Last summer and autumn I made some headway in treating the overgrowth of brambles etc outside the back garden in the hope it'd clear a way to some fly tipping the former owner did in the woods so I could start clearing it up.
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Last summer and autumn I made some headway in treating the overgrowth of brambles etc outside the back garden in the hope it'd clear a way to some fly tipping the former owner did in the woods so I could start clearing it up.
Today I finally went out to assess the situation and have a look around, and anyone who's known me a while will know I am slightly obsessed with pylons.
So imagine my squeal of delight when, in moving some brush aside, I discovered this gem.
I've given it a good going over with the pressure washer. The discs are all fully in tact. Now I just need to figure out what to do with it.
I'm thinking of removing the links and turning them into sun catchers in the window
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@babe I didn't knew they made it in "clear", I always saw them in translucent green
@gkrnours They've got a slight tinge to them in direct sunlight but certainly not anywhere near the degree you usually see
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I've given it a good going over with the pressure washer. The discs are all fully in tact. Now I just need to figure out what to do with it.
I'm thinking of removing the links and turning them into sun catchers in the window
@babe might make a nice lamp.
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Last summer and autumn I made some headway in treating the overgrowth of brambles etc outside the back garden in the hope it'd clear a way to some fly tipping the former owner did in the woods so I could start clearing it up.
Today I finally went out to assess the situation and have a look around, and anyone who's known me a while will know I am slightly obsessed with pylons.
So imagine my squeal of delight when, in moving some brush aside, I discovered this gem.
@babe I feel like "slightly obsessed with pylons" is conspicuously missing from your bio.
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@babe I feel like "slightly obsessed with pylons" is conspicuously missing from your bio.
@Lacey I kind of forget it's not the most normal thing. Back before twitter was a complete hellscape I had a pretty big circle of people on there, mostly brits, and a surprising amount of them were members of the Pylon Appreciation Society. It's easy to get the impression it's extremely common
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Last summer and autumn I made some headway in treating the overgrowth of brambles etc outside the back garden in the hope it'd clear a way to some fly tipping the former owner did in the woods so I could start clearing it up.
Today I finally went out to assess the situation and have a look around, and anyone who's known me a while will know I am slightly obsessed with pylons.
So imagine my squeal of delight when, in moving some brush aside, I discovered this gem.
@babe Really nice! Now you only need a huge metal tower to put under it.
Seriously, I'd just use the whole thing as decoration. Put it on the roof perhaps, or maybe in a clothesline for a funny effect.
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@babe Really nice! Now you only need a huge metal tower to put under it.
Seriously, I'd just use the whole thing as decoration. Put it on the roof perhaps, or maybe in a clothesline for a funny effect.
@eldaking I'm tempted to look at where the beams are in the loft and set up a hook by the bay window, just hang the whole thing up there. It is, unsurprisingly, very heavy
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@Lacey I kind of forget it's not the most normal thing. Back before twitter was a complete hellscape I had a pretty big circle of people on there, mostly brits, and a surprising amount of them were members of the Pylon Appreciation Society. It's easy to get the impression it's extremely common
@babe Gotta love those online bubbles.
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@babe Gotta love those online bubbles.
@babe took this the other day, though mostly because of the sky I must admit
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Last summer and autumn I made some headway in treating the overgrowth of brambles etc outside the back garden in the hope it'd clear a way to some fly tipping the former owner did in the woods so I could start clearing it up.
Today I finally went out to assess the situation and have a look around, and anyone who's known me a while will know I am slightly obsessed with pylons.
So imagine my squeal of delight when, in moving some brush aside, I discovered this gem.
@babe Wait, uh, what... what does this do
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@babe Wait, uh, what... what does this do
@anarchiv They are insulators for overhead power lines
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@anarchiv They are insulators for overhead power lines
@babe oooooh NICE
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I've given it a good going over with the pressure washer. The discs are all fully in tact. Now I just need to figure out what to do with it.
I'm thinking of removing the links and turning them into sun catchers in the window
@babe it screams "multi level bird table" to me
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@babe took this the other day, though mostly because of the sky I must admit
@Lacey Awww it's such a cute little one
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I've given it a good going over with the pressure washer. The discs are all fully in tact. Now I just need to figure out what to do with it.
I'm thinking of removing the links and turning them into sun catchers in the window
The woods are now clear enough that I've been able to set the hedgehog nesting boxes up out there nicely.
The Hog's Hedge (the big feeding station with the portrait in it) has now been turned into a second nest box. I'll be setting up a network extender to put a camera back in it at some point.Something hedgehog sized has already investigated The Igel's Nest but not stuck around. Still no visitors on the feeder cam though.
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@Lacey Awww it's such a cute little one
@babe that's what she sa... Oh wait.
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The woods are now clear enough that I've been able to set the hedgehog nesting boxes up out there nicely.
The Hog's Hedge (the big feeding station with the portrait in it) has now been turned into a second nest box. I'll be setting up a network extender to put a camera back in it at some point.Something hedgehog sized has already investigated The Igel's Nest but not stuck around. Still no visitors on the feeder cam though.
Bunny for scale
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Bunny for scale
@babe did it pass inspection?
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Bunny for scale
@babe And they say us folks in the USA have strange measurement scales. “Well now, that looks like it’s maybe 2.5 bunnies long!”
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Bunny for scale
@babe You've got nice insulators
