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Feb 25th, 2015

Rain

I was doing some gardening the day before yesterday and accidentally left the wheelbarrow outside. The picture illustrates how much rain we can get in Argyll in two days.

Feb 22nd, 2015

R and I went to Fort William today. We looked at the forecasts this morning; R uses the BBC and I use the MSN weather app on my phone. They both have their good days and their bad ones, though in common with all weather forecasts they seem to get things wrong with monotonous regularity. […]

Feb 21st, 2015

A ‘Goily’ Day

When the weather here is very changeable (i.e. usually) we call it a ‘Goily’ day. We generally see it when the wind is from the West and is blowing the Atlantic weather fronts straight over the mountains and the loch towards us. The old lady we bought the house from said that she called Beinn […]

Feb 19th, 2015

Gardening

For the first time in ages I am not booked in on a test this week so I am taking the opportunity to get the garden cleaned up in time for spring. Everything looks a right mess at the moment – partially because it always does in February, and partially because we were so busy […]

Feb 14th, 2015

First Primrose

We saw the first primrose of spring this morning, not in our garden but in the woods near the loch in a very sheltered spot. Very appropriate for St Valentine’s Day.

Feb 12th, 2015

Pet Sheep

My Mum sent me a good newspaper cutting today. You need to click on the image to be able to read the text clearly, The reason for us both liking this is that when I was a child we had a pet sheep. She actually belonged to the farm next door, but had been brought […]

Feb 10th, 2015

SeasonWatch

I thought it would be entertaining to compare the progress of the seasons this year to last year. Specifically at the moment it will be interesting to see when some of the key markers of spring appear compared to last year, as the winter has been a great deal colder this time. Luckily I was […]

Feb 10th, 2015

Spring is Coming

I was out having a look round the garden in earnest this afternoon for the first time this year. It was pretty balmy for February (perhaps about 8 or 9C) and for the first time I had a sense that spring might be in the air. A few crocuses are tentatively coming in to flower, […]

Feb 5th, 2015

Rest and be Thankful

R and I went to Dumbarton today to get some shopping and pick up J who is looking after our cats for the weekend while we go to see my parents. It was a lovely sunny day and I don’t think I have ever seen ‘The Rest’ looking quite so spectacular. As ever I took […]

Feb 4th, 2015

Cats and Sheets

There is something about new freshly washed sheets that cats love. Yesterday I changed our bed – and they were both on it within ten minutes and made royal pains of themselves all night. Today I prepared a bed for J who is coming to look after them this weekend. I turned my back for […]