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Smoke Box door open on 78022

Corn cockle in amongst poppies. Corn Cockle is now virtually extinct in the wild.

Self Heal

Not what you would usually associate with a canal This is 'Royal Iris of The Mersey' one of two Mersey Ferries making the return journey from Salford Quays, down the Manchester Ship Canal. Picture taken at the point where the canal joins the River Mersey entering in to the Mersey Estuary. Royal Iris was built in 1959 and is owned by Merseytravel and operated by Mersey Ferries.

Hind Gunship of the Hungarian Air Force

Half of the Synchro Pair of the RAF Red Arrows, flying only a 7 ship display this year

These two look content to be laying down and chewing the cud. Lancashire NW England !http://i617.photobucket.com/albums/tt251/bonita777/ROBINRESIZEDTHURS.jpg! !http://ih3.redbubble.net/work.6737973.2.flat,550x550,075,f.untitled.jpg!

Hyacinthoides non-scripta - English Bluebells There bluebells were no other bluebells around, just these. In the edge of a banking around the outside of a field of wheat. Lancashire North West UK. Sony DSC-HX1 Thanks to those who voted for the image in the Blue Challenge in a 'Wildflowers of the World' group challenge. !http://ih1.redbubble.net/work.4741671.1.flat,300x300,075,f.flowering-bulbs-feature-banner.jpg! !http://ih1.redbubble.net/image.11197028.5548/flat,550x550,075,f.jpg! !http://ih3.redbubble.net/image.11395278.4213/papergc,441x415,w,ffffff.jpg!

Looking over the reflecting pool at the Capitol Building in Washington DC Construction of the Capitol Building began in 1793 under the watchful eyes of George Washington. Now home to the House of Representatives and The Senate The Dome is made from cast iron and weighs 8.9 million pounds. Well worth a visit ... The Visitor Center is the newest addition to this historic complex. At nearly 580,000 square feet, the underground Visitor Center is approximately three quarters of the size of the Capitol itself. Washington DC Sony DSC-HX1 "Featured Here in Hidden Talent":http://www.redbubble.com/groups/hidden-talent/featured_works !http://ih1.redbubble.net/work.7220784.1.fp,375x360,black,offwhite,box,l,ffffff.jpg! !htt...

Fritillaria Meleagris being gatekeepers for the early part of spring

Basically a knot in a Silver birch tree in to which I have added my own iris!

Genuinely unsure how this will go down! It's a pair of shower heads, yes. But it's a pair of shower heads in the Cell Block on Alcatraz. The penitentiary itself operated until March 1963, after having 1,576 prisoners pass through San Francisco, California Sony DSC HX400V !https://ih1.redbubble.net/image.12738466.8466/pp,375x360.jpg! !https://ih1.redbubble.net/work.11526319.1.flat,550x550,075,f.jpg!

Bolton Corporation Tram running on the Blackpool Promenade

Marina Boulevard, San Francisco on a warm sunny September afternoon. In the background you can see the dome of the Palace of Fine Arts on Lyon St. !http://ih1.redbubble.net/image.11208519.5533/flat,550x550,075,f.jpg!

Taken from Alamo Square, the Victorian Painted Ladies of San Francisco in October 2010 with the contrasting 20th Century Transamerica Pyramid in the downtown background. Almost guaranteed you'll see them on a postcard from San Francisco. Sony DSC-HX1 !http://ih2.redbubble.net/image.11184583.3688/flat,550x550,075,f.jpg! !http://ih2.redbubble.net/image.11950220.9165/flat,215x200,075,f.jpg!

Less than a week old when this was taken. Lying in the green grass catching some sun. Mum's not too far away,with her watchful eyes. Simmental cross Lancashire NW England Sony DSC-HX1 !http://ih1.redbubble.net/work.6226575.1.cp,375x360,s,ffffff.jpg!

A small tortoiseshell butterfly foraging on Ecinachea Lancashire, NW England Sony DSC HX 400V !https://ih1.redbubble.net/image.402734087.5334/flat,320x300,075,f.u2.jpg! !https://ih1.redbubble.net/image.822516323.5677/flat,300x300,075,f.u2.jpg!

