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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A peaceful and happy Christmas to everyone. The picture is of the carpark in Lochgoilhead village centre partially under water – let’s hope no one gets flooded out – I really feel for the poor people of Cumbria (which is where I was brought up). This is my table laid for dinner. This is a […]
The cats have been incredibly active over the last few days. Maybe it is having other people in their den, or perhaps it is all the Christmas titbits they have been getting, but they have been acting more like kittens than staid seniors in late middle age. My Mum has bought me a couple of […]
Some time ago I wrote a blog post about how I was trialling out using an Android phone instead of a Windows phone (Goodbye, my love, goodbye….). You can see from the title of this post what has happened about that… I realize that it is my own fault, but not being overly keen on […]
That is my tree all decorated and the presents wrapped. I also got my Christmas cake iced. The ready made fondant icing you can get these days really is a boon to people like me who are useless at icing cakes. When I was a child it was always royal icing which was exceeding difficult […]
I’ve made a vegan hamper for a Christmas present rather than buying a commercial one. I thought it showed more personality than just buying one off the peg (and also I object to the fact that the company for the one I bought last year has suddenly decided that our Postcode is a remote Highland […]
I made a calendar with some nice pictures from the last year in it. Hoping that everyone reading this will enjoy it and Merry Christmas (definitely not Happy Holidays) to all. lochgoilcalendar2016
I just got back from a mini-break in Bruges and Ghent with J (R has used all his holidays for the year – plus we have serious cat-sitter issues at the moment). I have to admit that after recent events I was a bit worried about visiting Belgium, and in particular, Brussels. But (of course) […]
I made my first clove orange when I was at school and I make a few of them at Christmas most years. I find the process of making them very therapeutic, and the smell they make through the house is incredibly evocative of the season. I’m going to make several and give them as stocking […]
I’ve started buying my Christmas presents and they are being delivered here in dribs and dabs.. R nearly had an ‘amusing’ experience on Christmas day, as when a delivery arrived for me last week, it was approximately the size and shape I had been expecting for his main present. So (it being an awkward shape) […]
There’s been snow on the mountains for weeks now, but today for the first time we had some at loch level, albeit rather slushy and unpleasant snow. R and I walked up to the side of Beinn Donich and looked at the Stone of the Britons through the driving snow. It is strange to think […]
