We’ve had an unseasonably warm autumn with the grass still growing, peas flowering, flies and bees flying and other oddities. Temperatures have seldom dipped below 8ºC, although we have had the usual gales and rain. Today, though, winter finally appeared on the horizon with snow settling on the Grampians.
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‘It’s snowing Pa! Quick, we’ve a fort to build!’
13 March, 2011
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The snow is wet and slushy, but it’s also sticky and that makes it ideal for building snow forts. Or so the boys tell me. Never mind that it was cold, windy, snowing hard and getting dark, if there’s snow on the ground then it’s time to play. They were still at it when I [...]
Read more ‘I’d prefer to be in there, boss…’
12 March, 2011
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When Harvey, our Border Terrier, putting on my outside clothes, he was pleased and excited that we were going out. He quickly changed his mind when I opened the door to reveal a couple of inches of wet, sticky snow. Eventually, Harvey was persuaded to come out but it wasn’t long before he sat down [...]
Read more Another fine spring day in Scotland
12 March, 2011
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Yes, it’s another fine spring day in Scotland.
Read more Spring gives way to winter!
10 March, 2011
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After a fortnight of warm weather, it was hardly surprising to find buds bursting on many of the trees around the croft, to find the grass growing, to find daffodils pushing through and even to find the garlic sprouting. However, today saw the signs of spring merging with the signs of winter: a hard frost, [...]
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