There is only one real car park in Hersham and this is where this caterpillar decided to try and cross, luckily saved from a squashing demise by the good eyesight of a 15 year old. Rescued and placed on a leaf. These humble I Phone photos try and capture the brave if impulsive caterpillar.
Hersham Caterpillar
Hersham Caterpillar
After the farcical events of the last month we need to briefly recap.
What has gone wrong? Last season the fans were all together as a unit. Crowds were growing. The ground was sold out most games. Away travelling fans increased in numbers. This season that is all in reverse with 126 fans travelling to Middlesboro for a midweek game. My own view is this. The results have been poor but the performances poorer. A definite lack of tempo compared to last season ( this translates in my language to lack of effort), lack of leadership on the field. Would any away fan during the game be able to spot who the captain was? The quality of the play has been poor. The new players have mostly failed to be as good as the departing ones and certainly not better. And the defence has got worse, and frankly it was bad last year. Brentford are regularly conceding two or more goals each game.
So we need this
Anyone who thinks we are immune from relegation please think again. We have beaten only two of the poorest sides in the division so far and lost to sides that frankly are mediocre. But importantly we need to see something from the players. management team and board that we as fans can identify as an explanation for what has happened. We need to be able to get behind the team again and give them support. This is not easy when we have no clue what is going on.
Putting out the fires at Griffin Park?
Putting out the fires at Griffin Park?
The sun going down on Brentford dreams?
Supermoon 2015 UK Copyright Chris Bushe
Supermoon 2015 UK Copyright Chris Bushe
Supermoon 2015 UK Copyright Chris Bushe
Supermoon 2015 UK Copyright Chris Bushe
Supermoon 2015 UK Copyright Chris Bushe
Supermoon 2015 UK Copyright Chris Bushe
Supermoon 2015 UK Copyright Chris Bushe
One single plant has produced around £100 worth of redcurrants this year. I was somewhat amazed to find a few more the other day at the tail end of September. Tasted amazing. Thoroughly recommend a redcurrant plant for 2016.
Redcurrants from surrey
Redcurrants from surrey
Redcurrants from surrey
Redcurrants from surrey
Redcurrants from surrey
For the first 6 months this year outside my front door was a large black plant pot with nothing growing. The two previous plants had died a long while ago and I was considering dumping all the soil in the pot in case that was a factor. One day I noticed a few green shoots appearing and presumed them weeds, however over the next few weeks, these “weeds” grew ferociously and looked actually quite charming. So I left the plant alone, watered it sometimes and expected that I was growing some huge weed. A couple of weeks ago some flowers appeared and since then some more. Using an online plant app, seems my plant is Mirabilis Jalapa. Also known as the 4 o’clock flower.A curious aspect of this plant is that flowers with different colors can be found simultaneously on the same plant. The plant hails from tropical South America, but has become naturalised throughout tropical and warm temperate regions. In cooler temperate regions, it will die back with the first frosts, regrowing in the following spring from the tuberous roots. The plant does best in full sun. It grows to approximately 0.9 m in height. The plant will self-seed, often spreading rapidly if left unchecked in a garden.The flowers are used in food colouring.
Seems also that if one gets ill this plant might help or cure most things.
In herbal medicine, parts of the plant may be used as a diuretic, purgative, and for vulnerary (wound healing) purposes. The root is believed an aphrodisiac as well as diuretic and purgative. It is used in the treatment of dropsy.
The leaves are used to reduce inflammation. A decoction of them (mashing and boiling) is used to treat abscesses. Leaf juice may be used to treat wounds.
Mirabilis Jalapa with flowers emerging
Mirabilis Jalapa flowering
Mirabilis Jalapa flowering
Mirabilis Jalapa with no flowers.
This guy just flew in and smiled at my macro lens. I smiled back. Surely the guy is just posing? I mean the folded arms?
Dragonfly
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Dragonfly
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Dragonfly
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Dragonfly
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Dragonfly
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Dragonfly
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Dragonfly
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Dragonfly
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Dragonfly
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This Dragonfly just flew into the house and kind of smiled at my macro lens. He reminds me of a real life Minion.
Dragonfly
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I have a pot outside the front of my house and all plants planted there have initially thrived then suddenly died. The soil has remained the same and untouched for maybe almost 12 months. In the last week this plant or weed has begun to grow and seems spectacularly happy. But what is it? Is it a plant or some hideous weed like a triffid?
All help and advice welcome.
What is this plant?
chris1957
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