Today’s guest picture comes from Mrs Tootlepedal who was visiting the world’s greatest baby in Edinburgh. Matilda is puzzling out the convoluted constitutional matters that have arisen since the referendum. It was a breezy morning so I suggested to Dropscone, when he arrived after breakfast, that we should go round the more sheltered traditional morningContinue reading “Deflated”
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Self propelled
Today’s guest picture shows the magnificent palm house at Kew Gardens in London. It was sent to me by my sister Mary, who was walking there. I failed in my plan to leap up early and go cycling miles before the predicted rain arrived but I did manage to stagger up late and have aContinue reading “Self propelled”
Two pedals, a walk and a tootle
Today’s guest picture shows a chaffinch who came to share a bench in the shade with my friend Bruce who is on holiday in Arran. For the first time this month, the day started as a day should start with a morning pedal with Dropscone. Our diaries have just not been in sync lately soContinue reading “Two pedals, a walk and a tootle”
Dashing off in all directions
Today’s guest picture comes from my sister Mary who was visiting the Olympic Park in east London. It has been revamped as a public park after the Olympics. I really liked this picture because you often see implausibly delightful realisations by architects of what their groundworks will look like but in this case, the realityContinue reading “Dashing off in all directions”
Caught out
Today’s guest picture shows a gold mine in New Zealand found by my neighbour Liz on her tour. She didn’t find any gold though. I had made a plan to get up early today and go for my morning cycle ride before breakfast. The point of the early start was to avoid the ‘rain later’Continue reading “Caught out”
Surprise
Today’s guest picture is a detail from a photograph taken by my sister Mary showing the evening sunlight illuminating St Paul’s Cathedral across the Thames. We had heard the heavy rain battering the house overnight and it was still going strong when we got up. Mrs Tootlepedal was up well before six o’clock to makeContinue reading “Surprise”
R & R
Today’s picture, taken by my brother Andrew in Singapore while on his way to NZ, shows some rather curious yet beautiful ‘trees’ in a park there. Another abrupt change in the weather brought us relatively warm temperatures (7°C), a bit of sunshine and the steady disappearance of three inches of snow. There was still tooContinue reading “R & R”
Deja Vu
Today’s picture shows a pair of camels in London Zoo spotted by my sister Mary. They’ve got everything in London. Even sunshine. It was back to the worst of December again with a full day of grey, miserable, unrelenting drizzle. As someone said to me the other day, “Even a frost would make a welcomeContinue reading “Deja Vu”
The rain it raineth every day
Today’s picture is a sweet William, the only ray of sunshine in a gloomy world. The natural moist gloominess of the day was made more gloomy still be the departure of Mrs Tootlepedal for a few days to see her brother in the deep south. He has just had a hip operation and needs allContinue reading “The rain it raineth every day”
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