Today’s guest picture comes from my friend and ex-work colleague, Ada. She had some company on her walk this morning. Unlike Ada, I didn’t go for a walk today as I was discouraged by persistent light rain and strong winds. It was an odd sort of day, with the temperature rising steadily from 2°C inContinue reading “Pinpoint coffee radar”
Category Archives: Singing
Upsetting the even tenor of my ways
Today’s guest picture comes from my brother Andrew who has spent another day in London. It was a grey and drizzly day here to welcome me back to Langholm, but it was definitely warmer than it has been, so we were grateful for that. The birds have obviously been missing the feeder while I haveContinue reading “Upsetting the even tenor of my ways”
Dampened hopes
There is no guest picture today because with a nod to the fact that it is Mothering Sunday today, the picture at the head of today’s post is a very nice bunch of flowers sent to Mrs Tootlepedal from our son Tony. The actual day here was far from celebratory. It was a miserable andContinue reading “Dampened hopes”
A partial spring in my step
Today’s guest picture comes from my sister Mary. She encountered this Egyptian goose on a recent outing. We woke to a gloriously sunny moment, but it was only a moment. By the time that we had come down for breakfast, the skies had clouded over. It stayed dry though, and we were able to bicycleContinue reading “A partial spring in my step”
Two choirs and a frog chorus
Today’s guest picture comes from my camera club friend Simon. He is currently in Paris, helping to prepare for the Olympic Games, and he was much taken by meeting this man who seems to have been in a terrible hurry Once again, the temperature flirted with the freezing point in the morning, but it startedContinue reading “Two choirs and a frog chorus”
Lofty ambitions realised
Today’s guest picture comes from my brother Andrew. His lovely picture of the Derwent this afternoon doesn’t show the chilly wind that went with the sunshine. We had a dry and warm morning here, and the conditions were benign enough to tempt Mrs Tootlepedal to cycle to church to sing in the choir for theContinue reading “Lofty ambitions realised”
Another welcome train
Today’s guest picture is a second one from my sister Mary’s visit to the orchid exhibition in Kew Gardens. They have strange creatures in Madagascar. The day started with a walk to church to sing in the choir. There were just enough of us there this week to let the organist encourage us to sing a simpleContinue reading “Another welcome train”
Strictly for the birds
Today’s guest picture comes from Manitoba, where Mary Jo has been trying out the old gingerbread recipe that I use. She had to find out what a gill is. First results are looking good. We had a very indifferent day of weather here. It rained almost all day, either very lightly or quite heavily. It didn’t tempt me toContinue reading “Strictly for the birds”
An unexpected lunch
Today’s guest picture comes from my brother Andrew. He had much better weather today on a visit to the River Trent in Nottingham than we had here. Our day was very grey again, but it was warmer than it has been, and it stayed dry during the morning. We had a quiet start to the day afterContinue reading “An unexpected lunch”
Not much to say
Today’s guest picture came from Rab,our roofer. He sent us this picture of the damage caused by the last gale. The most exciting thing that I did today was to forward Rab’s picture to our house insurers, together with his quote for the required repair. Otherwise, quite a lot of the day was spent hoping that veryContinue reading “Not much to say”
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