Chris C

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Retired welfare rights worker & bookseller. Now gardening in Galloway and celebrating the things that make life worthwhile.

Plots in the allotments, including a polytunnel full of goodies. Lots of greenery against a blue sky.
A giant straw man stands in a field, along with some sheep. There's a wood in the background.
Trees in full leaf, long grass and a white-walled church.
Foreground. Pinky purple poppies in front of a holly bush. Chimney pot behind with a few straggly flowers in it.
Pre-gale. Front steps decorated with blooms of pink, white, orange, yellow and purple.
Fluffy haired ginger and white puss in the garden of Buns & Bakes, Wigtown.
Wood sorrel. Wee white flowers with pink stripes.
Pretty white flowers against a harbour wall.
Gorse blooms frame the view of an ancient stone circle in Wigtownshire.
Is it a swan, or the product of a bird's bahookie?
A blue sky with lots of clouds over St Andrews harbour yesterday afternoon. Not a day to take a boat out. Don't be fooled by the sunshine!
Statue of Winkie, a brave carrier pigeon and local hero.
A photograph of Greta Thunberg.
Yellow and orange daffodils at Garlieston today.
Purple flowers on the heather today at Aldouran Garden.
Tabby cat walks away from the laptop on my breakfast table.
Purple and white crocuses in the church garden today.
A pair of jackdaws by the ruined top section of the ancient tower in St Andrew's graveyard, Portpatrick.
Bushes - not very far away from beginning to sprout - with reeds and water behind and a stone bridge carrying the A714, which is quite a posh name for a wee country road that meanders from Girvan to the Machars.
A rickety wooden fence separates the public from a sheer drop. A signpost that bears the words Coast Path has been blown sideways by the wind.
Morrison's breakfast menu. One for £7, or two for £15. The more you buy, the less you save!
A red dalek deciding that today is not suitable for an invasion of Planet Earth.
A dove of peace is sprayed in the face by a fascist hooligan. USA 2026.
A tree by a loch, snapped through a car windscreen during a shower of rain, blurring the picture.
Cartoon drawing of a woman being surprised by a wasp.
A paragraph from Slaughterhouse 5 involving the hero Billy Pilgrim and a character who turns up in many of KV's novels, science fiction writer Kilgore Trout.
The old and the "new." The 18th century walls are largely covered in greenery.
Two boats in a muddy channel. The one in the foreground is a wreck, the one behind looks in good condition & still has its masts.
A patch of snowdrops seen today in a garden on the walk back from Lidls.
Yellow moon in a pink sky, just to the left of a shiny tower.
A tabby cat hiding behind a red curtain.
The Stena ferry leaves Cainryan on its way to Cairnryan. Calm, smooth water in the loch made it a perfect day to make the trip.
A deer in a field, chewing some grass while looking in my direction.
Our old bookshop. Sign by street artist Coloquix.
The Bay framed by trees and folaige. In the middle of the photo - only just visible even to people with perfect eyesight - are the bones of the Monreith, a schooner that ran aground in 1900 and has been slowly decaying ever since.
The domino players, painted by Horace Pippin. 3 women are seated at the table, having a game, while another is doing some sewing. There's a warm stove glowing on the right of the scene.
Picture taken from the east side of the River Dee, up a grassy bank, into the sunshine. Trees and buildings, including Maclellan's Castle, are silhouetted against the sky.
The sun tries hard to make itself seen amid the clouds on a cold March day this year at the Mull of Galloway.
Shadows in the foreground. A leafless bush to the left, 17th century kirk on the right, gravestones and a blue sky.
Grazing sheep in front of a sign that reads LITTER - TAK IT HAME. The sea lies beyond, with a headland visible in the top right of the picture.
Sun shining on standing stones.
A Fauvist painting of barges on the River Seine in Paris. The 2 boats are predominatly blue, while red and yellow also feature. There are buildings and a stormy-looking sky in the background.
The famous, much-missed sycamore tree by Hadrian's Wall, pictured against a blue sky with wispy clouds.
Pot plants around the door leading to a pretty close. The outside walls are painted white, with light blue facings. A sign reads EA Taylor and Jessie M King lived & worked in this house,
A smiling woman, wearing blue dangly earrings, in a railway museum.
A chocolate-coloured donkey with a white muzzle tucks into some fresh hay.
Black & white photo. 5 long-haired men leaning over a wall and smiling for the photographer.
Ginger puss sitting in the back seat perusing a bag of Xmas presents.