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Almost knee deep in snow, but probably still a heck of a lot warmer than we would be. Lancashire NW England Sony DSC-HX1 !http://ih1.redbubble.net/image.10352573.6740/flat,550x550,075,f.jpg! !http://ih1.redbubble.net/work.7220786.1.fp,375x360,black,offwhite,box,l,ffffff.jpg! !http://ih3.redbubble.net/work.7922257.1.flat,800x800,070,f.jpg!

The Royal Netherlands Air Force Apache. Operated by 301 Squadron of the Defence Helicopter Command which is stationed at Gilze-Rijen Air Base. The Hawk design on Q-17 can be removed quickly if deployment to operational missions is required. Quoted from their website - "The Apache Solo Display team performs its shows this year at national and international air displays to demonstrate what the RNLAF stands for: AIRPOWER! " Sony DSC-HX1

Those of you familiar with the works of Mr S Baldrick will get the title :) It took ages for a bee to land in a position that had a bit of blue sky as backdrop. Lancashire NW England Sony DSC-HX1 !http://ih1.redbubble.net/image.13462412.2111/fp,375x360,black,bright_white,box20,l,ffffff.u1.jpg! !http://ih0.redbubble.net/image.10645505.8653/flat,550x550,075,f.u57.jpg! !http://ih1.redbubble.net/image.13877711.5530/flat,300x300,075,f.u1.jpg! !http://ih1.redbubble.net/work.7659663.1.fp,375x360,black,offwhite,box,l,ffffff.jpg! !http://ih3.redbubble.net/work.9940290.1.flat,300x300,075,f.theWOW.jpg! !http://ih3.redbubble.net/work.3565288.3.flat,300x300,075,f.jpg!

More Daffodils in a banking at the side of an old farm track Lancashire, NW England

Pheasant waling through a heavy early morning dew, with the sun reflecting off his chest plumage

Apple Tree Blossom Sony DSC HX1 Lancashire NW England !http://ih0.redbubble.net/image.14881127.9684/flat,215x200,075,f.jpg!

Class 2MT 78022 at Keighley and Worth Valley Railway It is currently painted in green following a recent renovation, having previously been black (Though here you can't see that ... look out for other images) Originally built in 1954 Sony DSC HX400V !https://ih1.redbubble.net/image.12738466.8466/pp,375x360.jpg! !https://ih2.redbubble.net/image.12552192.8152/flat,550x550,075,f.jpg!

Fritillaria Meleagris aka Lazarus Bell Lancashire NW England Sony DSC HX400V !https://ih0.redbubble.net/work.7778653.1.flat,500x500,075,f.featured.jpg! !https://ih1.redbubble.net/image.65153407.7507/pp,550x550.u3.png! !https://ih3.redbubble.net/image.13965403.3104/fp,375x360,black,off_white,box20,l,ffffff.u2.jpg! !https://ih1.redbubble.net/image.211602348.6404/flat,300x300,075,f.u4.jpg!

Another view of the Golden Gate Bridge, this time near Crissy Field, which was a former airfield. In 1994 The Golden Gate Bridge was named one of the Seven Civil Engineering Wonders of the United States by the American Society of Civil Engineers. She's 75 years old this year! San Francisco, California Sony DSC-HX1 !http://ih1.redbubble.net/image.11208519.5533/flat,550x550,075,f.jpg!

US Navy Super Hornet at an overcast RIAT Sony DSC-HX1 !http://www.richards-photos.net/just_fun/feature_004a.jpg!

Bugleweed

Young fledgling kestrel perched atop the straw stack

Ploughing on a damp cold morning

Ploughing demonstration at a local ploughing match

A US Marine Corp AV-8B Harrier II at MCAS Miramar, San Diego, California. Sony DSC-HX1

Harvesting grass

One of six Northrop F-5E Tiger II's of Patrouille Suisse powering down the runway Sony DSC-HX1

The Capitol Building in Washington DC. I think one of my favourite photos I took in Washington DC on a visit there. 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. Sony DSC-HX1 !http://ih3.redbubble.net/work.5604273.3.flat,550x550,075,f.banner.jpg!

The buzzard had just been in pursuit of a pigeon, which evaded them.

Re visited the spot I found a few weeks ago, to see if the Electric Blue coloured Nova class train came by again.

Mowing in the hope the crop can be got in before the rains

B2 Spirit of Pennsylvania in a flypast celebrating the 70th anniversary of the USAF at RAF Fairford Sony DSC HX400

Jack the Jack Russell running at full pelt Sony DSC HX400V !https://ih0.redbubble.net/image.443798122.6829/flat,500x500,075,f.u1.jpg! !https://ih1.redbubble.net/work.7659548.1.fp,375x360,black,offwhite,box,l,ffffff.jpg! !https://ih1.redbubble.net/work.10714762.1.mtd,375x360,n,s,Kioq,ffffff.jpg! !https://ih3.redbubble.net/work.6734406.1.flat,300x300,075,f.featured.jpg! !https://ih0.redbubble.net/image.11615072.0150/flat,450x300,075,f.jpg!

