I don't know what the plants are but I have a pot of scirpus which are similar but green except have side branches as well. It could be from a close family member though.

The pond on the green in Godstone

The azaleas have started to bloom.

Szabs: if your dried up "river" contained any salt water (similar to a marsh), then that plant could be Glasswort (Salicornia)

In the fortnightly theme thread Flopsy talked of how great some of the works of modern masons are. The gargoyles in Gloucester Cathedral were needing to be replaced and a French mason was invited to tackle the job.

another one
Quite a problem to move and install!

szabs, I agree with Jakeroo. If it is glasswort, the pink colouration may be an indicator of how much salt the plant has absorbed.
They can be burned to yield soda ash, an ingredient in the making of glass and soap.

We have some of those plants here too and they are around a salt lake we have. Interesting.

Does everyone know my son has to do school at home through School of the Air? Most of the time he is with me doing the work that is sent out and nearly everyday, for half and hour, he gets on the computer and has a lesson with his teacher who is about 250kms away. All the kids can see the teacher and hear all the other kids. This today was a bit different .. through the wonders of technology the kids were linked up with another classroom hundreds of ks away where we could see them but they could only see Conor's teacher but it was amazing how it all worked.
Anyway! Here is the computer and the classroom (and why yes! It could do with a tidy up .. holidays start next week so will do it then lol)

Another one from Foxton Locks taken last Sunday. This is from partway down the flight looking towards the bottom. Foxton is the longest 'staircase' lock on the English canal system.

You're welcome, Sara. I would've taken it earlier but the financial year end is very hectic at work.

Gloria Church, Mumbai

White Azaleas

Thanks all for the reply on the plant, it must be glasswort, as it´s in a marsh area that is quite near to the sea, and I am sure there is plenty of salt in the ground.

Bhs - beautiful azaleas, ours are just starting to come into bloom here.

Lovely dogs Gees and QB

I've never seen a tree like that before! Are they real bottles?

Bhs, I've seen bottle trees like yours in the Australian outback but unfortunately I don't have any photos of them. It did, however, remind me of this one which I saw last year in the Northern Territory when we were travelling by bus from King's Canyon to Alice Springs. It's literally out in the middle of nowhere, or the centre of Australia, across the road from the "international bus station".

bhs, my brother has two bottle trees - whenever they burst into (brown) bloom, I know that Home Brew season is approaching!




Another of the pedestrian bollards in a local shopping centre.

This view is just next to the pond across the road in Godstone

Thanks to Ren and Auntie for the Hebe plant ID We have got 3 more plants flowering but I know them daffodil, daisy and dandelion if anything else other tan the roses flower I could struggle to identify them.
A cat picture this time called Monica she belongs to my neice

Oh yes, Monica looks very purposeful.

I met this puppy on the weekend. He greeted me by putting his paws on my shoulders
His coat is woolly, like a lamb and he's a sweetie.

Not a lot is known about this guy, but of course he is a medieval knight. The Church where he sleeps is in Woolpit, Suffolk and that dates from 1016, so he is quite a bit old.

Next to him is his Missus, presumably. She looks a bit frail.
and here is the family font for my Mum's side. Well the aged cover anyway

Anyone for a game of underwater tennis? This is the result of the rain on Monday.....

Another view from my friend's flat in Finchley looking over to Hampstead Heath

A horse (of course)

More azaleas

The first pictures of spring in my mum's garden. I'm not sure what the yellow flowers are and forgot to ask.

High tide on a Spring morning

That yellow flower is a Kerria, part of the Japonica family.

Angel Island, where Chinese immigrants were processed in the early 20th century, as seen from Alcatraz.

Thanks flopsymopsy, I realised when I got home I forgot to ask its name but knew I'd find out here and also got an ID on Flickr without even needing to ask! I'm better with insects than plants myself and quite a few of those turn up in photos needing names as well.

Tunisian shoe shop...

Guess what it is?