Today’s guest picture comes from Mary Jo in Manitoba. She is hoping that the rabbit in her front yard is a signal that things will warm up a bit soon (-9° windchill there at the moment she tells me). We had another fine and sunny day here, and once again Mrs Tootlepedal spent most ofContinue reading “Straight up”
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Off and on
Today’s guest picture comes from my sister Mary. She visited Kew Gardens today and enjoyed the bluebells. We started the day in leisurely fashion, planning the menus for our evening meals for the next two weeks. After coffee, we got out into the garden. It was a warmer morning and the plants looked grateful. MrsContinue reading “Off and on”
A tootling day
Today’s guest picture comes from my Somerset correspondent, Venetia, who is in Sardinia at the moment. She was excited to see these Sardinian ‘little horses’, about 12 hands, approx 48 inches. There are only about 600 in the world, and all are on the Giara Plateau. We woke up to some absolutely foul weather here,Continue reading “A tootling day”
A friendly blow
Today’s guest picture comes from my brother Andrew. His son Dan wanted to see an exhibition of dinosaurs which had turned up in Derby city centre. He soon made friends there. We had another freezing night here, but not cold enough to do any damage in the garden. It was pretty calm, and the forecastContinue reading “A friendly blow”
More cheerful weather
Today’s guest picture comes from my brother Andrew. He met some very cheerful blossom earlier this week. We were blessed with another fine day here. We didn’t make the most of the morning though, as Mrs Tootlepedal had a meeting to go to, and I was overcome by inertia and didn’t get going until itContinue reading “More cheerful weather”
More of the same
Today’s guest picture comes from my sister Caroline. She found a brilliant white magnolia flower on her walk today. We woke to another dry day here, and although the temperature had dipped below freezing overnight, it was well above by breakfast time. It continued to get warmer as the morning went on, and things gotContinue reading “More of the same”
Wool, compost and wind
Today’s guest picture comes from our son Alistair. Our granddaughter Matilda was taking part in a dance competition in Helensburgh today, and Alistair went down to the sea in a quiet moment. It had turned a bit colder here this morning after yesterday’s spring weather, but it was dry when Mrs Tootlepedal and I cycledContinue reading “Wool, compost and wind”
A fresh eye in the garden
Today’s guest picture comes from my sister Mary. She found a wonderful display of daffodils in Regent’s Park last week. We had a very busy day in the kitchen here today. The bread maker made two loaves of bread, one in the morning with the ingredients carefully measured by Matilda, and another measured out byContinue reading “A fresh eye in the garden”
Waiting for 17 years, gone in five minutes
Today’s guest picture comes from my brother Andrew. He met this sunny hellebore on a visit to Nottingham yesterday. It was a day of two halves here, with a fine morning and a miserably wet afternoon, both correctly predicted by the weather forecasters. The garden was full of birds when I looked out after breakfast,Continue reading “Waiting for 17 years, gone in five minutes”
Not much warmer but a lot wetter
Today’s guest picture comes from our daughter Annie. It shows her daughter Evie wearing a Christmas present made for her by Mrs Tootlepedal, who used wool from a local farm. Although we had a night when the temperature stayed above freezing, the view from our upstairs window when we got up was far from cheerful.Continue reading “Not much warmer but a lot wetter”
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