Today in pictures

[davemac]

Originally Posted by mobertol

Did you show him the droplet shot to explain Dave, was worth the effort! Just as well he didn't have a heart attack I love number 4 - recognised that view immediately.

I did shout I am taking a photograph, but by the time I had got to my feet he was off into the distance. Plus I don't think he would have understood if I had said I am taking photographs of melted frost on grass seed heads whilst laying face down in the frosty grass getting wet through.

[maxthecollie]

Originally Posted by gpick24

Mine from yesterday.

1. Frosty riverbank
2. A training helicopter.
3. Them crows son`t like the buzzards.
4. Goldfinch?
5. It`s not warm enough for sunbathing yet.
6. Given the arty farty treatment.
7. Peek-a-boo.
8. Don`t mess with the swans
9. Off to the next field.
10. A knackered farm with a cracking view.

Yep No 4 is a goldfinch

[Eric]

Originally Posted by gpick24

Mine from yesterday.

1. Frosty riverbank
2. A training helicopter.
3. Them crows son`t like the buzzards.
4. Goldfinch?
5. It`s not warm enough for sunbathing yet.
6. Given the arty farty treatment.
7. Peek-a-boo.
8. Don`t mess with the swans
9. Off to the next field.
10. A knackered farm with a cracking view.

Love the pictures of the deer .... they look quite relaxed; hunting season must be over, eh.

[gpick24]

Originally Posted by Eric

Love the pictures of the deer .... they look quite relaxed; hunting season must be over, eh.

They aren't wild, they were in a pen on a farm in rishton.

[Eric]

Originally Posted by gpick24

They aren't wild, they were in a pen on a farm in rishton.

Are there any wild deer in the area?

[gpick24]

Yes, I see wild roe deer quite a lot, getting a decent pic of them though is quite difficult. I think these are fallow deer, don't know if we have wild ones round here.

[Turtle]

Originally Posted by davemac

Today in Pictures, a break in the weather , so hopefully no moist gusset on my return.

1. The closer we got to Pendle Hill the more the visibility vanished.
2. The cloud base appears to be descending.
3. Looking back at the path we have just travelled along.
4. All that remains of a cart track over the tops.
5. I don't think we will go that way, visibility is pants.
6. Churn Clough Reservoir, the fullest I have seen it all year.
7. A stream that has descended from the top of Pendle Hill to fill the reservoir and eventually become drinking water.
8. A turn around the wet bit, then head back.
9. Sabden, mixed in mist and sunlight.
10. It doesn't seem all that long ago that I photographed blokes "popped up" jumping in the res in their kecks.

wowzers! These are all stunners davemac

[Turtle]

Not much snow around here this winter (so far!), but it has turned quite cold. Today was minus 17 on my deck, with the forecast calling for even colder temps. this afternoon. Putting out the garbage bins this morning was not fun, but the moon did look pretty.

[Eric]

Originally Posted by Turtle

Not much snow around here this winter (so far!), but it has turned quite cold. Today was minus 17 on my deck, with the forecast calling for even colder temps. this afternoon. Putting out the garbage bins this morning was not fun, but the moon did look pretty.

Know what you mean about not being fun ... we are at -19, -28 with the wind chill. At least the Canadian juniors warmed things up by taking gold at the World Junior Championships ... Dog walks are getting shorter, and I usually end up carrying her home so that her paws don't get too cold.

[davemac]

Today in Pictures was a later than expected excursion due to my large curriculum, so in fading light I made the best of what I had to play with.

[davemac]

Today becomes yesterday, and todays will be tomorrow, its all very confusing.


1. Best seat in the house.
2. The steps I have used these in all weathers and seasons.
3. In the distance is Hapton Scouts.
4. Getting ready for a floral extravaganza.
5. However at the moment the woods are asleep on the surface.
6. A sudden burst of sunlight, but is short lived.
7. I have found a spooky bit..........ruuuuuuuuuuuunnnnnnnn.
8. Looking down the valley.
9. Nice to look at, but wet underfoot.
10. Time to leave, the next time I possibly look at this area the bluebells will be the dominant plant.

[Turtle]

Seeing number four, I let out a gasp. Hubby wondered what the heck was the matter. "Green shoots coming out of the ground over there!" I said. "And it's January!!! What am I doing over here?!!!"
And then I saw number 6. Gorgeous

[davemac]

Originally Posted by Turtle

Seeing number four, I let out a gasp. Hubby wondered what the heck was the matter. "Green shoots coming out of the ground over there!" I said. "And it's January!!! What am I doing over here?!!!"
And then I saw number 6. Gorgeous

Thanks, the daffs are even further out but no flower spikes as we are still going to get some nasty stuff. They often send up a few short leaves and then become dormant again, waiting for the warmer season to arrive.

[davemac]

Another yesterday in Pictures, on a day when we had high winds where did I go, Ossy Moors, I must want my bumps feeling, it was that strong I was leaning into the wind like Michael Jackson in Smooth Criminal.

1. Visibility is pants.
2. An old cart track, heading toward Troy Quarry.
3. Looking across to the top end of Calf Hey Reservoir.
4. Helmshore is in the distance.
5. Time to sit in the marshland.
6. The quarry was in operation at the start of the industrial revolution, and still used today.
7. Stone walls are a feature of the area, probably as it was only a short distance from where they came from.
8. The old cart track again, just a bit further along.
9. Its difficult to see, but the remains of an old farmhouse, or small holding.
10. Another patch of small buildings slowly going back to the soil from whence they came.

[shillelagh]

i went walkies with the tedster and his co-owner this afternoon ... and one for davemac