My picture of the day-Where's yours?

[briantrumpet]

Midland hawthorn
I think

In my French flower book, I think it's 'orpin blanc', or 'sedum album' to give it its Latin name. I've just looked up 'midlands hawthorn', and that goes by the catchy name 'Crataegus laevigata'!

 

[Chappy]

Commuting through south dorset this morning.

 

[al-fresco]

The Pretty Bricks, Walsall. Well worth seeking out.

 

[mickle]

The Profile Imperial Chainring Gang

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Fairburn village Watering Trough & Village Pump
Now restored, & not quite the kind of village that's expected in the Yorkshire coal-field (just as Hooton Pagnall isn't, in the South Yorkshire mining area)
Daughter walking away from camera
Looking down Cut Road, away from the trough (ie; behind me)



Cut Road, is the line, heading from the village, to cross the centre of the (two) lakes, & end on the banks of the River Aire
The (now bypassed) 'old' A1 is the major road, running through the centre, with the pre-dual carriagewaying 'Great North Road', being the narrow road between the houses to the right of the (once) dual-carriageway, continuing between the hedgerows to 'three o'clock' of the roundabout
When it was the A1, the roundabout didn't exist, there was an overbridge, for traffic to reach the eastern side of the A1 (picture is looking south)





An emaciated 'Pony', spotted in the car-park at 'Xscape', on the way home
I wonder if the owner was making a statement, about buying the baby 2.3 (4-cylinder), instead of the V8??

 

[Cp40Carl]

Hoylake (Wirral) this morning. Whatever the weather, there is always a headwind on the Wirral coastal path...

 

[Mrs M]

Quite proud of myself for managing to keep this wee buxus, (which I've had as a pair for a few years)an almost perfect ball shape
Pity I bought the wrong size of replacement pot and have to get an emergency replacements tomorrow

 

[Mrs M]

Fox make excellent gardening gloves

 

[avsd]

Tuscany hills

 

[briantrumpet]

Too many lovely ones from the Vallon de la Jarjatte, so I'll make do with this one:

 

[mickle]

 

[Aravis]

Today I took my youngest daughter to an open day at Exeter University. With about four hours to spare, I went to Topsham, one of my favourite places.

The heavy rain seemed to enhance the gorgeous seaside smell, something I can't unfortunately communicate via a photograph. Note the egret on the shoreline near the wreck. A couple of closer views which I was quite pleased with:

 

[Tin Pot]

 

[Vantage]

Holmeswood

 

[simon.r]

I'd planned a long ride today, but was in one of those 'can't be bothered' moods when I woke up, so a trip on the Brompton to pick up a few bits of shopping has been followed by washing the most used bikes of the last few weeks, which when they've dried off will be followed by a lube and general mini-service on both: