Today’s guest picture comes from Dropscone. He has a substantial horse chestnut tree in his garden. Our spell of fine weather continued, and as I had an appointment in the afternoon, I got out comparatively early (10 o’clock) for a cycle ride. I had hoped to go up the A7 to Fiddleton, and then takeContinue reading “Getting closure”
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So far and no further
Today’s guest picture comes from our daughter Annie. She tells us that our granddaughter Evie has just made two new friends. After yesterday’s hint of warmth, we were back to grey and cold again today, but once again it didn’t rain which was a blessing. Mrs Tootlepedal spent most of the day at a stitchingContinue reading “So far and no further”
Mistified again
Today’s guest picture comes from ex archive group member Ken. He was rather unimpressed by this reservoir in Central Park, New York, but I think that I have probably seen it looking better on sunnier days in several films. We had a stark contrast in the weather today here after yesterday’s glorious sunshine. It rainedContinue reading “Mistified again”
A shady friend
Today’s guest picture comes from my brother Andrew. He found some Egyptian geese in the grounds of Nottingham University today. He thought that they looked as though they were pining for a bit of Egyptian warmth on a day of biting wind. We had a dry morning here but it was quite chilly too atContinue reading “A shady friend”
Successful synthesising
You can’t have too many East Wemyss dawns in my opinion so today’s guest picture is another from our son Tony. It was taken yesterday. I had a slow start to the day but I managed to squeeze a couple of pages of the newspaper index into the Archive Group database, the first for 1904Continue reading “Successful synthesising”
Waiting for the car
Today’s guest picture comes from my Welsh correspondent Keiron. This is one of his cycling routes. I had a topsy turvy day today. Since lockdown started two years ago, I have got into the habit of having a quiet morning in, usually with the newspapers, the crossword and some sociable coffee, and then trying toContinue reading “Waiting for the car”
Four bridges and a tootle
Today’s guest picture comes from my brother Andrew. He was visiting the village of Melbourne today, and enjoyed its old world atmosphere (though he wouldn’t like to live there). We had a grey and windy day here today. It was very windy at times, but not windy enough to do any noticeable damage. I cycledContinue reading “Four bridges and a tootle”
Up and down twice
Today’s guest picture comes from our friend Gavin. He was walking from Brampton to Lanercost when he passed through this fine wood. We woke to a dry and sunny morning. The inevitable downside at this time of year was that the temperature was low, above freezing, but chilly at 4°C. The wind was light, soContinue reading “Up and down twice”
A change in the weather
Today’s guest picture comes from my Somerset correspondent, Venetia. She had a furry rather than a feathered friend at her bird feeder yesterday. We read a news item today saying that this September had been one of the warmest Septembers on record. It doesn’t look as though October is going to break any heat records,Continue reading “A change in the weather”
In the doghouse
Today’s guest picture comes from our neighbour Liz. She found a fine robin’s pin cushion on a wild rose when she was out walking today. It is a gall caused by the larvae of a tiny gall wasp, Dipoloepis rosae. We had another grey cool day today, but it was pleasant enough for a walkContinue reading “In the doghouse”
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