What I saw offline today.

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I was on the bus home from a few days away at Shell's, helping out with her new puppy (not a euphemism, sadly) when I caught sight of this through the window:

Everyone was commenting on it and so I couldn't go without taking a snap. That location is part of Walsall town centre, overlooking the cenotaph which doubles as a bus station. Almost all the buildings around it are listed and thus can't be demolished or moved, so the bus station can get pretty congested.

Gorgeous sky! In Wassail, near Birmingham? I've been there! Went to visit our friends Tony and Marie in their garden. Have you been to it? They make it open for a lot fundraisers. They've been doing it all themselves for well over 30 years. Such a small world! (This calls for a couple of snaps that are decidedly yesterday, when we visited in 2008.)

This is Tony and Marie in their garden.



And this is me and the Mrs having tea in the Gazebo.



These guys really know how to make a bloke feel at home.



The view from where we ate lunch al fresco.



I hope to return some day. So have you heard of their garden Stimbo?

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I love threads like this.

These are older pics, but the views haven't changed.

Standing aways down in my pasture and looking back up toward the home area. The trees are all bigger now, I guess:

You live in paradise? How neat. Is it a working farm? Thanks for the tour! You're in the states, right?

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Today-ish.

Wednesday in my back yard.

That's your backyard?! Fantastic. (Very natural ). You're in the states somewhere too, right?