We woke up to sunshine, frost and temperatures of 0C/32F. Our day started by taking the van we borrowed yesterday back to the hire place which was easy. Then we set off to meet up with our Nordic walking group for a walk around a new venue for us ( Read more... )

Today it was warmer than it has been for a while - up to 26C/79F and very sunny! A load of laundry (washed overnight) was put on the line this morning before I set off on the train to Charing Cross to meet up with kathyh as we had arranged to go to the Courtauld Gallery to see their small Art and Artiface exhibition (there's a really interesting five- ( Read more... )

The humidity we had yesterday has continued today and although there have been grey clouds that look heavy with rain in the sky, we've not had any rain at all ( Read more... )

Yes, I went to London again and yes, I visited another exhibition! There's a lot of good stuff on at the moment!

Today's excursion saw me hopping on a train to the Tate Modern gallery to see the Hilma af Klint and Piet Mondrian exhibition. I fell in love with Piet Mondrian's work at the Kunstmuseum in The Hague in the Netherlands when we visited ( Read more... )

Today's forecast: partly cloudy 20C/68F. Most of the morning was cloudy, but it brightened up throughout the day. We started the day with some freshly made waffles with blueberries and maple syrup which was delicious ( Read more... )

Thursday's forecast - 12C/54F - half the day was sunny then we had hail and rain and then more sunshine!  The garden liked it at least ( Read more... )

Yesterday we were back to rain all day and it cooled down again - 6C/42F when I left the house in the morning to head off to my last Art Appreciation lesson before we take a break for the Easter holidays. Our regular teacher was finally back after her operation - and it was good to get back into classes filled with interesting information. This ( Read more... )

Today's forecast: 13C/55.5F - sunny.  There was a bit of frost first thing, but that soon went and it's been bright and sunny all day ( Read more... )

Today started as a brisk chilly day (-1C/30F) - and when I set off for the station to go to London it hadn't warmed up at all. I went to visit an exhibition by a little-known artist Giorgio Morandi in a venue new to me - the Estorick Collection in Islington ( Read more... )

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