Pic(s) you took today - an open thread

[Crotal Bell]

Ladybird Larva

Wow thanks Chris

 

[justpix]

Hi, I went to Oestrich-Winkel/D.

Ships :





Birds :





There was a HARLEY meeting in the area :








A few interesting cars :





And in the afternoon, a squirrel came to my feeder :

 

[Cobra]

Wow thanks Chris

Sorry forgot to add, well spotted and captured Keith

 

[G.K.Jnr.]

"Texting While Waiting"

Texting While Waiting-03768ip by G.K.Jnr., on Flickr

 

[icemanonline]

New toy.

Ice

 

[Crotal Bell]

In the garden getting the evening air.

 

[Phil-D]

Was fortunate to get an invite to help ring Peregrine chicks this evening, lovely to be up so close to these cuties

Obviously, all done under licence

 

[Fuji Dave]

Had to go to Mum's flat today, so a quick two shots with the phone.

Flowers by Rohan, on Flickr

Orange by Rohan, on Flickr

 

[Cobra]

Very early hours of the morning under halogen lights.

 

[John_L]

Produced for submission elsewhere.



Beads by John Liddle, on Flickr

 

[Cobra]

Almost there

 

[justpix]

Hi, I went to Lorch/D where HARLEYs from the Magic Bike Festival in Rüdesheim went for an outing:

Burg Sooneck :





Cruise ship Charles Dickens on the Rhein :





A Swiss canoe :





A cormorant :





Lots of HARLEYs for the motorcycle thread :

 

[John_L]

A very unexpected visitor to our orchard in broad daylight - it came withing a few feet of me!



Badger (very close!) by John Liddle, on Flickr

 

[gogleddwr]

From this morning's walk









Not very productive I'm afraid,

Howard

 

[boliston]

a trip to dartmoor zoo

 

[Crotal Bell]

Just a couple from today.

 

[Don Fischer]

Don't know how anyone could get tired of looking at my dog's!

Abby! Pointing a bird. Only time she stops moving is when there a bird there!

 

[Don Fischer]

a trip to dartmoor zoo
View attachment 392100

Went to two zoo's in San Diego California and loved shooting anumals. Best zoo I was ever in though was the Hieidleberg Zoo in Germany! Went to the Bronks Zoo In New York city but that was around 1961!

 

[Willid1]

 

[wornish]

Afternoon Light.

 

[Fuji Dave]

Big Brother is Closed by Rohan, on Flickr

Blooming Lovely by Rohan, on Flickr

I am Not like You by Rohan, on Flickr

Tulips by Rohan, on Flickr

 

[Cobra]

 

[BADGER.BRAD]

A couple of mobile phone shots whilst out on the Bicycle , the first one was a little difficult to get the right angle as there are parked cars just to the right of the frame.


A tribute to Highleys Miners and my found bike .After having my first crash on two wheels after 40+ years of Bicycles and motorcycles last year and doing some damage I decided to find a second hand bike, the next day I walked around a corner in Stourbridge and found two bikes learning against a lamppost out side someones house, I knocked the door and confirmed they were scrap. Unfortunately I only had room for one otherwise I would have brought the other one home and given it to a local teenager. £20 later ( new chain and rear cassette ) and I'm back on two wheels. My luck never runs this way !

 

[Barry L.]

The bridge at Pauperhaugh in Northumberland

[url=https://flic.kr/p/2oGizUC]45A9C21A-1336-475F-A1A5-2C6B37676AA0_1_201_a by barry, on Flickr[/URL]

 

[AndrewFlannigan]

Taken more than 50 years ago but I just found the negative today!

 

[Gav.]

Hare 3 by Gavin Wickham, on Flickr


Hare 4 by Gavin Wickham, on Flickr

 

[justpix]

Hi, I went to Schwelm/D :






Jugendstil (Art Nouveau) houses in different states of restauration :






Schwelm used to be a rich town. But with the decline of heavy industry in the Ruhr-Gebiet incomes are low, and there are many empty shops :






Then I visited my dear alma mater, Ruhr-Universität Bochum :






Doors were open, so I walked down memory corridors ... :






Many accidents and traffic jams in the opposite direction on my way home :

 

[gogleddwr]

From the back garden

Foxglove, agift from a friend on Anglesey



This rose is about 33 years old, given to us soon after we moved in



Paeony, more than 33 years old, already here when we moved in



Valerian rubra, according to my iPhone app., self seeded.




Howard

 

[wornish]

Taken more than 50 years ago but I just found the negative today!

Can you remember who she is?

 

[wornish]

Enjoying the sun
What you see might not be real!!

 

[Cobra]

What you see might not be real!!

Doesn't everyone have a horse in their garden?

 

[Don153]

Cute coots!

 

[Sangoma]

Doesn't everyone have a horse in their garden?

Yes, small ones just like that
But sheep are better to keep the grass down.

 

[Nebulous]

Hi folks - I haven't been around these parts for a while, but I got the camera out yesterday, not today.

Went to the beach and saw this bright red moth flying around, couldn't catch it flying, but as far as I can gather it is a six spotted burnet.

Broch 10782 by James West, on Flickr

I understand this is a birds foot trefoil, which is what these moths lay their eggs on, so that possibly ties together...

Broch 10777 by James West, on Flickr

I've no idea what this is. Another plant adapted to live in sand dunes or hostile environments.

Broch 10785 by James West, on Flickr

Finally a picture of Muttley. I have very few pictures of him. It seems to be very difficult taking a photo of a black fuzzy dog. He can often look like a caricature cut out and stuck on a photograph. He also doesn't like having his photo taken. As soon as he sees the camera he usually sulks and turns away. I've no idea why. However he was 11 last week, and like myself, after being extremely healthy the last year hasn't been quite as good. I thought my opportunity to take photos of him may not go on forever.

Wallace 10793 by James West, on Flickr

 

[Cobra]

But sheep are better to keep the grass down.

But horses by-products are better for the roses

 

[Fuji Dave]

Chilling Out by Rohan, on Flickr

 

[wornish]

Yes, small ones just like that
But sheep are better to keep the grass down.

I have rabbits for that job. Too many right now they wreck the lawn!

 

[wornish]

Foxgloves are out in force this year.

Pink Ones




White Ones




A mix

 

[justpix]

Hi, today was the last day of the MAGIC BIKE FESTIVAL in Rüdesheim. So, I went to Oestrich-Winkel. Basima slept in the car after a short walk along the Rhein :






A Police boat on the Rhein :






Geese crossing unharmed :






Bikers riding home. HARLEY riders often travel in groups, which makes taking pics difficult. (I use my NIKON D500 for vehicles in motion. It has the best AF of my cameras.)






Others went to Rüdesheim :






Coming and going ... - I left at 11.30 a.m., having taken over 700 pics :

 

[Cobra]

I seeded a small patch of buttercups the other year.
They are now breaking through, no mow for that patch for a while.