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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Well. round the side of the hill really, but I am sure you know the song. I am actually a big Al Jolson fan. I know he is not politically acceptable these days because of blackface, but actually he was Jewish himself and was very accepting of black people, and would invite them into his […]
Many dragonflies around the pool today. Before we came to Argyll I had only ever seen them in Spain – but here there are lots, and not only around places like our pond where you would expect to find them, but also in rather more unlikely places. For example there are loads of the small […]
Unfortunately there was a little mist stopping the moon from being perfectly clear. Lochgoilhead is a great place for star watching in general because it is so incredibly dark here at night. Particularly at the back of the house there is no ambient light at all and you get to see some wonderful starscapes, though […]
This is Mr Prickles, a hedgehog. This box arrived with an ornament packed in it and he promptly co-opted it for his hibernation needs come winter.
We’ve had two enormous red deer stags in our garden of late. Apparently they have been seen all over the village and some meanies don’t like them. I like them even though they have been destroying our seed feeders. The best one is of one of them peering through the window right at R.
Beautiful weather for it, and no sign of any midges.
Half cloudy and felt a bit threatening all day today, but was finished off by a spectacular sunset.
A rare shot of a badger in the daylight today. Followed by a crow cleaning up after him.
Climbed the Steeple today. There are lovely views but it is not my favourite walk because there is literally no path, and you have to wade through heather the whole way. I am no snowflake in that respect, but I have to admit that I am always on the lookout for adders. I have never […]
I made some nice soda bread today using a Paul Hollywood recipe, but adding Orkney cheddar (I still think that is a contradiction as surely cheddar comes from the Cheddar Gorge in England?), onion and sage. Very tasty and quick to make.
