A new year and a new photo thread to keep us entertained through the months ahead.

My first addition is something suitably seasonal - a wintery scene taken in the Amsterdam woods.

All contributions very much welcomed, and if the photos we've seen in previous years is anything to go by, we've a lot to look forward to.

Enjoy!

56 minutes ago, SOOTY said:

I do seem to produce gorgeous Gals Peter....and yup she'll be joining the endless stream of heart breakers i'm sure!!x Off on a UK trek tomorrow taking in Scotland and the South Coast and all in between including Manchester...Birmingham...Newcastle...and .so will see upon my return what is well....and what ain't my old Mate!x Me personally.....always good and looking forward to spending every minute i can with Lexy as she gets older! I see her once a week every week....more than what i did with my first two who I saw once a week max although not 'quality' time with them....that was for their first 10 years....then for the next 7 I was out at NS doo's every weekend I came home so they saw even less of me....and I regret it all today...the lack of time with them bit!x So 3rd chanced Peter and i'm taking it....!x Here's a pic of my eldest daughter Nats....she married last year and lives outside Beverley near Hull now....gorgeous gal too....and Lexy's Mam...6ft 1" bruiser....and I have the marks to prove it...hehe!!x My Son got married a few weeks back too....both him and Natalie danced at Northern doo's as kids...proper little Cambridge Stompers.....but sadly suffered the downside of me and their Mams 'come down' after our intense involvement with it....so aren't interested today! Hopefully Lexy will take an interest in the vinyl...she loves music and dancing...so on the right track and I can leave her my collection to be appreciated....and not flogged as 'good riddance to that'...hehe!!x Thanx for asking mate and hope all's well your end!x

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SOOTY 
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Nice one mate. Nat's is beautiful as you say. I thought you and Lexy's mum were sorted - from afar afield as I saw - on here, you seemed to have a great fit. She's a pretty girl too.

I'm getting used to the fact that there wont be another "significant other" in my life, so I'm getting my Doberman rescue next week!

Take care mate.

 

Pete

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6 minutes ago, Peter99 said:

Nice one mate. Nat's is beautiful as you say. I thought you and Lexy's mum were sorted - from afar afield as I saw - on here, you seemed to have a great fit. She's a pretty girl too.

I'm getting used to the fact that there wont be another "significant other" in my life, so I'm getting my Doberman rescue next week!

Take care mate.

 

Pete

Lexy is my 'significant other' and i'm happy with that Pete!x However....a dog doesn't tell me i'm 'ridikoloss'....!!!!xhehe!x That terminology comes from her Mam aimed at me I gather....but I do get my own back on the annual 'family' trip we have together to the seaside....!!!!x I also luv Lexy's bravery in givng it laaaarge....but....like her Mam when it comes down to it....runs a mile...which is why I care for both!!x Enjoy your peace...and quiet...whilst you can mate!!x You've heard of the chicken run...well this is the swan scarper....hehehahahahah!!x

 

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Something very special from today a first for me in the wild a

Red Squirrel 

Steve

8 minutes ago, Winsford Soul said:

Something very special from today a first for me in the wild a

Red Squirrel 

Steve

Wow! Thats a proper hair tingling moment Steve. Great picture mate. Lovely.

 

Peter

Common Buzzard

Take off

 Down here in Pembrokeshire the night sky with no light pollution is amazing. Don't think I have ever seen as many stars  

Edited October 3, 20186 yr by Winsford Soul

32 minutes ago, Winsford Soul said:

 Down here in Pembrokeshire the night sky with no light pollution is amazing. Don't think I have ever seen as many stars  

Lovely Steve. Reminds me of the many nights I've spent in the beautiful village of Cisnădioara, near Sibiu, In Transylvania, Romania. No light at all - laying on the kids big trampoline, the sky full of thousands of stars, in the play area of our children's lovely home. The most beautiful place I've ever been too, for many, many reasons. You'd love it - the biggest population of bears and wolves in Europe. 

This is autumn time.

On 02/10/2018 at 13:55, milliontearsoul said:

Sky's no limit.

Very strong picture.

 

I took this one the last time that I visited my family

 

14 hours ago, Peter99 said:

Lovely Steve. Reminds me of the many nights I've spent in the beautiful village of Cisnădioara, near Sibiu, In Transylvania, Romania. No light at all - laying on the kids big trampoline, the sky full of thousands of stars, in the play area of our children's lovely home. The most beautiful place I've ever been too, for many, many reasons. You'd love it - the biggest population of bears and wolves in Europe. 

This is autumn time.

I rented a house in Sibiu one summer and tattooed the locals, one of my favourite places too, beautiful country.

We have two very worthy winners for the title of "Most liked photo" for the month of September.

They are @Winsford Soul's portrait of a lapwing with its colourful plumage...

On 27/09/2018 at 15:18, Winsford Soul said:

Lapwing in the sunshine

Steve

 

...and the wittily observed photo of crate diggers that was captured by @Derek Pearson's dearly departed friend. I hope he would have enjoyed the appreciation of his photo here.

On 28/09/2018 at 03:16, Derek Pearson said:

Out of respect to a mate who sadly died recently here's a picture he took early part o' last year.

