Party time

Ready to get the sale going

Smart to stop

Seemed a good idea to park up as 13.57 approached.

Dreich

They don't say dreich in Southport.  But they should.

Just like home

Yes, I'm in the shop again.  I am not responsible for the flowers.

Bank branches

Barclays in Birkdale and blue blue sky

Show me the way to go home

Oh right, it's thataway.

It's art Jim, but not as we know it

Back in the shop again.  I was putting up pictures.  There weren't a lot to choose from....

Day late posting this one.  I blame Andy Murray.

Let there be light

Where's that new bulb?

(That'll be tomorrow morning)

Shed

A bit of blue and white is always welcome. 

Sorry

Sign of the times  *groans inwardly at cliche*

Yuk

It's wet out there.  Cold and wet.  And miserable.  Southport's Lord Street.

Victoriana

In Birkdale village en route to the train station.

Prunes are good for you

My tart is full of prunes.

A cream, egg and almond custard will be added before it goes ovenwards.  With a sprinkling of whisky to follow.

You call this snow??

Southport's faltering snowfall fades away quickly.

Trying to sell this stuff

In the BHF shop again.  I was kept busy today.

The fruitcake lingers

Pre-cinema Xmas cake.  Almost finished now.

Ticking train

On the bridge, looking towards Southport Train Station.  Winter sun almost makes it attractive.

View from the till

In the British Heart Foundation Furniture & Electrical Shop.  Sunny outside at 13.57.  But not for much longer.

Another job to do

The wall in the back courtyard could do with a lick of paint.

Like so many others

The Obelisk, London Square, Southport

Parochial? Us?

The Card Shop, Great Junction Street, Leith

We all need a bit of colour

A bright blob of red in the gloom of a wet Thursday.

I'm being ignored

Guest round for lunch.  Hello Audrey.

Sixties in the sun

Long shadows in the Kirkgate

The end of Xmas

Dismantling Edinburgh's Winter Wonderland

Weighed down

The anchor on The Shore

Flare up

Bad cliche time - Sunshine on Leith.  Shot from balcony into the sun.

Icon

Crossing the swing bridge, Water of Leith

I am a failure

The second day, and I've failed already.  Otherwise occupied at 13:57, so today you get two for the price of one.

At 13:19 I was trying to choose a basic printer to run off vouchers, do a bit of copying etc.  This one looked a possible - and turned out to be best option.

By 15:06, shopping completed, it was time to sit down to a hot chocolate and a mince pie..... in the middle of Thorntons' sale, much to Barbara's distraction.  Chocolate was purchased....

Stay comfy

iPlayer catch-up day.  Watching The Girl.