Someone stole my hanging baskets :( by phil_howcroft

Someone stole my hanging baskets :(

When I returned home from work tonight, I was surprised to see that my two hanging baskets that sit either side of our porch had disappeared.

Somebody, thought it was OK to steal them.

In the grand scheme of things it is hardly a major crime, but it somehow reflects how disrespectful some people are in our society.

So this is my picture of the day.....a lonely bracket on the wall....... only a few hours ago the bracket was supporting a basket full of beautiful flowers and summer colours.

Anyway here are links to the images I took of the baskets:

When they went up at the end of May:

http://365project.org/phil_howcroft/365/2011-05-29


June bursting with colour

http://365project.org/phil_howcroft/365/2011-06-21


Fuchsia in full bloom

http://365project.org/phil_howcroft/365/2011-07-05
:'( Awful. They will get theirs!
July 7th, 2011  
Jesus! seriously, what a set of f*********K**SS.
i know it makes for a funny shot for today, but sorry to hear that mate.
And i know its'only' those baskets, but that's not the point..oh i'm cross with ya.
July 7th, 2011  
Oh, that's a real shame, Phil :o(

I'm just glad you took photos of them and shared them with us before they disappeared
July 7th, 2011  
Oh no!!! Thank goodness you took some photos. I suppose you should be flattered but how outrageous. Somebody stole our poshly carved pumpkin one Halloween but that was never going to survive that long. Also somebody dug a shrub up out of our front garden - maybe you will spot them somewhere and you will have the photos to prove they are yours. With a bit of luck they will have a big aphid inside that will escape and munch through their garden. You can have 1 all on Wordsworth now I know you're bereft!!!
July 7th, 2011  
I'm sorry about this. Some people are so disrespectful. :-( At least you took a picture of it, but this is so annyoing!
July 7th, 2011  
That's horrible :(
July 7th, 2011  
what bastards... funny coincidence... heard on radio today, a council in Devon are going tostart micro chipping their hanging baskets cos they're always being half-inched..
July 7th, 2011  
you are kidding?? How annoying
July 8th, 2011  
How low can they stoop or how high can they swoop? Nothing is sacred anymore. :-( Fancy having to microchip your hanging baskets LOL! I hope they have gone to a good home and are being looked after properly even if they were got by theft - tho I like Judith's monster aphid idea. That is the trouble with being an ace gardener Phil it brings out the green eyed monster in the light but not green fingered lurking in the hedges looking for garden trophies to lift. They knew top quality when they saw it.

I saw the shot and immediately thought has someone tea leafed your baskets? It think it is a tremendous post - look at the emotional response it as had on your followers! And clearly you are not alone. it was a really mean thing to do and if they are happy to do that I wonder what else never pricks their conscience that they are doing. I suspect that small crimes may often lead to big crimes.
July 8th, 2011  
Are you kidding me? Are you Ruby didn't snag them and bury them out back? Okay, okay. That angel would never do such a thing. I cannot believe the things people do sometimes. I'm glad we got to enjoy your beautiful hanging baskets through your photos, at least for a little while. :)
July 8th, 2011  
WTF? That's just scummy. Its surprising how low some people will sink. Somebody has been stealing the ripe fruit from our allotment this year too, I guess some peoples moral compass is not set right!
July 8th, 2011  
The rats !!!!
July 8th, 2011  
Not very neighborly of the thief. They got a beautiful hanging basket... Now go get the video camera, hang a new basket and nab them!
July 8th, 2011  
This would be a major crime where I live...SCUMBAGS!
July 8th, 2011  
So sorry about that, Phil! You made them look sooo beautiful that they were simply irresistable ... (PS: Now that this crook knows where the best hanging baskets in town are to be found, how about a chain and padlock??)
July 8th, 2011  
I had a beautiful ceramic planter taken right from my front step just as brazen as can be. It still rankles 2 years later. What is especially troublesome is that I will not replace it, and the neighborhood has been deprived of a lovely spot of color. So you see crime compromises society in many ways.
Your flowers were truly beautiful. At least you have some lovely photos to remember them.
July 9th, 2011  
Hey just thought of something, Seeing as you live in Nottingham, could Robin Hood be lurking about?
July 9th, 2011  
Thats just ridiculous!. Who does that? they were very pretty!
July 9th, 2011  
@gingersanders thank ginger :(
July 10th, 2011  
@jenlyn999 Jennifer it is rather ridiculous !!!
July 10th, 2011  
@allie912 ha ha Allison, I think Robin Hood was meant to be a goodie ..the nearest we come to Robin Hood is a bar / pub in Arnold named after the dodgy outlaw !!
July 10th, 2011  
@cath Catherine, you are ahead of me already.......yesterday I made some more baskets , but this time I have padlocked them to the brackets !!!! How sad is that :(
July 10th, 2011  
@swilde cheers Sue, scumbags indeed :(
July 10th, 2011  
@seattle Constance it is a sad state of affairs when somebody 'nicks' your baskets :(
July 10th, 2011  
@happypat thanks Pat, rats is too kind a word to describe them
July 10th, 2011  
@tashy fruit form allotments..oh dear Tashy, sad :(
July 10th, 2011  
@meredithwb Meredith, I wish I was kidding you !!! lol about Ruby :)
July 10th, 2011  
@whippeteer Frances , aye , stoop high they did :( ...but you are right I got a nice response from everyone on here :)
July 10th, 2011  
@sleepdozer57 thanks Peter, like you say it was only baskets !!
July 10th, 2011  
@jenrobcarr very annoying indeed jennifer
July 10th, 2011  
@andycoleborn ha ha andy , I heard the micro chip story on my car radio driving home and then turned around the corner to see 'no baskets' !!!
July 10th, 2011  
@kerristephens thanks kerri .......not very friendly indeed !!!
July 10th, 2011  
@sarahhorsfall cheers sarah, we went to a local car boot this morning looking for somebody 'dodgy' selling our baskets !!!! didn't see them !
July 10th, 2011  
@judithg thanks for the 1-1 on wordsworth !!! made me feel better :)
July 10th, 2011  
@shadowdancer thank you for your kind words shadow :)
July 10th, 2011  
omg that is just so ...***** after all that work and pride in what you had achieved too!! I'm afraid we even have this in rural Suffolk. Our friends up the road have those bicycle padlock things round theirs!! How about printing off a couple of youe photos, putting them in a plastic envelope and sticking them to the wall behind...just to let passers by know what happened.....also a sign saying ...if you see these baskets, let us know!!! A damn poor show I'd say!!
July 11th, 2011  
Just saw this - That is awful! What is wrong with people?
Where was the guard hound while this crime was taking place??? hahaha Something tells me she'd lick them to death!
July 11th, 2011  
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