Dec 10th, 2022

We got Amber Cloned

We got Amber cloned. Here she is with her new friends Bumble and Casper (A,B,C), Unfortunately I couldn’t induce them to sit in alphabetical order.

Nov 21st, 2022

Saphy and the Fox

I lock the cat flap once it gets dark at night because R and I took the decision that the Ladies were staying in at night. They have plenty of time to play in the garden during the day and we didn’t want the worry of wondering where they were – plus the potential of […]

Nov 20th, 2022

Panoply

I asked R what meetings he had today. His reply was “A veritable panoply of them”. When I enquired when these were so I could schedule meals around them, it turned out there were two! Now I know R has a very wide vocabulary and often comes up with words I have never heard before, […]

Sep 7th, 2022

Finally got our Solar

It’s been a bit of a wait as the demand for panels is understandably huge at the moment. Getting 40 fitted took two days for the roof work and one for the electrics. The PowerWall is sitting with US customs at the moment but should be with us shortly. Unfortunately this leaves us in a […]

Jun 1st, 2022

Saphy three ways

In programs like Masterchef (I am very fond of these) they are always cooking x “three ways” e.g cauliflower puree, grilled and prepared au gratin. R doesn’t like this kind of thing so I never cook them – but here is Saphy three ways

May 14th, 2022

Three martens

Only time (so far) we have ever seen three pine martens at the same time. I would presume a mother and two young as they are generally solitary creatures.

May 7th, 2022

New Car

Here is our new car. We took a trip out to Arrochar to fill him up this morning and he is great. Very comfortable and much better acceleration than the land rover.

May 3rd, 2022

83 in Rhu

My brother wrote this rather clever poem for my Mother’s 83rd birthday. I’m bloody stuck in bloody Rhu I wish I was only 82 My bloody hip won’t bloody work My bloody ankle bloody hurts My bloody hair’s gone bloody white My bloody face would cause a fright And now I’m bloody 83 A bloody […]

Apr 29th, 2022

First Bird

Saphy got her first bird today. She has been hanging around the feeder for weeks now but she has obviously managed to hone her skills sufficiently to catch one. She killed it and brought it in to R’s bedroom, strewing copious numbers of feathers over the carpet. We didn’t get our new car yet again […]

Apr 28th, 2022

Two martens in the daylight

Great colour shots of the two martens who have been visiting recently We used to only see them in the daylight very rarely but since we got the two scared lady cats rather than the big male bruisers they seem to be coming more often.