Several years into keeping this blog, Matt noticed pattern. Annual repetition, largely governed by natural seasonal events or advents within. A commentary of sorts.
I was taken aback by this sight this morning. A Bright pink tree with a rich blue backdrop of a sky. I stopped for a minute and soaked it in. Undoubtedly the best part of the day today (07:00 ish – dog walk round The Stray) – the weather set in to rain by mid morning and it’s been damp (at… Read more →
For over 30 years, a true community event called Bilton Gala has taken place on May Day Bank Holiday Monday, in the heart of one of the oldest and biggest suburbs of Harrogate called (you guessed it) Bilton. If this year’s Bilton Gala was a newspaper, it would be a bank holiday special edition of The Sun, with a headline… Read more →
A couple of weeks ago, I found an old camera : A Kodak Instamatic – with a now defunct 126 film cassette, still inside. I decided to risk wasting a few quid to see if there was anything on it by sending it off to be processed at a specialist lab. This morning, it arrived back from the lab and I… Read more →
More day is great. Doing outdoor stuff after work at this time of year is still such a novelty and it’s coming up two weeks since the clocks went forward. I’d got into such a habit over winter of finishing work and heading straight home – back indoors. This evening, I went for a mini walk. I’d done the same… Read more →
We nominated 2 Godparents for Annie Mo today. Eirene is in charge of the formal theological side of our younglings, but the selection proposed was wholeheartedly agreed to by me. (R&D). A lovely couple who head up a lovely family. We’ve just had them and theirs round for a Sunday roast which (even though I say so my self) was… Read more →
It actually felt quite pleasant out today. A welcome change to the bleak drudge we’ve had weather wise recently. We’ve had a family day today – we were lucky enough to have a visit from Annie’s great grand parents. Annie is their 12th great grand child. The highlight of the day. Other that that, I’ve taken any excuse for a… Read more →
There’s this phrase – probably borderline ‘old wives’ tale’ territory, that’s been on the periphery of my thoughts at a certain time of year for the past few years; “Summer’s last huraah”. It epitomises the Indian summer MKII or three when you’d conceded to the fact that we’re not likely to any more in the way of sun for the… Read more →
I saw my first snowdrops of the year today. It’s the third earliest sighting I’ve seen of the snowdrop since (DragonDrop.org) records began – the earliest being January the 19th. Typically they’re the first common wild flower, to brave sticking it’s head above the precipice after the dark depths of winter – round these parts. Marking off the seasonal milestones ’till… Read more →
This blog post, although it’s only just begun, I predict will be quite a non event. I’ve condemned the thing before I’ve even finished the first sentence. See, even though I’ve got ninja time management skills, some days (like today) are super full. Days leading up to this day, have also been super full and I’ve not had the time… Read more →
Nearly every morning, I take the dog for a walk across a 200 acre open parkland called The Stray in my home-town of Harrogate. The Stray carves a big arc around the town centre. It’s kind of an inner green belt. It’s a fairly featureless space – beautiful in places, and not short of character in others, but on the whole,… Read more →
Shrove Tuesday, another of those religious events that’s been adopted by the general populous, like Christmas and Chocolate Sunday (er, I mean Easter). Mardi Gras, meaning Fat Tuesday is often a huge festival, starting in some places, before Christmas. The vast majority of Westernised society celebrate Shrove Tuesday in one form or another, from us Brits, with our pancakes to… Read more →
I spent the morning outside today around Nidd Gorge, between Harrogate and Knaresborough. I was looking for a geocache – failed on that score (hunted for it for over an hour, to no avail) but as a bi-product of a few hours of woodland immersion, away from The Race, I felt connected with nature again. It was above freezing by… Read more →
I actually felt the warmth of the sun on my face for a bit today. The picture above sums it up for me. Full of the joys of spring*. North Yorkshire was kissed by the blue sky vibe today and thankfully, we were out and about to enjoy it. A trip to the vets first thing saw Elsie (a dog)… Read more →
This snap is of our backstreet last night amidst a fresh fall of snow. The Council turn off a lot of minor road streetlights of an evening now for a few hours which I like. Saving energy, yea but it also its nice to have a bit of proper ish darkness outside. Especially due to the weird light reflecting properties… Read more →
As this blog post reports, my son Felix started school 10 years ago today. He’s changed a fair bit since this blogs started. So has pretty much everything else. 10 years ago, the blog side of DragonDrop.org was mainly for words and the ‘watchcam’ section was the main event, where I’d painstakingly download via infrared then uploaded via cuteFTP, thousands of tiny… Read more →
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