Picture(s) of the day....

[NewcastleFalcon]

Just a stimulus to remind all FCF'ers of our communal responsibility to retain the credibility of the Picture (s) of the Day thread aka POTD. Key word is "day". Any "blank" day without an entry on the thread is pure negligence.

Here's today's starter. Poppy Day.

Its a poppy, but not as we know it. Looks like its had a bit of manipulation in the genetics department. Maybe mated with a ball chrysanthemum. Very soon if not now, wild poppies will carpet the crop fields in their usual seasonal splendour, with some photo opportunities to be had for those who notice.

Falcon Original
Poppy time is upon us

Neil

[myglaren]

I have hundreds of them Neil. An odd one popped up a few years ago, thought it was a weed but let it grow to see what happened, usually a mistake but turned out well in this instance, as with the foxglove.
I saved the seeds and sowed them and others on some unloved land out the back (a car park).
Plus other bits of 'dead land'

This lazy photo from the back bedroom window only shows a small percentage of them.


They are 'Peony Poppies', which I only discovered three weeks ago.

Papaver Peoniflorum

[CitroJim]

This afternoons efforts in the kitchen, redcurrant jam................only enough for three small jars..

Yum Home-made jam is the very best Sadly, my strawberry crop failed big-time this year due to the very dry weather and my very light sandy, gravelly soil...

So, very little jam made

[Peter.N.]

The wife makes marmalade but it doesn't last long, the shop stuff tastes quite insipid in comparison.

Peter

[mickthemaverick]

..the shop stuff tastes quite insipid in comparison.

Peter

In general I have to agree Peter, especially the stuff on the left which SWMBO favours, however I do find the Frank Cooper's on the right a very pleasant option!!

MTM Original

[mickthemaverick]

I forgot to post this which we found in Durham, I wondered if it was a relative of yours Ryan?

MTM Original

[Rp0thejester]

I forgot to post this which we found in Durham, I wondered if it was a relative of yours Ryan?

That's my sister's cousin

[CitroJim]

I forgot to post this which we found in Durham, I wondered if it was a relative of yours Ryan?

That's my sister's cousin

[Peter.N.]

..the shop stuff tastes quite insipid in comparison.

Peter

In general I have to agree Peter, especially the stuff on the left which SWMBO favours, however I do find the Frank Cooper's on the right a very pleasant option!!

I don't doubt it Mick but it looks expensive.

[myglaren]

£2:80 at Tesco.
They are all too sweet for me. Used to like Rose's Lime marmalade but it is just like a mouthful of sugar sweetened with honey now.

[Peter.N.]

I haven't found one that's to sweet yet - probably why I have diabetes.

Peter

[CitroJim]

Where I ran yesterday, far from the madding crowds

Magical

[NewcastleFalcon]

POTD number 2 28/06/2023

Bird of the day.

Britain's most successful bird Could be there are loads of them. The genuine Wood Pigeon aka the Ring Dove, or even Cushat in some Northerly parts, not prone to congregate on roofs like its more urban cousin, but well-adapted to 2023 and thriving. Very much part of the food chain too, I would have thought if I had the Sparrowhawk, or Peregrine Falcon's attributes, Wood Pigeons must surely be the easiest substantial meal to catch. Nice plump target and relatively slow flying, but also for the lazier bird of prey, the woodpigeon is pretty kamikaze when failing to avoid cars on the roads regularly taking flight just too late.

Falcon Original
Nest building in a bushy Larch
June 28th 2023

Neil

[CitroJim]

Another one from my morning run today...

[bobins]

The very hungry bloody starving caterpillars.

I'm starving.... so am I - own work