Islandman before, but mainly after pics.

Legacy_user · 20 June 2007 at 12:48PM

I've spent hours trying to produce this post which shows what my disabled wife and I (oap) have achieved in three years.

http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa96/kingfisher171/Viewfrombackdoor.jpg

a wilderness turned into this:-

and then from this:-

http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa96/kingfisher171/RIMG0387.jpg

to this:-

http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa96/kingfisher171/IMGP0059.jpg

the nautical section here:-

followed by the seaside haven:-

this area is tubs & shrubs for birds & hedgehogs:-

and when I'm not sitting on the computer, I/we can relax here:- but before that, I see a couple of links failed to produce pics, it may be that you have to clic on them individually.

WestonDave · 20 June 2007 at 12:56PM

Blimey - you don't want another project do you?

Actually I don't mean that a) because you deserve to enjoy the fruits of your labours and b) because I intend to get the same satisfaction factor out of doing mine - just got to train the apprentices (2yr old and ten weeks old - the latter may take extra training!).

tiff · 20 June 2007 at 1:04PM

That is beautiful, well done!

Asus_Mobo · 20 June 2007 at 1:10PM

I like this one http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa96/kingfisher171/Viewfrombackdoor.jpg as I suspect that it would of been ok to put a new path in and cut the grass and a general tidy up, and you would of had much more wildlife as birds dont nest in swings, fences and pots, thats what I would of done.

But yours is very very nice and lets in a lot of light and is very well presented and all done by a pair of older folk, well done :T

System · 20 June 2007 at 1:25PM

Fourteen uneven slabs were removed as my wife has a walking/mobility problem. The line post I wriggled about untill it I could pull it down. The tree/shrub half way up on the left I cut down and removed the stump and kept it as a small feature. The grassed area is on a slope with a hump in the middle where the apple tree was. This makes mowing an issue as you tend to skid/scrape.

The lilac trees over the fence and the conifer to the left, are haven to several variety of tits, chaffinch. Robins/blackirds/sparrows/collard dove/pidgeon/starlings etc visit all day. The robins bring their young. We had a sparrow hawk also.

Every night we get a couple of hedgehogs, several field mice (we think they are), we've seen toads/frogs, so in all, with the aid of our solar lights and dusk to dawn light, we get 24/7 interest.

~Chameleon~ · 20 June 2007 at 1:50PM

I can't see any of the pics

I can only actually see 3 links but they all say page not found on photobucket if I click on them

System · 20 June 2007 at 2:04PM

How strange. Of the eight links given, five pics are shown, but link 1, 3 & 4 need opening in a separate window.

~Chameleon~ · 20 June 2007 at 2:12PM

Ok no problem, I think it's a problem at my end with Firefox not displaying any pictures. Will try with IE and see if i can see them that way

Edit: ok tried in IE but all I get is a small box with a red cross in it where the pics are and still getting "page not found" on the photobucket page when I click on the links

Do I need to have an account with photobucket to see them?

angie_loves_veg · 20 June 2007 at 3:43PM

I am afraid I get exactly the same outcome as chameleon

maybe a clever bod out there can help?

olly300 · 20 June 2007 at 4:36PM

Can't see the pictures either. I'm getting a page not found error.

paddy's_mum · 20 June 2007 at 4:44PM

Oh goody - I thought it was just me being a silver surfer who can drive a PC about as well as I drive a wonky shopping trolley!

Looking forward to some genius telling me how I can view islandman's pictures.

Islandman before, but mainly after pics.

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