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  • Happy Christmas
  • Is there Much Wenlock?
  • mTicket to Ride
  • Dial-a-ferry
  • Following the stones
  • Tunnels, tribulations and lots of time.
  • A rather fowl walk
  • Today’s the day!
  • Happy Christmas to everyone
  • Here it comes again!
  • Return from Rotherhithe
  • A tall story
  • Strand-ed
  • Today I was at Liberty to do as I liked.
  • We have a Tate à Tate and Barry goes to heaven.
  • I went 220 miles to Devon for 30 minutes – Wednesday.
  • I went 220 miles to Devon for 30 minutes – Tuesday.
  • I went 220 miles to Devon for 30 minutes – Monday.
  • I went 220 miles to Devon for 30 minutes – Sunday.
  • A Rampart surprise
  • More of the same but more of the difference.
  • Time for a Change, some Oxo and a secret!
  • The Good, the Bad and the Ugley
  • Cold Turkey
  • It’s Friday – so it must be Paddington to St. Pancras
  • Today I met a Saxon earl.
  • Off the Wall and Mind the Gap
  • Ancients in an ancient town
  • They don’t come any shorter
  • Happy Christmas
  • A journey in reverse.
  • From plain glass to stained glass.
  • An elephant’s tentacles and some pickled moles.
  • Eastbourne PS (I forgot)
  • Cow Gap
  • A Musical Soiree
  • The view from Platform 1
  • Time and Tide
  • An adventure – should I?
  • Lynn – Day 4
  • Lynn – Day 3
  • Lynn – Day 2
  • Lynn – Day 1
  • Lynn – Prologue
  • Bright, Brighter, Brighton – Day Two
  • Bright, Brighter, Brighton – Day One
  • A high speed trip.
  • Our trip is at an end.
  • Better late than never.
  • Medieval, Monumental and Modern
  • I’m just a little flower
  • What’s the rush?
  • Trains, Cranes and Cobbles
  • Spring is sprung, the grass is ris
  • Snow and Software
  • Don’t mention the weather!
  • Plan A or Plan B?
  • We are Siamese if you don’t please.
  • The New Year starts with a bang!
  • Happy Christmas to you all
  • Cosy
  • It’s a jungle out there!
  • Everyone should have one!
  • We are siamese if you plea-ease
  • Second time lucky.
  • Under an Essex sky
  • And now for something slightly different.
  • And now for something completely the same.
  • Paws for thought
  • 1,2,3,4,5 – Right, that’s enough!
  • This really was Nasty.
  • The Republic of Texas
  • Rock and Water – Day 6
  • Rock and Water – Day 5
  • Rock and Water – Day 4
  • Rock and Water – Day 3
  • Rock and Water – Day 2
  • Rock and Water – Day 1
  • Rock and Water
  • The best laid plans of mice and men . . . .
  • T-pot
  • Singing, singing, buttercups and daisies – Thursday
  • Singing, singing, buttercups and daisies – Wednesday
  • Singing, singing, buttercups and daisies – Tuesday
  • A narrow perspective
  • A very wet drought
  • The Prospect of Whitby, Captain Kidd and the Town of Ramsgate
  • The trip that nearly wasn’t.
  • A March march
  • Angle Shades
  • My New Torch
  • On top of the world
  • Stairs, reflections and sunlight.
  • A few statistics.
  • Happy Christmas
  • So, was it muddy?
  • We talk about it all the time.
  • Living with an old fossil
  • A Mere interlude – Day 4
  • A Mere diversion – Day 3
  • A Mere peregrination – Day 2
  • A Mere jaunt – Day 1
  • A later date.
  • Nothing!
  • A tale of two mugs
  • Yesterday we walked four feet
  • Tudor Turrets and Topiary
  • Cucumber Alley
  • A pile of words
  • Kew 2 – The route march!
  • Somewhere …..
  • 75%
  • Two big buildings and a steep hill
  • Round the world in a day.
  • To Babylon and back.
