Some more pictures snapped on my April trip to the USA – this time some flowers in Minnesota.

It’s the middle of bluebell season and, as every year, the woods and parks and gardens and hedgerows and riverbanks are beautiful.
The trouble is, there’s kind of a standard set of bluebell pictures and it’s really hard (or at least *I* find it really hard) to take pictures that look different. On top of [...]

Americans…they’re all insane! Or at least the ones who sell stuff. During this last Minnesota/Wisconsin trip I got to visit an exciting new state – Iowa. No sarcasm. You might be thinking: that’s just another of those flat boring middle-America wastelands, isn’t it? But no, I loved it. However, [...]

We had a bit of a storm over the city tonight. I do like a good thunderstorm, but the poor cats have to hide under the bed when it’s a house-rattler like this one.

Kletch Park is just north of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. There are a lot of snails there. Big snails. All over the place at this time of year. You’ve got to watch where you tread to avoid an unpleasant experience underfoot. Unpleasant for the snail, too, I’m sure. This is what [...]