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BB2108 : Birds
and Other Creatures
Sunday
21st - Thursday 25th February
2021
The
theme for this week's Lockdown Challenge
was for the sort of creatures that were
prohibited in last week's BOOTboy
covidly-solo expeditions. This time,
animals
were not to be quadrupedal so birds, fish
or other such creatures were welcome.
Again, no humans or personal family pets
allowed. The subject could be real,
man-made (such as a statue or model) or
representational (e.g. a flatish
image of a creature a plaque
or sign).
Each
would judged against one of three characteristics
and then one picture (not necessarily a
rosette winner) would win the Best in Show accolade, the Victor Ludorum.
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Most
Interesting
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Best
Looking
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Funniest
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Victor
Ludorum
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Real
Creatures :
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Love
a collared dove
Mike B
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Love
a goldfinch too
Mike B
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Not
these
Mike B
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Nor
these
Mike B
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My
flying rat's fatter
Tony
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It's
a big buzzer!
Don
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Birds
on the wire
Mike B
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Baby
Sergio survived the winter
Don
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Ever
wanted to be one?
Robin
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Pavarotti
in miniature
Robin
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Muscovy
Stephen
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No
Eider?
Stephen
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Widgeon
Stephen
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Bar
Headed Goose
Stephen
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My
Tern next!
Stephen
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Dinner
time
Stan
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Feeding
Frenzy
Mike B
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Wood
lice
Tony
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Robins
Mike
B
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Man-made
Creatures
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To-who
are you calling a twhit?
Don
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Two
swallows make a spring?
Don
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A
pheasant place to stand
Don
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Spot
the Robin
Don
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King
on his throne?
Don
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Nightmare
on Duke Street
Robin
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Yuk!
Don
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What
a rubbish bird picture!
Don
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Fish
felt
Mike B
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Dead
parrot not
Mike B
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Not
sure about pink bird
Mike
B
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Best
with a Chardonnay?
Robin
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Are
they geese or ducks?
Mike
T
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Two's
company
Stephen
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Inner
wisdom
Stephen
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More
ooohing than cooing!
Don
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I'm
sure Delia said 2,000°
C for 2 hours
Stephen
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Plaques
and Signs
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Who's
the twit?
Don
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Is
it a tweet shop?
Don
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Flutter
by
Mike B
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A
Robin with a fish
Robin
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High
Velocity Hotel
Robin
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The
Results
Before
anyone asks, yes the judges were my son,
Jamie,
and his two boys, Alexis and Odyssea. However they
were presented with the photos without any
identifying features as to the photographer
so they didn't know who had taken which
picture. It was especially pleasing
therefore when I read their judgement to
find that three of the winning entries were
mine!! Maybe I need to rethink what
the prizes should be. They were just
going to be the glory of such recognition
but perhaps.....
Enough
of that. Here are the winners; are
they the ones that you would have chosen?
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Real
Creatures
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Man-made
Creatures
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Signs
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Most
Interesting
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Stan
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Don
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Don
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Best
Looking
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Mike
B
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Stephen
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Mike
B
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Funniest
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Stephen
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Don
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Robin
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Mike
B
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Comments:
Tony:
The
weather and jobs kept me in
most of the week but finally
managed an hour to panic grab
some pics.
The
cute little growlers and my
fat flying rat speak for themselves
but the lowly little wood lice
deserve some comment. I've never
been into creepy crawlies much
but since being a child wood
lice
have always fascinated me. They
remind me of little armadillos
but according to Wikipedia they
date back 60 million years and
are actually related to prawns
and crabs. Apparently they also
taste like wee! (I really should
get out more).
My
bonus picture: Spring's
coming!
Don:
Sorry,
Tony, but your "cute little
growlers" are four legged
and therefore ineligible. Should
have snapped them last week!
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Robin:
Walking in lashing rain with the dog looking about as pee’d
off as I felt, not getting much joy with this week’s photos, for some strange
reason Elvis’s Occupation G.I. Blues sprang into my head. Nothing like a blast of Blues to cheer you
up, so this week’s report is I hope better than another tale about a walk
around town.
To
the tune of G.I. Blues with
apologies to The King
Lockdown
BOOTboy
Blues
I've
got those up, two, three, four
Occupation
Lockdown Blues
From my uncut
hair to the heels of my BOOTboy
shoes
And if I don't go walkabout
soon
I'm gonna blow my fuse
I’d
like to be out hikin’
Before
I go insane
I’d like to be
out hikin’
Before I go insane
‘Cos you don't get no fun
From
walkin’ down the same ol’ lane
I've
got those up, two, three, four
Occupation
Lockdown Blues
From my hippy
hair to the heels of my BOOTboy
shoes
And if I can’t go walkabout
soon
I'm gonna blow my fuse
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Tony:
Robin's
report reminded me of a poem
I heard years ago - again when
I was young.
As
I awoke one morning,
the
earth lay quiet and still
when
a little robin redbreast
perched
upon my sill.
He
sang a song so lovely
so
carefree and so gay,
that
slowly all my troubles
began
to slip away.
He
sang of far off places
of
laughter and of fun,
It seemed
his very trilling,
brought
up the morning sun.
I
stirred beneath the covers
crept
slowly out of bed,
and swiftly
shut the window down
and
crushed his XXXXXX head!
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Don:
No
poems to report. Just
to record that we walked from
the well-closed Strackland Arms
over to Levens and back via
Sizergh Castle. Most of
our photos were taken in Levens.
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This
week's theme was white wine with Mike B our
sommelier.
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Stephen
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Don
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Stan
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Martin
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Tony
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Robin
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John
PL
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Mike
B
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Mike
T
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