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      Good morning to all, bright outside already but there is a breeze!
       
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          Hi everybody, lovely start to the day down here and it's promising to be a bright and warm one too:yes:

          Pump looks good @martin-f ....looking forward to seeing it in situ :dbgrtmb:

          Have a Terrific Tuesday everyone:)
           
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            Exciting project there Martin :)
            Good morning folks.........fine day in prospect. :wow:
            Just noticed a "bloomer".........hung clothes on the line and a blue shirt is backing salvia amistad. Hmmmm! I had to move my shirt to back my yellow lupins instead so the view from the kitchen is improved :rasp: Got to get these things right y'know!:dancy: Ha ha
            Have fun today everyone
             
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              Some snaps

              Wish you were here.. Can't capture the orange.. SAM_0104.JPG

              A wonderfully scented jasmine
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              Prince George .. lovely frilly edges
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              Jackmanii on bamboo
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              Hehe .. more trollius
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              A perfect lily
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                Finally, I've got some snaps, though not very good. I sat there like an idiot, holding my camcorder, waiting and waiting .. as I had just replenish the supply ..

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                Ok, a bit blurred and it's nearly 6pm and the sky was a bit cloudy ..
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                  @alp they look great, yes the first one is a sparrow.
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                    Thank you, Logan. I was so happy that finally I got a bird in my photo IN MY OWN GARDEN!
                     
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                      Mrs C is generally the photographer in our house (I have a go occasionally, as you will see in the posts after this one), and this evening some of her friends came out to play. They are getting quite bold now - she was standing only a matter of 10ft away taking these shots:

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                      Have you got your camera ready?

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                      Go on Fred - you get the nuts and we'll supervise.....


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                      Ready...... and POSE!

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                      We know you are watching you know.....
                       
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                        That's lovely. They can be very noisy. Is that right? I would love to have them in my humble canteen! LOL!
                         
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                          And now you will see why Mrs C is usually in charge of the camera....

                          P1050987.JPG I tried to get the bloom, and got everything else but. Interestingly, this is a descendant of a volunteer poppy that appeared the year after we moved in here - I have a few of them pop up each year now. :)
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                          The first dahlia bloom of the year.

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                          My plums.....
                           
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                            One for our very own @wiseowl

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                            This one is a volunteer that decided to set up camp next to the raspberries - I hadn't the heart to rip it out, so it has rewarded me by flowering profusely two years on the trot
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                            And my hardy geranium - I should know the variety, but I am not great at remembering plant names (as you have probably already noticed!)
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                              They can be a wee bit noisy, but they are not too bad. We are fortunate to have loads of them, and since we installed the bird feeder we have quite an array of birds as regular visitors, and they all seem to be getting used to us - - I had a tiny wee wren watching me watering the potatoes last night, sat on the fence only a few feet from my head.
                               
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                                I can't believe my eyes, so many plums ... AMAZING! I don't think I have one this year. Lovely dahlia..
                                 
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