Today’s guest picture comes from my brother Andrew. He tells me that he got hissed at for taking it. The highlight of a cloudy morning was the arrival of Dropscone, who was well enough to be able to potter round to us on foot, carrying some of his excellent home made scones. Mrs Tootlepedal joinedContinue reading “Deprivetion”
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Smooth
Today’s guest picture comes from our son Alistair. It shows a tulip. We are going to visit the RHS garden at Bridgewater near Manchester next week, and we wasted quite a bit of another fine morning seated at the computer grappling with intractable train booking websites. Luckily our neighbour Liz appeared and invited us overContinue reading “Smooth”
Getting closure
Today’s guest picture comes from Dropscone. He has a substantial horse chestnut tree in his garden. Our spell of fine weather continued, and as I had an appointment in the afternoon, I got out comparatively early (10 o’clock) for a cycle ride. I had hoped to go up the A7 to Fiddleton, and then takeContinue reading “Getting closure”
A cross word in England
Today’s guest picture is another from our son Tony. It shows a stunning dawn in East Wemyss with added dog appeal. We had another fine day here as our spell of good weather continued. This was lucky, as we went off after breakfast to do some volunteer tree planting on the Tarras Valley Nature Reserve.Continue reading “A cross word in England”
A land of milk and honey
Today’s guest picture shows that it is possible to visit a garden on just the right day as my brother Andrew discovered when he visited Lea Gardens this morning. We had another warm and pleasant day here, often cloudy but with occasional sunshine. After our usual leisurely breakfast, I did the crossword and then cycledContinue reading “A land of milk and honey”
Straight up
Today’s guest guest picture comes from my Somerset correspondent, Venetia. She has been visiting local gardens, and kindly sent me this picturesque scene. We had another lovely spring day here, not sunny all the time, but sunny enough to keep us cheerful. I dillied and dallied a bit, doing some tidying up and shredding ofContinue reading “Straight up”
At a standstill
Today’s guest picture comes from my brother Andrew. It shows an example of the increasingly common outbreak of post box bothering which is becoming all the fashion these days. We had hoped to be able to go and sing in the church choir this morning, as this wouldn’t require any great travelling. However, it wasContinue reading “At a standstill”
Progress
Today’s guest picture comes from Dropscone, who instead of having coffee with me yesterday, played golf. He tells me that his form was like the weather, rather patchy. Still the view from Langholm Golf Course is always good, no matter how indifferent the golf is. After a slightly better night, we settled for an extremelyContinue reading “Progress”
Fooled by the forecast
Today’s guest picture comes from my sister Mary. I said that she had seen azaleas at Kenwood in yesterday’s post but I wasn’t paying attention. She had visited the Isabella Plantation in Richmond Park, where she also saw this pretty stream. Mrs Tootlepedal had put the trail camera out overnight, and when we checked inContinue reading “Fooled by the forecast”
A testing pedal and an enjoyable tootle
Today’s guest picture comes from my sister Mary. She went on azalea hunt and found this fine display at Richmond. We had another beautifully sunny morning here, but as there was also a very brisk easterly wind blowing, it was far from T-shirt weather when we cycled up to the tree nursery at Cronksbank afterContinue reading “A testing pedal and an enjoyable tootle”
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