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Braving ‘the Big Freeze’

5 February, 2012 by Stonehead 1 Comment

We went for a family walk to the summit of Dunnideer today. Yes, we ignored the dire warnings about temperatures as low as the Himalayas and failed to heed the the advice to not make unnecessary journeys as we braved the ‘Siberian conditions’.

Daily life

cold, Dunnideer, Met Office, postaweek2012, scotland, Siberia, snow, Weather

Harvey, our Border Terriers, scampers through sunlit saplings on the croft.

It’s February, isn’t it?

2 February, 2012 by Stonehead 13 Comments

The media may be proclaiming a Siberian freeze—or an Antarctic freeze for that matter—but I spent most of the day working outside, sans jacket and woolly hat because conditions were so mild and sunny. In fact, it was was sufficiently warm for the soil to be worked as only the top inch or so was [...]

Crofting, Farming & Smallholding

Crofting, freeze, Gardening, postaweek2012, Smallholding, snow, Weather, winter

It’s warm, or so I hear

30 December, 2011 by Stonehead 2 Comments

I was surprised this morning when I heard BBC Radio 4 proclaim a warm end to 2011. In fact, I was so surprised I picked up the camera, put on multiple layers of clothes, slipped into my overtrousers and jacket, wrapped a scarf around my neck, popped my woolly hat on, went outside and crunched [...]

Weather

Climate, December, Postaweek, scotland, snow, Weather, winter

A typical sunset over the croft—that's right, no sun!

A more typical sunset

3 November, 2011 by Stonehead 2 Comments

Readers who have seen the sunset photos I’ve published from time to time may well have concluded that our part of Scotland is a lovely, bright, sunny place with glorious sunsets. Today, I decided to set the record straight and photography a more typical sunset. That’s right, there’s no sun. There’s just cloud cover from [...]

Crofting, Farming & Smallholding, Photography

cloud, Crofting, Photography, postaweek2011, scotland, Sunset, Weather

A good, well-hearted Premiere cabbage should look like this.

Don’t eat the cabbage!

24 October, 2011 by Stonehead 1 Comment

We’re into the time of year where we get to eat some of our favourite dishes with one of our favourite vegetables—cabbage. This evening, I went out to the vegetable and cut three cabbages for tea. I had to cut that many as the poor season meant none had hearted as well as the one [...]

Food, Vegetables

Cabbage, cooking, Fruit and Vegetable, Met Office, postaweek2011, potato, Sunshine, Weather

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