The Cactus Thread

[Jersey Devil]

You might prefer this one then

Old fashioned silent movie... Put some aria in it and make it an Italian opera

 

[Sheal]

Zigs, how long does it take you to put an animated video together?

 

[Zigs]

Zigs, how long does it take you to put an animated video together?

Depends on the shoot, some can take 20 minutes or so, the one above had about 70 frames and then an hour or so editing, sometimes adding text and usually music too.

I made one a while back using a track by Deliah Derbyshire (the one who wrote and produced the Doctor Who theme music) thinking it was 60 years old and out of copyright. When I tried to upload it to Youtube the A.I. said the music was copyright of the bbc from the 1980's

Now what is a "public broadcaster" doing spending licence payers money on copyrighting someone else's music from the 1960's?

 

[Sheal]

That's not too long.

Now what is a "public broadcaster" doing spending licence payers money on copyrighting someone else's music from the 1960's?

One of the reasons I've not had a tv for almost 15 years.

 

[Zigs]

That's not too long.



One of the reasons I've not had a tv for almost 15 years.

We don't watch it anymore either, total lies from most of the main stream media. They must think we're born yesterday

This on isn't animated, apart from me staggering around in the dark

 

[Zigs]

Found these while turning the compost heap, they've been burried for over a year

 

[Anniekay]

Found these while turning the compost heap, they've been burried for over a year

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I bet they're none the worse for wear and will root and grow. Cacti are pretty tough !!

 

[Zigs]

Noticed my Sheep eating Puya is growing after not doing much all summer. Maybe it knows it's Spring where it comes from in Chile

 

[Zigs]

It's a quiet time of year in the Cactus house so I just took some pictures of cacti that I've grown from seed

A Couple of Ferocacti



A Cleistocactus samaipatanus



An Echinocereus pentalophus



And a Parodia erubescens

 

[Zigs]

And a few more that I mostly grew from seed

 

[Zigs]

While Clyde is on about Euphorbias, here's a few of mine (Don't tell Tetters! )

 

[Anniekay]

While Clyde is on about Euphorbias, here's a few of mine (Don't tell Tetters! )

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What's that white snakey one in the first picture, Zigs? I've never seen one like it before.

 

[Zigs]

What's that white snakey one in the first picture, Zigs? I've never seen one like it before.

I'll have to have a look on the label in the morning Annie, euphorbias aren't my thing. I get given a few of them though

 

[Zigs]

Something new has come

 

[Anniekay]

Very nice looking shed and I see that you have it well organized too !! Did you build the new potting shed from scratch or was it delivered ? I need a bigger shed or another separate one. My electric riding mower is taking up the whole center of my potting shed. I have to move it outside so I can work in there.

 

[Zigs]

Very nice looking shed and I see that you have it well organized too !! Did you build the new potting shed from scratch or was it delivered ? I need a bigger shed or another separate one. My electric riding mower is taking up the whole center of my potting shed. I have to move it outside so I can work in there.

Ta Annie

It was delivered and put up by a couple of huge Russian blokes

The window faces directly towards Moscow now

 

[Zigs]

Thought I might advertise these for Christmas when I come off strike next week

 

[Anniekay]

Thought I might advertise these for Christmas when I come off strike next week


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What are those three green flowery looking plants ? Very interesting, they are. Are they a rare cacti ?

 

[Zigs]

What are those three green flowery looking plants ? Very interesting, they are. Are they a rare cacti ?

There's a succulent in there, Crassula hemisphaerica and 2 cacti - Opuntia rufida and a Parodia erubescens Not rare unless you try to buy one on ebay where every cactus is listed as "Rare"