Today’s guest picture comes from my sister Mary. She and my brother Andrew visited the Royal Museum of Fine Arts in Brussels on their recent rip to Belgium. We woke up to another sunny day here, with no sign of early morning frost. We made the best of the morning by setting to and gettingContinue reading “Potatoes, purchases and peat”
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A spring in our step
Today’s guest picture comes from my sister Mary. She and my brother Andrew visited Ghent today. Mary makes the most of living near the Eurostar terminal in London. We had a fine day today, and if you could keep out of the north wind, it felt like spring. It was a morning of Margarets, asContinue reading “A spring in our step”
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”
A flat day
Today’s guest picture comes from our son Tony. He noticed an elegant culvert today which he has walked past many times without noticing before. We had a day with some warm and pleasant sunshine, but it also had several showers spaced out to cause maximum inconvenience for a would be cyclist. As a result, IContinue reading “A flat day”
A partial spring in my step
Today’s guest picture comes from my sister Mary. She encountered this Egyptian goose on a recent outing. We woke to a gloriously sunny moment, but it was only a moment. By the time that we had come down for breakfast, the skies had clouded over. It stayed dry though, and we were able to bicycleContinue reading “A partial spring in my step”
A walk and a tootle
Today’s guest picture comes from our friend Gavin. He saw this excellent display of scarlet elf caps while on a walk along the old railway at Newcastleton today. I had a busy day today, with some dry and occasional sunny weather to go with it. It started after breakfast with a look at the birds,Continue reading “A walk and a tootle”
Two good sings and more good signs
Today’s guest picture comes from our friend Gavin. Taken exactly 12 years ago to the day, his picture shows Mrs Tootlepedal and Gavin’s granddaughter, Hannah hunting for frogs when they both were young. We had dry and calm weather when we cycled to church to sing with the church choir this morning. Choir numbers (7)Continue reading “Two good sings and more good signs”
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”
Ducks here and there
Today’s guest picture comes from my recorder playing friend Susan. She took a picture of her father, Dennis (a.ka. Dropscone) walking in an ancient stone circle, part of the Eskdale Prehistoric Trail. He looks quite at home there. Mrs Tootlepedal and I both felt quite ancient today after getting home from Edinburgh at one o’clockContinue reading “Ducks here and there”
A surprise for Mrs Tootlepedal
Today’s guest picture comes from Portsmouth where my sister Caroline spotted this fine magnolia. I got up early this morning and was pleased to find that it was a fine day. Fine days are always welcome but this one was especially welcome as our older son Tony drove all the way down from East WemyssContinue reading “A surprise for Mrs Tootlepedal”
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