Category Archives: Blog

No sign of the builders after all this week. Nothing more to say than that.

You can’t win with a cat – they just have a way of coming out on top. Fox, our ginger tom, has a mixed diet of Iams Senior (he is nearly eleven after all) and an allowance of two Whiskas … Continue reading →

Is it global warming or back to basics? January brings the snow, Makes our feet and fingers glow. February brings the rain, Thaws the frozen lake again. Well…..we did have half an inch of snow in January, and as ever … Continue reading →

A telephone conversation took place last night: Him Behind the Wheel: So is there any chance we might see you soon? Builder: Maybe Thursday….. I was tempted to shout……This year or next year?

Went for a walk in the grounds of Inveraray Castle yesterday, taking my camera with me as I hoped to get a picture of some snowdrops. The weather felt like spring so surely I would be successful. Nope…. only a few … Continue reading →

The roller-coaster of Celebrity Big Brother is over. What a year to choose to watch it for the first time! Someone has suggested that it is a deeply theological programme, challenging us to ask questions of how we view God. … Continue reading →

Freedom is what you do with what’s been done to you. Jean Paul Sartre

Worth joining in the Garden Birdwatch if you are in the UK and if you have a garden. I get such a lot of pleasure from watching the birds outside that it feels like a good way to repay them.

No – not a new view of eternity…… but a new unreality online. More time-wasting? Or a new way of relaxing? At the moment I am undecided. You have probably already checked it out at www.secondlife.com  Misty would rather walk … Continue reading →

To storm a beach, conduct an embassy, govern a people; these are brilliant actions; to scold, laugh…..and deal gently with one’s family and oneself….that is something rarer, more difficult, and less noticed in the world. Montaigne