Today’s picture is of Guthrie who is now adding class and charm to our friend Bruce’s carpet. It was warm enough today to make a difference to the snow around the town. Although there is still quite a lot left in our shaded garden, the bulk of it has disappeared. There was no thought ofContinue reading “Back on the bike”
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Still resting
Today’s picture, from the camera of Dropscone himself, shows Arthur giving the ball a hearty wallop down the seventh. (It was taken in January and I forgot to put it in.) He’s looking pretty good for a man of 82 we think. We are in a run of fine, cold, windless weather here and todayContinue reading “Still resting”
Hot stuff
Today’s picture is another from my brother’s NZ tramps; this time it is from the South Island. Our weather here to day was in complete contrast. It was clear as a bell and still cold so that the snow had not melted. The early sunshine lit up a sparrow on a twig. And a goldfinchContinue reading “Hot stuff”
A road less travelled
Today’s picture is another from Alistair’s walk yesterday. It shows Glasgow Cathedral. It was another gloriously sunny day today but sadly for potential morning cyclists, the temperature was at zero. Coffee and girdle scones with Dropscone had to fill the cycling gap. There weren’t even many birds apart from chaffinches to look at. This wasContinue reading “A road less travelled”
Not what I was expecting
Today’s picture is another New Zealand bird sent to me by David. This is a weka talking to David and Jenny’s hens. I had expected to wake up to find the ground covered in an icy slush but it turned out warmer than forecast and the yaktrax remained unused. Dropscone and I had arranged notContinue reading “Not what I was expecting”
A winter wander
Today’s picture shows a siskin on the peanut feeder. It gets pride of place because the peanut situation has had to be rethought. I had noticed very little traffic on the peanut feeders of late and when I came to think about the matter, I realised that because the peanuts in the feeders were goingContinue reading “A winter wander”
Looking back
Today’s picture is from my brother Andrew and shows a view of Wellington Harbour on New Year’s day. On reading other people’s blog, I see that the thing to do is to have a retrospective view of 2011 at this time. I am ever a keen follower of fashion so here goes: 2011. Weather notContinue reading “Looking back”
Nothing doing
Today’s picture is a postcard sized embroidery on the theme of Guam which Mrs Tootlepedal has sewn as part of the Embroiderers’ Guild contribution to next year’s London Olympics. The weather continues in a miserable vein here. It wasn’t too bad in the morning but as it was icy, I decided to wait until theContinue reading “Nothing doing”
Keeping my pecker up.
Today’s picture from my brother Andrew shows a bridge across the Otaki River in New Zealand. It is not a bridge that I will be crossing under any circumstances. It was intermittently a better day today and at one stage, we even saw the sun. It was still very windy and with the continual possibilityContinue reading “Keeping my pecker up.”
Boxing clever
Another picture of my brother’s Christmas to make up for our grey days. He’s getting ready to swim here. We are in a period of very consistent weather at the moment, grey and windy. The idea of a little boxing day outing was not very attractive but it was quite warm and not actually rainingContinue reading “Boxing clever”
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