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Many flower species close at night. It is called nyctinasty. They have evolved mechanisms, which allows them to guage the time of day, probably by levels of UV, or visible light. That signals to the plant to not waste resourses and risk of damage to itself unecessarily by remaining open without any repoductive gain. It has been proven that they can feel pain, also hear. They are after all living complex organisms. Their complexities are beyond my comprehension.

It looks galvanized to me. It has that dull grey look about it, with a hint of speckling in appearance. It's a coating of zinc applied to steel and iron to protect against rust, and prevent rusting. You could try rubbing it with a course abrasive, to make it less silvery looking. Galvanzing metal here is usually dipped. Due to our wet climate, we have cattle trailers and horse boxes here which are galvanized, especially the chassis. Not the aluminium trailers though, as they are naturally corrosion resistent.

I just know what it looks like, but you got me thinking, "how do I know". Here's what Dr. Google says; Galvanized metal typically exhibits a dull gray or silvery-gray appearance with a distinct spangled pattern, which is a result of zinc crystallization. This spangled pattern, also described as a crystalline-like structure, is a telltale sign of hot-dip galvanizing, a common method of applying a zinc coating to steel. While appearance is a strong indicator, laboratory testing is the most accurate way to confirm galvanization. I asked the old guy at work (retired from his profession as an engineer - something in metals) how to make it rusty as I thought galvanized steel didn't rust, but of course my "rusty" brain has forgotten what he said to do.

H = Horseshoe Here is a horseshoe from a young racehorse that my husband had a part in the breeding process and through to her training years. The shoe is from her first race where she broke her maiden (won her first race, which incidentally was also her first race). Her barn name was Pinky, which is reflected in the title. Her race name was Three In Step. Pinky retired early and went on to be a sweet little hunter/jumper.

How do you know when something is galvanized? I seem to recall metal garbage cans referred to as galvanized. 🤷‍♂️

G = Galavanized I found this little Galvanized letter (along with another letter that will show up shortly in this challenge) at a thrift store. I planned to make it rusty and take pictures of it, but decided to take some pictures because it's galvanized metal and needed a letter G. A blend mode and masks were used. I tried the neon glow effect from the master class. I had made the letters quite big, so I made the blur bigger, but I see now that I should have made it less blurry. I can see how effective this technique as it shows up better than when I tried a font without a a technique to make it stand out from the busy background.

Actually had to scrap a page for this part of the timeline (19-24 years old). I was chosen to be in 2 weddings in my life. Both were friends. One was from high school and the other from college. I had to come home from college for the first wedding on Sept 14, 1974. It was 3 weeks before my 19th birthday. Then 5 years later on Sept 14, 1979 (a Friday night), a college friend got married. Actually, both the bride and groom were college friends. We were in the same classes quite a bit since we had the same major (Business Education). All those classes specific to the major were only offered once a year so you saw the same people every quarter. My closest friend to this day from college was also in this major and we met in the fall of 1976 and had all 5 classes together that quarter. The couple that got married were in the same classes. The first couple were divorced before the 2nd wedding happened! However, the second couple were married for 41 years before the bride passed away. The groom has since passed away as well. The bride in this couple was the reason I joined FB. We had lost touch after the wedding as the groom was in the Army and we both got too busy to write letters in the 80's. When I joined FB, I found her within 24 hours! We were able to catch up and stayed connected until she died just a couple days before her 65th birthday. Her husband (also a FB friend), messaged me to let me know since he knew we were still close even though we never saw each other in person since they left Ohio around 1980 or 1981. Template was a freebie from Fiddle-Dee-Dee. Kit is "Mr & Mrs" at Sweet Shoppe Designs.

Today's freebies from C F inspired this. The background paper and the middle pic are from today's free downloads. I did add the Osprey and the splash on the pond. The font is also today's free download called SPLASH.