 

A brilliant observation - very witty, slightly cruel but probably very true.

 

'Record Collecting - It's The Future' (he said).

 

Rest Easy JW - looking for records without ya will never be the same.

 

Dx

 

Two great pics - thanks for sharing!! 

22 minutes ago, Amsterdam Russ said:

We have two very worthy winners for the title of "Most liked photo" for the month of September.

They are @Winsford Soul's portrait of a lapwing with its colourful plumage...

 

...and the wittily observed photo of crate diggers that was captured by @Derek Pearson's dearly departed friend. I hope he would have enjoyed the appreciation of his photo here.

Two great pics - thanks for sharing!! 

Big thanks to everyone who has given my picture the thumbs up and commented .  Really appreciated

Steve 

21 minutes ago, Winsford Soul said:

Big thanks to everyone who has given my picture the thumbs up and commented .  Really appreciated

Steve 

A very close-run thing this month. A couple of extra votes on these two pics meant we avoided something like a five-way tie!!! 

3 minutes ago, Amsterdam Russ said:

A very close-run thing this month. A couple of extra votes on these two pics meant we avoided something like a five-way tie!!! 

Personally Russell.  Your Amsterdam sunset was my choice,  thought it was fantastic , the colours where amazing. 

Steve 

Progress has slowed down a bit due to unforeseen glitches - a little frustrating but then the house is well over a hundred years old. New solid and secure back door, new windows, and plaster board on ready for skimming.

 

10 minutes ago, Winsford Soul said:

Personally Russell.  Your Amsterdam sunset was my choice,  thought it was fantastic , the colours where amazing. 

Steve 

Thanks. Really incredible skies here this time of the year, and you get more of it because the country's so flat. All I had to do was point my iPad at the sunset from the back balcony and the photo basically took itself. 

21 hours ago, Winsford Soul said:

Something very special from today a first for me in the wild a

Red Squirrel 

Steve

The pine woods at Formby Sands are a good place to see them.

1 hour ago, Missing Link said:

The pine woods at Formby Sands are a good place to see them.

I know mate but all I ever see there is a bit of a tail or it's back through the branches. And the ones i saw there where almost black. I should have added I've never  photographed them before  to my original post .

Steve 

Edited October 4, 20186 yr by Winsford Soul

Surprised you've never been able to photograph one there though, having said that, maybe they're not as tame as they used to be.

Here's one I took in 2007.

Interestingly I've seen black squirrels in this country, which are a variant of the grey squirrel, at Stevenage but, unfortunately, I wasn't able to get any photos.

Never seen a red one Steve, all the bushy tailed rats down this way only have the base grey primer coat 😄

Dave. Could you ID this shrub / plant for me please.  It's actually grown from a bird feed seed that's self sown. The middle  image is the fruit/ nut Thank you. 

Steve 

Edited October 4, 20186 yr by Winsford Soul

5 hours ago, Peter99 said:

Progress has slowed down a bit due to unforeseen glitches - a little frustrating but then the house is well over a hundred years old. New solid and secure back door, new windows, and plaster board on ready for skimming.

 

Is the clock making a return 

4 hours ago, Winsford Soul said:

Dave. Could you ID this shrub / plant for me please.  It's actually grown from a bird feed seed that's self sown. The middle  image is the fruit/ nut Thank you. 

Steve 

It's a Datura stramonium, becoming more common in the UK, deadly poisonous, known as jimsonweed, thorn apple or devil's snare.

6 minutes ago, TattooDave said:

It's a Datura stramonium, becoming more common in the UK, deadly poisonous, known as jimsonweed, thorn apple or devil's snare.

Thanks Dave.  Much appreciated mate. I will pass the information on 

Steve 

1 minute ago, Winsford Soul said:

Thanks Dave.  Much appreciated mate. I will pass the information on 

Steve 

a pleasure Steve, it's very closely related to the much prized Brugmansia, like a poor cousin, both are poisonous.

Datura is not an hallucinogenic per se, it is a deleriant which is to say it blocks certain neurotransmitters in brain and creates an all-encompassing delirium. You remember those old scare stories that used to be told about taking acid? The old urban legends about people taking LSD, thinking they could fly and then walking out of third floor windows? (Of course if you’re on acid and you think you can fly then it’s not the acid that makes you jump out the window; it’s plain stupidity that makes you do it on the third floor instead of testing your theory first on the ground...)

But with devil’s weed, you really are so removed from reality, that the possibility of doing yourself a fatal mischief is all too real.

Thanks Dave. It's growing at the side of the barn conversion I'm staying at. I've passed the message on to the owners who actually asked the original  question about what it could be.  

Steve 

2 hours ago, middleman said:

Is the clock making a return 

I will ensure that it does mate!

A funky caterpillar that I found today

8 hours ago, Mark S said:

A funky caterpillar that I found today

Think it's a pale tussock moth caterpillar.  

Steve 

18 hours ago, Missing Link said:

The pine woods at Formby Sands are a good place to see them.

