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I think "A deluge of Daffs", might have been a good title to go with. :)

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We had a visit this morning from this little Furry ratbag, after grubbing around in the flower beds for his "stash", he then scuttled up the apple tree to scoff his goodies, when that was gone it was off to the feeding station for a bit of "Self service". :)

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Aww.......I want one like thast in my back yard.
Not much chance of that, though Ma has an abundance of the grey ones coming to her backyard for a feast.

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I haven't been to Southport for weeks and weeks(sorry Gordon)......but today seeing as it was fine this morning I was roused from my bed and told to 'Stir my stumps'.
Only a few pics taken. Here they are.
1-3 A wooden horse Sculpture outside the Bold Boutique Hotel.
don't know if this is made of driftwood. It is very similar(though smaller) to one at The Eden Project in cornwall
4) enjoying spring sunshine by the boating lake(it was not as warm as it looked)
5) A swan that had just chased two mallard ducks from its territory.
6) a family enjoying a leisurely boat ride...though at least one member looks bored to tears.

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Ah Sunday, time for a spot of D.I.Y, as the Summer is creeping up on us a new BBQ was required .....

The Furry Ratbag was back again this morning for his Brunch - The New BBQ, this is what was bought = This is what I got = Just over 2 hours later .... TADAH! Best design feature ever, a built in bottle opener :D

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Looks like a well built BBQ. I'm curious about the use of the word "Ottawa" in photo 3 - the name of Canada's capital city. The squirrels you have are adorable - I love the tufts on their ears :)

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Today was a day of firsts: first cleaning of the car, first top down ride, first sighting of turtles on the ponds (for sure this time) first sitting on the patio, first BBQ. Yay! :)

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To be honest I've no idea as to the name, they've a whole range of grills with similar names relating to Canada & North American, I suppose it's an image thing, makes the "Deutschers" feel like they're living the "American-Canadian" dream. :)

As to "Tuffty", aye he's a proper little charmer.

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A few more birds from the kitchen window (except the magpie) while waiting for my DIY plastering to go off.

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Brilliant shots.

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yesterday went for a wander round avenham park on my way back to the train station ... knew I shouldn't have ... got held up in Blackburn station for 25mins ....

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Really lovely shots :)

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Snap!

I was there the same day .

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Blue Tit was back this morning for some brekkie, until the flying rat came along.

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After reading Margaret's recent blog entry in which she told the story of her mother adopting a new doggie friend, I thought I'd share a photo of my mum with her pup Lexi. Our furry friends give us so much joy, and we do our best to give them the best life we can.

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Awwwww, she is beautiful.
Your mum looks very happy too.

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these are mine from yesterday.
Ma asked me to make cards for the family who gave up their much loved pet(never an easy thing to do, whatever the circumstances)....one from Roxy and one from Ma...so this is what I did.
I also composed the verse inside the card from Roxy(now look away guys, this might just be a bit too schmaltzy for you to stomach....but I know it will mean a lot to the family).
Also a picture of Roxy...now renamed Princess Roxy of Riley Villa(tongue in cheek)
Last but not least is Ma and Roxy.......looking very pleased with herself

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What a lovely idea to send (and make) the cards! Princess Roxy is a doll, and your Mum is too :)

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Ma is looking well on there.

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Thank you Carolyn and Frank.....though she thinks she looks like the witch of Endor.
I will tell her of your compliments. I might even show her if I can latch onto a wireless signal tomorrow.

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Not really a photographic outing as emulsion paint was calling me back home, but I had to at least to get a snap or two down the Woodlands now a bit of colour is about.

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Ah, the first bluebells! I'm in heaven. Even the dandelion clock is beautiful.

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Very lucky today, got very close to Red Kites and a Kestrel.

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Some lovely shots there.

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Thanks Margaret.


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An earlier visit to Spring Wood (Wednesday) showed the Bluebells flowering at full blast, if the weather keeps warm they will be passed their best soon so if you had a visit in mind go soon.

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Today was just a gentle walk around Mercer Park, I had been down a few times to snap the cherries but until today they showed no colour.

