• Cupar,  Travel

    Cupar in bloom

    R saw this when he was strolling through the park to meet my train. I had quite an eventful day in Edinburgh going to see a podiatrist for gait analysis to see if…

  • Cats

    All Four Paws

    We adopted our beautiful black cat Amber from Cats’ Protection when she was eight years old (four years ago – so she is now twelve). She came as part of a package with…

  • Food

    Dragon Fruit

    This is a Dragon Fruit.  I saw it at the Farmers’ Market and bought it because it looked spectacular and I had never tried one. TLDR – don’t bother.  Like many exotic fruit,…

  • Renovation,  Travel

    Edinburgh

    As planned I paid my first visit to the big city today.  I am going to have to admit that Edinburgh is actually my favourite city in UK (Rome is my favourite city…

  • Cupar,  Travel

    A nice weekend Part Two

    This morning, R and I took a load of rubbish from the move to the tip in St Andrews – it is about 15 minutes drive from the house.  There is another tip…

  • Cupar

    A nice weekend Part One

    One of the reasons we moved away from Lochgoilhead, was that unless what you fancied doing was something very vigorous in the the countryside generally involving mountains, lochs or both, there was quite…

  • Cats

    Cats and cupboards

    What is with cats and cupboards?  This huge house is packed with comfy chairs and beds and yet… Here is Saphy in an airing cupboard.  Her preferred place at night at the moment…

  • People,  Victoriana

    Linen

    I found some old linen while unpacking yet more boxes. One tablecloth had this laundry label on it.  It says “Farrer” which was my grandmother’s maiden name. She was born in 1888 and…