Here is our big black pussy cat Amber, sitting on R’s metal filing cabinet. Amber is the softest cat I have ever known. She is scared of about everything, and particularly doesn’t like sudden movements, loud noises and my crocs which make a squeaky noise on our wooden floors. She loves being tickled, but only […]
There are some great wildflowers down around the pond. For some reason although they grow around there spontaneously, my efforts at planting them from seed in other areas never seem to take. Apparently they are easily discouraged by grasses which are more robust plants, and I must admit that I have never cleared the ground […]
The tourists are obviously starting to arrive for this year because R and I met six people (a whole six!) on our morning walk up the hill today. All of them had dogs with them. I’d love to have a dog but R won’t have it (and he is probably right) because of the two […]
We walked out past the Shore House along the beach this morning – R says we have been this way before but if we have I don’t remember it. It was a bit slippy but very beautiful. There are a lot of boats moored and the picture doesn’t quite do justice to it. We went […]
J and I dug out the old raised garden. This was set up in remembrance of Schrodi. J did the digging and I did the planting. After a miserable failure in planting out herbs from seed, I ordered some grown seedlings and they seem to be doing ok so far. We have a nice variety […]
This was our solar production in April. It was looking really good until the last week when it dropped for a while because the weather was exceptionally dreich. May is so far looking even better – we have used no grid electricity in the last few days. It is unfortunate that there is no getting […]
I added a new made-up meal to my repertoire today. I call this an Italian meatball bake. Take two left over quarter pounder beef burgers (or start from scratch with mince). If they are burgers, cut each into four and roll it into balls. Heat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius. Place a small amount […]
R and I went up what we call “The Zig Zags” this morning. This path goes from the main road up to a forestry road which runs along towards the waterfalls and ultimately joins the main path there. It was a bit cloudy but there were still brilliant views over the loch. All the wild […]
According to the BBC “excitement is building up across the UK” over this stupid, ill-advised and unnecessary phone alert test they have been having. In 56 years I have never needed to be alerted about any kind of danger. The day I let the government send alerts to my phone will be a cold one […]
Very gorgeous weather here for the last few days. The cats and I have been sitting out on the patio with Amber even venturing out on the drive on her own. Saphy is in the picture too but hiding behind a plant pot. The solar is doing amazingly. We are basically not using the grid […]
