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I have no idea what it is, is it a rare sight ?

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What kind of bird is this? It looks like one of our Southern Ontario Nuthatches.

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Spring has surely sprung in our part of the world. Glorious, isn't it?!

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Did you get a chance to see the big steam engine running, It's named Peace.
I made the big crank bolts for it during a refit in 1961.

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It's a Nuthatch

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Indeed it is ... and we damn well deserve it.:D

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Heck yeah!

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Regret my lack of courage - HELL yeah! LOL

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Such a glorious day here in Southern Ontario. We've suffered long and hard. But today it really felt like Spring! The last time I tried to upload photos from my iPad, I lived to regret it. All photos came out rotated wrongly somehow. But heck (Hell even!) today I feel like trying it again. So here goes...

A walk around the park (trying to exercise more)
Maple leaves just starting to burst forth.
A bowl I made fresh from the kiln
A big nest for a big bird...
I wish there were more prosperous farms like this.
A Spring time drive with the top down
An exuberant Turtle

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Other photos didn't make it ... Trying again Sigh...

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Ok, so it seems I have to upload one at once.

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Big nest...

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A big bowl I made ... A young lad in the studio hung back hoping he would see me throw one of these. I was heading out of the door, but rather than disappoint him I buckled down and made one for him to see how it was done. It made it through to survive firing, and here it is :)

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These prosperous farms are fast disappearing from populated areas. It does my soul good to see them.

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They ran the engine several times and demonstrated some of the looms and other machinery.

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A few birds from on my way home from work.

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this mornings sunrise ... im now thinking it might be time for bed!!!!:D

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And here was me thinking that you were up early this morning

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I'm not sure if this should go here, or not.
I am so fed up of listening to political guff(and it winds me up no end) I looked for something tranquil....this is what I found.
Please watch it and enjoy the scenery. What I wouldn't give to be able to take film like this!
A Stunning Short Film Featuring Incredibly Serene Footage of Antarctica

The music is very soothing too.

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Film and music to relax and unwind to.
Lovely, Margaret.

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I had a little walk through sunnyhurst woods in Darwen today,I wish I'd taken my camera but the visit was spare of the moment.
Anyhow,here are a few I took with my IPhone,I'll have to upload them separate as Mrs E has stole the ruddy laptop again :rolleyes:

The ye olde English house.

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Lovely little waterfall and bridge.

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The old bandstand (not as grand as ours :D at oak hill).

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Reservoir with Darwen tower in the background.

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They've filled my wife's bedroom window in!
Looks like there's an inscription on it.
Probably reads 'Gordon Booth's wife slept here'.

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I really enjoyed that! That you Margaret - a bit of peace and serenity in my day :)

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I really needed some sanctuary from all the political hooha.
I had just about had enough.....my blood pressure must've been off the scale...this film ironed out my knotted psyche.

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Only having a small window today it was Gatty Park and Pink Pink Pink, all cherry blossom except one that is Crab Apple (the purple one)

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I LIKE pink.....and the pictures are lovely.

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It matched my frock.

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Well Dave, I wasn't going to mention that. I bet you looked very fetching, but you could have chosen some elegant footwear....Boots don't really go with pink organdie...well unless your name is Eddie Izzard!

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Agreed Margaret - great photo, pretty sure it's the one my Aunt meant so you got her vote too GPick!

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I couldn't resist taking this photo today. Both lorries are actual size and work for a living. The little one is still out delivering coal daily.
When we were younger I thought the Bedford was a big lorry, not now.

Then this Merc, one of only six in the world.
and a little open top motor I would love.

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Been away for a couple of nights, went to Snowdonia (and Anglesey on the way home), the mrs even made it up Snowdon but the weather was rubbish for photos at the top. We did see some nice animals though, the big black pussycat didn`t look too friendly so we kept our distance...:D

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An evening stroll

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A feast for the eyes again.
I like the misty pics of Snowdon and the railway line disappearing into the mist.
I have set off up Snowdon and it has been a beautiful day at the bottom, but by the time I have reached the top it has been shrouded in mist.

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love the critters and great shots of the scenery :)

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Thanks, which way did you go up, i`ve been twice now, Ranger path last time and Llanberis path this time. The Mrs wants to go again when shes recovered and when the weather forecast is a bit better.
Thanks, just in case you hadn`t guessed, the animals were from Chester Zoo, I`m not a big fan of zoos but the Mrs wanted to go.

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Is the safari part of the zoo open now? They were just building it the last time we went.

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I didn`t see a safari section, they are building an islands bit, but it`s not finished yet.

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Went up on the train...my climbing days are long gone.
I think the climb up there would take me far too long these days...in my head I can do it....but my body has different ideas altogether.

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The original plan was for the mrs to go up on the train and walk back down with me (with me walking via Crib Goch:eek: if the weather was good, i`ll do it some day), but she`d told people at work she was going up Snowdon and they assumed she was walking so she felt she had to walk it. She struggled towards the end and is still very achy, but glad she did it.

