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Lucky used to be a stray girl but has now found her new identity as a Donich Lodge boy (the vet discovered he was male when we took “her” to be spayed). He would ask you to respect his new pronouns.
The high mountain pass over the Rest and be Thankful is the main route out of the village. Here it is in winter.
Spring sky over the mountain tops.
Sunset from our front door step.
A misty moon over the mountains as darkness falls.
View over towards the loch from near the summit of Cnoc Coinnich.
A rainbow appears in a clear interval between showers.
Lochgoilhead in the distance on a clear spring morning.
As the year turns, the mountains are white on most days.
Looking across the loch from the village, clouds form a band across the hills.
Tora and Schrodi our snow Bengal brothers used to live here. RIP both of you
A dragonfly pauses for a rest by the side of our pond.
The weather here can be appalling. Here gales and torrential rain have blocked one of the village’s few roads.
The colours on the mountains fade to muted browns as autumn approaches.
The Donich Water in one of its kinder moods as it runs through our garden.
One of a myriad insects pollinating our heather.
A group of wild haggis have made a den down by the river.
Our new Highland Tiger Saphy prowling her territory. She is a demon for the wildlife with her specialized prey item being shrews. She is not adverse to mice, voles or birds however.
This is Amber aka as Bramble. She is big, black, rather podgy and a bit of a scaredy cat. We had her cloned shortly after she arrived.
Although we don’t get much snow at loch level, the higher mountains are covered for five months or so of the year
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Feb 22nd, 2015
Read MoreBack to Winter
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
Read MoreA ‘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
Read MoreGardening
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 16th, 2015
Read MoreCormonachan Woodlands
I’m on the committee for the Cormonachan Woodlands Association. Basically we are going to try to restore a piece of Atlantic Oak woodland to its former glory and see if we can make it into an amenity for the local community, visitors and (of course) wildlife. We went over today to discuss our plans for […]
Feb 15th, 2015
Read MoreTime Machine
I took this photo of the street outside my parents’ house in Mossdale, Galloway and then edited it (Paint.net the poor man’s Photoshop) to remove the cars and the TV aerials. Then to make it look more real I turned it black and white. So one is Mossdale in 2015 and the other one is […]
Feb 14th, 2015
Read MoreFirst 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
Read MorePet 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
Read MoreSeasonWatch
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
Read MoreSpring 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, […]