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nobody@ipernity.com (Amelia) — Fri, 17 Apr 2026 06:48:48 +0000

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Tractor ploughing at Easter

nobody@ipernity.com (Amelia) — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 21:10:02 +0000

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We are away from the computer for 6 days. Enjoy the warm weather and the coming weekend.

It's traditional in farming and gadening communities, to plant potatoes at Easter. Shropshire farmers are renowned for their ploughing techniques. The furrows are deep so that the new poatato tubers can be 'earthed up' in order to prevent them from going green if exposed to sunlight

HFF from Ellesmere

nobody@ipernity.com (Amelia) — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 08:30:55 +0000

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Don't ask me to explain this fence.

HWW Shrewsbury

nobody@ipernity.com (Amelia) — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 16:30:44 +0000

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HBM from Erddig

nobody@ipernity.com (Amelia) — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 07:29:58 +0000

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Contemplation

nobody@ipernity.com (Amelia) — Sun, 29 Mar 2026 17:59:25 +0000

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SC190 - Post 29 March - Miksang photography

HFF from Erddig

nobody@ipernity.com (Amelia) — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 13:04:23 +0000

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Anything but subtle.

nobody@ipernity.com (Amelia) — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 09:08:16 +0000

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HWW from Oswestry

nobody@ipernity.com (Amelia) — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 12:38:37 +0000

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Avenue of Pleached Lime Trees at Erddig

nobody@ipernity.com (Amelia) — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 08:56:50 +0000

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The double avenues of pleached lime trees are a remarkable feature here at Erddig. The trees form a ‘living wall’ and mark the position of the original walled border of the Grade I listed garden, which was later demolished.

They burst into bud around April time, a sure sign that warmer days are here.

The extensive pleached lime tree avenues are pruned by hand. This ancient art, which dates from Roman times, involves connecting branches together to create a shaded walkway to promenade.

It would take one skilled gardener around 10 weeks (about 2 and a half months) to complete the task single-handedly, making around 65,000 cuts – thankfully we have a small team on hand to take on the mammoth challenge!

When we were there on the 18th March this year, the gardeners were out in force doing the pruning, along with parties of school children. The weather was glorious.

www.ipernity.com/doc/1081863/53277954 This a shot (taken by Herb Riddle) of the same area taken in March this year.

Erddig Hall

nobody@ipernity.com (Amelia) — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 08:25:46 +0000

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A glorious March day. Parties of school children with their teachers and helpers were busy sketching the Hall, and the gardeners were very busy pruning the avenues of pleached lime trees.

HBM from RAF Museum, Cosford

nobody@ipernity.com (Amelia) — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 08:39:36 +0000

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Ellesmere wild birds

nobody@ipernity.com (Amelia) — Sun, 22 Mar 2026 21:17:11 +0000

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Sunday Challenge

nobody@ipernity.com (Amelia) — Sun, 22 Mar 2026 13:26:04 +0000

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SC189 - Post 22 March - Animals in the wild

Well here is today's challenge photo, and who can identify the feert?

The toes of coots are not webbed like those of ducks. Instead their toes have distinctive lateral lobes that are indented at each toe segment. One advantage of lobed feet over webbed feet is the ability to run, webbed feet would make doing so more difficult. Coots are very good runners and in fact they run across the surface of the water in order to take off. Webbed feet would hinder that ability.

HWW from Oswestry

nobody@ipernity.com (Amelia) — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 07:34:05 +0000

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My old gardening shoes. Not a pretty sight

nobody@ipernity.com (Amelia) — Sun, 15 Mar 2026 07:23:13 +0000

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SC188 - Post 18 March - Dutch Artists

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoes_(Vincent_van_Gogh)

As a tribute to Vincent van Gogh, I have chosen to take a photo of my well worn gardening shoes. Once upon a time they were shiny and red, but now they are very faded and scruffed, but comfortable. On the left shoe it's possible to see a black paint splash. This latest addition happened just this past week when I was painting some new trellis. The shoes are placed on the quarry tiles in our kitchen.

A bench with a view. HBM everyone

nobody@ipernity.com (Amelia) — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 22:15:09 +0000

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Overlooking a viaduct carrying rail traffic, shown here in this photo, and an aquaeduct by the side of it.

Stavanger concert hall

nobody@ipernity.com (Amelia) — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 17:18:19 +0000

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Primrose pathway

nobody@ipernity.com (Amelia) — Sun, 08 Mar 2026 19:07:42 +0000

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I love primroses, and planted a couple of clumps of them in the adjacent border about 7 years ago. Since then they have escaped the border and now are rapidly colonising the path, seedimg everywhere. Nearby there are residents who are lovers of the brash polyanthus hybrids, and the resuts can be seen here. We now have pure white, dark yellow, red, and even bluish hybrids amongst the 'proper' primroses.

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nobody@ipernity.com (Amelia) — Sun, 08 Mar 2026 12:27:37 +0000

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SC187 - Post 11 March - Rhythm

Rather an unimaginitive effort for this week's Sunday Challenge. But there is a definite sense of movement when a newly cleaned pan is replaced here, and I have even tried 'ringing noises', hitting the pans with a wooden spoon. I doubt that the resulting 'music' will reach the top 20 in the charts. ;-)