National Trust had a special After Dark guided tour of Baddersley Clinton tonight. Excellent to see the rooms by candle light and story telling of ghosts and strange happenings. Great fun. Not the ...

Tonights Day of Dead festivities included a contest for the best Catrinas. This one was judged to be the second best in a field of 10 contestants; the extra was the winner.

The day started with a drive down to the NEC for the Lab Innovations conference where there were plenty of treats to be had amongst the stalls and a few interesting talks thrown in too. The highlight ...

I was up early and at the dog training arena a little before 8 am. The competition started promptly at 8:30 and included about 20 different "rally" courses and about 20 dogs. Not all dogs competed in ...

Mono Monday - Something I see every day... is this section of the Forth & Clyde canal near Lock 27 and the old Temple gasometers in Glasgow.

Sod all that flapping and hovering.....I'll just sit on this post and hope something passes by. 32 views 8 0 ...

It’s our third ‘Christmas in November’ and by far the earliest. Seasonal decorations are limited to a Christmas tablecloth and crackers, dinner is chicken rather than turkey, and crumble replaces ...

It was a spectacular day for the start of the Breeder's Cup horse racing series at Del Mar Racetrack. I practice volleyball every Friday at a facility adjacent to the track, which meant I had to fight ...

Too cold to go far today so I focussed on the pot plants. A lovely smell of lavender.

Thanking JensPhotos for hosting MM.

Dahlias…..they were so late to bloom this year…and still weren’t quite finished but getting ‘raggy’ so they’ve been cut down now and in their Winter wrap ...

Went to Crummock Water this morning. Was so lovely and calm there with no wind. No wind of course means reflections in the lake which I am a big fan of .... just one thing missing .... Misty who would ...