January Brings The Snow

                            

The old rhyme goes January brings the snow, makes our feet and fingers glow. The last I heard the is March. March brings breezes loud and shrill stirs the dancing Daffodils. I don't know what has happened this year but at the moment we have about 10 inch of snow. It is many years since we had this amount of snow all in one go but being a bit selfish Stuart and I can enjoy it as we don't have to be anywhere.   Stuart worked in Edinburgh for 20 years and did the daily commute by car it was a big worry when the snow came. One winter it took him 8 hours to get home on a snowy day in January and was one of the last cars off the motorway before it was blocked and closed but today we can look our and enjoy the lovely snow. We just have to hope now it does not thaw too quickly as it will cause massive flooding.

Stuart is enjoying the first F1 race so that will occupy him then  rugby after that so I will have to find something to take up my day. Better go now and see how the pot of soup is doing have a nice day and I hope you have not got a lot of the white stuff . Love and take care

                                                 

The Surprise.

Good Morning not that there is much good about it as it is pouring down with rain at the moment and snow is forecast for this afternoon. Just thought I would show you a picture of the pressie I received yesterday from Stuart. It is really a lovely watch and I can even swim down to 30 metres if I wish (hope the water is warm). I have a thing about watches and have quite a few, so I will add this one to my collection.  I will have to take it to the jewellers as the bracelet is a bit big as I have a small wrist its the only small thing I have these days but never mind.      

 

Stuart off doing his usual Friday thing hope it went well today for him. Don't know what we will be doing this weekend as the weather forecast is for a lot of snow but will that be accurate we will wait and see. Well better go and have my mad half hour so I will say bye for now.

 

                                    

Thanks to Toni tags.

Busy week.

 

Good Morning, cannot believe its Thursday already and I have not had a word with you all since last Saturday.  We have had a hectic week with one thing or another. Phone not working again over the weekend and it took till Tuesday to get it fixed all our fault of course says the telephone men it was our twin adapter that was fused and it was our broadband filter that was wonky. I wonder if they said all this because if the fault is in the house we get a bill if it is outside we don't will just have to wait and see as they did do a lot of work outside as well. We were at St Andrews earlier in the week and I took these pictures of the one of the local churches that had been prepared for a wedding. It was absolutely fabulous the flowers and the greenery are all real and I was so glad I had my camera in my handbag so I could share these pictures with you all. I have never seen this done before so I was really impressed with it and it was such as lovely day as well.  We did not see the bride as we were a bit early I think.

 

Stuart has gone off this morning down to our local pier on the loch to see if he can see an unusual gull that is supposed to be there but I wanted to stay home and do some odd and ends. We have had a bit of snow this week some sunshine and some rain a real mixed bag, today it seems to be brightening at the moment but Stuart said it is very cold down a the loch side with the wind and the ice if floating on the water. (I spoke to him on his mobile). He also had to go to the post office to collect a parcel something he bought for me as a surprise so I can't wait till he gets back.  Better go now and give my pot of brown lentil soup I am making a stir.  Have a nice day. Love

Swither.

                                   

So sorry I seem to confused some of you this afternoon with my word Swithering. I looked it up in the dictionary and it is there. The entry reads as follows.

      Swither:- Scot. Dialect Verb. To hesitate be perplexed  ~ n. hesitation perplexity agitation.

       We do have our own words up here in the far north but did not think this was one of them.  Love Joan.

 

 

  

Saturday again.

         

Good Afternoon, Been very quiet up here the last few days as I have not been my best have succumb to a bad cold that has been hanging about for a week or so but I think my outing to Scone on Tuesday was just too much for it to stand so I have been in bed with Stu doing the running around. Feeling much better today and have been out for coffee as we usually do on Saturday morning.  Started a new book the other night its called 'The Rosary Girls' a thriller by Richard Montanari, so far so good, really enjoying it. I was given the first few chapters in W.H. Smiths as a sample in January and  thought it would be a good read. That's the first time I have ever had a sample of a book it turns out it was a good idea.  Am sitting here with a coffee and a white chocolate Kit Kat lovely thought I would not like the white chocolate but its just the opposite quite addictive. Have been waiting for the latest offering from Dan Brown (The DeVinci Code) but have heard he is running late I suppose the court case he is embroiled in won't be helping his creative juices.  We hade a bit on snow yesterday it started just about 9o'clock just as Stuart was getting ready to go to his art class.  He swithered about going but he had all the Polyanthus that the class are painting just now (The teacher lives around the corner from us and she was going by bicycle so Stu had the plants) He left about 9 45am and was back again at 10-10am as the class was cancelled as people from out of the village could not get in so that was the end of that for yesterday hope the plants don't change too much before the next lesson. Well that's about all my rambling for today Hope you are enjoying you day Love,

                                  

 

 

Have posted a new tale in my Birdwatching diary.

http://journals.aol.co.uk/jaymact1/JoansBirdwatchingDiary

 

My Dad.

Today would have been my Dad's 95th birthday so I thought being his day I would tell you about this very quiet shy man. He was born in 1911 in the county of Angus and lived near there all his life.  He was married to my Mum for 46 years until she died in 1983.  He fought in the second world war, a signalman in the royal Corp of Signals.  He was a very active person loved the countryside first on a bicycle then a motor bike and sidecar and lastly by car. He documented every mile he travelled in his diaries and I still have them they are a absolute mine of information.  He also kept a record of all the repairs on his modes of transport, when he put on tyres, changed oil  etc as he did all his own maintenance on them. He moved from Dundee to be near to us after Mum died and was very happy in Glenrothes with us, in his little pensioners cottage. When we moved again he said he was too old to move again so he stayed there but it was not too bad as I still worked in Glenrothes and travelled there every day.  He was  a  reader and read a great deal of the time. I still miss him a great deal as we were very close. I still find it very difficult to talk about him even although he has been gone nearly 8 years as it was me that found him the day he had a massive stroke and the memory does not fade of that day.  The two pictures I have scanned are very old but I have done my best with them.  The first is of Dad and his Golden Cocker Spaniel Rory taken on holiday at Inverness. The second is much earlier is of me pretending to be driving the motorbike with Dad on the pillion. It must have been taken about 1954 when is was 12. Well I will close now,

Update.

Have updated Bird Watching Diary.

http://journals.aol.co.uk/jaymact1/JoansBirdwatchingDiary/