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Aha! Obviously the photographic work of someone with no appreciation whatsoever for trees, or for natural beauty of any kind.  Assuredly so, martle, most assuredly so.... |
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« Reply #46 on: 22:54:40, 01-10-2007 » |
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Majesterial, Ron.  |
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« Reply #47 on: 23:02:30, 01-10-2007 » |
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Magnificent, Ron. But for those of us of a guilty and unhinged disposition, you can assure us that isn't Birnam Wood marching south, can you? I hesitate even to mention this but, um, couldn't Dode have taken the train to Newcastle and driven back. Or is that a very tactless question. |
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« Reply #48 on: 23:31:53, 01-10-2007 » |
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Of course he could, GG, but even had the trains been running between Edinburgh and Newcastle (which, as I mentioned above, this weekend they weren't) that would have been far too practical a suggestion for such a natural force of nature. Dode loathes public transport, having been intimately involved with it for much of his working life, and will only travel by train, bus or coach in the direst emergency, so even though it might normally have been the obvious solution, this weekend it certainly wasn't.
And no, I promise it isn't Birnam Wood, marching though it is in an impressively tight phalanx. But if the rest of the week's as gorgeous and warm as today, I might take a camera or two on a little trip to Dunsinane, which isn't that far the other side of Dundee.
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« Reply #49 on: 23:41:19, 01-10-2007 » |
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It's been a beautiful day here and there was a red admiral in my garden this morning!  Ron, which cruise ship was it that broke down in the Med? (She said with awful feeling of foreboding.......) |
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« Reply #50 on: 23:49:23, 01-10-2007 » |
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I think it was the Island Star, Millie. Is your fore still boding?
There was a peacock butterfly on the fringes of the beach today, and when I was in the hills, the thermometer on the dashboard read 18 degrees (C) at one point, and was at 16 for most of the rest of the journey.
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« Reply #51 on: 23:51:48, 01-10-2007 » |
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but even had the trains been running between Edinburgh and Newcastle (which, as I mentioned above, this weekend they weren't) D'oh! So you did. |
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« Reply #52 on: 00:04:06, 02-10-2007 » |
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I think it was the Island Star, Millie. Is your fore still boding?
There was a peacock butterfly on the fringes of the beach today, and when I was in the hills, the thermometer on the dashboard read 18 degrees (C) at one point, and was at 16 for most of the rest of the journey.
Phew! No that's not the one. Having said that, a friend of mine has just come back from a cruise with Royal Caribbean and they had a man overboard, apparently a member of staff - suicide - and whilst they were on their excursion to Rome, there was a typhoon and their ship broke its moorings apparently. Never a dull moment! Getting back to butterflies, I don't recall seeing any before in this area in October. It is very mild at the moment and my garden is still merrily flowering. The leaves are starting to fall but not to the usual extent for this time of year in this neck of the woods. |
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Sydney, that's looks very like cherry blossom. So, a Cherry Tree methinks. We have about 8 new plum trees springing up every year.... fruit dropping over the fence from next door's  |
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« Reply #56 on: 15:27:54, 12-10-2007 » |
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Beautiful! I love the sight of cherry blossom (wouldn't mind a chance to work with the wood either, but cherry seems to be hard to come by),
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« Reply #57 on: 18:22:43, 12-10-2007 » |
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Lovely pix Sydney - your garden overlooks the sea?! Wonderful! We have about 8 new plum trees springing up every year.... fruit dropping over the fence from next door's Plum trees send up fast-growing suckers too John - we have them all over our front lawn! Beautiful! I love the sight of cherry blossom (wouldn't mind a chance to work with the wood either, but cherry seems to be hard to come by),
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« Reply #58 on: 18:59:37, 12-10-2007 » |
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Plum trees send up fast-growing suckers too John - we have them all over our front lawn!
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Beautiful! I love the sight of cherry blossom (wouldn't mind a chance to work with the wood either, but cherry seems to be hard to come by),
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