This is Nell. She’s a Border Collie. Though many folk ask what she is crossed with, she is in fact a pure-bred and has papers. She may not conform to some ideas of what a collie should look like but she’s pure collie in temperament and behaviour. A little bit OCD, maybe. Somewhere on the …
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So fake, to say “faux”
One of the signs of the season is the desertion by our cats of the conservatory, where they have been camped out almost permanently this year. They have moved indoors in search of greater comforts and have been spending much of each day on our bed — normally Nell’s province, where they all like to …
Thanks, Nell
Nell ate a lot of kelp yesterday evening. A LOT.
So, Nell drank a lot of water last night. A LOT.
So, that meant that Nell got me up bright and early this morning in order to empty her bladder.
So, I got to see this magnificent sunrise.
One of those days
It’s a glorious good-to-be-alive day. One of those Orcadian days that make all the wet and wind worthwhile. I would love to be out and about with my camera. Unfortunately I need to be at my desk, with my book project. Only… things haven’t panned out very well…
Nell’s in the News
Nell’s in the news! Well, not quite, but she is in the Your Pictures part of the BBC’s Scotland news site. Thanks to SpinningGill for alerting us to Nell’s fame.
Mince Pies
I had made a dozen mince pies. I took great care with them, to make them as good as possible under the circumstances. But tragedy befell! …