seasonal – KDD & Co

reflective

By: Kate Davies Designs October 3, 2021October 3, 2021

knitting, mental health, photography, seasonalAutumn, bipolar, knitting, landscape, making, mental health, photography, productivity, seasonal, work27 Comments

in-between things

an airy sweater

Mel thinks she’s knitted herself a sweater but Kate has other ideas

Winter’s End

Bonnie Sennot finds inspiration at Winter’s End.

Na Séasúir

Mary O’Shea introduces a glorious circular scarf whose colours turn with her, through the seasons

season of mists

By: Kate Davies Designs October 28, 2017October 28, 2017

home, landscape, ootlier, photographyAutumn, landscape, mist, photography, seasonal75 Comments

I’ve probably said this a few times, but it often strikes me as curious how, in the past few years I’ve been transformed from someone for whom Autumn was her most detested season to genuine enjoyment of this time of year. As a city-dwelling lecturer whose mood disorder had developed seasonal associations, I utterly loathed…

dog days

By: Kate Davies Designs July 24, 2017July 24, 2017

Bruce, Buachaille, Camping, photographybruce, landscape, photography, seasonal, summer82 Comments

Hiya! It is I, Bruce. Today I am here to tell you about the phenomenon known as DOG DAYS. Now, I was frankly very excited when I heard there were some DAYS named after DOG. If it was up to me, such days would involve many favourite DOG things: things such as SWIM, STICK, SNOOZE,…

around the loch

By: Kate Davies Designs October 23, 2016October 23, 2016

landscape, personal, photography, Scotland, seasonalAutumn, home, landscape, loch, personal, photography, Scotland, seasonal98 Comments

The October weather continues to amaze. I think the landscape where we live perhaps looks its very best on a golden Autumn day. This is the morning view from our house, across the small loch which sits just behind us to the south. The loch supports an abundance of wildlife and is full of trout,…

Brenda’s plum cake

By: Kate Davies Designs September 14, 2016September 14, 2016

baking, business, food, Kate Davies Designs, recipebaking, Business Women Scotland, cake, food, plum cake, plums, recipe, seasonal42 Comments

It definitely feels like harvest season here: the swallows and housemartins have departed, we are curing our bumper onion crop for the winter, and the trees on the steading are full of fruit. Our neighbour, Brenda, has several beautiful plum trees, which have been very productive this year. So productive, in fact, that Tom has…

fruition

By: Kate Davies Designs July 26, 2014July 26, 2014

design, gardening, knitting, walking, West Highland Wayknitting, landscape, seasonal, summer, sweet peas, tomatoes, yokes40 Comments

This is the view from the top of our lane yesterday evening. The large hulking hill to the right is Ben Lomond, with the Arrochar “Alps”, including the Cobbler, to the left. The weather continues to be amazing. Everything is coming to fruition. My tomatoes are ripening. I am impressed with my peppers, also grown…