Is the Grass Greener?

Saturday 27 May 2023 It’s 07:35 and I’m sitting on our decking in the sun. It’s a comfortable temperature, birds are singing and swirling around above and there is a hare eating, sitting and scratching itself in the garden. It is a truly beautiful, peaceful morning. Another side to my morning idyll is that I […]

Friday 26 May 2023 Yesterday was one of those days where I felt like I slowed down, in a good way. I went with Annie and Tony to Ettrick Kirk. It’s a small area, but we ended up mainly standing, looking out across the fields and around the graveyard. I think most of the hour

Thursday 25 May 2023 We got home at 22:50 last night and it was still light enough to see outdoors without a torch. This morning, the sun has been up since 04:45 and everything is looking lovely. The grass that was cut on Sunday appears to now be ready for mowing again and it feels

Wednesday 24 May 2023 So far, we have WiFi, water, hot and cold water in the shower and all seems to be working well. Chris, Annie, Tony and I went to Selkirk for coffee and to look around, stopping on the way to pet the Clydesdale horses, then we all walked around Ettrick Marshes. Chris

Tuesday 23 May 2023 We have friends staying and, of course, something isn’t working. This time, a new one, the WiFi isn’t working. We had a power cut of a few seconds. Usually, when that happens – and it hasn’t been often – the server just starts up and all is okay. This time, it

Monday 22 May 2023 Yesterday, we drove from Cumbria, in ‘the north’, saying goodbye to our friends from Manchester, pointing out that for the first time, they were the ones heading south while we were heading north to go home. I think I am in some kind of transition phase of mentally moving from London