Edinvillie House Sit

We found the house for our next stay.  The directions from Britt were excellent; "just as you think you're are lost, keep going and there we are!"  Britt and Pete were packed and ready to leave in their camping van.  We met the 3 dogs, who were going with them, and saw two of the cats, out of the four we are to care for.

When I saw the atrium, I knew this was the place.  Britt sent pictures showing this.

The house is very comfortable, with a wonderful atrium on the end with underfloor heating, so it's warm. Our bedroom is on the ground floor with the bath across the hall. We can save our achy knees for climbing medieval stairs!  I do go upstairs to leave cat food for Mouse and Tilda, but that is doable.

The back of the house seen from the road on the hill.  We came home a different way and saw this view.  The view was nice, the road not so much.  Britt warned us!

Sitting at the computer, it dawned on me what is different about this house from the others we have stayed in; there is no wallpaper.  All of the houses we have stayed in while in the UK, except for Jude's, have had large print wallpaper in most of the rooms.  This house has painted walls and lots of windows.

Mouse, who is a very small cat.

Puffin, who is old, but still feisty!

Bill and Spud having an early morning conversation.

There are four cats in the house: Puffin, Spud, Mouse and the elusive Tilda.  Puffin has been ill recently, so receives pills and extra attention to food.  Mouse, we were warned, was very shy, but on the second morning she showed up to sit in the same room with us.  She is still nervous, but getting better.  Spud is the warm, mellow guy who just wants to be rubbed and fed.  Tilda, who we have only seen speeding out the door, lives upstairs in the closet.  I finally went upstairs and peeked in the closet to make sure she was ok, she was.  Maybe someday I can get a picture.  Tilda and Spud are siblings.

The area is semi-rural, we have neighbors across and down the lane.  Usually what we hear are the rooster crowing in the morning, the cows mooing in the evening, and the stream behind the house always running, nature's white noise.

Sunrise!  The first we've seen in Scotland; too many buildings and too many clouds until now.

This is our last housesit of the year.  We have another week in Scotland after it's over, but we will be using AirBnB for our accomodations until we fly home from Glasgow.