Oct 30th, 2024

Missed!

R caught this on the webcam last night. Lucky was trying to catch a moth by the look of it – though I suppose it could have been a bat!

Oct 28th, 2024

What do we sea?

Well not much actually.  I walked up to the “second gate” which is about half way to the “back to the road turning” on the Inverlounin loop.  I actually would have gone further, but there was a forestry bulldozer doing some work on the path right at the top of the hill and I didn’t […]

Oct 27th, 2024

Oh for a Crevice Brush…

R bought me a really romantic present today. Roses and chocolates are out.  Hoover tools (or more exactly, Dyson tools) are in.  Actually I wouldn’t really thank anyone for roses or chocolates, and these tools are just what I needed.  I am starting a thorough clean of the house which one way and another has […]

Oct 26th, 2024

Round and about

I’m getting out and about more now.  Yesterday I walked down the coach road as far as what R and I call “the big stone”.  This is the point beyond which there is no vehicular access.  R was not with me because at the moment I am still fairly slow (plus I am not tackling […]

Oct 25th, 2024

A black and midnight hag

As Halloween approaches, here is Amber the witches cat.  She is on the new duvet cover I just bought (of course she is), and as it has moons and stars on it, it is very appropriate.  Amber is a very beautiful cat; I have never met one with blacker, thicker, silkier fur than she has. […]

Oct 24th, 2024

Looking after the clothes

J keeps some of his clothes over here so that he doesn’t have to carry them back and forwards to Glasgow.  A month or two ago I accidentally muddled his T-Shirts up with R’s and we had to spend about an hour trying to find them again.  R has literally 100s of T-Shirts (ok – […]

Oct 23rd, 2024

Town and Country

R is in London today and as is his wont he went for a walk around before his conference today.  I am at home holding the fort and tending to the needs of our furry friends and went for a walk too (first unsupervised walk since the second op – 1.75 miles). This is what […]

Oct 22nd, 2024

Amazon’s opinion of me

Living where we do we are hugely reliant on Amazon.  I’ve actually been a customer since 2005 when they were a shop that sold “papery reading things” and have seen them metamorphosize into what they are today.  I’ve quite literally had 1000s of orders from them. Yesterday I had cause to edit my profile (to […]

Oct 21st, 2024

A missed camera opportunity

Lucky came into my office.  I have a mirror near the floor which I use to monitor my progress with my foot.  The two girls have never shown the least bit of interest in it, but all of a sudden Lucky caught sight of himself in it.  He watched himself intently for a while, and […]

Oct 20th, 2024

Storm non-event

Well after all our precautions there was basically no storm here – just a bit of wind and rain (nothing to compare with last year thank God).  R and I walked down by the river and there was only one small tree down. The only other thing that we saw “down” was this – a […]