Watermelon Jack-o-Lanterns

Looking through some old pictures and found watermelon jack-o-lanterns from October 31, 2004. There were some immature watermelons left in the patch that were never going to ripen due to the fall weather. It seemed like a novel idea to make them into a Halloween decoration. The inside cast an eerie red when lit up with a candle at night. Some of the trick-o-treaters found it amusing when visiting the house that evening. Working with these old digital images, we have come along way with digital photography!

Cut Watermelon 2019

In an earlier posting on this blog, I showed a picture of the first watermelon of the season, https://poppular.blogspot.com/2019/08/first-watermelon-of-season-2019.html. Over the weekend I cut that watermelon and it turned out to be very good. I forgot to weigh this Charleston Gray melon but I would guess it weighed about 20 pounds.

Sunset in Verona

Sunset in Verona, Italy in August 2019.

More Iceberg Pictures

Pictures taken from a Boeing 767 flown by Delta Airlines going from Rome, Italy to Detroit, Michigan, USA. A GPS reading from about a minute later showed our position at N 61°50'00.760" W 42°22'44.917", speed 485 mph altitude 33,595 feet, heading 260° on August 21, 2019 16:58 (Rome time). Location at Google Maps shows this to be at Sermersooq Municipality, Greenland.

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Glaciers in Greenland

Pictures taken from a Boeing 767 flown by Delta Airlines going from Rome, Italy to Detroit, Michigan, USA. A GPS reading from about a minute later showed our position at N 61°50'00.760" W 42°22'44.917", speed 485 mph altitude 33,595 feet, heading 260° on August 21, 2019 16:58 (Rome time). Location at Google Maps shows this to be at Sermersooq Municipality, Greenland.

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First Watermelon of Season 2019

Picked Charleston Gray watermelon. My watermelon crop this season is not good, it looks like I will only get 4 melons this year compared to 50 from last year. This crop did not get affected by fungus like last year. I planted different varieties of watermelon and also cantaloupes.

About 20 cantaloupes were in the field, most are the size of softballs. Two got to be about volleyball size but deer have started eating on them.
I also picked some cherry tomatoes and Concord grapes. Most of the Concord grapes were eaten by deer. I also picked a basil leaf.

Icebergs off the Coast of Greenland

Picture taken from a Boeing 767 flown by Delta Airlines going from Rome, Italy to Detroit, Michigan, USA. A GPS reading from about a minute later showed our position at N 61°50'00.760" W 42°22'44.917", speed 485 mph altitude 33,595 feet, heading 260° on August 21, 2019 16:58 (Rome time). Location at Google Maps shows this to be at Sermersooq Municipality, Greenland.

https://goo.gl/maps/tEyCigUnQRxVEwa97

A Cat Protecting Spoils from a Dog Painting

Picture of cat defending its prey (dead chicken) from a small dog. Painting is entitled A Cat Protecting Spoils from a Dog. It was painted by Dutch artist Dirk Valckenburg (1675-1721) in 1717. The Speed Art Museum (Louisville, Kentucky, USA) acquired the work in 2005 with help from the estate of Alice Speed Stoll. Image taken in early 2019. Not the detail of a closeup below of a fly sitting on a peach.