Extraordinary ice sculptures and frozen paintings in the burn from which we take our drinking water - giving a double meaning to “water abstraction”

Keep your eye clear
as the bleb of the icicle,
trust the feel of what nubbed treasure
your hands have known.

(from North by Seamus Heaney)

A kiwano, aka horned melon, aka African horned cucumber. One of the more unusual gifts of the day.

I love you, schiehallion. Anthriscus Sylvestris raises its delicate umbels in salute 🫡

Not all of Britain 🙈 minus 12 the other day up in highland Perthshire

Minus ten in the glen

When your 20 min train journey lasts 2 hours

So sad to lose John Prescott. He seemed like someone with a focus on what really matters. If only the last decade and a half had seen more politicians like him who knew the importance of investing in infrastructure for a better, fairer country. There went a good man.

Yes. Living in the highlands. The great secret about highland Scotland is that the weather is not bad, there’s just a lot of it. It rains a lot, but it suns a lot too so we never go more than a couple of days without seeing glorious sun (Although it was -11.1°c last night)

On the contrary, it shows you how caring and empathetic you have become. My partner and I held a funeral for our office spider, Gary. So it’s completely normal