Photo Album (post your pictures here)

I haven’t put up a pic of my little granddaughter in awhile here…so what the heck, here’s a recent pic. 3 years old already…

Gossips, liars, thieves, spies.

@whispered secret

I'd maybe try a winter on Lewis before making any commitments.....

Very good coffee and blueberry muffin in Cult Cafe - thanks for the recommendation @Walkerinthesun .

Cracking pics! There’s a great black house museum at Gearrannan on the west side of Lewis that we visited in May. Was that where you took your pic? Really interesting old fella was there working a loom. Happy to chat all day! If it’s drench not a bad place to pass an hour or two.

Where to next?

Tobermory - we enjoyed better weather on Mull!

A beach on Lewis

Skye on Sunday

Its wet and windy on Lewis, so I might as well try sharing a few photos of the trip so far! Butt of Lewis yesterday.

I can see them now, they're lovely.

And being distracted by a fish supper (you're in Scotland remember....) is a decent excuse.

Here’s a few more from this morning. Killing time waiting on the significant other.

Not my efforts! Cake shop has ‘pop-star’ theme this month. Amy Winehouse is my favourite, I think.

@walkerinthesun Curious to hear how the Gaslight gig is.

I loved their first three albums but reckon they lost their way after that.

I saw them live three times and thought they were average at best.

Wow!

Aye, the beaches out west are a bit decent.

If you show me yours I'll show you mine.....

Young contemporary ceilidh band Heron Valley. Spur of the moment, while we had the evening to kill. Top fun.

Time to get yer heuch on! Absolutely no chance with this one @SteveInJoburg

Gig night……

Our family car in the 1960's was just like this - even the same colour!

Festival of Motoring in Stratford this weekend. Cars don't really do anything for me but it is a popular event.

My dad has a car just like this. He really loved it but it did about 12 miles to the gallon and when petrol prices shot up (in the mid 70's?) he couldn't afford to drive anywhere in it! He sold it and bought a mini.

Here’s some more:

Woven rug. Love it!

The next might actually be ‘best in show’:

GP’s project for the series. Hard to get an image of the whole piece due to case reflection.

By degree qualified ceramicist Johnny Vegas:

Another GP piece.

I had Nick Lowe?

That's nae the Bard is it?

My new phone lets me post pictures

again!!!

One for the culture vultures.

Had a brief visit to the Wallace Collection in that there London. Definitely worth a return visit, especially as it’s a haven of peace just a short walk from the wasteland that is Oxford Street.

Tbf you have introduced me to motorcycle gang culture, tho' I'm not inclined to get personally acquainted with it.....

Some pics from the Kurt Jackson Biodiversity exhibition at the Natural History Museum, Oxford. Well worth an hour of your time if you’re visiting Oxford.

Higher than normal rainfall over the last few days due to the tropical storm out over Madagascar affecting our weather patterns.

This is a concrete path next to the river... Going to take a while to clean this up...

Because we have informal settlements next to the river, when it floods, a huge amount of rubbish and debris ends up on the banks. The point of these photos is not that, but to show you the 2.5 meter water monitor who was trying to find his way through the mess. Look to the left of the square appliance.

Red sky in the morning...

And one more rough sea!

A few pictures from Cornwall

Yesterday - a rough sea!

Ortega Highway lookout above Lake Elsinore.

One last picture of Lizzie. She had to be put to sleep yesterday after a prolonged illness that got steadily worse. The ulcer in her mouth kept growing, and you could see how it affected her brain and her balance. Yesterday, she just kept falling over, looking surprised and sad and finally defeated.

During the 15 years she lived with us, she steadfastly refused to sit on anyone's lap. Her first year in neglected conditions had scarred her and her sister's behaviour. When she got ill, however, she suddenly needed close contact and could not be kept away (not that we tried). Now she is buried under the walnut tree alongside her sister Emma who preceeded her almost three years ago. Sleep well, little Lizzie.

Rarely in Oxford these days, but sister & b-I-l popped over during their short break in the smoke for a guided tour. Quite pleasant in the autumn sun.

Not quite as pretty as BEB's, but they will do!

I got fed up of being unable to post pictures from my iPad, so hopefully these will work from the lap top.

They were taken on my walk along the canal tow path, which runs right by my house.

Autumn in Cumbria.

For anyone who has watched the Netflix series Penguin Town, this should look familiar...

Here’s the subject of most of my pics these days….

I feel a trip to Liverpool coming on. Great photos, thanks.

St Barnabas Church, Jericho, Oxford. Very atmospheric for sure, but never really happy with the sound quality there. Not St John the Evangelist Church where we went to first, nice and early to get a good seat. Cue a quick dash across town, stony silence in the car, to get to the right venue. Amazingly got in the 3rd row so we were talking by the time we walked back to the car.

What venue was the Eddi Reader gig at?