Finding the chase and cutting to it

I am not a nationalist, so this is going to be a big disappointment to anyone expecting that kind of rhetoric… This picture sums it up for me: a lavendar bush we planted in 2022 which is hosting a cabbage white butterfly, several types of bee, and a moth of some kind. It’s a little […]

This is a short piece on how we went about the changes we needed to make to ensure we were eligible for the boiler upgrade scheme (BUS). Ideally, we would have got a ground sourced heat pump (GSHP), but it is much more expensive to do that once the house has been built. When we […]

My beloved husband has got to an age when he prefaces statements with, “I remember a time when…” Which freaks me out a little. I know there is a 7 years, 2 days, age gap, but just recently, it has felt like a big thing. Only to find myself doing that very thing today! Not […]

I have rearranged my pre-planned publishing list to squeeze this in, because I think it’s pertinent to our time. Which contradicts the subject of this post: procrastination. There are all things we procrastinate about and research actually shows this isn’t necessarily a bad thing (unless you have a time limit on anything). Waiting to or […]

As we have travelled to another part of the UK, Glasgow to be honest, one of the greenest places in the country in terms of power generation… Preciously what, may I ask, has that to do with on-line shopping, please? Oh, sorry, got distracted by the 20 or so wind turbines I can see spinning […]

What on earth is an Eddi? Good question – it is a solar diverter and to be fair, it was setup’ish, it’s just now talking to the internet. Why, oh why… Hey, this is my thing. Everyone needs a hobby! A solar diverter is something we have had since we first got our solar panels […]