Art Collection I've previously blipped from these locations so captured some images today and gave them a bit of a spruce-up.

Shop Window. Looks like Winter, but let me assure you it is pretty hot +21C. This morning I posted my Christmas Mail, good to get it done before Christmas. This is a shop window in the street. You can ...

Out today for a Christmas Lunch with friends at the Boathouse on the Barbican at Plymouth. This was a quick snap of the slipway by the car park. A few years ago a large seal took to spending the day ...

My mug is not full of mulled wine or hot chocolate but hot lemon. It’s doing its magic along with paracetamol, iced ribena and sleep.

The really big news since our last visit is that Outdoor Dog has now become Indoor Dog. He’s a warm, friendly, gentle animal, who’s come a long way since D&V rescued him from a life on the streets.

Spotted on my round in Bearsden.

Lots of nice gifts for all including the dogs. Today we had a lovely dinner in the afternoon and all chilled. Happy to just be here in one piece and just enjoy the day. Bed soon. Tired.

Not really time to do much, busy prepping lunch.

In the last of the afternoon light on a remarkably mild Christmas Eve. It was 12c this afternoon and could almost have been a spring day - there are wild garlic shoots already poking through the ...

The girls posing in front of the tree. Beautiful pooches.

Home baked sausage rolls for the staff. Better get them quick before Dave eats them.

In the not so early morning light of the shortest day the rooks noisily stirring about their nests reminded me of the 'speculating rooks' in the Edward Thomas poem 'Thaw' who saw from their nests ...