1000 words. Photos on GN.

Ellianne thank you for starting this uplifting thread. Spangler, these New Forest pictures make me want to just reach out and stroke them!

Ellianne Sat 24-Oct-20 14:22:13
^Oh Spangler those pictures melt my heart!
What's the 3rd one?^
It's a wild boar piglet. There has been a program of reintroduction in various parts of the country. They are being carefully managed.

A bit of a naughty donkey at the Donkey Sanctuary. Half term starting well here! What are they doing grandma?

Pretty wild boar piglet Spangler, the ones I encountered in France were grey.

Well he’s scratching her back! What else would he be doing??. Bit of a ménage a trois going on though!

Woodland waterfall.

I’m really enjoying everyone’s photos. Re the wild boar piglet Spangler, we have wild boar visiting here, not too often thankfully as they dig up one particular patch repeatedly. I’ve seen them rarely. But then I don’t get up as early as I used to. And then there are the (illegal) hunters.

Ellianne, it’s a great thread. I don’t think I’ve ever looked through any other GN thread twice. I hope it goes on and on

A visitor to our holiday farm cottage

Hellogirl1 I do love the sheep on the patio. There was a farm close by at a place that we lived years ago where the sheep would hungrily scoff the bread that we had thrown out for th birds.

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A couple of years back, we went to a wedding at a wonderful location. It's a place called Horsebridge, a small community just north of Winchester.

The venue was a restored former railway station. So much work must have gone into it. The first photo is of the station's origin, the second shows how it fell into decay and the third was how it looked when we were there.

For the wedding there was a large marquee erected backing onto the platform. It was wonderful.

Hello girl. You mention Easedale. We once stayed in a holiday cottage on that small island for a week. It was a great time.

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More photos from The New Forest, these are not my own, I hasten to add, but seeing the animals isn't rare. If anyone has ever caught the Lymington to Yarmouth Isle of Wight ferry, chances are the otters have seen you. If you were very lucky, you would have seen them.

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At this time of the year, just as the clocks go back and if the rain holds off, you will be rewarded with a magnificent sunset.

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Before Autumn gives way to winter and we lose the leaves altogether, a couple from a recent walk

I drove up the hill to capture this view this morning.

Took this before the Blackbird devours all the berries!

Absolutely gorgeous! I have a crab apple tree that the blackbirds love, surprisingly, the squirrels seem fond of the crab apples too.

I didnt know that Spangler.
I was watching a squirrel on the bird table the other day. It clearly didn't fancy the dried meal worm that I'd just put out!

This lovely cow comes to my garden fence every day to say hello. The rest ignore me.

My granddaughter’s work.

Did she draw Pooh Laura? So cute!

Yes Ellianne, she did draw Pooh, I thought it was a lovely drawing.
Thanks for this lovely thread, I pop in and out daily to enjoy all the super photos

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Love this thread. Thank you.
Images from today at Yorkshire Sculpture Park.

That lucky young lady looks as though she is at peace with the world. She has a tranquil view.
She's a bit flat faced however.