Today’s guest picture comes from our younger son, Alistair. The builders provided a cherry tree in his little garden when he bought his house. It is doing well. We woke to another grey and often rainy day, which was only brightened by the arrival of our neighbour Margaret for coffee. She was in a cheerfulContinue reading “A well timed call”
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A change in the weather
Today’s guest picture comes from my sister Mary. At a loose end on a grey afternoon, she went down to the river today and was struck by the sight of the railway bridge into Canon Street Station as the light faded The change in temperature from the -10°C which welcomed us on several mornings lastContinue reading “A change in the weather”
A well timed walk
Today’s guest picture comes from my brother Andrew. He went for a walk yesterday with his son, and they found that their way was blocked by an overflowing River Derwent. We had a rainy night here, and it morphed into a rainy day. The church choir is not active at the moment, and as aContinue reading “A well timed walk”
Walking, cooking and tootling
Today’s guest picture comes from my Lancashire correspondent Paul. He crossed the border to Yorkshire to see this nice scene at Linton. We had another grey but mostly dry day here, after another night where the temperature didn’t drop very much at all. My legs have been quite busy over the past few days, soContinue reading “Walking, cooking and tootling”
Beaten by the heat
Today’s guest picture comes from my friend Sandy. He went on a tour to Falkirk today where he met the Kelpies. Check the size of the people in the picture to get a feeling of the scale of these sculptures. Sandy reported that it had been a bit cooler in Falkirk than it had beenContinue reading “Beaten by the heat”
Hitting the target
Today’ guest picture is another in the recent run of family sunsets. After London and Derby, here is our son Tony enjoying a delicate East Wemyss sunset today. We didn’t have much in the way of sun here but at least it stopped raining and that was very welcome. It was raining in the earlyContinue reading “Hitting the target”
Over the hills, but not far away
Today’s guest picture was sent to me by our daughter Annie who has been visiting her granny. It shows Mrs Tootlepedal’s mother Mauri, who is 99 and 51/52ths years old. We are going to her birthday party next week. It was a grey day and I had meant get up and get out early asContinue reading “Over the hills, but not far away”
Getting a raspberry
Today’s picture shows a member of the cleaning staff at a café in Nottingham encountered by my brother. After I posted last night’s blog, Mrs Tootlepedal and I went up to the White Yett to do some stargazing. We were hoping to see some meteors and we did, though not as many as we hadContinue reading “Getting a raspberry”
Out and about again
Today’s picture shows the Regent’s Park heron. Its rather dark colour may be explained by it being in London and not in our clean country air or it may be a different sort. It was sent to me by my sister Mary. It was a breezy but fine day this morning and with Dropscone playingContinue reading “Out and about again”
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