  • Today we had visitors; about 25,000 of them!
  • England’s smallest and England’s oldest – Wednesday.
  • England’s smallest and England’s oldest – Tuesday.
  • England’s smallest and England’s oldest – Monday
  • He said “Let there be Blue”
  • Down among the tulips something stirred.
  • Gloom, Gloom, Gloom – It’s official.
  • Just to show that people don’t always avoid us.
  • A Non Event
  • 2.92 miles
  • Happy Christmas
  • Winter Solstice 2010
  • Nature’s Colour Palette
  • Pas de Deux
  • The same but different!
  • Picture this!
  • You won’t see me photographing this in summer
  • Dove of Piece
  • I’m going to have to use the ‘F’ word!
  • For Sale: Pair of Olde English Legs – only one careful owner.
  • Hungry? Time for a Sandwich.
  • British Weather – What happened to Summer?
  • Here today, not gone tomorrow
  • Technology – Part Two
  • Technology – Part One
  • A monumental trip.
  • Anyone want a bit of a buzz?
  • Living on the edge.
  • This is getting toadally absurd.
  • An imposter, tea for two but it’s all Greek to me.
  • A round, another round and around.
  • The Birds and the Bees
  • Unlucky for some?
  • Ouch!
  • Compost and Concrete
  • Taking the bull by the horns.
  • Missed it again!
  • A power station that isn’t and a wobble that isn’t.
  • A Capital Trip – Tower Hill
  • A Capital Trip – Greenwich
  • A Capital Trip – Docklands
  • Toad of Toad Hall
  • Red, White and Blue
  • 2010 – Preparations start.
  • First ya see it then ya don’t
  • Walking in circles
  • Gobbledygook!
  • Zoom and Bloom
  • We’re not the only ones.
  • Beaky’s back.
  • Have you noticed?
  • ‘Beaky’ and friend.
  • It’s that day again.
  • Two days later!
  • Grey, cold and dismal
  • Was it or wasn’t it?
  • Up the tube without a camera.
  • Bird’s Nests
  • The Art of Wool Making
  • Oh dear – winter again.
  • Down South – Day 4 – Sunday 27th Sept.
  • Down South – Day 3 – Saturday 26th Sept.
  • Down South – Day 2 – Friday 25th Sept.
  • Down South – Day 1 – Thursday 24th Sept.
  • Latest trip.
  • You’ve heard of ‘Gold Finger’ – What about ‘Goldhanger’?
  • The Winton Train
  • Bank Holiday
  • Springs and Things.
  • Oxon-Hants-Wilts: Homeward Bound.
  • Oxon-Hants-Wilts: Two rings and a spire.
  • Oxon-Hants-Wilts: A holy house and a giant stairway.
  • Oxon-Hants-Wilts: A non-view, a smithy that isn’t and horses for courses.
  • An English Summer with a vengence
  • Road Names
  • Yes and No
  • Will we be lucky?
  • Blooming Marvellous!
  • A step too far.
  • It’s ‘B’ time again!
  • Snaking through Epping Forest
  • Six tired legs.
  • Chaos reigns
  • The Chilterns: A woodland interlude – Day 3
  • The Chilterns: Follies Galore – Day 2
  • The Chilterns: A beacon in an ancient landscape – Day 1
  • Two years ago.
  • March in, Spring up, Step out.
  • ‘Birdie’ again
  • Stumped!
  • Happy Christmas
  • Amanda’s Foot – Part 3
  • A peek at a porch with panache.
  • A Door into History
  • Thereby hangs a tail!
  • Amanda’s Foot – Part 2
  • A Geriatric Computer
  • Amanda is for the chop!
  • A book cover village
  • Messing about
  • Cervine and Feline
  • It’s that funny rain again.
  • Ghost bird
  • A grey day
  • Oliver Cromwell in a hurry.
  • Dark, wet and underground – what could be nicer?
  • Wells – Days 5 & 6 (Thursday & Friday)
  • Wells – Day 4 (Wednesday)
  • Wells – Day 3 (Tuesday)
  • Wells – Days 1 & 2 (Sunday & Monday)
  • Singing in the rain!
  • Time and Space
  • Mud and Lavender
