Pic(s) you took today - an open thread

[justpix]

Hi, my Advent Calendar this year :






Dec. 1 :





Dec. 2 :




I ate the chocolates. - In my childhood in the austere 1950s, there were only pictures in my calendar. After Christmas, my mother took it away, and gave it back next year.

Now, Advent Calendars are thrown away ... ---

 

[Sangoma]

Hi, my Advent Calendar this year :


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Dec. 1 :

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Dec. 2 :

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I ate the chocolates. - In my childhood in the austere 1950s, there were only pictures in my calendar. After Christmas, my mother took it away, and gave it back next year.

Now, Advent Calendars are thrown away ... ---

Not thrown away here, home made and get used every year
(and have an extra day)

 

[G.K.Jnr.]

No Longer Available.

 

[justpix]

Not thrown away here, home made and get used every year
(and have an extra day)

Oh, this is a good reason for me to visit England in December next year ...

 

[AndrewFlannigan]

Taken close enough to midnight that it might just squeeze into this morning: street lights in the mist...

 

[BADGER.BRAD]

Not the best photos from my little point and shoot,

Deer watering station Wyre Forest


Witch Burning Station. It is still allowed in Worcestershire so if you have bad weather or you bread goes moldy grab a local woman and burn her, this will apparently fix you problems

 

[woof woof]

Nice, but no part of the other one visible spells anything like that

eh?

The MC bracelet does indeed spell out the correct message. I checked

 

[woof woof]

Just a rainbow, taken just a few minutes ago.

 

[Sangoma]

eh?

The MC bracelet does indeed spell out the correct message. I checked

Perhaps you could fill in some letters from the part we can see

 

[woof woof]

Perhaps you could fill in some letters from the part we can see

Look, just believe me. The bracelet spells out a message in MC and it does so correctly. I checked when I received it.

If you're this interested Google it and buy one yourself

 

[Sangoma]

Look, just believe me. The bracelet spells out a message in MC and it does so correctly. I checked when I received it.

If you're this interested Google it and buy one yourself

 

[justpix]

Hi, 2 firsts today.

The first snow ... :






The first Christmas card :

 

[wornish]

Pampas catching the light

 

[Sangoma]

Fatsia

 

[hunnymonster]

Saturday is Squirrelday™

 

[hunnymonster]

 

[Crotal Bell]

One of my favourite locations for scenic shots and thought todays came out quite nice.

 

[BADGER.BRAD]

Very random !

 

[justpix]

Hi, ploughing the field after the sugar beet harvest on a Sunday ... :

 

[hunnymonster]

Biblical rain today. Squirrels very correctly staying dry for the most part... Unlike me.

 

[g4aaw]

Couple from Westgate's Christmas Market this afternoon:

Prize every time by Pete Miller, on Flickr

Up on the mini trooper by Pete Miller, on Flickr

 

[BADGER.BRAD]

This photo is just to help cement my reputation as The Forum Nutter. I've been doing more airgun shooting than photography since I've been back at work after an accident, As I tend to shoot with open sights in my garden range I was finding that the corks were difficult to see at the time I get to use the guns ( after work) so I gave them a brightness spruce up. As I've only just started with pistols I stand them up to give me a bigger target and lie them down end on with the rifles. This madness also had the benefit that it wound up Mrs Badger and at least gave her something to moan about that was actually my doing !

 

[Crotal Bell]

This photo is just to help cement my reputation as The Forum Nutter. I've been doing more airgun shooting than photography since I've been back at work after an accident, As I tend to shoot with open sights in my garden range I was finding that the corks were difficult to see at the time I get to use the guns ( after work) so I gave them a brightness spruce up. As I've only just started with pistols I stand them up to give me a bigger target and lie them down end on with the rifles. This madness also had the benefit that it wound up Mrs Badger and at least gave her something to moan about that was actually my doing !

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Clever idea Brad. I'm about to sell my Wierauch 95K with Hawkr Vantage 3x9x40 scope. just not using it enough.

 

[rpn]

Kennedy Square by Stan, on Flickr

Nativity by Stan, on Flickr

Town Hall Lights by Stan, on Flickr

 

[Crotal Bell]

Viva Las Kempston. The Christmas lights opposite the park are somewhat less than impressive in my hometown.



And it gets worse in the other direction, you can barely see them. (the tree at the shopping centre in the distance is so pathetic I refused to take a photo)


Now this brightened up the walk, inside the local used car sales window.


We walked down the road and came to the bottom of a long alleyway that I must have walked a thousand times in my youth, it leads from my parents house down to the row of shops at the bottom end of town (and formed part of the route to a few of my old pubs as a lad)

 

[justpix]

Hi, an accident on the autobahn leads to overspill on other roads :






ALDI starts selling Christmas trees :






Red-nosed Rudolph :

 

[G.K.Jnr.]

"Waiting At Platform (1)"

Waiting At Platform (1)-03709ip by G.K.Jnr., on Flickr

 

[woof woof]

First pictures with a new phone, and they're...



...out of focus. Guess I'll have to read the manual

 

[justpix]

Hi, a chaffinch looked into my dining-room ... :






... and then she posed for TP :

 

[AndrewFlannigan]

Exeter traffic is building up to Christmas...

 

[Nod]

I wish that right turn that the white car is performing was still legal - it's a PITA to have to go to the Paris Street roundabout to get home rather than nip along Posloe Road.

 

[g4aaw]

Christmas post box 'topper', Station Rd, Birchington.

topper 06 12 22_1_03 c efex crop by Pete Miller, on Flickr

 

[Crotal Bell]

Decided to walk through the town and down to "The Spinney" today, a place of many happy childhood memories.
A low bright Moon was a nice bonus for the homeward shots.

Down the bottom of the hill from my place, they're building a retirement home and this crane has been here well over a year on the site.


Shots from the Spinney, it's only a little area but kids love it.




The King William IV pub, the building is older but it opened as the pub shortly after William IV took the throne.
Not long after it opened one of my ancestors made the local press for fighting in the pub during a late night lock-in !


Bit further along the road as I was heading home.

 

[AndrewFlannigan]

I wish that right turn that the white car is performing was still legal - it's a PITA to have to go to the Paris Street roundabout to get home rather than nip along Posloe Road.

It wasn't a right turn: he just came across from Barrack Road.

 

[wornish]

Mid-day Oak

 

[justpix]

Hi, on our dog-walk we met an Irish Terrier and his owner:







This made me think of my Fingal von der Neesenburg, an Irish Terrier I had 40 years ago. - A closer (crop-) look at this lovely dog :

 

[justpix]

Hi, I went into Nieder-Olm/D ... :






... to the bank to get some low denomination bills for payments in a power-blackout ... --- :

 

[nog]

iPhone pics cos I thought not worth taking camera today, been there lots of times
f227c0eb-b218-467f-948c-dd39a1781f11.jpg by Keith, on Flickr
IMG_5624.jpg by Keith, on Flickr
IMG_5618.jpg by Keith, on Flickr

 

[G.K.Jnr.]

"Environmental Engineer"

Environmental Engineer-03710ip by G.K.Jnr., on Flickr

 

[EJB]

Yesterday.
Two men and two dogs. The first sign of winter.