Wheelbarrow Gardens

As promised, here are some of the wheelbarrow gardens we have created over the years. I have also used this post to look at the resizing quality of the photos. I was unsure of using resizing. Let me know which you prefer and if it does make a difference to your eyes please.

The succulent barrow
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The first of the Hippeastrum barrows – resized
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The second Hippeastrum wheelbarrow garden
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My favourite wheelbarrow garden at my besties180930_blog challenge_pink square_wheelbarrow_flower

Hippeastrum – resize 2
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What did you think of using old wheelbarrow as gardens?

Quench

The Ragtag Daily Prompt for Monday: Quench

On a hot January day, all the blokes like to gather around and quench their thirst
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Across town, everyone is keen to have a drink
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In a quieter part of the country, just a couple of blokes have a quiet drink in a small place
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Mountain with a past

The Photo for the Week challenge: Mountains

What is a mountain with a past you ask. The mountain I chose for Bren’s photo challenge #17 is that well know mountain with a historical past.
Going back in time to 79AD some people were going about their daily life when the ground rumbled and suddenly an explosion sent ash and hot lava raining down upon the people and  “buried the cities of Pompeii, Oplontis, and Stabiae under ashes and lapilli and the city of Herculaneum under a mudflow.” (https://www.britannica.com/place/Vesuvius) The last eruption was in 1944 and the volcano is still active. Vesuvius is very closely monitored today.

Yes, I chose Mt Vesuvius. This is the view of Vesuvius that people of Pompeii would have seen although before the eruption, the mountainside was forested with Oak and Chestnut trees.
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This is the view over the Bay of Naples, across the Plain of  Campania and Naples to Vesuvius
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