J has just turned 60 and we applied for his bus pass online. This is actually super cool as it gives him completely free bus travel in Scotland, plus free train travel within 10 miles, and 50% train travel elsewhere. Actually if you are dishonest and could be bothered, there is nothing to stop him […]
Ten minutes after J arrived to stay for a few days, Saphy came shooting into the house with something very large in her jaws. I immediately panicked, thinking that what she had was a squirrel. In fact, what she had was a very large wet leaf, and concealed in the leaf was a very small […]
R is away in New York this week (I bet he doesn’t go to either the Empire State Building or the Statue of Liberty). My day began with Lucky howling for food. She is allowed in the house during the day – but at night we are restricting her to the utility room because we […]
Fantastic views from the house and over the loch. I was suddenly reminded today of a story about an office building belonging to the company where I used to work. Although I was home based, I used to pop in there from time to time and let myself be taken out for lunch. The building […]
I asked my Mum for a slow cooker for my birthday this year. In fact, she and my brother bought me a much more impressive beast – it is in fact a multi-function cooker which slow cooks, sous vides, roasts and boils. It is also a rice cooker which has pleased R no end, because […]
I went for an out-of-band cup of coffee while R was out. Came back two minutes later, and Amber had decided that the extra caffeine would not be good for me – so she blocked access to my office chair. My poor mother has still not met Amber because she (Amber not my mum) runs […]
My birthday today. Believe it or not I am on my own until this evening because R is speaking at a security conference in Glasgow. To be fair to him, I told him I didn’t mind, and to be even more fair, he volunteered to pick people up and bring them back, which is very […]
Once the final time window for taking her to the vet had definitely closed for this week, sure enough Lucky turned up at 6:30am, as loud and as unfriendly as ever. She ate three pouches of food, tried to scratch R and hissed at me. Back to normal. Then Saphy went out and caught a […]
Lucky has been here every day for the last eight days. She has come for her food in the morning, helped me in the kitchen and even slept in the lounge. So we decided to finally make her “our” cat. We got the humane trap down from the attic and made an appointment with the […]
This is a pumpkin carved by me – not the world’s greatest attempt, but not bad considering that due to my dodgy right shoulder, I did the carving with my left hand. I also produced a picture of Saphy and Amber on their witch’s broom – courtesy of Bing AI.
