I walked up to a friend’s cottage high in the dales to watch the eclipse, and we had a marvellous view through the special eclipse glasses they’d bought. But hopeless trying to take a photograph on a ‘phone. And then at the end of the eclipse - a sun dog.

Flower arrangement

When you visit the David Hockney exhibition at the Serpentine Gallery, don’t forget to walk through the cafe to see the garden at the back.

David Hockney at the Serpentine Gallery: Portraits

David Hockney at the Serpentine Gallery Autumn to Winter

David Hockney at the Serpentine Gallery. A Year in Normandie

Two sides of Tazone

Asturias evening

Pouring cider in Asturias

Guggenheim Bilbao

Guggenheim Bilbao

Guggenheim Richard Serra

Guggenheim Ruth Asawa

Jasper Johns at the Guggenheim

Guggenheim by night

Bilbao. Art tomorrow.

Carline Thistle on Ivelet Side above the village of Muker in Swaledale

First sweet pea.

Perhaps a change in the weather coming soon?

Hay making in Upper Swaledale.

Fragrant Orchid on Marsett Rigg

Evening cloud rising above Shunner Fell

Frida Kahlo in the Tate Modern

Brambles on the Thames towpath between Richmond and Kew. I don’t remember them being this early.

Greater Butterfly Orchid near Haverdale Beck in Swaledale

Old oak tree in Osterley Park

Screening of the film Hard Day’s Night in Thornbury Park, where a scene was filmed, to celebrate Paul McCartney’s birthday.

Henry Moore in Kew Gardens. Large Reclining Figure 1984. Reproduction in fibreglass.

Wood cranesbill in Muker Meadows