poohbear 1,360 Posted February 28, 2012 Report Share Posted February 28, 2012 Following up from another thread...The happiest years of my life were spent with my lad twenty years ago. I tried to instil in him a love of nature,when all his mates were stuck in front of the box or their new fangled PCs.Every weekend I dragged him out round the countryside and he wasn't impressed. Then one day he started asking questions...I'd cracked it!!....All of a sudden he couldn't wait to get out and explore. I bought him his own scope,binoculars,books and camera and we'd set out.I passed on all I'd learned about birds animals and plants and hopefully he'll pass it on to his own kids. Kids that have never been introduced to Mother Nature don't know what they're missing.His own mates teased him unmercifully and his nickname at school was 'Goose' because he was a birdwatcher...rotten lot. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jackson 301 Posted February 28, 2012 Report Share Posted February 28, 2012 Lovely photographs of your lad poohbear. 'Amongst Nature has always been my pleasure'. When writing I always use capital letters for 'Mother Nature' because she really is a Queen. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted March 7, 2012 Report Share Posted March 7, 2012 You'd like it here then Jackson mi duk. Yesterday I was watching seals in the Thurso River estuary and on my way home A deer jumped out of the hedgerow right in front of me as I walked up the lane from the bus stop. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jackson 301 Posted March 7, 2012 Report Share Posted March 7, 2012 I'm picturing you Compo watching the seals but I bet it was a bit of a shock to have the deer jump out . . . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,090 Posted March 7, 2012 Report Share Posted March 7, 2012 I love everything to do with nature, and boy, I have a lot of it where I live, right in my yard. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jackson 301 Posted March 7, 2012 Report Share Posted March 7, 2012 Brought up with it weren't we Kath? - Nature - Broxtowe Woods in the Frying Pan down the road: on up to the stream where the newts thrived and then on to the stile and into the meadow . . . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,090 Posted March 7, 2012 Report Share Posted March 7, 2012 I still think of that meadow and all the wildflowers we picked on there, dodging the old bulls of course! They ran many a kid down the hill to the woods. We took our Springer Spaniel in there once and he rolled in the cow muck, came home green! Had to be hosed off before he was allowed back in the house. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jackson 301 Posted March 7, 2012 Report Share Posted March 7, 2012 Remember how when word got round at school that gypsies were in the meadow and we rushed down after tea and stood in awe and watched them around their camp fire making pegs? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted March 7, 2012 Report Share Posted March 7, 2012 Meadow.....Ahhh, memories of a scene gone forever. Looooooooooooong sigh. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
poohbear 1,360 Posted March 7, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 7, 2012 Remember how when word got round at school that gypsies were in the meadow and we rushed down after tea and stood in awe and watched them around their camp fire making pegs? Now you rush down after tea and watch them concreting the meadow before the council latch on. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,457 Posted March 7, 2012 Report Share Posted March 7, 2012 gypsies were in the meadow and we rushed down after tea and stood in awe and watched them around their camp fire making pegs? Shouldn't that be ........gypsies were in the meadow and we rushed down after tea and stood in awe and watched them around their camp fire with their Toyota Landcruisers and Range Rovers? with apologies to jackson Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted March 7, 2012 Report Share Posted March 7, 2012 Shouldn't that really be, ,,,,, 'We all rushed home after school to make sure that hadn't pinched our bikes' !! Again ,, appologies to Jackson Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jackson 301 Posted March 7, 2012 Report Share Posted March 7, 2012 TAKING THE P. . . . (sorry don't want to get thrown off) FELLAS! No these were the days when the true Romanies camped in the meadow, made their pegs and came round later selling their wares at the back kitchen door. Makes me sound ancient doesn't it? But would rather have these memories than the modern ones you mention. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mgread1200 141 Posted March 8, 2012 Report Share Posted March 8, 2012 Remember when we were lads and one of us had a ferret which we used to take out netting for rabbits. One day up Landmere lane somewhere a gypsy offered to help us out and show us how best to do it. while we were netting holes below the hedge row he pi**ed off with the ferret. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jackson 301 Posted March 8, 2012 Report Share Posted March 8, 2012 What a rotten trick! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pixie 162 Posted March 29, 2012 Report Share Posted March 29, 2012 Iv allways wanted a ferret when I was growing up, my mum never liked them. She said they were vicious and smelt. .... Now iv moved out, I'm STILL bot aloud one because my partner doesn't like the look of them. I'm not much or a 'nature' person, I have to ask other people about plans and birds, but I do love walks by the river, down the woods, I could sit and watch birds and other widlife all day if I could. I hope my lady grows up to appreciate such beautiful things as she gets older & has a love for animals like I do! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
.... 23 Posted March 29, 2012 Report Share Posted March 29, 2012 I'm not much or a 'nature' person, I have to ask other people about plans and birds, but I do love walks by the river, down the woods, I could sit and watch birds and other widlife all day if I could. Then you most certainly are a 'nature' person Pixie. All it takes is an appreciation of God's great outdoors and what is to be found within it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
piggy and babs 544 Posted March 29, 2012 Report Share Posted March 29, 2012 ON WAY TO GUNTHORPE TODAY FOR LUNCH CAME DOWN COLWICKLOOP RD JUST PAST THE FOOTBALL PITCHES BUT BEFOR GETTING ON TO BURTON JOYCE RD LOOKED OUT THE CAR WINDOW UP ON ONE OF THE LAMPOSTS JUST OF THE SIDE OF THE RD WAS SAT A BEUTYFUL PERAGRINE FALCON .KNOW OF COURSE BECAUSE OFTHE WOODS AND THE FIELDS AROUND THAT AREA THEY HAVE ALWAYS BEEN AROUND AND HAVE SEEN THEM BEFORE BUT NEVER THAT CLOSE TO THE ROAD JUST SITTING THERE. WHY IS IT THAT WHEN EVER I SPOT SOMETHING INTERESTING AND REALY CLOSE UP DAVE NEVER GOT THE CANMERA IN THE CAR. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jackson 301 Posted March 29, 2012 Report Share Posted March 29, 2012 You didn't get a photograph Babs but now you have the experience of seeing a peregrine falcon up close - that experience will be in your memory forever. :smile: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted December 20, 2018 Report Share Posted December 20, 2018 Got my lad back home, just been to wheelie bin, he's got bedroom window wide open reckons he's hot? Retrieved 6 cups, 3 cereal bowls, 7 spoons & pint glass from his room, back to work tomorrow doing me nut in 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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