Virgin Ground And The Little Star Asterion

Did you know he was a military man? High ranking too, I think. Wrote back to everyone who ever wrote him, and he didn’t ever accept any kind of payment when they sold his artwork, said it was all for pbs. Good guy all around. Sorry, just read a little blip about him recently. We need more Bob Ross’ in this world. You should definitely make a happy little arm bruise painting! :laughtwo:
He was a drill Sergeant. Lol!
A viewer wrote to him once. He said that he was heartbroken because he is colorblind and could never replicate one of his paintings. Bob did a landscape in only black and white to show him that he could still paint. It is one of my favorites.

His hair wasn't natural, it was a perm. He did one once and was forced to keep it up throughout his career. He actually hated it. Lol. Poor dude.
It made him easily identifiable.
Can you imagine Bob without the Afro?
 
Pretty similar here. LoL

I mow ours, and the elderly neighbor too! LoL
:high-five:

I think my reasons may be a bit selfish though... I wanted to ensure my neighbors love me & keep their eyes outta my bidness. LoL

I built a fence for one, and cut the grass for the other. Obviously, I love helping these people who can't do it anymore... keeping on their good side is just an added bonus.
:thumb:

Both of my neighbors are over 70 & live alone. I try to be there for them...
I'm really good friends with my neighbors. They are old hippies dealing with typical physical limitations for their age. I paint their trim, mow, seed and weed and give the old man some herb when he needs it. He knows he can just knock and give a wink.
He had cancer a few years back and is really slowing down. I know he's not up to the yard work anymore from the fact he is letting me cut his lawn. He was an avid gardener and is particular af about his lawn.
I'm a big believer in karma. Your good deeds will pay off Preston.
 
He was a drill Sergeant. Lol!
A viewer wrote to him once. He said that he was heartbroken because he is colorblind and could never replicate one of his paintings. Bob did a landscape in only black and white to show him that he could still paint. It is one of my favorites.

His hair wasn't natural, it was a perm. He did one once and was forced to keep it up throughout his career. He actually hated it. Lol. Poor dude.
It made him easily identifiable.
Can you imagine Bob without the Afro?
I’ll say it again, this world need more Bob Ross!! You guys are awesome to help your neighbors out. I just bake mine cookies every once in a while. Maybe I better step up my game.
 
They are still alive.
I'm feeling the pain today. My bike wreck and all of the yard work have done me in. I'm a bruised and broken lady. Have I mentioned that I got a new mattress? I ruined the last one. One of my jugs full of fertilizer leaked. It was sitting against my bed and out sucked it all up and started to mold. Yuck!!! So I got a new firm mattress that I can't seem to get comfortable on.
No sleep makes me ramble on so..





 
Scientists have found out why voices like Bob Ross' is so soothing
Read this story in a hushed tone to see if it evokes the brain-tingling sensation known as ASMR.
By Allie Shah Star Tribune

FEBRUARY 7, 2018 — 10:19AM
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BOB ROSS INC.
The sound of Bob Ross' baritone voice and his paintbrush made him an accidental pioneer of ASMR.

Her voice never registers above a whisper.
She stares at you with soft eyes.
Then slowly, she turns the pages of a book, tapping her fingers softly against the paper. The sound of her voice and fingers tapping is amplified by a microphone. “Want to count the stars?” she purrs, pointing to a page showing a luminous galaxy.
Meet “Maria,” perhaps the most famous ASMR artist on YouTube. More than a million people subscribe to her “Gentle Whispering ASMR” videos created to help people relax with calming sounds and images believed to induce a tingling sensation in the brain.
Known as autonomous sensory meridian response, or ASMR, this pseudoscientific term describes a physical and mental sensation that many claim to experience. Some with ASMR feel shivers up their spine or brain “goose bumps.” Others become drowsy and dazed.
Sounds such as whisper tones, tapping fingers and crinkling paper are the most common triggers. But other people get the tingles from watching someone do a repetitive task that becomes meditative. (This may explain why videos of barbers cutting hair or of someone ironing a shirt are popular among ASMR enthusiasts.)
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Listening to triggers like a whispering voice or keyboard typing are soothing for some people.