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A varied selection today finishing with a study of Max

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Frank, some lovely shots. Max is almost talking to us in the ones of him....but number ( takes the biscuit for me. Love it.

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I walked through the park on Thursday(to vote) and I have to say that the display of blossom was nowhere near as good as your pics...mind you I was rather pre-occupied....wiping bird bob off my dark brown jacket(it didn't work - it had to be washed).

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I've been down a couple of time myself thinking they would be out and been disappointed, the bird poo was a bit unfortunate, I didn't think it was allowed today with health and safety legislation.

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He has some great facial expressions. If you talk quietly to him his head moves from side to side. He is starting to go grey now.

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It might have been cosmic karma for what I wrote on my voting slip.....something about a shower of Fisons.:)

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Ma's new little dog Roxy does something similar.....but she also races round the living room like a hoon from time to time.
She might be a princess, but she is not in the least refined.

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Ribble Way Today

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Took a walk down to the Dunk this evening then back along the canal..

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Beautiful.

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Max looks wonderful :)

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I really like number five :)

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All great - number 7 especially:)

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Spring is here in southern Ontario, but tenuously so. It's still quite cold at night (minus 3 this morning), but the days are sunny and almost warm :)
This native plant has arrived again - my friends say it is 'Mayapple'. All I know is it seems like an old friend: pops up every year and brings a smile.

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Mayapple closeup

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Weather conditions pretty poor this morning, but a pair of phenominally loud f15`s flying overhead more than made up for it. Only got a pic of one of them though.

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Today was a mooch around Hameldon Woods, the Bluebells are not as good as they used to be due to scrambler bikes using it as part of a route.

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Still beautiful....and I can imagine the scent of them too.
When we were little we used to pick bluebells....But Ma would never allow them in the house. They had to sit in the milk bottle or jam jar on the window bottom outside.....and they never lasted more than a day or so.
Much better left to grow.

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A couple from yesterday, the rest from today.

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Where were you at for those photies GP24? I like Military aircraft, but getting anywhere near an airfield usually brings 20 questions from plod or some kind of armed response team! :D

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Raf coningsby, a few good viewing spots and a long line of fence you can see through.


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Weather Scorchio 25°/26°C all week (while grafting) the week-end comes, sun,showers & cloudy 14°C ...... there's no justice in this World! :D Still, didn't stop us nipping across to Hengelo Market (NL) for the day though.

For some reason or other they've got a thing about bears (x3) - Fruit, sweeties, cakes & an owd Baggage scoffing cake! :) - Didn't fancy enquiring to deeply - Hengelo

And to finish off, some Furries (3 different ones I believe judging by their colouring) that have been visiting us of late to grapple me nuts ..... :eek: that we put out for them.

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Love number two...how crisp are those craters?(proper envious I am!)
Did you use a tripod to get such a clear shot?

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Thanks Margaret, no tripod just resting on the loft window. Tried to get jupiter as well but couldn`t keep it steady enough. I do have a tripod but it was in the car and couldn`t be bothered going to get it.

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well, whatever you did, it is a grand shot

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I have just been outside to bring my washing in and I noticed that the moon was up....so I tried to get a shot. Nowhere near as defined as yours...maybe this is because it is still relatively light...but here is my poor offering.
I used a monopod to steady the camera.

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Nowt wrong with them for time of night.

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Thank you:)

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Not been taking many photos lately, I haven't all that much up to anything since my septoplasty operation. So anyway. Here is some photos of my new gaming pc instead :D

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Don't encourage her; she'll just keep on mooning us.;)

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My goodness Rob....that looks like a serious bit of kit.

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I can go with that, but I still don't understand how the damn things work! :D

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Weather pretty much the same today, we took our chances & did the Ijsselmeer touristy thing.

