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Went to Pt. Defiance Park - gorgeous gardens there with several theme'd areas. Part of this are is 'experimental' gardening under the auspice of a University. Very beautiful and relaxing walk and...
I was having some luck last night in getting photos onto L4U. The ONLY different was that in each case I got them on "I" had started the thread. Now that I'm trying to add photos to an existing...
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In a way, I feel that it's rather sad that more people are posting pictures to threads like this than the photo competitions - and many of them are of the same nature, flowers or ducks!. Some are...
Today I decided to have a look at the famous Harecastle Tunnel which is situated at Kidsgrove in North Staffordshire. I parked up in Cheshire at the intersection of two canal systems, one being the...
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Don't know how I missed this one Horus. Lovely bit of social history and some brilliant photos. :)
I know I have mentioned that we went to Stone on the Trent Mersey canal one Sunday last September...
Just feeling a bit down at the moment and this picture always cheers me up.
Brian
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Thank you for your comments and yes I'm feeling less down at the moment. Basically before I went to Luxor last month I had put in for partial retirement which would mean I would have 3x1 months off...
This is my dilemma. I do have a Nikon D40. That is 6mp. Good solid camera but nothing too fancy. I have a loaner Nikon D90 from a friend who wants to...
Now when I finally have my own garden can somebody recommend what to plant and what I shouldn't even try here in Luxor.
I would like to have fruit trees and herbs, also everything pretty.
What I...
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Lemon grass is called Cha Principe and my neighbours make a tonic tea with it. When I worked at the old peoples home I grew a lot to take for their afternoon tea - -
As I continued my stroll along the canal, I was particularly pleased to notice a couple of Lime trees that had established themselves and although they can be quite common in some towns as shade...
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Lovely pictures Horus.......I love canal walks we often go along the one near us, as for swallows there were loads of them in Greece - I did get a picture of a nest with a few hungry beaks which I...
Yesterday I took a pleasant walk along a stretch of my favourite canal, these places are often overlooked as a good place to walk due to their past industrial heritage. However I find them to be full...
Since my daughter Jennifer's 2 boys are now in full time at school Jennifer has started to take up her art again, something she really enjoyed while at school herself, infact she was advised if she...
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You are quite welcome Kiya. Your daughter has a really rare talent. I hope she capitalizes on it. The ability to create beauty in this form and then to be able to share it with others is priceless.
It was a wet day here in the UK, so I thought I would take some snail pictures as a challenge topic for you ladies (and gentlemen)
The best entry will get the 'Spiral Shell' award :lol:
Yes I will :) In the past I want decorate home in shabby chic style but now I have to find something more matching to Eg.
But for sure it will not be the paintings on the wall of the pharaohs ;).
im back round to my first post i am doing the nile cycle from the 1st of march 2011 to the 10th of march and when i first mention it last year there was some question about the way it was going to be...
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hi it is between the 1st march and the 10th march 2011 was there last year and it was pretty cool i hear that it,s alot hotter now for some reason we will be doing luxor to aswan or aswan to the...
Each and every fall I avidly wait for the Amaryllis bulbs to in. And each and every year I buy one, grow it (I realized these bulbs are prepped and will grow and flower even if not planted) and then...
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Thanks for the tip! I will defintely try that. I've bought Amaryllis in all colours over the years for Christmas. They flower, then I grow the green leaves, let them die back naturally, dry the plant...
Just got a new PC with windows 7....phenomonal!! Seem really fast and slick...once we got the broadband downloaded finally!! Has anyone else had experience of this new system yet? :)
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It seems there is no upgrade path from XP, only from Vista. Now that is a bummer because the full version is more than double the upgrade price!!
The version I installed give me a choice to upgrade...
Note - excuse the typo in the title but it won't let me edit it :(
I have just treated myself to a new Digital SLR camera and am determined to learn more about photgraphy. Is anybody on here into...
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Most Adobe software has a series of tutorials accessible through the "Help" dropdown menu. Photoshop CS has so have a look for the same option in Elements :D
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