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Cooking the books
Finally made the chocolate beetroot cake last night and I would think that if you were in a particularly fried frame of mind it would prove a wonderful release, since it does leave the kitchen reminiscent of a Schlesinger gore fest. Went to Andrew Carnegie’s birthplace museum yesterday, it’s in Dunfy. It’s certainly a well…
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Floody waters
Today we went to Vane Farm again, there was much ado about a possible sighting of a sea eagle, maybe in the trees, maybe on the loch… many twitchers had arrived and whether or not they saw what they expected, who knows? We saw teal, curlew, oyster catcher, black headed gull, whooper swan, goldfinch and…
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Dear Diary
Yesterday was different. Firstly our train was diverted via Winchburgh – cue several Fifers in an ominously quiet railway carriage as they contemplate the West Lothian badlands, conveniently forgetting that the locals think the same of Fife. As ever, the woman beside me was attempting to re-make her travel plans every five minutes and expressing…
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Diary note
Today we went to Tesco and bought nothing.
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Kulchur
Yesterday we saw A View From The Bridge at the Lyceum theatre in Edinburgh which was a very well produced and directed show. I do like a play with unsympathetic characters. We also finally watched Moon which was directed by Duncan Jones, which was excellent, sci fi as opposed to space opera, according to…
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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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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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It’s the most wonderful day of the year …
… not. I truly cannot be doing with this daylight saving tish-tosh. Last year, for the first time ever, probably because of the dreadful winter, I understood what people meant by missing the sunlight. For that reason and many others I have taken advantage of our office’s extended membership of the National Galleries. The plan…
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Four hundred
Played our first ever gig in the Bay Inn last night, I had never actually been upstairs to the function suite before but it was just about right in size, and at least we gave the bar staff something to do. We raised £400 for charity with ticket sales, raffle and donations, so thank…
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Job done sun
Yesterday was such a beautiful day, as late summer slides into early autumn. Some of the rowan trees are already turning, starting at the top with that unbelievable salmon pink. I find this time of year brings on a whole heap of mixed emotions, besides being the obvious harbinger of change and winter (oh please,…