Just my sort of weather at the moment. It is (largely) sunny and dry – but the heat (which was a bit cloying at times during July) has dropped off and at about 15 degrees it is perfect walking weather. Unusually however, quite a few leaves are coming off the trees. I don’t know if […]
R was nominated by one of his ‘friends’ to do the ice bucket challenge. He very completed this in the Donich this morning and I would have liked to have linked the video here. However he has threatened me with dire consequences if I post it on line – so I will have to content […]
We got another really good look at our Marten yesterday. Again it was R who just happened to glance out of the window mid afternoon and notice him perched on the bird table. We’ve actually noticed a load of extra bird activity in the last week or so after several months where they haven’t seemed […]
I have to say – my squash harvest was not bountiful. Out of five large plants I ultimately got a handover of very small ones which rotted before they were ready to pick – and the solitary one pictured. To put things in perspective (literally) it is about 15cm long. I don’t know what I […]
One of the apple trees in our garden is loaded with fruit which look ready, so this afternoon I picked one to try it. Not sure what variety it is but it has a crisp white flesh and a red skin, and it was in fact ready. I cut it in half and gave half […]
Well it is feeling a bit autumnal here for all we are still in August. A few leaves are coming off the trees, the brambles are nearly ripe and the polytunnel and greenhouse are nearly empty after the last month of glut. This evening R mowed the lawn (which doesn’t seem to be taking the […]
I’m off to Glasgow for a business meeting, and as always seems to happen, it is a beautiful day in Lochgoilhead today. R gave me a lift to Helensburgh because he is having new tires put on the car today – they were low on tread when we had the MOT done last week and […]
I knew I was going to do this in the end, and R has been telling me I would give in for weeks now… I know I don’t need a new tablet or laptop – but I just couldn’t not have the new Surface Pro 3 – it is just soooo cool… So I pre-ordered […]
The tomatoes have finally come to an end, and while the plants are dying back, there were quite a lot which were obviously not going to ripen fully, but still were large enough to make good eating. We also had a few courgettes/marrows left over, plus the cooking apples are just starting to be ready. […]
I think I will give up my job as a security tester and live off the income my cats could make by giving masterclasses in cute. My parents went home yesterday and I stripped their beds. Ten minutes later I came back with the clean sheets and Schrodi had ensconced himself in the pile of […]
