Aaaw - you lot just made me feel much better about my mucky old floor - must be because we're all gardeners and traipse mud in & out all the time that we can turn a blind eye to a bit of muck! When you all come over for tea I'll be much more relaxed knowing we have similar housekeeping standards.
Wonky - love the sound of your cat cave - my boy would like one of those. When we first got him he was a timid, frightened little thing and I had to make him a hidey box. It was just a supermarket cardboard box with some bedding in but with all the sides taped up leaving just a tiny entrance hole.
As he got to know us he gradually ate his way out of the box by chewing away lumps of the cardboard. Eventually there was only the base left - but it was still his 'safe' place to go and sit when he was stressed or frightened. I don't know if he realised he was really just sitting on a square of cardboard on the floor but it helped him cope.
Got to love 'em - I thought he was out in the cold and rain - just came upstairs to find him curled up on the bed
Fairy - thank you for the link to the walkers' forum you put on here for Hosta. Had a look at it and there was a link to 2 programmes on BBC Scotland (The Adventure Programme?) about driving / walking /cycling the less travelled roads through the highlands. We really enjoyed watching them and they've given us some good ideas for holidays. OH now even more determined to have a camper van though....
Well done Verdun on your dealings at GC - go on - don't keep us in suspenders over your plant purchases though....
Heaven is ... sitting in the garden with a G&T and a cat while watching the sun go down
Glad you enjoyed the Cameron McNeish programme T'bird. He's pretty much the main man when it comes to hillwalking If you want to see stunning photos - take a look at some of the walk reports on the site. They are absolutely breathtaking
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Will do Fairy - & will show them to OH too - he is very into the hills and mountains and photography. Regular Christmas present (after the socks and pants) is a Colin Prior calendar - really good moonlit shot of some of the tops in Torridon on the wall for January. Torridon is my very favourite part of the world - along with Argyll and Bute - and the Outer Hebrides - and most of the rest of Scotland - need to get back up there soon
Heaven is ... sitting in the garden with a G&T and a cat while watching the sun go down
T'bird - the girls gave me the Munro calendar fro a present - it's by Colin Baxter and Cameron McNeish, but Mr Prior's photography is stunning. He did a terrific programme about the Karakorum mountains which was on here a while ago. You might be able to get it online. I think it was called Colin Prior - Mountain Man (or similar) The photography , and the lengths he goes to in order to get it, is amazing. I've yet to do any of the Torridon hills - but I hope I can get the chance. The distance is now the issue for me - it's not feasible for one day trips. Argyll is very handy for me, so I visit those hills frequently
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I know I usually only pop in after breakfast, but thought I'd give a bit more local info.
Apperently, the guys who were stabbed had struck a deal with local guys over "something" then went back on their word. Local guys went off to get , as I understand them to say, " get tooled up" and came back for them ( hence talk of kidnapping)
So no IS flags and just a bit of a local fistycuffs moment gone too far.
Some of us have dogs too that traipse to and fro the kitchen floor, and it's been raining. Mine goes and lies in the horses' hay and then shakes himself as he walks across. But he only goes to now he's going senile, fro seems to worry him, so it's out by the front door. Think I already said that
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Aaaw - you lot just made me feel much better about my mucky old floor - must be because we're all gardeners and traipse mud in & out all the time that we can turn a blind eye to a bit of muck! When you all come over for tea I'll be much more relaxed knowing we have similar housekeeping standards.
Wonky - love the sound of your cat cave - my boy would like one of those. When we first got him he was a timid, frightened little thing and I had to make him a hidey box. It was just a supermarket cardboard box with some bedding in but with all the sides taped up leaving just a tiny entrance hole.
As he got to know us he gradually ate his way out of the box by chewing away lumps of the cardboard. Eventually there was only the base left - but it was still his 'safe' place to go and sit when he was stressed or frightened. I don't know if he realised he was really just sitting on a square of cardboard on the floor but it helped him cope.
Got to love 'em - I thought he was out in the cold and rain - just came upstairs to find him curled up on the bed
Fairy - thank you for the link to the walkers' forum you put on here for Hosta. Had a look at it and there was a link to 2 programmes on BBC Scotland (The Adventure Programme?) about driving / walking /cycling the less travelled roads through the highlands. We really enjoyed watching them and they've given us some good ideas for holidays. OH now even more determined to have a camper van though....
Well done Verdun on your dealings at GC - go on - don't keep us in suspenders over your plant purchases though....
Glad you enjoyed the Cameron McNeish programme T'bird. He's pretty much the main man when it comes to hillwalking
If you want to see stunning photos - take a look at some of the walk reports on the site. They are absolutely breathtaking 
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Will do Fairy - & will show them to OH too - he is very into the hills and mountains and photography. Regular Christmas present (after the socks and pants) is a Colin Prior calendar - really good moonlit shot of some of the tops in Torridon on the wall for January. Torridon is my very favourite part of the world
- along with Argyll and Bute - and the Outer Hebrides - and most of the rest of Scotland - need to get back up there soon 
T'bird - the girls gave me the Munro calendar fro a present - it's by Colin Baxter and Cameron McNeish, but Mr Prior's photography is stunning. He did a terrific programme about the Karakorum mountains which was on here a while ago. You might be able to get it online. I think it was called Colin Prior - Mountain Man (or similar) The photography , and the lengths he goes to in order to get it, is amazing. I've yet to do any of the Torridon hills - but I hope I can get the chance. The distance is now the issue for me - it's not feasible for one day trips. Argyll is very handy for me, so I visit those hills frequently
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
evening all.
I know I usually only pop in after breakfast, but thought I'd give a bit more local info.
Apperently, the guys who were stabbed had struck a deal with local guys over "something" then went back on their word. Local guys went off to get , as I understand them to say, " get tooled up" and came back for them ( hence talk of kidnapping)
So no IS flags and just a bit of a local fistycuffs moment gone too far.
Some of us have dogs too that traipse to and fro the kitchen floor, and it's been raining. Mine goes and lies in the horses' hay and then shakes himself as he walks across. But he only goes to now he's going senile, fro seems to worry him, so it's out by the front door. Think I already said that
Be careful Hosta, local guys sound a bit dangerous
I tried Googling it Verdun. Could it be this?