Lil’ friend — Unlike all the other Harvestmen in the area who were busy doing their harvestman things, this one chose to come and sit by me for an hour while we watched the rain fall. +1
Cue the ‘Twilight Zone’ music — Last night, stumbling around in the dark, my headlamp picked out a glint in the rocks that make up the campfire surround. When I went to investigate, I found a Pilot pencil, just like the one I lost in February some 2½ miles away near the stock pond on the Lake Trail.
September 13, 2024 10:50
The view from my hammock. Piney Creek Wilderness, Missouri.
September 13, 2024 7:57
Rainbow at sunset. Piney Creek Wilderness, Missouri.
September 12, 2024 19:23
Sunset at Piney Creek Wilderness, September 2024.
September 12, 2024 19:22
Back at my Lakeside Retreat — Time for five days R&R by Table Rock Lake. +2
September 12, 2024 15:43
Welcome to Eastney Beach — No trip back home to Portsmouth would be complete without a visit to the beach — Ginger was getting her nails done, and I spent an hour on the beach and even went for a swim.
August 30, 2024 13:50
Selby Abbey – North Transept window. Selby, North Yorkshire.
August 28, 2024 12:14
Rood screen detail — Selby Abbey. Selby, North Yorkshire.
August 28, 2024 12:13
Selby Abbey with visiting German choir. Selby, North Yorkshire. Being here took me back to my days working for The Diocese of West Missouri. One-minute read.
August 28, 2024 12:10
Selby Abbey, stained glass window. Selby, North Yorkshire.
August 28, 2024 12:08
Selby Abbey, South Transept window. Selby, North Yorkshire.
August 28, 2024 12:06
Selby Abbey, North Transept. Selby Abbey is a former Benedictine abbey and current Anglican parish church in Selby, North Yorkshire.
August 28, 2024 12:05
Curtain — Netherwood Hotel & Spa. taken for no other reason than I liked the texture and the light.
August 23, 2024 10:52
Lounge — Netherwood Hotel & Spa. I liked the light, colors, and ambiance of this room.
August 23, 2024 10:25
Lounge — Netherwood Hotel & Spa. I liked the light, colors, and ambiance in this room.
August 23, 2024 10:20
Heysham Nuclear Power Station. Quite blurry, but it is eleven miles away. I’ve spent a lot of time there. +1
August 23, 2024 10:02
Morning run at Grange-over-Sands — the return leg, with the railway station caught in a shaft of sunlight.
August 23, 2024 8:13
Morning run at Grange-over-Sands — From the Netherwood Hotel along the entire length of the promenade and back was just over two and-a-half miles. Just right for my morning run. 2
August 23, 2024 7:49
Netherwood Hotel & Spa, Grange-over-Sands, Cumbria. We are here for a couple of well-earned rest days before heading to Glasgow, and our final business event.
August 22, 2024 10:31
Another hotel sea view, this time of Morecambe Bay. Netherwood Hotel & Spa, Grange-over-Sands.
August 21, 2024 15:34
Fort Purbrook from Farlington — or to be more accurate, Fort Purbrook (on the top of Portsdown Hill) seen from our bedroom in Farlington. +1
August 21, 2024 7:06
Langstone Harbour and Portsmouth from Portsdown Hill.
August 20, 2024 16:29
Farlington, Farlington Marshes, Langstone Harbour and Hayling Island from Portsdown Hill.