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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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Good Afternoon Fabbers ,friends and Forumities
What a jolly odd week it’s been! Pooch and I have been on an enforced go slow, no long walkies or too much exercise. The curfew is lifted today Yippee!
A double bonus as I finished early today too. I just indulged in a rather excellent snack of fish finger sandwiches encased in toasty muffins. A spiffing veritable treat indeed.
We can finally head up our hill in a moments time. We have been climbing the walls here one can tell you. We are both looking forward so much to autumnal leaves that have carpeted the woods. The colours are just simply breath taking. Also we will be partaking of the bushes heavily laden with blackberries as we wander. Nature’s own larder at out finger and paw tips.
Last night however I did venture out to a local promontory called The Great Orme, so named by the Vikings as it resembles a serpent snaking out into the sea ( sorry I digress and I am getting those roll his eyes looks from Pooch) . Whilst out last night I witnessed the most remarkable sight The Aurora Borealis, the Northern Lights. The sky twinkling and alive with vibrant dancing colours, a truly overwhelming site.
So in the spirt of such wonders todays question is
What wonderful thing in nature takes your breath away?
Time to don the walking boots
Have a brilliantly swell afternoon and evening chums
Taff and Pooch
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"Did you take any pictures Taff?
I was living the wet cobwebs this morning whilst taking a walk. They are so pretty, even if I do hate spiders."
I did but sadly none came out well lots of others up there and car headlamps not mixing well with long exposure pictures lol .
The most important thing is its still in my mind , and it was beautiful xx |
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"Wildlife. I have a squirrel in the cemetery I go to some lunchtimes who sits on my knee. I like animals. 
my dogs like squirrels, one of them likes them a lot.."
There's a man who brings his dog in the cemetery specifically to let it chase the squizzers. Well he used to! |
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"Wildlife. I have a squirrel in the cemetery I go to some lunchtimes who sits on my knee. I like animals.
my dogs like squirrels, one of them likes them a lot..
There's a man who brings his dog in the cemetery specifically to let it chase the squizzers. Well he used to! "
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The sky.
Me and my son love to spot the stars and the different phases in the sky, we don't really know what we're doing but we find it fascinating all the same. |
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"Wildlife. I have a squirrel in the cemetery I go to some lunchtimes who sits on my knee. I like animals.
my dogs like squirrels, one of them likes them a lot..
There's a man who brings his dog in the cemetery specifically to let it chase the squizzers. Well he used to! "
thats a bit naughty,place to be respected etc..
OP,
there are many things that are amazing about the natural world that surrounds us indeed..
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"I took a trip for a few weeks driving around the Western US national parks. I have never seen more awe inspiring natural beauty.
-Courtney"
we did something similar last year only for 3 weeks though, some stunning sights.. |
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The sea. It has always fasinated me from when I was a kid. I'll happily just stand on any shoreline watching the waves rolling in. The whole vastness of it and the sound of the waves crashing on the rocks. I find it quite hynotising and relaxing to just stand and admire its majesty, its power and its force. It always fills me with a feeling of freedom and optimism. |
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Cycling up the Tyne out of Newcastle (route72) I enjoy watching a group of otters playn on the riverbank and gathering food for the winter! It's great to see them back ain't nature brilliant!
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"I was walking one morning and I saw a dawn so beautiful that I was bowled over in awe at the majesty of it.
And I thought, if the world is as beautiful and majestic as this, why would anyone in their right mind take drugs...
And then I remembered I was on drugs, and that was the reason."
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The sky and the sea.
I love an angry sky, dark and cloudy. Blue skies, as beautiful as they are, kind of bore me. But big angry clouds I love.
The sea, the sound of the sea, the look as it crashes against the land, the power.
I also love trees. Especially big old ones in cemetries. |
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"Cycling up the Tyne out of Newcastle (route72) I enjoy watching a group of otters playn on the riverbank and gathering food for the winter! It's great to see them back ain't nature brilliant!
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purple leaved trees look so cool  |
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When I lived in Zakynthos, watching the sun rise come up across the bay while sitting on top of the mountainous hills was a daily pleasure I tried not to miss. |
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Pooch and I are sat upon our hill. The _iews are just breathtaking. We can see in to Snowdonia ,the walked town of Conwy, across the sea to Anglesey, Yns Mon. The trees are a patchwork of colours.its so peaceful and tranquil. Goodness me Pooch and I needed this .
Its our own special private place , every one should have one |
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whales
I'm going whale watching at the end of the month, been twice already, last time we went they came right up along side the boat and you could touch them, I actually felt like a kid at Christmas |
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Eye contact with any wild animals makes my heart race, on a mountain side in Glencoe, I was above a soaring Eagle which landed about10 metres away, she turned and looked at me as if I was beneath her, will never forget that. |
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"whales
I'm going whale watching at the end of the month, been twice already, last time we went they came right up along side the boat and you could touch them, I actually felt like a kid at Christmas "
Where do you go? |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Good Afternoon Fabbers ,friends and Forumities
What a jolly odd week it’s been! Pooch and I have been on an enforced go slow, no long walkies or too much exercise. The curfew is lifted today Yippee!
A double bonus as I finished early today too. I just indulged in a rather excellent snack of fish finger sandwiches encased in toasty muffins. A spiffing veritable treat indeed.
We can finally head up our hill in a moments time. We have been climbing the walls here one can tell you. We are both looking forward so much to autumnal leaves that have carpeted the woods. The colours are just simply breath taking. Also we will be partaking of the bushes heavily laden with blackberries as we wander. Nature’s own larder at out finger and paw tips.
Last night however I did venture out to a local promontory called The Great Orme, so named by the Vikings as it resembles a serpent snaking out into the sea ( sorry I digress and I am getting those roll his eyes looks from Pooch) . Whilst out last night I witnessed the most remarkable sight The Aurora Borealis, the Northern Lights. The sky twinkling and alive with vibrant dancing colours, a truly overwhelming site.
So in the spirt of such wonders todays question is
What wonderful thing in nature takes your breath away?
Time to don the walking boots
Have a brilliantly swell afternoon and evening chums
Taff and Pooch
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Niagara falls ,went on the maid of the mist which goes under it and in a helicopter over it |
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Sunset over Oban bay is beaut and nice to be home with my mum so makes it even more special unless it's pissing it down, then my favs a morning ride out round the village nothing quite beats the sound of my horses hooves and the autumn leaves bursting with colours and the nippy air x |
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Gosh, how to choose? I love the countryside and nature and I'd really struggle to live anywhere where I didn't have daily access to the green. The area I live in is so lovely that sometimes I feel I could burst with joy at the beauty of it.
As for what takes my breath away, that would have to be beech woods in May with that fresh green of the new leaves and a thick carpet of bluebells in flower underneath.
Not as majestic as mountains or whales, but so precious nonetheless. |
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"whales
I'm going whale watching at the end of the month, been twice already, last time we went they came right up along side the boat and you could touch them, I actually felt like a kid at Christmas
Where do you go?"
only Scotland they migrate past the north around end of October/November on their way
to the Arctic |
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The seas, oceans and the life they contain.
The unknown aspect of what we have yet to explore, species believed to have gone extinct with the dinosaurs turning up alive and well, life forms not based on carbon or the sun who knows what we will find in the depths |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"whales
I'm going whale watching at the end of the month, been twice already, last time we went they came right up along side the boat and you could touch them, I actually felt like a kid at Christmas
Where do you go?
only Scotland they migrate past the north around end of October/November on their way
to the Arctic"
Humpbacks were spotted off the coast of Whitby a couple of years ago, they are coming back to UK waters, Fin Whales off Flamborough Head too. |
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Waterfalls. I can't resist them. There's a very special one I visit with my loved one where you can watch the trout leaping up the falls and sometimes a watchful heron awaiting his golden opportunity. The sound of the rushing water and the white foam against the stones. Magical to me...
...and the sea. My favourite things in the world are natures bounty. Shells, pebbles, wood, water, wildlife. Nature is amazing.  |
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"Gosh, how to choose? I love the countryside and nature and I'd really struggle to live anywhere where I didn't have daily access to the green. The area I live in is so lovely that sometimes I feel I could burst with joy at the beauty of it.
