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Today we went off to Manchester.....it looked like it was going to be a lovely sunny day...but mended worse(though not bad in the end).
More later when they have been resized.

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More for you to look at.
Oh, I should have siad that the two pictures in the previous post were....
1) washing on my next door neighbours line - it made me put some washing in before
we went out.
2) Accrington bus station...taken while I was waiting for the X41.
This set of ten are:-
1) shadows of washing on next doors line
2) scene from the top of the bus.(I bet you thought that Dave had lent me hi s hover boots :D)
3) Manchester city centre...New Cathedral Street...long shot.
4) Manchester cit centre, New Cathedral Street again, but closer.
5) Market street. Mid morning....wasn't exactly busy, but it did get going later on.
6) Street entertainer. Turning heads.
7) Another one of the street performer..people were coughing up good money to watch him.
8) A thumbs up for the camera - only because I donated to his particular charity.
9) Oh, he has a lovley smile..it melted my socks(and I'm not into that kind of thing)
10) Home for tea....a tomato for my salad...I'd tell you I grew it myself, but 'twould be a lie.

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picture two bottom right hand corner reflection, and just a reminder you never sent the last prize I won for spoting Eric. I believe you said it was a car!

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What can I say, I came on to post mine, and half an hour later I'm still looking at lovely pictures already posted.
OK. will post in a minute.

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Dianne these pictures are worthy of posting on Flickr...and a wider audience.
I loved them. Food for the soul.
They knock my Manchester pictures into a cocked hat.......I was a bit handicapped. I had himself to keep an eye on.

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Part 1. Today in Pictures. 5 arches the return.

1. Start point, Bottom of Ormerod Street.
2. Across the waterfront.
3. Off up woodnook Vale.
4. Its a bridge, oh yes it is.
5. A weevil hanging on.
6. It will suck your blood.
7. I dont know what it is, but I dont want it up my nose.
8. Not far now.
9. That is it, what was once 5 arches.
10. This is what they replaced it with.

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Dave, have you got a pan pipe that whistles up the different kind of bugs?
Lovely pics, places that are known to me, but look different through your camera lens.

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Part 2. Today in Pictures the return to the car from 5 arches.

11. Baby ferns sprouting on a wall.
12. The waterfall feeding the old Shoe Mill.
13. The base of a once proud chimney.
14.Look where I am, and yes my socks are wet so you dont have too.
15. Its a Liverwort, oh yes it is.
16. A quick look back.
17. The stream further down the clough.
18. Its covered in greenfly.
19. If you look closely, you will see the greenfly giving birth. its a fasinating life cycle, they give birth to live young (all females) untill the season ends then they give birth to males and then lay eggs to overwinter. You learn some rubbish on here.
20. Its a wickthing.

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Part 3.Today in Pictures, one final spurt then its home.

21. Aphids on a rose bud.
22. I don't know what it is, but its very shiny.
23. Not many of these left, when I was a lad we had one each.
24. A smooth bug on a wrinkly leaf.
25. Beach huts on the factory bottoms.
26. Its our Rose.
27. Not far to go now.
28. Its a Coot and a baby.
29. Its another Coot and a baby with two heads.
30. There we have it the start point, time for home and a Garibaldi

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The bugs are all plastic I buy then at the joke shop, well thats my story.

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Aah..that explains it then...no wonder you can get so close without them jumping up your nose. :D

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Tonights sunset off to Wayoh res tomorrow

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My old territory Dave . I used to live on the factory bottoms

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Oh , wow! Wonderful photos all round -are we sure Dave's surname is not Bailey!!!?

Lamented the lack of enough Karma for all these fantastic photos - some "joker" sent me red K (no sweat was taken as a joke!)

-I was genuine in saying I need more to spread around!

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Am in debt - and you are right - well spotted! :D

Don't have enough K to go round. Will send tomorrow hopefully.:o

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Never heard of that place where is it?

So did you spot the locations of the beach huts?

