Monday, April 20, 2009

Rose in thorns






Lupine at Quail Hollow Ranch, CA USA
John, my engineer, and I had an early start on Thursday - we arrived at the showground at half past 5, so that we could get BBC Radio Merseyside on air at 6. john_reynolds_in_van.jpgClaire 'Minty' Minter did her travel reports from the flower show for Tony Snell's Breakfast programme, as well as chatting to anyone else she could find at that time in the morning - it felt like we were the only people about but she did manage to track down one or two stalwarts, including Show Manager, Kris Hulewicz. Later, we were joined by BBC Radio Lancashire's, John 'Gilly' Gilmore. Gilly was on air all afternoon and boy, was it hot! Luckily for Gilly, he'd brought his producer, Sue Hendey, who ensured he was covered in Factor 50 and had plenty of water. However, there's not much shade and they were both wilting by 4 o'clock. So, if Minty's early starts and Gilly's sunstroke haven't put you off and you think you can give Wogan a run for his money, get yourself a nickname...

Robert Nyman
Like, flowers

Like, flowers

Another yellow flower

Another yellow flower



The poppy bloomed, but it was so heavy it broke the stem ... I had to prop it up to take photos :(

pollen-flowers posted a photo

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pollen-flowers posted a photo

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gorgeous bride Lanie who maried Neil on their very happy day - LanieNeil169.jpg


Asim Shah posted a photo:

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flowers - deb017c4.jpg



Crocus - the first flowers of spring 2008

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