I had to laugh today when the postcard I sent to J while he was here looking after the cats turned up. This was sent from the Orient Express three weeks ago and I had quite forgotten about it. They said it would be slow but this must take a prize. It has a nice […]
I made a vegan Christmas cake for my sister-in-law V last year and it did not turn out well (in fact that was the theme with all my Christmas cakes last year). I can’t remember what recipe I used, but it came from one of those rather dismal vegan sites which start off by soaking […]
I went for a walk around 4:30pm today just as the sun was going down over the snowy mountains. The sky colour was unreal – very spectacular.
Afraid that after the dried up disaster that was last year’s cake, I’ve given up on Delia’s recipe and have tried Mary Berry’s. It actually seems to have come out better, though again I cooked it for only 3.5 hours rather than the 4 she recommended, and it still seems slightly over done. Still I […]
R and I went to a wedding in Milton Keynes this weekend – one way and another it did not turn out too well from a travel perspective. I’m not a big fan of low cost airlines or low cost airports so it was only with difficulty that R persuaded me to fly with EasyJet […]
Quite snowy when we got up this morning and it is now coming over the mountains in waves, with Beinn Bheula alternately looking alp-like and disappearing behind the clouds. Looking at the traffic Scotland live traffic cams there is two or three inches of snow at the Rest but the A83 is clear. Just as […]
I don’t normally buy myself quite such fancy things as this – but there is a story associated with the chandelier. Last Christmas I bought my Mum a beautiful glass lamp from John Lewis’. She liked it so much that when her birthday came around I thought I would get her something to match. So […]
I bought this adorable little chap in Tessera in Castle Douglas. This really is one of my favourite shops – it always seems to have the most innovative and original things. He is as light as a feather and all sparkly – ready to get in the Christmas mood. Also my Mum was telling me […]
The weather suddenly turned very cold this week, and unusually for November, we had quite a bit of snow. This would of course be the week R is away in Glasgow, and he ended up having to stay overnight, because he was concerned he won’t get back over the Rest the following morning. This was […]
Had quite a nice trip home from Venice. R and I went for a farewell walk around the city which was both nice and sad (because we were leaving). Everything seemed new washed with the rain which had fallen overnight, and outside the main streets there was virtually no one about. We said goodbye to […]
