Good to see Hindi back, Copago.

Paul, I like that shot. Do you know the year or make of that car?

TW, you don't think that the person who buried a rolled-up 8x10 rug put that sign there afterwards, do you?

I see cake, hope you have a happy birthday, flopsy!

Some great shots in the last few days, well done everyone.

Plantain flower.



Each yellow floweret at the top of the main flower will develop into a fruit. The two outer purple flower petals will then drop off to reveal another set of flowerets and another purple flower, and so on, continuing downwards until the hand of fruit is complete. Plantain and bananas are distinguishible from each other only by their leaves when young. Photo taken this week in my garden.

Thank you, Mags! I have cake, please help yourself.

And thank you Paul, I have many pictures of boats as you may yet discover!

I see the cake- Happy birthday flopsy!

that is a lovely view satguru. i checked out the collection of signs ...
it is impressive ... think i mentioned to you before,having a cousin who collects license plates as well ... they date back many years

on the hour, every hour ...




Departure Bay ferry terminal
from Departure Bay beach
Nanaimo, B.C.
Vancouver Island

Thanks Shelley, I have quite a few of those as well, they all go together really.

I'm enjoying your shots of Departure Bay, mcshellsie. If that's the ferry that runs from Vancouver to Nanaimo then I've been on it. My brother lives in Nanaimo, and I have family and friends elsewhere on the Island, as well as Gabriola Island.

thanks mm ... thats cool you having relatives here. yes, those were the ferry to Horseshoe Bay (Vancouver) a 30 mile, 2 hr. trip across the Strait of Georgia. The BC Ferry fleet is large, i think there are three different ferries doing just this route, one a new superferry recently built for them in Germany.



River Lagan
Donnegal Quay
Belfast, Northern Ireland
August 2009

A post box outside a small suburban post office

Saturday is farmers' market day.

I like to buy my produce from the grower; everything shown here is local, including the raspberry loaf from the Swiss lady.

Those vegetables look so fresh and yummy, MadMags! And those strawberries! Oh, and I bet that raspberry loaf is delicious. I'm hungry now Great picture!

Thanks minkpenny! If the raspberry loaf is anything like the mango loaf I bought from her last week, it will be muy rico (very tasty)

Outside London (only just) they can hide the housing estates behind large gardens, at least they've proved it is possible but very much the exception anywhere in the country. This is in Thames Ditton, which is in Surrey though so more likely.

yum ! fresh salad !
... and another lovely view Satguru



... cargo ship in the Irish Sea as seen from the decks of HSS Stenna
ferry enroute from Belfast, Northern Ireland to Stranraer, Scotland

This is Tori, another one of our "rescued" cats. As I get more proficient at this I will post others. Mommakat

Like the cargo ship pic Shellie

aww nice looking moggy, Mommkat!
I'm sure there'll be lots of people looking forward seeing more of your cats.

Your pic brought back some memories, McShellsie. I did that trip many many years ago now and can still remember that the Stenna Line jingle ad played over and ver the PA .. I hope they've changed it since. LOL

Sat, I like the way the colour of the brick is repeated on the grass. A nice autumnal shot.

Mcshellsie, the colours in your photo really evoke the chill and cold of the Irish sea, nice capture.

<<"yum ! fresh salad !">> Yes, indeed. Saturday's lunch of chicken salad.

Tori is so cute, Mommakat

And that salad looks delicious, MadMags Yum! And before you mentioned a mango loaf? Mmmm, mango loaf, raspberry loaf and those veggies... can I have a meal at your house? lol

MC Shellie, your photo brings back childhood memories! For several years our family holiday started with a long drive from Dublin to Larne or Belfast to catch the ferry over to Stranraer!

Here's a photo from me for today. Taken this morning, I'll leave you to figure out where, but it brings a new meaning to having the whole world in your hands (or in this case, not quite the whole world, just one huge chunk of metal...

Toni, that picture is a real eyeful!

Here's another Surrey view, the North Downs at Woodmansterne

i'm surprised how many of you have taken that trip on the Irish Sea. Thanks for all the nice compliments.



bee on lavender
August 2009

The view from the window of the place we stayed in last holidays. It's looking over Tumby Bay. I took 5 separate photos and stitched them together to make this.

This is the church in Whitton, just down the road from the rugby stadium in Twickenham, which has just had a complete new wing added.

We're just into 'tomorrow' here, so I'll post this before retiring for the day.

Another from our visit to Paris this weekend:

That pigeon scared me.

A small temple by the road.