Is the Grass Greener?

Friday 21 April 2023 My friends, Catherine and Chris, arrived yesterday lunchtime and continued their journey back south this morning. Although windy, it was a beautiful sunny day yesterday. We had a restorative walk through woodland and marshes, climbing over fallen trees (only one of us slipped over, though she did it so discreetly I […]

Thursday 20 April 2023 I’ve been a bit remiss about my patrols around the garden and round to the road of late. I take photographs of certain places around the area to hopefully get a better idea of how it all changes over the year. It had never occurred to me to take regular photos

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