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The life and thoughts of Freda Marshall, a retired Church of Scotland minister living amongst the mountains and glens of Argyll.Pages
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Sunday smiles
Approaching the caravan site shop yesterday morning I saw the shopkeeper sweeping the front steps. “Do you sell Sunday papers?” I asked “Only on Sundays” was the quick reply. I wonder how often he had been able to use that … Continue reading
Another way of thinking
From Mary Robins Long she rested within her own inner larva skin, dried, unshaped, sleeping. Slowly she opened: her inner butterfly, new and moist, came to her. They rested together in the Sun; she let the butterfly reach her inner … Continue reading
A gem of a place
A visit to Tayvallich. A gem of a place. Brings back memories of long ago.
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Need cheering up
Take a look at this – recommended by a friend. [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EYAUazLI9k&annotation_id=annotation_72265&feature=iv]
Well behaved dog
Misty was at the vet yesterday to get her eyes checked. She has had a shortage of “tears” in her right eye for some time, which necessitates ointment every day. (That is the tears you cry rather than tears that … Continue reading
Feathered Friends
New visitors to the bird feeder. (Collared doves) Very welcome till they were discovered eating up all the sunflower seeds in one greedy binge. The seed-feeder has now been relegated to a hook they can’t reach, and they are having … Continue reading
Irish Celtic prayer
O Father who sought me O Son who bought me O Holy Spirit who taught me
The latest in the nematode saga
The packet of nematodes has arrived. It has been double-locked in the fridge till Him Behind the Wheel is brave enough to let them loose on the garden. Apparently the technique is to mix them with water and water them … Continue reading