📚 Some pretty pictures 📚

Hey there, lovely reader,

I have returned from a very wet, chilly, and windy UK. In the two months, I got a lot done, much of which involved managing manly men and their trucks and tools, dirt, and physical exercise. If nothing else it kept me warm in the cold.

I also got to catch up with old friends, have some lovely meals, and visit a few places I'd never been before – even in my home town!

I arrived back on Tuesday afternoon. I hope you enjoy the pictures from my trip below. I'll resume regular programming next week.

Pics as follows:

Sunflowers in September 🐞 Me about to get on the Elizabeth Line 🌻 St. Albans Cathedral 🍂 Apple tree in October 🌂 Prime Minister William Gladstone 🌈 Mounted police, London 🌊 Afternoon tea at St. Pancras 🐜 Author Peter Bartram and me, National Liberal/Author's Club 🍎 Sheep on the farm 🍐 A little fella who greeted me most days 🎃 Blackberries in September, a little tart 🍸 Horseguards 🍮 Yours, truly.

Photo credit: Barney Skinner, Alison Golden