A view across Bristol from Cabot Tower. The tower was built in memory of John
Cabot who sailed from Bristol in the 1400s in the Matthew and 'discovered' Canada.
The tower is currently closed for renovation. I took this (& a few others) some
time ago. I've only recently found the photos & scanned them. Came out quite well.

We have a niger seed feeder just outside our kitchen window. We have counted up to 18 on it at the same time. I must remember to keep my camera handy the next time that happens.
These two looked a bit bedraggled as it had been raining.

I'm really enjoying the wonderful mix of photos from everyone, you never know what's going to come next.



More ducks from me.

Nice ducks Pete. I notice your comment "Tomorrow will be my Lucky Duck day!" on your FT profile so here is an Indian Runner Duck we saw in Dorking during an enjoyable Murder Weekend.

The Telopea (Waratah) is the floral emblem of New South Wales. They are now grown commercially for the cut flower trade.

Thanks for the duck photo SOTHC, I'm not sure if posting duck pictures helps with the Lucky Duck badge but it doesn't hurt to try :-)
We went to a Murder Evening in Haslemere last year and had a great time, never tried a Weekend one but have heard they are run every well, something to put on the list for next year.

Beautiful flowers Auntie :-)



I haven't posted a Heron photo for a while, this was taken about a week ago just before the rainy days started.

The rain finally stopped- it kept me indoors all week so nothing new till the sun came out today. This is the centre of Hersham village.

I agree with Satguru it was good to see the sun again today, but that wintery coldness is starting to be felt in the air.



With the temperature dropping, sitting on the bench for too long isn't much fun, so might as well take a photo of it instead.

Brass Doors and mosaic walls -- Fez

This was a wildflower I had never seen before (and I've seen a few in my time).
My daughter recognised it as Glischrocaryon behrii (Golden Pennants) but was surprised to find it in The Grampians. It seemed to be confined to one small area.

Alexandra Palace, the original home of British TV

I spent a little too long this evening trying to photograph the heron and nearly got caught out by the light. Not so happy with the heron picture I eventually managed, still trying to work out how to take photos in low light, so will post this shot taken while I was waiting for the heron to appear.

Trev, such an ethereal photograph, I can almost see a graceful arm holding Excalibur aloft!

The woody stem of my 6 foot tall Monstous variety of giant cutleaf Philodendron. The eyeball image of the leaf scars mesmerizes me, but then so does any moving shadow. You can see a few of the aerial roots growing from the left (shaded) side.

Photos are wonderful (as usual) . David it was great to see dear old Ally Pally. My dad worked there in early television. Thanks everyone.

WOWzah, all the photos have been great. I would post about EVERY one of them, but the message would be too long lol.
But Trev, your "waiting for the heron" pic inspires me to do a watercolour painting.
And BHS, you have no idea how the members of my calligraphy guild would go ga-ga over that door in Fez.
SOTHC, your goldfinches are SOoooooooooo different from ours!
Cool goanna pix too Copago!
I'm out of "town" until after the 20th, hopefully I can take something of interest between now and then.

Psst to the moderators: could we "unpin/unsticky" the September/October photos and "my favourite town"?

Ooops yes, Thanks Jakeroo. Consider it done.

This can only appeal to someone who passes this spot regularly, a little slice of my world I've passed all my life. The Brent Bridge junction on the North Circular in Golders Green. The new 600 series of buses are the normal buses with a 6 instead at the beginning to be added for school journeys.

Thanks Auntie, a sword rising out of the lake would have been perfect but it may have left me slightly spooked, or served me right for wandering around a wood at dusk :-)

Good luck with the painting Jakeroo, I'd love to see a photo, when you're finished, in a future thread :-



I mentioned in last months thread a competition in The Times to photograph a great British building. This was the photo I entered, the Palace of Westminster clock tower or Big Ben as most people seem to now call it.
The winning photographs are published in the paper tomorrow and I'm interested to see the photos that won so I can gain some inspiration of how to take pictures of landmarks and buildings, which I struggled with when I tried to take a photo for this competition.

I love the way you took that photo of the clock!

Grilled window - Fez

It is amazing what you can find on a menu in a Morroccan Restaurant bhs63

Hendon Way Cricklewood, you wouldn't believe it was only 3.30pm when it was taken.

Great pictures, everyone!

Sat, that picture was taken at only 3:30? And I complain that in winter over here it's already dark at 5:30 pm...

Wow...that's 3:30pm? It is 6pm here and dark already.



The roadway just past the church that is on this road is closed for construction (you can tell by the sign behind it), and unless you are going to that church, you are not supposed to cross.

Nothing new for today, but this is the Heron picture from a couple of days ago.

Another rotated view of the lake.

Berni, to be fair I took one a minute earlier and it wasn't half as bad. My camera cuts out in low light but as the effect was good decided to keep it as it was. It was like that by 4pm though, as they put the clocks back or it would be 5 like you.

A typical local scene in Kingsbury

This pigeon spent about five minutes trying to work out how to get onto the bird table, he made it in the end.

Continuing on The Grampians Wildflower walk.....
Pultenea, one of the many native plants which bears a pea-shaped flower.
The dispay was excellent this year, the hillsides were awash with colour.