Unexpected

Today’s guest picture is another from the delightfully sunny walk near Little Eaton that my brother took recently.  Here he was looking across the Derwent valley. By contrast, we were more than a little surprised to find our garden covered in snow when we woke up this morning. There had been some loose talk of

Bad timing

Today’s guest picture from my brother shows the sort of outing you can have on a bike even in the winter, if the weather is kind and your knees are working.  He was on the Trent and Mersey canal. We had a glimpse of sunshine this morning but by the time that I had entertained

Changeable weather

Today’s guest picture, sent to me by a proud parent, shows Maisie, Langholm’s gift to New Zealand, being very pleased to be exactly three years old.  Her grandfather was round for a cup of tea today but hadn’t seen the picture because his electricity was off. It was a fine day when we woke up

Another visitor

Today’s guest picture shows the Olympic swimming pool in the Olympic Park in London.  My sister Mary paid £1 for the privilege of viewing it.  She didn’t go for a swim. I had arranged to go for a morning pedal with Dropscone but he rang up to say that he had forgotten that he had

The bright side

Today’s picture shows a bee, dead centre on a cornflower I threw back the curtains to be greeted by a brilliant blue sky. It was the day for breakfast and a bike ride. I took the slow bike as I wanted to see if it was still making an ominous clicking noise after I had