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You meant "k" I was sure you said car. Are you sure you didnt say car

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Yes
Wahoy Res is off Green Arms Road off the A666 between Darwen andBolton. From the car park you can walk around either Enwistle Res or Wayoh or combine the two in a figure of eight.

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In the middle of the road leading to Burnley Road
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Under the vidaduct
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When I was a lot younger; my sister and a couple of friends used to climb up there and sit on those blocks sticking out.

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Steiner Street
Where the houses used to be; these are growing.
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Waterfall, River Hyndburn
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Tunnel that goes under the asda car park. Again when I was a lot younger; my sisters and my friends used to put their wellies on and walk under that tunnel. There was no way I was going to walk under that and risk the wrath of my Mother. Perhaps I was a little scared too. I used to run across the car park and wait there for them to emerge. Also a trolley has made its way there....
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Part 1. Today in Pictures, The canal,, woodlands experience.

1. Its a Privet growing on the canal side.
2. As I am a short house grass towers over me.
3. Its a seven spot.
4. Changing flower heads, mind your step.
5. Its a bag of spiders, they appear to have just hatched out.
6. I dont think its a footpath, but we went that way anyway.
7. Under the Oak tree.
8. Round the back of the graveyard.
9. Looking across to the field where the grass was over my head.
10. Down the bottom of Bell Lane, and through the woods to Wilsons Playing Field.

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Part 2. Today in Pictures. were in the woods.

11. Those steps were for something once.
12. A forest of Larch trees.
13. I don't know what it is, it was the size of a match but thinner. Could it be a Larch seedling on a Larch branch........no future there then.
14. Down towards Wilson's Playing Field.
15. Looking across to Clayton Hall.
16. growing wild, Loosestrife?
17. Woodlands water.
18. I'm going as fast as I can.
19. Woodlands water further up.
20. One of the carvings.

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Part 3. Today in Pictures. Soon be home.

21. The other carving.
22. I'm still going as fast as I can!
23. Woodlands water, just before the exit onto Whalley Road.
24. Its a bit dense here.
25. Left through the estate towards the canal.
26. Up the steps, and the canal.
27. Looks like the Bates Motel.
28. I said............I'm going as fast as I can.

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It was once a today. Some time last year....

More pics of tigger that I found on my autoupload on google.

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That second one's not Tigger is it?

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Maybe hes in disguise?:D

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Where's that carving on your picture 20, Davemac ?Have searched for it to no avail. :(

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Yep it is :-)

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More photos of Lake Garda - in and around Gargnano, a trip on the Lake to Malcesine and up to Riva del Garda, before returning to Gargnano. My favourite place on the Lake -a hidden gem!

First batch of 10 starting in Villa di Gargnano -walking through the village and along the walkway by the Lake to Gargnano.

(The stone construction with open sides near the church is a lemon grove. They slot slats of wood into the spaces in winter to protect the lemon trees.)

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2nd batch - Gargnano center and port - boat trip across to Malcesine (note brass band!):hothothot:

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A wander round Riva del Garda at the head of the Lake - note my dad very obviously saying cheese!!

Final 5 pics back in Gargnano and at Hotel Gardenia (which is the large red building in the 2nd photo of the first batch.)

Look out for a hidden "B" Dave;) more prizes to come:D

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the bee is in the passion flower Dianne.

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I think you are an undercover picture postcard photographer.....seconded to the Italian Board of tourism.
These pics are beautiful and should be on Flickr.
I love the balcony shot with the wicker chair.....I can see myself sitting there facing the lake...watching the changing colours of the scenery as the light fades.
Is that your Mum and Dad in picture three of the third set?

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When you walk through woodlands from the Sparth Hotel entrance use the top path that runs close to wilsons playing field, when you get to the carved owl, go left and follow the stream, its half way down on the right. The path will join the top path again in about 15 yards. Hope that helps.

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Looks like Mrs. P. won today.

I have to say your pictures knock the Leeds Liverpool canal into a cocked hat, and yes consider flickr, lovely photos you have to share them.

