It’s that time of year where cold weather and shorter days force mice to seek the warmth of the great indoors.
A week or two ago mice were discovered in the house next door. Yesterday afternoon Ruth found mouse droppings in our living room. Late last night I saw a mouse by the fireplace.
This means one [...]
Last week we had a two centre trip to Glasgow and then Halifax (in Ingerland).
One thing that struck us about the mainland was the sheer amount of traffic. We have only been living on Arran for five months, but in that time we have become accustomed to very low levels of traffic (so low there [...]
A break in the weather and some very hard work, has resulted in the near completion of the re felting of the farmhouse roof.
All we need now is for the slaters to get back from their jollydays, and finish the job off by adding the all important slates.
This will be a giant leap forward, and [...]
As the saying goes ‘A picture paints a thousand words’. Well my photographs paint about a couple of dozen words, if that.
In an attempt to improve the metaphorical word count of my photos, I have sold my car (a 10 year old Honda Civic) and bought myself a digital SLR.
The pictures so far are a [...]
As there is very little progress with the roof (cos of the weather) I spent part of today smashing up some concrete floor with a 10lb sledge hammer. This broken mess is the result of my labour so far.
I dare not break up any more of the floor as the ceiling may fall down and [...]
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