PRICES AND VALUES

 Another day of cold snow showers after a minus 6 temperature until a few hours ago. Yesterday,  I was astonished to see in Thurso, 10 miles away, it was warmer, more straightforward and busier than where I live. I went out dressed like Shackleton on a trip to the far-flung north pole, only to discover the heating was on in every shop.  I hope we will see warmer weather soon, allowing the body warmer and T-shirt wear to be recommissioned for at least a few months.  

The charity shop is a roaring trade in jazz vinyl albums that I have been buying recently, this week £3 cheaper than they were last week. In Tesco, the prices have increased again. Taxi fares have also increased. I wonder when it will all collapse? Because at some point, people will stop buying goods and services, forcing prices downwards into a spiral of deflation. Pure greed is the main driving force behind this at the consumer end of the retail industry; we are stupidly paying more and more, they will inflate the prices, and so it goes on. 

The news through media outlets continues to be a distraction via non-stories to hide the real nugget they are trying to hide. That nugget is the Government, for thirteen years, then another thirteen years before we have had the worst administration in my lifetime.

They have all failed on immigration, crime and the EU. 

Now the media has jumped on Gary Lineker, another distraction from the real issues.

We don't want the nasty tribal nationalist attitudes of the thirties where we blame and terrorise one section of the community for being different. Lineker is correct about that, so why didn't he just say that?

The State has no business to poke around and lecture people.

SNOW SCENE ON THE A9.

A picture I took of snow falling outside my bungalow a few years ago on the A9. 

 No Snow at the moment, and the temperature has now dropped to minus 5 outside. 

 Lots of hot tea and food were consumed by me today to keep my energy and protein levels up.

FLAT EARTH SPOTTED ON A SNOWY AFTERNOON IN NORTH SCOTLAND?

 The puddle is in the middle of a snowy, infinite plane.

The Snow covered and overflowing Bottle Bank is seen above.

The Roof is covered in snow. 

The Snow covered roads ungritted in a part of North Scotland 9 miles from Thurso. Freezing cold.

 

SPRING ON THE HORIZON.

As we edge closer to February, this windy dark Sunday morning just before 6 am in north Scotland with the temperature in double figures. The snow went a week ago the days are slowly becoming longer. Hanging washing out is now possible. All these little things are positive signs. 

Brighter days are ahead, and spring is just eight weeks away. It will be pleasant to wear less clothing outside. Hats, heavy coats and a pair of wellies probably weighing the same as Robocop's boots.

I must buy some new plants for this spring because the shrubs didn't survive the heat of 2021 when moving to a new home. It can be dry 2021 was very dry, and last year was a wet year. 

A bad back, painful knees no energy can make gardening an experience. I can just plant straight into the old holes full of dead shrubs once it has been removed, saving time and energy. 

Now, just before 8:40 am it is light, cloudy and windy.