Thursday 8th February 2024

A beautiful, sparkling, snowy morning. Worthy of all those adjectives. The car was pretty well iced up and took a lot of scraping. It was nice being out in that light, though. I noticed that I had left the polycrub door ajar overnight, so that was annoying. A couple of plants looked quite frosted, but they perked up as the sun came out.

I had my knitting group this morning, although there were only three of us there, due to the weather. We had a good chat and a laugh anyway. We’re meeting in a room the community hall while the visitor centre cafe is closed. I'm almost finished this sock, but it's not going very quickly. I'm keen to get it done before the Lent knitalong starts next week.

I came home and made lunch. There was some of the mince left from yesterday, so I had the bright idea of putting it in an omelette. I can't say I would recommend it…

In the afternoon I did a load of community council admin, as we have a meeting coming up soon. I lit the fire early as it was quite chilly, and enjoyed a hot chocolate too.

There's a couple of onion seedlings showing in the propagator and a few chillies from the Seeds of Scotland order. It's always a thrill. I've given them another night in the warm, then I’ll get them out tomorrow. That means space to sow a few more things - sweet peas maybe?

Dinner was beef and mushroom stroganoff with rice. We both enjoyed it and the boy had seconds, so I won't be tempted to try another leftover omelette. The cookies are finished now, so I had a yogurt instead.

After dinner I had to do some work for another organisation I volunteer for. It wasn't a lot, but it took longer than I thought. For some reason the TV is tuned to a Nigerian station - I hadn't noticed as I was busy on the laptop. I suppose its always good to broaden one's outlook.