It rains ( heavily ) overnight but the morning dawns bright and fair. Just the sort of weather that is needed for the plants in the garden. Eight deer are eyeing the new hedge of flowering currants that has been planted to screen the oil tank but they scamper away as we set off down to the shore. On either side of us pheasants, partridge and quail explode out of the long grass. It still comes as a surprise that we are seven minutes from town and yet live in a spot that is so calm and unspoilt. The local wildlife seems to see humans as more of an irritant than a threat.
Saturday morning radio music :https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1baWOAulmY
This has been getting rave reviews. Even the weekend FT ( which isn't big on Scottish culture ) praises it to high heaven. We have booked tickets for its arrival here in two weeks time :https://www.capitaltheatres.com/whats-on/all-shows/james-v-katherine/2262#scottishtour
Cheerful evolutionary biology :https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00999-5
The hidden third :https://engelsbergideas.com/notebook/mapping-pompeiis-undiscovered-country/
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Highland cattle and ginger bearded men with bagpipes are the hardy perennials of Scotland's tourist gift shops!
I am rather taken by the little guy Top left! But I think I could still resist. I wondered if the butter knives were more like pate knives! Our butter knives have a point so you can spear the butter if needed, but our pâté knives are rounded ended ….
The courtyard heather looks extremely healthy.
Years ago I bought a set of four butter knives from Ikea. They have round ended blades and have proved extremely useful over the years, not so much for spreading butter, but ideal for mixing "filler" for repairing cracks in the walls or small areas of regrouting. I inherited a set of antique bone handled "proper" butter knives which went to the Charity shop when I found they weren't dishwasher compatible!
Glad you are loving on the bees. We try to do the same, although our front yard looks unpleasant.
Ooh, the heather is gorgeous. I'd love to see the garden.
Hari Om
The play sounds intriguing, and it's even reaching Dunoon... I may be travelling in The Grey again by then though. Hmmmm maybe the Peebles one... Or I just wait for the Angus review! YAM xx
Thank you for sharing your splendid heather and Schubert. It may have been a no on the butter knives but surely The Font didn't miss the opportunity to purchase the dinosaur baking set pictured.
The heather is amazing. We have bumble bees on our rosemary, although not in such great numbers. They appear every time the weather becomes warm, and I wondered where they were wintering in between visits. A google search on that question led me down a long rabbit hole of discussions, almost all from the UK, about how to care for "lost" bees - when to offer sugar water, etc. I was amazed.
I now have "heather envy". Very nice .
My mom loved china dishes and had 5 complete sets. I now have the 5 complete sets and my daughters have told me which ones they would like to have. They've been out of the house for 10+ years but the dishes are still with me. Now that one of them has her own house, she did mention that she would take the dishes in the next few months. There is hope!
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