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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R went to a conference last month (in Sheffield of all the glamorous places). Normally you get a gift bag with a whole load of the inevitably branded pens, bottle openers etc. that such things attract. But at “Steelcon” they have a variety on this, in that they provide a small tube with a plug […]
The Apple Home Hub has proved to be super useful so far. We have used it for:- Intercom – this was what we bought it for. R and I can send voice messages between rooms. Great for ordering coffee and announcing that the lunch is ready. Also for those “Mr. Watson, come here, I want […]
Our new garage is getting built in October. First a local builder is putting a base in, then the garage company is putting the building itself up. Finally we are getting electric lights and a power strip with plug sockets put in. It is a double garage, so the idea is to put the car […]
Saphy has an ongoing lifetime project to destroy any item of leather furniture in the house. So far she has worked on an ottoman, two office chairs (well one is still in progress but as I only bought it last year she still has a way to go), all the lounge chairs, and most notably […]
J passed “Nature’s Harvest” in Helensburgh on his way here to stay for a few days. This is one of my favourite shops as they always have a great range of local produce as well as some heritage stuff (like gooseberries) that are difficult to get elsewhere. In the fruit bowl they look exactly like […]
Went back to my second home (Ross Hall Hospital) today to have the wires taken out of my toe and an X-Ray to check the progress of my bone fusion. The X-Rays are certainly impressive – I have asked the surgeon for a copy so I can have them made up into a picture for […]
As you will have gathered, we have three cats that I like to draw. Or at least, I am not that good at drawing (although I am trying to learn), and I am also a bit impatient, so I have been doing some rather cartoon like children’s’ illustration of them. But I thought I would […]
A hat of clouds on Beinn Bheula today.
I made a tarte tatin today. I’ve been meaning to make one for years because they are always making them on MasterChef (though I don’t recall it ever being on bake off). Anyway the driver for this was that the last of the nice little red apples were ready and I didn’t want them to […]
Amber never ever looks out of the window of my office. Except on Fridays because this is the day the ASDA man comes with the prawns. It is like kitty Christmas every week.
