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Getting ready for Christmas in Aberdeen
This year, for the first time ever, the ME-stricken Dafter actually allowed me to help her set up the Nativity set! Believe me, it was an honour and a privilege. This is the arrangement we came up...
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More Christmas trees of Aberdeen
Happy Shortest Day! Here it is extremely stormy, dark, and rainy. However, as of today the tide is on the turn and I am delighted! I so much enjoyed your reaction to my photo of the tiered Christmas...
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Merry Christmas, everyone!
No, we don’t have snow at the moment, just howling wind and rain. I’m recycling a photo from two years ago tomorrow to wish you all a Very Merry Christmas indeed! Or if you don’t celebrate...
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An unforgettable Christmas
It’s funny how, in my mind, most Christmasses blend into a happy blur of the same family traditions. I do remember certain Christmasses, for example the Dafter’s first Christmas when she was up all...
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Blaidhna Mhath Uir dhuibh uile! Happy New Year to you all!
“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky The flying cloud, the frosty light: The year is dying in the night; Ring out, wild bells, and let him die. Ring out the old, ring in the new, Ring, happy bells,...
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Winter sights
Thank you everyone, for your wonderful comments and good wishes. I haven’t had as much time as I’d like to comment on your blogs, but things will settle down eventually and I love reading them even if...
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A Silver Occasion
This past weekend we travelled down to Glasgow, to familiarise ourselves with the many different neighbourhoods and to begin thinking about where we might eventually settle. On the way down we stopped...
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The start of Lent
Today is Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent. It’s also a year today since my mother-in-law, Norah, died. Outside, it’s snowing and there is more snow on the way. The Dafter has made it back...
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The sun is getting stronger
Another post within two days! Thanks to all who joined in on the conversation about outdoor toilets; that was very interesting and the comments are like a little social history post in themselves. I...
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A wee jaunt to Edinburgh
Things here have been extremely busy, but in the midst of everything else we took a wee trip to Edinburgh. This was in order to renew the Dafter’s US passport at the American Consulate. Because the...
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Pomanders and pfeffernüsse
Hello again! I’ve had a request for my pfeffernüsse recipe, so will give you that in a moment. First, I wanted to show you another thing I’ve been making: pomanders. I followed Tina’s tutorial...
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January in Glasgow’s Botanic Gardens
It has been dark, cold and rainy in Glasgow at the start of this new year, although we have seen the sun a few times. When it does appear, I feel quite euphoric! Recently, on a gloomy day, I had the...
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Very early spring
We are starting to notice a little bit more daylight now, and are enjoying some signs of spring indoors with pots of bulbs. New life: tête-à-tête daffodils. January 2014. I do love watching these...
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The end of January
The last day of January is here! I must confess that January often seems like a long month to me. But I try to follow nature’s example and embrace the time of rest. The Dafter and I were delighted...
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A jaunt to Balmaha
This weekend has been very unusual for us! We had some unexpected company arrive on Friday evening, refugees from a snowstorm that closed the roads they were hoping to take. This was a blessing,...
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These days
Thanks again to everyone who entered my giveaway. I always enjoy doing giveaways, but this one made me particularly happy. It signified resuming life as it was before I got the news my Dad had died –...
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Stormy weather
Those of you who live in the UK won’t have missed the media hoo-ha about the “Weather Bomb” that has come in from the Atlantic: “explosive cyclogenesis” to give it its technical name. You can see...
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Preparations
It very much feels like the run up to Christmas now, and I like that. The living room is looking crowded but “affa bonnie”: The living room on a December afternoon. Glasgow 2014. Our neighbour gave us...
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Christmas 2014
Thank you for your kind comments on my “What Christmas Means to Me” post. I was a bit nervous about posting it, so was happy that it was a welcome perspective for some people. We have had a fantastic...
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A new year, and a new project
We have come through the door into a new year – Happy New Year to you all! I hope 2015 brings you many blessings. Wreath plus hearts and angel, January 2nd 2015. Tomorrow we will be putting away the...
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