Here's a recumbent trike made by Inspired Cycle Engineering in Cornwall. It looks seriously kitted out for daily use and indeed that's what it's for. I met the owner who was of mature years. "It keeps me mobile," he said.

Taking a moment in the sunshine.

Coralroot bittercress (Cardamine bulbifera) is a member of the cabbage family. You can see the distinctive bulbils growing up the stem. They fall onto the soil to produce new plants.

Despite a cold wet start to summer this seems to be enjoying life.

I found this tall cut-glass vase in an opp shop yesterday for a pound. It was a bit manky so I partially filled with hot water and added bicarb of soda and white vinegar. A bit of fixing and soaking lifted all the residue and left the glass sparkling again.

The roses can continue to dry in peace.

Fill in the blank pages with joy, fun, and love.

looking serene!

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Cow parsley on the towpath.

More pretty colors to brighten the late winter gloom.

The remains of Arnside Tower. Built around 1340. Tower houses were designed to protect occupants from border raiders, known as reevers.

You might call them mugs, but here they are beakers. Well, they were till mass communication arrived. Some people still call them a beaker and I shall encourage it.

📷 Pixel 6 Pro - Moonshot through the tree

When the sun catches the castle in the morning it seems to glow with pride.

This is a tea light holder in heavy glass, made in the 1980s by Glasdesign Georgshütte, Boffzen (Germany). Sadly, the firm closed in 1989, after 117 years of business.

I had one of these back in the 1980s - finding an example again was like reclaiming the icon of my old chill zone when I lived in Germany. Another happy time.

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I wish this was sharper, but I thought it was interesting anyway.

It's raining and cold. So stay home and make jam. This is what 800g of apples gave me.

Use on toast or bake in a strudel or similar. Should keep unopened for 3 months.

A few sprays of the fine mist in the air settle with delightful coolness on any exposed skin. No power needed 👍

Looking across the Wyre to Fleetwood from Knott End slipway.

No ferry for a couple hours. But when the tide returns, it does so at pace.

From green through cream, then pink, and now this. The season draws to its inexorable end.

Facing stones and rubble from the recent collapse.

While taking down the laundry I noticed this.

If you have little to do today, research the origins of the Easter Bunny. It's a fascinating rabbit hole 😀

Seen at the entrance to the local organic grocery, this electric delivery bike must surely be the way forward.

So keenly awaited; so quickly gone.

Walking home, a light breeze;

A pink snow-storm.

Bitter-sweet.

Campanula. Sometimes called bell flowers or hare bells.

What can be simpler or more comforting than dipping toast 'soldiers' into a soft-boiled egg?

Today is the spring solstice in the northern hemisphere, marking the first day of spring. Happy Ostara to all my pagan friends. 🌱

My Pixel switches on a ' nightsight ' setting when the ambient light drops. This is the same view as the previous picture but choosing the nightsight setting.

If the phone is on a mount, it will also provide a night sky setting. nice for fireworks, star gazing and satellite counting.

she likes to be cosy

Another example of a kissing gate, except this one has been decommissioned, after the fence had been moved to make way for the footpath.

from my back garden