David Gray

Addicted to crime fiction on page, stage, screen & radio. Also a fan of rugby, semi-pro football, most grassroots sports - and dogs.

[Helen Day @LBFlyawayhome]

“A branch of flowering lime hangs above the roof”

Artist: CF Tunnicliffe
(What to Look for in Summer, 1960)

[Calum 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 ⛐ @CalumRaasay]

Temperatures already near 34, time to break out the emergency supplies.

Have you tried a frozen tea cake yet? Game changer

[A.A.Milne @A_AMilne]

And there would I rest, and lie,
My chin in my hands, and gaze
At the dazzle of sand below,
And the green waves curling slow,
And the grey-blue distant haze
Where the sea goes up to the sky…
~A.A.Milne

[Helen Day @LBFlyawayhome]

Ladybird book in the spotlight
‘The Night Sky’ (1965)

Artist: Robert Ayton

[Nicola Upson 🏳️‍🌈 @nicolaupsonbook]

First signing day of the summer at the beautiful St Michael's Mount. So good to be back! Come and say hello if you're visiting. #TheDeadofWinter

[David Gray @davidgraywrites]

@btbusinesscare Thanks for your reply. When you refer to “our page”, which page do you mean? Sorry if I’m missing something obvious.

[David Gray @davidgraywrites]

@btbusinesscare Been trying to order a mobile phone to add to our existing business account as per your current EE promotion. Had no luck using websites (yours and EE’s) keep getting messages to ‘try again later’! Can you help?

[Olga Tuleninova 🦋 @olgatuleninova]

David Hockney (UK 1937-2026) Garrowby Hill, 2017.

[peaklass @peaklass1]

It's a simple scene, as so many of mine are, but I can't tell you how much my heart is lifted by the sight of fields full of wildflowers, scattered with barns. I wish you could have also heard the cuckoo calling and the bees buzzing as I stood here, and felt the sunshine on your face. Sometimes all you need in life is an old wooden gate to lean on, and the English countryside in June.

📍 Peak District, England

[Helen Day @LBFlyawayhome]

Other work of the Ladybird artists.
'On the Cliff'
Shell Guide to Wildlife
Artist: John Leigh-Pemberton

[Yorkshire Eden @SamanthaMay64]

The wobbly head brigade 🤣 Young Barn Owls in our barn today. @BBCSpringwatch

[David Gray @davidgraywrites]

@KLFC_official Wonderful video! Evokes the spirit of Ladeside and of the junior football that I grew up with. And yes, I was one of that huge crowd at Hampden in 1952!

[Helen Day @LBFlyawayhome]

Other work of the Ladybird artists
‘Village in Summer’
Travel poster by artist SR Badmin

[Helen Day @LBFlyawayhome]

Other work of the Ladybird artists.
‘Summer Lane’
(Look and Learn magazine)
Artist: Ronald Lampitt

[Goalie77 @Bighawns1977]

49 years ago Hampden Park. Kilbirnie Ladeside 1977. Today we give our respects to Jock Barr and Teddy O’Rourke. God Bless you both, and many others. We will meet again.

[peaklass @peaklass1]

"It's morning, and again I am that lucky person who is in it." - Mary Oliver

Oh I could stand for hours and watch splashes of sunshine on the land, falling through clouds to spotlight scattered farms and barns below. It's a view that's at once constant, yet ever-changing.

📍 Peak District, England

[Helen Day @LBFlyawayhome]

Buttercup, Meadow Cranesbill, White Dead Nettle
‘Wild Flowers’ (1957)
Artists: EdithHilder
Rowland Hilder

[Helen Day @LBFlyawayhome]

The cuckoo
Artist: CF Tunnicliffe
(What to look for in Spring, 1961)

[🇨🇦 @GrayMarker99]

Hey!! Look who’s back!!!
The puffins!!!

Elliston, NL

#Newfoundland #puffins

[Cian McCarthy @arealmofwonder]

"Few people know how to take a walk. The qualifications are endurance, plain clothes, old shoes, an eye for nature, good humour, vast curiosity, good speech, good silence, and nothing too much."
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson