Amusingly for a lot of people I have laryngitis and have been missing my voice for a few days now. I can honestly say that part of it could be down to chatting away with my fab school friend who came to stay with us for the weekend with her two lads. We went all over, talking about anything and everything and the kids played as they will do. We didn't do hugely pricey things but we showed them some of our life up here and it wasn't long before she said she could see why I love it here so much. I'm not feeling under any pressure to be talking again quickly so it is not exactly stressful. At the moment I am pottering about a bit getting some pre-weekend chores done but I wanted to share something quickly with you. This morning I have been completely bowled over by the fact that this is not some sort of dream and I really do live somewhere as awesome as this. The car was frozen solid this morning and the temperature here has dropped massively as the white fields lined with barbed wire and frozen drops of water told me as soon as I looked outside. It is beautifully clear and as I look to my left as I stand outside I see the pale sun rising spilling light over the fields, light that stretches and knocks away the shadows while on my right I have the pure white hills (mountains to us English folk) on the West coast of Scotland as they have been covered in snow. It is truly breathtaking.
One side of the cold is thinking 'do I put on the heating?'...well no. I have been out and brought in a few loads of chopped wood so soon I will light the fire and around lunch time I will light the Rayburn so the house is warm when the family get home for the weekend. This is wood that we have cut into rounds from fallen trees, I have split and we have brought home. It might sound a bit crazy but it is a satisfying thought. Even more so to know that tomorrow we will all go out to the woods despite the cold and my lovely OH and I will split some wood while the munchkins climb trees and go looking for things to add to their den (I wonder if they have noticed they haven't put on a roof yet?). It's a little thing but it is what we enjoy.
I need to get on now if only to get some more of my traditional Fair Isle kep finished because I could really do with it when I go outside for now! I will tell you more about my key another time but for now I will go get the fire lit so JR can curl up next to me as I knit.
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| my Fair Isle Kep |
Hugs from Haggis Land,
Jx
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