OH and I used to go horse-riding at a school out near Chorleywood and the farm owners had a small flock of plastic ducks strolling along a bank on the edge of the small country lane that led past the school entrance. The council made them remove them as they were a distraction to motorists.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
I' ve just been at my local GP's surgery where, instead of background music (or silence!), they have recorded birdsong playing in the waiting area. It is a bit disconcerting hearing it indoors. One practitioner said cynically, "It's cheaper than music, as they don't have to play royalties!"
My last surgery before the one I'm at now had a large TV that was set to BBC News. If you didn't have anxiety when you got there, you would have by the time you saw the doctor!
I wish I was a glow worm A glow worm's never glum Cos how can you be grumpy When the sun shines out your bum!
The multiple vet surgery we used when living in Belgium played either BBC wildlife videos, dubbed, or British or Oz made programmes about extraordinary dogs such as hearing dogs, sea rescue dogs, mountain rescue dogs, sniffer dogs and an occasional extraodinary cat or parrot or some such. I doubt it did much for the critters but it kept most of the owners engaged.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
I reckon the craze for artificial animals etc started when Milton Keynes was built - anybody remember their herd of cows? Are they still there I wonder?
When the Eisteddfod was held locally the local roundabouts were all decorated with 3 or 4 brightly painted fibreglass horses about the size of a shetland horse. They lasted about 2 days before they were all stolen. I've often wondered who woke up in the morning with a hangover and a small herd of horses parked outside in their garden.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
When the Eisteddfod was held locally the local roundabouts were all decorated with 3 or 4 brightly painted fibreglass horses about the size of a shetland horse. They lasted about 2 days before they were all stolen. I've often wondered who woke up in the morning with a hangover and a small herd of horses parked outside in their garden.
It could have been worse - they could have been real....
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
There is a front garden I pass regularly in a lovely country village that has all sorts of hideous garden ornaments but the centrepiece is a huge, colourful model of a mermaid on a plinth. A very tasteful house opposite is for sale, I’m sure the owners would love someone to steal the mermaid...
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
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I could understand it, if it was an alpaca....but a zebra?
No rhyme or reason to that, is there? Maybe someone knows the answer though.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
A glow worm's never glum
Cos how can you be grumpy
When the sun shines out your bum!
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...