The sun shines on our visitors

Today’s guest picture is another of the sea wall and flood prevention scheme in Southsea, taken by my sister Caroline. The figures help to give a sense of scale. It is a mammoth piece of work with a good deal more still to be completed. The weather gods relented and gave us a much better

Visitors to garden and house

Today’s guest picture comes from my sister Caroline. She went down to have a look at the newly opened sea defences and promenade at Southsea. It was a miserable day, and she found the scene a bit bleak. We spent the morning preparing for visitors, and then going shopping in Carlisle on the way to

Pulling out all the stops

Today’s guest picture comes from Mary Jo in Manitoba. Not only did her table and umbrella get blown over by a strong gust of wind, they subsequently got covered with an unexpectedly late fall of snow. Mary Jo was not amused. We did not have snow here today, and we didn’t have rain either. This

Visitors

Today’s guest picture is another from my Somerset correspondent Venetia. She found a very patient dog on a recent outing. We didn’t venture far from home today after yesterday’s major excursion. We had good reason to stay in, as we got a visit from my brother Andrew and my sister Mary, who came to look

Getting the point

Today’s guest picture comes from my sister Caroline. It shows part of the botanic garden at Southsea on a lovely day recently. We had to be up and about quite smartly today, as we had to be in Canonbie before half past nine for our Covid booster injections. We were seen promptly, given the jabs,

Mrs Tootlepedal gets my goat

Today’s guest picture comes from reader Michelle. She very kindly sent me this atmospheric picture from her walk by the River Don in Aberdeen yesterday evening. We had considered an outing to Yorkshire by rail for today, but we postponed the trip until next week because of an uncertain forecast of rain. It was supposed

Rumbles

Today’s guest picture comes from our friend Mike. He is currently on holiday in sunny Wales, and sent me this shot of the bridge over the River Wye at Builth Wells. The forecast for our weather here today had been altering every time that I had looked at it, so we expected changeable weather. However,

Under a cloud

Today’s guest picture comes from my brother Andrew. He found the Derby Museum of Making in a reflective mood this evening. We found Langholm under a cloud when we walked to church this morning . . . . . . and it stayed that way all day. It wasn’t windy, so there was a strange

Good route choice

Today’s guest picture comes from my sister Caroline. She is fortunate in having a nearby patisserie with a very relaxing garden to sit in, where she can enjoy her morning refreshment . We woke up to a cool but sunny morning here, and after I had filled the bird feeder and watched goldfinches going and

Going round in circles

Today’s guest picture is another from our daughter Annie. It shows an impressive double overshot water mill at Dunster in Devon . The temperature was just a whisker above freezing when we got up this morning, but it was above freezing and that was the main thing. And as it was a sunny day, the