Looking through my files. I found that I had overlooked this guest picture sent to me by my sister Susan last month. It shows the good work of a guerrilla gardener who is brightening up her neighbourhood. After spending some time devoted to the essentials of life, reading the papers and doing the crossword, IContinue reading “A ringer”
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Making music
Today’s guest picture comes from my sister Mary and shows one of the glass sculptures by Dale Chihuly at Kew gardens. (This is the second of his glass sculptures to appear in the blog as Mary Jo from Manitoba sent me another when she was on her London visit earlier in the year.) As hasContinue reading “Making music”
A little bit of everything
Today’s guest picture comes from our son Tony’s Highland jaunt. They went on a boat trip and saw eagles fishing. He took this picture with his phone. We had a better day today. I managed to get up and stay up and Mrs Tootlepedal’s cold was much improved. She had another very busy day inContinue reading “A little bit of everything”
Rattling around
Today’s guest picture comes from Bruce’s trip to Sweden and shows the Stockholm’s Gröna Lund amusement park as seen from the water. With my head for heights, there would be little amusement there for me. We had another fine and sunny day today with light winds, just perfect for cycling. The day had been providedContinue reading “Rattling around”
A spring in the step
Today’s guest picture comes from my brother Andrew. He has gone to Wales for a jaunt and on his way, he stopped at the ancient city of Chester. I started the day by selling some postcards to the paper shop to help Archive Group funds and then visited the data miners in the new ArchiveContinue reading “A spring in the step”
Foot slogging
Today’s guest picture comes from my sister Mary. She was visiting the Somerset Rural Life Museum with my Somerset correspondent Venetia not long ago when she came across this very patient horse. It was a beautiful day today with not a cloud in the sky but as it was still below zero after breakfast, thereContinue reading “Foot slogging”
Not getting the picture
Today’s guest picture comes from our daughter Annie who has been baking bread. I had a day full of action but very little of it was in front of the camera – it was not a case of “Lights, camera, action!” It was damp and drizzly after breakfast and there were still occasional mournful criesContinue reading “Not getting the picture”
A quick check
Today’s guest picture comes from Bruce’s Highland Tour. As well as stunning scenery, he noticed this very curious gate. As it happens, Dropscone is exactly half a year older than me to the day so to celebrate my arrival at the same age as he is, he brought round some of his traditional treacle sconesContinue reading “A quick check”
One step forward and two steps back
Today’s guest picture is another brightener for a gloomy day from Venetia. She was much struck by the glow from a neighbour’s flame tree in Somerset this morning. There was not much brightness here today at all and it rained sporadically and unpredictably off and on all day. I started the day by putting anotherContinue reading “One step forward and two steps back”
Surrounded by butterflies
Today’s guest picture comes from my brother Andrew and shows an 18th Century mill near Derby and the dam that was built to provide it with water. (I am in the market for new guest pictures) I had a quiet morning today and was content to potter about indoors for the most part in spiteContinue reading “Surrounded by butterflies”
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