It turned out nice

Today’s guest picture comes from my brother Andrew who was doing a little bird watching in the museum in Derby recently. We had a rather cool and windy start to our day, but it was dry. Dropscone was able to cycle round bringing scones to enjoy with our coffee, and after coffee, I was able

An electric shock

Today’s guest picture comes from my sister Mary. She had a very unflustered visitor sitting on her garden wall a day or two ago. We had a gloriously sunny day today. On the down side, it was below freezing when we woke up, but it soon warmed up a little. Although the temperature rose, it

Damped down

Today’s guest picture comes from our son Tony, and it just goes to show that the sun doesn’t always shine in East Wemyss. We have left our frosty nights behind for the moment at any rate, and it was pleasantly warm when I went out to fill up the bird feeder at breakfast time. The

A damp squib

Today’s guest picture comes from my Manitoba correspondent Mary Jo. Wide awake readers looking at the picture will probably realise that she is not currently in Manitoba. She is house sitting on the Island of Oahu, Hawaii and this was her breakfast view. She tells me that it’s a tough job but that someone has

Good weather for ducks

Today’s guest picture of a fine tree comes from my Welsh correspondent Keiron. The night didn’t get nearly as cold as the forecast had threatened, and we got away with a fairly gentle -3°C. It got above freezing quite promptly, and although the day only managed a rather chilly 4°C at its peak, the snow

Pedalling and shopping

Today’s guest picture shows a sunny early morning in East Wemyss. Our son Tony was out with his dogs this morning. After yesterday’s sunshine and snow, both were in short supply today as we went back to grey here. It was dry though and there was no ice about, so we were able to cycle

Fleeting moments

Today’s guest picture comes from Dropscone. He had occasion to visit Talkin Tarn near Brampton last week while on an outing with his oldest son who was visiting him. They didn’t walk round the tarn though. It was still snowing when we went to bed last night, so there was a moment of anticipation when

A little flaky

Today’s guest picture comes from my Somerset correspondent Venetia. She saw some lambs on a recent walk. I am still waiting to see my first lamb of the year here. After two rather cold but splendidly sunny days, we got a rather colder and definitely unsunny day here today. The wind had got up and

Going round in circles

Today’s guest picture is another from my friend Mark’s Cairngorm adventure. His dog Henry is no mean mountaineer himself. We had another cold night with the temperature bottoming out at -6°C. It was creeping up to zero when we got up and reached a heady +4° during the morning. I would have happily spent time

Getting up

Today’s guest picture comes from my friend Mark. He has been on a walking holiday in the Cairngorms where he saw this beautiful mistbow. The much heralded cold weather arrived this morning, and our garden thermometer reported -4°C when we got up for breakfast. However, as the winds were light, the skies were blue, and