As for what takes my breath away, that would have to be beech woods in May with that fresh green of the new leaves and a thick carpet of bluebells in flower underneath.
Not as majestic as mountains or whales, but so precious nonetheless."
That's the wonderful thing about our little country we all have so many beautiful places on our doorstep . |
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Mist and fog is just heavenly.
And how quiet the world is when it snows.
And wildlife, just going about, doing its own little thing. Had a robin sat on the garden fence the other day. Just sitting in the sun. Didnt even move when I crept out to scatter something on the lawn for him to eat.
And lovely sunny autumn and winter days.
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I love the beauty of many wild plants, the stillness and calm of many complex ecosystems, like forests. And the vigour that plants display following winter dormancy. A well formed cock can also take my breath away. |
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"Spring fills me with utter joy.
Swimming in neon phosphorus in Cambodia was bloody incredible. Felt like swimming in the stars "
That sounds brilliant! Another one to add to the bucket list |
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"A whales cock , my god it's huge .
Those monkeys who spend every waking minute shagging .
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Whale vomit is worth more per ounce than gold its used in making perfume ambergris
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Hiking solo in the mountains after heavy snowfall, hitting the summit and looking out over miles of pristine crispness.
Gently canoeing down a river early in the morning as the mist is lifting, seeing kingfishers, cranes, otters, mink and swans.
Being in a wood in a storm, listening to the power of the wind, seeing it thrash the trees as the rain lashes down. |
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"A whales cock , my god it's huge .
Those monkeys who spend every waking minute shagging .
Whale vomit is worth more per ounce than gold its used in making perfume ambergris
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I certainly wouldn't fancy making it sick , a risky job ! |
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I think all kinds of nature is beautiful in its own way, even if I'm not overly fond of it.
I was asked to rescue a mouse from a house with cats in recently. It was adorable. Took it to a hedge nearby and released it into the growth below. Saw a spider on a web, it was tiny, yet I could see all the hairs on it. However, I also miss mountains. I feel an intense longing to climb them sometimes that I could almost drop everything just to go and climb one |
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"We will be off to the Grand Canyon in about an hour. I am going to safely assume that will??? X "
Happy holidays not speaking from personal experience, but everyone I know who has been there has used the term awestruck |
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By *VineMan
over a year ago
The right place |
I love being in the mountains. Wether that's skiing in the Alps or walking in the Lake District.
The evening sunset on the turning leaves is also pretty wonderful at this time of year. |
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"We will be off to the Grand Canyon in about an hour. I am going to safely assume that will??? X "
Its lovely!! Absolutely amazing.
We did a helicopter tour of it and landed in the deepest part for a champagne lunch. It was Marc's birthday present to me a few years ago. I would do it again in a heartbeat. Enjoy it!!
-Courtney |
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"We will be off to the Grand Canyon in about an hour. I am going to safely assume that will??? X
Its lovely!! Absolutely amazing.
We did a helicopter tour of it and landed in the deepest part for a champagne lunch. It was Marc's birthday present to me a few years ago. I would do it again in a heartbeat. Enjoy it!!
-Courtney"
Doing exactly that. Getting married there x |
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Everything. Beauty is everywhere.
All the big showy shit is for other people.
A bumblebee in some flowers. A caterpillar on a twig. The red berries on a tree. The stars. Rain. |
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"We will be off to the Grand Canyon...
Doing exactly that. Getting married there x "
Congratulations! Can't think of many more breathtaking/memorable settings to do it |
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"Walking to the bus stop yesterday before dawn the sky had an amazing show of Jupiter, Venus, and a crescent Moon all in a line. Anything to do with planets and stars amazes me. "
I love this x |
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"I take pics of bugs..they might not be everyones cuppa...but I love the small complexity alienness of them..I take pics of anything natury really"
Your not alone I love my macro lens and insects can be so amazing too |
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"Everything. Beauty is everywhere.
All the big showy shit is for other people.
A bumblebee in some flowers. A caterpillar on a twig. The red berries on a tree. The stars. Rain. "
Perfect answer |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Everything. Beauty is everywhere.
All the big showy shit is for other people.
