First Tuesday ballet after a six week break, my foot , Easter holidays and a cold all stopped any dancing for me. Felt apprehensive how my foot would hold up but l managed with minimum difficulty and ...

Meeting latest arrival, playing with 3 year old, walk in the park and chatting round lunch table. Nice ...

Working from home on a Thursday means I can pick up Owen from school and sometimes ee can get out loads of toys. Tonight was one of those. Amongst the toys and games were jigsaws, sorting games, ...

A damp dreary day did not stop us from enjoying this wonderful city. We went to see an exhibit at the Rose Cliff Mansion (where the movie The Great Gatsby was filmed in 1974). There are many ...

Then I spotted this lovely bright shrub, a Pieris, in next door’s garden.

They immediately agreed to be photographed so I was pretty sure they were Mexican. (They were!) Mexicans usually enjoy being photographed whereas Canadians and Americans are much more reticent.

Bavarian lunch Schweinsbratwürstl mit Sauerkraut und Brezn (Pork sausages with sauerkraut and pretzels) 74 views 26 1 ...

A quick phone camera blip taken on my morning walk, photographed on the grassy bank at the edge of Killingworth Lake. A busy day otherwise: I finally got round to swapping from winter tyres to summer ...

....irrestible in their softest clothing, the lambs in the fields along the coastal path had a lovely sunny day springing about. Ramblers and dog walkers were in abundance as the coastal paths fill up ...

I snapped the shadows of some railings on a quick walk round to the newsagent this morning to buy a paper. The shadows were on the pavement, so I have given them a 90° rotation. Quiet day, lovely ...

Another stunner today - 3 in one week feels like such a treat! Also no raging wind. This is Digely reservoir & it was so peaceful. Later I walked around the res twice - 2nd time as a friend just ...

This is the jigsaw I was packing up this morning first thing so I could take it to the charity shop when I was in town. I had my 6 monthly blood test booked for 8:40, so it was an early start. I had a ...