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A shoe problem
Since I had my triple joint fusion in my foot two years ago, my foot is quite rigid and slightly tilted to one side. This doesn’t have much practical impact under normal circumstances,…
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In which J makes a new friend
When I called down the stairs for J to come and get his dinner, I found him in a state of great excitement. For shits and giggles (very appropriate under the circumstances) I…
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More gardening
I spent the morning pulling weeds out of our garden and deadheading flowers. In the four days since I last did a lengthy stint we have managed to accumulate two 90l sacks of…
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Two Castles
J and I continued our tour of Scottish Castles today. This was our longest trip so far; we went up to Braemar and Balmoral. Of course today was gorgeous weatherwise, and the scenery…
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At the station
R was away in Glasgow today and as I generally do, I met him at the station. There were some lovely flowers at the entrance. But I don’t know whether ScotRail are just…
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Wardrobe
I’ve finally turned my attention to our spare upstairs bedroom – or as we call it “the Turret Room” because it has a nice view over our battlements and a small balcony. In…
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Strawberry Cakes
I did some further fruit picking at Carnie’s and had a few strawberries left over. At the last minute I decided to make some cakes to take to church. Rather than a classic…
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Dishwasher
R and I went to see my Mum in Rhu today (we went on a new route via the A9 which I thought was ok – a bit further round that the A91…
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Two for the bucket list
When we lived right out in the back of beyond in Lochgoilhead, amongst the things I always really wanted to do was go to a “Pick your own fruit farm” and a decent…
