Dangerous Tree Stump!

Spotted this path closed off on a walk at the weekend!

All sorts of images jumped to mind  🙂

However I’m not sure this was the right stump being referred too.

Portaferry in the Sun

Needless to say, these photos were taken a few weeks back during our heat wave 🙂

A day out with some family saw us visit Portaferry on the Ards Peninsula.

Daisy Lane

Water evaporating off the beach, a rare site in Northern Ireland 🙂

Not for me!

The Narrows

Blackthorn

Old World War 2 Observation post at the tip of the Peninsula, built to watch out for German Bombers on their way to bomb Belfast Docks.

Family enjoying the sunshine

Not the only ones enjoying the sun.

Audley’s castle on the other side of the Lough. One of the sites used in Northern Ireland to film the series, Game of Thrones.

Air Layer Gone Wrong!!

Don’t know just what went wrong here, cling film on before moss perhaps?!

Health & Safety :

Do not try this at home, this comedic moment was carried out under close supervision with a team of experts close at hand! 

A few fellow bonsai folk in my garage the other night. See if you can spot Phil ‘Two Fingers’ Donnelly. 🙂

You Tube Offerings

I may have posted the first part of this before but here are both in the one place for your viewing.

Tokyo Sakura

Came across Takahiro Yamamoto’s FlickR photos and thought I would share a link with you. Well worth a few minutes to browse though some stunning images from Japan. My favourites are these from Tokyo showing the cherry blossom. Click on the link below to view.

Tokyo Sakura

And these Leaves are rather nice too.

Leaves

Blog Post of the Day

Found this one interesting, always love a little bit of history.

The Gift That Keeps Giving

Happy Snapping

We had a bit of a photo session the other week. Hugh can down to my garage with a better camera and some lighting. The plan was to photograph some trees with a view to submitting them for selection in the Best of British Exhibition next year. You never know a few might be selected but we had good fun anyway taking the shots.

These are some of the trees we shot. Some mine, some Josh’s, some Phil’s and some Stephen’s. Bar the shohin, all show front and back.

French Polynesia!!

I like to look at the stats produced on my Flag Counter Widget from time to time and any new countries now tend to be rather obscure which is fun to watch. The latest one is French Polynesia! Just about as remote a place as you can find. Must be to have done nuclear testing there!

If you are reading this my Island friend, thanks for checking out my blog 😉

Click on the flag for interesting facts, bugger all to do with bonsai but interesting and educational all the same 🙂