Horse Chestnut

oh the magnificent horsechestnut ~ love it!!

they are exotic in a way.

incredible arent they, a tree in full bloom is quite a sight. also love that mahogany red polish on a newly opened conker

Yes...Shame it does not last

i always wished it would but
it never does :-(

How beautiful! want a game?

oh ok pix!!! you're on!

last year i noticed how nice these were and i go past loads daily, they almost look orchid like don't they....

yes i see exactly what you mean, the red ones are amazing too!

Yes SL, quite orchid like, I tried to include the way the flowers can be orange /red and yellow/green on the same spike.

yes it's a real good pic Pims well taken, as Sticki says the red is lovely too, almost cattleya like...

beautiful picture:-))

lol Ok ST! I'm good tho! Ask my big bro lol

Lol....Pixi, you'd better be...Sticki was well agressive on the subject last week. :))

Thanks Dawn..

hehe well bro still has scars and has a fear of conkers lol

Haha...did you pickle or bake them?

I whacked them! LOL! //gotta scoot off to teach now..cya alter :)

dont go whacking those pupils pix!!

lol...I used linseed oil and a very sneeky trick that I am not proud of....;)

used to soak mine then bake them, :-)

you cut the strings of the opponents conkers??

did you win surrey?

only some Sticki ;-)

oh well, some better than none. great game.

i used to like it till my mate missed and smacked it against my knuckles, sure he did it on purpose lol :-))

ouch!!!!

:-) made me jump about i can say....

Thats what i did to my brother lol! Lots !
No I didnt whack the brats tonight they were well behaved :))

glad to hear that!

;)

i sent you a pm pixi

ok! :)

Lovely photo , they are more forward than ours , I jumped up to knock Conkers down froma tree when I was little and a nail went right through my foot ...Ouch !

Ouch indeed Amy..

You didn't dash of to the doctor in those days my foot was plunged into hot water with salt added every so often until it healed .....

Amy, this is quite effective treatment of wounds without antibiotics. During my childhood I saw several kids whose burns were treated by this way by grandmothers - then saw one of them after many years - almost any signs of scar. :))
But it must have been painfuuul.

Do you know, Pim, why is it called horse chestnut? In last centuries it was given to horses which were "breathless". Do not know what does that mean, as I am not vet, but because in human medicine it is also used in cases of coronary artery disease (can manifest by breathlessnes on exertion as well), one might easyly find an association.