Today’s guest picture is another NZ bird from Mike and Alison’s recent antipodean expedition. This one is a pied shag. We had a dull and cloudy morning but with men re-pointing our external wall under the kitchen window, there was no chance of seeing any birds so I retired to the computer and put inContinue reading “Making the most of some more sunshine”
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Time and tide
Today’s guest picture comes from my brother Andrew who went back to the low countries after our visit to Marseille. He was surprised to find a local pipe band in Ghent. They are wearing McKenzie tartan kilts, our mother’s clan. The forecast was for a calm and often sunny day. I made a plan toContinue reading “Time and tide”
Mrs Tootlepedal tells the time
Today’s picture is a notice encountered by my brother during a hike on Mt Taranaki in NZ. I thought it should be brought to the attention of our very own government. It seems like good advice when as a country we are moving inexorably down a very slippery slope under the guidance of two blokesContinue reading “Mrs Tootlepedal tells the time”