They're not head to head, the big red one (I'm not allowed to use manufacturer's names, or I'll likely have the photo taken down) is passing about 15 or 20 feet behind my grey one. They're from the same manufacturer but with over 70 years and over 200 horse power between them

A Huey restored to flying condition by "Team Huey":http://www.huey.co.uk/index.php Seen here departing RIAT at RAF Fairford in July 2012. I've seen 509 a number of times on the ground and occasionally heard it's distinctive sound, but never actually seen it in motion until RIAT. 509 was manufactured in 1972 and was assigned to 129 Assault Helicopter Company Vietnam also in 1972 Sony DSC-HX1

Baling Wheat Straw I missed the combines again this year, but did catch up with the straw balers

5820 at the switch

This pair, if they are a couple, were just away from the rest of the flock, observing. Looking at them, they look like they've had their heads in hay somewhere. Hebrideans in Lancashire NW England Sony DSC-HX1 !http://ih3.redbubble.net/work.7922257.1.flat,800x800,070,f.jpg! !http://ih1.redbubble.net/work.7505502.1.flat,300x300,075,f.jpg! !http://ih1.redbubble.net/work.7220786.1.fp,375x360,black,offwhite,box,l,ffffff.jpg! !http://ih2.redbubble.net/image.13150984.8046/mtd,375x360,n,s,VW50aXRsZWQ%3D,ffffff.jpg!

Before the 16th century the Ox Eye Daisy was more commonly known as the 'Moon Daisy' or 'Dog Daisy'. Also called Horse daisy, Moonpenny and Marguerite. References to the moon derive from the fact that this bright flower can seem to glow in the fields on midsummer evenings. Lancashire NW England Sony DSC HX400V !https://ih1.redbubble.net/image.22519002.5684/flat,300x300,075,f.jpg! !https://ih0.redbubble.net/image.42825984.4290/pp,550x550.u1.png! !https://ih0.redbubble.net/image.178618253.8373/flat,300x300,075,f.jpg!

The ferns are still unravelling themselves with the bluebells in and amongst them English Bluebells are a protected species under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981. Landowners are prohibited from removing common bluebells on their land for sale and it is a criminal offence to remove the bulbs of wild common bluebells. They are protected because they face many threats and are an important species to preserve. Threats in the UK include the loss of ancient woodland habitat, the illegal collection of bulbs and cross-breeding (hybridisation) with non-native bluebells. Lancashire NW England Sony DSC HX400V !https://ih0.redbubble.net/image.178618253.8373/flat,300x300,075,f.jpg! !https://ih0.redbubble.net/image.11615072.015...

500 vews as at 26 April 2013 Available as an iPad case. !http://ih3.redbubble.net/image.13644314.6290/ic,x350,ipad3_deflector.u2.png! "HERE":http://www.redbubble.com/people/ah64d/works/10106290-the-single-poppy A single corn poppy against an unusually pleasant sky, not something seen much in the UK in 2012 Lancashire NW England Sony DSC-HX1 !http://ih1.redbubble.net/image.12167297.9726/mtd,375x360,n,s,Kioq,ffffff.jpg! !http://ih1.redbubble.net/work.7479002.1.mtd,375x360,n,s,U1VSRkVSUyBQQVJBRElTRSBDSVRZ,ffffff.jpg! !http://ih1.redbubble.net/work.7303156.1.fp,375x360,black,offwhite,box,l,ffffff.jpg! !http://ih2.redbubble.net/work.7156916.1.flat,550x550,075,f.banner-for-feature.jpg! !http://ih2.redbubble.net/wo...

The sun came out for about 5 minutes this morning ... I think that was our summer. Two bees on an ox eye daisy, making the most of the sun, before the rains came Sony DSC HX400V Lancashire NW England !https://ih3.redbubble.net/work.6999485.2.flat,550x550,075,f.untitled.jpg! !https://ih0.redbubble.net/image.11615072.0150/flat,450x300,075,f.jpg! !https://ih1.redbubble.net/image.603178898.7580/flat,300x300,075,f.u9.jpg!

The mouse eye view of the corncockle flower on an unusually clear day. Lancashire NW England Sony DSC-HX1 !http://ih3.redbubble.net/image.16266644.9387/flat,300x300,075,f.jpg! !http://ih3.redbubble.net/work.7125561.1.flat,550x550,075,f.tborb-gold-feature-banner-2.jpg! !http://ih1.redbubble.net/work.9693262.1.poster,375x360,ffffff.jpg! !http://ih2.redbubble.net/image.11196994.5506/flat,550x550,075,f.jpg!

I've never noticed these before until the weekend Sony DSC-HX400V !https://ih3.redbubble.net/image.14056138.3826/flat,300x300,075,f.u2.jpg!

A C-17 Globemaster III and KC-135 Stratotanker break following a simulated re-fuel run along Huntington Beach, California at the Great Pacific Airshow 2019 Sony DSC-HX400V !https://ih0.redbubble.net/image.13655413.4006/pp,375x360.jpg!

The Ox Eye Daisy seems to be everywhere this year Lancashire NW England !https://ih0.redbubble.net/image.178618253.8373/flat,300x300,075,f.jpg! !https://ih3.redbubble.net/image.13965403.3104/fp,375x360,black,off_white,box20,l,ffffff.u2.jpg! Sony DSC HX400V