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”
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Zooming about
Today’s guest picture comes from my sister Mary. She was rather taken by the Dior decorations on the front of Harrods as she passed by the famous shop on her way to an exhibition today. I suppose that they do sum up the modern spirit of Christmas rather well. The change to cooler weather arrivedContinue reading “Zooming about”
Tales of thievery
Today’s guest picture comes from my brother’s visit to Liverpool. He bumped into a bunch of lads on the street but they gave him the cold shoulder. Just as I was going to bed (rather late) last night, I was tempted to look out of the window and a bright and almost full moon madeContinue reading “Tales of thievery”
The way ahead
Today’s guest picture comes from my Australian correspondent Stephen. He came across this striking flower on a walk in Sydney. Mrs Tootlepedal tells me that it is a passion flower. I looked it up and it is a Passion Flower caerulea – Passiflora. The original forecast for today had been for warm, calm and sunnyContinue reading “The way ahead”
Slowly getting back in the groove
Today’s guest picture comes from that inveterate traveller Bruce. He looked in on a tea dance at the famous Tower Ballroom in Blackpool but did not venture onto the floor himself. Doubtless things will be a bit more lurid on 16th November when Strictly comes to town. Finally our spell of mild autumn weather cameContinue reading “Slowly getting back in the groove”
Taking the long view
Today’s guest picture comes from my brother Andrew. He was tempted by this large pre-Halloween spider mallow shortcake but a quick look at the nutrition information revealed that he would have to take two or more days to eat it to stay within his health guidelines, so he gave it a miss. I had aContinue reading “Taking the long view”
Icicling and bicycling
Today’s guest picture is a weather vane from the Somerset Rural Life Museum sent to me by Venetia, my Somerset correspondent. The weather vane is a memorial to a long serving volunteer at the museum, a nice idea. The weather here was warm and sunny but not quite as warm and sunny as yesterday asContinue reading “Icicling and bicycling”
A quick check
Today’s guest picture comes from Bruce’s Highland Tour. As well as stunning scenery, he noticed this very curious gate. As it happens, Dropscone is exactly half a year older than me to the day so to celebrate my arrival at the same age as he is, he brought round some of his traditional treacle sconesContinue reading “A quick check”
Blown off course
Today’s guest picture shows a fine peacock which my sister Mary saw on a walk in Holland Park. She was with my Somerset correspondent Venetia. We have had to wait a long time but we finally got a warm and pleasant day today, though just to ensure that we didn’t get too uppity, the weatherContinue reading “Blown off course”
Over the moon
Today’s guest picture comes from my Langholm friends Jim and Sandra. They are visiting Australia where they met some down under bird life. We enjoyed another chilly but sunny day and if you could keep in the sun and out of a relentlessly nipping wind, it was not too bad at all. We had aContinue reading “Over the moon”
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