Nov 13th, 2015
Read MoreSnow Today
Hard to believe it, but after the mild weather over the last few weeks, today the winter has finally arrived. Beinn Bheula in the photo is white with snow.
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Nov 12th, 2015
Read MoreFinland
No post in the last week as have been on holiday in Finland. I greatly enjoyed myself, although I must say that November is probably not the best time to visit, as all the summer activities have finished up, and none of the winter ones started. There is something to be said for doing all […]
Nov 2nd, 2015
Read MoreBadger and suet slab
I bought a ‘Freddy’s fruity suet treat’ for the little birds the other day. They didn’t show much appreciation for it during the first day of it being out, and they didn’t get a chance to revisit it on the next day, because it was removed by an appreciative badger during the night. If you […]
Oct 30th, 2015
Read MoreNightmare for Cats
My Mum sent me a cutting of a good article about two abandoned pine marten kittens which were rescued and returned to the wild. What caught my eye was that one of them was apprehended having entered a house through the cat flap, eaten the cat’s food and then settled down for a nap in […]
Oct 25th, 2015
Read MoreBack to normal
The weather over the last few weeks has been so sensational that it has been hard to believe that it isn’t always crisp and clear in Argyll in autumn. But the most recent days have reminded me that October in Lochgoilhead tends to be a soggy affair, with the skies leaden, and the clouds rarely […]
Oct 15th, 2015
Read MoreEmergency Soup
We have been so busy it has been a real challenge to spare an evening to go to Dumbarton to shop of late. This was sort of ok because we had lots of food in the freezer which we were slowly working our way through – but we normally have soup for our lunch and […]
Oct 11th, 2015
Read MoreA bold little visitor
I was just walking back to the kitchen with (another) batch of brambles this afternoon, when what should I see but the little fellow in the picture having a munch on the sunflower seeds under the bird feeder. He seemed quite fearless and let me take some close ups of him before he picked up […]
Oct 8th, 2015
Read MoreMr T’s big adventure
R and I go for a walk before work every day, and on most mornings we walk past the school and fire station down to the loch and village centre. Today we were deep in conversation (I think we were talking about the future of advertising on the Internet) when R glanced down, and trotting […]
Oct 7th, 2015
Read MoreA rather testing afternoon
I’ve never been a ‘good’ sleeper, and the problem seems to be getting worse as I get older. Last night the situation was not helped by the cats. First of all Tora insisted on sleeping pressed up against me, then his brother brought in a live rodent (or insectivore possible – R uses the ‘drop […]