Rain, drizzle and poor visibility kept me off the steets today - so I have nothing special to record. The day reminds me of that good Scots word dreich.

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Green tips on shrub This shot is taken looking down on a small shrub. I swear that these green tips were not there yesterday. Blame the rain.

Stone wall These naturally shaped stones make a great wall.

Secondhand-book shop window I’d have thought this bookshop would be a haven for people on a day like today, but no, nobody inside.

Noticeboard There’s always the noticeboard to read.

Greenscape A couple of days of rain and it’s green eveywhere.

Drain Just to remind us that we waste far too much water by diverting it towards drains and dropping it into watercourses.

October 19, 2004 podcast


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