Today’s guest picture comes from my sister Mary. After collecting all the mail today that the Post Office had failed to redirect back to her home address after her exile, she felt the need for some colourful serenity, and visited Kenwood. After another morning here where the temperature dipped to near freezing in the gardenContinue reading “Regional variations”
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Racking up the miles
Today’s guest picture comes from our son Alastair. He saw herons everywhere on his walk this morning. This was my favourite. We have enjoyed uncharacteristically good weather since our return from London, and this happy state of affairs continued today. The daffodils beside the Wauchope made a splendid show in the sunshine as I cameContinue reading “Racking up the miles”
Thoroughly deflated
Today’s guest picture comes from my brother Andrew. He met a cousin of Mr. Grumpy in the vice chancellor’s garden in Nottingham. It was windy and grey when we got up here in the morning. We cycled to church in the dry, and we cycled home in some sunshine, although judging by the state ofContinue reading “Thoroughly deflated”
A dull day
Today’s guest picture comes from my friend Dennis’s sister Elizabeth. She moved south to Sussex recently and wanted to show me that they have catkins there too. We could have done with a bit of Liz’s sunshine here today, as we had another freezing night, followed by a cold, grey, and windy day. My dayContinue reading “A dull day”
More interesting soup
Today’s guest picture comes from my sister Caroline in Portsmouth. Not only did she find a palm tree in full flower today, but it had a Mexican lily or red yucca peering through its lower fronds. Here, we’re still stuck in the middle of two competing weather systems, and we got another in what seemsContinue reading “More interesting soup”
A fight back
Today’s guest picture comes from our friend Bruce. He noticed a man up our neighbour Gavin’s tree this morning. I noticed a gorgeous burst of golden winter colour when I looked out of our kitchen window at breakfast time. It was so good that I took my phone out into the garden to look atContinue reading “A fight back”
A bank bust
Today’s guest picture comes from fellow retired teacher Jim. He has some red legged partridges in his garden taking refuge from the shooters. This one arrived at the fatball feeder only to find that woodpeckers and nuthatches had got there first. On another grey morning here, Mrs Tootlepedal went off after breakfast to attend aContinue reading “A bank bust”
Across the bridge again
Today’s guest picture comes from our friend Gavin. He was out on a walk with Mike Tinker, when Mike spotted this fantastic fungus. Gavin didn’t tell me what sort it is, but I think it is probably a violet coral, described as widespread but rare. We had another in our succession of grey and cloudyContinue reading “Across the bridge again”
One up and one down
Today’s guest picture comes from my sister Caroline. She took a walk down to the harbour in Portsmouth today and enjoyed a view of HMS Warrior, Britain’s first iron-hulled, armoured warship and pride of the fleet. The sharp-eyed may see a more modern warship lurking behind her. We had a lovely day here too, whichContinue reading “One up and one down”
A touch of colour in the garden
Today’s guest picture comes from my sister Mary. She visited Kew Gardens on Saturday where she found a fine display of flowers to match the beautiful weather. In spite of our strenuous walk yesterday, we got up quite early today, and when I looked out of the window after breakfast, I found that we hadContinue reading “A touch of colour in the garden”
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