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http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/f...-61189-11.html

I think this link will take you to panoramics, look at post 156, picture 2, it give a view of the carving from the bottom of the path. the carving is halfway up the bottom path, just visible in this photo.

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Part 1. Today in Pictures ,another wet day, so nothing wonderful.

1. Conifer on the towpath.
2. All Saints Church.
3. A wander around the graveyard.
4. Side door to the church.
5. Vents.
6. Path up to the private bowling green.
7. Monkey Puzzle Tree.
8. Fungus on the activity equipment in the park, possibly Tremella mesenterica.
9. There only foals and horses.
10. When you look around we are knee deep in Orchids.

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Part 2. Today in Pictures, at least it stopped fine.

11. Grass seed head.
12. Horses doing horse things.
13. I cant walk past a droplet

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I went to Manchester today...took the camera, but it properly hissed it down....so I took nothing......was almost 3pm when I got back and my innards were growling because I missed lunch...then the tinlids were in from school...those are my pousy excuses for non participation today.
Dave lovely pictures again...and some of them, (because of the angles from which they were taken) had me foxed for a minute or two. Great shots.....especially the droplet.
You and water go together far better than whisky.

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I managed a dry walk, but only just, hence the droplets, I am on a quest to find the perfect droplet, I cant tell you what it looks like ,but I will know when I see it.

The thread has always been an occasional "Today in Pictures" project, as we all from time to time get sidetracked or to busy to participate, so no explanations required.

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Well, I did go out prepared to take some evidence of my day, but reckoned that the inside of a banking establishment just didn't cut it.
We know we can rely on you for the greenery, the flowers and the wickies. :D

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I think you are quite the H2O specialist Dave -love the droplets -amazing reflections you manage to capture in them every time.

Will try myself to photograph one one day -at the moment there is no surface water around here -it's all evaporated and we have a drought!

Enjoyed the Woodlands photos too -used to walk through there often from school down to my friends house on Woodlands Drive:D

Italy has a lot of beautiful places it's true but you can't beat England's green and pleasant land for me!

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It is them Margaret - we went to have a short break with them 2 years ago.

Try Googling Hotel Gardenia Gargnano - they have a very interesting website -you can read it in English too. It is a lovely Hotel -perfect for a romantic break! The little village has added interest as DHLawrence stayed there while finishing his book Sons and Lovers:)

Also Mussolini lived there between 1943-45 in a place called Villa Feltrini. The hotel was a private house then and was comandeered by him to house some of his ministers.

(I swear i do not work for the Italian tourist board!;))

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I do not know your Dad, but your Mum looks very well.
I will have a look on google later.
And as for working for the Italian Tourist board.....they would do well to employ you.....I'm sure it would whet the appetitie of the tourists, to see your lovely shots.

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just put another droplet on flicker that I didn't post here. I'm sorry you don't have any standing water, we are up to our jacksies here with the stuff.

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Sometime I go out and look for landscape shots, and come back with a camera full of wickthings, and then I will go out for wickthings and come back with waterfalls, it just shows I'm easily distracted or I get lost a lot. Myself I think its both, if only I could remember !

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Dave, just looked at your Flickr pics. I love that one of the droplets on the grass blade, with the hairs underneath. Just one question - doesn't Bob get bored, waiting around for you to take shots like that?

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The droplets are probably off Bob when he shakes to get himself dry as Dave only takes him on wet walks.

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Haha Frank, never thought of that! Poor Bob!

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As I'm not getting out much at the moment, may I be permitted to post some photos of a not so recent Today in pictures? It's also an antidote to all the Italian sun posted by Dianne, if you need one!

Just two years ago, July 2010, we went on a cruise whose destination was the island of Spitsbergen in the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard, about 600 miles from the North pole. One of the places we visited was the mining settlement of Barentsburg (the islands have a lot of coal). This is a Russian settlement as there is an international agreement regarding exploitation of the mineral resources of the islands. The settlement was abandoned financially by the Russian government in the seventies and although recently some finance has been forthcoming the place is still very rundown and poverty stricken, not helped by the fact tht there have been problems in the mines.

