amazed by the glorious architectural and
sculptural achievement!
here are some links if you feel like seing some of the videos..

I also learned about the "golden ratio".Since your knowledge it is enormous I am sure you heard of it. I only knew the concepts I never knew the term...
videos
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/parthenon/program.html


As for the European cathedrals, when I visited them I always took some MY time to reflect and absorb the power of them!

Yes I was a little devil
Even in my late forties I am still having a restless mind

I know that the Golden Ratio is a limit that is approached by the ration of the last two terms of the Fibonacci Sequence. That is, as the Fibonacci Sequence progresses, the ration between the last two terms becomes ever closer to the Golden Ratio.

I like that the Fibonacci sequence is represented mathematically, but reflected in nature. Everywhere in nature.

I like that the Golden Sequence is represented mathematically, but when reflected in art and architecture makes you feel warm and invited.

you took it one step farther!
when we were young we used to open our hands and measure from one tip of or figures to the other in order to get our hight! I never knew it is part of the golden ration and my ancestors that were very selfish and didn't give me any of their genius did discover it! Also measurements from my naval to the floor was very much in action those days! Now I see back and I smile!
I am flipping btwn the Grammy Awards and the CNN Biography of James Brown! I loved the life in him! I guess talking with Matthiew that knows more about music than any body I know, does create the triangle of Bermuda!!!

My basement is full of lost ships.

Do not quizz me on classical. I can bore you about Berlioz, but I don't know much else.

Was the measurement from your head to toe 1.67 times the measurement from from your navel to the floor?

no since I have a long neck and my mom always called me the "swan"! As you can tell I am not a golden ration item! If I was at Sparta they will throw me from Tartarra for damaged goods!


Any treasures in the lost ships??

any mermaids asking if Alexander the Great is still alive??
(another tale comes to your way soon!)

Berlioz???The Hector guy??
I don't think James Brown was very fond of the Austrians !!!

How do you sleep at night with such a "heavy" brain???

I have a tiny brain. I just use it wisely.

Hector it is, a testament to unrequited love.

James Brown was fond of being in charge. As long as you respected that, I think you could get along with him.

I've not noticed mermaids in the cellar, but I am going back to check. If you don't hear from me for a while, it's because I'm distracted downstairs.

distractions downstairs can be good some times!
if they ask you "Is Alexander the Great still alive?",
do your self a favor, say "YES" !

If in the lost and found of the ship treasures are any emeralds please remember :It is my birth stone!

Feh! No sirens to waylay me, no gemstones... not even a scrap of food!

well forget the seafood for tonight and have a bowl of cereal:lol:
Good Night Captain!

Good night.

quite chilling...

hmmmm..so I guess I have ALOT more work to do on my family tree if I`m related to everyone with blue eyes!

Branches everywhere!

looks great.

Thank you very much