I toured Colorado State in USA back in 1991 and having a keen interest in photograpy I made a point of taking pictures of all the different roadside flowers as a holiday project.those days there was no such thing as digital cameras so I was using film (transparency slides) which I don't have the facility to digitise. John H
I bought a Scanner, you can put 4 slides in, in one go ,they transfer straight into the computer
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
There's a site/charity plantlife.org.uk that are trying to get Councils to change their mowing habits. You can post' before' and 'after' photos if your council mows down the verges when they could very well leave them untouched.
It seems, from my experience, that more people complain about the verges than actually email or write to say how nice they look, and how much benefit they are to wildlife.
I think I can remember years ago, that Wakefield council had little 'Roadside Nature Reserve' signs on the verges. As mentioned in a previous post, it would surely save them money if they mowed less.
OK, I've managed to get some of my USA slides digitised so here are a few taken on roadside verges in Colorado State in 1991. Sadly the resolution is nowhere near as good as the originals: I'm afraid I dont know what all of them are.
Interesting you should make that comment Nutcutlet; we were aiming to travel north from Denver to Yellowstone, when we stopped for a coffee we got talking to a local who said "Why, you gotta see the Million Dollar Highway before you leave Colorado" so instead of going north we went west towards Grand Junction, cut off left at Glenwood Springs through the Crystal River gorge to Delta, Monteray and Ouray. The drive from Ouray to Silverton was absolutely fabulous over Red Mountain pass. If you've got a USA map the Million Dollar Highway goes from Ouray to Durango. We never regretted changing our route as we had planned on just hiring a car in Denver and stopping in motels each night which worked out just fine.
Hi nutctlet, thanks for pointing out the million dollar highway can be seen on youtube, brought back a few memories. We also did the steam train ride from Durango to Silvertown which is also on youtube so I watched that again. Fantastic ride up through the mountains.
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I bought a Scanner, you can put 4 slides in, in one go ,they transfer straight into the computer
There's a site/charity plantlife.org.uk that are trying to get Councils to change their mowing habits. You can post' before' and 'after' photos if your council mows down the verges when they could very well leave them untouched.
It seems, from my experience, that more people complain about the verges than actually email or write to say how nice they look, and how much benefit they are to wildlife.
I think I can remember years ago, that Wakefield council had little 'Roadside Nature Reserve' signs on the verges. As mentioned in a previous post, it would surely save them money if they mowed less.
OK, I've managed to get some of my USA slides digitised so here are a few taken on roadside verges in Colorado State in 1991. Sadly the resolution is nowhere near as good as the originals: I'm afraid I dont know what all of them are.
Next one is Evening Primrose
I'll put somemore on a bit later.
Here are a few more:
This last one is of a 'Clarke's Nutcracker'
so many lovely plants by the roadside John. It's a wonder you got from A to B
In the sticks near Peterborough
Interesting you should make that comment Nutcutlet; we were aiming to travel north from Denver to Yellowstone, when we stopped for a coffee we got talking to a local who said "Why, you gotta see the Million Dollar Highway before you leave Colorado" so instead of going north we went west towards Grand Junction, cut off left at Glenwood Springs through the Crystal River gorge to Delta, Monteray and Ouray. The drive from Ouray to Silverton was absolutely fabulous over Red Mountain pass. If you've got a USA map the Million Dollar Highway goes from Ouray to Durango. We never regretted changing our route as we had planned on just hiring a car in Denver and stopping in motels each night which worked out just fine.
Just had a drive along it with youtube. fantastic journey
In the sticks near Peterborough
Lyn, you mention a scanner for slides. Could you let me know what make/type it is? Thanks in advance.
Lovely photos everyone!
Hi nutctlet, thanks for pointing out the million dollar highway can be seen on youtube, brought back a few memories. We also did the steam train ride from Durango to Silvertown which is also on youtube so I watched that again. Fantastic ride up through the mountains.
John H, great photos