The comma is a punctuation mark which indicates the shortest pause. Despite there  being some simple rules for their use many writers tend to write long sentences with many commas in them. It's much better to use fewer commas, and writ... Read more

As I watch it rain in Michigan I must beg your pardon. I never promised you a rose garden. The flowers on the chives in the herb garden at my daughter’s home are a favourite with butterflies and dragonflies. I have had to s... Read more

  At dusk as the sun goes down behind the wood, the shadows lengthen and the light begins to fade.   Now’s the time for Rocky to appear to clear up the daily debris left at the feeder by the birds. It’s a mystery ho... Read more

A STAC Casebook Crime - by David Robinson.   Review by Bob Scotney   A quarterly trip of the Sanford Third Age Club (STAC) to Filey and Scarborough is marred by the disappearance and subsequent death of Eddie Roberts one of its me... Read more

We have watched with interest over recent weeks as pair of wood pigeons built a nest of twigs in a hedge close to our back door. The nest is at head height and the action of the birds while building the nest created a hole in the hedge the size of a ... Read more

While in Cornwall earlier this month we visited the city of Truro where I’m pleased to say we avoided the shops.Inside the cathedral we found this painting which shows an aerial view of the county: Cornubia -Land of the S... Read more

From from previous post you will know that I am attempting the April A-Z blog. For the letter 'C' I wrote about the Clifton Suspension Bridge,  its origin and how it became Brunel's Bridge. See post at http://bobscotney.blogspot.com/2011/04/clif... Read more

The River Aln skirts the northern side of the town of Alnwick in Northumberland, The remains of Alnwick Abbey with its well preserved 14th century gatehouse is situated within Hulne Park on the river’s bank. In the town the church of St ... Read more

It's been a funny few weeks. Hopefully you will have seen my earlier Blog Power post and will have realised that I have been bathed in a warm glow ever since.   Then last week I had a marvellous example of blog piracy, to use a polite term for... Read more

Like many people over the last two days I have been trying to photograph the perigee moon without much success.   This is the best I could do: