Saw some lovely snowdrops on our walk this morning near the loch. They were all covered in frost, but they are tough little things and I am sure they’ll survive. Not so sure about the crocuses coming up at our front door however. Last year they were just opening up when some creature ate half […]
The weather has been lovely (for the time of year) over the last few days and I was really looking forward to having my visitors over from Glasgow today. With the insouciance of fate, when we got up this morning it was struggling to snow at loch level, and looking at the cameras on the […]
I started making a cushion cover the other night, and within a few minutes I had a not entirely welcome assistant. The combination of muddy paws and some very expensive fabric was not great and also the presence of pins on the table made me a bit worried that a trip to the vet might […]
I finished up the Clean Detox. I’m in two minds as to how effective it was. From one point of view I felt great at the end of it, but I’m not convinced that I would have felt substantially worse by just removing alcohol, red meat and caffeine from my diet and not bothering about […]
R is still studying for his exam (or that is his story and he is sticking to it), so today I did the ‘Artgarten Circular’ walk on my own. You walk down the Duke’s path to Coran Lochan, turn left and walk along the side of Loch Long. Eventually you pass Coilessan Glen, and a […]
There is something about clean laundry and cats. I went to do some ironing the other night (mainly as an excuse to watch ‘Breaking Bad’ while I was doing it). I ironed one double duvet cover, put it down on the chair and went to do some towels. Two minutes later, I looked round and […]
That is me halfway through the ‘Clean’ diet program I mentioned earlier this month. I’m in two minds about it at the moment. Firstly, I actually feel pretty good, which I suppose is hardly surprising as I have been eating a super healthy diet with no coffee, alcohol, red meat etc and taking loads of […]
R and I went for a walk in quite thick snow today. It was coming down all yesterday, and when it stopped for a while, I took the opportunity to clear our (75m!) driveway. An hour or so later it was covered again, but probably best to keep on top of it, as we discovered […]
We don’t see too much of the badger family at this time of year, they just trundle up to look at the nuts from time to time, but don’t seem that interested. This week, however, we have an almost nightly visit from a pine marten, who yesterday morning about 7am sat eating the nuts put […]
We woke this morning to a beautiful day, with clear skies, sub-zero temperature and a good sprinkling of snow. Snowfalls are one of the ways you get to appreciate what a rich environment we live in as the tracks of wildlife were everywhere. Obviously a lot of them were down to the cats, but when […]
