Your avatars and you...

I always love it when this question is asked, it can lead to some interesting discussions... so, what does your avatar mean to you?...

My original image was Merlin from the movie Excalibur... although I very much love Merlin the person to the character, it's not quite me... yet...

The second image (at present)... is Stilgar, a character from the books, movie, and mini series Dune... he was leader of the one of the Fremen tribes, a capable desert warrior, and was a Fedaykin... Muad'Dibs personal gaurd/fighters in freeing Arrakis from the evil House Harkonnen. Hence the red hand and smeared shoulders of the Fedaykin...

My original signature was the Bene Gesserit Litany against Fear... but then I found this one... it suits me more at the present Time...

I'm on a huge Dune kick at present... don't know why, but I like it!...

RIG wrote:I always love it when this question is asked, it can lead to some interesting discussions... so, what does your avatar mean to you?...

My original image was Merlin from the movie Excalibur... although I very much love Merlin the person to the character, it's not quite me... yet...

The second image (at present)... is Stilgar, a character from the books, movie, and mini series Dune... he was leader of the one of the Fremen tribes, a capable desert warrior, and was a Fedaykin... Muad'Dibs personal gaurd/fighters in freeing Arrakis from the evil House Harkonnen. Hence the red hand and smeared shoulders of the Fedaykin...

My original signature was the Bene Gesserit Litany against Fear... but then I found this one... it suits me more at the present Time...

I'm on a huge Dune kick at present... don't know why, but I like it!...

I was going to send you a message complimenting you on your avatar! I'm a huge Dune fan, in fact, I might just go put on my special edition in a bit. Feeling in Dune mood too I never ever liked any of the attempted remakes that they tried to do for Sci Fi. Never had the touch that David Lynch did, and being a big David Lynch fan too, nothing compares to the original, with Kyle MacLaughlin and Sting.

As a quote from Paul Atreides/Muad'Dib"

"I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain."

As for my avatar, my first one was the Goddess Gaia, one with the Earth. I am born on Earth Day, so I've always felt a very close connection to our planet and to nature. My current avatar is a buttermilk buckskin Arabian mare, my dream horse. I hope to be fortunate enough one day to own one. My mom would say I have a deathwish when it comes to horses as I nearly lost my life in a jumping accident in 2001. I can't stay away from them, but I no longer jump. At least not yet

RIG wrote:I always love it when this question is asked, it can lead to some interesting discussions... so, what does your avatar mean to you?...

My original image was Merlin from the movie Excalibur... although I very much love Merlin the person to the character, it's not quite me... yet...

The second image (at present)... is Stilgar, a character from the books, movie, and mini series Dune... he was leader of the one of the Fremen tribes, a capable desert warrior, and was a Fedaykin... Muad'Dibs personal gaurd/fighters in freeing Arrakis from the evil House Harkonnen. Hence the red hand and smeared shoulders of the Fedaykin...

My original signature was the Bene Gesserit Litany against Fear... but then I found this one... it suits me more at the present Time...

I'm on a huge Dune kick at present... don't know why, but I like it!...

Well my avatar is a frog. I happen to really have a thing about frogs, stuffed, glass, metal, ceramic, you name, I have them.

I have always liked frogs because of their ability to adapt to their surroundings. My current avatar is of the blue dart frog from the Amazon. Very poisonious. Just touching the skin can kill you.

When I lived in FL I had frogs that would come up to our patio every night and hang out. One would sit on the fire box outside our door and the other one would perch itself on a beam under the stairwell. The would sing to each other. It was something very soothing listening to them.

Funny thing was that when my mom got a computer and she gave me her email address it had frog listed in it. I asked her why she chose that and she said that when she worked for the FDIC, that was her nickname, which was something I never knew. Blew me away. When she went to Ireland she brought me back a Waterford crystal frog. that I have on my desk. I also bought a quartz frog one year at an Indian pow-wow that our town we lived in has. The man selling it to me said "You like frogs". I said "Yeah, I really do like them". He then proceded to tell me that they were the sign of water/rain and fertility. Since we basically live out towards the desert I told him "I will take the rain, you keep the fertility!"