It is however a fascinating place to visit, a timewarp and hard to imagine how people exist in such conditions including extreme cold, several months of polar night and little infrastructure. We only had two hours there, much of which was taken up with negotiating the many steps which take you up the steep slopes. It's one of the most interesting places I've been to and we were still back on the ship in time for dinner!

I've posted some photos from this trip before on other threads, not sure if any of these were included. Apologies if so.

1 This is where we are - the ship's GPS readings
2 That could be it
3 The settlement from the ship
4 The power plant
5 View from the other side of the ship
6 Approaching the dock in the tender boat
7 View of the steps from the tender
8 The power plant from the tender
9 It's closing in behind
10 Crane on the docks

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Barentsburg part 2

1 Phew! we've landed - now for those steps!
2 Derelict wooden buildings
3 More of the same - quite pretty though
4 The top of those steps
5 The welcoming doorway of the ex-social club
6 The sports centre, with Olympic pool and palm trees
7 Sign on the hillside - Soviet star and peace on earth
8 Public transport - it does work, we saw it move!
9 The culture centre, with museum and Polar Star shop. Some cracking souvenirs - fur hats, Russian dolls and paintings and poker work by the inhabitants - mainly of polar bears - I bought a small painting and a pokerwork plaque as I wasn't going to see polar bears any other way
My garden gnome on left of picture! He bought a cap with polar bear logo
10 Barentsburg logo - a miner and polar bears with Russian and Norwegian flags

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Barentsburg part 3 - hope you aren't too bored

1 Our ship awaits
2 He's behind you!
3 Ah - they've seen him at last...
4 Lenin with peace symbol behind on the hill
5 In close up
6 Monument to something that happened in 1948 - no translation so can't tell you what it was
7 Small flowers in the grass
8 The tiny Russian orthodox chapel built as a monument to those killed in a plane crash
9 78 parallel cafe bar - not the place to be any more
10 We made friends with these two very talented Rumanian musicians working on the ship - today they were detailed as escorts for this trip - think they want to get back in the warm

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Sorry to bore you again - picture 8 missing from previous post somehow.
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He is used to it now, he just sits down and waits, but will be posting a picture of him in "todays" which sort of tells you his mood, just looking at the stuff others have posted first.

just checked there is only you so far.

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Part 1. Today in Pictures, an experience in moistness.

1. I'm on a search at the moment for the perfect droplet.
2. One nudge and they will all run off.
3. I crept up on this wickthing.
4. I don't think he knew I was there.
5. A wet willow herb flower.
6. I'm piggin fed up, wet, and miles from home.
7. Wet grass seed head.
8. I cant go too long without a snail shot.
9. Its not graffiti, its a bit of stencil work.
10. A wet bridge at Church.

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I know I said I don't like wick things but the Mayfly is quite beautiful...and the wings look like they are made of lace. I wonder if it was resting because of the wet......It can't be easy to try and fly when your wings are waterlogged(unless of course they are water wings)
I think you must have a very steady hand..or a very wet vest(from lying on the ground).

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Part 2. Today in Pictures, I dont think moist covers it !

11. Another wet holiday.
12. Lichens on a fence ( xanthoria parietina ) best guess.
13. Motorway slip road, Burnley direction.
14. The stuff they throw away, there should be a law against it.
15. A moist web.

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I think it was as waterlogged as I was, I am usually on my knees, unless I fall over or down a slope, which I do on a regular basis.

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I would worry about rolling into the canal.......is Bob a rescue dog?

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Great pics Sue....it does look very austere though.....no bronzed bodies, sunbrella's, drinks with a sparkler in them.
I'm sure it was a great experience.

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Lovely set of photos today Dave - the wet adds a certain something. Poor Bob is definitely a wet bob today - ready to row for Eton!

Love the pic of the squirrel in the bin! He's just saved himself £75 according to the sticker.