Consolidated Catalina PBY-5A, still flying & doing round the bay passenger flights from Lelystadt aerodrome/museum - Enkhuizen (x3) Westerstraat, the "Drommedaris", inside 't kleine cafe, not changed in about 28 years except the barmaid, oh for my wasted youth & a life on the ocean waves! - Then it was over to Edam (x2) Voorhaven, looking up Hoogstraat - Finally at Volendam (x4) A Dutch fishwife, tomorrow being a bank holiday all the young things were partying, Ooh another fishwife & a mongster (you decide :D), think the founder may have been a Beatles fan? :)

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A walk through Castle Clough, a pleasant day and I stayed longer than intended.

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Me neither, but you can tell it's complicated just looking at it.....it would frighten me...it looks far smarter than I am!

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A few from Sunday

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Today was a mooch between St Mary's Burial Ground and Millennium Baby Woodland

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To start off the day

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Today was a dappled shade day, I found a carpet of blue.

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A few fro today

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looks lovely Frank(if a bit hilly). There are even some wet bits for Davemac :)

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Today was a bit of a short duration mooch, Lower Barnes Street C-L-M.

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I had to go to the accy pals centre the other day .. so platts lodge .. escapee from the lodge .. and then decided it was better to be near the lodge, the babies on platts lodge, and then walked up to oakhill park for the bluebells that ive been seeing every time coming past on the bus ... :D

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I walked along that path yesterday Jen...been to see Ma and walked into town by that route.(would be just after 11 am). Would have been nice to see you.

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it was Monday when I was around platts lodge Margaret .. and didn't get out of accy pals till about 1pm so I would have missed you anyway .. but it would have been nice to see you .. we could have had a natter ..:D

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"Glory be to God for dappled things.";)

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Come to think of it, for those who have googled the line in order to discover who wrote it, G. M. Hopkins spent time at Stonyhurst College; so, he does have a Lancashire background. Unfortunately, he didn't have a camera ... not even a Brownie;)

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A Couple from a walk in Lytham, the rest walking the dogs when I got back.

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A few from our stroll today Nos 1 and 3 I have played around with as you can see in Nos 2 and 4

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Down to the river today, Memorial Park to the River Calder, and looking straight at Pendle Hill all the way down.

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A walk down to Dean Clough, it threatened rain, but never happened.

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It was a rather moist outing today to Foxhill Bank.

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Ive once again been a guest at the British Legion Hotel in Southport, fantastic hotel and staff all free with trips out to Liverpool cathedral one day and Chester another.
I drove home via Formby to see the red squirrels which are far to quick to get a decent photo and Crosby to see the Antony Gormley iron men statues.

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Love the shots of the Cathedral.
One day I will get to see it in the stone(rather tham flesh).

When I visit the great cathedrals I am in awe of the men who worked on them(even though this Cathedral is modern by Cathedral standards)...knowing that they would never see the finished building, but having the faith that it would be majestic, beautiful and inspire folk like me with awe.
All this wonderful work was done by the hands of men, to the glory of their maker...and religious or not, you have to give them respect for that.

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I agree Margaret. I like taking photographs of the features inside.
The red stone is the Liverpool and lighter stone the Chester cathedral.

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Thank you for letting me visit both of them through your pictures Russell.
I love your other pictures too, but architecture does it for me...especially Church architecture.

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I'll post some more photographs tomorrow then Margaret.
The camera is 'full frame' and files too large for posting here so I will resize them tomorrow.

We spent almost two hours in each cathedral, one Monday and one Friday.
I just sat down taking in all the architecture and thinking about the men who worked there and the skills involved, how they raised the large stones and made the arched roof without supports.

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Yes.....I do much the same.....and I am struck by their craftsmanship.....and the fact that they did it without any heavy machinery.
I wish the stones could talk.What stories they would no doubt tell.

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As promised Margaret. First five inside Liverpool and second five Chester Cathedral.
Down sized a lot so they are not the best but still decent. I think.

If this has appeared twice I apologise. I posted it this morning but cant find it now.

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A hawk from a dismal RAF Leeming yesterday and a scraggy Blue Tit from the back garden.

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This week the weather is a sunny hot and humid 30 degrees - quite a change from the snow flakes flying around two weeks ago! We took full advantage and drove to a conservation area for a picnic. We had it all to ourselves - just the way I like it. There was a nice breeze to keep the bugs away.

