Finding Enough

It’s raining outside, so its much easier to focus on writing, hence two posts in fairly quick succession. We are recovering from a month full of visitors. May is always a busy month for friends and family wanting to visit. I suppose I can’t blame them, May has always been my favourite month for flora and fauna, and in our beautiful little corner of Scotland it is very special indeed. May is when the need for heating peters out, the days stretch out into long evenings, all around the birds and bees are busy and the wetsuit boots are exchanged for summer swimming shoes. Oh yes, and the infamous Scottish midge starts its reign of terror as soon as the temperature rises and the wind drops.

A lot of rain means no shortage of rainbows, and apart from a brief cold spell, there was a lot of rain in November! The update is very late this month, despite starting it on time. We seem to be juggling lots of minor things and I’d forgotten how much time walking a dog takes out of the day – especially when the daylight hours are so short at this time of year. Then there’s all the fun of the self assessment I have been putting off. The great news is that we finally managed to move back into the house towards the end of the month after the plastering was finally completed, dried and we could decorate. It was about time, as the novelty of sleeping in the shepherd’s hut in the garden had well and truly worn off – especially with all that rain and mud.