Today’s guest picture comes from my Somerset correspondent Venetia. She had left Somerset for the extreme west of the country when she was surprised by the Tour of Britain leaving from Penzance. She tells me that all the riders had passed her in four seconds, so it was a brief encounter. We woke up toContinue reading “An outing with Mrs Tootlepedal”
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Magical geometry
Today’s guest picture comes from my sister Caroline. She took in a plant to protect it from the winter and it has grown so well indoors that she can’t get it back out into the garden again, and it is blushing unseen in the utility room. Nothing much would have wanted to be going outContinue reading “Magical geometry”
Making the most of some more sunshine
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”
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”
