I was fascinated by the way the sunlight acted as a spotlight on this tree as we climbed one of our steeper paths this morning. Trying to brighten the day for those people isolated indoors during the Covid-19 pandemic. Summer has arrived! 24C here today. Two and a half miles walking in the trees and …
Continue reading Today’s Pictures: 23 June 20
The path leading under the old railway bridge. Trying to brighten the day for those people isolated indoors during the Covid-19 pandemic. I missed yesterday’s post. It was Father’s Day, and we generally try to celebrate such occasions with a meal at a local hostelry. That’s not possible at present, neither could we do it …
Continue reading Today’s Pictures: 22 June 20
A water lily on the fishing pond. Trying to brighten the day for those people isolated indoors during the Covid-19 pandemic. We visited the fishing pond again today, to see the state of the water lilies after the heavy rain of the past days. Unfortunately, they are at a phase where the new growth of …
Continue reading Today’s Pictures: 20 June 20
Dappled sun under ancient oaks. Trying to brighten the day for those people isolated indoors during the Covid-19 pandemic. Yesterday’s rain continued into this morning. But it stopped this afternoon and gave us the chance of a pleasant 3 mile walk. The sun came out just as we arrived back home. Lovely walk through the …
Continue reading Today’s Pictures: 19 June 20
Continuing the description of books on words and the English language listed in the introductory post, which you’ll find here. Book 36: The Slang Thesaurus Hardback, 280 pages. Published in 1986 by Elm Tree Books/Hamish Hamilton Ltd, which is the edition I own. I can’t now recall what it cost me. The 1985 edition is …
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A track though a forest on the Greek island of Thassos. Taken July 2015. Trying to brighten the day for those people isolated indoors during the Covid-19 pandemic. Constant rain today has meant we limited our walk to two and a half miles and arrived back home a little damp. So, the only pics …
Continue reading Today’s Pictures: 18 June 20
A steep path climbs around the contours of the hill. Trying to brighten the day for those people isolated indoors during the Covid-19 pandemic. Lake Magiorre from the hills above Stresa, Italy. The distant mountains at the head of the lake are in Switzerland. Taken September 2018. If you get pleasure from this, please …
Continue reading Today’s Pictures: 17 June 20
Trying to brighten the day for those people isolated indoors during the Covid-19 pandemic. A slight change today. One picture of a walking route and another showing one of the ferns that grow in the forest. This is called a 'male fern'. There is also a 'lady fern', which is more delicate and has more …
Continue reading Today’s Pictures: 16 June 20
629 pages Editing Reference/Writing Reference. Subtitled ‘Body Parts, Actions, and Expressions’ this book was written by the author in response to requests from followers of her blog, where she features articles about language use and its improvement of the skillsets available to writers. Under the introductive ‘Read This First’ section, she explains how chapters are …
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The path we followed for some distance today. Beautiful! Trying to brighten the day for those people isolated indoors during the Covid-19 pandemic. A bright, sunny morning for today’s walk. A walk in the Yorkshire Dales. This is on a part of the Pennine Way just outside Hawes. Photo taken in July 2018 If you …
Continue reading Today’s Pictures: 15 June 20
Sunshine streams through gaps in the canopy in this stand of pine trees. Trying to brighten the day for those people isolated indoors during the Covid-19 pandemic. Another day when grey skies greeted the morning and the forecasters predicted rain in the afternoon, so we ventured out early for our walk. It turns out they …
Continue reading Today’s Pictures: 14 June 20
In one of our favourite parts of the local forest. Trying to brighten the day for those people isolated indoors during the Covid-19 pandemic. Another day of cloud and sunny periods, with a threat of thunderstorms this evening. We set out to check the lilies on the fishing pond and found only a few have …
Continue reading Today’s Pictures: 13 June 20
Follow that trail! Trying to brighten the day for those people isolated indoors during the Covid-19 pandemic. Another grey day, though not so dull as yesterday, and with some brief moments of brightness. We had a good 3-mile walk before lunch, and the forecast rain has just started as I post this. The humidity is …
Continue reading Today’s Pictures: 12 June 20
Continuing the description of books on words and the English language listed in the introductory post, which you’ll find here. Book 35: The Penguin Rhyming Dictionary Paperback, 530 pages. Published in 1985 by Viking and, in the same year, by Penguin Books, and reprinted in 1986, which is the edition I own. It cost me …
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A family enjoying a picnic on the forested slopes on the way to the Stresa Mottorone station in the mountains behind the town. The station where the cable cars arrive can be seen on top of the hill to the left of the central pine tree. We had walked down from that point to reach …
Continue reading Today’s Pictures: 11 June 20
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