  • You can’t make a silk purse from a sow’s ear!
  • Can the world survive this?
  • Big Sky – Small Fry
  • Yellow Spikes and Purple Haze
  • Towering over Tollesbury.
  • Deer me!
  • Stone, stone and more stone.
  • We’re off again.
  • Hip, Hip, Hoo Rye
  • A Sussex Sojourn
  • Heaven and Earth
  • Trans-Atlantic Friends – Part 2
  • Mystery Bird
  • Cups, Locks and Ducks
  • Houses through the ages.
  • Wood, Water and Webbed feet.
  • Ups and Downs – Day 3.
  • Ups and Downs – Day 2.
  • Ups and Downs – Day 1.
  • Surfing the Web
  • We have seen the light!
  • Salami and Chips – Part 2
  • Yorkshire and the Great North Road
  • Salami and chips
  • Summer for a day
  • Mid-summer madness!
  • Walking on cobbles
  • Water, water and more water.
  • The naked truth and a can of worms.
  • Time and tide wait for no man
  • The Peak District – Day 4
  • The Peak District – Day 3
  • The Peak District – Day 2
  • Peak of perfection
  • Trans-Atlantic friends
  • A quick visit
  • Lavenham again
  • Lavenham here we come!
  • Feelin’ Blue
  • Angels, Windmills and Porridge
  • Today we celebrate!
  • Two churches and a wood.
  • Another day, another wood.
  • Dressed to impress
  • Cottage and Castle
  • Flowers and Houses
  • Time is of the essence
  • Spring has un-sprung!
  • Distant Horizons
  • Spring has sprung
  • World domination
  • New year plans
  • Gloom with a view
  • Let there be light
  • Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
  • Autumn Jewels
  • Autumn has arrived!
  • Winter – here we come!
  • Colours? What colours?
  • Another visit to Copford Green Church
  • A visit from the Admiral
  • Extra mural activities.
  • A promenade in the park.
  • A Sunny September Interlude
  • Going up in the world.
  • Gallivanting is hard work!
  • Talking point.
  • Size does matter
  • Back again
  • Lessons learned
  • Norwich – Thursday 15th June 2006
  • Back home again
  • Norwich – Wednesday
  • Norwich – Tuesday
  • We got there in the end!
  • Something I didn’t know!
  • Can it get any worse?
  • A rather prickly subject
  • “Edged-halved and bridled scarf” – pardon?
  • The V.I.P. treatment!
  • No rest for the wicked!
  • A short visit to Maldon
  • Head in the clouds
  • Barking mad!
  • It’s nice to know!
  • Orchids galore!
  • Our next trip
  • It had to happen!

I’m just a little flower

24 April 2013 at 1:54 pm 5 comments

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    #1 | Written by annecyborn on 24 April 2013.

    Are you sure it is not an herb? anyway, he/she looks very content sitting in the sun.

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    #2 | Written by FloridaTVT on 25 April 2013.

    I can’t see her…her eyes are closed :razz:

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    #3 | Written by Old Guy on 25 April 2013.

    A new variant of Typha latifolia :hide:

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    #4 | Written by Barry on 25 April 2013.

    A new variant of Typha latifolia :hide:

    Over here Typha latifolia is known as Bullrush but Amanda tells me in America it is known as 'Cattail' so I get the joke. :roll:

    If you look at her expression you can imagine her thinking 'Oh no – not THAT joke again'. :devil:

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    #5 | Written by Old Guy on 26 April 2013.

    Guess I should have included a link. My bad :devil:

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