41241 is resting in the yard at this heritage railway

These appear to be quite hardy little things. The part of the field where this grows had a stretch of drain put in a couple of years ago and whilst the ground has dried and is much more solid, this has kept coming back. There are several species of Marsh Orchid. If you happen to know what it is, please let me know and I shall amend the title. Lancashire, NW England Sony DSC-HX1 !http://ih2.redbubble.net/image.11196994.5506/flat,550x550,075,f.jpg!

Cali Pop basking in the sun

Tracked Tractor cultivating soil for next years crop

Forget me not Lancashire NW England Sony DSC-HX1 !http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn93/intenselygentle/Flower-1.jpg! !http://ih3.redbubble.net/work.6557826.2.flat,300x300,075,f.color-me-a-rainbow-feature-banner.jpg!

We have an opening swing bridge, disused railway bridge and in the distance the Thelwall Viaduct. Each crossing the Manchester Ship Canal on the way to the River Mersey. Maybe next time with a blue sky,

Ecianchea Prupurea and Rudbeckia Sony DSC-HX400V

A solitary snake's head fritillary (Fritillaria Meleagris) raises its head above the dewy grass on a clear April morning. Not often in the North West of England, do you also get the benefit of a clear blue sky in April. Hopefully it will be back in the spring. Lancashire, NW England !http://ih0.redbubble.net/work.4860396.1.flat,550x550,075,f.cb-banner.jpg!

Tractor Tug 'America' about to pass under the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, California. America is a 98-foot-long “tractor tug.” She can generate over 6,600 horsepower with her two 16-cylinder diesel engines Sony DSC-HX1. !http://ih1.redbubble.net/image.11650779.8305/flat,300x300,075,f.jpg!

The two figures in the background are shower gel bottles that were sold by a high street chemist, whilst the figure in the foreground is a model kit I made many years ago

There had been a heavy snow fall a couple of days earlier, but it had begun to melt by the time I could get there on a weekend

The two figures in the background are shower gel bottles that were sold by a high street chemist, whilst the figure in the foreground is a model kit I made many many years ago

A snip at $450 Million in 1998! 951 feet long and carrying up to 3,100 passengers Seen here transiting through San Francisco Bay in 2019

These two lilies don't always both open up on the same day. Today for instance the one in the background has remained closed, the day before this one was taken,the one in the foreground had remained closed. So conditions must have been ideal for both to open up when this was taken yesterday. There is a third. We shall have to wait and see what happens there. Sony DSC HX400V Lancashire NW England !https://ih1.redbubble.net/work.10702673.1.mtd,375x360,n,s,Kioq,ffffff.jpg! !https://ih1.redbubble.net/image.494590288.3484/flat,300x300,075,f.u1.jpg! !https://ih0.redbubble.net/image.125585801.1915/flat,300x300,075,f.u2.jpg!

Bird's-eye Gilia. These are a small wildflower, though not exactly wild in this case as they are grown from wildflower seeds commercially available. Lancashire NW England Sony DSC-HX1 !http://ih2.redbubble.net/image.13592361.1388/flat,550x550,075,f.jpg! !http://ih1.redbubble.net/image.14368610.8112/flat,550x550,075,f.jpg! !http://ih0.redbubble.net/work.6804555.1.flat,550x550,075,f.blooms-all-seasons-featured-banner.jpg! !http://ih1.redbubble.net/image.13848092.4870/flat,550x550,075,f.jpg! !http://ih3.redbubble.net/work.6202738.1.flat,550x550,075,f.wildflowers-of-the-world-feature-banner.jpg! !http://ih1.redbubble.net/image.12058156.4765/flat,550x550,075,f.jpg! !http://ih1.redbubble.net/work.7424049.1.flat,215x...

The yellows of the Corn Marigolds have taken over from poppy reds

Re-load Departing RIAT 2011 held at RAF Fairford this Sikorsky S-76C++ transported the Duke of Kent to the event. Unfortunately, I didn't get offered a lift home. My Land Rover's better anyway.

A busy bee visiting a wild iris on a sunny May afternoon in 2011 Lancashire NW England Sony DSC HX-1 !http://ih3.redbubble.net/work.3565288.3.flat,300x300,075,f.jpg!

Pheasant down the edge of a recently mown field. Bolton, Lancashire - NW England Sony DSC-HX1