Very pretty Chris S and Bob Smith.

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The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's

Nice pics Chris , spring's in Suffolk to got daffodils , snowdrops & aconites poking their heads thro here , would post pics but ain't going to open up another acount at another site just to do that , will post a link to em on onedrive in a bit :-)

Link to onedrive file

https://1drv.ms/f/s!AvDWSHYdwJaGgRgvLszpTmqAKxDc

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Life is what you make of it :-)

When i'm good i'm very good , but when i'm bad i'm shi#eloads better ;-) In't I " buttercups " p.m.s.l at authoritie !!;-)

We had snow yesterday. I am awaiting an early Spring so my pool garden will bloom again to look like this. I really like these Star Lilies

OK, got the modified link now. Quite a large back garden, further scope there :-) You have a utility pole as well? Hope they are paying you rent through a Wayleave agreement. Nice views all round.

The back garden ends where the pic of the daffs is , the rest is allotment that no one apart from us uses we just have bonfires on it , but keep it tidy coz of the brambles would take over if we didn't . Look on google earth IP12 1PZ mine's the last house on the left down bottom of the cul de sac and it will become clearer . Google earth is about 10 / 15 years out of date there's ramps here now + the big factory ( Girldlestone pumps ) ain't there now Suffolk Coastal Council have built their new H/Q there now but the village is basicly the same :-) ( the "twin" bases 4/5 miles away )

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Life is what you make of it :-)

When i'm good i'm very good , but when i'm bad i'm shi#eloads better ;-) In't I " buttercups " p.m.s.l at authoritie !!;-)

A few random pictures from the last few days.

I went back to London this week for a check up appointment with the urologist and luckily my PSA is normal for a man of my age!

On the drive back I stopped off in the village of Lyndhurst. Where there were several of the famous "New Forest ponies" about.




Whilst "owned" they have the free range of the forest to graze.

Also on a nearby hill I found one of these



A Trig point

Don't think I have seen one before.

The view from the hill of the surrounding countryside was quite spectacular.




I think my favourite picture of the day was this.



Quintessentially English, church spire horses(well ponies) grazing in fields.

Today I was up on the hill opposite Hurst point on the mainland when the dredger Sand Heron sailed past.



And finally a couple of old signs on the inn wall in Yarmouth.



Like the phone numbers 32 and 20!!

Sadly the railway stations at both Freshwater and Yarmouth are long gone.

Quintessentially English, church spire horses(well ponies) grazing in fields.

Very nice. What's the story about that massive tree inside the stone wall?

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The mind is a weird and mysterious place

Well it seems that the nasty 24F frost did affect the Magnolia tree after all. It only bloomed a week ago, now it's shedding it's petals over the place. Usually lasts a month at least.

That's very pretty, and amazing it was in full bloom like that this early. There's nothing that comes out like that this time of year in my neck of the woods. Nothing like the southern Magnolia we used to have in the front yard, either. Ours had huge white flowers(like something out of Lost in Space), not delicate petals like yours, and big glossy green leaves. It would drop leaves, but stayed pretty much evergreen, as I can remember. I need to find a picture album with it in it. We had a huge holly tree next to it, and between the two, you could barely see the house!

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The mind is a weird and mysterious place

What's the story about that massive tree inside the stone wall?

Well you have spotted a most interesting tree and story.

Lyndhurst is notable in English folklore for being the supposed location of a dragon-slaying. The local tradition is that a dragon had his den at Burley Beacon in Burley. There are several versions of the tale, one being that the creature "flew" every morning to Bisterne, where it would be supplied with milk. To kill the dragon, a valiant knight (usually named Berkeley) built a hide, and with two dogs lay in wait. The creature came as usual one morning for its milk, and when the hut door was opened the dogs attacked it, and while thus engaged the knight took the dragon by surprise, the dogs dying in the affray. The fight raged throughout the forest, with the dragon finally dying outside Lyndhurst, its corpse turning into a great hill (now known as Boltons Bench). Though the knight had defeated the dragon he had been mentally broken by the battle, and after thirty days and thirty nights he went back to Boltons Bench to die alone atop it, his body turning into the yew tree which can still be seen today.

Folklore at it's best.

Enjoying those nice pics
Some more springtime pics please.

Yes, of course it hurts when buds are breaking.
Why else would the springtime falter?
Why would all our ardent longing
bind itself in frozen, bitter pallor?
After all, the bud was covered all the winter.
What new thing is it that bursts and wears?
Yes, of course it hurts when buds are breaking,
hurts for that which grows and that which bars.

I was at Wal-Mart this morning and saw something I was not expecting.

Then I walked over and saw a nesting mound under the goose. This picture was close enough so I could have reached out and touched the goose. There is a food bowl and water container behind the goose.

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Like the phone numbers 32 and 20!!

In days gone by I would expect that if you phoned #32 and the operator knew that everyone was out delivering around the village they would know which phone to ring - who needs mobile phones when there is a good human a bit further along the chain?

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Bob Smith
Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society)
Somewhere in the (un)known Universe?

Canada Geese are very stubborn and very capable to take care of themself.
That's why we now have so many of them in Europe.

Anyway. It's a sign of Springtime when they are flying back home in formation from their "holiday trip".

Is that one of the Canada Geese? They are known for doing rather odd things! Presumably the staff are feeding it? Nor very safe from cats and others though if little ones hatch. Would have thought it would be better off in a sanctuary somewhere.

They are quite aggressive and territorial, a house cat wouldn't stand a chance.

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@Chris
The brick planting box is quite tall. In second picture I am eye level with the goose.

