Those walking sticks are gorgeous, as is that photo of them! Love the play of light and dark and the linear look to it!

Chavs, sooooo sorry for all that confusion! (But I did laugh when imagining your frustrated attempts to find my 'botanical' term ). Have fixed that typo up now to avoid any future confusion

Copago, that van looks kind of fun!

I wouldn't get any closer to the plover either!

here is Jinx who seems to have more legs than necessary!

Ahh. (or awww). Sweet.

(:D Santana. Glad you laughed. I'm still laughing).

Thanks santana.

Copago, gorgeous shot of Jinx.

Chavs - how do you keep your Crocosmia so immaculate - the birds always seem to peck away at mine.

It's not very immaculate except in close up but....my neighbours' cats keep birds away, I expect. No nice bird shots from me, you'll note! A couple of scraggy cat ones in my file though.

Picture of a North American B-25 Mitchell bomber of WWII vintage at a local airshow. This is a great-looking plane.
Much appreciation to the men and women who keep these historic aircraft alive and flying.

Wow, great plane and great shot, Gary!

Gary, fabulous shot!

Jinx does look like he's got too many/too long legs, but very awwwww!

Here's the side entrance to one of the chapels in the basilica of Rocamadour:

I got to Louisville a week after a very soggy Kentucky Derby, the Ohio River was still running high and while there I visited Churchill Downs and got out by the track. However, the batteries in the camera went flat and there were no AA batteries to be found inside the giftshop, I went to head back out to the car but there was a tremendous thunderstorm with the heaviest rain I had ever experienced so decided to stay inside....lol

Guess what usually travels in this vehicle!

I'm guessing it's not the pigeon. So I'll say a dog.

New flats in Alperton

This didn't come out too well as I was in a rush to get the last bus home
but hopefully you can see that some wagster has added a giant yo-yo to
this statue:



I was quietly amused by it.

hehe

Getting closer to home again.

After another lengthy bus trip (though the shortest so far at 21 hours) I found myself in New York. Then I had to find my way from the bus station to Grand Central Station and take a train into New Jersey where I was staying. I managed to get back into the Bronx Zoo one day and had a little look around a small part of New York on another day. This is the Empire State Building, just before I had a bit of a queue to get to the observation deck.

A nice old fashioned galloper

This might just be a typical road in inner London but not everyone here would see it otherwise. Uxbridge Road, Shepherd's Bush

Very cool merry-go-round!!

Hope I haven't posted this one before! I think I might have .. if so then here it is again lol

Here's the Chateau d'Auzèrs, in the Cantal region of France, inhabited and still lived in by the same family since the 15th Century:

That's beautiful. It's like one of those fairy tale castles

Someone has obviously seen our latest weather forecast!

We had a hailstorm on Saturday with hailstones almost as big as golf balls.

I saw some pictures on the news of Bradford with 3 or 4 inches of hail on the ground - looked more like December than August.

This is part of a 30 plus year mission taking photos of straight roads. There are so few in Britain (unlike most other places) each is a small victory when I find a good one, more points if a main road which this isn't. Still in Shepherd's Bush.

It's been a couple of years since I've been in the Photo-a-Day forum because I was so fed up with my slow internet connection that I gave it up. It took me awhile to even learn how to download a photo and post again. So here's my first post after 2 1/2 years.

This little fellow and his nest were apparently blown out of the tree so I placed his nest next to him in hopes of comfort.

Aw Clara Sue! Welcome back to the nest indeed! It's a sweet photo I do hope his mum turned up!

Now for a few views looking out over New York City from the Empire State Building though I am not sure what areas they are or exactly certain which direction we are looking. This first photo could be looking in a notheast direction.

Inspired by those of you who have posted some scans of your earliest colour photos, I thought I would see what I could find. I have some earlier colour pics, but they are all "people" photos, so have gone with this one. It is the whirlpool below Niagara Falls in 1964, taken during my Grade 7 class trip.

So, let's see, Liz, that would make you .... um? How old? hee hee

You have all the info