Today’s guest picture comes from South African exile Tom. He wasn’t able to visit Langholm for the Common Riding this year so went for a walk at home yesterday instead. Like the early risers in Langholm, he enjoyed a fine sunrise. After yesterday’s untypical heat, we were back to more normal summer temperatures today withContinue reading “Bullseye”
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Several unexpected appearances
Today’s guest picture is another from my brother Andrew’s walk at Ashbourne. When he had crossed that narrow bridge featured as guest picture a couple of days ago, he found that an earlier landowner had dammed the little river and produced a big lake. We had a surprise today when we woke up. We foundContinue reading “Several unexpected appearances”
Recovering
Today’s guest picture is another from my brother Andrew. As well as the moon, Derby has been visited by the sombre ‘Knife Angel’, an artwork designed to highlight the problem of knife crime in Britain. Autumn gave us a sharp reminder that it is here with a chilly start to the day, not far aboveContinue reading “Recovering”
When the chips are down
As well as seeing beautiful river scenes, Bruce has also met St Aidan of Lindisfarne on his Northumberland break, and his statue is the guest picture of the day. There was an infernal racket in the garden this morning and anyone who extols the calming and peaceful nature of bird song has obviously not heardContinue reading “When the chips are down”
My glass is half full and half empty
Today’s guest picture comes from my brother Andrew who met this violinist in the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery. The exhibition is called “Too Cute”. I had a restless but inactive day as my dratted foot went from being more or less pain free at breakfast to extremely sore by the end of the day. Continue reading “My glass is half full and half empty”
Some automatic watering at last
Today’s guest picture comes from my sister Susan, who while having a cup of coffee with my sister Mary beside the canal at King’s Place, was entertained by two swans. We spent a lot of the day waiting for it to rain. It is very rare to find Mrs Tootlepedal roaming the garden saying, “ComeContinue reading “Some automatic watering at last”
The start of dark evenings.
Today’s guest picture comes from my daughter Annie. She would like to take all the credit for this fine hanging basket in her garden but has to admit that she purchased it from B&Q. The clocks went back an hour in the middle of the night so in theory, I could have enjoyed an extraContinue reading “The start of dark evenings.”
Onegesias
Today’s guest picture shows a bridge across the River Rye in Yorkshire which my brother visited on a very hot day in an attempt to avoid the bank holiday crowds. We enjoyed another dry day today here although the lightest of drizzle every now and again made sure that we didn’t take it for granted. Continue reading “Onegesias”
Gently does it
Today’s guest picture comes from my sister Mary. She visited the Tate Modern Art Gallery’s new Switch House yesterday and thought that I might prefer the view from the window to the exhibits. I had a rather disturbed night, being woken by the sound of pounding rain accompanied by thunder and lightning. As a resultContinue reading “Gently does it”
Another quiet day
Today’s guest picture comes from my friend Bruce. He noticed this fine work-in-progress by a local artist on the banks of the Esk. I had birds, but not owls, on my mind when I woke up as I had volunteered to fill the moorland feeders in place of the regular fillers for Wednesdays who haveContinue reading “Another quiet day”
