Today’s guest picture is another from my brother Andrew. He was much struck by this fine floral display on a recent walk Our spell of good weather here continued today. It is supposed to go back to being cooler and wetter next week, so we are enjoying the dry and warm days as much asContinue reading “Making the most of the weather”
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Under a cloud
Today’s guest picture comes from my brother Andrew. He found the Derby Museum of Making in a reflective mood this evening. We found Langholm under a cloud when we walked to church this morning . . . . . . and it stayed that way all day. It wasn’t windy, so there was a strangeContinue reading “Under a cloud”
A pedal and a tootle
Today’s guest picture comes from my brother Andrew. He has left the puddles of Bruges behind, and has settled for some sunshine in Spain, with a couple of well known gents to admire in Madrid. It didn’t freeze overnight, which was very welcome, but the cold northerly wind was still very evident as I walkedContinue reading “A pedal and a tootle”
Feeling powerful
Today’s guest picture comes from our son Tony. All was sunny today in East Wemyss to say the least. The temperature here had dropped to just about freezing overnight, but it had started to rise before we got up, so we were able to ignore that, and pretend it was another spring day. This becameContinue reading “Feeling powerful”
No charge
Today’s guest picture comes from my nephew Nick, courtesy of his father, my brother Andrew. It shows that Nick’s extensive native tree planting in his garden must have been well done. The trees are flourishing. After a pleasant day yesterday, we reverted to type today. There was some steady rain overnight, and it kept rainingContinue reading “No charge”
Going round in circles
Today’s guest picture is another from our daughter Annie. It shows an impressive double overshot water mill at Dunster in Devon . The temperature was just a whisker above freezing when we got up this morning, but it was above freezing and that was the main thing. And as it was a sunny day, theContinue reading “Going round in circles”
A brief touch of springtime
Today’s guest picture come from my Manitoban correspondent Mary Jo. She has recently visited the Island of Aruba, just off the Venezuelan coast. It had a much drier climate than she expected. She spotted this Venezuelan Troupial just about to leave a giant cactus while she was there. It was sunny but chilly when weContinue reading “A brief touch of springtime”
A dark moment
Today’s guest picture comes from my brother Andrew. He took a picture of this handsome clock tower and found that the camera was more observant than he was. It had noticed the little vases on top of the clock faces, and the crow on the weather vane which he hadn’t seen. We had another brightContinue reading “A dark moment”
Cold
Today’s guest picture comes from our daughter Annie. It shows that it is apple blossom time in London. Spring retreated here today and we were back to decidedly chilly and unsympathetic weather, with a north easterly wind feeling very unkind if you went out into the garden. This didn’t bother Mrs Tootlepedal as much asContinue reading “Cold”
Sunshine, a scone and a stroll
Today’s guest picture comes from our son Tony in East Wemyss. It is an early morning impressionistic study of Mr Grumpy’s cousin watching the sun come up today. The sun came up here too, and it stayed up all day. Once again, a brisk wind ensured that we didn’t get overheated, and Dropscone wore warmContinue reading “Sunshine, a scone and a stroll”
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