Tag Archives: wood

Kitchen cupboard killer (Rousse)

Posted on February 19, 2023 by Dreamaticus

I could have done with TPR’s help as I hosted a small dinner party. Had he been around,  the guests would have probably eaten at the kitchen dining table (rather than in our bedroom), I would have remembered to serve … Continue reading →

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Urban garden woodpecker and wood (Rousse)

Posted on January 28, 2023 by Dreamaticus

I looked out of the bedroom window and couldn’t believe my eyes: there was a woodpecker on our bird feeder! I looked out a second time and saw my old colleague BP picking up logs from the lawn. ‘Please just … Continue reading →

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Camera takes a dip in a Lanarkshire loch (Rousse)

Posted on October 3, 2022 by Dreamaticus

We climbed through the steep woods of Lanarkshire, then over the heath to the loch. Our nephew FG did well to keep up with us. I was the first to reach the ridge above the water. I laid my camera … Continue reading →

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Loch action at Langass Lodge (Rousse)

Posted on December 4, 2021 by Dreamaticus

RG bought a wing of Langass Lodge on North Uist. Here he would spent the rest of his days gazing out of the window of his wood-panelled quarters, checking the action on the loch.

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Lost in a forest, all alone (Rousse)

Posted on October 15, 2020 by Dreamaticus

It was alright for the sheep that wanted to reach the pasture from the shoreline. They simply ran across the single track road, then leapt up the cliff-face, skilfully securing their feet in rocky nooks and crannies on their ascent. … Continue reading →

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Huge nuts in a hazel wood, and horrid pickles (Rousse)

Posted on November 18, 2019 by Dreamaticus

My sister-in-law S and her husband A had a reputation for buying ridiculous properties. Their most recent purchase was a cottage in the woods. Our first impression was of isolation and inaccessibility along a rough track through hazel trees. However, … Continue reading →

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A jewellery box burglary (Rousse)

Posted on July 28, 2019 by Dreamaticus

It had been a sticky meal all round and now my cousin’s wife SB was bringing a tray of red jellies out of the fridge. Meanwhile her daughter PB was ruining a pale leather jewellery box as she poked it … Continue reading →

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How the other half (barely) lives (Rousse)

Posted on August 28, 2018 by Dreamaticus

When I was supposed to be at work I poked around my sister J’s vastly extended house in West Sussex. On the ground floor there was a luxurious self-contained holiday cottage that looked out onto a large rectangular pond destined … Continue reading →

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A Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Christmas surprise (Rousse)

Posted on June 22, 2018 by Dreamaticus

TPR kept a shop not far from the Edinburgh city bypass. It sold traditional toys. One Christmas Eve I walked to the shop with KA. On the way I regaled her with tales of Queen Margaret College graduate MR, his … Continue reading →

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A kiss and a cuddle in the science museum (Rousse)

Posted on February 27, 2018 by Dreamaticus

We returned to Northfield, Birmingham to visit S and NY and family, all crammed into our old two-bedroomed house. The neighbourhood was much smarter than in our day, largely due to the conversion of the former rat run into a … Continue reading →

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