Odd Shots On Monday

On my dressing-table.

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Hmm. Looking at this after the benefit of coffee, I see it's not properly in focus. Oh dear, sorry, must do better next time.

Saturday PhotoHunt - Different.

Today's theme for Saturday PhotoHunt is

Different

On one of my walks I found this small plant growing through the tarmac in the road. It's a quiet road, without much heavy traffic, but just the same I thought this was

DIFFERENT

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Hedge Fan.

I found this hedge when I was out walking. It's on top of a bank, above my head, spreading like a fan. I'd like to see it in sunshine, against a blue sky, but there was no chance of that this time!

Those daffodils will open soon.

ABC Wednesday - G

Today's ABC Wednesday features the letter G.

G is for GARAGE.

Now, being me, my take on garage is a bit unusual, but if you're all sitting comfortably, then I'll begin. (Slight digression for those in a younger age-group than mine - that was the way the old radio programme "Listen With Mother" used to start!)

Once upon a time there was a garden shed. This shed was old, and had been used for a lot of things. One day a young man bought a motor scooter and stored it in the shed. Later he also bought a motor-bike. This also needed to be kept in the shed, but the door was very narrow. The young man's brother came and built new doors for a new wider doorway.

Yes, it fits!

So the shed became a GARAGE.
And lived happily ever after.

Then on my walk I found another GARAGE. This one keeps the worst of the weather off a small Hard-working tractor.

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Icicles for Kate!

Look, we had icicles, too!

This one's for you, Kate.
(Snowed under in Maine!)

Cold Fire

This was my garden yesterday. Now I know this is nothing to you people living in snowy areas, but for us - this is SNOW!My poor wee dragon had his daffodil stuck to his nose.

And the houses behind us had snow over their turf stacks.

Cold fire!

Odd Shots On Monday

I was looking through my files and saw this. I thought SUMMER. Although it's not particularly odd, it wanted to be posted, so here it is!

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My Rockstar Name!

I was visiting my little friend Dilly, and I saw this fun quiz.

Your Rockstar Name Is...

Midnite Starz

What's Your Rockstar Name?

I think I like it!

Dydd Gwyl Dewi

HAPPY SAINT DAVID'S DAY

TO ALL MY WELSH FRIENDS

Saturday PhotoHunt - Party

I'm sure everyone today will have happy photos of great parties, but I'm struggling.
I looked for other meanings,and I found this in WordWeb Online:

Noun: party wall paa(r)tee wol

A wall erected on the line between two properties and shared by both owners.
The picture below dates from last summer, and shows the white-painted party wall in our front garden, surmounted by what I take to be a party fence!

I checked my ancient dictionary - the 1948 edition of Chambers Twentieth Century Dictionary - and it informed me that party-coloured is (or was then!) an alternative spelling for parti-coloured, which means partly one colour, partly another, or variegated. So here is a shot, also from last summer, of party-coloured or variegated leaves in the corner of the flower bed. I can't wait for summer to come again!
This last shot shows my party-coloured back fence, waiting for the clematis to wake from hibernation.
These apparently dead twigs belong to my Clematis Montana 'Reubens', which will look beautiful once it wakes in the spring.

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