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Why do cats do this?
Two identical plates which had been filled with the same food. They will only eat from the left hand bowl and Saphy is waiting patiently for it to be refilled. If I refill…
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Clearing up
I cleared up yet another load of weeds today. It was time for the composting bin to go out, and it was full up to the brim. When I went to move it,…
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A walk in the park
R suggested that we went for a walk this evening because “he hadn’t been out of the house all day”. I didn’t like to mention that I had been outside in the intermittently…
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More stained glass
Following finding Anne Black’s window in the Old Kirk, I thought I might have a go at making a poor man’s version of a stained glass panel to hang in my window. It…
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In which R is the best (again)…
Of course R has always been the best, but it merits giving an example of why. I was paying a surprise visit to see my Mum in Helensburgh today. I had been hoping…
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In which not much happens
R was away at a conference today, so I did a load of boring gardening. J did a little bit of boring gardening – he is supposed to be doing 10 hours a…
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MacDuff’s Stone
Went up to Macduff’s stone with some friends today – this is “the” Macduff from the Macbeth story and it was here that he was granted sanctuary by King Malcolm. It was quite…
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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…
