Squash partying with the Rocks of the Rio Grande

[jamesp]

The gang



Squash standing around looking at the Rock pile



The Rocks did not appreciate the squash starring at them so they cut the squash in half and connected their halves to different squashes.




The Rocks were so angry they made squash boats out of the squash




Texas Two ended squash and schizophrenia squash, the Rocks did this to them too by distorting their genes with poisonous rock dust.
Maybe snuffy can't even do this.






Triple personality squash



The poor squash before the party



So I punished 2 of the rocks by grinding them into a sphere and a discoidal and chunking them in a tumbler.






The End

[aDave]

jamesp , when I saw the title of the thread, I wondered, "what the heck is THIS going to be?"

OMG, I am just cracking up. For all of the busy work you have, I'm amazed you even had the time to put this together. Thanks very much for the laugh. BTW, the spheres look great. Thanks for sharing.

ETA:  Oops, just realized it's only one sphere.  They both look great nonetheless.

Dave

[jamesp]

Aug 12, 2017 12:48:01 GMT -5 aDave said:

jamesp , when I saw the title of the thread, I wondered, "what the heck is THIS going to be?"

OMG, I am just cracking up. For all of the busy work you have, I'm amazed you even had the time to put this together. Thanks very much for the laugh. BTW, the spheres look great. Thanks for sharing.

ETA:  Oops, just realized it's only one sphere.  They both look great nonetheless.

Dave

Thanks Dave. It's been a bit to quiet down on the farm. Sorry the party went south. Shameful Rocks.

[wigglinrocks]

Gonna have to start growing me some squash . Or , just watch for the results of jamesp rock punishments .

[aDave]

Aug 12, 2017 12:54:36 GMT -5 jamesp said:

Thanks Dave. It's been a bit to quiet down on the farm. Sorry the party went south. Shameful Rocks.

Did you focus stack with the group shots? Nice depth of field.

Dave

[jamesp]

Aug 12, 2017 12:58:30 GMT -5 aDave said:

Aug 12, 2017 12:54:36 GMT -5 jamesp said:

Thanks Dave. It's been a bit to quiet down on the farm. Sorry the party went south. Shameful Rocks.

Did you focus stack with the group shots? Nice depth of field.

Dave

Gobs of light and an expensive Nikkor lens at a distance for depth Dave. Easy photo. f9 @ 320sec on auto. photo cropped due to distance. Distance for depth.
Coulda did shutter priority and set shutter at 1/120 and pulled about f16 and had even better depth but figured f9 would get it done.

[HankRocks]

I feared it would come to this.... as I said months ago we need to find you a hobby. Idle hands and idle minds, we can see the results.

[jamesp]

Aug 12, 2017 12:55:46 GMT -5 wigglinrocks said:

Gonna have to start growing me some squash . Or , just watch for the results of jamesp rock punishments .

Never watered it, not one time wigglin. rain rain rain. squash squash squash.
The most rain in June July in 26 years. Squash plants looked like dinosaurs could hide behind them, humongo.
Made cheese/egg/squash casseroles in groves and froze them. yum.
yellow and zucchini

[jamesp]

Aug 12, 2017 13:14:37 GMT -5 HankRocks said:

I feared it would come to this.... as I said months ago we need to find you a hobby. Idle hands and idle minds, we can see the results.

While staying at the local asylum Henry

[Sabre52]

*LOL* James you ought not to post this here stuff when a feller is trying to drink a lemonade. I almost drounded my computer. I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say sum one has got too dern much time on their hands or an un natural affinity fer squarsh. I kin understand likin them purdy rocks but personally, I hates squarsh, both thar taste and thar texture. Truly disgustin vegetable, rhat up thar with brussel sprouts, broccoli and cauliflower, none of which I even want to smell cookin...Mel

[aDave]

Aug 12, 2017 13:32:49 GMT -5 Sabre52 said:

Truly disgustin vegetable, rhat up thar with brussel sprouts, broccoli and cauliflower, none of which I even want to smell cookin...Mel

Don't mean to change things up so quickly, but I can actually say that brussel sprouts are "now" one of my favorite vegetables, as long as they're cooked the right way. Growing up, mom didn't do them so well, and they were horrible. We found a recipe for Sriracha honey brussel sprouts, and they are outstanding. Our neighbor tried the recipe, and she cooks them multiple times per week. Her young kids also love 'em.

