Corner View is a weekly appointment - each Wednesday - created by Jane, hosted by Francesca,where bloggers from all corners of the world share their view on a pre-arranged theme. More Corner View at FuoriBorgo That feeling when you are coming down the road and the familiar signs are there...Th...

Corner View is a weekly appointment - each Wednesday - created by Jane, hosted by Francesca, where bloggers from all corners of the world share their view on a pre-arranged theme. This theme is all about photographic evidence because how does this: turn into this, in a heartbeat? And ho...

The very tip of Africa shimmers in the sun above the subway entrance at Columbus Circle. The skyscrapers cast bold shadows over the park. 9th Avenue vanishes off towards Staten Island. The lights like confetti. A little apple tree with white blossoms... ...and magnolia stars.

Blackheath: photo by Claudia Schmid A wintry image from England sent from my daughter's phone. Approaching New York: same bleak sky and spire piercing the bitter air. The late-afternoon moon hangs beside the Empire State Building. I can't get over the clarity of light when it's very frig...

Not the most flattering of photos but I love it. It reminds me of the wonderful holiday we had up at Arnisdale in August. You can see by the attire, the weather in the Highlands was living up to it's reputation.

What is it about Christmas? I have shifted the dining area to the living area and vice versa. We now need to send for an electrician to come and remove power points which stick up on the floor. These were initially put in for lamps beside the couches, but I didn't quite expect them to be a...

Sitting on the verandah, reading a book at Summerfield.

David hasn't had a chance to cut the grass down by the potager and I commented on how lovely the long grasses looked. Went off for the day and when I came back he had cut a swathe through the grasses. It's made the area look very "meadow-like".

It started with the golden doors on 9th Avenue. (Buster just visible if you look really carefully.) And continued with the golden windows of 20th Street. The telephone company (18th Street and 7th Avenue) ..wanted us to look upwards not to mention the graffiti on the door just ne...

This is the scene in my family room right now... All three of them nearly comatose after having spent the morning/early afternoon at the groomer/doggie daycare. And oh my do they smell good!

Scout It wasn't planned. Some of the best things in life never are, I think. But when my friend Karen sent me his picture from the pound in Quincy, IL, with a note that he was to be euthanized that evening if someone didn't take him, something in my heart broke wide open... and I made t...