March has been a very busy (and expensive) month. I am not quite sure where to begin. The biggest news is probably the start of the destruction investigation work at one end of the house, but we also made a decision on our next vehicle, which was definitely the biggest news by cost……….
February was generally a quiet relaxed month, with a week of frantic activity in the middle. We pottered around the house and garden, decorated the kitchen and contacted local trades for quotes for work we will need help with (building a garage/workshop, taking down a tree, hiring a skip). I also spotted something very speedy …
Unlike the the Scottish Highlands, snow is not actually that common in our SW corner of Scotland, thanks to the jet stream. While most of Scotland was blanketed for a couple of weeks, we only had snow for one morning. It was very pretty while it lasted. As the snow melted away, a huge number of snow drops …
Happy New Year! I will cover a look back on 2023 in a separate post to follow, as I’m still crunching the numbers. For now, I’ll focus on an overview of our December, which was a month of two halves. Two weeks at home in Scotland, followed by two weeks dog sitting in an apartment in Palma, was …
November was definitely a more positive month, as we got our main living spaces sorted and no longer had to do any driving backwards and forwards between our new home and the rental house about an hour away. We handed back the keys to the rental on 1st November, so it’s been nice to be …
If you are a collared dove, apparently September is nesting season. The collared doves in our garden always seem to spend most of the year working out how to build a nest and then finally work it out about 5 months after every other species, and 2021 was no exception. If you are a collared …
August was an expensive month for us, mainly for vehicle related reasons and due to it being TV licence renewal month (my almost irrational hatred of subscriptions or monthly payment commitments of any kind means we pay this in full annually). It was also the month we visited a restaurant with friends for the first …
Finding Enough 