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!

2 minutes ago, simonbolton said:

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Persian cat Oscar, watching the footy lol

Was it a purr- fect result for your team ? 

Steve 

4 minutes ago, Winsford Soul said:

Was it a purr- fect result for your team ? 

Steve 

haha, yes Steve, got to semi finals of World Cup....

3 minutes ago, Winsford Soul said:

Was it a purr- fect result for your team ? 

Steve 

Think the result was meowdiocre...

I'm here all week! 

Just now, BabyBoyAndMyLass said:

Think the result was meowdiocre...

I'm here all week! 

👏 very good , he was feline good ......

5 minutes ago, BabyBoyAndMyLass said:

Think the result was meowdiocre...

I'm here all week! 

Well I won't pussy foot around and say that was cat a strophically  bad 

Hat. Coat,  door just leaving 

Steve 

Edited October 21, 20186 yr by Winsford Soul

46 minutes ago, Winsford Soul said:

Whilst I appreciate your obvious love for what you do. I personally don't have a musical bone in my body, never learned to or wanted to play any musical instrument in any way shape or form. I don't even know the difference between a bass guitar and a lead guitar,  just heard they saying.  I know a acoustic guitar isn't electric but is there such a thing as a acoustic bass or lead guitar  ? Excuse my ignorance 

Steve 

A Bass guitar usually has four strings, a rhythm or lead guitar usually has six.  Usually acoustic guitars are not electrified, but they can be, also you can get acoustic bass guitars, confused? You will be! As the late 70's sitcom "Soap" used to say.

My mate's dog, Luis, he has an attitude like his hairstyle!

Sunset in Venice and Innsbruck moonlight. 

Calm down calm down calm down...

Ed

On 21/10/2018 at 19:08, BabyBoyAndMyLass said:

Probably a bit of a wander from the usual subjects covered here but quite like these pictures I took last year to post on a fb group. Had this Bass since I were 17 and she's been everywhere with me, I've done in excess of a thousand gigs with her, everywhere from Glastonbury to Oswestry and very many studio sessions. Although she looks mint in pictures and onstage she is actually considerably beat up when examined close up. With string muter engaged and Fender Flatwound strings getting on for twenty years old (the strings) matched with this lovely vintage Vox she is perfect for that classic vintage McCartneyesque tone. With neck pickup only switched in she has that lovely rich tone ala Jamerson, actually in the right hands the tonal possibilities are endless, I do have other vintage basses but this one is my baby and can be seen most weekends in a club somewhere in the extreme southwest! 

That's a great looking instrument you have there,Simon.You can't beat a 'Rick' for that splendid throaty growl that they possess.. practitioners such as Chris Squire and Geddy Lee spring to mind in particular!

I started out on the bass guitar in my teens before switching to the guitar but have recently started playing bass guitar again a lot more on my own recordings as opposed to just sampling the majority of bass sounds I use from records etc.

Thanks for sharing ,I'm a complete sucker for this kind of stuff!

 

1 hour ago, Soulsides said:

That's a great looking instrument you have there,Simon.You can't beat a 'Rick' for that splendid throaty growl that they possess.. practitioners such as Chris Squire and Geddy Lee spring to mind in particular!

I started out on the bass guitar in my teens before switching to the guitar but have recently started playing bass guitar again a lot more on my own recordings as opposed to just sampling the majority of bass sounds I use from records etc.

Thanks for sharing ,I'm a complete sucker for this kind of stuff!

 

Thanks, yeah I was aware that we share the interest. I have one of two vintage Fenders too but I've always been known as a Rick man. The bass is a wonderful instrument, glad you've gone to it.

CHRIS SQUIRE!

 

Saw this marvellous shop in Eddy at the weekend. Soulful cycling. Whatever next.

Another sad picture of whatever next.

Steve 

Or, there's always this ......

🤦‍♂️

On 21/10/2018 at 19:31, Winsford Soul said:

Whilst I appreciate your obvious love for what you do. I personally don't have a musical bone in my body, never learned to or wanted to play any musical instrument in any way shape or form. I don't even know the difference between a bass guitar and a lead guitar,  just heard they saying.  I know a acoustic guitar isn't electric but is there such a thing as a acoustic bass or lead guitar  ? Excuse my ignorance 

Steve 

Just to throw you a curved ball my tenor guitar only four strings 🙄

This popped up on my twitter feed.

@Winsford Soul And another curved ball to match Marks'...

Confused much Steve?

Six string Bass!

3 minutes ago, BabyBoyAndMyLass said:

@Winsford Soul And another curved ball to match Marks'...

Confused much Steve?

Six string Bass!

Very. Wish I hadn't mentioned it now 🤣

Steve 

31 minutes ago, Peter99 said:

This popped up on my twitter feed.

Reminds me of Edward Hoppers' paintings of 1950s Americana.

My lovely lady's fave pic of this summer!

It was a good one here this year, we measure it by how many topless days we've had, still having 'em, blue skies and sunshine down 'ere, they don't call it the English Cali for nothing, and we have it all to ourselves now! 

1 hour ago, Peter99 said:

This popped up on my twitter feed.

Peter,  I wonder what is the relevance of the jet in a bottle ?

Ste.     🤔

1 minute ago, Widnes63 said:

Peter,  I wonder what is the relevance of the jet in a bottle ?

