Today’s guest picture comes from my sister Caroline in Southsea. She approves of the council’s wild flower policy. We had a warmer and calmer day here, which was very welcome. I had a quiet start to the day and didn’t get out into the garden until just before coffee when I picked some raspberries. TheContinue reading “Helpless”
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International travel
Today’s guest picture comes from none other than Mrs Tootlepedal herself. She has been going round the garden taking pictures with her tablet for her records so that she can remember what the garden looked like this year when she is planning for next year. This is her view of the front garden. It wasContinue reading “International travel”
A shocking experience
Today’s unusual guest picture comes from my Australian correspondent Stephen. He is currently in Melbourne. Last night he attended an opera performance in the Melbourne Arts Centre – the blue-lit building on the left of his picture. He took the shot while walking back to his hotel after the performance. The shot takes in the YarraContinue reading “A shocking experience”
The calm before the storm
Today’s guest picture is the last from Venetia’s trip to Madeira and shows a local flower. It is an echium known as ‘The Pride of Madeira’. As you can see, it is popular with the locals. The forecast for tonight and tomorrow morning is pretty gloomy with strong winds and rain predicted. As I writeContinue reading “The calm before the storm”
Oh dear
Today’s guest picture comes from a Canadian correspondent, Mary Jo. She thinks perhaps their weather is worse than ours by some way and if the evidence of a chokecherry tree blown over is anything to go by, she is quite right. We were promised some wet weather here today but like so many promises recently,Continue reading “Oh dear”
Uphill work
Today’s guest picture was taken by Venetia on our recent tour with her. It shows a fine set of foxgloves near Hopsrig. Rather to our surprise, we had a very pleasant morning today and Mrs Tootlepedal made the most of it by working hard in the garden. I clipped three more of the box balls….Continue reading “Uphill work”
A happy ending
Today’s guest picture comes from Dropscone’s sister Liz and shows the beach at Cromer in Norfolk which she visited last month while on a walking holiday. Very stiff winds put all thoughts of an early morning pedal out of my mind and I did a little shopping instead and then had the pleasure of eatingContinue reading “A happy ending”
Nothing doing
Today’s guest picture was sent by my friend Mike Tinker who encountered a bird cherry tree on a walk near Brampton yesterday. The tree had been completely defoliated and had been covered up in a weblike material by the bird cherry ermine moth. He tells me that the tree looked as though it had beenContinue reading “Nothing doing”
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