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Some Victorian images for the kitchen
We were lucky enough to find some original images of some of the inhabitants of the house from the 1870s. Obviously they were in sepia, but I carefully hand tinted them to achieve…
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Well done ScotRail
I went over to Helensburgh today. This was my third trip on the train network in three days – so that makes nine trains I have been on and all of them on…
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Woodworking class
I had another trip to Edinburgh yesterday (busy day). This was the second part of my woodworking course, which is to introduce you to basic woodworking techniques. We are building a “blanket ladder”…
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A lovely walk
Now that the immediate rush around the house is tailing off, we have managed to start exploring Cupar. R and I went on a little loop walk which does not seem to be…
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A modern beautiful thing
I’ve spoken quite a lot on this site about beautiful objects from the past; everything from Staffordshire pots, to 19th century bedlinen, to 18th samplers. I haven’t said much about modern things because…
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First shots of new bathroom
We finally managed to get our main bathroom finished apart from the decorating part which I will do this week. It is going to look very nice. But… If I ever do this…
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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…
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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…
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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,…
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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…
