Hello
Today we were in Wischhafen on the Elbe.
There was a harbour festival and you could see something of the "Ewer shipyard. But the shipyard has been out of business since 2015.

Take a 10 meter hull, drop it in a sculpture garden and get Roy Lichtenstein to paint it! Today at Storm King Art Center.
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Incredible photo by the legendary Francis James Mortimer of the "Wreck of sailing ship Arden Craig, St Agnes, Scilly, UK 1911." I am sure many of you have seen this photo, but wanted to share it all the same.

The Arden Craig was a British cargo ship built in 1886. She was used to transport wheat from Melbourne, Australia to ports o the coast the United Kingdom. Her captain was Thomas Dunning. It was 277.7 feet long and 40 feet wide. Her draft when loaded was 24.9 feet. She weighed 2,153 tons. She was built by Russell & Co. of Port Glasgow on the Clyde river in Scotland. The Arden Craig was propelled by 149 square yards of sail on three masts. Her hull was iron/steel.

Wolfe, I took my puppy on a training course and there was another cocker on the course and his name was Murphy

When we retire, we also want to have a dog.
We already know what we want him to be called. "Murphy"😁

This is my Cocker, not old enough to like early morning walks yet 😂

Her name is Dolly, 4 yr old working cocker. She’s so well behaved.

Some very nice pictures there Alessandro - that water look very inviting with the tempuratures we have been having

Whats the little chaps name ?

Thank you very much Wolle.

Hello Wolac

Handsome little chap.

Alessandro........great pictures, a paradise on earth.

Morning walk, autumn appears to arrived somewhat early in UK!

Some images of the Elsa river near Colle Val d'Elsa (in the province of Siena in the Tuscany region).


These photos (unlike others I've posted in this thread) have not undergone any editing (no changes to color, contrast, etc., no filters or effects have been applied). They were taken with my crappy Samsung smartphone.

One of the local bears going for a cooldown swim yesterday. As long as he stays away from my Caltex Lumba Lumba I’m ok with it…I think.
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Spent a few days in Wales recently and whilst there saw a swan and it's four cygnets. What was interesting is that two of the cygnets were white, despite them all being the same size. As we know they normally grow to full-size and remain grey until their feathers are replaced with white.

Have Googled it and it does say that cygnets can be grey or white but this is the first time I've ever seen white at this age.

This morning in Stade over the Elbe.

Jumpugly & Ronald,
I have toured both Taliesin in Wisconsin and Taliesin West, as well as a couple of Frank Lloyd Wright designed homes and the Gas Station in Cloquet MN.
As a youth, I had a friend who lived in a FLW house. At that time in my life I just thought it was some weirdly designed house. Looking back, I certainly now appreciate what a beautiful home it was.
Wright was most definitely a visionary and leading-edge architect.
The house I currently live in was designed by a gentleman who incorporated a lot of Wright's concepts in his house designs.
Dave B

Gravina River, in the valley that divides the Sassi of Matera (ancient dwellings built entirely into the rock, a unique UNESCO site of its kind in the world) from the cliff with the prehistoric caves and rock churches.

While in Arizona, particularly Phoenix, tour the World of Musical Instruments Museum, also the hotel that was influents of Frank Lloyd Wright & one last is the WellsFargo small museum in downtown Phoenix.

I agree that Tali…west is truly worth visiting, savouring the historic significance of this designer and his work.

If in Boston, on your many trips, see the Richardson designed Trinity church. Much of Richardson’s work can be seen throughout the country.

Frank Lloyd Wright’s Taliesin West. A truly extraordinary place and a definite bucket list destination for me. When we left all I could think about was wanting to go back and check it out again!
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Neighbour was asking me yesterday if I'd seen the sparrowhawk recently. I replied two or three months ago.

Woke up to this, this morning! Wood pigeon, which I was surprised at as they are a bit big, though a dove has been taken before.

Hello
This is our dragon's bane. Looks great, only flowers for a very short time and smells awful.

Lovely photo 📸

After the Storm

Further to my post some weeks ago I'm pleased to say the robins and blue tits fledged but was disappointed that they did it one early sunny morning before we got up.

A couple of the young blue tits have been back in the garden, but no photos, as has one of the robins. The parents have been coming to our garden for food but then fly a couple of gardens away but the trips are becoming less frequent now as the youngsters can fend for themselves.

The adult robins have brought a lot of joy when coming for food as they wait outside the window until I go out and feed them, come rain or shine, and are only a few inches away around my feet.

the true power of nature and water. Len

Male monarch butterfly on the grass.

Beep beep😁

Wyle E Coyote country...

One way to the Grand Canyon and the view itself.
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What a natural wonder! Absolutely amazing!

Around the “Park Avenue” trailhead at Arches National Park. A humbling experience.

The Sawatch Mountains part of the Rocky Mountain Range as seen from Leadville, Colorado today. The highest town in the US. And yes, there was a cannabis store on every block.
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Ps: Leadville is 10,115 feet above sea level. This Sawatch group averages about 14k above sea level.

ZEN water was flowing nicely.🤣

A little Zen in Topeka Kansas. 😊

Thanks. The design ended up quite big to accommodate the inner room as at the time we had a squirrel that visited the garden regularly and they will take young birds so I wanted to make it as safe as possible.

The robins like it and have filled the entrance area with leaves as well so it's nice and cosy!

Love the Mid-Century Modern look of the Robin's Nest Development House Chris!
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We enjoy having the wild birds in our garden and three years ago I built an upmarket nest box for the robins having seen them fail to build a nest in the garden hose reel. Having my model boat materials and tools available made this an easy task. They used the box the first year but not last and so were happy to see them showing interest again this year.

We've also had a box for the blue tits for a few years though it had only been used once and on one occasion it was taken over by bees!

We are very pleased to see that both boxes are being used and the respective parents are busy collecting food. The robin waits for us to dig in the border for tasty morsels.

An enchanted forest.
Very atmospheric👍

A few seconds of Zen while in the woods above the cabin. 😉

Amen to the DW! Our lake is catch and release, but relaxed during fun competitions…or late on the season. We are or primarily Largemouth, Smallie, and Pan; a bit less with Walleyes. Pickerall are a main predator, but alas it’s been 20+ years since a good sized Pike made it in despite the seven tributaries we have.
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Jumpugly,
I agree, panfish (i.e. sunfish and crappies) are the best eating fish. I prefer them over the popular walleye any day.
Dave B

Easter Sunday fishing...White Crappie (French Canadian "Crapet") at the Lake. Best eating fish on the lake, but let him go as it is spawning season for these guys.
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Cat on a hot, wood windowsill. Abandoned US Air Force base in Wendover, Utah, USA

This is Hudson.
He is our daughter's Morkie, but he gets to spend time with us when she needs "Doggie Daycare".
Dave B

Ocean Beach, San Francisco, California

Our old rescue Phoebe waiting for dinner. A Maltipoo that we thought was 8 years old when we adopted her, but some paperwork error showed us that she was really 12. She made it to 19 years old. She was a tough old gal and even though I think she just tolerated me most of the time, miss her all the same.

My two dogs, Lord Dexter and the Dowager Duchess Miss Millicent. Lord Dexter is a Yorkie Shitz-zu cross and Miss Millicent is a Border Terrier cross. Both of them are complete menaces...

Hello
Here are a few more pictures of Heligoland's nature. You can get as close as 30 metres to the seals. On the highest point of Heligoland you could watch the sunrise in the morning and the sunset in the evening. That was sensational.

At the moment I'm just enjoying it, it was a dream week with lots of sunshine and emotions.
I have to go again on Monday.