The beauty in the everyday....

[oldwheels]

Wow! Not so common!
Cowries are a rare find here....

Cowries used to be common at John o' Groats but since everyone picks them up they were very rare on my last visit. Same with Iona Marble stones on the beaches of that island. At one time the beaches had loads of them but now it is rare to find any. Visitors picking them up and removing them.

 

[roubaixtuesday]

Wow! Not so common!
Cowries are a rare find here....

I was brought up on the NE coast and we used to get coal washed up on the beach, in small gravel sized pieces.

You'd often find small (5-10mm perhaps) cowries amongst the coal, presumably having a similar density.

 

[waffles]

It occasionally get these in my garden.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Taken in our back garden a few years ago, one of the local Butterflies refueling on our Buddleia.

 

[waffles]

Taken in our back garden a few years ago, one of the local Butterflies refueling on our Buddleia.

Had red admirals appearing in my garden this past week. I love them. Summer is on the way (I hope)

 

[Toshiba Boy]

Myself and Mrs TB just got back from a glorious coastal walk with our dog.

 

[waffles]

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Myself and Mrs TB just got back from a glorious coastal walk with our dog.

I do love a good coastal scene. This is looking out to La Manche from Normandie coast. The tide was out. A late September day and it was a beautifully warm and sunny day.

 

[chriswoody]

Not long after I moved to Germany from the English Lake District, I tried to console myself by looking at my new surroundings through the lens of my camera. One project I undertook, was to take the same photo of the town over the course of the four seasons. I was quite pleased with the end results.

 

[stoatsngroats]

@chriswoody thats a nice set of images.

 

[chriswoody]

Thanks, each one was compromised of four photos taken on my Nikon d50 and manually stitched together in Photoshop. The challenge was remembering exactly where I'd stood each time in order to get the exact same composition.

 

[waffles]

This was the sky over chez moi earlier & the cause of a power cut lasting several hours;

 

[Darius_Jedburgh]

Wow! Not so common!
Cowries are a rare find here....

View: https://flic.kr/p/2g3qzB1

 

[Fab Foodie]

The House Martins are returning after a winter in Africa...and the wind is proper Sou' Westerly, warm and moist. Life is good :-)

 

[Salty seadog]

The House Martins are returning after a winter in Africa...and the wind is proper Sou' Westerly, warm and moist. Life is good :-)

I'm a bit miffed that you lot have nicked all our house martins. We used to have loads nesting under the eves. Now it's just noisy starlings. God bless them.

 

[yello]

Partridge in my garden

(apologies for the quality; I'm not a photographer and don't have a 'proper' camera or super-duper smartphone)

Edi: I think partridges are so cool, so chilled. They can fly but seem to prefer to walk. Had a pair visit regularly last year, they'd just walk around, seemingly not a care in the world, pecking at stuff. I watched in wonder last year as one took a dust bath, the other just hung around as if on watch. Given the number of foxes around, I'm stunned they survive. They must be really good at hiding their nests, and disguises!