"That is impressive CmdrK, and very lucky there were no clouds or a wing in the way."

We do have cloudy days here, but not many. And I used a bit of telephoto so the port engine nacelle wouldn't show in the picture.

Lookout Point at Opunake Lake in Opunake, Taranaki

The beach near Folkestone

Died and gone to heaven.
A shop display in Gloucester

Maynooth would be happy to go with you.

A beautiful sight indeed! The only window I've seen that compares with it is Paxton & Whitfield's in Jermyn Street.

Ren!!! I'm drooling!

Next to a bookshop, that's definitely paradise!

Gloucestershire has more than one great cheese shop - there's also the Cheeseworks in Cheltenham, which used to be owned by a Masterchef finalist but now belongs to, er, someone else.

This was a vay posh deli . I forget the name.

Continuing on my stroll to Jack's Point, the ship I watched leave the Port of Timaru making progress on the Pacific Ocean heading south.

Victor and my new doormat which he finds very comfortable.

Karlsteijn Castle near Prague - going past the tourist traps....

So, you want cheese eh?



There are still some specialty shops in the U.S. that will cut a hunk of cheese to order, but mostly it's now prepackaged cheeses. This picture shows about half the cheeses a supermarket near me carries.

My latest pre-1964 sign in Hertfordshire. It's almost identical to one I already have (besides being raised letters), but the arrow is in the middle rather than the corner. Unfortunately the shaft has gone but still clear where it's pointing to.

Here is the view from my classroom today .There are worse ones I think. To upload to Photobucket only took 3 hours.

The sunrise this morning (23rd April) at the Smithfield rock pools.

That is absolutely beautiful, Howie! Thanks very much for the picture.

Shakespeare's house in Stratford. As my son would say , we went but he wasn't home.

Thank you and welcome to the photo forum. On the rare occasion I seem to come up with a photo that is adequate.

When I turned my back on the sunrise I saw this strange thing....

Ren, Shakespeare was not at home when you visited as well? I am beginning to think he may not like guests to arrive....

Several of us seem to have incurred the wrath of the gods of photobucket. Let's hope they are in a better mood tomorrow.

The entrance to Marlborough College in Wiltshire

The road through the Waipoua Forest in Northland. Please excuse the horrible light in the photo...

I went to a scrapbooking retreat this past weekend. One of the ladies at the retreat looks after orphaned joeys (baby kangaroos) and brought one along because he required bottle feeding every few hours. This is Hamish - he's 8 months old. He spent the retreat snoozing in a bag hung on the back of a chair while we worked (this simulates his mother's pouch where he would normally be doing much the same thing). Isn't he cute?

Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!That's all I can say, Carole!