August 2009 (5)

Saturday, August 22 2009

Good Friends

We've had one of our closest and oldest friends visiting this weekend.  And so what else should I have done but set him to work:So we are now prepared for the arrival of 3 or 4 young ladies.  Hens, to be precise.  They won't be with us until later in the year, but we've got a cosy new home for  […]

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Thursday, August 20 2009

Summer Sunset and Baby Owls

Sunset last night:Rather stunning don't you think?And here we have a few baby owls ....The Baby Owlet pattern written by Kate Davies was wonderful to knit and very simple. I won't be adding buttons for the eyes as I don't trust my button sewing skills against the skills of a baby, determined to  […]

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Thursday, August 13 2009

Still Summer

It has been a very hectic week.  This week is one of the busiest weeks in terms of tourism in Scotland.   And tomorrow it is our local Games Day.  You may remember what a lovely day we had last year.  Sadly this year I will be indoors in the Visitor Centre, but hopefully I'll get to escape for an  […]

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Saturday, August 8 2009

A little sightseeing

I had an excuse to do a little sightseeing this week, as our neice, Susie, was with us.  Susie and I decided we would take a bit of a cruise.  For many years now Willie has been doing very popular boat trips up Loch Glencoul to see Britain's highest waterfall, Eas a'Chual Aluinn in the Statesman.   […]

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Wednesday, August 5 2009

True Art

Sometimes people who don't know this part of the world consider it a cultural vacuum.  Nothing could be further from the truth.  It's true to say we don't have huge, expensive and self important art galleries where people who are famous for being famous have their art installations.   But .... what  […]

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