• House,  Renovation

    New Plumbing

    The first night we moved in I tried out the only shower on the first floor and nearly boiled/froze myself to death with it because the temperature oscillated about randomly without any input…

  • House

    Butterfly Rescue

    With one thing and another we have had to leave the doors propped open quite a bit.  One of the reasons apart from the tradesmen is that we have not coaxed our shy…

  • Cats,  House

    Two beautiful pictures

    This is our lovely pure black lady Amber sitting on a velvet “Ladies’ chair”.  In Victorian times, chairs for ladies were made with no arms in order to accommodate their skirts (crinolines and…

  • Food,  House

    Oldies but goodies

    A few blasts from the past today. Firstly – I hung my washing out in the garden.  In Argyll the weather was much too temperamental to even attempt this – literally it could…

  • House

    You know you have arrived when

    You have the ultimate expression of Victorian respectability – an Aspidistra. This is ours in pride of place in our drawing room window. The main reason that these plants were so popular in…

  • Cupar

    Out and about

    Today for the first time we had a bit of leisure to go out and take a look at Cupar.  R and I walked some way along the river Eden.  I lived in…

  • Gardening

    700 Litres

    Earlier this week we took a car load of garden rubbish to the local tip.  The one in Cupar is bookings only (you can see why because there are only three parking spaces)…