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Food

Some cakes

I made some cakes for a concert at St James Church today. First of all I made a rich chocolate fudge slice with walnuts on top. Then I made some…

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15 November 2025
Creative

Lurk and Lurkette

I may have mentioned Lurk before.  He was made for the Cupar show in the class “a draught excluder made from recycled materials” and won second prize.  His name is…

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21 August 2026
Cats, Gardening

Hard Work

The cats and I worked hard today. I worked hard at gardening, trying to get cleaned up before winter.  As a reward I found a new flower I have never…

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24 September 2025
Food

Bread and Soup

Yesterday I made some bread.  The ingredients for it are flour, salt and yeast.  Today it is a bit hard but ok for toast.  Tomorrow it will be so hard…

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13 October 2025
Cats

She gets what exercise she can…

I can never think of ottomans without the quote from AA Milne “He gets what exercise he can, by falling of the ottoman”. Anyway, R bought an ottoman today, partially…

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23 February 2026
  • Cats,  Moving

    In which Amber gives us a fright

    / 4 June 2025 / 0 Comments

    So come mid-afternoon R set off back to Donich Lodge.  Before this is all over, he will never want to see the A83 again.  Oh hold on – did he ever want to…

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  • Moving

    Goodbye to all that

    / 3 June 2025 / 0 Comments

    So the sun finally sets for me over Donich Lodge.  Today I am moving my permanent base to Castlebank to join J (although it is my intention to return one more time to…

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  • Moving

    An uncomfortable night

    / 2 June 2025 / 0 Comments

    Today Pickford’s took a big proportion of our life, put it in a van and drove away with it. This sounds melodramatic, but in fact it genuinely was a bit traumatic.  For a…

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  • Moving

    The Cable Man Cometh

    / 1 June 2025 / 0 Comments

    R and I got up early and made our way to Cupar.  We have tried a different way every time we have been, and today we went across the Kincardine Bridge.  I had…

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  • Moving

    Bonny Dundee

    / 31 May 2025 / 0 Comments

    I was hoping it would be a nice day to make the most of the fantastic view there would have been if the sun was shining.  It wasn’t.  J headed off back to…

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  • Moving

    In which we explore Cupar and get our keys

    / 30 May 2025 / 0 Comments

    J and I got up at the crack of dawn and got a taxi to Arrochar to catch the 7:10am train to Glasgow. With the insouciance of fate, R was away at a…

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