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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…
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Stirling today
We went on a trip to Stirling today. With one thing and another and having every tradesman (and woman as our plumbers are female) in Cupar round at the house, I haven’t been…
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Kitchen – stage three
So with the units replaced and the new floor laid, time to go to work on decorating. Much as I would love to have professional decorators do this, it is way too expensive…
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Roof – stage one
Just when we thought we were getting away (reasonably) lightly with things that could overtly be wrong with the house – we ran into a problem. A piece of the guttering at the…
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Happy birthday J
It is J’s birthday today. He is lucky to have been born in August because my birthday is in November (cold and miserable) and R’s is right after Christmas (cold, miserable and travel…
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Kitchen – Stage two
We got the new floor in our kitchen today. I would have loved real encaustic tiles but they are excruciatingly expensive, so we went for the unauthentic option and bought vinyl cushion floor.…
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Aspidistra still flying
I noticed today that the Aspidistra we bought a few months back has put some new shoots out. Perhaps one day it will be the “Biggest Aspidistra in the World”…
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Fruit Flies no more
We had a bit of a plague of these pesky things for a few days. With the tradesmen in and out, not only were the doors constantly open, but it was difficult to…
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Update on Lucky
Lucky is the cat we had to leave behind in Lochgoilhead. He was (or is) a cat which belonged to the place rather than to us, and very kindly the people who bought…
