Picture of the day - bernie johno

[Shelagh]

Bright blue skies, clear blue sea, what more could you ask for
Have fun, girls

[Invicta]

Lovely.
You could ask it to be nearer Shelagh K

[lynne99]

Love the Caet Horse Statue. I am surprised they haven't made small models of it for people like me. They couls sell them in the Museum etc.

[Patricia]

[Invicta]

Big Lizzie back in Portsmouth. ( picture from the web )

[miv donelan]

I love all the pictures posted on this thread, but Larry definitely gets my vote.

[Matt]

Went to visit our youngest daughter yesterday and this beautiful bird landed in her apple tree.It is a male Western Tanager quite common in pine/cedar forests and her house is in the middle of that kind of forest.

Matt

[Patricia]

Matt - That is indeed a beautiful bird - the nearest to one like that in Virginia
that I have seen is our Gold Finches!!


Colin, Gaynor's youngest, ready for a job interview for the summer
while home from University!!

[Shelagh]

Colin shouldn’t have a problem finding employment,
Very smart looking young chap

[Matt]

Hi Patricia we are waiting for the American Gold Finches to arrive here on Vancouver Island.They usually show up in early June then go up into the mountains for thistle down seeds then come back to us for around 2 weeks for the niger seed feeders that many people put out for them.We also get the Lesser Gold Finches.Looks the same except the yellow is not as brilliant.
As I have remarked before we are very lucky to live less than 100 metres from one of the largest bird/wildlife sanctuaries on Vancouver Island but the only drawback is the bl***y woodpeckers our oak trees Very noisy for such small bird and every couple of years the municipality has to bring in the trappers to take out about 5 beavers and maybe a couple of dozen musk rats from the creek very close to our house.Some beavers dammed it a couple of years ago and it had to be blasted apart.
Did Colin get the job?
Matt

[Shelagh]

Lunch today at pie masters, Bold Street - pie and mash (vegan of course) delicious, wolfed the lot

[Patricia]

Shelagh - Vegan or not that looks absolutely delicious!!! I certainly
would give it a try!!

Matt - I hadn't seen Gold Finches for a few years until I started hanging
out the Finch Sock with Nyjer Seed, (whatever that is) and they suddenly
reappeared, now they are here every day. The first time I saw one many
years ago I thought someone's canary had gotten out of it's cage.
The other lovely bird is the "Blue Bird!" and I have only ever seen them
in Williamsburg, which is about 30 mins away.

Eastern Blue Bird


Oh, nearly forgot, yes, he did get the job and has to go next week to Baltimore for two days of training.
Will let you know how he gets on.

[Matt]

Thanks for the update on Colin.Good luck to the young man.
So that's how you spell Nyger!!Had a good look about it on Mr Google.Basically the same as thistle seeds but they used to come from Ethiopia and Nigeria and that is why you attract them Patricia because that is so close to their natural preferred food.Keep feeding them they are so beautiful.Like you, Sheila thought that some ones canary had escaped the first time she saw one.At the moment I am going through lots of sugar as all the hummingbird eggs hatched and we have about 15 of the little flying jewels feeding at the 2 large and 4 small nectar feeders in the front and back garden and now the Rufous hummers have arrived so it is open warfare between the very territorial Annas and the very laid back Rufous hummingbirds
Matt

[Invicta]

The Hampshire Bunch at Haven in Dorset. Ken

[Invicta]

Just u the road from here

[Patricia]

Lovely photos, Ken. Believe I have seen something similar in
Kent - will try and find the photo, know it was on the way to
Canterbury!

Spent a lovely afternoon having High Tea at the Cavalier Hotel
with members of the Brit Club. Also received complimentary glass
of Champagne. They even went so far as to roll out the Red Carpet for us...NOT!!!

[Silver-Haired-Hippy]

Lovely photos Patricia, what a great day out! in fact, I really enjoy seeing everybody's photos and all the chat! sorry I
don't come on this thread more often to say that, note to myself to join in more!!

Loretta

[Shelagh]

Looking very grand and regal at the Cavalier Hotel
Good setting for a good old catch up with your Brit club, Patricia.
Glad you had an enjoyable afternoon

[bernie johno]

Introducing my beautiful granddaughter Kara Rose born the early hours of this morning

[Invicta]

Congratulations to all Bernie Ken

[filsgreen]

Congratulations, Bernie, another true blue.

[Matt]

Great news Bernie.All he best to you and your whole family.
Sheila and Matt

[john j connell]

Nice one Bernie, please pass on my best wishes. John.

[miv donelan]

She's a little beauty Bernie. Congratulations to all the family. Your camera will be busier now, recording her progress.

[Shelagh]

Beautiful little Kara Rose, many congratulations Bernie
Grandchildren look delighted with latest family addition..a moment to treasure

[Silver-Haired-Hippy]

Congratulations Bernie and to the family! She is so beautiful! What a lovely name and what a mop of hair!!!

Loretta

[Matt]

The wildflower part of Sheila's garden. Campanula and Foxgloves(hummingbirds love them) and a planter put together by our daughter Linda.She loves gnomes and fairies




Matt (with Sheila's permission)

[Patricia]

Thanks so much Loretta & Sheila for your sweet comments!!! xx

Bernie - " Kara Rose " is very aptly named, she is indeed lovely!!!

Matt - What great photos!!! Linda is a gal after my own heart,
I also love gnomes and fairies. Really like her depiction of a
Fairy Garden. I've completely utilized every inch of my space!!

[bernie johno]

Thanks for all the kind messages
keep up the great work all brilliant pics Bernie

[Patricia]

Happiness is............................

[Shelagh]

Girls about to devour buckets of slush thirsty work playing on the beach

Lovely happy picture, Patricia

[Invicta]

For Patricia.
A place you know well
Ken x

[Patricia]

Ken What a beautiful photo - definitely a Keeper!!!
Memorized every inch of that Prom.
Is that Reculver Towers in the distance?

[Invicta]

I think they are the flats at the East end of the Bay , towards Birchington/ Margate. Patricia.
Reculver is West of Minnis so that must be a sunrise shot.
I have no claim to it, it was BBC South East “pic of the day “. Very beautiful, I agree.
Regards
Ken

[Invicta]

Start them young. Our Daisy with her birthday present yesterday