Feeling blue

Today’s guest picture comes from my Somerset correspondent, Venetia. She enjoyed watching this black bird trying to satisfy the large appetites of its youngsters. We had another in our current run of cool but sunny days here today. It felt a bit cooler than yesterday, because the north easterly wind was a bit stronger, but

A pedal and a tootle

Today’s guest picture comes from my brother Andrew. He has left the puddles of Bruges behind, and has settled for some sunshine in Spain, with a couple of well known gents to admire in Madrid. It didn’t freeze overnight, which was very welcome, but the cold northerly wind was still very evident as I walked

A grave situation

Most unusually, today’s guest picture comes from Mrs Tootlepedal. She is so fed up with the current weather that she sent me this picture of the garden which she took in August 2021 just to cheer us both up. In spite of one or two very short bursts of very light rain just to keep

Drained

Today’s guest picture comes from Henry’s friend Mark. Henry is very proud of his pile of logs. It was warmer today, and when the sun came out, it felt quite like spring. However, the sun didn’t come out much, and there was a shower of rain, so we kept close to home. We took the

Spotters spotted

Today’s guest picture comes from my brother Andrew. He headed north to Penrith today and stopped at the Bowes Museum at Barnard Castle for a lunch break. It didn’t get as cold overnight as had been feared, but it was still a chilly morning with a keen north westerly wind when we got up. I

Striking a balance

Today’s guest picture comes from our son Alistair. He went down to the sea at Portobello this afternoon and found that Fife had disappeared under a cloud. This was an illusion though, as our other son Tony was able to post a picture of the sun shining on his side of the Forth too. We

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

Better than expected

Today’s guest picture is another from our son Tony. I never tire of his East Wemyss scenes, and I am grateful that he gets up early to walk his dogs before going to work. This one was taken at 5.45 am on Tuesday. Unlike Tony, I don’t leap up in the morning, and for the

A rousing start and a quiet finish

Today’s guest picture comes from my sister Caroline. She got a lift down to the seaside today and enjoyed this view across to Hayling Island. It was a relatively warm day here today, and it was fine as we cycled round to church after an early breakfast. The reason for the prompt start was a

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)