Walking the dog...

 A green manure field...and some of the constituent plants. This field is usually growing tatties, but every three years has a rest and recuperation!

 The result of recent heavy rains

 Pirate with our local friend..these woods and paths are near his village...and with Zola, our other friend's dog that we are caring for this weekend.

Garden day two..and postcards...

We are ready to take a large bagful of garden waste to the "cowp" or municipal recycling centre.. luckily we have a friend in a village a couple of miles away who has a trailer, an empty builders 1 ton bag and knows the way!!  Highly valuable when working away from home!!

I know that many don't send postcards any more..but go on....have a go...send me an address!! You never know you might enjoy it!

My father always said If you don't know what to write, just send a postcard to keep in touch.. you'll be surprised how soon you find more to say then you've room for!!

Garden day one

Steadily tidying, not overdoing it..but it's coming along nicely..
Luckily the green waste collection is the beginning of next week!
More tomorrow....

Working

We are at present dog sitting and weeding...I'll get money for the gardening. It's a friend's dog and his usual dog sitter's dog is sick.

The gardening is no big deal, just tidying.  I'd still rather be working in my own garden!

postcards

I've just written one ready to post..next step,find a decent,interesting stamp...I might just have some in stock from last year.

Who shall I send the next ones to? Thanks to Zhoen for the idea in One Word..and John in Going Gently for his postcard competition...who knows when blogging might disappear (I've only just discovered that picasa is no longer linked to here) and even electronic communication...

Exchanging email and snailmail addresses seems a good idea in these times...if you want to join in, please do comment...and I wont publish your details as I review all comments.

time

Time can flash by...visitors sadly waved off early..they have to be in Ullapool by 5.30 pm at the latest, to check in for the ferry to Stornoway.

Now I'm trying to date fix a visit to daughter and family around Pirate's next race..no point having two long trips southwards....and we must get back to the Western Isles for a return visit.

We haven't done either for about two years....too long....

going Maritime

We have yet more visitors!..our friends from the Western Isles , on their way home from a wedding in England.
Lunch at The Coo Shed cafe near Alloway was followed by a visit to the Scottish Maritime Museum in Irvine..an inspiring place.

There are other boats jut up the jetty and a tenement house reconstruction,with an hour's guided tour...but our feet gave up before that!

The order of the day was then a cuppa and cake in the Puffers Cafe, and ice cream from Vanilla Joe's Gelateria, and the chance meeting with a fellow cyclist who started cycling with a leisurely Land's End to John o'Groats ride..and four year's later, at 52, she is still enjoying riding around, using her bike one way and train the other.

Then back home....and rest!