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Category: Family

  • Aunty Net’s party

    Yesterday we had a party in Dad’s house for Aunty Net, on the occasion of her 90th birthday next week.  Loads of family and friends were able to attend,  the sun shone (mostly) and only one of the gazebos was trashed.      

  • Puffin O’Clock

    Here is the new clock which my husband bought for me during the Edinburgh Fringe.  It’s birdy. www.stuartceramics.com

  • Capital times

    Back from three days in the Smoke where we were delighted to meet up with chum Ruth.  We had originally planned to go to both Cambridge and London but Paul’s operation made us take a more realistic approach.   We saw two extremely good plays, Much Ado About Nothing with David Tennant and Catherine Tate, and…

  • Birthday bash

    Yesterday Callum was one year old, and we were asked along to celebrate.  Apparently I took 120 pictures, but when someone moves that fast then you have to take as many as possible in the hope that you’ll achieve at least a few semi decent results!  He loves his car garage and his fire engine. …

  • Murrayfield try

    Well, it’s a little bit funny, as Sir Elton once opined.  Paul has been for a hernia repair op., and right now he’s sound asleep, so don’t phone. I’m not going to put any details up but you can text me if you are mindful.  Hopefully sweet dreams for us both tonight.  Last night’s for…

  • Davos Dauphinoise

    Does anyone else look at an unpeeled celeriac and think “Ooh, Daleks,”?  Maybe just me then. Anyway, after yet another session in the kitchen where things went less or less according to plan, I am finally arriving at the conclusion that it’s not me, it’s the oven. Or, to be more specific, it’s the temperature…

  • Hooray for Holyrood

    Today we attended the Queen’s Garden Party at Holyrood Palace in Edinburgh. It was quite an occasion, we were happily people watching whilst enjoying our tea, sandwiches and cakes.  Couldn’t see too much, due to the vast crowds and occasional rude manners (or lack of entirely) on behalf of the guests.  But some guests were…

  • Black Sunday

    Here is Dad, celebrating his 95th birthday in advance, with niece Betty (65), great niece Beth (16) and great nephew Andra (11).

  • Working 95

    Yesterday Paul and I went through to Stirling to see Dad just before his 95th birthday.  Several efforts to “take a nice picture” came to naught since the darkness at noon that passes for summer in fair Scotia just now enforced the use of flash photography.   Chums will know that this welds my eyes shut…

  • Losing it

    It’s been a while.  Feels as if the world, or at least my version of it, has tilted on its axis somewhat, I’m finding areas of it to be, well, interesting, shall we say.  Less anon. But I have failed to comment on so much, especially the Christening and family party for young Callum Cook. …