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I would need two paramedics and oxygen by the time I got to the top.......I have walked it once, but when I was young and in my prime and on that occasion we went up from the Llanberis side.......again, it was very nice and sunny at the bottom, but misty and wet at the top.

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Assorted squirrels with peanuts ... and what made the critters leave: my friend Toby whom my neighbor took in after the winter of '13-'14. She eventually came and got him, threatening to rip off his tail, cut off his ears with blunt, rusty scissors, burn off his whiskers, and nail his feet to the floor.:D She doesn't like it when he escapes, and would rather have him home where she can spoil the crap out of him.;)

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A few more from Chester Zoo.

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Really like no. 4.

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It is 42 years since I was last at Chester Zoo.......we took Nicola when she was about 5 years old.

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Yes Eric...that critter reminds me of somebody :D

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Otters are lovely, this one was led on it`s back for ages with its eyes closed throwing the stone from one paw to the other.

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I bet it was a lot cheaper then, at £18 each I won`t be going back again any time soon.

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I think it was something like ten bob.....but don't quote me.
It was a very illuminating experience, there were a couple of apes procreating and Nicola asked very loudly what they were doing:eek:

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Whilst out detecting on a well known local hill,I came across a bird that kept circling me making a loud eagle like noise....i assumed its nest was near by so i quickly snapped a few shots and left the area.

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Green karma for the first person to ID it (correctly) as i don't have the foggiest. ;)

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If you were up Pendle, then a good chance it`s a Peregrine Falcon (fastest animal in the world), can`t tell for definite from the pics though as they are a bit small.
The RSPB: Peregrine

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anyone who can tell you what that is from those pictures deserves a good dollop of Karma.........not that I could have done any better mind.

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tedster walking down bash lines .. its turning green ... :D and another butterfly for you mrs p

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Thank you Jen.
Ma's Magnolia tree is in bloom at the moment so there have been a few butterflies (and great stonking bees) in her back yard.
I do like to see them though.....but I only spot the red admirals and the cabbage whites...nothing more exotic than that.

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the one that is in the picture in the middle of the nettles it had a partner .. and they were flying around and I did try to get a picture of them together but they were flying too fast and I had a stubborn dog that wanted to go home .. I did get one which you can just about see them .. but a bit blurry .. i'll put it up after midnite ..

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the flying butterflies ..see if you can find them? :D

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After a little research on the habitat,calls and flying acrobatics of the peregrine falcon (a amazing creature), I believe your correct g...Nice one ;)....


.....a dollop of green is coming your way :)

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Yes, they are on the other side of the brick wall.

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If they are cabbage whites, then I think they are toward the bottom left hand corner......if that isn't them...I can't see them at all...Mind you my eye test is overdue by two years :D

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well done mrs p ... one either side of the branch sticking up ...

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HELP I am being held prisoner, and cant play out until the conservatory has been washed down, the shelving has been sorted and the junk room is de-junked, however I did manage an outing on Saturday to Shoe Mill, so here are the results for then. (I did manage an hour out today but that will have to be another days postings).

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Great shots D,I always wondered,is pic#3 of a support for the old railway (viaduct) or is it a shaft for a mine?
Loving the wild garlic that's in full bloom at the moment....yum yum ;)

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Number three is the base of a tall chimney that used to stand here, it was a very busy area in its time. The area was covered in factories and the bits of walls that remain around the area only give a glimpse of the past, just over that bridge to the right was the opening to the mine shaft that was also here, not a proper mine with pit head gear, it was a hole in the ground with ladders down to the bottom of the shaft, but never the less men did hack away underground to bring coal to the surface.
Number one is also the location of the signal box that was here, you can see a brick wall off to the right, I am guessing this was the rear wall to the building.
The attached pictures shows the chimney in question and the signal box, also what was called five arches.

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One of my favorite play areas

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aah....the five Arches. I have spent many a long hour playing in that area.....getting wet, getting muddy, tearing clothes(and later getting a slap for being irresponsible - it didn't matter if we ripped skin...it would mend itself, but clothes needed a needle and thread)....so I remember this place fondly.
I should visit again to see if I can still recognise the place.

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It still is one of mine.

The feeling I got after not visiting for years was the size of it, with the demolition of the bridge, at least to me, it had become very small.
If you do visit there is a clean walk from your mothers, past the "old lodges" left over the bridge and then left up Woodnook Vale which is the old railway line.

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Yes Dave, I have contemplated taking that clean route many a time, but there has always been something crop up to stop me...but one day...one day!

I think it must be something about the size of things being relative to our own size when we were children.
I remember thinking that Bullough park was huge, but going back now it seems tiny......strangely though the hill to get to it seems to be getting steeper...has someone got it on a ratchet?

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Guess were we've been this afternoon?
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Coppice?

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10/10 and a gold star for you

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A varied selection from the last week. I had to dash across to Tenerife last Wednesday, going through Madrid airport on the way, as my Dad had a very serious fall. He is luckily on the mend now and I did remember to pack my camera.

