Article for 2012 Aug 07
Part of the “2012 Argyll” series.
2012
2012 Aug
Aug 07 Tue 
The three most note-worthy events of this day were the excursion with Uncle in the Boat (that’s his dinghy thingy), the photographing of swallows by me and one of the Cottage’s windows, and the dinner at the West Loch.
The Boat excursion involved sighting seals and greater black-backed gulls, followed by several small and green-veined whites that live in reed-ridden wetland, and tortoise-shells that live in thistly rocky scrub.
The swallows have a more comfortable abode, in a corner of the roof above the window in the living-room. They share their nest with chicks that I haven’t seen yet, but I have heard cheeping, and I’ve seen the parents taking insects to them to swallow. A surprised swallow some-times darts off when the window’s opened.
Not that we often open windows. There are too many flies around to keep it practical. The swallows would disagree though.
My dinner (at the West Loch) excluded flies and included a crème brûlée, the best this year. I can’t remember the main course.