Guardians of The Lambsfoot!

[JohnDF]

Good Afternoon Guardians
Sorry I'm so late posting my picture today

 

[mitch13]

Your hair-stylist will weep Jer!

Thanks pal

When I first knew my mate Wolfie, he was only in his mid 20's, even dafter than he is now, and rode his bike like a maniac. I was always telling him to get a helmet. One day he bought this fancy full-face cycle helmet, and I thought he'd finally wised-up. A few days later, he cracked it in two on a lamp-post! It wasn't on his head at the time, but strapped to his courier bag, as he raced two other young idiots!

Perfect Lamb Steve I hope you escape any flooding buddy Flood warnings here too, but much further south

Hopefully they'll see me out my friend

Helmets with bikes legal requirement here these days. Didn’t have to when I was a kid. That could explain a lot

Someone save me. My son has listened to the baby shark song a thousand times already this morning!!!!!! I would post a lamb but my brain is fried

Enjoy the moment.
They grow up and try to convince you, that the Pet shop Boys were good

I like it... Does that make me weird?

Only as weird as the rest of us

 

[JohnDF]

Only as weird as the rest of us

I knew had the right place.

 

[Jack Black]

Good Afternoon Guardians
Sorry I'm so late posting my picture today

You make a great entrance John!

Helmets with bikes legal requirement here these days. Didn’t have to when I was a kid. That could explain a lot

Really? Blimey, I remember when you didn't have to wear them here on a motorcycle!

Enjoy the moment.
They grow up and try to convince you, that the Pet shop Boys were good

 

[mitch13]

You make a great entrance John!

Really? Blimey, I remember when you didn't have to wear them here on a motorcycle!

Yep
I'm surprised they still sell ladders with out proof of a helmet ownership.

 

[btb01]

Good to see you Barrett, and hope the girls are all alright Don't be a stranger!

Thanks, Jack. The girls are good, and they’re ready for summer.

Oh great... Now I want donuts.

Well there’s only one solution for that…

Someone save me. My son has listened to the baby shark song a thousand times already this morning!!!!!! I would post a lamb but my brain is fried

Doo doo doo-doo doo doo…

Battening down the hatches here as there are severe storms moving through any minute .

Hope it’s not too bad, Steve. We’ve only had moderate rain and thunder on our side of town so far. Hoping it stays that way. (I’m gonna go find some wood to knock on.)

Afzelia Albers with me again today.

 

[JohnDF]

You make a great entrance John!

Better late than never.

Well there’s only one solution for that…

Too bad they sell out in town so quickly.

 

[Fodderwing]

Smashing Dwight

Thanks mate!

Delightful!

Thank you my friend!

Thanks Steve, I'll have to get a pic with Schultz included

pic sharing

Cool pic Mitch

Looks like a good set-up mate

Good to see you Barrett, and hope the girls are all alright Don't be a stranger!

Thanks a lot David

Good morning Guardians, I hope your week is going well. We were forecast a week of rain, but it's OK so far, not hot, not cold, just fair to middlin' I've got some work to do this morning, but might have an excuse to go out later. Enjoying carrying Big Rose Have a good day Guardians

Awesome cool tools there Jack!

Good morning all...sunshine on the Jersey shore!!

Glorious lamb Bob!

Stunning Lamb !

Thank you Steve!

Good morning Guardians !

We're in for some severe thunderstorms today and there is also a flood watch as well. .

Carrying my Rodgers 2 blade today

Incredible jigging on one amazing piece of cutlery!

When I first knew my mate Wolfie, he was only in his mid 20's, even dafter than he is now, and rode his bike like a maniac. I was always telling him to get a helmet. One day he bought this fancy full-face cycle helmet, and I thought he'd finally wised-up. A few days later, he cracked it in two on a lamp-post! It wasn't on his head at the time, but strapped to his courier bag, as he raced two other young idiots!

 

[Rufus1949]

Glorious lamb Bob!

Thanks Dwight, it was a glorious day ,as well, in Jerzee.

 

[Fodderwing]

That's good to hear Steve Speaking of higher ground, my next set of holiday snaps are from the Dikti Mountains of Crete!

We sped away from Knossos, and further into the mountains, our tour schedule sacrificed to Chronos. Our driver took the hair-pin bends at a speed that didn't allow for fine photography, but I snapped a few pics through the tinted window of the tour bus.







High in the mountains we stopped for 10 minutes at an isolated monastery, which was supposed to be one of the main items on the itinerary The tour-guide, anxious for us to get moving again, didn't exactly sell the place, and I decided against paying the high admission price, for such a brief visit, (with no photography permitted), so just admired the spectacular views





As I once heard a lady say at a local beauty spot, "It'd be a lovely view, if they'd only cut all the trees down." Fortunately, I had a telephoto lens in my bag







screenshot on pc

Stunning views of incredible vistas! Am I seeing orchards?... vineyards?...

I like it... Does that make me weird?

Oh yeah... you are most definitely weird...

Howdy Guardians! Windy today around here. Happy trails!

I love these blue lambs.

