Today’s guest picture comes from our son Tony. He saw a rainbow to brighten his afternoon today. We woke to some very welcome sunshine here this morning. Unfortunately it was accompanied by a very brisk wind, and it didn’t feel very warm outside when I went to fill the bird feeder. The birds appreciated theContinue reading “A pedal, a toddle and a tootle”
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Good weather for ducks
Today’s guest picture comes from my camera club friend Simon. While he was working in Paris, he was very struck by the Parisians’ straightforward solution to the problem of what to do when you find a cemetery in the way of a road project. Mrs Tootlepedal and I have resolved to get up a bitContinue reading “Good weather for ducks”
Bad weather but a good day
Today’s guest picture comes from my brother Andrew. He was impressed by this show of daffodils in a neighbour’s garden in Derby, especially when only one or two of his own daffodils are out. Our spell of cold, grey and dry weather was replaced to today by some cold, grey and wet weather. It didn’tContinue reading “Bad weather but a good day”
Lofty ambitions realised
Today’s guest picture comes from my brother Andrew. His lovely picture of the Derwent this afternoon doesn’t show the chilly wind that went with the sunshine. We had a dry and warm morning here, and the conditions were benign enough to tempt Mrs Tootlepedal to cycle to church to sing in the choir for theContinue reading “Lofty ambitions realised”
Farewell to our visitors
Today’s guest picture comes from my sister Mary. She visited an interesting exhibition of glass work not long ago. We finally got some of the warm weather which forecasters have been talking about, and we got over 10°C (50°F) for several hours. However, as this was accompanied by an inch of rain which was distributedContinue reading “Farewell to our visitors”
Raising the roof
Today’s guest picture comes from my nephew Dan. He is visiting Florence at the moment, and kindly sent me this fine shot through the good offices of his father, my brother Andrew.. After a night of very noisy wind and rain, we woke up and cautiously looked out to see what the storm had left behind. InContinue reading “Raising the roof”
Satisfactory progress
Today’s guest picture comes from my brother Andrew. He was walking at Kenwood House with my sister Mary last week when she spotted this camellia. It was another day for a drive to Dumfries to visit Mrs Tootlepedal in hospital, but there was time for a quick cup of coffee with Sandy before I left. As wellContinue reading “Satisfactory progress”
A solo concert
Today’s guest picture comes from my Somerset correspondent Venetia. She was in Bath recently, and there had been so much rain that the famous stepped weir had almost disappeared. After a morning visit to Mrs Tootlepedal, I can report in a paraphrase of a famous quote by the poet Alfred Austin, “”Across the internet the messageContinue reading “A solo concert”
A scan of a man in a van
Today’s guest picture comes from our son Tony. He spotted a nacreous cloud yesterday. There were quite a lot about all over the UK, but they are rare enough that there were pictures of some of them in the newspapers today. There wasn’t much in the way of clouds about here when we woke up, butContinue reading “A scan of a man in a van”
A real step up
Today’s guest picture is another from our son Tony. The place where he is currently working doesn’t just have views of odd architecture, it has interesting wildlife too. It was chilly here today, but it was above freezing when we got up. We are in for a spell of cold weather though, and it isContinue reading “A real step up”
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