I saw this classic fairy toadstool by the river today.  I was half expecting there to be a little door in the side of it.

I went to see my Mum in Rhu today.  I can honestly say that there is nothing much more dismal than your Scottish seaside town when the weather is very bad, and Helensburgh is pretty typical of this.  When the sun is shining, it is a lovely place to be, but even in August it […]

The huge stag is back yet again. He really is a most magnificent creature.  A true monarch of the glen And mush – leave my fruit trees alone!

Tora finding yet another good pouncing out hiding place.

Well. round the side of the hill really, but I am sure you know the song. I am actually a big Al Jolson fan. I know he is not politically acceptable these days because of blackface, but actually he was Jewish himself and was very accepting of black people, and would invite them into his […]

Many dragonflies around the pool today. Before we came to Argyll I had only ever seen them in Spain – but here there are lots, and not only around places like our pond where you would expect to find them, but also in rather more unlikely places. For example there are loads of the small […]

Unfortunately there was a little mist stopping the moon from being perfectly clear. Lochgoilhead is a great place for star watching in general because it is so incredibly dark here at night. Particularly at the back of the house there is no ambient light at all and you get to see some wonderful starscapes, though […]

This is Mr Prickles, a hedgehog. This box arrived with an ornament packed in it and he promptly co-opted it for his hibernation needs come winter.

We’ve had two enormous red deer stags in our garden of late. Apparently they have been seen all over the village and some meanies don’t like them. I like them even though they have been destroying our seed feeders. The best one is of one of them peering through the window right at R.

Beautiful weather for it, and no sign of any midges.