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Nor very safe from cats and others though if little ones hatch. Would have thought it would be better off in a sanctuary somewhere.

Substituting your judgement for the parents? I suspect it knows far more about how to raise goslings that you do. I suspect hawks are a bigger threat than domestic felines.

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I didn't take this picture but a friend did, and she gave me permission to share it with you.
This photo shows two of the greatest Texas icons: the bluebonnets and longhorn cattle.
If the resolution were better, I'd have a large print made for myself, mount it in a nice
frame, and hang it on my wall.



Edit: Incidentally, the yellow flowers that you can see among the bluebonnets are
"bastard cabbage," and are outgrowing the bluebonnets, causing them to disappear.
This particular field of bluebonnets won't last long now that the bastard cabbage has
appeared. :-(
Bastard Cabbage Info

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~Sue~

I think that the original intention of this thread was for people to post pictures that they had taken themselves. Since then some people have got hot under the collar at any of their pictures posted without prior permission. Suzie posted a picture not taken by her but with the photographers permission.

We are all amateurs here, none of us earn a living by retaining copyright or royalties on a picture. If the picture is interesting and non-professional then I would say it fits here.

"Originals" mean those taken by the photographer, and NOT those published on the web by professionals where money is expected to be paid to use them.

I think Mr Castro is being unhelpful.

I also think he is picking nits. Or some nether region which I shall not mention at this juncture.
Thanks to Suzie-Q for the beautiful picture, which IS an original, although she was up front and admitted it was not taken by her personally.
I see no problem, especially as it is her thread in the first place.

MEOW!

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"Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster

You just broke your own rule:

Rules:

Post only original photos taken by you.
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So I take it then, that now it's OK to post pictures taken by others, as long as you say you have permission to do so.

Photographs by Setizens - Originals only - any subject

Yeah well, there went the originality of this thread.

Take a look at who created the group and who posted that photo. While the group was, indeed, created
for photos taken by "you" - the setizen - I am willing to tolerate the occasional (i.e. rare) posting of a
photo taken by your friend or family member and yes, you must have his/her permission. It is,
after all, an original photo (as opposed to something that has been shared a hundred-plus times
online.

That being said,,,

I'm am happy that you are being vigilant.

P.S. Does it make you feel good having challenged me publicly rather than via a private message?
(Which is what I would have done, and have done.)

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~Sue~

I think that the original intention of this thread was for people to post pictures that they had taken themselves. Since then some people have got hot under the collar at any of their pictures posted without prior permission. Suzie posted a picture not taken by her but with the photographers permission.

We are all amateurs here, none of us earn a living by retaining copyright or royalties on a picture. If the picture is interesting and non-professional then I would say it fits here.

"Originals" mean those taken by the photographer, and NOT those published on the web by professionals where money is expected to be paid to use them.

I think Mr Castro is being unhelpful.

Simply being interesting and non-professional is not enough. The photo I posted was taken by a friend
who showed it to me privately. I then asked her if I could share it, with this specific group in mind. If you
occasionally run across an exceptional photo (which I believe her's is) taken by a friend, ask for permission
and, if you get it, post it here, I won't make a fuss. But don't make a habit of it. Rules can be bent, but only on a case-by-case
basis.

In this group's case, "original" was meant to mean taken by the poster/seitzen. It was meant to keep the
group free of dozens of non-original, shared-all-over-the-net photos. I believe my exception fits the
original intent of the group which I created. If a number of you disagree, I'll gladly refrain from posting
and ban this sort of photo. Let's call them "second-person originals." Feel free to take a poll.

Someone once got upset (and rightly so) that he had posted his originals here and someone else shared
them elsewhere without permission. That is very wrong. I don't think anyone ever got upset about
someone posting someone else's photo here in this group. I did confront one poster who posted several
photos that looked very much like shared-all-over-the-net photos. He has not posted since then. I have
no idea if he lurks.

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~Sue~

Lets restore some order, and of course pictures.

One of my biggest problems is storage, in the six months I have been here I have amassed nearly 5,500 pictures taking up 24 GB of hard drive :-)

So I was sorting out the last 7 days crop and thought I would post a few here.

Over the years my dad has fed a variety of birds in the garden, seagulls, pheasants and a pair of ducks.

I hadn't seen the ducks last year at all, then a week or so ago there they were eating the birdseed on the ground. The thing is after feeding they will often just sit on the lawn.



Sometimes they even go to sleep.

We have had several sunny days recently and took a this picture looking from Yarmouth back the way I walk.



Almost tropical, taken from Norton Spit looking west.

Now onto boats. In the absence of any nearby trains, and living a short walk from Yarmouth harbour I have started to watch and photograph the different boats I see.

This was a surprise recently, the STS Lord Nelson (unfortunately not under sail) making it way up the Solent towards Southampton



It is run by the Jubilee Sailing Trust Lord nelson

Occasionally I see a one that makes me smile, this one did.



The name is "Buoys Toy" very apt!!

I also think that the darker hulled ships have a certain look ,that makes them stand out from the multitude of white hulled craft.

The is the rather splendid "Robin of Cowes" (Cowes is the port town further east known for sailing)



And finally, I have been trying to get a picture of this for a while.

A little background, there are two passenger craft that during the summer give trips around the needles from Alum bay.

They moor up each night in Yarmouth Harbour. They are the Yarmouth Rose



and the Ramblin Rose



As you can see quite ordinary . This year however they have added this



The Summer Rose, a fast RIB to no doubt to scare the punters silly ;-)