A bumblebee in some flowers. A caterpillar on a twig. The red berries on a tree. The stars. Rain. "
Perfect |
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By *eavenNhellCouple
over a year ago
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the seasons in this country never fail to impress lucky enough to have to cross a small section of the western pennines to and from work every day. start in a lush tree lined bottom of the valley then up and over the grass and heather covered moors before back down into another wooded valley . the colour changes and light and shade that change with the weather give me an ever changing scene |
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Big trees, and trees that live a long time such as yew and redwood. Imagine the changes occurring around a tree a couple of thousand years old! Just to touch it, i feel connected to the past and the future. Just sit and think. |
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"Big trees, and trees that live a long time such as yew and redwood. Imagine the changes occurring around a tree a couple of thousand years old! Just to touch it, i feel connected to the past and the future. Just sit and think."
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The battle of Hastings
The discovery of America
The declaration of independence
Here I was born... And here I died
Only a fleeting second in your long life |
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"Big trees, and trees that live a long time such as yew and redwood. Imagine the changes occurring around a tree a couple of thousand years old! Just to touch it, i feel connected to the past and the future. Just sit and think..
The battle of Hastings
The discovery of America
The declaration of independence
Here I was born... And here I died
Only a fleeting second in your long life"
we need loo roll..down ya come |
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"Big trees, and trees that live a long time such as yew and redwood. Imagine the changes occurring around a tree a couple of thousand years old! Just to touch it, i feel connected to the past and the future. Just sit and think..
The battle of Hastings
The discovery of America
The declaration of independence
Here I was born... And here I died
Only a fleeting second in your long life"
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"Big trees, and trees that live a long time such as yew and redwood. Imagine the changes occurring around a tree a couple of thousand years old! Just to touch it, i feel connected to the past and the future. Just sit and think..
The battle of Hastings
The discovery of America
The declaration of independence
Here I was born... And here I died
Only a fleeting second in your long life
we need loo roll..down ya come "
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"Big trees, and trees that live a long time such as yew and redwood. Imagine the changes occurring around a tree a couple of thousand years old! Just to touch it, i feel connected to the past and the future. Just sit and think..
The battle of Hastings
The discovery of America
The declaration of independence
Here I was born... And here I died
Only a fleeting second in your long life "
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I also have a thing for giant redwoods..
I also have a thing for the greatest film ever made ..vertigo |
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"Big trees, and trees that live a long time such as yew and redwood. Imagine the changes occurring around a tree a couple of thousand years old! Just to touch it, i feel connected to the past and the future. Just sit and think."
The oldest tree in the UK is a 5000 year old Yew in Wales. It's a mindboggling and beautiful concept. |
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By *VineMan
over a year ago
The right place |
"I love being in the mountains. Wether that's skiing in the Alps or walking in the Lake District.
The evening sunset on the turning leaves is also pretty wonderful at this time of year. "
Oh yes, I forgot. Tits, all shapes and sizes. There are very few things more beautiful. |
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"Big trees, and trees that live a long time such as yew and redwood. Imagine the changes occurring around a tree a couple of thousand years old! Just to touch it, i feel connected to the past and the future. Just sit and think.
The oldest tree in the UK is a 5000 year old Yew in Wales. It's a mindboggling and beautiful concept."
I have six little yew ! I wonder what the future holds for them! I also planted 2 redwoods both about 10 ft at the moment. One coastal and one Dawn. Hopefully in a couple of hundred years time people will look at them and say "which prick planted them there!?" |
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"Big trees, and trees that live a long time such as yew and redwood. Imagine the changes occurring around a tree a couple of thousand years old! Just to touch it, i feel connected to the past and the future. Just sit and think.
The oldest tree in the UK is a 5000 year old Yew in Wales. It's a mindboggling and beautiful concept."
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"Big trees, and trees that live a long time such as yew and redwood. Imagine the changes occurring around a tree a couple of thousand years old! Just to touch it, i feel connected to the past and the future. Just sit and think.
The oldest tree in the UK is a 5000 year old Yew in Wales. It's a mindboggling and beautiful concept.
