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Category: Family

  • Monday

    Well, what a trauchle it was to get to work and home again today.  I cannot tell you how much I am looking forward to more of the same tomorrow.   That’s because I am not, at all. Paul is downstairs trying to set up a meeting by Skype for his astro club, their meeting…

  • Hors de combat

    Sunday finds your correspondent in the grip of a mystery ailment, I won’t go into details but it’s like having three different things wrong with you at once.   However, baby Callum is here telling stories.

  • Post Slaley Post

    First class.  Another week in Northumberland, one of the country’s unsung  jewels.   Even although the weather was atrocious for most of the time, we blethered, cooked, swam and shopped.  It’s a tremendous getaway, what with the quizzes and bingo, we love it.

  • Netiquette

    It’s difficult when I am excited about going somewhere not to rave on about it here, since it’s fairly dumb to advertise when we will be away.  It all has a fairly retrospective feel to it.   So, I can’t tell you about our upcoming holiday which will be sometime this year,  somewhere in England, or…

  • See food, eat it

    Here is Paul on his birthday at the Dakota Hotel near South Queensferry, with his trencher of seafood.

  • Friday evening

    Taking up the opportunity to chill after yet another fairly busy week at work.  Listening to Steven Lindsay, or to give him his full name, “Steven Lindsay, formerly of the Big Dish.”   See me for full story. Paul’s birthday tomorrow.   New ‘scope not here yet.   The expectation/hope is that it will have arrived in…

  • Job done sun

    Yesterday was such a beautiful day, as late summer slides into early autumn.  Some of the rowan trees are already turning, starting at the top with that unbelievable salmon pink.  I find this time of year brings on a whole heap of mixed emotions, besides being the obvious harbinger of change and winter (oh please,…

  • Back to earth

    Landed back home last weekend, been very busy since then picking up all the threads of our lives, plus seeing Ruth while she was in Scotland, total bonus.   Last night we went to Grant’s house to see lots of family, including  Callum and Kerry. Kerry was on a very quick visit from Toronto to meet…

  • Still on edge

    Trying to wind down to our holidays, but not going anywhere until baby Cook shows up. Went to see Inception at the pictures, I am still convinced that Alan Alpenfelt is an extra in there, just as the strangers crowd around Leo in Paris.  Can’t wait to buy the dvd and freeze frame to make…

  • Friday at last

    Just home from Elspeth’s, been looking at their pictures of the cruise on Discovery, along the Norwegian coast.  I want to go again!! Now we are going to plan our holidays.  Still many sleeps.