Red Squirrels & Pine Cones – Formby Point
‘Whilst gathering winter fuel’ in the National Trsut reserve, Formby I thought I would take along my camera to see if I could get a few shots of the Red Squirrles. Here are the results:
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Jack and Nanda’s Visit
Great to have our Dutch friends visit us and so we had ample excuse to visit, the Everyman Jazz Club, Liverpool One, Chester (including the fab Roman Tour) and a stay in the wonderful Badgers Wood, Keswick in the English Lake District.
Orchid Growth – August 2017
Better late than never with this monthly update on orchid growth! Of course, there are now four orchids to update you on! As well as Julie and Sandra there are two newcomers which you may of seen my previous posts about. The new ones are … Continue readingOrchid Growth – August 2017
Broadings Farm Campsite – Whitby
A trip to a favourite location of ours had us visit a new campsite (to us) on the North Yorkshire Coast. While we were there we spent a bit of time to visiting the resort of Scarborough, Staithes and Port er Port.. what was the … Continue readingBroadings Farm Campsite – Whitby
National Orchid Garden – Singapore Botanical Gardens
As we like orchids so much we thought it a good excuse to showcase some more photos we took in 2014 whilst in the National Orchid Garden of the Singapore Botanical Gardens. Previous photos from 2014 that set us off on the appreciation of all … Continue readingNational Orchid Garden – Singapore Botanical Gardens
Another Rescue Orchid – Un-Named!
It was a BIG mistake to return to Wilkinsons so soon after picking up our first ‘rescue’ orchid! …but we found ourselves back in the shop with the tempting proposition of yet another orchid in distress, this time at the further cut-down price of 50p! We … Continue readingAnother Rescue Orchid – Un-Named!
Big Ben – The Rescue Orchid!
I wasn’t going to buy another Orchid just yet…! …and believe me I had been tempted with all the amazing ones out at the moment showing off their blooms!! However, we were in Wilkinsons the other day and amongst their ‘reduced to clear’ items were … Continue readingBig Ben – The Rescue Orchid!
Wallasey Beach Mini Golf – A Poor Score Day
A sunny day so we thought we’d do a spot of Links pitch n putt. The Wallasey Beach Mini Golf course is a truly great course to play a fine mixture of long and short fairways and the greens were in tip top condition, especially … Continue readingWallasey Beach Mini Golf – A Poor Score Day
Theme Day – St Helens Tiles
Today’s theme day was tiles, a lot more difficult than the previous ‘Red’ theme as we had to look good and hard around St Helens for material. Still managed to find a few items of interest and even found some tiles in the Turks Head, … Continue readingTheme Day – St Helens Tiles
Theme Day – Southport Red Day
We had a ‘theme’ day the other day, whilst on a day out to Southport. A theme day is where we pick out a theme and then spend the time looking for photo opportunities, within that theme. Previous themes have included Rain and you can … Continue readingTheme Day – Southport Red Day