Is the Grass Greener?

Tuesday 11 January 2023 Pretty much all day yesterday, it rained and was very windy. At times, you could see big balls of rain blowing and scattering. We know that Scotland is wet and that it rains a lot more than it does in Kent and the southeast, but yesterday’s efforts were most definitely exceptional […]

Tuesday 10 January 2023 My suspicions were confirmed yesterday; my cursory mouse-poo-check revealing no droppings had missed the fact that one had clearly been directed elsewhere by the cunning mouse who seems unperturbed by the overnight sonar repellent and by a fresh spray of peppermint oil and other pungent essential oils on the extractor fan

Monday 9 January 2023 It’s Monday morning, 07:59, still 37 minutes until sunrise but the moon is doing a good job of making it seem lighter. It is not raining and the trees I can see opposite the window appear not to be swaying vigorously. Today needs to be a largely desk-based day but we

Sunday 8 January 2023 I have become mildly obsessed with moonrise and moonset times as well as sunrise and sunset. Last night, the moon being a waning gibbous at 98.2% (you can tell I have an app for this), it shone brightly through our three bedroom windows, which are on three different sides. At around

Saturday 7 January 2023 It’s 08:35 and still the sun isn’t quite up (08:37). It looks dark, breezy, wet and grey. Yesterday, we had an enormous leap forward in terms of our sense of home, and all because of a table. When I got up yesterday, I decided I would definitely go to Peebles to

Friday 6 January 2023 Once I got going, I did a lot yesterday, around the house and writing. I finally posted another blog, which was from the end of November, still with heat issues in the house (though before it got really cold), while my body felt more achy than it had been for that