I have to say that this time of year is not my favourite – particularly with the weather being as it has of late (drizzling, calm and midge ridden). The garden doesn’t have the interest and variety it had earlier in the year (or will when autumn comes), with everything seeming to be settled down […]
I made this for my parents the other day – I put chicken in it for them as I am not sure my father entirely gets the concept of vegetarian food – but without it, the dish is vegan and just as nice…. Heat oven to 180C. Fry two large roughly chopped onions and two […]
Very lovely views over Beinn Bheula tonight… Actually not a bad day in general. The new shed is finished and I started to move stuff in there this afternoon. While I was moving some pots a large frog jumped out and let me look at him for a while. There’s also a lot of smaller […]
I went out this afternoon to try to get some even better pictures of the water lilies, and got side tracked a bit. Last year we had one small wild strawberry plant by the pond. This year my eye was suddenly caught by a flash of red – and on inspection the whole flowerbed was […]
After many false starts the water lilies are finally out in the pond. We are really lucky we did not give up and assume they had been killed by the late frosts (I had been talking to R about pulling them out and planting some new ones) because now they are magnificent (and will be […]
To make my bedroom match my new office, I got a new duvet set and curtains. Then I made some matching cushion covers and also tie backs for the curtains. Finally I covered the seat of my bedroom chair in matching fabric. It looks quite nice, and I am pleased to say that it is […]
R and I were going for our walk this morning and got to the bottom of the drive when he spotted something in the middle of the road. It was a snake like creature around 20cm long and was lying very still. At first I thought it was a slow worm, but then I saw […]
My mum was sleeping in our new ‘snug’ while she was here. This is basically what used to be R’s office but done out with a new futon and a Japanese screen covering the servers and their associated mass of cables. At about 4am, Schrodi decided to complement my mother by bringing her a present […]
My parents have been visiting for a few days, and we went on a couple of trips. On Thursday we went out on the Waverley (for those that don’t know, the world’s last ocean going paddle steamer and somewhat of a Scottish institution). This time she was bound out from Greenock, round by Dunoon (where […]
I made some Strawberry Jam this afternoon, not with my own berries which are not ready yet, but with some cheap ones from the supermarket. Just at the moment there is a glut on and you can buy an enormous box for what one small punnet would cost during the winter. The jam smelled lovely […]
