Random Photos

[DrDalek6]

Hello guys got loads of photos which I haven't got round to uploading some dating back ages since they don't always fall into one category figured I may as well start a new random thread to put some of them in

First up some plants the beautiful Fritillaria Meleagris (Snake's Head Frittilary)



Nice purple Heather





And some zingy lime green Euphorbias

[DrDalek6]

Close up



I bought a few Strawberry plants for the Botanical Gardens where I volunteer last year and potted half up into ordinary pots in the Greenhouses and the other half into a tub outside we got a few runners off them last year plus a good harvest of strawberries, the guys were very excited at the first harvest of the year ...



... and a few weeks ago we had the first tasty tomatoes whcih one of the gardeners is very good at growing

 

[DrDalek6]

Down by the Canal on the way to volunteer at the RSPCA Garden I helped build with BTCV last year





Helping build some wooden benches at a local school with the BTCV guys



One almost finished

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Listening to the boss giving instructions  "Do you know what he's talking about?" "Not a clue"



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I walked in to find one of my Action Men looking rather squashed by our cat so I decided to take advantage and when I was reasonably satisfied with both their poses took a few photos, then when I was wahsing my lunchbox out I thought may as well take some with one of the Klickies as well and this little fella seemed perfect, our cat Jasper actually knocked him down once as if to say yeah I know I did it and I'm proud of it as well

[tahra]

Great pics - the strawberries made me want some!

And the cat - but where's the action man?

[Birdie]

Your photo's are stunning, as always   
The snake's Head is beautiful, I've never seen it before.

Very nice wooden bench too, by the way!

[Georgeag1972]

Some very nice pictures here like that one with the strawberries and the cat!!
Many thanks for sharing.

George.

[DrDalek6]

Great pics - the strawberries made me want some!

And the cat - but where's the action man?

Thanks glad you like them the strawberries were very tasty I don't do a lot with them but, it's good to know that I grew them organically, a few weeks later and we had dribs and drabs coming in from the garden now we've got a steady stream coming plus the glut of raspberries is just slowing down so I follwed an easy recipe my Mum used the other week for some rapsberry cupcakes and made a batch for the guys at the Botanics, will make another batch for the guys at BTCV which my men might investigate later this week  , we'll need them to keep our energy up we've got 10 tonnes of aggregate to shift in a day on Thursday I like the challenge it should be a good workout.     

http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/raspberry_and_cream_89607

As for the AM photos will gladly post them in a minute I'm just always wary of posting AM photos sicne they're not Playmobil and I do sometimes have a tendancy to get into trouble for going off topic   

Anyway sinc eyou ask this is Vaughan one of a box of Vintage and Modern AM's kindly donated to me shortly after I started collecting, he's one of my favourite AM's  because he's clearly got some good history (he's an ex talker now msising his voicebox) and well look at that head clearly seen some battles in that face such character





Please note no cats, AM's or Klickies was harmed in the making of these photos all wound dressing are purely for show 

Your photo's are stunning, as always   
The snake's Head is beautiful, I've never seen it before.

Very nice wooden bench too, by the way!

Thanks I've gotta agree with you on both point's the pattern on the Snake's Head Frittillary is simply beautiful I've got a nice bulb book which has some beautiful illustrations in it and the paintings in there really show bulbs like this off in their full glory. I really like the benches as well quite easy to do we dug some holes for the legs which were some wooden stumps/tree trunks? and backfilled with soil when we checked they were level then we put the planks on top and when that was level I think they counter sinked the benches and then drilled some screws in and covered the holes with wood filler and sanded them down later, or at least I think that's right I'm not very technical   

Some very nice pictures here like that one with the strawberries and the cat!!
Many thanks for sharing.

George.

Thanks I'm glad you like them I've got to amdit the cat one is good I think I caught the pose right 

A final 2 photos for now from tiny humble beginning come big things ...



... and now




 

[tahra]

Anyway sinc eyou ask this is Vaughan one of a box of Vintage and Modern AM's kindly donated to me shortly after I started collecting, he's one of my favourite AM's  because he's clearly got some good history (he's an ex talker now msising his voicebox) and well look at that head clearly seen some battles in that face such character

Those are really great pics - like he's keeping watch while the kitten's asleep - hope he has a watch mate or two - cats DO tend to sleep a LOT 

[DrDalek6]

Those are really great pics - like he's keeping watch while the kitten's asleep - hope he has a watch mate or two - cats DO tend to sleep a LOT 

Ours certainly does when he's not out exploring the garden and bringing half of it home in his fur much to my Mum's annoyance, he takes after me I come back with a myriad of seeds (Cleavers the horrible sticky one reall likes me) stuck in my hair and on my shirt plus various crannies in my secateur belt and that's not to mention the bramble scars and nettle stings fortunately I can remove the seeds more easily in fact the other week I spent all lunchtime decleavering myself