BTW Margaret that's not a mayfly but a damselfly, see these links.

Talkin Tarn Wildlife - Carlisle City Council
Mayfly | Wild About Gardens

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I do have inflatable underpants, so I am prepared. I have trained bob to use the camera, so if I go in the canal, it should be posted here the same day.

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Oh yes, it is far more colourful than a Mayfly.......I knew it was too small to be a dragonfly. Thank you Sue, I am getting a first class education on the flowers and the bug life.

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Like these? Can't wait for the pics...

Squeak Latex

Think you'd suit the ones with the pink frill...

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Ah, so it's not really you taking all the wickthings and raindrops! No wonder he's your Flickr avatar!

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I always get confused between damsel flies and dragon flies... discovered tonight that dragonflies tend to hold their wings horizontally while mayflies tend to hold them parallel with their bodies. You learn something every day!

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I'm still at the design stage, the tests have only been partially successful. The underpants inflate as they should, but upon inflation they bob to the surface, plunging my head under water, which is not what was in the design brief or briefs.

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you are both very naughty........I laughed a lot at the inflatable latex pants.....but Dave I have to say I laughed even more at the thought of you bobbing(no pun intended) along the canal in a pair of these with a frill on them....and then you conjure up the picture of you head down, and supping canal water because of the design of these inflatable pants.
Maybe you should start work on an inflatable vest.

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I can see it now... Dave as Wallace, Bob as Gromit. Do you like cheese Dave?

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Only Wenslydale.

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I never though of an inflatable vest, I would have to give it some thought as I dont want to look silly

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Dave, better to look daft than bob along the canal in your inflatable under crackers supping the dirty water....you do know that the ducks poo in that water..... don't you?

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this is my today so far ... and its entitled oops!!!! now seeing as i have to go back to the fracture clinic this aft cos of this ... i'll take the camera as was suggested and if they agree and i can ... cos i think its going to be cast no 6!!!! :rolleyes::D:D:D

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and heres some i took over the last few days ...

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Lovely flowers Shillelagh -hope they sort the never-ending series of pots out for you soon! It's hard to be without an arm or a leg!

Dave's droplets are lovely as ever -but the Damsel fly (wouldn't have known the difference with a dragon!) is fabulous. Incredibly delicate and quite beautiful.

Sue's pics of Barentsberg are interesting too - very grey and forbidding -I'm always complaining about the relentless heat and sunshine here bu it makes you think to see where some people live!

Looking forward to more pics later -will see if I have any nice ones to post....Have more on my PC than laptop but i never switch it on these days!

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oh and heres a spot the bee!!!

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Nice bee bum in no 6!

I'm envious - can't grow lilies as there seems to be lily beetle here and in my last garden which just wrecks them - though the beetles are quite pretty! I do have a couple of lilies in a pot which seem to be OK -bought the bulbs from Morrisons a few years ago and they seem to be immune but all others, expensive ones bought on the net, have succumbed.

And foxgloves are one of my all time favourites - but they never come up where I want them, having self seeded in the garden they're always in the wrong place. And if I transplant them they don't like it - grrr! So I put up with them among my veggies cos they're pretty!

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ive just less than a week to go ... but this is probably my own fault ... i got it wet yesterday .. by accident .. and anyway last nite about midnight it started to come away ... so off i go again ... i was hoping i wouldnt have to go back til my appointment .. thing is its sore where the break is ... :(

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As well as fish, dogs, horses, cows, and me as well.

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Nice droplets, there are a lot around at the moment.

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a couple of years ago i got lily beetle in the front garden ... it eat the lilys big time theres a picture on here somewhere ... anyway i bought some stuff bayer garden provado ultimate bug killer ...and the following year my lilies that were attacked grew again .. so that works ..:D the foxgloves appeared from nowhere ..but theyve attracted the bees so ive left them .. well ive pulled one out but left the others ... lol

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How does it get through the inflatable underpants Dave?

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I like foxgloves too....but poppies are my favourites......wild ones and cornflowers.