Recently, this mysterious sensory experience has become trendy, producing a cottage industry of ASMR artists creating their own videos with audiences tuning in to relieve stress and sleeplessness.

Science has yet to explain why some people experience ASMR and others don’t. But there is growing interest from scientists in studying ASMR as a possible therapy for stress, anxiety, depression and insomnia.
While it may be hard to believe that anyone would want to watch a video of someone folding a stack of towels in order to rest better, sleep doctors say they’ve heard of stranger tactics.
“It’s odd, but odd things work for some people,” said Dr. Michael Howell, associate professor of neurology at the University of Minnesota and medical director of Fairview Sleep Services in Edina. “Would it be plausible that people who have this ASMR response could respond differently to these therapies for insomnia? Absolutely, yes, that’s plausible.”
Until there’s hard evidence, though, he said he wouldn’t recommend it for patients as a sleep aid.
The Bob Ross effect

Among those pushing for more research on ASMR is Craig Richard, who runs a website, ASMR University, that posts news articles about ASMR and interviews with researchers. Richard, a professor in the Department of Biopharmaceutical Sciences at Shenandoah University in Virginia, says he feels the brain tingles with the right triggers.
“My head gets really fuzzy in an enjoyable way,” he said. “My entire body feels super-relaxed, and I’ll want to put my head down and take a nap.”
He has been fascinated with ASMR since he first learned about it through a podcast five years ago. He was skeptical at first, until the podcasters mentioned Bob Ross.
The late host of “The Joy of Painting” TV series had a baritone voice known to invoke maximum chill. Hearing it, Richard’s ears perked up. That voice, along with the tap-tap-tap sound of Ross’s paintbrush against the canvas creating his “happy little trees,” sent Richard straight to his own happy little place.
“I remembered coming home from school as a kid, flipping channels and stopping on Bob Ross because his voice was so magical,” he said. “I’d set up a big floor pillow and fall asleep halfway through. I don’t think I ever watched him finish a painting.”

Brain tingles are associated with relaxation, and Richard suggests that brain chemicals such as endorphins, oxytocin (the love hormone) and serotonin may be involved in the reaction to ASMR triggers.
Many ASMR videos posted online strive to create intimacy between the viewer and the ASMR artist. It’s that feeling of comfort, connectedness and being cared for that draws so many people in, Richard argued.
“The reason people are tuning into these videos is because they find them relaxing, which is helpful to their stress,” he said.
The “Joy of Painting” series is re-aired on TV periodically. Episodes also are avaible at the Bob Ross YouTube channel.
Rise of ASMR artists

For even more intimacy, a pair of New York artists have turned the ASMR experience into an immersive theater show. They call it ASMRtistry,
Melinda Lauw and Andrew Hoepfner offer what is believed to be the only in-person ASMR event, selling tickets to their interactive show. The 90-minute performance takes place in rented houses and apartments. Attendees are blindfolded and escorted into the homes, where the artists create sounds to stimulate the ASMR reaction in their guests.
It starts with a group presentation. Later the artists remove the blindfolds and escort each patron into a different room for a one-on-one experience. One scene, for example, involves a performer who will brush the patron’s hair while she tells them a story, speaking in a soft voice as a mother would to her child.
The show closes with blindfolds again. Performers lead the audience out of the home and release them into the world.
“The whole experience is very meditative and quiet,” Lauw said. “People come out of this experience feeling really peaceful.”

She has experienced ASMR since she was a child.
“I always knew I had it,” she said, remembering a particular childhood moment when she saw something that instantly relaxed her. “There was this little girl coloring on paper, and I remember loving that scene so much,” she said.


For true??? I love you more now Bob!!!
 
Plants look really good!
Thank you dear. Aside from some light damage they are doing well.
I'm starting to think about what to grow next. I have some Barney's strains I would like to try out.
 
