Today’s unusual guest picture comes from our friend Bruce. His Canadian cousin’s granddaughter was skating for a Canadian team in the Trophy d’Ecosse for Synchronised Skating in Dumfries this week, so he went along to give her some family support. Who knew that such things went on here. We woke to a much calmer day asContinue reading “A Milestone and more”
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A pleasant surprise or two
Today’s guest picture comes from Nichola, whom we met in the bird hide yesterday. She kindly sent me one of her pictures of the raptor which hovered over us. Having looked at it, I think that it is a kestrel. Our garden thermometer was showing -2°C (28°F) when we got up, and it was stillContinue reading “A pleasant surprise or two”
Pause for rain
Today’s guest picture comes from my brother Andrew. He visited Powis Castle today and enjoyed the fine gardens there. The forecast was for ‘rain later’ and it was dry and cloudy as we cycled the church to sing in the choir. There were only five of us in the choir today, but we sang outContinue reading “Pause for rain”
Stopped in our tracks
Today’s guest picture comes from our friend Mike who is visiting his son in New Zealand. He and his wife Alison came across this fine flying bird with a fifteen metre wingspan in Wellington Airport. It may be hobbit related. Disappointingly but predictably, we had a rather cold and grey day to welcome our visitors.Continue reading “Stopped in our tracks”
Songs of various types
Dropscone has been on holiday in Malta and today’s guest picture, which he sent to me from there, indicates that he was probably not starving, even though there don’t seem to be any scones on offer. We had another grey and blustery day here today, but it stayed dry apart from a smattering of drizzleContinue reading “Songs of various types”
Frost and mist
Today’s guest picture comes from my brother Andrew. He and my sister Mary visited Kings Place in London this morning and found the canal looking resplendent in the brilliant sunshine. By contrast, we had another frosty morning here (-3°C when we got up) without any compensating sunshine to cheer us up. The wind was lightContinue reading “Frost and mist”
Sandy takes the cake
Today’s guest picture comes from our friend Sandy. After some air fryer conversation over coffee today, he went home and cooked a cake in his. With excellent results. He says that it tastes as good as it looks. After yesterday’s good weather, it was back to normal service with a grey and windy day hereContinue reading “Sandy takes the cake”
Much better than expected
Today’s guest picture comes from our son Tony in East Wemyss. Like us they had sunshine and clouds there today. Edinburgh seems to be under the cloud. Once again there had been weather warnings for strong winds and heavy rain, and once again we woke to rain, but it was not very heavy and thereContinue reading “Much better than expected”
A better day
Today’s guest picture is another swan. This one was seen today by our son Alistair in his local park. Our day here started off grey, but as it was dry and not too windy, we were a lot happier than yesterday and went for two outings. Before the first outing, I checked on the birdsContinue reading “A better day”
Another wet day
For the guest picture on a very dull day, I have turned once again to our son Tony and a sunny day in East Wemyss to cheer us up. This was taken a day or two ago. Sadly, Tony himself is not so cheerful. He and Marianne were due to come here tomorrow to seeContinue reading “Another wet day”
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