Back to your regular scheduled program.

Dave

[morerockspleaz]

That is funny. A grown man playing with his food. Lol Nice presentation and great pictures. Perhaps its time to leave the farm for the day to reboot.
You have way to much slack time. Nice sphere. Loved the pictures made me laugh.

[jamesp]

Aug 12, 2017 13:32:49 GMT -5 Sabre52 said:

*LOL* James you ought not to post this here stuff when a feller is trying to drink a lemonade. I almost drounded my computer. I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say sum one has got too dern much time on their hands or an un natural affinity fer squarsh. I kin understand likin them purdy rocks but personally, I hates squarsh, both thar taste and thar texture. Truly disgustin vegetable, rhat up thar with brussel sprouts, broccoli and cauliflower, none of which I even want to smell cookin...Mel

If you were raised down here in the deep south yo Mamma would have tanned yo hyde on a regler basis.
Squash WILL be eaten in these parts.

alternative:
Mom would send us out to pick a switch(a branch of some plant to whip your ass). Better ere to the larger one, if she had to get one it was gonna be bigger.

[jamesp]

Aug 12, 2017 13:45:25 GMT -5 morerockspleaz said:

That is funny. A grown man playing with his food. Lol Nice presentation and great pictures. Perhaps its time to leave the farm for the day to reboot.
You have way to much slack time. Nice sphere. Loved the pictures made me laugh.

Getting ready for just that BeLinda. Way over do. Perhaps squash skits are a possible career venture ?

[jamesp]

Aug 12, 2017 13:42:38 GMT -5 aDave said:

Aug 12, 2017 13:32:49 GMT -5 Sabre52 said:

Truly disgustin vegetable, rhat up thar with brussel sprouts, broccoli and cauliflower, none of which I even want to smell cookin...Mel

Don't mean to change things up so quickly, but I can actually say that brussel sprouts are "now" one of my favorite vegetables, as long as they're cooked the right way. Growing up, mom didn't do them so well, and they were horrible. We found a recipe for Sriracha honey brussel sprouts, and they are outstanding. Our neighbor tried the recipe, and she cooks them multiple times per week. Her young kids also love 'em.

Back to your regular scheduled program.

Dave

Mel's been eating too much cactus Dave.

[morerockspleaz]

I give you credit for thinking outside the box. Well done. I love fresh veggies. Yum. Yes everyone needs a day out every once in a while. I bet you could find a side job in one of those fancy restaurants to do their food presentations. Well maybe not. Food fights with the rocks lol

[aDave]

Aug 12, 2017 13:50:43 GMT -5 jamesp said:

Mel's been eating too much cactus Dave.

That's good stuff too. Had some last week (nopales salad).

Dave

[jamesp]

Aug 12, 2017 13:55:49 GMT -5 aDave said:

Aug 12, 2017 13:50:43 GMT -5 jamesp said:

Mel's been eating too much cactus Dave.

That's good stuff too. Had some last week (nopales salad).

Dave

Is that made with opuntia cactus ?

Maybe you could do a Rock and Cactus party ?

[aDave]

jamesp, wasn't sure of the term, so I had to look it up. Yes, it appears so. I knew "prickly pear" was used, and it appears they are one in the same.

Not sure I'd be excited about trying the cactus party thing.

Dave

[HankRocks]

Suggestion for the Zucchini, slice them longways into 1/4 inch strips, a bit of olive oil and seasoning, grill a couple minutes on each side. Make up enough strips to put a Lasagna together. Made it twice this summer, it was really good. Used a a sauce with 1lb of beef and home canned tomatoes that added to the flavor. The grilled Zucchini by itself is a good side dish especially the with smoked Salmon I made the other day. Use the skin off Salmon filet, season with the milder "Slap-Yo-Mama" seasoning, smoke over cherry or apple wood for maybe an hour or more depending the heat in the smoker until fish just starts to flake, double yum!

Hey, I was going to talk rocks but someone started us down the veggie trail!! Just got 10 diamond blades I ordered to build the Super-Grinder, need to drill the CD spacers and then put it together. Also taking out one 3' X 10' raised Garden bed and changing it to Rock and Bucket storage. Hate to lose garden space but the bed was producing less and less with the increasing shade from the neighbors pine trees.