Ah, double latte here I come

Two double lattes today, in fact. Most of the morning out and about, doing weekly grocery shopping and hoping to have our usual d-latte at Georgie's Cafe. Best coffee ever. A day of ups and downs, sad news and good news. Nice to be doing a bit of Christmas shopping and thinking about our friends in the UK. And sparing a thought for our little plots in Glencoe Wood. Someone we spoke to yesterday chortled at the size of our land in Scotland. Hey, it's better than none, and it's big enough to camp on, eh? I must say I think purchasing a square foot is a little extreme, even though I understand the concept of having many buyers of plots in this beautiful location. Worth a look at www.highlandtitles.com

But we want to be able to at least sit on ours - together. Scotland is too far away at the moment. We have friends who are grieving, loved ones who are unwell, and all life is very precious. We're thinking of all those who are touched by illness. Our highlight today was judging a local Christmas Tree Decoration/drawings competition and having the pleasure of looking at so many gorgeous works from kids all the way from kinder to grade 6. We love kids' sense of humour, and their imagination.

Harking back to the matter of having land in Scotland, in this country there is an opportunity for landowners to put a covenant on their land for all sorts of conservation reasons.
I've just had a look at this site: http://www.scenicrim.qld.gov.au/environment/propertyconservation.shtml
And here's a now familiar sign seen on properties all over Australia: