Picture(s) of the day....

[NewcastleFalcon]

Yes, my original was the right way up as taken.
Enjoy your trip to the continent Mick, keep chipping in if you can, I'm sure you will see plenty of interest.

Regards Neil

[mickthemaverick]

Thanks Neil, and Steve from a different thread, I will have my laptop and camera but it will largely depend on the Hotels' wifi as to my posting activity!!

[mickthemaverick]

Couldn't resist it!!:

[CitroJim]

In the window of our town florist this morning...

Bluebell Florists, Newport Pagnell

Spotted during my morning run...

[NewcastleFalcon]

Couldn't resist it!!:

..and while one of the FCF's best contributors is away on jollies, time to step up to the contribution plate.

Reveille!

The State trumpeters of the Household Cavalry don't get too much work, but less harsh than the bugle



REgards Neil

[NewcastleFalcon]

Remember the Avenger

It's back
viewtopic.php?p=729469#p729469




Regards Neil

[bobins]

Couldn't resist it!!:

I played that once to a mate as he was digging in the last upright on a large fencing job he'd been doing. He looked bemused. I had to explain it to him

[CitroJim]

Couldn't resist it!!:

I played that once to a mate as he was digging in the last upright on a large fencing job he'd been doing. He looked bemused. I had to explain it to him

[myglaren]

Fairy ring, don't recall ever seeing one before.


Just noticed the added dogshit

As I took the photo a greyhound passed by and did a huge stinking pile in the bushes.

[bobins]

Fairy Rings used to be regarded as one of the biggest single living organisms in the world as there was one (I think) in France that measured many miles across. No idea where Fairy Rings fit in the world rankings these days though as things have probably moved on

[NewcastleFalcon]

Ignoring the well-known children's rhyme and singing game, now is just about the right time for gathering your nuts and storing them up for the winter ahead.

Tastier when Roasted

Some speculate that the "Nuts in May" thing refers to collecting "Knots of May Blossom"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuts_in_May_%28rhyme%29

(MHNT) Crataegus monogyna - flowers and buds
Muséum de Toulouse
, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

REgards Neil

[Peter.N.]

We don't see many hazel/cob nuts the squirrels have mounted a 24 hr guard.

Peter

[NewcastleFalcon]

Extracted from this
viewtopic.php?p=729576#p729576

Regards Neil

[NewcastleFalcon]

A point and shoot camera and a skein of 38-ish geese

Regards Neil

[mickthemaverick]

You'll never guess where they have put me for tonight!!

Typical!!