Amelia's photos

Housesteads Roman Fort was an auxiliary fort on Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland. This phot shows the northern granary looking westt. The pillars supported a raised floor to keep food dry and free from vermin. The PiP shows the Latrines which were.hygienically placed at the lowest corner of the fort, supplied by a water tank at rear with original lead sealing between its slabs. Courtesy of en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Housesteads_Roman_Fort

The view from the bench

SC108 - Post 11 August - Mysterious There is a small art exhibition in the Shrewsbury museum at the moment.from July to September. I must go in again and see whose work this is. It wasn't until I downloaded the photo that I saw reflections of the buildings in the hand.

Sunday Challenge 107- Observing people This group of children were so engrossed in painting pebbles and arranging them at the edge of of the beach, that they didn't notice the photographer. The adult supervisor didn't mind me taking the photograph even when I said it might be posted on an independent photographic site. None of these painted stones will show the artwork now, but the work of these young artists will remain in my gallery. The PiP, taken recently, shows a dachshund puppy, that's had enough of walking, refusing to budge, much to the dismay of the owner, and the amusement of the onlookers.

We had seen this mother and daughter walking their two Dachshund puppies walking along the riverside going in the opposite direction from us. When we, along with several other people stopped to have a coffee, this little puppy, much to the amusement of the 'audience', decided that enough was enough as far as walking was concerned.

I haven't been very well recently and the garden is out of hand - again. I probably won't be online for a few days. Enjoy the coming week everybody.

SC105 - Logo This logo might have been the pride of the country at one point, but these days our rail system is fragmented, and not working properly Billions of pounds have been spent on the HS2 which was meant to connect London (the main concern) to all places north. The length of the new railway has been reduced substantially since it was first announced in 2013. It was originally to split into eastern and western branches north of Birmingham Interchange forming a Y configuration. The most northerly point of the eastern branch of the Y would have been a connection to the East Coast Main Line south of York. There was to be a branch to a terminus in Leeds and a connection to the Midland Main Line. The most northerly point of the western branch of the Y would have been a connection to the West Coast Main Line south of Wigan. There would have been a branch to a terminus in Manchester and a connection to the West Coast Main Line at Crewe. Between November 2021 and October 2023 the project was progressively cut until only the London to Handsacre and Birmingham section remained. Courtesy of en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Speed_2 . If I wanted to get to London, I'd have to catch a bus. once every 2 hours, to Shrewsbury, find a parking space, and eventually get onto a train to Euston. I have always been able to do this, so no improvement, although apparently it could be 20 minutes quicker .... . The first PiP is not a logo for fruit, but an old logo for Pears Soap. The second PiP is clearly the recycling logo, but it's a really useful service offering to recycle sports gear.

HFF everyone, and enjoy the summer.

I used to see a lot of these when we lived in Norway. A few of them were flitting about behind the dune slacks at the Horsey gap. This type of area is the preferred environment for these insects. Auf Jakobs-Kreuzkraut (Senecio jacobaea). Die Pflanze enthält giftige Alkaloide und ist bei Farmern sehr unbeliebt, weil sie Rindern gefährlich werden kann, wenn die diese Pflanze fressen. Zyganea nimmt dieses Gift bereits im Raupenstadium auf und ist so, auch noch als Schmetterling, vor Fressfeinden geschützt. Super Foto! --- Translated by DeepL --- Ragwort (Senecio jacobaea) is a plant that contains poisonous alkaloids and is very unpopular with farmers because it can be dangerous to cattle if they eat it. Zyganea already absorbs this poison in the caterpillar stage and is thus protected from predators, even as a butterfly. great photo! Information - thanks goes to Karl

At least it didn't rain, and the water wasn't too cold for a paddle.