I have six little yew ! I wonder what the future holds for them! I also planted 2 redwoods both about 10 ft at the moment. One coastal and one Dawn. Hopefully in a couple of hundred years time people will look at them and say "which prick planted them there!?""
Dawn redwoods are beautiful. I had trouble getting my head around the concept of a 'deciduous conifer' when I first heard about them. |
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My favourite site is loch lomond!! My thinking place. It's serenity and beauty is beautiful.. In the autumn it is amazing.
A hot chocolate in the lodge by the fire looking out over the loch towards ben lomond.... sheer bliss |
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By *imiUKMan
over a year ago
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I love it all...
Whether it is on the woods by my house, hearing the stags bark at each other in the morning, looking at all the different fungi, the dragonflies by my pond, or up on the downs with my sheep, the rolling downland and the buzzards circling, sitting on the close-cropped turf and watching the tractors down in the valley... |
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"Big trees, and trees that live a long time such as yew and redwood. Imagine the changes occurring around a tree a couple of thousand years old! Just to touch it, i feel connected to the past and the future. Just sit and think.
The oldest tree in the UK is a 5000 year old Yew in Wales. It's a mindboggling and beautiful concept.
I have six little yew ! I wonder what the future holds for them! I also planted 2 redwoods both about 10 ft at the moment. One coastal and one Dawn. Hopefully in a couple of hundred years time people will look at them and say "which prick planted them there!?"
Dawn redwoods are beautiful. I had trouble getting my head around the concept of a 'deciduous conifer' when I first heard about them. "
It's just starting to turn golden now. (Was tempted to say 'she's') i have a 10ft ish larch that is also deciduous. Was such a relief when it turned green again in spring! Its a shame my coastal doesn't drop its needles, always suffers from frost nip. Don't think I'll get 300ft out of it...mind you i won't be around to find out ! |
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"I love it all...
Whether it is on the woods by my house, hearing the stags bark at each other in the morning, looking at all the different fungi, the dragonflies by my pond, or up on the downs with my sheep, the rolling downland and the buzzards circling, sitting on the close-cropped turf and watching the tractors down in the valley..."
Lovely do you have red kite near you yet? They are just visiting me a few days a year so far. |
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most amazing thing ive seen recently is at Stourhead. 2 big old trees side by sie ,been there 1000s of years .one had died at some point in time but the healthy tree had sent a branch that had grown into the dead tree and it had come back to life ..a kinda life line .. just amazing |
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I don't think the expression "takes my breath away" is right for the way I feel but every day I walk out of my tiny cottage and look up at the mountains I'm literally at the feet of, then get in my car and drive along a beautiful loch surrounded by more mountains and arrive at work...in a castle and every day I feel lucky!
Don't hate me |
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"I don't think the expression "takes my breath away" is right for the way I feel but every day I walk out of my tiny cottage and look up at the mountains I'm literally at the feet of, then get in my car and drive along a beautiful loch surrounded by more mountains and arrive at work...in a castle and every day I feel lucky!
Don't hate me"
I am incredibly happy for you! Lucky lady |
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"I don't think the expression "takes my breath away" is right for the way I feel but every day I walk out of my tiny cottage and look up at the mountains I'm literally at the feet of, then get in my car and drive along a beautiful loch surrounded by more mountains and arrive at work...in a castle and every day I feel lucky!
Don't hate me
I am incredibly happy for you! Lucky lady "
Or man! |
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"Big trees, and trees that live a long time such as yew and redwood. Imagine the changes occurring around a tree a couple of thousand years old! Just to touch it, i feel connected to the past and the future. Just sit and think.
The oldest tree in the UK is a 5000 year old Yew in Wales. It's a mindboggling and beautiful concept."
There is a yew tree on our hill they say is two thousand years old ,, |
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"I don't think the expression "takes my breath away" is right for the way I feel but every day I walk out of my tiny cottage and look up at the mountains I'm literally at the feet of, then get in my car and drive along a beautiful loch surrounded by more mountains and arrive at work...in a castle and every day I feel lucky!
