A domestic day

Today’s guest picture comes from my sister Mary. She looked out of her window recently and found a visitor doing some sunbathing in her garden. We had another dry day here today, not quite warm enough to sit outside to have coffee with Margaret in the morning, but warm enough by noon for the gardeners

Wasting a good break

Today’s guest picture comes from my brother Andrew. It has been quite windy in Derby. We had brisk winds and heavy rain here overnight, and it was still raining when we got up. It was cold enough for the rain to fall as sleet and even to turn the garden white for a brief moment.

Going the wrong way

Today’s guest picture comes from our daughter Annie. Down in the soft south they have peach blossom out in their garden. We had another frosty morning here today, so, in spite of the fact that it was followed by quite a nice day, the advance of spring was slowed again. When I looked round the

Powerless

Today’s guest picture comes from our son Alistair who spotted something interesting. We had another definitely springlike day here today. It was pleasantly warm and almost entirely dry. There was not as much sunshine as we would have liked by any means, but just not having any more rain was enough to stop us complaining

Good judgement

Today’s guest picture comes from Mary Jo, my Manitoba correspondent. She has been house sitting in Hawaii with a friend and enjoying the mellow temperatures. For some reason they didn’t go swimming. We had a definite spring day here today, though it was rather deficient when it came to sunshine. The main thing was that

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

Becalmed

Today’s guest picture is another rainbow spotted by a son. This time is was Alistair. He saw a fine double rainbow in Edinburgh today from his car. After another night of heavy rain here, I was able to empty three inches of rain out of Mary Jo’s scientific rain gauge this morning. It was not

A bit of a blow

Today’s guest picture comes from my brother Andrew. He visited Sheffield for cultural purposes recently and enjoyed a sunny spell while he was there. We had a very occasional glimpse of the sun here today, but in general it was grey and pretty windy again. Dropscone came round for coffee, bringing some of his excellent

Taking it gently

Today’s guest picture comes from my Somerset correspondent, Venetia. She liked this gate at The Newt when she walked through the gardens there recently. After the modest collapse of the rider and the complete failure of the electric bicycle yesterday, I took things very easily today. In fact, I was still in my dressing gown

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