Today’s guest picture is another from my sister Caroline’s garden. As well as bluebells, she has got incipient apple blossom. After a few busy days, I was happy to have the excuse of some dubious weather to spend an idle morning indoors. Mrs Tootlepedal cycled off to a meeting and to do some shopping, andContinue reading “Three bridges and an AGM”
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Waiting for Dave
Today’s guest picture comes from my sister Caroline. Her day was greatly brightened by this lovely flowering currant. We had hoped that we were going to avoid the worst of storm Dave, but the forecast is now offering us 65mph gusts for several hours over the Easter weekend. Under the circumstances, it would have beenContinue reading “Waiting for Dave”
Raindrops and roses
Today’s guest picture comes from my camera club friend Simon, who is currently working in Australia. He spotted Mr. Grumpy’s antipodean cousin. Oddly, the heron was on Cockatoo Island. Following a recent trend, we had some more overnight rain, but we woke up to a dry morning. As our church service was an hour laterContinue reading “Raindrops and roses”
A dash before the splash
Today’s guest picture comes from my brother Andrew. He found this fine plant on a morning walk in London today. We woke up to find that it was a misty morning. By the time that we were getting ready to cycle to church, the mist was clearing from Whita Hill . . . . .Continue reading “A dash before the splash”
A little bit of bread and no cheese
Today’s guest picture was sent to me by our son Alistair. He is in Dublin at the moment, and Matilda’s other grandfather took this picture to show that in Dublin, herons are so respected that they are conveyed about by taxi. It had rained gently for most of the night here, and it continued toContinue reading “A little bit of bread and no cheese”
A song and a cycle
Today’s guest picture is another one from my sister Caroline. It shows a rather dainty bandstand near the seashore in Portsmouth, with the Isle of Wight just to be seen in the background . It was a bit warmer here this morning than yesterday, for which we were grateful as we cycled to church forContinue reading “A song and a cycle”
A drop or two of the soft stuff
Today’s guest picture comes from my sister Caroline. She enjoys the work of a street guerrilla gardener in her neighbourhood who has a nice way with a dahlia. By way of a contrast with yesterday’s grey but dry day, we had a grey and damp day today. I spent the morning indoors wasting time inContinue reading “A drop or two of the soft stuff”
Saved from boredom by a board
Today’s guest picture comes from my sister Caroline. On a stressful day, she was grateful for the peaceful garden at her local patisserie. We had another miserable morning here after a rainy night, and as it was followed by an awful afternoon, there were no jolly excursions to castles and parks. I found a dryContinue reading “Saved from boredom by a board”
Souping and spicing up a dull day
Today’s guest picture comes from my Somerset correspondent Venetia’s highland jaunt. She was on the platform at Fort William when she took this shot. She took a ride on The Jacobite. It was a miserable day all day here today, with wall to wall rain from dawn till dusk. It didn’t even have the decencyContinue reading “Souping and spicing up a dull day”
I wandered lonely in a cloud
Today’s guest picture comes from Sandy. He has temporarily forsaken Langholm for some sun, sea, and sand in Benidorm. He was impressed by this tree. We could have done with a bit of that sunshine here today but it wasn’t to be. It was reasonably warm (10°C/50°F) by the afternoon and pretty calm too, butContinue reading “I wandered lonely in a cloud”
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