Ste.     🤔

I didn't even notice that Ste!" 

1 hour ago, Winsford Soul said:

Very. Wish I hadn't mentioned it now 🤣

Steve 

I will run through it with you tomorrow night Steve ... I used to play a 4 string bass in a band, in my late teens early twenties, a Fender Precision (pre CBS), Hiwatt AP100 valve amp, Marshall 4 x 12 cab ... no wonder I have tinnitus 😄

Edited October 26, 20186 yr by martyn pitt

6 minutes ago, martyn pitt said:

I will run through it with you tomorrow night Steve ... I used to play a 4 string bass in a band, in my late teens early twenties, a Fender Precision (pre CBS), Hiwatt AP100 valve amp, Marshall 4 x 12 cab ... no wonder I have tinnitus 😄

My ears are ringing in anticipation already mate 

PS. Did you Nick it off action man 

Steve

Edited October 26, 20186 yr by Winsford Soul

My little nephew stole my spot and the glory last Sunday

The other one is a sh*tty phone pic of me, same day

1 minute ago, Scootboy said:

My little nephew stole my spot and the glory last Sunday

The other one is a sh*tty phone pic of me, same day

Quick question, those little 'deck' thingies either side of the mixer, what are they, keep seeing 'em, know nothing about DJ gear?

😀

If you are not joking,the short answer is, CD players

😀

9 minutes ago, Scootboy said:

... CD players

OCD only .... 😉😄

@Scootboy Yes it was a serious question. I did wonder if that's what they were, had to ask, thanks mate! 

10 minutes ago, martyn pitt said:

OCD only .... 😉😄

OCDO

Not a great shot, but this looks like a lot of fun! The guy was out there practicing for a night-time performance at our local firework display (one of the biggest in the country), and was doing all sorts of acrobatics with the board while a couple of metres above the water. Reminded me of Spiderman's arch-enemy, the Green Goblin!

 

Been after a decent photo of an owl for years and finally got one!!! 

Russell, whilst driving around Cheshire in our scaffold wagon I have seen quite a few owls carved out of tree trunks,

some cartoonish and some really lifelike,

this is a good one but i'm not sure about the wings, is there a reason for the raised wings ?

Ste. 👍

12 minutes ago, Widnes63 said:

Russell, whilst driving around Cheshire in our scaffold wagon I have seen quite a few owls carved out of tree trunks,

some cartoonish and some really lifelike,

this is a good one but i'm not sure about the wings, is there a reason for the raised wings ?

Ste. 👍

The owl is perched on top of an industrial greenhouse and used by the owner, who breeds racing pigeons, to scary away birds of prey and other predators that might take a fancy to the pigeons.

The owl's raised wings came about as a result of a storm the previous night - in the high winds they'd become detached from the body.  I just had to capture the comical effect! 🤣

Brilliant !!!

Ste.  😀

These decoys normally have a short effective life. Apart from the Heron lookalike for your garden ponds which surprisingly works. I once worked at a recycling plant that had a major problem with seagulls . They fitted a plastic hawk on a flexible pole which worked great for a few days then the gulls realised it was no threat and returned to the factory 

Steve 

7 minutes ago, Amsterdam Russ said:

The owl is perched on top of an industrial greenhouse and used by the owner, who breeds racing pigeons, to scary away birds of prey and other predators that might take a fancy to the pigeons.

The owl's raised wings came about as a result of a storm the previous night - in the high winds they'd become detached from the body.  I just had to capture the comical effect! 🤣

It looks like it's trying to shoo the birds away. 

Steve 

42 minutes ago, Winsford Soul said:

These decoys normally have a short effective life. Apart from the Heron lookalike for your garden ponds which surprisingly works. I once worked at a recycling plant that had a major problem with seagulls . They fitted a plastic hawk on a flexible pole which worked great for a few days then the gulls realised it was no threat and returned to the factory 

Steve 

It looks like it's trying to shoo the birds away. 

Steve 

No idea if this particular owl is doing a good job or not, but shoo-ing the birds away just might be the most effective thing it's ever done. 😂

My tribute to the fallen.  The statue is called There not there . I've placed it in front of the patterned wallpaper to make it more visible in the first picture.  

Lest we forget 

Steve

The quality of my photo's doesn't stand up against most of the professional ones on here. But here's m,y new rescue Doberman, Ace, in the part new kitchen. 

 

Hide and seek

On 26/10/2018 at 20:31, BabyBoyAndMyLass said:

Quick question, those little 'deck' thingies either side of the mixer, what are they, keep seeing 'em, know nothing about DJ gear?

What can I say,I'm a pussy magneto 😀

While I was DJing at the same place yesterday, I had a peculiar love attack,

took this short video,you can see the decks from my point of view

 

10 minutes ago, Scootboy said:

What can I say,I'm a pussy magneto 😀

While I was DJing at the same place yesterday, I had a peculiar love attack,

took this short video,you can see the decks from my point of view

 

Pity some one never had a big stick. Can't stand the horrible things 

 

Steve 

Lichen on a twig 

Steve 

2 minutes ago, Winsford Soul said:

Lichen on a twig 

Steve 

Poor cat!

 

 

😀

Had a bit of a local wander down by the River Bollin and round the back of Manchester Airport yesterday. Phone photo's don't really do the coulour's much justice

twisted wheel real Ale...