Is the Grass Greener?

Thursday 16 November 2023 Sunrise in Lewisham 07:19; in Selkirk 07:47. Sunset in Lewisham 16:09; in Selkirk 16:04. Weather in Lewisham, currently 6°C and overcast with rain to come; in Selkirk, currently 5°C and cloudy with rain to come. It’s not so different today, though I know I wouldn’t be looking out the window in […]

Wednesday 15 November 2023 Our road is flooded yet again. My plan today was to drive that way to go to a post box and for eggs and cake. My plan B was to park this side of the flood and walk through it. That is probably scuppered too because my wellies have a leak,

Tuesday 14 November 2023 Yesterday, it rained and rained and rained and rained. Our very small waterfall doubled and became two waterfalls, though a few times there has been so much water that the two have merged and the water has then gone over the ‘tunnel’ it otherwise goes through to end up in the

Monday 13 November 2023 After three days of lovely weather, mainly sunny with a morning (yesterday) of beautiful frost, it’s now reverted to normal Scottish weather. Rain. With strong wind forecast. And more rain. In fact so much rain that I’ve almost talked myself into being able to justify not doing 10,000 steps today. Yesterday

Sunday 12 November 2023 It’s -2°C and there is a beautiful frost, tufts of mist and sunshine. Yes, really, tufts of mist. Pretty much my optimum weather, though indoors being significantly warmer would be a massive bonus. However, I am wearing ankle-high sheepskin boots, a selection of layers and my latest strokeable, warm, furry, fleecy,

Friday 10 November 2023 Yesterday went well. Not only did DPD manage to streamline two deliveries, due on different dates from different suppliers and deliver them the same day, our new printer works (the old printer was not very old. It only printed tester pages. It’s a small miracle I didn’t throw it out the