Today”s guest picture comes from our son Tony. He saw deer on one of his walks with his dogs. The deer saw him but didn’t run away at once. To say that today was another uneventful day would be rather overstating the excitement. The recent frost has put a damper on the pleasure of walkingContinue reading “A piece of cake”
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Attila the gardener at work
Today’s guest picture is another from Bruce’s recent walk. As well as his uncommunicative stranger, he encountered fifty shades of green. I don’t think there can be a greener local view than this one. After the excitements of yesterday, it was back to the well trodden paths of lockdown today. I rose late, ate aContinue reading “Attila the gardener at work”
Not here
Today’s guest picture from our son Alistair, shows that Matilda needed a parasol to cope with the bright sunshine in Edinburgh today. We didn’t get any sunshine here at all. What made things more annoying was incessant talk on the radio about not letting the good weather tempt us to go out and have funContinue reading “Not here”
A start
Today’s guest picture comes from my ex-work colleague Ada. She is in Tours and in spite of seeing a goat and a pink elephant in the street, she assures me that she hardly touched a drop. The day started with some promise as far as the weather went. There was sunshine as we cycled toContinue reading “A start”
The shock of the new
Today’s guest picture comes from my sister Mary. She was hit in the eye by this burst of colour on her morning walk to Kenwood House. After breakfast, I cycled up to the town to do some business including paying in a handsome cheque kindly sent to me by the government. This was a refundContinue reading “The shock of the new”
Solo singing
Today’s guest picture comes from Mary Jo’s visit to Vancouver and shows that they have silly cars there as well as silly buildings. By the time that you make a car this small, you would be better off on an electric bicycle. I might get into such a car but I don’t think that IContinue reading “Solo singing”
Opening move
Today’s guest picture comes from Fiona, my Newcastle correspondent. She has been walking on Cocklawburn beach where the sharp eyed may spy very small fossils. We had another bright and sunny day here today but out of the sun, it was pretty chilly with the thermometer below zero when we woke up and staying firmlyContinue reading “Opening move”
Binned
Today’s guest picture comes from my sister Mary, who saw this copy of the Lamazzu – a winged deity looted from the Iraq Museum – made of empty date syrup cans, on the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square. Our weather descended from the recent summer heights to slightly below the seasonal average, the feeling ofContinue reading “Binned”
Getting a stitch
Today’s guest picture was taken by my sister Mary in the Japanese Garden in Holland Park, London, England a few days ago. That is a nice international medley of names to go with a delightful picture taken on a dull day. After our very brief burst of springlike weather yesterday, we were back in theContinue reading “Getting a stitch”
An experience
Today’s guest picture comes from my brother Andrew and shows Great Malvern Priory. He tells me that when Henry VIII’s men came to sell off Great Malvern Priory, they accepted £20 from the parish for the Priory church (after removing the lead from the roof!) We had one of those days which the weather godsContinue reading “An experience”