Any sign of Coleen Rooney’s engagement ring ? 😜

1 hour ago, stevegods said:

Any sign of Coleen Rooney’s engagement ring ? 😜

I'm going there tomorrow - I'll have a look 🤣

 

12 hours ago, Winsford Soul said:

Thanks Dave. It's growing at the side of the barn conversion I'm staying at. I've passed the message on to the owners who actually asked the original  question about what it could be.  

Steve 

It will self set seed if not removed, but tell him to wear gloves unless he likes delirium.

I hope its ok to post this in here - another from my twitter feed.

 

Just now, Peter99 said:

I hope its ok to post this in here - another from my twitter feed.

 

 

Error on my part - please ignore. 

 

Edited October 5, 20186 yr by Peter99

A couple more Badger pictures 

Steve

6 hours ago, TattooDave said:

It will self set seed if not removed, but tell him to wear gloves unless he likes delirium.

I've told him thanks Dave. Think its had me, I'm guessing it can be absorbed through the skin . Was going to take the seed heads home as they're very ornamental shrubs, carried three seed heads yesterday evening back to the cottage woke up this morning feeling dizzy, slightly trippy, bit sick and a headache . I've slept most of the day feel normal now (whatever normal is in my world). Definitely a weird one though ,cant think of anything else it could be

Steve

1 hour ago, Winsford Soul said:

I've told him thanks Dave. Think its had me, I'm guessing it can be absorbed through the skin . Was going to take the seed heads home as they're very ornamental shrubs, carried three seed heads yesterday evening back to the cottage woke up this morning feeling dizzy, slightly trippy, bit sick and a headache . I've slept most of the day feel normal now (whatever normal is in my world). Definitely a weird one though ,cant think of anything else it could be

Steve

😂😂😂😂😂 fukin trust you 😉😂😂😂 reyt funny m8 .atvb baz n shelly 

5 minutes ago, baz1 said:

😂😂😂😂😂 fukin trust you 😉😂😂😂 reyt funny m8 .atvb baz n shelly 

I know mate. Only me. I've had some gear over the years mate but fcuk me this was different 

Steve

Autumn Colours

Steve

16 minutes ago, Winsford Soul said:

I know mate. Only me. I've had some gear over the years mate but fcuk me this was different 

Steve

👏 gets funnier this 😂😂😂

22 hours ago, TattooDave said:

It's a Datura stramonium, becoming more common in the UK, deadly poisonous, known as jimsonweed, thorn apple or devil's snare.

Good to see Dave back with his horticultural wisdom 🌻

Ste .

19 minutes ago, baz1 said:

👏 gets funnier this 😂😂😂

Note to ones self. DONT FCUKING TOUCH things I shouldn't  

Steve

I once ripped loads o foxgloves out of my old garden and a mate said ya lucky to still be here ????? Why,was my answer and he told me that the flowers are proper dangermouse 😮😮😮😮whoops. Research showed he was right 😖😖😖😖long time ago now but still makes me look at purple foxgloves at the side of the road in a different light 😂😂lucky baz

1 hour ago, Winsford Soul said:

Note to ones self. DONT FCUKING TOUCH things I shouldn't  

Steve

Mm, reminds me of an old hippy mate. Fed me hot magic mushroom liquor, cake and some Lebanese Red ganga. Fcuked me up real bad. I pushed my then girl friend over a fence on the way home, and had illucinations of some dwarf like, killer ventriloquist doll on the top of my wardrobe. 

47 minutes ago, Peter99 said:

Mm, reminds me of an old hippy mate. Fed me hot magic mushroom liquor, cake and some Lebanese Red ganga. Fcuked me up real bad. I pushed my then girl friend over a fence on the way home, and had illucinations of some dwarf like, killer ventriloquist doll on the top of my wardrobe. 

Sweet dreams Peter........

13 hours ago, Winsford Soul said:

I've told him thanks Dave. Think its had me, I'm guessing it can be absorbed through the skin . Was going to take the seed heads home as they're very ornamental shrubs, carried three seed heads yesterday evening back to the cottage woke up this morning feeling dizzy, slightly trippy, bit sick and a headache . I've slept most of the day feel normal now (whatever normal is in my world). Definitely a weird one though ,cant think of anything else it could be

Steve

That'll do it, the sap is the thing that does it.  My father comes into contact with it being a gamekeeper, but knows to steer clear without gloves after a couple of trippy episodes.

11 hours ago, Widnes63 said:

Good to see Dave back with his horticultural wisdom 🌻

Ste .

Thanks Ste, I'm still trying to figure out where my head is after an ecstatic holiday in the UK.

Updates on the passing through of Swallows. Saw 13 on Tuesday over on Caldy Island feeding over the fields. Managed 1 Wednesday, 1 Thursday and Friday none as yet today but its rather windy down here. Getting close to the latest that I've seen them in the UK.

Bet there's still plenty by you Dave down in sunny Spain

Steve

Edited October 6, 20186 yr by Winsford Soul

I've not seen any for weeks Steve, there's still martins about, but the swifts and swallows are gone sadly as there's a lot of flies and mosquitoes about.  The hoopoes are back though.  

Parkings bad in Matlock

1 hour ago, Mark S said:

Parkings bad in Matlock

Tut tut, now that is poor parking!