Is the Grass Greener?

Tuesday 11 July 2023 I looked through photos on my phone yesterday and noticed quite a few I had taken with a view to identifying the plant or creature, so I think this will be another nature identification post. I impressed myself talking about meadowsweet the other day and felt pleased that I would previously […]

Monday 10 July 2023 We seem to be having a more normal Scottish summer at the moment, meaning there is on/off rain and greyness and the temperature is not forecast to rise above 15°C (23°C and sunny in Lewisham today). Then, as happened yesterday, usually late afternoon, we get an hour or so of blue-sky

Sunday 9 July 2023 It rained a lot last night, water levels in the river are higher than they have been for about two months, all the streams and squishy bits in the garden are wet and my trousers are wet from walking around the long, wet grass just now. The water tank is also

Friday 7 July 2023 It’s raining, windy and chilly-looking but is apparently 14°C and it’s not even 07:30. I have just been watching a hare in the garden, happily munching away at our lawn. We think it’s a young hare as it doesn’t seem to have yet realised the perils of so often being so

Thursday 6 July 2023 King Charles is visiting Galashiels and Selkirk today so there are road closures around. Chris is driving to Innerleithen this morning to have a new tyre fitted and is hoping that (A) the slow puncture doesn’t speed up and leave him stranded or that (B) that doesn’t happen when a royal

Wednesday 5 July 2023 It is 06:46 and sunny. Yesterday’s wash is already hanging outside in the sun. Washing done with a washing machine. We have a change in the water situation. We’ve gone from nothing going into our outdoor tank, not even a drip, on Sunday through to Monday night. Then, with assistance from