• Travel

    All change today

    R and I are off to Naples today for a week and J’s visitors are arriving.  Very kindly we are lending them our bedrooms, and I hope that they don’t wreck the joint. …

  • Gardening

    More early spring

    I had a look at the garden today having looked out of the kitchen window to see this. At first I thought it was a “Pussy Willow”, but in fact it is a…

  • Food

    A Scooby Snack

    I made some bean burgers today – they were quite nice but perhaps rather dry.  I would use the recipe again, but put some homemade salsa in the roll to moisten things up.…

  • House

    Fake Art

    When we first moved in here we had quite a lot of Victorian paintings we had inherited.  In fact we had so many that when they were piled up against the wall we…

  • Gardening,  Walks

    Walk into Spring

    R went for a walk today when I was at church.  One of the hymns today was “Awake my soul” – I couldn’t help thinking of J when we got to the line…

  • Cats

    Cat in a case

    Saphy really, really can’t resist any type of bag or case.  I got this one out of the garage to make sure it wasn’t damp and Saphy did her own checking. Amber thought…

  • Cats,  Food

    Some snacks

    R and I often go down to J’s flat in the evenings to watch the big screen TV.  At the moment we are watching “Babylon 5” which at the rate of one episode…

  • House

    Clearing the garage

    Since we moved in (would you believe more than seven months ago now), the garage has been to a greater or lesser extent one almighty mess.  First of all it was full of…

  • Uncategorised

    A Victorian New Year Card

    A friend I made at a local history group very kindly gave me this original Victorian New Year’s card as a gift.  She commented that the kitten looked like our cat Saphy. Here…

  • Cupar,  Other

    Dove Rescue

    I was getting ready for my upholstery class at lunchtime today, and was looking at Facebook (as you do) while I drank my coffee.  Suddenly I saw a post – someone had seen…