Don't hate me"
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A sunset over the pyramids at Giza far away from the hawkers...was 15 years old when I saw it and I still to this day struggle to comprehend the sheer scale and beauty of the work and suffering that thousands of people must have endured to create such a majestic legacy. |
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"Big trees, and trees that live a long time such as yew and redwood. Imagine the changes occurring around a tree a couple of thousand years old! Just to touch it, i feel connected to the past and the future. Just sit and think.
The oldest tree in the UK is a 5000 year old Yew in Wales. It's a mindboggling and beautiful concept.
There is a yew tree on our hill they say is two thousand years old ,, "
Probably is. I like the fact that a lot of yew trees in church yards actually pre date the church. If you can't make the pagans go to church, build the church around their sacred tree! Bloody Christians! Lol |
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"Big trees, and trees that live a long time such as yew and redwood. Imagine the changes occurring around a tree a couple of thousand years old! Just to touch it, i feel connected to the past and the future. Just sit and think.
The oldest tree in the UK is a 5000 year old Yew in Wales. It's a mindboggling and beautiful concept.
There is a yew tree on our hill they say is two thousand years old ,,
Probably is. I like the fact that a lot of yew trees in church yards actually pre date the church. If you can't make the pagans go to church, build the church around their sacred tree! Bloody Christians! Lol"
Lol it may be older its next to a neolithic stone hut circle |
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"A duck billed platypus.
sharks. Because those fuckers are just 'kill/swim/eat'
Duck billed platypus, god saying "fuck you to!" to Darwin."
Just a strange creature |
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"Big trees, and trees that live a long time such as yew and redwood. Imagine the changes occurring around a tree a couple of thousand years old! Just to touch it, i feel connected to the past and the future. Just sit and think.
The oldest tree in the UK is a 5000 year old Yew in Wales. It's a mindboggling and beautiful concept.
There is a yew tree on our hill they say is two thousand years old ,,
Probably is. I like the fact that a lot of yew trees in church yards actually pre date the church. If you can't make the pagans go to church, build the church around their sacred tree! Bloody Christians! Lol
Lol it may be older its next to a neolithic stone hut circle "
Google ancient-yew and try and find it. |
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I love storms. Watching the lightening fascinates me. The best time I've seen it was whilst travelling through the Alps en route to Italy and it was the most spectacular lightening show I've ever seen |
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"Big trees, and trees that live a long time such as yew and redwood. Imagine the changes occurring around a tree a couple of thousand years old! Just to touch it, i feel connected to the past and the future. Just sit and think.
The oldest tree in the UK is a 5000 year old Yew in Wales. It's a mindboggling and beautiful concept.
There is a yew tree on our hill they say is two thousand years old ,,
Probably is. I like the fact that a lot of yew trees in church yards actually pre date the church. If you can't make the pagans go to church, build the church around their sacred tree! Bloody Christians! Lol
Lol it may be older its next to a neolithic stone hut circle
Google ancient-yew and try and find it."
Sounds a plan I know the stone hut circle is over five thousand years old , its on private land ina wooded glade , quite magical |
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Too many things to mention make me draw a sharp intake of breath in amazement.
From the Autumnal colours, watching a spider re spin a dewy cobweb, calming sound of the sea to the twinkling stars at night ~ to name but a few! |
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"Too many things to mention make me draw a sharp intake of breath in amazement.
From the Autumnal colours, watching a spider re spin a dewy cobweb, calming sound of the sea to the twinkling stars at night ~ to name but a few!"
I hope your enjoying this gorgeous autumn xx |
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Couple of things I witnessed in USA one in Indianapolis the sky lit up at night by flying insects called fireflys and in Florida I witnessed 100s of bolts of lightening hit the ground at the same time |
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People's ability to do stupid things always surprised me
I watched someone at work today pick a box up with no selotape across the bottom needless to say the contents fell out
fair enough you might say once accident twice unlucky but five times he did this before his single braincell kicked in and he started checking |
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Childbirth.
Watching a mother endure unbelievable pain and suffering that brings ultimate joy.
Seeing a new life enter the world and being partly responsible for creating said life.
It's breathtaking, scary, amazing, joyful.
If the ultimate question is. What is the meaning of life?
Then the answer surely has to be.
Creating life.
Loving, nurturing, teaching.
That's breathtaking.
Nature at its peak. |
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