The Puddle Party

I drove back onto the farm yard and noticed a few birds around one of the big puddles left by the recent rain so I stopped the car and reached for the “big boy”, my joke name for the camera with a Sigma 150-600mm lens fitted 🙂 … More The Puddle Party

Monday Morning Stroll

Monday October 6th, windy and chilly with some beautiful clouds and blue sky patches. I got out reasonably early to see what I might catch but there wasn’t anything that exciting going on, temperatures are dropping, the wind hasn’t really stopped blowing since last Friday, we’re kind of used to that, being on an open hill 🙂 … More Monday Morning Stroll

Amy’s Weekend

October 3rd 2025 – we drove back from Cellardyke, a day earlybecause Storm Amy was heading our way and the wind was getting up and it just felt right to get home before the full storm hit. We live on a hilltop, pretty exposed to the wind so we’d rather be here if anything happens … More Amy’s Weekend

When cats come calling

That kitten just appeared on day, there are no cats on the farm, I’d seen no cats out and about on the surrounding land and yet, there it was and looking like it did, I had thoughts on it being a Scottish Wildcat hybrid and, I guess that’s still possible, some people I’ve spoken to when I’m out walking talk of wild cats in some of the glens, around five miles away, as the Crow flies so not an impossibility. … More When cats come calling