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Oh yes poppies - I like the taller opium poppies with the big seed heads. They appeared spontaneously in my last three gardens - the seeds can lie dormant for up to 100 years until you disturb the ground. In this garden they didn't come until this year when two plants appeared in the path - which then had to be dug up for the drains. And they hadn't flowered so no seeds - and not sure I've got any old seeds left from my other gardens - though I did save plenty at one time but spread them all over here to no avail. :(

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Foxgloves= Beatrix Potter for me -lovely flowers, make me think of childhood and summer days in England!

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One man and his dog! Trials at Glenridding show - a good workout for this dog:)

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Today I went for a short stroll along the towpath...it was much shorter that I wanted it to be. I went out with one dead battery and one with onlu a sip of power in it......so not many pics.
But......But, I did take some pics of insects...and a humbug coloured snail.
Have a look at these.
Pictures in the style of Davemac.
1) Thistle do...a thistle on the canal bank. Offering a resting place to a visiting insect.
2) thistle reprise. More bugs.
3) A raspberry basking in the sun.
4) Nature's Diamonds...sparkling in the sun.
5) A damselfly having a drink from one of the droplets...I could hear it slurping...no manners, these damselflies.
6) could be mistaken for a humbug - not scared of these...they never move that fast unless being thrown by an angry gardener. I like the colours and the texture of the shell.
7) this plant looked like cow parsley...but was a mauve shade. Sue will be along in a minute to tell me what it is(I hope).
8) thistle with two visitors...see I told you I was getting brave. my courage was screwed up into a tight ball and I had my running shoes on.

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I bet they did, yeh will tell us owt.:D:D:D

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Margaret love the pics especially bugs on thistle in no2. Think insects in last pic are hoverflies.

As for the cow parsley type flower - they are v difficult to tell apart without a good look at the leaves and flower structure. The plant in your pic appears to have spots on the lower stem - could be hemlock! but can't swear to it. Have been trying to find a decent pic on the net of one with a blotchy stem but doesn't appear to be one. Hemlock is often very tall so might not be that but otherwise can't tell you what it might be!

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Well you could have had some pics of the Lancaster canal today... had a hospital appt, finished early, time to kill, sat by the canal in town in bright sunshine and a lovely warm breeze. And I didn't take the camera! :(

Lots of things to photograph - swans and cygnets, a lacy wooden bridge, lots of boats, plants - all in my mind's eye, sorry that's all!

Then a wander through town, lots more things sprang to the eye, of course! have to go again tomorrow - it'll probably be raining! :idunno:

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it does look like water hemlock(or the pics that google has of the plant)......the stem was speckled and although you say Hemlock is a tall plant, this wasn't particularly tall, but then I did take from the position of the canal bank...so my perspective of it was looking down on it...not a good position to judge the height.

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Been to my parents house today after work. There was a little sun; so we let the rabbit out for a run around the garden.....

First. The rather timid Guinea pigs(dunno their names)

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Pics of LadyM
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Love flopsy rabbits - never had one though. And you can't get away from Lady M can you!

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Dont you just love her!

Lady should be renamed malty. Pick her up for a minute and my clothes are covered with hairs hehe. She don't half malt.

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Think you mean moult Rob. As in m(o)ulti purrpuss pussycat.:rolleyes:

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oops

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Not wearing them for that operation, i'm stood on a bridge doing it at passing barges.

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Dave, you've finally rendered me speechless!

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Sue...just wait till you see his swallow dive :D.

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All that talk of scary insects, it was just a bluff until you came up with these, very interesting by the way, my best guess for picture 7 is cow parsnip, related to the giant Hogweed, but it can be a pain identifying these types of plants

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I am aware that what I have written will leave a mental picture that is hard to shift, you must try and put it behind you, as something stranger is just around the corner.



If I am going to do that I have the inflatable pants on. if I get a good run up and a bit of purchase at take off, I can skim the water like a bouncing bomb, is that another mental picture you would not have ?