The plant room of the garden centre is beginning to look a little barer as autumn approaches but there were still sufficient interesting blooms around for me to take several images. However, in terms ...

Another challenging night but felt better late morning and enough to cut the grass; after which I was wiped-out. A test confirmed that I've still got the unmentionable, wicked, virus-thing. Son Andy ...

Over 3 weeks ahead for me in this lovely part of the world , first stop is near Stirling , then travelling to Skye for a few nights, then onwards . Exciting times , memories and adventures ahead.

Yesterday we drove home, because F had a check-up at the eye clinic, glad all was ok. Nice to visit the center of Maastricht afterwards, such lovely sunny day today, maybe the last one, don't hope so ...

The weather took a downhill step today - grey and dismal at first trending to sea fog as the day went on. Saltburn Pier looked threatening/threatened? under the ...

Today's arrival, along with a pile of Pan Am goodies, including a flight man, luggage label, passport cover and keyring, was the Timex Pan Am Waterbury GMT.

We had our annual visit to Calke Abbey to see the gourds. Road was closed so diverted onto M42 for while. Forecast was for warm and dry, but it wasn’t as warm as expected. Apples were picked and being ...

Another day of blue sky and sunshine. I had a friend round this morning who had expressed an interest in acquiring a few monkey puzzles, so she joined me in a cuppa out in the sunshine, then I broke ...

The North Lodge guarding what was the main entrance to the Aden Estate - now Aden Country Park. Sadly now in disrepair, this Greek Revival building was home to a family named Goldie for many years in ...

With the weather so nice and warm, we had a drive down to Ogmore by Sea, about forty minutes away. In the summer it's hard to find a parking space, but with the kids back in school it wasn't a problem ...

The Abstract Thursday theme today is Minimalist Abstract. I have blipped a plastic pencil pot. I did a little bit of processing. Thanks to Ingeborg for hosting. Slept a bit better last night and had ...

Very much an EB but it's interesting at least. This is one of Jim's tools and it hangs outside of the garage. It's huge and rusty. I don't think it really gets used. The gears are cool, though. I ...