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[Logan]

Just done my first walk with berry. Hubby told me to be careful and look out for concrete balards. But i went up the road where there isn't any.

 

[BigC]

Rain, Sunshine, Rain, Sunshine...its what its all about today...stop, start kind of a scenario....So far I have removed the old stone step slabs (got me the middle section for the Geisha/Pergola/Pond project.) looks pretty cool and adds more weight to the structure.

Old step sections removed, leveled and prepped in readiness for new York Stone slab

Mid section of old step being utilized for Geisha plinth.

So dodging the showers to get things done...Slowly...... Taking it easy @Logan

 

[Logan]

@BigC that's great.

 

[Zenj]

@Zenj lovely flowers and that dragon fly.

Thanks Logan we have just been on a lovely walk along Tynemouth beach than stopped at a cafe for a nice pot of tea and a big wedge of home made walnut and bannana cake yummy

 

[Logan]

@Zenj that beach looks wonderful and the cake sounds yummy.

 

[MaryMary]

Good morning, all !!

The rain was so heavy and the humidity so high that I could not sleep. My 100L bin butt was already full!

alp, you finally got some rain!



@Zenj, (or anyone who knows ....) What are the flowers in this picture? I like them very much - and I am not a fan of yellow flowers on the whole. I clicked the picture to enlarge it a bit - they have variegated leaves, too? Very nice!! And your beach pictures are beautiful. (Sigh... I need a vacation.)

Hubby told me to be careful and look out for concrete balards. But i went up the road where there isn't any.

Please help!! I need an English to English translation!

What is a balard? I image-searched it, and all I saw were blueprints and buildings... I can't imagine tripping over either.

 

[Zenj]

Alp
The yellow is Lysmachia Punctata Alexander flowers for a vey long time

 

[MaryMary]

Alp
The yellow is Lysmachia Punctata Alexander flowers for a vey long time

It was me!! I don't believe we've "met," I'm pleased to make your acquaintance!

Thank you for the info.

 

[Zenj]

Hi Mary Mary sorry for the slip up

 

[Logan]

@MaryMary a concrete balard is like a plastic cone that they put on the road when there's road works. But a concrete balard is always there in the middle of the pavement to stop cars driving up the path. I knew it was there, but wasn't looking where i was going.

 

[MaryMary]

@Logan... A-ha!! So, a bit like these, used here to keep people from running over the bushes?

A concrete balard is a concrete "parking block."

Learning English is fun!!

 

[Zenj]

Logan
I may be wrong but is it not bollard

 

[johnny canoe]

Hello tbendl, sorry for the late reply. You are correct, those are hostas and begonias in my last picture. I was given a tiny Japanese bleeding heart runner from a customer I was working for this spring. Those hostas are so big they have hidden the bleeding heart but it's healthy and growing. I'll have to move it if it survives the winter.

Did a bit of bird feeding on my bike ride yesterday. The White Breasted Nuthatch

I love the way they talk.
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/White-breasted_Nuthatch/sounds

 

[Logan]

@MaryMary it's a cone shape. I was told they were bollards.

 

[Logan]

@Logan... A-ha!! So, a bit like these, used here to keep people from running over the bushes?

A concrete balard is a concrete "parking block."


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Learning English is fun!!

This is what i mean