My signature line, if I can get it to appear are from the lyrics of Depeche Mode's "Policy of Truth". Great band, great song.

Mine is sort of a mystical looking flower, but I'm sure I will be changing it often. Avatars are fun!

Hi Boppins!

My avatar is a lil duckling cos have always had a soft spot for ducks. In fact my handle elsewhere is DuckyDahling

Hey Marie ... how did you creat that neat signature? Very impressive!

SoCal .. I thought Redheart had joined ... cant see her on members. Will someone hike up to Tehachapi and bring her here? Haha!

TrishNrthrdgCA wrote:Hi Boppins!

My avatar is a lil duckling cos have always had a soft spot for ducks. In fact my handle elsewhere is DuckyDahling

Hey Marie ... how did you creat that neat signature? Very impressive!

SoCal .. I thought Redheart had joined ... cant see her on members. Will someone hike up to Tehachapi and bring her here? Haha!

LOL.. Tehachapi is quite a hike! She posted here as a guest yesterday, not sure if she registered though. I don't think I got a notification telling me so.

Is that a pic of your horse SoCal? It is absolutely gorgeous!

TrishNrthrdgCA wrote:Is that a pic of your horse SoCal? It is absolutely gorgeous!

I wish that was my horse! I don't own a horse sadly..one day I will, and that's my dream horse, a buttermilk buckskin Arabian mare.

I'll take pretty much any horse that's a buckskin! Warmblood, Quarter, Fresian.. Like this one

socalshakin wrote:

TrishNrthrdgCA wrote:Is that a pic of your horse SoCal? It is absolutely gorgeous!

I wish that was my horse! I don't own a horse sadly..one day I will, and that's my dream horse, a buttermilk buckskin Arabian mare.

I'll take pretty much any horse that's a buckskin! Warmblood, Quarter, Fresian.. Like this one

That's a beautiful creature! I think my favorite type of horse is the grey dapple Percheron, although I think all of the draft horse family is top knotch... the coolest experience I've had was witnessing a team of four pulling a wagon for 4th of July farm tour picnic bbq thing... they shook the Earth!...

TrishNrthrdgCA wrote:Hi Boppins!

My avatar is a lil duckling cos have always had a soft spot for ducks. In fact my handle elsewhere is DuckyDahling

Hey Marie ... how did you creat that neat signature? Very impressive!

SoCal .. I thought Redheart had joined ... cant see her on members. Will someone hike up to Tehachapi and bring her here? Haha!

The baby duckling garners you automatic cute points!... (cutest smilie imo for you)...

Calibabe wrote:

RIG wrote:I always love it when this question is asked, it can lead to some interesting discussions... so, what does your avatar mean to you?...

My original image was Merlin from the movie Excalibur... although I very much love Merlin the person to the character, it's not quite me... yet...

The second image (at present)... is Stilgar, a character from the books, movie, and mini series Dune... he was leader of the one of the Fremen tribes, a capable desert warrior, and was a Fedaykin... Muad'Dibs personal gaurd/fighters in freeing Arrakis from the evil House Harkonnen. Hence the red hand and smeared shoulders of the Fedaykin...

My original signature was the Bene Gesserit Litany against Fear... but then I found this one... it suits me more at the present Time...

I'm on a huge Dune kick at present... don't know why, but I like it!...

Well my avatar is a frog. I happen to really have a thing about frogs, stuffed, glass, metal, ceramic, you name, I have them.

I have always liked frogs because of their ability to adapt to their surroundings. My current avatar is of the blue dart frog from the Amazon. Very poisonious. Just touching the skin can kill you.

When I lived in FL I had frogs that would come up to our patio every night and hang out. One would sit on the fire box outside our door and the other one would perch itself on a beam under the stairwell. The would sing to each other. It was something very soothing listening to them.

