• Other

    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…

  • Cats,  Cupar,  Other

    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…

  • Travel

    Glamis

    Adding to our tour of Scottish castles – J and I went to Glamis today.  I had originally had the idea of going to Drum Castle as well, but this is another hour…

  • Uncategorised

    An evening promenade

    I haven’t been to St Andrews for a while so I thought I would go for a stroll along the sea front today after the “tourists had gone home” – partially because I…

  • Food

    Yorkshire Puddings

    I have never had much luck with Yorkshire Puddings.  My mum made them (pre-fan oven) when I was a child, and they would always be brilliant until someone important was coming for dinner,…

  • Cats

    In which Amber has an adventure

    It would be fair to say that Amber is not an adventurous cat.  She is large, plump and indolent, with her main interests in life being sleeping, eating and being combed (a bit…

  • Nature

    More lightning…

    After the heat of the last few days (not that hot here really – though to listen to some of the snowflakes around here you would think it was), the weather broke today…

  • Nature

    Oh deer…

    J and I went to the Scottish Deer Centre today.  It is just down the road from us and we must have driven past it at least 100 times in the last year. …

  • Gardening

    Garden Today

    My Mum who has not been too well asked me to put some pictures of the garden online. Here we go. One of our three ponds with waterlilies just starting to come out…