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Flying out of Castlegar , May 2007

seems a very long time ago. hoping to revisit in 2025

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spring into mud...

 Monday Mornings... 

well, you have to laugh... there isn't any point trying to brush it off either as some of it is still wet... 

weather is rain off and on, occasional ray of sundhine, more rain. 

a friend said mud is good for the complexion, my reply was that her bum must have the best complexion ever then... lol

Met Office Weather , I have Wednesday off work so I hope its drier. 

Today:

Somewhat cloudy with a few light showers Tuesday morning, perhaps persisting until early afternoon. Generally becoming clearer with sunny spells through the day as winds become lighter. Maximum temperature 12 °C.

Tonight:

Dry through the evening but cloud gradually building from the south. Lower cloud with a few outbreaks of rain arriving around midnight, continuing until dawn. Minimum temperature 5 °C.

Wednesday:

A cloudy morning with outbreaks of light rain. This gradually clearing east to allow some sunny spells in the afternoon. Drier and clearer all day for Argyll and the Isles. Maximum temperature 10 °C.

time to start seeds

Beans exhausted after supervising my splitting clumps of snowdrops to share some with a friend. they were dug up this morning, bulbs washed and put into damp paper. then transplanted into their new garden in the afternoon. hopefully they will put on a good show next spring

very mild temperatures and a mostly dry day, later in the week its to get back to freezing, and its to be wet most day, hopefully not too windy. 

time to start seeds , a tray of Onion Tosca

and a tray of Leek Blue Solaise

in the greenhouse with plastic propagator lids over the top. these veggies can cope with the cold

I've had seeds from MoreVeg before, they always do well, they are in smaller packets which are perfect for the home garden grower, and very economical to buy. 

the light was fading and those last photos have a funny tint to them. the streetlamps weren't on yet but it was starting to get dark. the days are noticably longer which pleased me very much. I use a SAD lamp in the mornings to try and combat the winter blues. 
 

whats the weather , greenhouse temperatures

greenhouse on Friday morning, the door was frozen closed most of the week so this high and low covers a few days, dry weather and bitterly cold. bear in mind the greenhouse reads warmer than the outside. 

 this is from this morning , its warmed up. bringing with it heavy rain and high winds, disruption warning to roads etc... 

Vanlife friendly, beautiful and excellent fish and chips. We're back in ...

A blizzard on the bonnie banks as we head west to explore beautiful Loch...

Charity Shops, Churches and Graveyards, this time with a Scandinavian twist

explore beautiful Crail, a village on the very edge of the Kingdom of...

The best of Scotland, Often overlooked Dumfries and Galloway in the Sout...

The Wee County, A random spin around Scotland's smallest county, Clackma...

Charity Shops, Concorde, Crafting and muckle dugs (big dogs) on the Scot...

The Isle of Bute : Drone Vs Tree. We explore the island getting up close...

Beans

 Beans has been here two weeks and I've started to let her out, off she goes confidently as I sit and worry till she comes back... she's had four little trips out so I feel she is finding her way, and knows she lives here. She is very clean in the house and likes her toys. Not so much into being picked up but she will come for a cuddle now and again. She's 10, and a little chubby... her owner died suddenly and she's been very well cared for. 

Google photos came up with the collage... so I'll keep it. 

A Tartan Overload as we visit the Bute Highland games and compete in the...

Casper

 Casper crossed the rainbow bridge on 30th July 2023.

Goodbye wee man, its been a blast. 

Roamin' in the Lomonds. A greyhound's eye view of the Lomond Hills and F...

Lower Largo is one of the East Neuk of Fife's, and Scotlands, prettiest ...

catch up with seed planting

 

sowed some more carrots and turnips, though they're not doing so well from the first sowing... possible too dry... these ones have been rained on already.. lol... also some flowers along one edge, some chard and some ''italian rapa'',,, which describes itself as a turnip leaf but has a picture of sprouting broccoli... we'll see what that turns into.? also planted out some extra tomato plants , which i covered with a crate to protect from the wind and heavy rain or they would have been smooshed already. I've never tried tomatoes outside before.