The heather on the hill

Today’s guest pictures comes from my sister Mary. You get no prizes for guessing which London station she visited today. We had a disappointing day here today as far as the weather went. It was windy, cool (16°C) and very grey. There was very little hint of summer about, so we found things to do

No one leaves without a courgette

Today’s guest picture comes from my brother Andrew. After his group walk yesterday, he visited a garden centre where he purchased a delphinium and enjoyed this splendid view. We had a breezy day here, with quite a bit of sunshine, but with occasional showers too. An early shower passed just in time for us to

All good things come to an end

Today’s guest picture comes from my sister Mary. She visited Ham House yesterday and enjoyed this lovely garden. We had much better weather than the forecast had suggested for the final day of our visitors’ stay. I was able to walk up to the town to get more bird seed and a prescription without getting

A ‘glorious’ but grey day

Today’s guest picture comes from my brother Andrew’s recent trip with my sister Mary. On his way home, he stopped at Coughton Court where he found this lovely walled garden. We had a very rainy day here so we had to walk to church where the ‘Kirking of the Cornet’ took place. This is part

Powerless

Today’s guest picture comes from South West Oregon blogger Gunta. She saw a Mariposa lily on a recent walk and kindly sent me this picture. Our electric car had refused to charge up from our home charging unit last night, so after breakfast today, I took it to the Kilngreen where there is public charging

A wet walk

Today’s guest picture comes from Mary Jo. She was flying to have breakfast (as one does in Canada) and this is a shot of the wonderful meanders of the Assiniboine River, taken from somewhere NE of Virden. I had a somewhat meandering sort of morning myself. It included a crossword, coffee and proof reading a

In the doghouse

Today’s guest picture comes from our neighbour Liz. She found a fine robin’s pin cushion on a wild rose when she was out walking today. It is a gall caused by the larvae of a tiny gall wasp, Dipoloepis rosae. We had another grey cool day today, but it was pleasant enough for a walk

Suspense

Today’s guest picture comes from our son Tony who, after his otter yesterday, met an European eagle owl today. It is very exciting living in East Wemyss. We had a calm and cloudy day here today, but we didn’t get wet when we cycled to church this week. We had an extremely select choir of

Going nuts

Today’s guest picture comes from our son Tony. It is not the sharpest picture that he has ever taken but you don’t get to see an otter very often, so any picture is brilliant. Our spell of gorgeous late summer weather continued here today. Once again it was sunny without being too hot, so we

Thoroughly alarmed

Today’s guest picture comes from my brother Andrew. He met two new friends on his walk yesterday. In contravention of my unwritten rule to use only pictures taken on the day of a post, I am starting today with a picture I took yesterday when we were on our way to visit Mike and Anne.