Dad left mum to look after cygnet about 4 to 6 weeks ago and turns up this afternoon. I don't think I would have got this reception from MrsW if I'd gone absent like that when the kids were young!

Or hiss when a new shoe toughens in the water,. Isn't it amazing how Seamus Heaney has a poem for everything! The old forge just outside Durrus has had a facelift and a rather fine painted board ...

Tuesday morning. Another hot day with good breeze. But no swim today, I've learned the hard way that I need to alternate PT and swimming, one day, then the other. Update on neighbor - she's doing fine ...

Lots of rain again overnight and very few ivy visitors. I shot this sluggish, wet wasp looking as though it's about to drink from a baby's bottle. In my extra it gives me the impression that it's ...

As we set off from Oxford this morning we passed this relic of railway history. Built in 1851 by Robert Stephenson for his London and Northwestern Railway this Rewley Road Swing Bridge carried trains ...

Shan was awake first this morning, which has never happened before?! She was full of energy which we put towards racing daddy to be ready first and in the car first. We even squeezed in some reading!

How fortunate was I. Not been far so thought I look in the hedgerows and work on my macro at the same time. I like honeysuckle and would like to have it growing against a fence, but it doesn't take.

I love it when cats tuck their paws under like that. When she puts her head down, I call it her "meatloaf" pose. She also does a really good "meatball", curled up into a circle. She is such a fun ...

The weather forecast for today was not particularly promising but despite this, the sun came out and I managed to spend an hour doing a bit of tidying in the garden again. As you can see, the pond is ...

Autumn leaves and a very odd creature! Actually I think it is some sort of fungus. At first I thought it had fallen from the tree it was beside but it appears to be growing. Any ideas?

Take a fotie of yon church on the sticky oot bit ..... tick! Tickle the squinty bell tower with a brush to see if it falls over laughing ..... tick (extra) ...