Picture(s) of the day....

[Rp0thejester]

terrible photo but I took the photo yesterday at work, forgot to post it. The sign reads 'Wildflower Area'

[Hell Razor5543]

Lots of activity in my house today installing a new boiler and upgrading a couple of rads

I hope the Geiger counter is working properly then.

[CitroJim]

Lots of activity in my house today installing a new boiler and upgrading a couple of rads

I hope the Geiger counter is working properly then.

The way they're working James, I reckon the heating engineers are nuclear powered! They are really moving and progress is rapid... The new boiler is in and the old is out

And I now have sheer luxury in my bathroom

Window and door installation will commence very soon so by the end of summer I'll be as snug as a bug in a rug...

Then kitchen and compete redecoration and new carpets and furnishings.

The need to get my house cleared of all excess stuff is now getting very nigh... A skip will be on order next week. I'll need a big one. It'll have half a Xantia in in it if my spares stash is not soon collected

A lot of old radio and electronics stuff will be in there too...

[NewcastleFalcon]

POTD bird club

Young Swallow. With the minimum of training and just a few meals of insects, by the end of the summer (NH) this little fellow will have flown to South Africa. Remarkable!

click to enlarge

Falcon Montage

Neil

[CitroJim]

Birds are truly incredible creatures Neil

Even the humble chicken - they have the most amazing personalities... Bird-brained they are not.

[myglaren]

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Needs some explanation.
I have been harvesting seeds for next year. Polyanthus, Foxglove, Lavatera, half a dozen different types of poppy, Wallflowers, Morning Glory and more.

I freeze them overnight, plopped the fresh ones in the freezer and retrieved yesterday's batch.
They are warmed and dried then stored in a variety of containers, mostly coffee jars, 10ml and 50ml test tubes.
Cleverly tipped these lavatera seeds into the polyanthus tube, had to tip the lot out and extract the lavatera seeds one by one with a pair of tweezers.

But, that wasn't all. I had initially tipped the polyanthus seeds in among the foxglove seeds, which are like dust. Fortunately a tea strainer separated them fairly well.
There are seeds all over the place.

[mickthemaverick]

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Needs some explanation.
I have been harvesting seeds for next year. Polyanthus, Foxglove, Lavatera, half a dozen different types of poppy, Wallflowers, Morning Glory and more.

I freeze them overnight, plopped the fresh ones in the freezer and retrieved yesterday's batch.
They are warmed and dried then stored in a variety of containers, mostly coffee jars, 10ml and 50ml test tubes.
Cleverly tipped these lavatera seeds into the polyanthus tube, had to tip the lot out and extract the lavatera seeds one by one with a pair of tweezers.

But, that wasn't all. I had initially tipped the polyanthus seeds in among the foxglove seeds, which are like dust. Fortunately a tea strainer separated them fairly well.
There are seeds all over the place.

Is that a hobby that tends to grow on you Steve?

[myglaren]

A necessity that has got somewhat out of hand.

[NewcastleFalcon]

POTD Model Railway Locomotive Fixing Club

Fixed one of these today. Very satisfying. It's a Lima Model from Italy 00 Guage Class 33 D6524.
Method...find youtube video, take to bits, clean, spray with contact cleaner, reassemble, have it placed on track, turn the knob of the controller, and hey presto and it whizzes round the track. Welcome and rewarding noises of approval from the younger generation, and also very satisfying in its own right!

Falcon Original

Neil

[CitroJim]

Great work Neil On an allied subject, I'm following a railway modeller, Harold Road, on Facebook who specialises in 'weathering' his rolling stock. Fascinating stuff and well worth a look. He can make a model locomotive look very realistically tired and work-worn...

[mickthemaverick]

In the absence of any other contributions today I thought it might be time to see how our garden is getting on:

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[Rp0thejester]

Great photos, just showed the Mrs and she went into Sherlock Holmes mode..... So that's their house number, add that to the other papyrus online and we'll know everything....when you going out again?? Lovely garden btw

[mickthemaverick]

Thanks Ryan on both points, corrected now!!

[Rp0thejester]

Safety first

[CitroJim]

My lovely new boiler