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Offline Highmac

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« Reply #15 on: June 21, 2007, 04:54:52 AM »
Beautiful pictures, all of you! They are also a reminder that we outside North America tend to picture strange (in the sense of unknown) places according to what we see on TV and in films (oh, all right - movies!). We need to be jogged that New Jersey is not just the grim districts we see in the Sopranos; Texas is not just oil wells and huge ranches; and it's not ALWAYS autumn (fall) in New England.

 I've read that a lot of Americans think London is cloaked in a year-round fog... whistling.gif
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« Reply #16 on: June 21, 2007, 07:07:10 AM »
The two times Ive been in London, the weather was lovely.  

Its great the way we TS people show the pictures of where we live, its fun.  Yes, we do have some lovely scenery here in USA and this is the time of year that its nice in New England too.  Winters are nice too, if you like to ski.
(Ive never watched Sopranos, so dont know what type of landscapes they show, nor where its based.)
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« Reply #17 on: June 21, 2007, 07:22:13 AM »
Caroline looked over my shoulder this morning and exclaimed "back YARD!?!" Over here, yard usually describes the little paved area behind the terraced cottages used by workers in Victorian times... If you've ever seen Coronation Street....


Took a few quick shots of our back garden to mark Midsummer's Day and posted them here. It's not particularly sunny today and some of the pictures need a bit of tweaking but hope it gives some idea.
The yellow flowers in front of the pond wall are marigolds which will be planted this weekend. And the patches of long grass serve a double purpose - a little haven for butterflies and bees (hopefully). And less grass for me to cut!

The only animals we get are rabbits, squirrels (grey), the occasional hedgehog and a neighbour's cat, Cleo. Although a neighbour did wake up a while back to find the neighbouring farmer's cows demolishing their garden after getting through a broken fence.

Kriss: Just what IS that animal in your second and third pix? We've googled prairie dog and groundhog and it looks kinda like both of them.
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« Reply #18 on: June 21, 2007, 07:29:01 AM »
QUOTE(Highmac @ Jun 21 2007, 07:22 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Kriss: Just what IS that animal in your second and third pix? We've googled prairie dog and groundhog and it looks kinda like both of them.


hedgehog? dntknw.gif
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« Reply #19 on: June 21, 2007, 07:41:47 AM »
You mean we have something you don't? wink.gif

http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/wildfacts/factfiles/193.shtml

They also have their own hospital St Tiggywinkles, named after the hedgehog character in a Beatrix Potter book for very small children.

Loads of very cute pictures here
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« Reply #20 on: June 22, 2007, 04:23:42 PM »
HighMac, what is the underwater plant in your koi pond?
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« Reply #21 on: June 22, 2007, 04:39:14 PM »
Neil, that's a groundhog in Kris' back yard/garden. They're cute, but have a nasty habit of devouring ornamental plants and vegetables. We had loads of them in North Andover and my neighbors took to trapping them in Have-A-Heart traps and releasing them in the local state park. Totally illegal of course, but common practice. (You're not supposed to move them) They tend to inhabit suburban areas with lots of open space and woods - you won't find them in really urban areas, though there used to be a family or two living in the expansive lawns of major businesses around Eglinton and the Don Valley Parkway in Toronto - not sure if they're still there or not. You'll also see them perched on the tops of the burrows along major highways. They seem to like grassy areas that get mowed occasionally, probably because they have clear views of any approaching predators! Their burrows are anathema to anyone riding horseback in farm country - horses can easily step in them and break a leg.
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« Reply #22 on: June 23, 2007, 05:16:00 AM »
Beautiful pictures folks, keep 'em coming. clap.gif

Yup, groundhog or woodchuck.  I've had a family every year living near the garage or under the enclosed porch. The neighborhood is full of them by now. In the spring they eat the dandelions so they are helpful in that respect.
Yeah Paddy, I long ago gave up on any kind of garden. And kimmer, remember my mentioning the ajuga (bugle), note the yard is nothing but in that area.

Here a shot of the kids with Mom on guard.

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Besides Chuck and his progeny my yard is home to lots of other little critters like the ubiquitous squirrels, chipmunks, rabbits, possum and raccoons (one was on the roof last summer and looked down at me through the skylight).

Unfortunately I've had a couple other visitors this year who are causing a lot of carnage.

I've encountered over a dozen of these piles of feathers in the yard so far in the past few weeks.

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Seems as though there are a pair of hawks decimating the local bird population. sad.gif
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« Reply #23 on: June 23, 2007, 05:46:58 AM »
Jim - I'm not ignoring your question. Problem is it's marketed over here simply as pondweed, and we've just spent over an hour on Google trying to find the proper name for this particular one. We're off to my nephew's wedding now, but tomorrow I'll take a walk round to our local pond supplier.... probably what I should have done in the first place rolleyes.gif

PS: Nobody noticed I'd put the same picture in twice (or are you all just too polite?)
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« Reply #24 on: June 23, 2007, 06:02:14 AM »
^^^^^^^
That grass in the banner!
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« Reply #25 on: June 23, 2007, 07:21:42 AM »
Yes that is a very pretty banner!
The grass in our yard has the sparkles of last nights raindrops too.
The chipmunks drink the little drops instead of climbing up our birdbath.
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« Reply #26 on: June 23, 2007, 11:58:21 AM »
QUOTE(krissel @ Jun 23 2007, 02:16 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
And kimmer, remember my mentioning the ajuga (bugle), note the yard is nothing but in that area.

Lovely stuff. Grows wild around here, but I bought a small plant for my front yard -- although my plant looks different then yours. Must be the weather or something.

QUOTE(Highmac @ Jun 23 2007, 02:46 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
PS: Nobody noticed I'd put the same picture in twice (or are you all just too polite?)

Polite.  whistling.gif
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« Reply #27 on: June 23, 2007, 02:30:41 PM »
Apart from our lovely new lawn?


Usually dead things that big cat has brought back as a present  wink.gif


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« Reply #28 on: June 23, 2007, 04:17:23 PM »
QUOTE(krissel @ Jun 23 2007, 05:16 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Yup, groundhog or woodchuck.  I've had a family every year living near the garage or under the enclosed porch.


At least you know when winter will end... bump.gif
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« Reply #29 on: June 23, 2007, 06:23:58 PM »
Pond "Weed" may not be exactly what I want to put in there! rofl.gif
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