Today’s guest picture comes from our daughter Annie. She tells us that our granddaughter Evie has just made two new friends. After yesterday’s hint of warmth, we were back to grey and cold again today, but once again it didn’t rain which was a blessing. Mrs Tootlepedal spent most of the day at a stitchingContinue reading “So far and no further”
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Winding up the effort
Today’s guest picture comes from my sister Susan. She went to a concert on Saturday with my sister Mary and enjoyed the domed ceiling of the church, St Mary at Hill, where the concert was held. It was a decidedly cool, blustery and grey morning here today. Margaret came round for coffee, and we allContinue reading “Winding up the effort”
Over the hill
Today’s composite guest picture comes from my Welsh correspondent, Keiron. He is waiting to get his bike fixed, so in the meantime he went out on a walk to look for trees. He found these two. We were promised a fine day here, and when I looked out of the bedroom window, I saw aContinue reading “Over the hill”
A almost perfect pedal
Today’s guest picture comes from my brother Andrew. He enjoyed a beautiful day by the river in Derby today. We had a lovely day here too, with the mist clearing off the hills in the morning sunshine as we got up. Mrs Tootlepedal got busy in the garden, and I set off on my bikeContinue reading “A almost perfect pedal”
Doing a ton
Today’s guest picture comes from our son Tony. The seals have returned to East Wemyss. We had another frosty morning here but it wasn’t hard enough to any harm and the upside was another sunny day to follow. The sunshine led to a lot a photographs being taken, too many of which appear in thisContinue reading “Doing a ton”
Hitting a boundary
Today’s guest picture comes from Venetia who visited the the Toulouse-Lautrec museum in Albi and thought that possibly this advertising poster, commissioned from Toulouse-Lautrec in 1896 by the Simpson Chain Company, might possibly be of interest to me. It was indeed. I had the intention of taking my new belt driven bicycle out for aContinue reading “Hitting a boundary”
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”
Out and about
Today’s guest picture shows some delightfully green weeping willows in Parliament Hill Fields in London. They were noticed by my sister Mary. We woke to a beautifully sunny day and as darkness fell, it fell on a beautifully sunny day and in between…it was beautifully sunny. Mrs Tootlepedal spent a happy day in the gardenContinue reading “Out and about”
Getting the picture
In the absence of any guest pictures, I am repairing an omission for which I was rebuked by a reader after my Common Riding post. This is a shot of the Chinook helicopter which flew low over the town to check what was going on in the middle of the proceedings yesterday . Life wasContinue reading “Getting the picture”
The magic of frozen peas
Today’s guest picture was sent to me by my son Tony and shows one method that he came across of making sure that your dog doesn’t get attacked by swans while walking at Lake Windermere. I was interested to find out how my various joints would feel this morning after my experiment with the instantContinue reading “The magic of frozen peas”
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