Very nice and welcome strumtstrummer. I don't know how it happens but the dog in this picture went straight in the river after its ball after I took this of Hampton Court.
The houses in the last photo are architect designed between about 1910 and 1935 and are the idealised versions of the best of the British houses but most are pretty ordinary everywhere else.

I gave my cats the treat of exploring the crawlspace under my house.
Mishka returned with his head draped in sticky grey cobwebs.

Great pictures everyone. Welcome strumtstrummer, your dog is having a lovely time, superbly photographed.
Auntie - your cat is adorable.





This is a view across Frensham little pond.

What lovely photos - I do not know how you gauge the colour saturation, but these photos are all spot on! A very talented group of photographers here.

strumtstrummer , please check your PMs.

strum: You're new here - welcome! Your enthusiasm is most refreshing and the
exuberance of your dog made me laugh out LOUD (honestly) at every picture of the obvious joy.
Don't let the "rules" thing discourage you from future posting - if you have a "series" of
pictures that are connected, you can always post one of them in each of successive days.
I personally enjoyed the pix immensely - hope to see more of your submissions soon : )

trev: I've never seen a more blue heron in all my life. Nice capture!
Also loved the autumn colours. Here in Alberta the seasons change rather abruptly.
A zillion leaves one day and bare trees the next. In many years, it's not really "fall",
but rather a "thud" LOL

QQ: wow, you SHOULD be pleased with that picture. The plant looks like it could start
MOVING at any time - sort of reminds me of "Little Shop of Horrors" for some reason : )

Auntie: cute pic of the cat. My Zoe's VERY fluffy tail quite often finds the dust
bunnies my vacuum fails to notice lol

Copago: I'm laughing about the magpies. They're here in my yard every day, but I
still haven't caught one in flight yet. Am working on it though.

Satguru: am a big fan of topiary myself. I'll endeavour to find some of the ones
I've taken. Your friend might like them as well.

Okay, finally found my heron picture. It was taken in Southern California, but I can't
remember whether it was near Balboa Park or at the Quail Botanical Gardens.
At any rate, it's a wild bird, not a zoo exhibit. And no, it's not stuffed, nor is it
missing a leg ...

Jakeroo - Brilliant heron shot, I'm so pleased you found that one to post, the light and focus is perfect.
We've had a very mild autumn so far and most of the leaves are still up on the trees, the autumn sunshine is making for some good photo opportunities when time allows.

You've also given me an excuse to post another heron photo.



This is a new heron for me, taken on the weekend at a small lake behind a local garden centre.

Well caught there Trev, if that's not a DSLR I'd like to know what you took it with. For engineering fans (there must be one or two?) this is the lock over the river Mole at Molesey

Thanks Satguru and yes I use a Canon 550d ( I think in other parts of the world may be called a Canon Rebel).





Sometimes you just get lucky, I was out for about 20 minutes today and a rainbow became visible for less than half a minute. I was passing the only spot on my walk that had an unobstructed view, 10 seconds sooner or later and I would have missed it.

Trev, I'm drooling. I so want a Canon Rebel myself...

Beautiful pics all. I've been laid up all week with sciatica, just here for a quick visit.

Some fall color in Pennsylvania

Beautiful pictures, everyone

Trev, that photo with the rainbow is amazing!

I hope you feel better soon, Liz!

Lots of big pumpkins

Done. Sorry folks I forgot it was A photo a day.


Anyway that's sorted and thank you all very much for the kind weclome and comments.


Just spotted this today. Funguy!

Thanks StrumTstrummer! That's a fantastic shot too!

Thank you Minkpenny, I was very fortunate to get that rainbow.

Liz - I've had the camera since late August and would definitely recommend it. It's my first DSLR and I only use it in auto mode but it does all I hoped it would do.
I hope you're feeling better soon.

Bhs, those pumpkins are incredible, I wish they sold them like that over here.

Strum, "Just spotted this today. Funguy!" LOL





Last Sunday afternoon was spent in London trying to take a photo of a grand building for a newspaper competition. I soon worked out it is not as easy as it sounds. Here was my attempt at St. Paul's Cathedral.

A herd of 30+ elephant at the water hole in Etosha National Park, Namibia.



I wanted a little one but they said NO!

Beautiful photo, trev. The building really looks grand in your shot.

Lady1, that photo is just awesome.

Apples for sale

The elephants are wonderful!

I took this with my mobile phone in Belgium

your PHONE took that picture?? ... wow, I really need to update mine lol

Thanks Zorba.
Lovely photo Karusa, & your strawberry picker shot on the other thread is amazing.
Lady, love those elephants.



There have been reports of a giant seagull hanging around Tower bridge.

This is the result of the "Save the Guildford Hotel - Sock It To 'Em" campaign. This is just a small segment of the fence.

A sign on the opposite side of the street says: "If you think it stinks that the Guildford Hotel is still without a roof, two years after the fire, express your frustration and disgust and tie a sock onto the fence outside the hotel. September 1st is the second anniversary of the fire so let's make it Socktember. Thanks for your support."



The Guildford Hotel is a beautiful historic hotel which was gutted by a fire in September 2008. We keep hearing about plans for restoration but nothing is happening. Meanwhile, without a roof, the beautiful wooden panels, staircases, etc are being ruined by the weather. It dates back to 1883 and it is heritage-listed.

The funny thing is that there have been quite a number of heritage-listed buildings in Perth which have been the subject of similar mysterious fires. Typically, the owners will apply to do renovations, the Heritage Council will knock them back, or put lots of obstacles in their way, then there is a mysterious fire when there is nobody on the premises and nobody is hurt, but the damage is so substantial that the building has to be renovated anyway - or demolished, with the result that the owners can redevelop the land. It's the strangest phenomenon (LOL).

These two cheetahs were enjoying life in a secure game park on the Garden Route in South Africa

Just a nice bright autumn day here today.

I wasn't planning it but sent the photo of Hampton Court to The Times as well, you may as well have a go. It's actually literally on the border of London but they all count.
This is the park at the top of my road, but although you can see it you can't get in as they didn't leave a gap between the houses so a much longer walk. That's typical of British lack of planning sense.

Any more famous Tudor landmarks?

Good luck with the competition Satguru.

SOTHC your photo of the cheetahs is incredible.




Taken today at Windsor Castle, according to the signs the Queen is in residence this weekend.

This is my first attempt to post a photograph so hopefully it will work.A typical autumnal photo really,but very colourful.I love this time of year.
{Edited by Ren to get it to show up I just put [img] tab around your photo url, as per the instructions at the head of this forum. It's a lovely picture well done. (and welcome ))

Thank you for your help Ren,I'll try again but I can't post every day unfortunately.