At the start of the year, as part of Scotland’s COVID recovery programme, Cally was asked to work with UHI and Applied Arts Scotland to write and deliver a business course for craft makers.

Fife Council formally implemented their ‘blended model’ of home and office working. Pippi has been assigned to manage Stuart’s work-from-home station, and is usually the first one to the comfy chair after coffee breaks.

Busy times at work meant that Stuart couldn’t spend as much time in the garden as he likes. But he did sneak out to photograph the roses from time to time.

Cally had a disastrous trip down to England, combining heat wave, rail strikes and COVID. She swore never to travel south again, but promptly renegued on her pledge. See below.

The 13th anniversary of Polly’s gotcha day in July. Not interesting, people.

For our summer holiday we returned to Sutherland for the first time since the pandemic.

Stuart is quite relaxed sometimes.

Cows enjoy the beach at Balnakeil too.

Current hobbies include learning Gaelic on Duolingo.

Another trip to England, when Cally’s dad was in Cambridge for a conference in honour of his 80th birthday. More heat waves, more rail strikes – so she was too late for this family photo!

We spent our anniversary weekend in Galloway, visiting secondhand bookshops in Wigtown and the ruined priory at Whithorn.

It’s not usually this wet in lovely Dundee.

Magnus is a big, fluffy boy.

Stuart re-floored the spare room in anticipation of Cally’s mum coming for her first post-pandemic visit, but sadly a medical emergency prevented it. Dorothy is recovering well, and it was third time lucky for Cally on the trains. But progress on unpacking the spare room stuff seems to have stalled!

Cally launched her second online weaving course. The business is keeping her so busy that she has finally left the Open University.

Proper snow.

Cally has been asked to write a weaving book. She is now the Author – and has a deadline. Update next year!