A sheep with her lamb. They have been with us a few days – as ever with sheep invaders, we really hope they stay. They could live here in peace and harmony, avoiding becoming lamb chops, and in return we could get our lawn kept short for us. Also I in general like sheep. Less […]
I’ve been doing some more painting. My latest project was going to be based on a picture of Helensburgh R saw on a heritage website about passenger transport on the Clyde. The plan was to do a kind of blend between two pictures – the old and the new. This is the old photo – […]
J pointed out that my post about soda bread yesterday had been crashed by this photo. The cats must have crept in and done it with their paws while I was out of the room. The depiction is of the new bed I’ve set up in my office for when I am off my feet. […]
A lovely soda bread loaf. 250g white plain flour 250g wholemeal plain flour 1tsp bicarb 1tsp salt rosemary leaves finely chopped 400ml buttermilk (I used fresh milk with a bit of lemon juice in it to curdle it). Mix the dry ingredients together. Mix in the buttermilk to make a softish dough (don’t kneed it […]
I can hardly believe this letter we received today from the Council. Apparently we have been “selected” with no input from us to be part of a Wildcat Reintroduction Zone. We’ve been sent an almost threatening letter about making sure our cats don’t interfere with the reintroduced wildcats. I am so outraged that I am […]
This is what yesterday – 30th March looked like. Basically it was sunny all day. We made 50.2 KW, used 30.8 and sold 19.2 back to the grid. At the average rate of sale via Octopus that is £2.88 (in practice, because of the flexible tariff we are on and the presence of the battery […]
Saphy would like to introduce you to her Easter Project “Destroy the newly washed and ironed bedspread”. Saphy and the bedmat
R bought me a dark chocolate Easter Egg (after only a few hints from me). I am really not fond of milk chocolate, or worse still the abomination which is white chocolate. Amber admired the egg too. A little black magic from a magic black cat…
Yesterday I bought R a large Thorntons’ Easter Egg, complete with an inset box of chocolates. He greatly admired it and I reminded him that it wasn’t to be opened “until Easter”. This morning, I noticed that the box was open and all the chocolates had gone. R claims he had obeyed my instructions because […]
I got these from the Argyll Bakery in Inverary (where I got the very good mince pies at Christmas). Now my arm is recovered I could have made them for myself, but these ones looked so fetching that I couldn’t resist. They are yet another thing R won’t eat, but J and I enjoyed them.
