I can’t help feeling rather proud of this photo, taken yesterday, of the first tadpole I’ve seen this spring. He/she/it was resting on a lily leaf under the surface of the water. There was an item on the radio this morning about the big increase in the number of people in the UK who live by themselves. This tadpole seems to be of their community.
Measuring-sticks and ‘the canon’
I learned something the other day when visiting the Hunterian Art Gallery in Glasgow. In one of the rooms, there was an explanatory...


Is it me?
No, Froggy, not unless you’re experiencing a second childhood…