Tony Croft aka hamadryad

thats a good eye! lovely table:001_cool:

sweet find! loving the adder too above it! I would have had to pick that up, I want that shot!

Oh your getting it son, no doubt about that, keep on it Matt, good job. now tell me, why Tremella mesenterica and not aurantia? your right but why?

as for that water spider, well thats just awesome!

oh i like the water dragon lots! I also like the first violet shot and the last of the ash flowers in the set before the above ones, cracking tadpoles too well early!

yes, all points:thumbup1: excluding the survival of the fitest, a darwinian logic, that is limiting and very not NI

youll hear this early on like a drum if you tap em:thumbup1:

september, or when the first of the very late summer rains arrive and change the feel:thumbup:

me to:thumbup:

i had no idea, i would expect the rotter is often pholiota squarsus, please let me know if you find this association. just goes to show the power of "natural nieghbourhoods"

nie one dean, been thinking about it myself (no money!) now im motivated! top man

as long as you don:lol:t preach! eah

wow is that drilling via these hawk moths?

lovely images, superb.

RobArb-Although I find you current cause very noble and worthwhile, I can't help but wonder how much of this is "preaching". Similar to the christian thread and how some rather devout christian force their message (not all by the way) on everyday folk... Is this thread really forcing it on anyone? like a T.V channel one only has to turn over, or ignore it, but the truth is deep down we ALL know the reality is we are on the brink. The brink of eco system failure, and on both a local and global perspective. In this statement he compares my "preaching" to that christian fervour that has throughout history been the cause of great problems. Yet what I am asking not preaching you all to do is take care of your ecosystem, and thats all. I AM asking you to have faith of sorts, but only in that we must have faith in our own power to turn this around. RobArb-It happens in all walks of life, beliefs of one thing or another that are truly believed and lived by that person that they take over and consume rationality (imo). And here we hint at the fact that I have an irrational perspective, that is to be expected from an academic, ones training coming to the fore. I like the following extract- In contemporary philosophy "irrationalism" is, inspired by Hindu and Buddhist philosophies, emerging into a new growing school of thought in which the importance of our intuitive capability is stressed. One such young philosopher, Robin Vermoesen (Belgium, 3 November 1978), states in his Dutch written book Rationaliteit is vals (translated: "Rationality is false") that every conscious is at the same time an individual being and total reality, thus as a consequence our rationalistic capabilities aren't enough if we truly want to understand reality in its truest form. For us to truly know reality we need to become it, we need to become our Self. He further states that there are four "knowledge relationships", (in growing order of intimacy: knowing, sensing, realizing and being) a being can experience, and all true knowledge of the Self, thus reality, must eventually grow into the most intimate of the four: being. Since rationalistic knowledge can bring us only knowing, it is, although a necessary tool, not enough to uncover reality. It needs to be balanced by other capabilities and framed in a patchwork that gives positive meaning to personal commitment. Robarb says-Again this is NOT a criticism, I am fully aware of the path you have chosen and commend you for choices, but it just feels as though a message is being preached, which I don't agree with. again rob, here you first apologise for the thing you say you are not doing just before you do it! not once but twice in one post, you must be serious, that is not a fair assumption? can one safely assume that when a man re iterates his point, and even uses the same word (preach) twice in the same post:001_rolleyes: I was disapointed because I expect MUCH more from you than this, I see a lack of insight to a bigger perspective in this post from you, and a fair amount of jade in the colouration. and that is where the kiddo comes from!

take it as you will, but read the smilies too, you dont know me well enough yet to be able to form an opinion of me, nor I of you.

always a first time

not good news, Sweet chestnut blight is here, and of course its another import, why do we need to import castanea sativa! Sweet chestnut blight found in Britain | Gabriel Hemery

She will love it ben, and this wood will make a truly special one, these links shuld get you started, failing that theres a few good carvers on here! I would be happy to help. http://www.rockinghorse.co.uk/cgi/shop/shop.cgi?cart_id=56775-82737&page=diy&engine=adwords!8272&keyword=wood+rocking+horse+plans&match_type=&gclid=CIykx7OFha8CFUEOfAod4zjc4A How to Build a Wood Rocking Horse | eHow.com Rocking Horses- The Regal History Of A Favorite Toy

Ben, that is a remarkable and very beautiful piece of wood, absolutely gorgeous, get a jig for a rocking horse and make one for that darling daughter of yours.

got the butin myself, havent seen the FC one im sure its good though

Listen, dont get your knickers in such a twist! Language is the hardest barrier in this format of communication, so choose your words wisely, I try VERY hard to do likewise, look back at the early days of hamadryad! Passion can get the better of us at times, but if my sins on this earth are being inspiring and generous with a little bit of getting the better of me, I know I will have lived well, that my path is the one I choose, and not the one dictated to me by anyone of my peers and certainly not some smart arse student:001_tt2: I have been aroud this old forest a long while kiddo:biggrin:

I thinned AND reduced a BIT! a bit is to say partialy, not totaly, in places not overall, kapeesh!

that is shocking, surely thats a lack of dedication to the clients needs!

pessimist!