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Some hard frosts last few days, still some smatterings of snow remnants here, evidenced by @TillyS post, I believe the last pic is a house the other side of the river from us I could be wrong but yesterday morning it looked like an Arcus or ‘shelf’ cloud across the moray firth. That’s about as exciting as the weather gets just now
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Hellish start to the day, raw with gales and lashing rain. After a short lull with glimpses of blue skies we’ve had some heavy, blustery snow showers zipping past from the West. Found a tick on the dog earlier, not having to deal with those horrible wee critters is another reason why cold/snow spells are great
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Very well thanks @Hairy Celt. Alert, her feeding is good, which is a big help. Although our sleep is broken regularly it’s fairly predictable when. Finding newborn rubber faced expressions entertaining, she’d give Jim Carrey a run for his money. The dog is ambivalent about the new addition but is perceptive as dog’s are and sensitive to her fragility (It’s no doubt secretly ecstatic about all the food-stealing opportunities she will present it in the future). After the last few days weather Isha/Jacelyn won’t feature in any names @Kirkcaldy Weather wouldn’t give her that ignominy The Findhorn looked huge today, snow melt combined with the recent rain. There were trees down locally with the winds but nothing crazy. Geese traveling overhead each of the last 4 days.
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Thanks so much for all the messages and lovely wee personal insights and family experiences. This place is great We’re over the moon with our wee arrival. Who knew something that regurgitates on you so much could be so lovable. Very busy, having a shower is a win, but very happy indeed. Thanks again. @Hairy Celt my wife on the case with the snowiest Gaelic name suggestions. Calling a bairn “snowy” would be “Sneachdach”. Though Gaelic names are usually pretty traditional so this could be controversial to the older purists Snow melt ongoing. Wind was up last night. Very quiet and overcast so far today. Power lines were upgraded locally last year so at least we’re in better shape for storms these days (hopefully..). Plenty logs stocked to keep us all warm regardless.
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Well. Apologies for this late spam post folks. I’m absolutely miles behind in the thread now as I became a Dad within the last 48hrs. So things have been eh hectic! A healthy wee girl arrived safe after a tricky birth. NHS highland have outstanding staff providing a brilliant service. Thumping down with snow at the hospital and through the labour. Nice wintry scenes outside the ward window after the delivery next day Have always found Culloden battlefield a good place to ponder so walked the dog within a brilliantly snowy onslaught there too These conditions continued yesterday evening and in to this morning. Family in western isles saying they have had the most snow in years. Other locations the same. Yesterday and overnight it was great here IMG_3673.mov Flow freeing up in the river today as the milder temperatures arrived *boos audible Hopefully another frozen spell will come soon enough and more kilties can get pasted with snow. Planning on raising another winter aficionado with stories of this particular blast for her catch you in a few months after I’ve caught up with what I’ve missed on here