Karina

Tuesday 5 September 2023 Apparently, it’s going to get to 24°C today. When I got up before 07:00 there was a low, heavy mist. Within half an hour it had lifted, so I figure the sun must be warming up quickly to move that kind of mist so quickly. It’s really good to see so […]

Monday 4 September 2023 We had a wishy-washy pale, paint-peeling greeny-grey gate until yesterday afternoon. We now have a bright blue-turquoise gate, the kind of blue my mobile phone sometimes tries to make a blue sky, at which point you know the editing has gone too far. I don’t think I’ve ever really thought about

Sunday 3 September 2023 Chris and I finally drove up into the forest behind our house to find a pool that the previous owners had told us they used to swim in. We drove for just over six miles along forestry tracks, stopping a lot to take photos and for me to walk chunks of

Friday 1 September 2023 September, the first day of meteorological autumn, yikes, and it is cloudy and looks chilly, though apparently it’s 9°C, which is quite a bit warmer than yesterday in the sun – ah, yes, but yesterday was still summer! After finishing work yesterday, I drove to one of the nearest letter boxes

Thursday 31 August 2023 There was a gorgeous, large, bright full moon last night and it’s sunny this morning for the last day of summer. I have been outside and it is chilly, properly chilly. According to the app on my laptop it is 4°C, which does not seem as inaccurate as it sounds for

Wednesday 30 August 2023 I can’t quite believe this is the 200th post since we moved from London to Scottish Borders in November or that tomorrow is the last day of August and of meteorological/three months of summer. This morning, 07:35, it is currently 8°C but sunny. In fact, it feels like the first fully