I'll take this one ;)Quote:
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I'll take this one ;)Quote:
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choose the brown pill neo :)Quote:
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I was thinking that the dark berry looks sweet, but at least the fish wouldn't have been violated by you, probably. ;)
Got me there NEO, so it is a Arty round. Impressive
Even WWI standards. They could have saved the money on the Brass though
Thanks ST , you and your good lady are welcome for a meal here anytime your passing.Quote:
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BTW we don't have " shingles " on our roof they are concrete tiles , now of the 8 properties in the UK I have owned this is the only one to suffer moss on the roof ,, I don't know if its because we are close to the sea ? have no idea
Eventually it will grow over the edges and down the sides and you will have a cool hobbit houseQuote:
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Beautiful day yesterday. Got a reet Barnsley tan.
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What do you think. A nice do-er upper. Lick of paint and tidy the garden, then should be able to sell it to southerner for around half a mill.
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Nice south facing views.
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Chump change - not worth getting the brushes out. :)Quote:
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proper out there astasinim.. nice. outa greens.
Nice in the summer bit bleak when it snows specially snake pass.
Hope we get some pics of padley gorge soon astasinim pictures remind me of weekend walks in the peak district.
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Thanks Neo. Its all right on my door step, and little Ast loves being out and about, so we spend quite a lot of time in the area.Quote:
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Yep, it can be a bit rough in the winter, but as you know, still very scenic.Quote:
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Ive never been down there KT. Lady Bower is usually about as far south as I get. We might have to go that extra couple of mile and get some shots for you.Quote:
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Very arty Looper.
My playground when i was a young lad still have some nice walks now we have moved back to Blighty.Not quite the council estate DD thinks we live on.
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Nice.
What do they grow in those fields?
Over here, it is called "grass".Quote:
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Nothing in the fields below,they are left for the cows to graze.Used to go bullock riding when we were kids sort of mad rodeo ride.The ones in the distance its wheat growing the combine harvester was working in the fields today.
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Yeah, sorry, I'm kinda drunk. :D
I was on about the fields in the background.
the first and last pics really took me back as we grew up in a similar looking place but only 10 miles out of a city of 100,000. Those white looking flower things in the foreground we used to call 'cauliflowers' even though they were nothing of the sort.
I'm not sure if it's those or some other type of stemmed plant, that when they died they left a light, hard-ish, dead stem a couple of feet tall that we used as spears.
Man would I love to go back 20 years.
If I threw a spear now I'd probably be looking at 5 to 10. :)
White flowers are called Cow Parsley.
I tried to find out the name of the plant with the white flowers but without success. It's inside my brain somewhere and may return soon :) It looks good but it can cause severe skin complaints and I can remember having to tell my daughter to avoid going near it. It would appear to be the plant you remeber as it does leave long stems as it dies back.
The yellow flowers appear to be Rape Seed plants. Farmers grow them as a cash crop for oil and cattle food. It grows everywhere very easily and the plants you see have probably been the result of birds dropping seeds.
Most of the mountains near me are "gardened" by huge flocks of sheep and the grass is always short. They would look completely different if it was not for the actions of the animals. Our Forestry Commission has planted huge forests of non-native conifers for commercial purposes and they have reduced the size of the natural forestry. There is a Norway Spruce in my garden, see above, and it is possibly the biggest tree of its type in South Wales. The foresters usually harvest their trees after about fifteen years or so. This one is twenty two years old.
The Silver Birch, also above, is over forty feet high now. I planted it at the same time as the "Christmas Tree" and at that time it was about a metre long and less than two centimetres in diameter. We get a lot of rain but, because we live on a hillside, we have good drainage and this has proved to be ideal for the growth of these species.
If I can get out in the next few weeks, I'll take some pics of the Beacons National Park and post them here.
Cow Parsley is ok you can eat it.
You mean giant hogweed also known as giant cow parsley,thats the stuff that can cause severe burns.
Don't mix up your Anthriscus sylvestris with Heracleum mantegazzianum.
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Whats the black dot? Aliens?
^ I cleaned my screen twice with my index finger before I realised the black dot was a clever photoshop add-on by Klongey!
Bastard, but nice pics.
Sorry chaps only have a phone to take my pictures with might have been a dirty lens.
But we have had crop circles in this area before could have been a UFO .
Great pics KT , I'm guessing that's the Southdowns area ?
What a shame tin can ,, your garden has great potential to be transformed from a wilderness that looks like Stevie Wonder has been the head gardener for the last ten years , to be transformed into a place of beauty .Quote:
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Have you ever thought of applying to Alan Titchmarsh ? he does a series where he comes to help the clueless to restore their garden's ?
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I live at altitude above the "snow line" and my garden is wonderful. It's meant for big trees and holly bushes. Little pansies like you would not be able to survive up here. Now, put your best frock on and get your rolling pin out, you big fat poof !
^ Cheers green sent
Took a good bike ride today and I pass this vista everyday as I cycle to work , so today I had time to capture this lovely area in the Walton on the naze backwaters.
When I get a bit more time I shall sit here and do an oil painting .
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Very nice... outa greens ;)
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one of the reasons that bicycling is so enjoyable. with scenes like this, it makes it all worth while. nice shot n&j.... green sent.
Like you n&j, I was cycling this weekend. 28 & 29 July 2012: Participated in a club mountain bicycling ride with the Bangkok Hash House Bicyclers on this weekend. We met at the "Fire Fly Chalet" in Khao Kheow (show in this photo) and rode the off road and mountain roads in the area.
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Nice shot Nige. Afraid I got to spread the love. Btw whats in the far right background.Quote:
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Thankyou for all the comments above , surprised no one's asked how I did it ,, but mabe you already guessed it lol.
Asta ,, in the far right horizon you can see our biggest container port Felixstowe .
BTW a little more info on the view, the yard from where I work from is about 1000 metres to the left of the pic ,, and goes down to about the level of the wheat field you can see,, HOWEVER very soon about to that line of trees you can see behind the wheat the sea is to be allowed in to flood the land , this is going to be a huge flood plain apparently to help ease the rising sea levels in this area .
Green returned ST for your lovely green pic , and yes its great to have the camera with you on your cycle rides , its great to be able just to pull up and enjoy the moment , also cycles give you a whole new area of access :)
just a thought, years ago someone asked what its like riding [m/c] a bike, a strange question i thought, but when you reason the fact that so many convey themselves in cars, so really everything just passes them by, they miss all the good [and sometimes bad] things, smells, wind etc..how i replied to their question, well, it sort of sitting down and watching a movie, or being in the movie..i love the physical factors of 2 wheels..the old pushie is more zen i think, more in the moment of things and not just belting past at a great rate of notes..good on ya fellas keep up the good work and travel safe
Thanks ned for the inspiring pep talk. 2 wheels, either motorized or not, adds a new perspective to the ride.
n&j, your did it with a panoramic feature on your camera right?
recent trip to spain
barcelonaleta beach
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