Happy New Year everyone. I hope your Yuletide and New Year celebrations have been plentiful and that the year ahead offers you good health, prosperity, happiness and endless photo opportunities.

To kickstart the new edition of the fabulous "Show us your great photos" thread, I offer not a pic but a video. We took this last night and it shows, in all its glory, the incredible firework display we offered our neighbours from the comfort of our balcony. If you watch the video you'll see our neighbours' fantastic fireworks going off in the background - and then there's ours. 

This is what you get when you buy a box of mini fireworks from your local cheapskate supermarket (Albert Heijn) for the princely sum of 10 euros!  Still, it was so crap it was a laugh, which means it actually offered great value for money. I hope the vid of our box of damp balcony squibs also raises a smile with you.

Happy New Year!

 

5 hours ago, Winsford Soul said:

Dave. It looks like a type of weevil . That's as much as I can help. 

Steve 

It was over an inch long Steve, but ugly as sin, I'm sure I have a book somewhere, I'll have to delve deep.

First barbi since boxing day just love eating outside inside 

Edited April 9, 20178 yr by baz1

A trip to the pancake house in the Amsterdam woods on a sunny day is always a favourite thing to do. Always great to see a peacock in full display. The one here was quite happy to show off for a good three or four minutes. These pics were taken with my iPhone.

5 hours ago, baz1 said:

First barbi since boxing day just love eating outside inside 

That's an awesome set up!

Two from Snowdonia. The first, part of the disused Rhossydd. Slate Quarry, the second, a panoramic of a distant Snowdon, the pointy "Welsh Matterhorn" - Cnicht & the Moelwyns. The third is of the Newlands Valley, carved out by a Glacier, in the Lake District

Edited April 10, 20178 yr by soulandy

Here's a couple from today . First time on camera for me

Black tailed Godwit and Common Sandpiper

Steve

Edited April 13, 20178 yr by Winsford Soul

Hard not to get a fab photo in Cumbria!

55 minutes ago, flamingemeralds said:

Hard not to get a fab photo in Cumbria!

Stunning 

Steve

 

Bleeding hearts are out what would be the correct name for em dave ? How you remember um I dont know  its only how they look that tells me there garden centre name but so fabulous !!!!

1 hour ago, baz1 said:

Bleeding hearts are out what would be the correct name for em dave ? How you remember um I dont know  its only how they look that tells me there garden centre name but so fabulous !!!!

 

Dicentra spectabilis, the white one has alba added on the end, it's relatively easy for me to remember them, I read Stern's Botanical Latin when I was 10.

A few from today. Never seen Mute Swans dance like Grebes before

Steve

Wren

Another first for me today. Drake Garganey

Steve

Greater Black backed gull nest building

Steve

Lapwing

34 minutes ago, Winsford Soul said:

A few from today. Never seen Mute Swans dance like Grebes before

Steve

Fabulous Steve. I've never seen that either - and I've seen lots of swans over the years.

Hope you're in fine fettle Sir.

7 minutes ago, Peter99 said:

Fabulous Steve. I've never seen that either - and I've seen lots of swans over the years.

Hope you're in fine fettle Sir.

 

Thank you kind sir

All good here thanks apart from having to work the weekend which means I cant get to Swinton Nighter tonight

Trust your well my friend

Steve

3 minutes ago, Winsford Soul said:

Thank you kind sir

All good here thanks apart from having to work the weekend which means I cant get to Swinton Nighter tonight

Trust your well my friend

Steve

I'm ok thanks Steve

I dont have any pictures but my hedgehogs have returned this week. Well, as they're quite nomadic they may be a different family, but I like to think they're the ones I feed regularly. I was expecting them back from hibernation a little sooner, but I'm very honoured and pleased to have them visiting nightly again.

All the best mate.

Pete

8 minutes ago, Peter99 said:

I'm ok thanks Steve

I dont have any pictures but my hedgehogs have returned this week. Well, as they're quite nomadic they may be a different family, but I like to think they're the ones I feed regularly. I was expecting them back from hibernation a little sooner, but I'm very honoured and pleased to have them visiting nightly again.

All the best mate.

Pete

Glad to hear that your hog family have returned safe from hibernation my friend. Think its time after all these years of thinking about getting a camera that you actually go and get one mate. Hedgehog picture we all await

Steve

Haven't been out with the camera for a bit, but had a good day at West Kirby beach yesterday when my daughter and her friend hit the sands . If I could ride a horse this is how I would like to do it!

Edited April 15, 20178 yr by stateside

2 hours ago, stateside said:

Haven't been out with the camera for a bit, but had a good day at West Kirby beach yesterday when my daughter and her friend hit the sands . If I could ride a horse this is how I would like to do it!