Spectacular old world charm, Jack, thanks for the photo-tour. I'm relaxing at home with Roper after taking a new photo.

Incredible blue lamb.

 

[Fodderwing]

 

[JohnDF]

Oh yeah... you are most definitely weird...

Weird, in a good way?

 

[mitch13]

Oak & chestnut today

 

[SteveC]

Hope it’s not too bad, Steve. We’ve only had moderate rain and thunder on our side of town so far. Hoping it stays that way. (I’m gonna go find some wood to knock on.)

Just heavy rain and some thunder so all good here

Afzelia Albers with me again today.

Nice Albers !

Incredible jigging on one amazing piece of cutlery!

Thanks Dwight !

Beauty !

Oak & chestnut today

Nice pic Mitch !

 

[Prester John]

I can think of a few dozen classical Greek metaphors to describe our driver's break-neck zig-zagging over the course of the next half hour, but I'll spare you the Apollonic horses I suspect that it was not an usual speed for the driver of a Greek tour-bus, but it would have been nice to take in the incredible views at a slightly more leisurely pace, and even stop for the odd photo opportunity I did my best













Eventually, we reached the zenith of our journey, and what lay ahead was quite incredible, the broad flat Lasithi Plateau, was spread out before us like a patchwork quilt. I couldn't stop thinking what a find this high, fertile plain must have been to those who first discovered it. Even today, it is isolated, but clearly very much loved by those who live here. There are fewer farmers today than in the past, with the teenagers now having to go to schools outside the valley, but the people think of their home as a special place, in which they are lucky to live, with families going back hundreds of years. There have been special innovations, which are still in use today, such as a canal system to allow drainage when the snows melt, and windmills, which pump water. Of course, like most places in Crete, some of the population make some of their living from tourism, and the most important destination for those visiting the area was where we were headed: Dikteon Cave, the legendary birthplace of Zeus.

Much as I would have liked to see the cave, we too were hiding from Chronos (), with not much more than an hour to make the 20 minute, notoriously steep ascent to the cave, queue to pay, then descend the 400 steps down, tour the cave, then back up, and down the steep hill again. It worked out for the best, because I wouldn't have had time to explore the exceptional view, have a couple of beers, talk to some of the friendly locals, buy a few gifts, and by chance, meet a Cretan cutler I had my first beer, just where those gents are sitting in the last photo. Talk about a room with a view!

















After drinking my first beer in that lofty spot, and taking these photos, (and a short video), I visited the first of several gift shops at the site, and ended up having a good laugh with the owner. In the second shop I visited, I got talking to a younger man. His English wasn't the best, but he was happy to talk, as best as that allowed. He was from the plateau, like his forbears, had gone away to university, but returned to his home, where he hoped to spend the rest of his life. I asked about marriage prospects in this thinly populated place, and he said, luckily, he had already found a wife. The young man asked about my own home, and I told him I was from Sheffield, "where steel and knives are made." He then told me his father had been a cutler, but had retired a couple of years ago, and now just worked on the family farm. Just then, the father appeared, and it turned out he spoke slightly more English than his son. We had a short, but warm conversation, and of course, I showed him Wee Staggy, whom he greatly admired

Great pics, Jack, and wondrous prose!

 

[echoscout]

Good Afternoon Guardians
Sorry I'm so late posting my picture today

Handsome Lamb

I love these blue lambs.

Thanks buddy!

Alluring Lamb

 

[cudgee]

I'm surprised they still sell ladders with out proof of a helmet ownership.

Or proof that you are not an over 50 year old male.

Oak

Beautiful covers on that Lamb.

 

[Jack Black]

Thanks, Jack. The girls are good, and they’re ready for summer.

Afzelia Albers with me again today.

Great to hear buddy, I hope you get a good one Cool pic of your beautiful Albers

Awesome cool tools there Jack!

Thanks pal Some years back, Tool Man developed an obsession with a line of stoves The problem was he didn't even know exactly what they were called, so being as he's less use with a computer than I am with a roofing hammer, I did the research Armed with this line-drawing of the full range, and their history, he quickly acquired two of them. I even went over to Sheffield, one evening, with him, to pick one up. With one of them, the bloke threw in a spare door for the grate, which ended up on the tool stall for months

Stunning views of incredible vistas! Am I seeing orchards?... vineyards?...

Thank you Orchards, vineyards, but mainly olive groves, they're everywhere, Crete has more than 30 Million olive trees!

Great pic Dwight Hope you enjoyed the brews

Oak & chestnut today

Cool pic Mitch

Great pics, Jack, and wondrous prose!

Many thanks Vince, you're very kind

Good morning Guardians, I hope everyone's week is going well It's wet and windy here today, and since I have to go out in a bit, I hope it improves I felt like carrying some stag today Have a great day Guardians

 

[JohnDF]

Handsome Lamb

Thank you, David.

Nice to see the HHB getting some pocket time again.

 

[JohnDF]

Good Morning Guardians
This Lamb was a kind gift from my buddy Todd
He polished the lack-luster stag into more of a smooth bone look.
I like the finished product and it feels really good in the hand... Hoping Todd joins us again.