An escargatoire of snails. by happypat

An escargatoire of snails.

I had to google the word for a collection of snails. I could have used the words root or walk but thought they deserved the the longer more serious word of escargatoire,

I moved an old chimney pot we had in the garden & found this rather beautiful collection of sleeping snails.

Three good things:
1. A glorious Easter weekend, fantastic weather.
2. I picked a brilliant book from the library, I'm really enjoying it. Called The Cactus by Sarah Haywood.
3. The house next door is empty!!
Lovely find
April 20th, 2019  
Waw ! Pat what a great colony - now all you have to do is to serve them tomorrow as Escarots a la Bourguinonne - cooked with garlic ,butter and herbs ! - do you think Harry would enjoy them !! ( not really advisable as they may have digested pesticides etc !! ) Love the pattern on the shells !
April 20th, 2019  
@beryl Ha ha Beryl, Harry would not even eat them if they were cooked by Raymond Blanc! I’m amazed they came out so well as it’s only a iPhone shot taken blind down the chimney pot with a screen I couldn’t see for the sun glare! Thank you.
April 20th, 2019  
Cool and damp capture! LOL> that's wot you get for looking under pots. Nicely seen.
April 20th, 2019  
I guess if they are here they are not getting into Harry's cabbages..
April 20th, 2019  
Bep
What a surprise! Cool capture.
April 20th, 2019  
Oh wow, our blue tongue lizards and kookaburras would have a feast here. We don't get too many snails in our garden, they must be quite a delicacy for the other wildlife that visit
April 20th, 2019  
They have sorted thselves into sizes!
April 20th, 2019  
Wow that's so impressive! Aren't they beautiful ....if only they didn't nibble things we love to grow.
April 20th, 2019  
PS...just shared this with Allan...we love the title!!!
April 20th, 2019  
Very wonderful, the moniker and the image.
April 20th, 2019  
Wow... so many! Wonderfully clear image.
April 21st, 2019  
@joansmor @netkonnexion @julzmaioro @gijsje @onewing @sarah19 @louannwarren @kwind

Thank you all, this was only the tip of the iceberg, they were all round the rim & up the sides of this very tall chimney pot. I quite like snails, it’s slugs that give me the creeps!
No cabbages yet Julz @julzmaioro
April 21st, 2019  
A surprising escargotière! I would drop them all in a jar of diluted jayes fluid as they may have eggs that will hatch However it may not be your problem!
April 22nd, 2019  
What a wonderful word to describe a collection of snails!
April 22nd, 2019  
@maggiemae Ha ha you cruel woman maggie! I would do that to slugs but don’t mind snails!
April 22nd, 2019  
@kwiksilver I thought so too!
April 22nd, 2019  
A neat collective noun!
April 23rd, 2019  
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