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When it’s Scone, it’s Scone…
I couldn’t resist the title. J and I went to Scone Palace today and I discovered that it is definitely pronounced to rhyme with “doom” and not “loan”. But this is in general…
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An Indian feast
I had some friends round for lunch today (R calls us “The Ladies that Lunch” – this seems to be an excuse for he and J to go and hide rather than be…
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New “Stained Glass” for Castlebank
Some time ago I took a photo of the stained glass window Anne Black had commissioned for the Old Kirk in memory of her father and brother. I decided to make a version…
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A middle class Saturday morning
R and I had been going to go to St Andrews today, but of course the weather which had been lovely all week had turned nasty for the weekend. So instead we went…
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My besties
I have already mentioned Rowley the Mowrator. He is one of R’s all time good discoveries – we got him when he was a kickstarter and he does all our lawns here front…
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More things of beauty
The good weather was back today and I resumed gardening, minus any help from the male members of the household. R has an excuse, J does not. Anyway, they missed some good stuff. …
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It’s curtains for us…
Some time ago I looked into replacing the thick red velvet curtains that had been in the drawing room since we moved in. They were not that in keeping with the decor of…