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CitroJim wrote: 06 Nov 2022, 19:10 Is that some subtle reference to the Chelsea game today Neil? :lol:
Just an odd background, to create a not your usual image, for what could well have been a "Splendid Waxcap" to highlight its splendidness :-D A very transient picture for that ball which had a pinprick leak and needed pumping up. At the hands of a "car" double-barrel footpump, I succeeded in bursting it like a balloon minutes later :-D

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NewcastleFalcon wrote: 06 Nov 2022, 19:31 I succeeded in bursting it like a balloon minutes later :-D
Ohh gosh Neil :shock: They go off with quite a bang when they do that!
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Geograph is always and interesting source of images with images posted up for every 1km square in the UK.
Here's one of Torness Power station starkly white and and boxy with the lighthouse comparatively small-scale behind it on the Bass Rock out at sea, and the Kingdom of Fife beyond.

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POTD Challenge of the Day Tuesday 8th Noivember 2022

A lake, a pond, a river, a stream, a burn (for us northern folk), a puddle.

Yes water of any shape or form, natural, staged, watering can or hosepipe, or water droplets.

Go on have a try :-D

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I'm putting up a link to the local water here, there is a move afoot to remove them because the dam that holds them needs expensive work to prevent its collapse.

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In the early days of the Pickled Egg Quiz this proved quite a difficult wheresthisthen :?: but worth digging up again for POTD's water theme. Jellicoe's Water Garden at...

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Vauxhall used it in promo material for the Cresta

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You know I know where that is so I shall leave it for others!! :-D

Meanwhile I think we have been fortunate enough to get some lovely roses which we have in WATER!! :-D
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As it happens one of those blooms is very close to a perfect rose although my photography may not be :-D
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I believe that roses prefer an acidic environment, so half an aspirin in the water can add days to the life of a flower.
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I spotted a chaffinch this morning, on the way into town.
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What was a chaffinch going to town for? :-D
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mickthemaverick wrote: 08 Nov 2022, 17:03 What was a chaffinch going to town for? :-D
To buy some birdseed, as there wasn't any in the park!
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Hers another rather nice pic from Geograph where I know you know where this is MIck, Slap bang in the middle of Avengerland! But on POTD Water theme day what could be better than a village pond and some stocks :-D
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Vauxhall also used the location in their promotional material for the Cavalier :-D Eventually some time later Vauxhall started using Colour Film!
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NewcastleFalcon wrote: 08 Nov 2022, 10:21 POTD Challenge of the Day Tuesday 8th November 2022

A lake, a pond, a river, a stream, a burn (for us northern folk), a puddle.
Yes water of any shape or form, natural, staged, watering can or hosepipe, or water droplets.

Go on have a try :-D
Here's some November 8th 2022, from the shutter clicks of the Falcon.
Not fantastic light for photography but they are what they are, bit misty and ill defined, but those were pretty much the scene as it was at that time, ponds a bit overgrown not looking their best.
probably the clearest inage
probably the clearest inage
soggy soggy soggy
soggy soggy soggy
Not exactly Swan Lake, more Swan Bog
Not exactly Swan Lake, more Swan Bog
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You'll have to take my word for it, but there was a Kingfisher more or less dead centre of the shot before I took the photo. Being a Kingfisher - it wasn't there for long :roll: It's a regular visitor and it's been spotted many times, but don't expect me to ever catch a shot of it :lol:
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