Most of R’s work is with “containers” now.  By this I mean Docker and Kubernetes, and if you don’t know what those are, I am not going to explain.  They are computer things. Anyway, as a sort of joke, R had a logo made for himself for a conference he is speaking at about these […]

I’ve sort of recovered enough to be able to hobble about the house and type with both hands.  I still can’t go out of the house or really do much apart from watch videos. The picture above shows the dismal weather which is about the way I feel.  

This has not just been an annus horribilis, it has been an annus super horribilis. The day before Christmas Eve I tripped on the lip of the shower and stumbled over it onto the floor which was smooth wet marble and as slippy as ice.  I fell headlong on to it, cracked my head and […]

Got the tree up.  Can’t say I am feeling that festive though. I got rid of all the cat beds and toys – they were all too battered about to go to a new home and I didn’t want to see them around the place.  There was a massive amount of cat food pouches left […]

I don’t know what this was (J would say ancient aliens).  It was like a jet trail in the clear sky only completely vertical.

Haven’t seen one of these in a few years, but this morning there was a sparrowhawk on the bird feeder.  I am pretty sure it must have got its prey because there were feathers strewn at the base of the bird table.  It was gone in a few minutes and shortly after that the small […]

Winter apparently begins on 1st Dec.  I disagree, because I don’t think the seasons fit into the four times three months mould in Scotland.  Winter here is normally well underway by mid November. Today proved itself with some snow – only a few inches at loch level, but looks to be much more on the […]

I made two Christmas cakes this year as usual.  One a conventional cake made with eggs and butter, and one for V made with “vegan egg” and margarine. The “vegan egg” costs the equivalent of about £1 per egg, and as far as I can see, is basically baking powder plus a few other nasty […]

There are no cats in the house now.  This is a first for Donich Lodge, but also a first for R and I in nearly 20 years.  The place feels very empty, and strangely the loss of Tora has brought back vivid memories of Schrodi. We went for a walk to take our mind off […]

Poor old Tora needed to be put to sleep. He was 19, rake thin, sleeping all the time and had got to the point where he couldn’t even jump on the bed. May he and Schrodi wait for us at the Rainbow Bridge.  I will never forget them. Stand here at my grave and weep […]