The loch shows an infinite variety of faces as the light hits it on different days.
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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We paid a surprise visit to my Mum on Halloween evening dressed up as ghosts. We sang “Three Little Ghosts from tombs are we” as our party piece at the door. I had carved a cat pumpkin for the occasion. Then my brother turned up dressed as the grim reaper and brought cocktails. They were […]
I went out on the coach road about half a mile beyond the “big stone” for two and a half miles in total. I have now abandoned the stick apart for the first time I do walks that may be rough (I have the waterfall walk in my sights). Lovely autumn day. There were some […]
Well not much actually. I walked up to the “second gate” which is about half way to the “back to the road turning” on the Inverlounin loop. I actually would have gone further, but there was a forestry bulldozer doing some work on the path right at the top of the hill and I didn’t […]
R bought me a really romantic present today. Roses and chocolates are out. Hoover tools (or more exactly, Dyson tools) are in. Actually I wouldn’t really thank anyone for roses or chocolates, and these tools are just what I needed. I am starting a thorough clean of the house which one way and another has […]
I’m getting out and about more now. Yesterday I walked down the coach road as far as what R and I call “the big stone”. This is the point beyond which there is no vehicular access. R was not with me because at the moment I am still fairly slow (plus I am not tackling […]
As Halloween approaches, here is Amber the witches cat. She is on the new duvet cover I just bought (of course she is), and as it has moons and stars on it, it is very appropriate. Amber is a very beautiful cat; I have never met one with blacker, thicker, silkier fur than she has. […]
J keeps some of his clothes over here so that he doesn’t have to carry them back and forwards to Glasgow. A month or two ago I accidentally muddled his T-Shirts up with R’s and we had to spend about an hour trying to find them again. R has literally 100s of T-Shirts (ok – […]
R is in London today and as is his wont he went for a walk around before his conference today. I am at home holding the fort and tending to the needs of our furry friends and went for a walk too (first unsupervised walk since the second op – 1.75 miles). This is what […]
Living where we do we are hugely reliant on Amazon. I’ve actually been a customer since 2005 when they were a shop that sold “papery reading things” and have seen them metamorphosize into what they are today. I’ve quite literally had 1000s of orders from them. Yesterday I had cause to edit my profile (to […]
