October 2024

Diary

Inverness / Diary / Dawn

Monday 7 October, 2024

by Rosemary at 8:24am in Smallholding Comments closed

So, it’s Thursday and I haven’t written anything in my diary for this week, but here goes.

Monday 30^th September

This is easy, because we drove to Newtonmore to visit the Highland Fok Museum – well worth a visit, would recommend. The weather started grey but the cloud broke and we had blue skies and sunshine. Then up to Inverness for a disappointing Indian meal (naan bread out of a packet) and an overnight.

Friends Jeni and Jo were housesitting – a trial run for February, when we go to Gran Canaria.

Autumn / Cleaning / Festival

Monday 14 October, 2024

by Rosemary at 6:22am in Smallholding Comments closed

Monday 7^th October

There’s been a fair bit of rain overnight. I thought I heard thunder in the very early hours, and heavy rain. Still loads of midges though. And it’s very mild. We need a good hard frost to kill the wee b@ggers.

Mickey is resisting taking his Prascend, wee pest. Need to find another method than apple.

Managed to get out in the vegetable garden for an hour or so. Pulled up the runner bean, spinach and rocket, then weeded the bed. We can get most of it covered now. What long roots rocket has. I was driven indoors by the dreaded midges.

Rain / Festival / Ashley

Monday 21 October, 2024

by Rosemary at 4:17am in Smallholding 1 comment Comments closed

Wednesday 16^th October

Heavy rain overnight and through the day, but mild. Dottie has been asleep in her box most of the day, and the boys are through the house. The dogs are outside, but they’re nuts.

No idea where Monday and Tuesday went. Tuesday, Lorna, Linda and I went clothes shopping in Dundee – maybe my brain has shut out the trauma  It was fine – got some clothes for Lorna, which was the objective.

The parts for our car are now not going to be in until 22^nd October – that’s over two months since the accident. Hope we have it back to go on holiday.

Post-Festival / Cake / Holiday

Saturday 26 October, 2024

by Rosemary at 11:46am in Smallholding 1 comment Comments closed

Monday 21^st October

Awake and up at 4.30am. So windy. Still, was able to crack on with the cattle movements and other paperwork for the Festival clear down.

Dottie did NOT like Storm Ashley. When I took their chicken up last night (they’d been put in their room early because we were going out to dinner) at bedtime, I couldn’t see her. She was tucked right at the back of the box with a blanket in, wild eyed. I tried to get her out but she spat at me but I persevered because I couldn’t believe it was the wind making her like that. But she came out and darted into the cat carry box. She didn’t come out this morning, finally appeared at lunchtime once the wind had dropped, went outside for 15 minutes, came in and has slept all afternoon except for a brief waking to eat some chicken, the back in the land of Nod. Poor baby.