They are still alive.
I'm feeling the pain today. My bike wreck and all of the yard work have done me in. I'm a bruised and broken lady. Have I mentioned that I got a new mattress? I ruined the last one. One of my jugs full of fertilizer leaked. It was sitting against my bed and out sucked it all up and started to mold. Yuck!!! So I got a new firm mattress that I can't seem to get comfortable on.
No sleep makes me ramble on so..






I jumped from the 1st page, to last, without looking at anything in between and WOW! Hit in the face with giant buds!
 
I jumped from the 1st page, to last, without looking at anything in between and WOW! Hit in the face with giant buds!
Hello! There is a whole year that went by but it was my beginner plants all from the same bagseed. Nothing too exciting there, but now I have some nice genetics. I am still very much a beginner grower. Feel free to jump in whenever you can.

Welcome! I see you are new to 420! I hope you are getting a nice vibe from the place.

Love the Boston in your avatar. :love:
 
Nice babies Virgin Ground.
Keep on Chooglin!
Howdy Lowrider. Thanks for stopping. Hope you are having as good a night/ day as I am. You have a pretty funny profile. Lol. I noticed you have a certain sense of humor about you. :love:
 
Hello! There is a whole year that went by but it was my beginner plants all from the same bagseed. Nothing too exciting there, but now I have some nice genetics. I am still very much a beginner grower. Feel free to jump in whenever you can.

Welcome! I see you are new to 420! I hope you are getting a nice vibe from the place.

Love the Boston in your avatar. :love:

Yah, thanks! She's a real sweetheart and character! I love her to death

But back to your babies! You have some nice ones now!

I really like it around here. I tend to ramble and it seems everyone is accommodating, with posts and threads updating quite frequently!

I'm really digging your last set of pics now tho! Seems you went with a HID this time for flower?

Side note, I'm tracking a Sensi Seed pack with some old Super Skunk, Skunk #1, Hindu Kush (one of the kush's anyways lol), and Durban Poison.
 
Yah, thanks! She's a real sweetheart and character! I love her to death

But back to your babies! You have some nice ones now!

I really like it around here. I tend to ramble and it seems everyone is accommodating, with posts and threads updating quite frequently!

I'm really digging your last set of pics now tho! Seems you went with a HID this time for flower?

Side note, I'm tracking a Sensi Seed pack with some old Super Skunk, Skunk #1, Hindu Kush (one of the kush's anyways lol), and Durban Poison.
I am using a hlg quantum board led for the whole grow. It has been wonderful at giving me tight,dense buds. HID would be too hot for my small grow. I vent into my bedroom so I have to keep the heat down.

I really want to grow some of the Durban. That's a really good choice, she's really popular around here.
 
I am using a hlg quantum board led for the whole grow. It has been wonderful at giving me tight,dense buds. HID would be too hot for my small grow. I vent into my bedroom so I have to keep the heat down.

I really want to grow some of the Durban. That's a really good choice, she's really popular around here.

Wow. So LED can get nice big, tight buds like that? Any particular wattage or output? Amazing. I might have to rethink my indoor lighting setup

Ill keep you posted on the Durban.
 
Wow. So LED can get nice big, tight buds like that? Amazing. I might have to rethink my indoor lighting setup

Ill keep you posted on the Durban.
Both quantum boards and cob lighting are awesome fixtures. Rock hard buds from 260 watts in a 2x4 space. I'm super happy with my choice.

If you start a journal, drop me a line and I'll come check it out.
 
Both quantum boards and cob lighting are awesome fixtures. Rock hard buds from 260 watts in a 2x4 space. I'm super happy with my choice.

If you start a journal, drop me a line and I'll come check it out.

Here's what I'm doing now, Gods willing, I'll have some more grows to share.

But man, I was checking LED systems and woah, EXPENSIVE! All the technology sounds great. Less heat, less watts consumed, better light. One of the lights I was looking at, that peaked my interest, was almost 1000$ tho. I did see some in the 300$ to 500$ range but dang
 
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