Male great crested newts are like little water dragons. Soot-coloured and crusty, boasting in spring a spine like a miniature mountain range and a belly bright as embers, they are far larger than our other two newt species and quite unmistakable. The females are a force to be reckoned with, too. Al...

Got to test this out last evening, which was very timely, as I was on quite a tight transit from my Uodn flight to my Perth flight at Swampy. It worked like a charm - in fact it was so efficient I had enough spare time to slam down a couple of pints of Federbrau in the Miracle Lounge as I made the ...

Saturday, 13 April 2024 was a banner day for Scottish soccer. All of our teams came through with victories.

Brechin City humbled Forres Mechanics, 6-1. Carnoustie-Panmure squeezed by Brechin Vic, 2-1. And, Dundee United knocked off Greenock Morton in impressive fashion, 4-1.

I saw him play football for the Buffalo Bills vs. the Baltimore Colts. The game was played in a snowstorm so the Juice and no-else did anything much.

Cantonese Siu Mai is from Guangdong and Guangxi’s southern regions and is very popular as street food in Hong Kong. In the present day, Siu Mai’s main proteins consist of minced pork and shrimp.

on this day In 1689 Aphra Behn, a former spy who became one of the first Englishwomen to earn a living by writing, died in London aged 48. Among her works is Oroonoko: or, the Royal Slave (1688). She is buried in the east cloister of Westminster Abbey, and memorialised in Virginia Woolf’s A Room of ...

Israel screamed it had the right to retaliate when Hamas attacked, and.the West backed.them. When Israel attacks an embassy, that was.self defence? And when Iran retaliates, the West says it is disgraceful and helps Israel. DOUBLE STANDARDS. Israel has carried out numerous assassination missions ag...

on this day In 1517 Tuman bay II, the last sultan of Egypt before Ottoman rule, died in his early 40s. A former domestic slave, his life ended by hanging in Constantinople. His body was taken down after three days, then buried; in 1802 the diary of Dorothy Wordsworth recorded a walk in the Ullswater...

It is doubtful if Israel attacked the Iranian Embassy just for the heck of it. Methinks they must have had a reason or two. Also, one should not be surprised at Iran's response. The whole world seemed to know Iran was going to attack Israel judging by the newspapers and TV analysts. Will this be a l...

It's a non-immigrant O visa. I have been here one year, and Immigration needs me to submit personal and bank information, photos, and so on again. The Immigration officer stamped in my passport to return on May 11th when I should be approved. I had a student visa to attend Chiang Mai University for ...

The march of the American skunk cabbage ( Lysichiton americanu s) seems unstoppable. A native of swamps and wet woodlands in the US Pacific Northwest, American skunk cabbage was introduced to Britain in 1901 as an ornamental plant for ponds and bog gardens. By 1947, it had established itself in the ...

I got the marriage extension this morning at Khon Kaen Immigration by the bus station 3 (baw kaw saw). I forgot one thing. My e-visa was shown in my passport; however, they wanted to see the information the Thai Embassy in Ottawa, Canada had sent about the e-visa to my email address in Toronto. I wa...

On this Day In 1912 RMS Titanic departed Southampton for France, its first stop. At least 1,500 people lost their lives on April 15 when the ship sank after colliding with an iceberg during its maiden voyage; in 1919 Emiliano Zapata, the Mexican revolutionary leader and land reformist, was double-cr...

Anyone with a garden bird feeder will know how welcome a visitor a siskin is. Yellowy-green, with barred wings, a streaky tummy, a forked tail and, in the case of the male, a smart black cap, these are tiny finches — much smaller than a greenfinch — but full of character. They are as acrobatic as bl...

on this day In AD193 Septimius Severus was proclaimed Roman emperor. Born in present-day Libya, he travelled to Britain in AD208, invaded Scotland in AD209 and died in York in AD211, aged 65; in 1413 Henry V was crowned individual of England. His most famous victory was the Battle of Agincourt in Oc...

Thanks for the info guys.

The good samaritan got up on the wrong side of the bed this morning and is a bit touchy, no.

Brechin City slipped up on Saturday with a 4-2 loss to Fraserburgh F.C. They remain in first place by 3 points.

Carnoustie-Panmure came through with a 1-0 win over Couper Angus.

Dundee United thrashed Queen's Park 5-0 to maintain their 5 point lead in first.

Do you have an address and link? We have a Chihuahua-Jack Russell mix, one year 4 months old.

We think of spring as a time of fresh green growth, but the new leaves of several common trees, shrubs and plants aren’t green at all. Many roses put out red foliage at the start of the growing season which later turns green; the younger leaves of photinia blaze out bright scarlet, and both oaks and...