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Old 02-20-2009, 06:25 AM   #5
Sundae
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: West Yorkshire
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I don't know - it could be real. Lovely, lovely picture anyway.

Dads used to cycle to work, going over a small humped back bridge over the Grand Union Canal, which comes to a not-so-grand dead end in Aylesbury. Sorry, I mean a basin. Because of his shift patterns he was often there early in the morning, and very often saw kingfishers. He always lamented his lack of skill with a camera, because he would have loved to capture them. The truth is, my Dad is not great with a camera. He occasionally lucks out with a good shot, but nothing like the semi-pros we have here. The irony is, he could draw one better than most of the Cellar. Probably, haven't seen your drawing skills.

Anyway.

This might have been taken in England this year. For the first time in my memory, the canal froze over. And we had snow at least this deep. It's a feasible shot in my opinion.

And I love kingfishers. And halycon days.
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