Sunshine shawl
First of all, thank you to everyone for your very kind comments about my last post! They meant a lot to me. And now for more knitting, and weather chat. Our summer has continued to be cool, even for...
View ArticleLots on the go!
Somehow it’s been ten days since I last posted. Life has been full with one thing and another. My internet life has been slowed down by computer problems, which are largely sorted now (knock on...
View ArticleFloral blow-out!
We are not long back from a fantastic week on the Isle of Harris. The Dafter was able to come with us, as well as Gay, and we all had a great time. I will show you some photos once I get them – and...
View ArticleHoliday on Harris, part 1
This was our first trip back to Harris after an absence of four years (the Dafter fell ill with ME/CFS just after we went in August 2011). Prior to that we had been every year since 1996. In the...
View ArticleAugust with Katharine Stewart
Gosh life has been busy lately! Which – when I think back to the endless days of the Dafter being bedbound and so terribly ill – is great. School started on the 13th of August here in Glasgow, and I...
View ArticleHoliday on Harris, part 2
Thank you to everyone for your kind comments. This past week has been very full. The Dafter has continued to have ups and downs, but the ups include being able to study for, and pass, two tests....
View ArticleJune blooms
Hello again and thank you so much for your lovely comments on “Crossing the Finish Line”. It is just marvellous to have that particular cloud of uncertainty and stress lifted from us. For the Dafter,...
View ArticleJune surprises
I have often reflected that life is indeed full of surprises, many of them good. The result of the recent vote, however, was not a good surprise for our family. I will just say that many on both...
View ArticleA day trip to Holy Isle, off the Isle of Arran
I had another fantastic adventure last weekend! Regular readers might recall that two years ago our family had a marvellous holiday on the Isle of Arran. This past winter a friend of mine happened to...
View ArticleNearing the end of July, already
How time flies! I can’t believe it’s almost the end of July. This summer has been fairly hard work for the Dafter, and thus for me, but it’s been a good summer. Once she got past her exams and the...
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