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Team Spirit
Had out office meal out last night at Tempus in George Street, the meal was lovely and the service excellent, so thanks to Jill for organising that one. Sadly for the second time I missed out on the ritual of trying on Bruce’s glasses, but it was more important to catch the train before the…
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Heir of the dog
Just as a change from moaning about the weather, I’m going to moan about something else. It has taken me about 40 years to find a decent shampoo and now it has been discontinued. I know perfectly well that this is done in order that I will hopefully spend a small fortune and all my…
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Scunnered
…yes, just like everyone else. That’s scunnered with the snow, in case anyone should be in any doubt. Now we have the sunset, hidden behind dense drifts of rolling, freezing fog. Snow fell steadily from at least 6:30 a.m. until after noon today, all the carefully cleared driveways have been filled in again. So, hooray,…
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JC(& HM)B
Wee joke there, which would take too long to unravel if you are not Scottish or a fan of Oor Wullie. JCB and driver fae up oor close, alang oor street cleared a huge roadway here yesterday, from 1 pm to 8pm. Paul & I went out to wave to him as he was working…
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Nothing to do with the weather
Here is a picture of Olivia Bremner with her Great Great Uncle Alex.
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Monday
Well, what a trauchle it was to get to work and home again today. I cannot tell you how much I am looking forward to more of the same tomorrow. That’s because I am not, at all. Paul is downstairs trying to set up a meeting by Skype for his astro club, their meeting…
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November blues
It is snowing heavily on this Sunday morning at 08:52. I am feeling fairly despondent about that, for the simple reason that it makes travel so difficult. We all know how long it lasted previously and I will have to focus to stay upbeat about life in general. The front garden birds are hopping…
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Miss Direction
I like this picture, I was actually trying to catch the acrobatic squirrel which is currently raiding Angela-next-door’s peanut feeder, but this shows just how well camouflaged a wee ball of yellow and blue feathers can be in a bare November garden. He’s in the cotoneaster. Incidentally, I was eating my cranberry scone at Vane…
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Peanuts
Today our helpful computer, via WikiHow, advised me that this is National Peanut Butter Month. What, may I ask, is the point of telling me that on the 20th? That’s 19 whole days down the drain!!!! Admittedly for 7 of those I have been almost completely disinterested in food, but that is just so not…
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Hors de combat
Sunday finds your correspondent in the grip of a mystery ailment, I won’t go into details but it’s like having three different things wrong with you at once. However, baby Callum is here telling stories.