Karina

Wednesday 19 April 2023 Chris is still away for a conference in Harrogate and I have two friends, Catherine and Chris, coming to stay for one night from lunch time tomorrow. Yesterday, after waiting for two months, finally our eight or nine pictures are ready from the framer. The wall where at least a few […]

Tuesday 18 April 2023 I don’t think I’ve ever been as giddy about sunshine as I am in Scotland, which, sadly, is testimony to how many more rainy and grey days we’ve had in the five months since we moved here. I got up and went straight out this morning, on the road shortly after

Monday 17 April 2023 I can’t quite believe that this is the 101st day of writing or that we moved here pretty much five months ago or that last night was the first night I’ve ever stayed here on my own. Before we committed to moving here, Chris and I talked about whether we’d feel

Saturday 15 April 2023 I’m mildly impressed with myself that this is the 100th post since we moved to Scottish Borders. It’s the middle of April and outside is zero degrees, frosty and sunny. Last weekend was Easter, our friend Duncan arrived a week ago and we came home yesterday afternoon from two nights in

Wednesday 12 April 2023 I’m kind of between holidays. Our friend Duncan is staying, and today we’re all heading to Edinburgh for a few nights. As with most visitors, something fairly dramatic happened. We picked Duncan up from Tweedbank station on Saturday afternoon, had a seeing-and-eating-and-walking afternoon, came back to the house, dinner, chat; normal

Saturday 8 April 2023 I have just waxed the kitchen table in honour of our guest, Duncan, who’s currently on his way from Inverness to stay with us. I have most definitely never waxed a table in someone’s honour. I have also emptied out the water in the bottom of the dishwasher (about a month