It isn't a weed in this part of the world. It looks like a campanula - a bell flower.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/plants/plantprofile_campanula.shtml

Oh, good! That means I don't have to pull it up! Thanks, Sue

Thanks, Liz! For clarifying my "birdie" dilemma .

Sorry I didn't get back to your query Denni19 but I've been outside all day and just returned, but I see Liz filled you in. Yes Liz the elusive Blue Jay came for a drink many times but never when I had my camera. He' s been squawking around our yard all week, he has a young one with him and they're teaching him/her to fly. I couldn't get the youngster at the water he couldn't land properly and splashed head first into the water then flew off. If only I had the camera ready it would have been a great shot. Oh well maybe next time.

This is my first macro post. The lychees on my tree are ripening fast and I picked the first crop today . They are deliciously cool and juicy as I keep them in the fridge

The first basket of lychees

That looks good! I was going to post another macro myself but to keep the peace, I thought I should post Mrs TW's latest finished cross stitch creation instead.

It's called 'On the Terrace' (Renoir). The picture isn't quite square but the frame is, so a little of the picture is cut off top and bottom. The frame was the nearest size that could be bought 'off the shelf'. The man in the open-air market who makes frames to size wasn't there this week. The picture took two years (on and off) to complete. It measures 19½" x 20½" and is done on 14 count material. There are no blank spaces. It is all filled in with stitches.



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One person's weed is another's flower. Our daughter-in-law (from Thailand) once asked how to grow a lawn with all the white flowers in it. I said that many here spend time trying to get rid of daisies in the lawn ..and dandelions.

Tell Mrs TW that she is VERY talented. That is gorgeous. Your macro shot could be of some stitches.

Taken some years ago, but still interesting. this is the Malvinas War Memorial in Buenos Aires, which I'm showing in reference to Romeomikegolf's thread 'Falklands Anniversary', and as a tribute to the many friendly people I met and worked with throughout Argentine.
As RMG stated "Not a day to gloat or to go into a mass hysteria over the result; more a day to remember all who lost their lives so far from home".

Wow! That Renoir is awesome - just to interject as I tour...

A peaceful but sad photo picqero.

I know Mrs TW will appreciate the praise about the picture . A cross stitch macro is a good idea Sue. I might not have time (when the light good enough) to take a photo for tomorrow but I will do it. I've got another way of doing even closer macro shots. I'll mention how this can be done when posting tomorrow's photo (picture already taken).

Ah, so that’s what a blue jay is. Lovely pic, Argus. And Mrs TW’s Renoir is simply wonderful.

Hastings acquired a number of Victorian churches during its mushroom growth in the nineteenth century. Most of them are not worth photographing, but I like this one (Holy Trinity), on a triangular site near the centre with an ornate drinking fountain in front of the apex.

This morning I reported to ShopMobility to start training as a volunteer. I obviously didn't take this photo as I appear in it but thought I would post it anyway. I didn't get a ride today but will soon.



This link shows just some of the equipment they have available for people with mobility problems to use.

OOOH I would so LOVE one of those motorized ones! Yay Imagine the fun! Sue , I hope you get to have races in the carpark.

This is the beach between Burghead and Findhorn in Scotland. The line of concrete blocks, built for defence in WW2, are along almost the entire length (about 6 or 7 miles I guess). To get here you park your car in the forest, where you would hardly know the sea was a couple of hundred meters away.

Here's another Blue Jay, this time a macro shot of one of the caps in my collection

My favourite kind of blue jay, Liz.

They are such a pretty bird, but they have such a loud squawky voice

Once upon a time there was a county called Middlesex. In 1965 only the name remained as postal addresses for the residents moved to London (not physically) but without a London postcode. Until the 1930s except the local town centres (as they were outside London) weren't built until the area became industrialised in the 1930s and then it all went up suddenly with mainly 3 bedroomed semi-detached houses just like these. If you go from Finchley in the North-East to Hounslow in the South-West of old Middlesex you will see houses similar to this for about ten miles continually. These are what I consider to be nicer examples, many others look like industrial storage units.



Meadow Drive, Hendon. Opposite my old piano teacher.

This flower had opened over night, so it was brand new.



TW tell Mrs. TW that her work is fabulous. Both Mrs Argus and I do cross stitch, that one is quite detailed.

A well used rotary cutter.

I've been MIA for a few days and BLIMEY !! Explosion in a photo factory.

What treasures I'm fortunate to look upon - best go and find one to add lol...I'm waaaaaaaaaaay behind.

This one was taken with my new camera in 'night vision' mode.

I'm not sure what happened but I love the result.

My own 'hollow man'

Spooky, Troll!

I merged these two pics together so it's just the one image. It's the same windmill - on the left was taken about eight months ago when the drought was severe and on the right was taken this morning surrounded by grass. Happy Days The windmill doesn't actually work anymore and it is powered by the bank of solar panels you can see there to the right of the mill.



Link to larger pic here