Picture(s) of the day....

[NewcastleFalcon]

Brilliant, refreshing, excellent Alec Three typical pictures of springtime, and the SH will be done, three typical pictures of Autumn and the NH will be done, before September ends

..and its done, our official Southern Hemisphere correspondent has more than completed the mission

The very least FCF Members can do is show your appreciation in the usual manner for Alec's excellent contribution

Thanks Alec

To Spring
Oh to be in the Southern Hemisphere now that September is here Gallery 2024

FCF SH Spring Gallery No 1

FCF SH Spring Gallery No 2

FCF SH Spring Gallery No 3

FCF SH Spring Gallery No 4 Blue Tongue Lizard	FCF SH Spring Gallery No 5 Apple Blossom Time	FCF SH Spring Gallery No 6 Crimson Rozella Excellent name super colourful!
FCF SH Spring Gallery No 7 An Australian Iris in Bloom	FCF SH Spring Gallery No 8	FCF SH Spring Gallery No 9 Diamond Firetail Finch

Neil

[Armidillo]

The word "silflay" is not from a human language. Probably a good reason for it NOT to be Word of the Day .

[Vic Evans]

Two days ago before recent storm

Sunset though a Silk Tree

[CitroJim]

Castle Meadow this morning, taken from the Iron Bridge. There's a river down there somewhere!

Castle Meadow is a flood plain and a flood defence for the area of town where I live...

It's done its job perfectly

[Gibbo2286]

doesn't look like it would take much more rain to flood that house on the side Jim.

[CitroJim]

doesn't look like it would take much more rain to flood that house on the side Jim.

It's a very old house Eric and back in those days they seemed to know where to build as despite being right by the river it always just misses even the highest of floods I've seen over many years

Its garden gets a good watering during floods though

[Gibbo2286]

We have here in the Forest a village called Lydbrook part of which is flooded every year by the Wye, there's a pub that seems far to high to get problems but it does nevertheless and it was reported recently to be closed for good, not sure if that's true though.

[xantia_v6]

It is harvest time in Burgundy, the view from a bedroom window just now of the winery across the street.

For the next week or two the streets of the town will be sticky with grape juice.

[CitroJim]

For the next week or two the streets of the town will be sticky with grape juice.

And it can be as slippery as black ice! As I know from Cyprus when I nearly wrote off both myself and an MG Metro after encountering the hazard in the worst possible way

Worth it for the end result though

[NewcastleFalcon]

Today is the day to close the 2024 To Autumn Gallery. 9 pictures loosely related to the To Autumn Poem by John Keats. I have Left one spot No 9 to Fill. An original taken today of a Typical Autumn scene would be a fitting conclusion to the Gallery. Your entries are welcome.

The SH Spring gallery was completed singlehandedly by Alec a few days ago.

Other lines from the poem to inspire contributions.
"Mellow Fruitfulness", "To bend with apples the moss'd cottage-trees","plump the hazel shells with a sweet kernel",
"later flowers for the bees until they think warm days will never cease", "While barred clouds bloom the soft-dying day and touch the stubble-plains with rosy hue" , "The red-breast whistles from a garden-croft","and gathering swallows twitter in the skies.", "Then in a wailful choir the small gnats mourn"

To Autumn
Season of Mists and Mellow Fruitfulness Gallery 2024

FCF Autumn Gallery No 7 Conspiring with him how to load and bless With fruit the vines	FCF Autumn Gallery No 8 And full-grown lambs loud bleat from hilly bourn	FCF Autumn Gallery No 9
FCF Autumn Gallery No 4 and gathering Swallows twitter	FCF Autumn Gallery No 5 Then in a wailful choir the small Gnats mourn	FCF Autumn Gallery No 6 While barred clouds bloom the soft dying day
FCF Autumn Gallery No 1. Season of Mists	FCF Autumn Gallery No 2 More Mist!	FCF Autumn Gallery No 3 "Close Bosom Friend of the Fading Sun"

Neil

[mickthemaverick]

Some 'later flowers for the bees'

MTMO

[myglaren]

Another crap photo of the squirrel, now a fairly regular visitor.
Had the camera set to macro so it tried to focus on the window instead of past it

[NewcastleFalcon]

That will do nicely, first come first served. Today the last day of September the FCF "To Autumn" Gallery is complete 9 pictures loosely related to the To Autumn Poem by John Keats.
Some lines from the poem.
"Mellow Fruitfulness", "To bend with apples the moss'd cottage-trees","plump the hazel shells with a sweet kernel",
"later flowers for the bees until they think warm days will never cease", "While barred clouds bloom the soft-dying day and touch the stubble-plains with rosy hue" , "The red-breast whistles from a garden-croft","and gathering swallows twitter in the skies.", "Then in a wailful choir the small gnats mourn"

To Autumn
Season of Mists and Mellow Fruitfulness Gallery 2024
Our picture number 9 ..later flowers for the bees

FCF Autumn Gallery No 7 Conspiring with him how to load and bless With fruit the vines	FCF Autumn Gallery No 8 And full-grown lambs loud bleat from hilly bourn	FCF Autumn Gallery No 9 Late flowers for the bees until they think that warm days will never cease
FCF Autumn Gallery No 4 and gathering Swallows twitter	FCF Autumn Gallery No 5 Then in a wailful choir the small Gnats mourn	FCF Autumn Gallery No 6 While barred clouds bloom the soft dying day
FCF Autumn Gallery No 1. Season of Mists	FCF Autumn Gallery No 2 More Mist!	FCF Autumn Gallery No 3 "Close Bosom Friend of the Fading Sun"

Neil

[Vic Evans]

Been a busy morning

[bobins]

A pointy bit, earlier today - own work