Pip pip – 29th February

I can’t let the leap day go by without making a post. While my colleagues are at work – working an extra day for nothing- I’ve got the day off. So my extra day really is an extra day and I’m going to use it my helping my Mum and Dad, of which more in [...]

Freecycle Treasure

I’ve been working to improve the look of my blog by copying other people.  So, after finally working out how to load photos from flikr I’m proud of myself for adding a header – isn’t it nice? Anyway I’m pleased that I can now show off 2 of my recent acquisitions from Glasgow freeshare/freecycle (there [...]

The beginning of the end for Witchy Wood

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Here’s the first digger starting work on destroying my field. It’s presumably making an access road.
The developers made an application to take down some of the trees for the road and i think they were refused but I’m not sure.
Don’t be fooled though, if it weren’t for the fact that the wood [...]

Not in my front yard – please

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This is the lovely field and historic woodland that we can see from our front windows. It’s a large field that dips down beyond the trees to an area of permanent marsh. Isn’t it a lovely scene to look out on and a great place for kids to play in sight of [...]

No Croutons Required

I’ve just read the round up of the no croutons required big soup event http://foodandspice.blogspot.com/2008/02/no-croutons-required-roundup.html
Now I added my own leek potato and pea soup to the list but looking at the rest, mine seems hopelessly plain and ordinary! Gorgeous photos of exotic and tasty sounding soups. Quite a lot for me takle as part of [...]

hayfever

My dear son, Child A, suffers from terrible hayfever and he got his first bout of the year today.
Wait a minute… Its February… FEBRUARY!!!
The world’s gone mad

The grey man of Ben Macdui

February half term holiday, so we went for a country walk north of Glasgow to the Queen’s view and The Whangie  http://www.scottishsport.co.uk/walking/whangie.htm
The Whangie is a rocky canyon which was created by the Devil smacking his tail down during a coven, or maybe it’s a geological feature caused by glaciation. Either way it’s a nice easy [...]

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the gray man of the whangie

Tag: you’re it meme

Well I’ve got my first meme from Megan at pennypincher’s pantry  http://pennypincherspantry.wordpress.com/
(Now I wish I knew how to write nice wee coloured names instead of big links like that)
Thanks very much for that, now what can I write? It says 5 things about yourself, it doesn’t say 5 interesting things. So here goes, I might [...]

The Time Travellers Wife: Audrey Niffenegger

WOW what a great book. I nearly didn’t buy it because it had a Richard and Judy’s bookclub sticker on it but I have learned not to let my snobbery get the better of me * (and it was 59p in oxfam).
I expected some sort of time travelling book where you flit back and forwards through [...]