Then while I was in the basement at the Pottery Guild, a couple of toads peered through the window - they'd fallen down the window well and couldn't get out. Of course I had to rescue them and they went on their merry way :)

Finally, I had to sneak one in of Miss Pris sniffing out a container of home made BBQd burgers (I gave her a bit and she didn't like it after all!)

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A couple for D i G taken through the upstairs window of the Maritime museum.

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On these hot mornings we like to take our breakfast to a nice breezy spot, and around here the best place for that is the Glen Williams graveyard on a hill overlooking the valley. It's not very old by English standards, being founded in 1833. The inmates are very quiet, leaving us to enjoy our Eccles cake and Tim Horton's beverages in peace.

Today, coming home I had a surprise: a snapping turtle had come up from the ponds, on the march looking for a nesting ground, and being closely inspected by a local cat. Fearing for both their safety (those turtles pack a mean bite!) I shovelled said turtle into a bucket and put it where I thought it might prefer to lay its eggs. The cat stalked off in disgust. After about an hour, that silly beast had resumed its climb up the roadway - the turtle, not the cat :)

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Today it was the first day of the1940's weekend at Ramsbottom.
We were there farily early.....before it got going.....but by lunch time the place was bumping.
I took over 200 pictures.......so it has been hard trying to choose just ten for today.
1) Not the Andrews sisters.
2) Kiss him Goodbye.
3) A vintage Rover with the Viking mascot. Thought the boys on here might just like this one.
4) A 1939 Royal enfield motorbike...the owner said it is a rare model and he did tell me what it was......but I was mesmerised by his moustache and have forgotten what he sadi.
5)You aren't listening to me are you? I am not sure that is what they are saying, but that is my spin.
6) Gladys and Gertie.....Ladies who 'do'
7) We'll meet again.......Vera type songs on the station platform.
8) the Frenchman left his bike.
9) a very young looking airman and a boy scout.
10) another for the lads.......can't beat a steam train...the smell of hot metal, coal burning.......very masculine.

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I'm going tomorrow Margaret.
Parking at Rawtenstall and station hopping.
I've been a few times but lost the file with the photos. I'll be there snapping away tomorrow.
I'm down to my last two complimentary tickets.
We used to get lots when June was training the puppy guide dogs.
I had ten left when she passed away.

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Russell, I hope it is a lovely day for you.
I thoroughly enjoyed myself......and wanted to stay longer, but old grumble guts was getting a bit restless......and he said he had a square bum from sitting down.
I left him to sit while I ran about like a dog at a fair.

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I usually enjoy the day there MARGARET but don't dress up.
I had a laugh last year when I asked three ladies if I could take their photos because they were very well dressed in 40's style.
They turned round with their backs to me bent forward and lifted their skirts to reveal long bloomers and seamed stockings.
Very tastefully done of course.

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I think that would have made a brilliant picture.
I will be going through mine today and resizing them so that they load easily.

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I put a selection of pictures on my Flickr page and within a short space of time it had reached 775 views......this might not be a lot for some Flickr posters, but it beats anything I have had for my pictures.
It just shows how popular this kind of event is.
The shops and cafes benefit from the extra trade it brings to the place too.

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Some more from yesterday.
1940's weekend in Ramsbottom.
1) that'll scare the wind out of the baby!
2) A briefing(or maybe they are discussing racing odds) Monochrome for effect.
3) Never miss a chance to lie down in the sun.
4) overpaid, oversexed and Over Here...well isn't that what they said about the GI's(some of these look like school uniform would be more appropriate.
5) Vintage cars. It is really sad that i am able to say i remember these bein a coomon sight on the roads.
6) taking five.
7) Have you got your gas mask dear?
8) Swanking in whites
9) I salute you.
10) Winner,winner, chicken dinner...alas not southern fried...English roast!

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Wadey is off to Ramsbottom today so maybe there will be some good shots from him.

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To see more of my pictures...look here.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/165065...posted-public/

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Fantastic Pics there Margaret