R has been in Dundee giving a presentation at a conference so I have been all on my own (apart from the cats of course). Today I went for a walk in splendid solitude and (no insult to R) but it was actually quite nice. I was under no pressure of time so I walked […]
R and I went to Fort William today. We looked at the forecasts this morning; R uses the BBC and I use the MSN weather app on my phone. They both have their good days and their bad ones, though in common with all weather forecasts they seem to get things wrong with monotonous regularity. […]
When the weather here is very changeable (i.e. usually) we call it a ‘Goily’ day. We generally see it when the wind is from the West and is blowing the Atlantic weather fronts straight over the mountains and the loch towards us. The old lady we bought the house from said that she called Beinn […]
For the first time in ages I am not booked in on a test this week so I am taking the opportunity to get the garden cleaned up in time for spring. Everything looks a right mess at the moment – partially because it always does in February, and partially because we were so busy […]
I’m on the committee for the Cormonachan Woodlands Association. Basically we are going to try to restore a piece of Atlantic Oak woodland to its former glory and see if we can make it into an amenity for the local community, visitors and (of course) wildlife. We went over today to discuss our plans for […]
I took this photo of the street outside my parents’ house in Mossdale, Galloway and then edited it (Paint.net the poor man’s Photoshop) to remove the cars and the TV aerials. Then to make it look more real I turned it black and white. So one is Mossdale in 2015 and the other one is […]
We saw the first primrose of spring this morning, not in our garden but in the woods near the loch in a very sheltered spot. Very appropriate for St Valentine’s Day.
My Mum sent me a good newspaper cutting today. You need to click on the image to be able to read the text clearly, The reason for us both liking this is that when I was a child we had a pet sheep. She actually belonged to the farm next door, but had been brought […]
I thought it would be entertaining to compare the progress of the seasons this year to last year. Specifically at the moment it will be interesting to see when some of the key markers of spring appear compared to last year, as the winter has been a great deal colder this time. Luckily I was […]
