Archives for the 'seasonal' Category
Loughborough Junction at Christmas
Wednesday, January 30th, 2008
In case you missed them, these are some pictures I took of Loughborough Junction on Christmas day (2007). Festive, isn’t it?
garden growth
Sunday, July 1st, 2007
Although our window box gardening efforts have not been entirely successful this year (not helped by a week-long trip to France..), we have been treated to some lovely strawberries.
Although you don’t get the joy of eating them, you can enjoy them with your eyes:
Great British
Sunday, October 1st, 2006
Today I experienced spectacular (Great) British weather. In fact, it felt monumental. Driving rain, thunder and lightning over head. During the 8 mile cycle home I was concerned about getting trench foot.
But perhaps more surprising than rain in the UK was that during this intense rainy spell I was offered a lift by two […]
it’s showtime
Wednesday, August 2nd, 2006
All of a sudden, Edinburgh is being transformed from a quiet city enjoying a peaceful summer, with barely even a student in sight, to some uber-cultural capital. It’s odd.
This afternoon in the local corner shop, during the usual conversation about the weather (it’s been raining for the last 3 days), the shopkeeper asked how […]
we were saving it all up
Saturday, March 4th, 2006
yesterday was magical. i was in a windowless room for just 50 minutes, and during that time the weather turned from bright sunshine (and very cold) to heavy snow (and very cold). what was amazing was walking outside, after just 50 minutes since i last saw the outside world, and there being inches of snow […]
valentine
Wednesday, February 15th, 2006
i didn’t receive any valentines cards yesterday. all i got was a link to this rather funny news story.