Ice house
This is an ice house at St Colme House. It is on the north side of a small hill and so in the shade. Filled with ice in the winter Continue reading
Ian McCall
You never step in the same river twice
Dreich
Word of the day: Dreich Damp, dank, dull, dreary, dismal, and depressing. “Definition of dreich adjective Scottish (especially of weather) dreary; bleak: a cold, dreich day” http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/dreich
Redshank
When I walk the dog late at night, if the tide is in, there is often a little group of redshank in the park. They look a bit out of Continue reading
Passenger
Went to see Passenger in The Caves in Edinburgh a couple of weeks ago. Great night with Maire, the girls and their pals. The venue is in the cellars under Continue reading
Dog days 2
Well we did, as requested, get the weans a dug. Meet Holly – part retriever, part labrador. She already feels part of the family so it’s all good I guess. Continue reading
Film star beaches
Alisdair MacDonald [CC-BY-SA-2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)%5D, via Wikimedia Commons Film star beaches A wrecked fishing boat on a North East Scottish beach appears in the poster for the Film The Life of Continue reading
Ghost
We thought we’d seen a ghost. It was an oyster shell on a Fife beach. We quite often come across them – they must be some age because the Forth Continue reading
Land mine
We used to spend holidays on the East coast where the A1 road and the mainline railway cross a burn in a deep valley – a dean as it is Continue reading
Inchcolm
Thinking about Forth islands, I found these pictures from 2005 when we went to Inchcolm. There was a mass in the abbey but my younger son and myself spent most Continue reading
Inchgarvie
My son has a new green button badge – showing which house he is in at primary school. The houses are named after islands in the Firth of Forth: Inchgarvie, Continue reading
