Tales of Home [5]

That 1st pic was just.............beautiful love a pretty sky, Full moonlit nights are lovely also.

Beautiful skies there Blue

very nice

Thank you guys, they did turn out quite nice and I do feel they portray the pervading feeling of the summer quite well.  

(Quoting for the new page.)

Bluebottle wrote:

Only just seen those pics Blue.... very nice!

London tall ship regatta has started today. Lots of different sails and masts going up and down the river. If anyone is interested I will bring my camera in and get some photos on Monday.

I'd love to see pictures of your tall ships Lance!

So would I

Cool, I will get some on Monday then. Couple of BIG ones there. Will be good to see them with the sail unfurled!! Kind of helps to imagine what london was like a fee hundred years ago.... obviously ignoring that I am looking from a skyscraper!!

The big sail training ships are amazing!
(The Russian ones carry an unimaginable amount of vodka. They've got a reputation to uphold! )

Sounds interesting, Lance. So feel free to count me as interested too.

And thank you.

For reference:

First round of photos: Grandparent's farm, and county fair stuff.

Watermelon; not quite ready, yet.


Pumpkin patch!


Miscellaneous garden.


Knucklehead pumpkin, Roma/vine tomatoes, cukes, small novelty pumpkins.


All cleaned up.


Farm.


Grandpa's third place novelty pumpkin.


Grandpa's first place Butternut squash.


Grandpa's first place Roma's.


Big ass pumpkins. Yes, that is 440 lbs.


Curious sheep.





Hi there.

What a beautiful looking farm Bungo And nice to see a farmer whose veg are not quite all suspicious, even if a hint of suspiciousness does creep into his prize winning Butternuts!

Lovely homely pics, I like Butternuts,very tasty ! Those toms look yummy also

Obviously pics of one place doesnt mean the entire state is like it, but is Wisconsin mainly a farming state? I once saw a poster which I think was for some kind of whisky made there.... but other than that I havent heard of any cities or people or anything to give me an idea what the state is all about.

Edit - actually, isnt Milwaukee there? I know that.

ooh what a lovely place! Its just like Dorothys farm from Wizard of Oz.
I can almost smell the flowers and hear the maize rustling in the breeze.

Lancebloke wrote:Obviously pics of one place doesnt mean the entire state is like it, but is Wisconsin mainly a farming state? I once saw a poster which I think was for some kind of whisky made there.... but other than that I havent heard of any cities or people or anything to give me an idea what the state is all about.

Edit - actually, isnt Milwaukee there? I know that.

I covered Wisconsin quite thoroughly in the travel thread!

Lancebloke wrote:No idea what I think wisconsin should look like

Bunch of cows standing around trying not to knock over the towering bales of cheese.

The only other thing you need to know is it's a bastion of conservatism surrounding the tower of liberalism which is the capital/college town of Madison.  Which happens to have a totally kick-ass capital building.  Busses run directly from Madison to Minneapolis without stopping anywhere in between.

I think was for some kind of whisky- Lance

Some kind, as in not proper whisky!!!

Halfy.... I assumed the cows and cheese was kind of like me saying everyone from Yorkshire is a miner, from Norfolk has webbed feet and from Newcastle has their tits out (male and female)....

Petty - I meant brand.

like me saying everyone from Yorkshire is a miner, from Norfolk has webbed feet and from Newcastle has their tits out (male and female)....- Lance

But all those things are true, arent they?

in Newcastle it is    boobies out -10 degrees, still smiling.

"Bunch of cows standing around trying not to knock over the towering bales of cheese."

There's a lot more to Wisconsin; like The Green Bay Packers, and beer!

Bluebottle wrote:For reference:

See if you can fit them to the guide:

Little ones in the docks...









Bigger ones on the river...











Can you spot it?









The BIG one


Apologies about this and the general quality of the pictures. I left my camera at home (alarm didnt go off so rushed in to get to work) so had to use my mobile. I filmed this clearly sideways and cant be arsed to turn it round. There is a little (like... really not actually a treat) treat in the middle... notice the name of the white boat...

I shall have a go later a guessing the ship categories, just wanted to say nice pics Lance, and loving the vid- given they are tall ships shooting it that way actually works rather well (I wont spoil the treat by mentioning it, but warmed the heart, nice to know. Would it have a HMS before it or something I wonder?)

bungobaggins wrote:"Bunch of cows standing around trying not to knock over the towering bales of cheese."

There's a lot more to Wisconsin; like The Green Bay Packers, and beer!

Great Dane Brewery in Madison!