FLORIDA - PLANTS AND WILDLIFE - MARCH 2008

[Casalima]

To borrow Luit's words "Magnificient pictures (as usual)".

I thoroughly enjoyed them, Cliff!

regards from Portugal, where it was a very nice day, after several days of dreary but welcome rain.
(saw the rain in Manchester during a certain match - it was certainly bucketing down!! but didn't stop a certain player's jinks, did it ...)

[ranunculus]

Many thanks Chloe....

Unfortunately many British football fans cannot watch your wonderful young player during certain matches because the pictures are relayed on ANOTHER pay-to-view channel....today was one of those days...

Back to Florida and an escape from the rains and winds of Hexham, Exeter and Whitworth....

[ranunculus]

Some flowers ... for a change....

[ranunculus]

Back to birds perhaps....or how about some trees and scenes?

[Paddy Tobin]

Ha Cliff,

Now I spot him, it - the caption to the photograph of the fake owl.

More excellent photographs.

Paddy

[Maggi Young]

All very nice, I'm sure.... but some of us are waiting for Ollie!

[Lesley Cox]

The pictures of the divine Ollie were sent only to ME!!!!!
But I'm sure Cliff will post them here if you ask him nicely.

[ranunculus]

All very nice, I'm sure.... but some of us are waiting for Ollie!

Patience is a virtue!  4607 BIRDS, 11285 BLOOMS and 316 SUNSETS ....and then Ollie. (If I get permission from his parents).

[alpines]

Can't believe you were only 2000 miles away from Berea and didn't pop in for a cuppa!!!!!
Welcome back good buddy.
Your photos are significantly better than usual. Been using Ollie as a tripod? What sort of a Grandad are you?
Hope the show went well....give our best to everyone at Rammy
Love,
Me & Her

[fermi de Sousa]

Cliff,
fabulous of you to share all these images!
Bloom 16 in Reply 32 is the wonderful blue vine Petrea volubilis! Just like in the picture books!
cheers
fermi

[Diane Clement]

Hope the show went well....

Show? show?  what show?  I don't think Mr Bookeroo does shows any more ... far too busy sunning himself in exotic places. 

(Of course, Cliff, we look forward to seeing you at Chesterfield ....)

[Brian Ellis]

Wonderful pictures as usual Cliff, having not been on much this weekend I have only just caught up properly.  Is that a leonotis in « Reply #4 on: March 27, 2008 ?  There are certainly some desirable plants there and I thoroughly enjoyed the escapism!

[ranunculus]

Well, I’ve only been away from this screen and keyboard for about twelve hours and what do I find on my return?   Spring has sprung in Kentucky; Chile is looking wonderful; David is working his magic in the land of the beautiful big buttercups;  Diane is barracking again (deservedly, I accept) and all manner of wonderful images have been posted from all around the globe…..and Fermi has been very kind once again…..so nothing new then?

To dear Mr. and very dear Mrs. Grainger….we did actually call on you, but you must have been out at ballet classes (cured that darned tutu rub yet mate?), so we tidied the garden, had a cup of coffee with the neighbours (they were intrigued about your rash and the strange cure that you are trying) and then drove back to Florida TOTALLY EXHAUSTED but thrilled that we hadn’t wasted the entire evening looking through your photo albums.
LOVED the hepaticas by the way….Sherba is getting very proficient with the camera.

Shame you couldn’t have spared ten days to join us in Florida, we would have saved quite a bit of cash!!  Our love to you both and a little extra for Sherba. Xxx

More Florida images to come……
 

[ranunculus]

Oops....many thanks Fermi, Brian et al for your very kind comments.....hopefully the best are yet to come (?)......

[ranunculus]

Here we go again....