The title says it all. A very Merry Christmas and a happy New Year to everyone. The weather in Lochgoilhead today is fantastic (unlike last year when it poured with rain). We had a great walk by the Loch this morning, followed by presents (some lovely ones for me) and I am now cooking the […]
Well that is my Christmas preparations about complete. Thanks to my Mum doing a buffet supper down at her cottage, I am well ahead of the game. The presents are under the tree, the table is laid (and the door to the dining room firmly closed because cats, white tablecloths and crystal glasses don’t mix),the […]
Last night was an interesting one on Shed Cam. I had been getting a bit worried because we had not seen our badgers for a few days. Last night they were back (about 10 times during the night), but unfortunately although I ordered 50kg of nuts for them over a week ago they have not […]
I put a row of Christmas cards on the mantelpiece this week, and, perhaps foolishly, decorated it with some tinsel. Today I have had both cats up there. Their modus operandi is to push all the cards onto the floor and then attack the tinsel. I don’t mind this too much with the cards but […]
My parents, my brother and R’s sister always come to us for Christmas. Last year our house was literally bursting at the seams because although we have four bedrooms, two of them are used as offices. It really felt as though there was nowhere to go for a bit of peace and quiet, also there […]
R and I went for our usual walk this morning as the weather was pretty good. The Highland cows were on the path as was the resident bull who we have christened ‘Billy Big Balls’. They are very placid creatures that don’t seem to be alarmed by humans at all – but they have fearsome […]
I had a good idea for V’s Christmas dinner. Although I like vegan food, somehow to me something is missing if you can’t have a full ‘all the trimmings’ dinner on Christmas day. I don’t think (for example) that a curry or pasta would really cut it. So I have made a sort of ‘Christmas […]
When we were trying to clear the snow off the drive before it turned to solid ice, we saw some interesting footprints…. I presume these are from our resident heron.
We have had quite a lot of snow overnight. It is incredibly beautiful. A bit worrying though because R is driving back this morning and I have guests coming from Glasgow.
We woke up this morning to see that the first real snow of the year had fallen overnight – we probably only have about 2cm here at ‘Loch level’ but the hills are very white. Yesterday was one of those days where everything seemed to go awry. First we lost our ADSL connection because the […]
