Today’s guest picture of sweet peas comes from my sister Caroline. It is a good thing to have sweet peas as a guest picture as the first business of the day when we got out into the garden here, was the removal of our sweet pea plants to the compost bin. Their time had come.Continue reading “Extending my horizon (a little)”
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A (two) milestone
Today day’s guest picture comes from my sister Caroline. She found a very busy bee at work on a recent walk. We had a generally sunny day here today, and there was plenty of time for work in the garden and a walk as well. What made the day even better was discovering that IContinue reading “A (two) milestone”
All a flutter
Today’s guest picture comes from my brother Andrew. On his recent tour, he visited Gibraltar Point, a nature reserve where the North Sea meets the Wash near Skegness. We woke up to a sunny morning here, which was very welcome. The day was made even sunnier by the arrival of Dennis (with scones) for coffee.Continue reading “All a flutter”
Gaining a degree (or two)
Today’s guest picture comes from my sister Caroline. She saw this attractive green plant among the vegetated shingle on the sea shore, and when she looked very closely, she spotted a tiny blue flower I spent quite a lot of another generally sunny morning in the garden, enjoying colourful flowers. The most noticeable thing aboutContinue reading “Gaining a degree (or two)”
A rest day
Today’s guest picture comes from our son Alastair. He looked south in Edinburgh yesterday and saw that Arthur’s Seat was on fire. Luckily the wind was blowing the smoke away from his house. We had another in what now seems like an endless stream of dry and sunny days here. We don’t want to soundContinue reading “A rest day”
A marked improvement
Today’s guest picture is another from Mary Jo’s flight to Moose Jaw. She was impressed by the amount of care and effort that it must take to farm this rather unpromising field. We had another day of dawn to dusk sunshine here. In some ways it is more unnerving to get days of continuous sunshineContinue reading “A marked improvement”
Another two bridges
Today’s guest picture comes from my brother Andrew. Alert readers will notice that he may have been standing on his head when he took it. We had another lovely day here today. In fact, it was so lovely that it was judged to be slightly too hot to have coffee in the garden when DennisContinue reading “Another two bridges”
Bright and early
Today’s guest picture comes from our son Tony. He was walking his dog Milo in the park in the dark in Dunfermline this evening while his partner Marianne was visiting the dentist, and just when he was about to take a picture of Milo, Milo found something more interesting to look at. We woke upContinue reading “Bright and early”
The lady varnishes
Today’s guest picture comes from our son Tony in Fife. He saw this fine toadstool on his walk today. I didn’t see anything fine on my morning walk up the hill to have coffee with Sandy, because it was another grey and drizzly morning here. However, coffee and conversation with Sandy cheered the day upContinue reading “The lady varnishes”
A visit
Today’s guest is another seal portrait from our son Tony in Fife. He swears that this one winked at him as he took the picture. We had another day of fine weather here today, but apart from a quick look at the bed at the end of the middle lawn . . . . .Continue reading “A visit”
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