... a two inch high knitted character, made by the mother of a Flickr friend, and one of my favourite items in my office.

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.. and old clematis, but still gives wonderful blooms.

1483 was one of a batch of three experimental buses to try out the Volvo Citybus chassis, Northern counties as usual provided the body. Seen here in Bolton bus station ready to head back home to Wigan.

would you be my friend like you were with Simon & Garfunkel?

Week 15 - 2017 - from above

14/30 One a day in April

Hooman! Guess what?

What Barney?

I've decided what I want to be when I grow up!!

Erm... I hate to break it to you Barn, but you are grown up!

Pfft. Well, OK, then, it can be... an early New Year's Resolution...

Oh yes?

Yes. Hooman. I am going to be a badger. An' live in the woods. An' dig a den, under this 'ere tree stump.

Badgers have "setts", not "dens" & I, umm, I don't think you can be a badger. I don't think you'd like being one either!

But I'm the right colours, sorta, an' I like the woods, an' I like diggin' an' stuff?!

But do you like... eating worms and bugs and things like that?

I like stomping on spiders an' killin' flies!

You also like a nice bowl of dog food twice a day though, don't you?

Ye-es... but...

And you like a nice comfy bed by the fire?

Ye-es.... but...

And you like me to throw toys for you?

Ye-es... but...

And you DO want a doggie Christmas present don't you?

Yes!

Well, badgers get badger Christmas presents... only good dogs get doggie Christmas presents.

Are doggie Christmas presents better than badger Christmas presents?

Pretty sure they are!

Hmm... hooman, I'm a good dog. I think being a badger is over-rated. Come on, lets go home an' you can get me a bowl of dog food.

Haha, come to think about it, Barney would probably be quite a good badger actually... he does enjoy digging, night-time strolls, snuffling about in the undergrowth & has a genuine, slightly disturbing love for stomping on bugs (although spiders are his favourite), so probably wouldn't mind eating insects & worms for tea! Still, I think he makes a better dog :)

White Butterfly

Worked with a nude model to capture her shape and form. Thank you for your appreciation, Gail

... Granny's bonnet.

Aquilegia 'Crimson Star'

We had a thunderstorm that lasted about an hour yesterday. The electricity stayed on, but we lost the Sky Box for about 40 minutes! Too much static interference, I guess.

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Photography: Jose Hernandez

Ready to fire. From Edinburgh Castle.

Bear 68 singing his "Fight Song" for his 2020 King of the Falls campaign.

Tracto is a bad-tempered, impatient Mixel, only doing things for his own benefit. As a result of this attitude, he is not a very co-operative member of the Farmos tribe and often gets into heated arguments with his colleagues, although he can eventually work as a team... As long as there's something in it for him.

Photoeditorized in Picmonkey.com

Reflections in the glass of The iconic Point, in Milton Keynes. It was the UK's first multiplex 10 screen cinema when it opened in 1985, but now the demolition hammer is hanging over it's head:(

Taken in 2010, given the Picmonkey treatment now. No, I don't really look like this but it was fun to see what I thought was a nice picture emerge.

Week 17 - 2016 "Pick your colour - white"

This fine white china cup and saucer, hand-painted with small flowers and decorated with 24 carat gold is now 100 years old. It was given to my grandma at her wedding on April 28th 1916.