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Hejira
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Back on the road
Last week found us in Montrose, to visit the Basin and its wintering residents. Timing was either spot on or spot off; coinciding as we did with that time in late winter when there is enough daylight to evince notions of venturing further afield, only to find out that most places of interest are still shut.…
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Erithacus rubecula
This must have been a template given to me by a teacher to colour in, or possibly a tracing. My draughtmanship has never been this good. Evidence of my early love of the avian world.
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A la recherche…
Family photographs from our paternal line, for which no detail is available, but before saying goodbye to these I thought I would give them a last outing here.
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January February
Well, January had a lot happening but none of it for recording here, thank you. Went for a walk round Townhill Loch yesterday, after the washing machine was replaced. Sometimes a wee walk and some wildlife makes all the difference. There were loads of birds but mostly they were too fast for the camera operator.
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So long 2018
Despite the obvious, including the most appalling lack of prudent and effective leadership on both sides of the pond, leading to who knows what clusterbourach* in 2019, we have had some excellent adventures this year. We have visited places we had never thought to look for previously, as we sought out new horizons, or to…
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Land o’ the Peh
To Dundee, thence to meet up with Philip and Jacqui, and to assess at first hand the V&A museum which opened its doors recently, after the usual amount of controversy associated with any groundbreaking arts-led enterprise. It’s a bold building, with excellent views along the Tay and over to Fife. The Scottish design gallery had…
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On the Beach
Yesterday, being Dad’s third anniversary and with the commemorations for the cessation of hostilities in 1918 being very much on our minds, we did what most families do; got together for a meal and then went for a walk. Below, Fiona, Callum, Lily, Les, Ali, Ally and Paul. Were I more confident with the timer…
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November 2018
So. Just home from an all too brief trip to Slaley Hall, for the last time. Nothing lasts forever and we, as a group, have decided it’s time to move on. Journeying there for the first time by electric car, we called in at various chargers in the Borders towns. I was struck by the…
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Sha Raku En
The garden of loveliness that is the Japanese Garden at Cowden was our destination on Sunday. The sun shone for the last day of the 2018 season, and there was still a fair bit of autumn colour.