Great pictures mate

Steve

Technically..not my photo...BUT lifted from a site on other social media...A famous land mark in my 'neck of the woods'

Taken at sunset...quite striking imo

I do it like this!

On ‎09‎/‎04‎/‎2017 at 10:17, Winsford Soul said:

Dave. It looks like a type of weevil . That's as much as I can help. 

Steve 

I was watching television last night and I found out the name of the ugly beetle. It's called a Sam Allardyce.

1 hour ago, flamingemeralds said:

I do it like this!

Is that a flying horse that you've photo shopped the wings off?

Foxcub

27 minutes ago, Winsford Soul said:

Foxcub

That's cute; I want one.

29 minutes ago, flamingemeralds said:

That's cute; I want one.

Thank you. Sorry thought you were going on about me.  they're lovely when they are cubs like that.

Steve

The lovely Wood Stitchwort has appeared down my favourite woods.  Early as usually appears in May 

These are covering the woodland floor, Dog Violets, a carpet of yellow and white. Moschatel/Town Hall Clock flowers. We have at least 12 types of flower out down there.  I counted 30 types of wildflower by May last year   Lesser Celandines and Wood Anemones

Visit to Chatsworth yesterday 

On 2/25/2017 at 14:04, Winsford Soul said:

Just had to share this with you guys on here.

 

A White Rainbow. Simply stunning

Steve

 

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Sorry  but I thought this thread was for sharing members own photos not just pretty pictures found online ... if sharing other's work then at least be gracious enough to give them the credit deserved ... in this case one Mr Melvin Nicholson ... 

On 3/6/2017 at 10:40, Steve Lane said:

You can pass this one around if you like.

It seems some people are just not obeying the law!

 

 

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Not a 'real' copper or a real copper's van but a TV/film company prop , doesn't excuse the driver one iota but doesn't justify all the anti-police venom it released either ... 

There appears to be a problem with the format of your posts? 

On 4/9/2017 at 08:18, TattooDave said:

An ugly big beetle that is a complete mystery to me, no doubt someone will have more than a vague idea as to what it is.

Oil beetle (Meloidae)

6 minutes ago, Peter99 said:

There appears to be a problem with the format of your posts? 

That's just what the site threw up Peter , I was only using the "Quote" button not posting pics ... ?

On 3/6/2017 at 10:40, Steve Lane said:

You can pass this one around if you like.

It seems some people are just not obeying the law!

 

 

test quote

4 minutes ago, mike said:

test quote

That seems ok Mike. 

 

P

2 hours ago, WoodButcher said:

That's just what the site threw up Peter , I was only using the "Quote" button not posting pics ... ?

seems ok here

if having problems then the best bet may be not to quote images in the future

though not sure why you felt those comments on 'old images ' in such a tone/manner was needed

if you do have concerns on any posts on here then it always work better  if you flag them up in future 

cheers

mike

 

 

Edited April 17, 20178 yr by mike
wording

23 hours ago, TattooDave said:

Is that a flying horse that you've photo shopped the wings off?

Not quite. It's a fairground ride and I photo shopped the carousel 🎠 off.

6 hours ago, WoodButcher said:

Sorry  but I thought this thread was for sharing members own photos not just pretty pictures found online ... if sharing other's work then at least be gracious enough to give them the credit deserved ... in this case one Mr Melvin Nicholson ... 

Where in my post did I say it was my photo ? I just shared a fantastic picture that was sent to me WITH no credit to who had taken the picture

Steve

Edited April 17, 20178 yr by Winsford Soul

Share the love dudes, share the luuuurve......

How's this for starters....

9 hours ago, flamingemeralds said:

How's this for starters....

10 hours ago, flamingemeralds said:

How's this for starters....

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Hot crumpet.  Just how I like them 

Steve 

47 minutes ago, Winsford Soul said:

Hot crumpet.  Just how I like them 

Steve 

Cough cough.....it's a garlic bread. Sort of.... One half is garlic bread. Actually so is the other, except it has tomatoes squidged on it. Or in other words, a yeasted flat artisan bread, lightly spread with churned and salted organic butter, seasoned with bulb of garlic and shards of parsley herb, served with a partial vine ripened tomato jus.

34 minutes ago, flamingemeralds said:

Cough cough.....it's a garlic bread. Sort of.... One half is garlic bread. Actually so is the other, except it has tomatoes squidged on it. Or in other words, a yeasted flat artisan bread, lightly spread with churned and salted organic butter, seasoned with bulb of garlic and shards of parsley herb, served with a partial vine ripened tomato jus.

No doubt Steve was referring to yourself 

on my way home from work, the flat lincolnshire fens.....

on my way home from work, the flat lincolnshire fens....