A hesitant sky this morning - with lots of rain forecast for the weekend, hard to guess which way it would go.
Inside the hallway, the sun was bright.
Our stained glass always adds a splash of colour even on the gloomiest of days.
Inside, our peace lily is doing very well.
Went off out to Prior Park garden centre and enjoyed the bright colours on show there.
The sun came out and it got quite warm for a while, so we did some reworking of our front garden to reinstate a raised bed there. Moved lots of stuff around, and in the process Su discovered this beautiful young frog.
It was also a day of reckoning for Bella's ball collection - 17 in all in this bag ready for removal. The rate Bella finds them, she'll have just as many within the month:-)!
After the sunshine, we had a fierce and extremely windy downpour. Luckily, I'd delayed Bella's afternoon walk so we weren't caught out in the deluge, but went out afterwards into these clearing skies.
The view from the top of the hill. There would have been many more photographs of beautiful skies, but my phone battery ran out just after the series of photographs that furnished this panoramic sweep looking across to Little Solsbury.
This day a year ago, we were rudely awakened by the sound of a shelf falling off the wall downstairs. Out with Bella after that shock, the weather was still challenging.
Out with Bella into a damp and grey morning - she happily sniffed away.
Peeling paint on this post box.
Gnomic chalk markings on the pavement - the work of an apprentice tagger?
Signs of Spring - I think these are snowdrops on their way.
Went off to Nailsea to see Bob for a bit of music practice - Frank couldn't make it today because of roof issues. Luckily, I was expected.
They have decorated their wheelie bin with butterflies - what else?
Went off to the pub for a spot of lunch, passing the church with its stopped clock - it tells the correct time twice a day! Or does time stand still in Nailsea?:-)
Back at Bob's, I noticed his new addition to the decor as well as the giraffe by the fire.
A real contrast to our visit Avebury yesterday is Bob & Vicki's back garden, which is a monument in its own way - a garden-free zone, with astro-turf rather than grass and the only animals being in statue form. After this excitement, I popped round to see Barbara and Richard for a coffee and to exchange marmalades.
This day a year ago, I enjoyed the blue tinge of the early morning light on fresh overnight snowfall.
A mixed start to the day, but it finally turned out fine as the forecast had suggested. So, it was time to jump into the van - having been North, South and West in the last few days, today we set off to the East. Headed into deepest Wiltshire - on Labour-In-Vain Hill in Cherhill where we saw this white horse and monument (apparently the Lansdowne obelisk).
Got a bit nearer to the horse as we climbed the hill. Apparently, the horse was carved out in 1780, and is the third oldest white horse in the country, after the prehistoric Uffington white horse and the Westbury white horse (which can be seen from Lansdown race course in Bath on a clear day).
A bit further on, we reached our destination - Avebury.
We went there some years ago, but thought it was time to revisit. Passing the cricket ground, wondered if this was a mound or just a hill - so much archaeologically interesting places in this area it's sometimes hard to tell.
Our first view of the stones as we came round the edge of the mound around the site.
We carried on round to see more of the site - last time we were here it was a warm weekend with lots of people, and we had two young dogs eager to get some exercise. So we didn't do the site justice then - today we took more time with our more relaxed older dog (Bella happily sniffing around the stones), although there was a challenging cold breeze on our last section!
Big stones!
A handy barn to give some indication of the scale of these stones, of which there are loads (I didn't photograph them all!).
A run of stones with Su showing their scale.
The site is quartered by roads, and the stones are very close in some instances.
This one is a little menhir-like, maybe?
The stones aren't the only old artfecats around - quite a few thatched buildings as well.
Some stunning aspects to be seen from this site - there are big skies in this part of Wiltshire.
Su spotted this web of exposed tree roots - only afterwards did I notice the apparent tree hugger.
More massive lumps of stone in another section.
We took refuge in the local pub to warm up over a lesiurely lunch. On the way back to the van, spotted this vegetarian B&B.
Great skies as we got back to the van.
This day a year ago, this was the tunnel left by the previous day's blizzard I'd driven through on Chilly Hill Lane coming up to Lansdown.
A bright start to the day.
Did some sorting out of stuff, so out with Bella a bit later to more mixed weather. These beech trees in a neighbour's walled garden looked good against the sky.
Round the corner and Little Solsbury basked in sunshine.
A handle (overexposed) on a newly painted gate.
Sun over the next terrace up the hill.
Guess this is alright if you're the small person on the back of this tandem arrangement.
By the time we got round the block, the drizzle had set in and Little Solsbury was less inviting.
Briefly home before setting off to UWE for some project supervision and to discuss some cover teaching I am doing in February - some on a course I co-wrote in 1998/99, which is in its last year of running (not bad going for Higher Education these days!). This was in Q Block, one of the two buildings that house the Faculty of Environment and Technology - it looked good in the sun.
Escaped before rush hour. Pulled over on the way back to catch the glow of the late afternoon sun on the road.
Home to dramatic skies as well.
The last glow before the skies lost their colour.
This day a year ago, snow still lay round about, cool and crisp and all over Siston Common when I drove to UWE.
Inside the hallway, the sun was bright.
Our stained glass always adds a splash of colour even on the gloomiest of days.
Inside, our peace lily is doing very well. 
Went off out to Prior Park garden centre and enjoyed the bright colours on show there.
The sun came out and it got quite warm for a while, so we did some reworking of our front garden to reinstate a raised bed there. Moved lots of stuff around, and in the process Su discovered this beautiful young frog.
It was also a day of reckoning for Bella's ball collection - 17 in all in this bag ready for removal. The rate Bella finds them, she'll have just as many within the month:-)! 
After the sunshine, we had a fierce and extremely windy downpour. Luckily, I'd delayed Bella's afternoon walk so we weren't caught out in the deluge, but went out afterwards into these clearing skies. 
The view from the top of the hill. There would have been many more photographs of beautiful skies, but my phone battery ran out just after the series of photographs that furnished this panoramic sweep looking across to Little Solsbury.
This day a year ago, we were rudely awakened by the sound of a shelf falling off the wall downstairs. Out with Bella after that shock, the weather was still challenging. 
