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Late spring or early summer?
I’ve missed the May 19th entry in Katharine Stewart’s A Garden in the Hills, so I’m going to combine the 19th and the 23rd. She began her essay of the 19th with: “If April is the cruellest month, May,...
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June! Anticipation…
Katharine Stewart’s essay for June 1st begins: “A dry day, but a cold one.” (p. 74) Today in Glasgow has been a wet day, but a cold one. In fact, this has been a very cold spring all told. My...
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Summer solstice, and Father’s Day
We had a lovely week in April, and a lovely week earlier this month (by lovely, I mean temperatures reaching the low 70sF / 22C – nice and warm for here). But the past week has been very chilly,...
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Knowing how to live each season
My title is a loose translation of a comment Annie left on my last post: “il faut savoir vivre chaque saison”. She was referring to gardening, but these words apply to so much more in life. The...
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Floral 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...
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August 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...
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Into September
Once again Tilly enjoys the sweet taste of victory over her catnip-filled squirrel toy. On August 28th (ca 1994), Katharine Stewart wrote about Games Day in her Highland Glen. “In years gone by it was...
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A mellow autumn
We’ve continued to have gorgeous weather this week. Lorna has posted some spectacular photos from Perthshire here. I have very reluctantly begun to clear the garden. Everything has bloomed so late –...
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Spring is here
Thank you to everyone who’s left encouraging comments on my last two posts. I’m glad the grey-haired brigade is gathering in number! Just after I posted about the Dafter’s health improvements she...
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April into May
It’s been nearly a month since my wonderful break on Harris, and it feels like far longer! As I mentioned, things immediately became difficult, and my escape seemed like a dream. But life back home –...
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