More trips for me now- that clearway sign is actually an old one despite using lower case- it was the only official one which did and was only issued for a couple of years. I've just found the location. I've got a bag of shell fossils from the beach near Swanage (I did anyway, goodness knows what happened to them) but even with a metal detector I've never found a Roman coin.

I went to an archive exhibition at Harrow Museum last night as they used one of my photos in their poster. It's the view across the hills but the flash managed to reflect off that exact one when I took it.

Round here the Romans were so prolific it's quite usual to unearth a coin when gardening, or to find one that's been turned up when they've been cultivating the fields.

I'm a classics graduate, so would be over the moon to unearth a Roman coin! I'll have to get down to your part of the country, Christina

The other view of Pulteney Bridge in Bath, where the shops are over the River Avon. I did not walk over the bridge and back...

The Romans were all over Essex. Colchester was sacked by Boudica, and the fields round there are full of Roman bits and pieces. The museum in Colchester has some fabulous Roman mosaics as well as weapons, coins, pottery, every day utensils, even a chariot.

We got some snow overnight...
There's a Jeep Liberty hidden under there.

Great pic! Love the JEEPRZ tag!

Today the sun is shining here, and Precious was quite adventurous in the snow.

All that snow! Brilliant pics!
Yesterday here it was 41* (112*F) and we spent the afternoon on the lake with the water temperature being 30. Just thought I'd share ...

A bearded dragon.

Dinner, so how was yours Sara?

Oh yum! Tonight I will cook mine. Hope my crackling turns out well too!

Looks good Sue

A present from my neighbour for dog sitting for her a few times lately

Howie, thanks solely to your pictures, I knew the answer to the location of the Pulteney Bridge in a recent KO round!
SpanishLiz,I can't imagine Twiggy venturing outside into the snow (she hates the rain), but Precious seems to be relatively at ease?
Love the Bearded Dragon - imagine asking kids to draw that based solely on the name! - and the flowers; and Sue, I'm sitting down to lunch straight after this post as my mouth is watering. Nothing as grand as your fare though.

Here's another splash of colour - I THINK this is a variety of Corymbia (a flowering gum) but I'm very happy to be corrected by anyone with more knowledge on this!



Taken in Marlo, East Gippsland, Jan 2013

Mike, good to know I am useful for something and just as well it was not against me in the KO....

I've been looking through some old photos as well. This is a beat up old boat we saw beside a fishing lake when out for a walk about three years ago. Don't know as I would trust it, but it appeared to be still in use

On CNY Day(today) you are supposed to have flowers that come into bloom on the day , in your home So here are mine:

Wow, now that's a lot of snow, CmdrK! I've been watching the news on this storm and have been keeping in touch with a friend in Rhode Island about all the snow he's getting. I hope you weren't one that lost your power during this storm.

Cool bearded dragon pic. I wish it was warm here! It's usually warmer here in Arizona during the winter, but it's been cold this year. I'm so jealous of your heat, Jill.

Love all the flowers pictures! And that is one cool looking boat, Christinap.

Another old photo that I scanned that is one of my very favorites. This is my stepson and my noble ClaraSue about 10 years ago at a lake in northern New Mexico. Just shortly after this photo, both of them dove into the water, one after the other. I have that other photo somewhere that I'll have to find and post because ClaraSue just loved diving into the water. She always loved swimming and playing in the water.

Milking the snowstorm a little more, here's what the other Jeep looked like yesterday. Looking at this picture, I was thinking it looks like something Herman Munster would drive.

After seeing the American and Canadian snow shots I shall try very hard not to moan next time we get about an inch of the stuff!

I love that fishing boat - it looks like a prop out of a movie!

Another view of the bearded dragon in the dappled sunlight.

Flowers should be in threes

Love that boat, Christinap!
and all the flars!
and the bearded dragon ...
But all that snow has me shivering in my nicely centrally heated and cosy home! Not for me thanks, though it looks great!

We also came across Bath Abbey whch was not difficult as it is not the smallest building there....

Thanks all, the boat did look a bit like it was waiting for someone out of a movie to jump in it. We were assured though that it was a much used lake fishing boat - don't think it would have withstood sea very well.

Here's another old one I've scanned. We were at a country show and they had a side saddle riding demonstration team.

That one isn't showing up on my screen.

It's probably too naughty, Ren. (Side-saddle is obviously a euphemism.)

I can see it.

The clearway sign is in the bag, quite possibly the only one in Britain. It was a short lived design, and the only one before 1964 in lower case. There's a picture of one around Hyde Park Corner from the early 60s, on a rectangular plate, and I don't ever recall seeing a circular one for the clearway ahead till now (edit, I just did a search and found one for straight ahead for the road you're on). Here's a little road near there looking over Ash Common.

Hee hee.

I can now! Lol,Chavs

Another scanned photo from a few years back. This is Mount Rushmore in South Dakota.

For those who would like some history and are feeling a little hungry, you may like to visit Sally Lunn's Historic Eating House & Museum. One of the oldest (c.1482) buildings in Bath and bakes the original Sally Lunn bun, named after the French refugee who arrived in 1680 and set up a bakery.