Funny thing was that when my mom got a computer and she gave me her email address it had frog listed in it. I asked her why she chose that and she said that when she worked for the FDIC, that was her nickname, which was something I never knew. Blew me away. When she went to Ireland she brought me back a Waterford crystal frog. that I have on my desk. I also bought a quartz frog one year at an Indian pow-wow that our town we lived in has. The man selling it to me said "You like frogs". I said "Yeah, I really do like them". He then proceded to tell me that they were the sign of water/rain and fertility. Since we basically live out towards the desert I told him "I will take the rain, you keep the fertility!"

My signature line, if I can get it to appear are from the lyrics of Depeche Mode's "Policy of Truth". Great band, great song.

Frogs are wonderfully strange little critters, we had a tiny bright green tree frog hiding in our star decoration on the front porch, it acted like an echo chamber making it sound like a giant... pretty neat...

great to see you here.
Can we have genuine discussion without
provocation? That would be delightful

LindaMarie wrote:Mine is sort of a mystical looking flower, but I'm sure I will be changing it often. Avatars are fun!

Actually, I really like your avatar, looks like Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel work where God is reaching out to Adam... if I remember correctly... very stylin'...

socalshakin wrote:

RIG wrote:I always love it when this question is asked, it can lead to some interesting discussions... so, what does your avatar mean to you?...

My original image was Merlin from the movie Excalibur... although I very much love Merlin the person to the character, it's not quite me... yet...

The second image (at present)... is Stilgar, a character from the books, movie, and mini series Dune... he was leader of the one of the Fremen tribes, a capable desert warrior, and was a Fedaykin... Muad'Dibs personal gaurd/fighters in freeing Arrakis from the evil House Harkonnen. Hence the red hand and smeared shoulders of the Fedaykin...

My original signature was the Bene Gesserit Litany against Fear... but then I found this one... it suits me more at the present Time...

I'm on a huge Dune kick at present... don't know why, but I like it!...

I was going to send you a message complimenting you on your avatar! I'm a huge Dune fan, in fact, I might just go put on my special edition in a bit. Feeling in Dune mood too I never ever liked any of the attempted remakes that they tried to do for Sci Fi. Never had the touch that David Lynch did, and being a big David Lynch fan too, nothing compares to the original, with Kyle MacLaughlin and Sting.

As a quote from Paul Atreides/Muad'Dib"

"I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain."

As for my avatar, my first one was the Goddess Gaia, one with the Earth. I am born on Earth Day, so I've always felt a very close connection to our planet and to nature. My current avatar is a buttermilk buckskin Arabian mare, my dream horse. I hope to be fortunate enough one day to own one. My mom would say I have a deathwish when it comes to horses as I nearly lost my life in a jumping accident in 2001. I can't stay away from them, but I no longer jump. At least not yet

Dune... yeah, it's kinda hard to beat the Lynch version, but still liked the two mini series...

And I loved the Earth Goddess images I've seen floating around here!... Was yours the blue tone pregnant Earth Mother? That was my fav so far...

Thank you Kate for the help selecting an avatar. That UCP link really helped. Hope mine shows up. I loved the Wizard from the Lord of the Rings

RIG wrote:

socalshakin wrote:

RIG wrote:I always love it when this question is asked, it can lead to some interesting discussions... so, what does your avatar mean to you?...

My original image was Merlin from the movie Excalibur... although I very much love Merlin the person to the character, it's not quite me... yet...

The second image (at present)... is Stilgar, a character from the books, movie, and mini series Dune... he was leader of the one of the Fremen tribes, a capable desert warrior, and was a Fedaykin... Muad'Dibs personal gaurd/fighters in freeing Arrakis from the evil House Harkonnen. Hence the red hand and smeared shoulders of the Fedaykin...

My original signature was the Bene Gesserit Litany against Fear... but then I found this one... it suits me more at the present Time...

I'm on a huge Dune kick at present... don't know why, but I like it!...

