Monthly Archives: June 2005

Went to Presbytery yesterday – my first in well over a year. For those who don't know the workings of the Church of Scotland, it is the area meeting where ministers and representatives of congregations get together to make decisions. … Continue reading →

I am told that dogs can learn around 25 words. I'm not sure how many words they can spell. We have long had to avoid W-A-L-K……. so switched to perambulation. Trouble is, she can recognise that too. How long before … Continue reading →

Summer has come back – 22.5C yesterday, so the garden chairs and parasol are out. All ready for breaks in between chores. The cat has successfully learnt how to use the new cat flap in the front door. Wonderful! No … Continue reading →

Not that Dalamory is any worse than anywhere else in the west of Scotland for midgies, but the current state of the wee beasties brings to mind this memory of long ago. Long, long ago….when we lived in the Western … Continue reading →

Thank you Lord for the gentle rain  the soft, pure water of life.Thank you Lord for the misty air soothing a song into the bubbling stream.Thank you Lord of this day and Lord of creation.You enlivon each breath and fill … Continue reading →

Here is the stag – a trifle fuzzy as if the photograph has been cobbled together. I assure you he is real, and not a little put out at being disturbed o­n his early morning grazing routine. Being in Dalamory … Continue reading →

The book sales via the Amazon Associates programme have slowed down slightly. Three a week seems to be the average. But there is still a degree of excitement in wrapping the book, posting it off and waiting for the earnings … Continue reading →

The water came back o­n after lunch. Twenty minutes later the electricity went off. So I gave up and went to the metropolis. Oban in other words…….. Everything now seems to be working…..so I can get clean!

So which is more worthy of note – the stag browsing the leaves off a young tree just outside the garden, or the fact that we have no water supply? The stag has now gone and the water has not … Continue reading →

So this is what retirement is all about…..