Rolling, rolling, rolling

Today’s guest picture comes from our daughter Annie in London. She met a relation of Mr Grumpy. We had a chilly morning here with just a hint of frost about after yesterday’s clear night. As a result, I was more than happy to spend the morning inside while things warmed up outside. In among the

More sun, more breeze

Today’s guest picture comes from sunny East Wemyss. Our son Tony took this nice photograph of one of his dogs this afternoon. We had another fine day here, but we had to wait for a little unexpected rain at breakfast time to clear away before the good times rolled in. The shock of the rain,

The lure of the cream tea

Today’s guest photo shows a bird which my brother met on a visit to Tiritiri Matangi Island near Auckland in New ZealandAfter the rain showers of yesterday, we enjoyed a day without any rain at all today and very welcome it was too.  Mrs Tootlepedal went off to sing in the church choir after breakfast

2014 – a fairly good year so far

Today’s guest picture shows my brother’s scientific rain gauge.  His usual monthly rainfall in Banbury is 2″.  The scientific rain gauge recorded 6″ in one week alone towards the end of last month.  No wonder the people of Banbury were cross. 2014 crept in quietly with no rain and no gales.  Mrs Tootlepedal and I