Today’s guest picture comes from Mary Jo in Manitoba. A stranger sneaked into her yard the other day and tried to blend inconspicuously into the background but she spotted the intruder. After a reasonable Christmas day, the weather gods decided that we should not be happy for too long and gave us a very deplorableContinue reading “The day after”
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A walk to welcome winter
Today’s guest picture comes from my sister Susan who came across a bumper barrow of cheese at an outdoor market. She tested the blue goat’s and found it delicious. I would have tested everything. It was definitely a frosty morning when we got up, but it was calm and dry. As it was the firstContinue reading “A walk to welcome winter”
A missed mist opportunity
It was a ‘mist in the valley’ morning here and I should have been up on the hill. Others were more active and for today’s guest picture, keen hill walker Tessa sent me this fine Brocken Spectre which she met in the mist today. You can see why some people might have religious visions. WhenContinue reading “A missed mist opportunity”
A dull day
Today’s guest picture comes from a reader in Bucks Co., Pennsylvania. Spurred on by my biscuit making efforts, Lisa has produced her own Garibaldi biscuits which are very nicely presented. It was a day of constant wind here today, often gusting at over 40mph. As a result, apart from going out for a very shortContinue reading “A dull day”
Trying the new editor
Note: This is my first effort at using the new WordPress Block Editor so I apologise if things don’t look quite right. WordPress are trying to force everyone to use the new editor by next month because they don’t have enough to do at their HQ without finding things to annoy their customers. Today’s guestContinue reading “Trying the new editor”
Ungarden birds
Today’s guest picture comes from our son Tony. He is quite unhappy that his work as a painter and decorator has been unceremoniously stopped by government order but no provision for helping the self employed to pay their bills has yet been put in hand by the authorities who are happy to pay the wageContinue reading “Ungarden birds”
Relatively speaking
Today’s guest picture comes from my Somerset correspondent, Venetia. She visited the Hillbrush factory which has a factory shop which sells brushes but not, as far as I can see, hills. We had a day of mixed weather and doubtful intentions. The weather in the morning was frequently wet… …and frequently dry… …but always veryContinue reading “Relatively speaking”
A lot more rain and a welcome return
Today’s guest picture was sent to me by our son Tony just to prove that as well as having almost perpetual sunshine, they get milk delivered in bottles in East Wemyss. We got more rain here, rain overnight and rain in the morning. I walked round to the shop in the rain and then lookedContinue reading “A lot more rain and a welcome return”
A gap of 100 years
We went to our daughter Annie’s after breakfast and then went with her and our granddaughter Evie to visit Evie’s great grandmother, Mrs Tootlepedal’s mother. This involved a trip on two underground trains to Paddington Station… … where we had time for a cup of coffee. We really shouldn’t be allowed to travel on trainsContinue reading “A gap of 100 years”
A smile and a shovel
This is another phone post as we are still in London visiting relatives. Today we ventured south of the river to spend time with our granddaughter Evelyn Rose, the current holder of the title of the World’s Greatest Baby. Soon after we arrived, Evie took us and her mother Annie to their allotment where weContinue reading “A smile and a shovel”
