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rob smith Send message Joined: 7 Mar 03 Posts: 22534 Credit: 416,307,556 RAC: 380 |
Sorry to read about your weather woes - Carlisle on a damp grey day is not an attractive place, and it can change in a matter of minutes from really nice to unspeakable, hang a round for a few hours and it will either be even worse or back to being glorious. Summer in Carlisle will fall on xxth of XXXXXXXXXXX this year (always two days after I visit) Bob Smith Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society) Somewhere in the (un)known Universe? |
Gordon Lowe Send message Joined: 5 Nov 00 Posts: 12094 Credit: 6,317,865 RAC: 0 |
I love that stone wall along the foot path. The mind is a weird and mysterious place |
Richard Haselgrove Send message Joined: 4 Jul 99 Posts: 14679 Credit: 200,643,578 RAC: 874 |
I love that stone wall along the foot path.We've got plenty spare round here if you want one. Buyer collects ;-) |
Bernie Vine Send message Joined: 26 May 99 Posts: 9958 Credit: 103,452,613 RAC: 328 |
I love that stone wall along the foot path. As Richard notes, there are rather a lot of them around this part of the UK. I also quite like them. Here is a closer look at a section. This time of year the walls are useful in keeping lots and lots of these inside. It seems the "northern" air and long walks is tiring me out early so I have not finished sorting my pictures from yesterday yet. So hopefully more later. |
Grant Nelson Send message Joined: 7 May 12 Posts: 8022 Credit: 4,237,757 RAC: 0 |
Looked like that farmer had a tough weekend stacking those. LOL To me that real artwork stacking like that. |
Richard Haselgrove Send message Joined: 4 Jul 99 Posts: 14679 Credit: 200,643,578 RAC: 874 |
More than you ever wanted to know about the history of dry stone walls (and some lovely pictures). |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24912 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
Great link, thanks. One of the reasons why I loved delivering all over the country :-) |
Mike Send message Joined: 17 Feb 01 Posts: 34380 Credit: 79,922,639 RAC: 80 |
I like all those pictures. One reason i love this country. With each crime and every kindness we birth our future. |
Bernie Vine Send message Joined: 26 May 99 Posts: 9958 Credit: 103,452,613 RAC: 328 |
Just to "rub it in" after my post in the weather thread, this is the tree outside my flats viewed from my kitchen window earlier |
Gordon Lowe Send message Joined: 5 Nov 00 Posts: 12094 Credit: 6,317,865 RAC: 0 |
That's very pretty. What type of tree is that? The mind is a weird and mysterious place |
Bernie Vine Send message Joined: 26 May 99 Posts: 9958 Credit: 103,452,613 RAC: 328 |
With the big orange ball still visible in the sky here in April (Apparently today some places in the UK may have the hottest April day for 70 years) I deicded to go and have a sit in the park. This is called the Queens Gardens and it right in the middle of Croydon. It is well below street level as can be see by the busses on the left. The wall below the busses it what is left of the cutting wall of the rail line to Central Croydon railway station What is strange is blue skies temperatures in the 70's and no leaves on the trees, only buds!! I had been sitting there a while trying to get a good picture of a magpie, when I was aware I was being watched. Now this is not a park I have ever fed squirrels in but they must be used to being fed. As I always carry a few nuts in my bag(doesn't everyone?) He/she was quite happy to accept several walnuts. I now remember seeing the bus drivers(it is a bus stand) putting peanuts on top of of the wall. It is such a small park right in the center of Croydon I was surprised to see squirrels there. That's very pretty. What type of tree is that? Gordon I know next to nothing about trees, my best offering is "A white one" :-) |
Gordon Lowe Send message Joined: 5 Nov 00 Posts: 12094 Credit: 6,317,865 RAC: 0 |
That is one spoiled squirrel! The mind is a weird and mysterious place |
Gordon Lowe Send message Joined: 5 Nov 00 Posts: 12094 Credit: 6,317,865 RAC: 0 |
On a whim this afternoon, I decided to drive down the road an hour to the capital of Kentucky. My hometown, Louisville, is the largest city in the state, but the capital is in a very quaint small town called Frankfort: This was a neat little bookstore I browsed in along my walk through Frankfort: The mind is a weird and mysterious place |
Suzie-Q Send message Joined: 9 Mar 07 Posts: 3351 Credit: 4,746,812 RAC: 1 |
I was going to say that I don't know what this is, but I decided to finally look it up and found that it is a Ligustrum sinense, Chinese privet. It smells great and the bees love it. It's in my back yard. I like to say that the birds planted this for me because it came about by birds on the branches above pooping out undigested seeds. As I understand it, many plants come about this way. (Of course that is an assumption, but it is an educated assumption.) You can see Buddy, my 14-year-old chihuahua, in one of these pix. I'm not sure which one. And yes, that is a chicken coop. I have two Rhode Island Reds. Long story. Here's one with a bee. And this is an avocado plant I'm attempting to grow from a seed. I used to do this a lot. If this does well, I plan to transfer it outside. I doubt it will produce any avocados, but so what! First I have to keep it from the cats who would, no doubt, like to chew off the top. It has happened before. :-( ~Sue~ |
Gordon Lowe Send message Joined: 5 Nov 00 Posts: 12094 Credit: 6,317,865 RAC: 0 |
You have a pretty backyard, Sue. The mind is a weird and mysterious place |
Suzie-Q Send message Joined: 9 Mar 07 Posts: 3351 Credit: 4,746,812 RAC: 1 |
You have a pretty backyard, Sue. Thank you. Going by those few photos, one might think so. But it really isn't very pretty. I have almost no grass - mostly just dirt. I have a dilapidated shed that desperately needs to be replaced, and I have a deck that also needs to be replaced. When it rains it gets so flooded that I can't use it for several days. But it's mine and I and the animals like it! (I can't spread grass seed because the chickens would eat it up, and since most commercial grass seed is treated with some sort of enhancing agent, it would be dangerous, as well. I'd like to try to put down some live grass sod, but that gets very expensive. Maybe a little at a time.) Thanks again. ~Sue~ |
Sir Rodney Ffing Send message Joined: 17 Oct 15 Posts: 92 Credit: 209,637 RAC: 0 |
Gordon I know next to nothing about trees, my best offering is "A white one" :-)A thought not too distant from one's own ;-) Sans qualifiers for leaf shape and arrangement, one's beloved favours ornamental cherry over whitebeam and/or other candidates, yet hastened to add that she is no authority on the subject. This links to a searchable map:- London's Street Trees and might be if your council responded to the data request. Lovely pictures from all contributors. |
Gordon Lowe Send message Joined: 5 Nov 00 Posts: 12094 Credit: 6,317,865 RAC: 0 |
Very nice map! Thank you. Two observations: For those of you in England, are your Ash trees doing ok? There's a bad insect killing them in the U.S. The other thing I'm wondering about is why there are no Ginkgo trees on that map. The Ginkgo is an especially good choice for urban areas, and it's a very elegant tree. The mind is a weird and mysterious place |
rob smith Send message Joined: 7 Mar 03 Posts: 22534 Credit: 416,307,556 RAC: 380 |
One advantage of getting up at obscene o'clock on a Monday morning: Bob Smith Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society) Somewhere in the (un)known Universe? |
Gordon Lowe Send message Joined: 5 Nov 00 Posts: 12094 Credit: 6,317,865 RAC: 0 |
Nice sunsets and sunrises. :~) The mind is a weird and mysterious place |
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