Singing and walking

Today’s guest picture comes from Dropscone’s visit to Orkney. He met a very upstanding stone. We had a sunny but slightly chilly day here. I filled the feeder early in the morning and two goldfinches appeared to sample the seed. There was a rather threatening cloud as we cycled to church, but it had disappeared

The end of the road

Today’s guest picture comes from our friend Gavin. He is visiting his son in California and enjoyed a day on the beach at Carmel by the Sea. It was a bit misty, but probably quite a lot warmer than Dropscone in Orkney, he says. We had a perfectly lovely day here, with wall to wall

Ten years old

Today’s guest picture comes from Mary Jo. She is not in Manitoba, but visiting Coldstream, British Columbia where she met Chuck, a very keen and accomplished composter. She tells me that he has quite the composting system with many bins, a shredder, sieve and multiple thermometers. The pile of finished product behind him took him

Song, birds and bees

Today’s guest picture comes from my brother Andrew. He found a perfect moment this afternoon for a riverside view in Derby. We had another cool, but not cold day here, and apart from some very light drizzle in the afternoon, it stayed dry. We were thus able to cycle to church after breakfast, where as

Socialising and cycling

Today’s guest picture comes from my sister Mary. She took this picture of the River Itchen in Winchester, where she is on a short visit with my two other sisters. We had a grey but dry day here today. Being slightly chilly and not very windy, it was not a good drying day and the

A change in the weather

Today’s guest picture comes from my Somerset correspondent, Venetia. She had a furry rather than a feathered friend at her bird feeder yesterday. We read a news item today saying that this September had been one of the warmest Septembers on record. It doesn’t look as though October is going to break any heat records,

Back home

Today’s guest picture comes from my brother Andrew. He has been on a short holiday where among other things, he enjoyed the sight of this church perched on the very edge of Rutland Water. As we made our way back from Marlow to Langholm, we had a journey of many parts today. We started by

Busy doing nothing

Today’s guest picture comes from our son Tony. He was up at the crack of dawn today with his dogs to see a typical East Wemyss day in the making. On the other side of the country, we had a different picture when we got up (several hours later than Tony) with mist covered hills

Shepherd’s warning

Today’s guest picture is another from Venetia’s visits to local attractions in Somerset. This time she visited Ninesprings, at Yeovil Country Park and found another tempting entrance. There is an old saying, “Red sky at night, shepherd’s delight, red sky in the morning shepherd’s warning.” It has some validity based on the prevailing south west

Jam today

Today’s guest picture is another showing my missed opportunity yesterday. As well as Tessa, my friend Gavin found a moment to rush up the hill, and got there in the nick of time before the mist burnt off. He was pleased that he went. We got up to a lovely sunny morning today and not