The temp hasn’t got higher than -5° here today. It’s definitely pretty cold when the River Tweed starts to freeze over.

BREAKING: The First Minister is to propose a national bank holiday to mark Scotland’s participation in the World Cup for the first time since 1998

My friend and I on the coastal trail at St Abbs today. It was very cold.

Met up with friends to walk along the coast & cliffs from St Abbs (twinned with New Asgard) today.

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We got a record player for Christmas and got all my old albums and singles out the attic (actually a lot seem to be my big brother’s albums…). Just looked at the price of new albums - £30 plus!!

😊🧭🔭 #CalvinandHobbes

Apparently, it is WORLD INTROVERTS' DAY today. Let's not have a meet-up, just stay quietly at home wrapped in a rug.

It was another cold walk his evening.

😢😢 #CalvinandHobbes

My cat has suddenly become absolutely obsessed with screens.

We’ve just had hailstones and now this… #redskyatnight

We had a walk round Lindean Loch this afternoon. It was beautiful but very cold and very muddy. I was wrapped up from head to toe while my son didn’t even have a jacket one.

All the best for 2026 folks. 🥂

Edinburgh zoo - a few of their giant lanterns on Hogmanay.

Heading into Edinburgh to see the Giant Lanterns exhibition at the zoo then some of the Hogmanay celebrations. I’ll likely be exhausted by 10pm…

Edinburgh candlelight procession- may contain bagpipes. And Vikings.

Right, that’s me stopped working for 2025. 😊

After my day of installing antivirus/VPN to our devices yesterday, today I was determined to fix a problem with the car. It had been beeping & swerving a bit when you went near the centre or side of the road. Read through the manual & it’s fixed. It had been beeping for about 3 months… 🙄

There’s a programme on at the moment about when Hercules the Bear went missing in Scotland. I was 9 when he escaped. I think it was all any of the kids at my primary school could talk about for weeks.

BREAKING: SCOTS would vote to leave the Union should a referendum be held tomorrow, a new poll has found. Yes has a six-point lead over No in our latest exclusive polling with Find Out Now www.thenational.scot/news/2...

I can’t believe no one bought me one of these for Christmas.

I think Calvin’s dad’s attitude might have imprinted on me.

I have had my household IT Support hat on today. A new VPN and all the devices have a new antivirus software added. I’m pretty tired now.

Maggie O’Farrell’s #HAMNET, shortlisted for the 2021 #WalterScottPrize, comes to screens next month. We begin our archive delve with O’Farrell telling the story behind the tragedy of the Shakespeares' son, starting with an insight into their marriage. See the full interview https://loom.ly/oXYli3c#HAMNET

Currently reading The Trouble with Goats and Sheep by Joanna Cannon.

Turns out my cat loves watching Taylor Swift on the Eras tour with my daughter and me.

At the ice hockey. Edinburgh Capitals v Dundee Rockets.

This photo of the dog just popped up from 5 years ago. She really goes bonkers in the snow.

I’m pretty sure that I’ll be napping with my cat very soon…

#CurrentlyWatching Doctor Zhivago. My mum and my brothers also always watch it every year around this time. It has always been part of our Christmas traditions.

Definitely true.

#boxingday walk.

There looks like lots of good books are coming out in 2026. Can’t wait for Maggie O’Farrell’s new book. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Merry Christmas! I feel quite like Snoopy here as I’ve eaten way too much and would be quite happy to go for a snooze now.

Our family have done the Icelandic Jólabókaflóð Xmas eve book exchange for years. My son got me a good choice this year - Poyums by Len Pennie (written in Scots). I saw her at Mainstreet Books recently and she was great.

My favourite version of my favourite Christmas song, sung by Lisa Hannigan. youtu.be/_U0WKDWBcoQ?...

Today I discovered there is a new podcast celebrating Calvin & Hobbes! I’m panicking-finishing a blanket for my mum’s Christmas and listening to it.

Beluga Lagoon at the Lyceum singing The Glen.

Had a wander around Edinburgh before heading to the Baluga Lagoon and Elephant Sessions concert at the Usher Hall.

George Callaghan. 'No Shelter from the Snow' Oil on canvas.

Great excitement - #UniversityChallenge just played Dry the Rain by The Beta Band! Fellow Peebles High school pupils of me & @nicksco77.bsky.social many moons ago.

Bit of a spooky dog walk tonight…

This PEANUTS comic strip was published #OTD on December 22, 1993.

I had increasingly bizarre conversations with my dad who had increasingly severe dementia before he died. This type of rambling sounds very familiar. He wasn’t running a country though…

I’m often asked to make crochet or knitting gifts as Christmas presents which I really like doing. Every year I start too late though and end up in a panic to get things finished. 😰

The view from my mum’s house today on my weekly Friday visit after yoga. Her sheep came wandering over the bridge looking for food. The sunbeams behind the tree in the left pic were nice.

😂 In Scotland we have “yous” so no confusion here.

Currently reading Cold Crematorium by József Debreczeni.