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Glad to know that your Dad is getting better

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Hope your Dad makes a steady recovery Dianne...lovely pics too.

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Number 5 for me, you can feel the waxy leaves, glad things are improving.

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I climbed out of the back window yesterday and did a disappearing act, I got sent to my room on my return. So where did I go, Hameldon Woods, the Bluebells are at full pelt at the moment, the only disappointing thing, scramble bikes have, and still are as far as I know driving through the blooms and ripping up large drifts. Anyway I found enough to photograph, so as you would expect when you go down the woods to photograph the Bluebells, there are Bluebells and lots of the woods, with just a moistening of a wet bit.

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It is good you managed to escape Dave.......think I saw your good lady buying a pair of handcuffs and a length of strong ,so better watch out...either you are in for some bedroom fun or she has the measure of your escape tactics and is going to put a stop to your meanderings.
(I'm kind of hoping it will be the 50 shades of grey stuff....not the lock him up and throw away the key :D)

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I have been experimenting with ideas for my cardmaking and because I have been asked to do some wedding cards recently I took these pictures. i have to say the idea wasn't all mine...I saw something like it, but thought I would do my own thing in a similar vein.
I know it isn't green fields, rushing streams or waves crashing on the shore, but for now..... this is all I have.

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and here are two more of my creations.

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mine from yesterday ... and another butterfly for mrs p .. :D and the tedster cooling his paws .. haslingden and sherfin today .. a change from bash lines

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just a reminder for a few members that cant count its 10 photos per day not 11
will let it go this time but will delete in future http://www.tiptopglobe.com/skin/smile/s9900.gif

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Lovely pics Jen......and I managed to get two butterflies in my pics too :).

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I can count, its just my memory that I can't count on, I had forgot I had inserted a picture in a reply earlier, so nothing deliberate.

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I like that Margaret, the heart shapes shadows made it for me.

Who's a clever girl?

It's your day in pictures whatever you do.

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Thank you Russell...yes the heart shapes were what I aimed for...wasn't sure I would get the lighting right, but I think they look lovely......an imaginative picture for a wedding card or even an anniversary.
Not really clever though. I needed the prod of someone else's idea first, to make me do something which is similar(though not exactly the same).
I am pleased with the outcome though.

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Today in Pictures, an excursion down to the river.

1.Pendle Hill is ever present on the way down.
2. There are lots of lambs about, although they are larger than my last visit down here.
3. Looking in the direction of "The Nab".
4. The breaks in the clouds are making patches of sun rake over the landscape.
5.Arrival at the wet bit.
6. If it's not wet you are not doing it right.
7. Cock Bridge, and some very big boulders.
8. Passing time stacking stones on the hull of my upturned canoe.
9. There must be some water pressure to move these boulders about.
10. Heading back up the hill, and looking at the rolling green bits.

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Dave, I see that your gusset 'wet magnet' has been restored to you.
Lovely pictures.....as always.

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Thanks. Now that the weather has improved, and the risk of frostbite has passed I am once again dipping it in the wet bits.

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Only keen to risk 'trench gusset' eh......light weight :D

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Lovely Cards Margaret

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ThanQ US Angel. I appreciate your kind comments.

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Today was a day I had to tie on my flat cap, the wind came whistling down the plains. Dean Clough on a day of clouds and patchy sun.

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Taken on my phone while walking the dogs (new software - has a better macro mode)

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After my jaunt of road over the moors of Walsden I had a look around the village school and church I attended.

No 1. The Eastern moor taken from the west on top of Summit tunnel. Over the hill is Blackstone Edge, from Littleborough to Sowerby Bridge.
No 2. Making my way back down.
No 3. Cricket field through the chimneys.
No 4. Gordon Rigg garden and tat centre.
N0.5 St Peters Church school, now converted in to five luxury appartments which were lucky to get shown around by a resident. £250K each. My day paid £200 for our house across to way in 1939.
No 6. Church spire from behind the school.
No 7. Silly shot from graveyard, school chimneys.
No 8. Chimneys of old vicarage, now a very posh private residence.
No 9. View from old school playground.. There wasn't even a fence when I went there. We would loose a ball in the canal and stand by the side throwing stones to get it back, and not a child was harmed.
No 10. Coming down from the moor we passed Bobby Ball's old place. It used to be a run down farmhouse.

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I like number 7. It isn't a silly shot at all.
In fact next year for the Lancashire photo comp...if you enter that one you might just win :D

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Today becomes last Friday evening, as we visited Spring Wood, Whalley. It was a specific visit to view the Bluebells, but I couldn't help but notice that this year the Wild Garlic has the dominant position and appears to have spread into Bluebell regions and overpowered them in places.

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Made a flying visit to Accrington on Saturday and was blessed with sunshine so had a quick walk around the centre.

Does anyone know why opening the new Lidl store has been delayed?

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I am still a day behind, yesterday at Jackhouse Reservoir, it was windy, and threatening rain.

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A great panoramic view in #1! I really like the stacked river stones too :)