I was going to send you a message complimenting you on your avatar! I'm a huge Dune fan, in fact, I might just go put on my special edition in a bit. Feeling in Dune mood too I never ever liked any of the attempted remakes that they tried to do for Sci Fi. Never had the touch that David Lynch did, and being a big David Lynch fan too, nothing compares to the original, with Kyle MacLaughlin and Sting.

As a quote from Paul Atreides/Muad'Dib"

"I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain."

As for my avatar, my first one was the Goddess Gaia, one with the Earth. I am born on Earth Day, so I've always felt a very close connection to our planet and to nature. My current avatar is a buttermilk buckskin Arabian mare, my dream horse. I hope to be fortunate enough one day to own one. My mom would say I have a deathwish when it comes to horses as I nearly lost my life in a jumping accident in 2001. I can't stay away from them, but I no longer jump. At least not yet

Dune... yeah, it's kinda hard to beat the Lynch version, but still liked the two mini series...

And I loved the Earth Goddess images I've seen floating around here!... Was yours the blue tone pregnant Earth Mother? That was my fav so far...

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Mmm. Yes, the pregnant Earth Mother was mine, on my Admin login, I absolutely loved that one, found it as my first link in the search for Mother Earth

I love the avatars and smileys . I first had the lightning because we never get it here and I actually love it. It makes me feel connected to the earth and the sky.

I was checking out the animal section and saw all the cute animals and changed it to a little Meerkat, because I loved "Meerkat Manor". I was glued to it until poor Flower died and I could not watch it anymore. It hurt too bad. I have little meerkat stuffed animals, pictures and figurines. When I go to the zoo, I head for them first. I just love those little guys.

My dad designed and built lightplanes as a hobby, this is one of them.

socalshakin wrote:

TrishNrthrdgCA wrote:Is that a pic of your horse SoCal? It is absolutely gorgeous!

I wish that was my horse! I don't own a horse sadly..one day I will, and that's my dream horse, a buttermilk buckskin Arabian mare.

I'll take pretty much any horse that's a buckskin! Warmblood, Quarter, Fresian.. Like this one

I adore the horsies!!! So beautiful. I used to have a sweet little buckskin named Dusty... Also, an awesome 1/2 arab, 1/2 am. saddlebred palomino named Melody. The last one, which I had to leave in CA when I moved to CO was a beautiful grey Arabian named Gideon.. Miss them all SO much!
I must have had a death wish, as well, SoCal... but I never got over my fear of jumping...
I feel very blessed to have had the many 4-legged friends along my journey. Shall hold the vision of your dream horse coming to you.

Many thanks for the eye-candy! Again, many thanks for this board, avatars 'n smilies...

...could be from a previous life, way in the distant past.
She is one from a series of head studies.
The old one from Boppin' is another persona.

My avatar is self evident....

My avatar is a pic I took from my yard last year. It was a special day so I treasure it. I also have to say yipee for the smileys.

That is a beautiful picture, Teresa. What a view!!
I picked this particular bear for my avatar because I feel it reflects my personality....serious, quizzical, yet slightly stupid.


Barbara

angelight wrote:

socalshakin wrote:

TrishNrthrdgCA wrote:Is that a pic of your horse SoCal? It is absolutely gorgeous!

I wish that was my horse! I don't own a horse sadly..one day I will, and that's my dream horse, a buttermilk buckskin Arabian mare.

I'll take pretty much any horse that's a buckskin! Warmblood, Quarter, Fresian.. Like this one

I adore the horsies!!! So beautiful. I used to have a sweet little buckskin named Dusty... Also, an awesome 1/2 arab, 1/2 am. saddlebred palomino named Melody. The last one, which I had to leave in CA when I moved to CO was a beautiful grey Arabian named Gideon.. Miss them all SO much!
I must have had a death wish, as well, SoCal... but I never got over my fear of jumping...
I feel very blessed to have had the many 4-legged friends along my journey. Shall hold the vision of your dream horse coming to you.

Many thanks for the eye-candy! Again, many thanks for this board, avatars 'n smilies...

WOW!!! and so would I ... but I dont think one would fit on my patio !!!!