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A good subject for the season,here are a couple. birds on the partially frozen lake My favourite sort of ice a choc ice

We have had a clear blue sky all day today but the wind has been as sharp as a scalpel. Never the less I layered up for a walk this morning and got another 3 miles into these old legs. I need a good build up to the long walks I hope to take in the summer.

Idiots have been thin on the ground here of late but today I hit the jackpot. With it being a damp rainy day I decided to flash the pass and hitch a ride to town. The trip started quietly enough,there was only a woman with two children at the first stop

The day is wild and squally so I am cabined up. I was searching for an old photo when I came across this set from one of my walks to the wild north end of the island. This is my favourite place for a hike. Everyday the landscape,seascape and sky changes.

Prepare to be Wowed by these snow sculptures If this BBC link doesn't work in your country I am sure one of your newsagencies will have it. Maybe you have your own footage of the festival John Click here

On a cold blustery day the fireside is the best place so I layered up and went for a walk instead. I had to pick my magic smarties up from the chemist anyway, so I just carried on from there down to the rugby field for some shots of the fells. Black Combe

If so this is the place to go but be sure to take your piggy bank Click here

This weeks photo fun subject is fear. The best photo I have of fear or rather the conquering of it is this one. It is a snap of my daughter Ellen holding a tarantula. Ellen had a real fear of spiders for as long as I remember. A few years ago she decided

The uproar with the horse meat sold as beef gathers pace. A Swedish brand Findus supplying British supermarkets employed a French company Comigel to make its ready meals, our correspondent says. To get meat for its factory in Luxembourg, Comigel

The late afternoon sky promised a good sunset so I got booted and suited and headed for the beach. Alas in the short time it took me to get there the sky had filled in. The combe was fast vanishing behind cloud which was a shame because the setting sun

I wandered off along the prom this morning. I was heading for the park and the little wild area. I walked through the park. This is the tarmac path cut through the rough ground.They have to keep the edges trimmed. If

Last night the weather people promised us snow in the morning turning to rain later. Well the snow duly arrived at around 8:30 and carried on for a couple of hours. Then the rains came and now another couple of hours later the snow has all but gone.I had

I awoke to silence this morning,yesterdays deluge has finally ceased.When I went to sort the bird feeders out I noticed the flooded part of the garden,which had almost dried out was deep in rain water again. A couple of my fruit bushes have had their feet

My new door bell arrived this morning so no more sleigh bells ringing in my ears. I searched through the 32 sounds for a dog,by the time I got to the end of the play-list I was rapidly losing the will to live. Inane tunes one after another had buffeted my

I was late starting this Internet lark,2008 I began on 360. an Q&A, I have met some nice people and some nasty people. 360 was all hustle and bustle, flying around like a blue arsed fly. I moved to Multiply and settled in, some 360 pals came over

The sun shone on my little island home this morning. I cleaned and refilled the bird feeders while the starlings and sparrows lined the wall waiting for breakfast. I sat on the step with a coffee and watched the morning bun fight that the starlings

Another nice day here so I decided on a walk to see my Old Mam. I decided to bypass going over the big climb and instead detoured through town via bus and wandered to the old Steelworks reservoir. This is now a pretty walk with paths and benches to sit on

Tomorrow (20th) is the spring equinox and a fitting time to have a clear out. I have a few contacts who don't visit me and I don't visit them. A few people joined ipernity and didn't settle so moved on so they can be removed. some people invited me and I

Another warmish morning here(41f at 9:00). We had a heavy frost overnight and I was on ice breaker duties, the bird baths were frozen. I wanted to go out for an early morning walk but had to wait in for a phone call. My cousin Tricia is over from

Max reports she has a big job on today pruning grape vines,I have done a little pruning of my own with no effort require. I have cut out 7 pieces of dead wood and one strand of poison ivy from my contact list. I culled the absentees who joined and did no

Another senior moment. Today I fancied fish fingers for lunch and had a couple of nice soft baps just right for the job. I went to the chest freezer and removed one or two items until I found the fingers. Then I put everything back in but couldn't find

I put the new Tesco to the test this morning. I wanted bacon and eggs so Tesco being nearer than the local shop Mac's I wandered in there for a look see at the prices. This is the result 6 rashers of bacon and 6 free range eggs/ Tesco £5:07 Mac's £2:49

As the horse meat scandal rumbles on and Birds Eye withdraw 3 products from the shelves,morrisons show how it should be done.So why isn't it? Time to make it compulsory I think. Click for videol

3 photos for you on this theme,none are outstanding I dug this out from the original photo challenge that Jilly set the subject was hard but it works just as well for bent I think The second is the road from the western shore of the island

The morning was cold,just hovering around freezing but the wind had dropped so I got layered up and wandered over the bridge to do a little shopping. There wasn't much about to photograph but I did get a ship on full zoom leaving port. I Googled it when I

The morning was bright and a warm 40f with the promise of 45f as the day wore on. I decided as we have had no rain for a while I would chance a walk along the beach,cut down through Thorny Nook to the village and turn back for home. So I threw some lamb

An even better day today so I had some lunch and took off for walk. I had checked the tide table and the tide was starting to ebb,this gives the best chance of spotting wading birds.Catching the birds is very hit and miss on a 10 mile stretch of coast

Today my beloved Margaret would have been 69 something I find hard to imagine.It has been 13 years come Christmas since the cancer took her life and the days of feeling sad at her anniversary are long behind me now and my mind is filled with happy

I sat on the garden step for a while today enjoying the afternoon sun and surveying the wreckage that last years weather did to the garden.No even the poppies appeared and they are pretty much indestructable. I will have to buckle down and start as soon

Yet again the sun shines on us and after a heavy overnight frost a nice warm morning rushed towards us,from -2 at 9:00am to 41f by 10:00 lovely stuff. I had a loaf to get because I forgot it yesterday and decided on the same strategy for a walk today. I

What Max does for heads I do for noses Here I am wearing the latest fashion in nose decoration,a crazed bird called Barmy. He had a nice trick when he got this close,he tried to pull the hair out of my nostrils. Let me tell you that made my eyes water.