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)Continue reading “Two good sings and more good signs”
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Paying for pedalling procrastination
Today’s guest picture comes from our son Tony who was walking his dogs before six in the morning when the sun came up in East Wemyss a day or two ago. It had rained in the night here, but Mary Jo’s scientific rain gauge was wasn’t even up to half an inch when I checkedContinue reading “Paying for pedalling procrastination”
Mrs Tootlepedal plays a blinder
Today’s guest picture comes from my brother Andrew. He knows that I enjoy his photographs of teapots so he sent me this teapot cascade from Derby. (He was going for a cup of coffee when he passed it.) It was another very grey and gloomy morning today, with occasional drizzle to make things even gloomier.Continue reading “Mrs Tootlepedal plays a blinder”
Getting a stitch
Today’s guest picture was taken by my sister Mary in the Japanese Garden in Holland Park, London, England a few days ago. That is a nice international medley of names to go with a delightful picture taken on a dull day. After our very brief burst of springlike weather yesterday, we were back in theContinue reading “Getting a stitch”
Unhooked
Today’s guest picture of a gannet family comes from my brother Andrew’s recent visit to Whitby. He had to lean right over the cliff to get it. In general, today was not entirely satisfactory. For a start, it rained pretty well all day in a mean spirited and miserable sort of way. The clouds wereContinue reading “Unhooked”
A winter’s tale
Today’s guest picture shows a friendly squirrel which approached my sister Mary in the hope of a snack. After yesterday’s gloomy and damp afternoon, I was more than pleased to wake up to this view from the bedroom window this morning. After breakfast (and a little lie down to get my strength up), I lookedContinue reading “A winter’s tale”
Wall to wall sunshine
Today’s picture was sent by my younger son and daughter-in-law who are in Boston on holiday. We had, as the title suggests, wall to wall sunshine today. There absolutely wasn’t a cloud in the sky and for most of the day there wasn’t much wind either. It may be three or four weeks late butContinue reading “Wall to wall sunshine”
A proper Sunday
Today’s picture, sent from NZ by my brother Andrew, shows my sister-in-law Catherine sitting beside a boat that was probably the most famous vessel in the world in 1985. Of course it is summer in NZ but far from that over here. We had a typical winter’s day with a brisk wind and plenty ofContinue reading “A proper Sunday”
Quieter day
Today’s picture is of swans in the Longtown gravel pit. As Mrs Tootlepedal and my sister have both contributed swans to the blog, I thought I should do my bit too. In any other year, today would have ranked as a very nice day for January but after the explosion of light of yesterday, itContinue reading “Quieter day”
A lunch party
Today’s picture is an old engraving of the Langholm Distillery sent to me by a visitor to the Langholm Archive website It is appropriate to put in an archive picture today because it was also the day of the annual archivists’ lunch in the Crown Hotel. We have a good squad of volunteers at theContinue reading “A lunch party”
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