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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The cats have informed me that they don’t do Christmas. They more go in for the New Age Festival of Mousemas which coincidentally lasts twelve days running from Dec 18th to 29th. It is a bit of a movable feast but traditionally ends on R’s birthday on 29th. Traditional occupations during Mousemas are the consumption […]
We got Amber cloned. Here she is with her new friends Bumble and Casper (A,B,C), Unfortunately I couldn’t induce them to sit in alphabetical order.
I lock the cat flap once it gets dark at night because R and I took the decision that the Ladies were staying in at night. They have plenty of time to play in the garden during the day and we didn’t want the worry of wondering where they were – plus the potential of […]
I asked R what meetings he had today. His reply was “A veritable panoply of them”. When I enquired when these were so I could schedule meals around them, it turned out there were two! Now I know R has a very wide vocabulary and often comes up with words I have never heard before, […]
It’s been a bit of a wait as the demand for panels is understandably huge at the moment. Getting 40 fitted took two days for the roof work and one for the electrics. The PowerWall is sitting with US customs at the moment but should be with us shortly. Unfortunately this leaves us in a […]
In programs like Masterchef (I am very fond of these) they are always cooking x “three ways” e.g cauliflower puree, grilled and prepared au gratin. R doesn’t like this kind of thing so I never cook them – but here is Saphy three ways
Only time (so far) we have ever seen three pine martens at the same time. I would presume a mother and two young as they are generally solitary creatures.
My brother wrote this rather clever poem for my Mother’s 83rd birthday. I’m bloody stuck in bloody Rhu I wish I was only 82 My bloody hip won’t bloody work My bloody ankle bloody hurts My bloody hair’s gone bloody white My bloody face would cause a fright And now I’m bloody 83 A bloody […]
Saphy got her first bird today. She has been hanging around the feeder for weeks now but she has obviously managed to hone her skills sufficiently to catch one. She killed it and brought it in to R’s bedroom, strewing copious numbers of feathers over the carpet. We didn’t get our new car yet again […]
