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Nov 28th

2018

By donich_admin

Weather bad and river very high

The river is about as high today as I have seen it since the first year we moved in. That was the year it rained every day between September and March. Anyway, today it is a total raging torrent and I would not give much for the chances of anyone who fell in. Our pond […]

Nov 27th

2018

By donich_admin

Unreliablity of deliveries

I may have mentioned this before, but for some reason we are designated as a remote postcode, even though we are only just over an hour’s drive from Glasgow. We are in the PA range, and I’ve even seen some websites where this entire range is included as a remote postcode which is a bit […]

Nov 20th

2018

By donich_admin

Spain

Ages since I wrote in the blog. I’ve been away on holiday in Spain. We had a great time – we were staying in Madrid but we also went to Toledo, Segovia, Avila and Ananjuez The best thing we did was going on a Segway tour of Madrid. I really liked riding the Segway, I […]

Nov 14th

2018

By donich_admin

Deer Pack Back

I’m away in Spain at the moment but R informs me that the deer pack are back at home. I hope they are not ripping the bark off the trees.

Nov 4th

2018

By donich_admin

Great Birthday

Had great fun on my birthday today. R had got me some super presents as had my parents. Mum and Dad got me two solar lights for the patio, a Galileo thermometer and selection of beautiful glass ornaments. I’ve started a collection of these of late so a dragonfly, a ladybird and an octopus were […]

Nov 1st

2018

By donich_admin

Another Good Poem

My Mum has been reading “The Bridge of Sighs” and came up with a poem relating to last night. Two more unfortunates Witches and Reapers, Banged on my door To give me the creepers. Look at their garments The best of old Amazon Drips from their clothing Take a look instantly With fear and with […]

Nov 1st

2018

By donich_admin

Halloween

We paid a surprise visit to Mum and Dad yesterday for Halloween. I was a witch (some would say appropriately) and R was the Spirit of Death – complete with Scythe. I was a bit disappointed that my Mum immediately realized it was me when I opened my mouth to do my guising piece which […]

Oct 27th

2018

By donich_admin

Solar Panel

This is our new solar panel which we are using to power lights for our shed. The old greenhouse on the same site had wired power from the house, but when we got rid of it we never got the new shed we replaced it with connected up. I had a feeling that getting the […]

Oct 27th

2018

By donich_admin

Our two Foxes

Our two foxes are back every night now. They are a lot more skittish than the badgers and run off if anyone even approaches the window, so we only ever really see them properly in the webcam. The funny thing about them is that I would have expected them to hate the badgers, but they […]

Oct 23rd

2018

By donich_admin

Upholstering the chairs

I have six old mahogany chairs I inherited from my Grandma. These were not looking good as they had been repaired multiple times and the cats had given the last recovering I did a good clawing over. So yesterday I did the best I could to repair the backs. I did this with superglue as […]