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Footing the bill
Well, I haven’t been here for a while, sorry about that, things have been busy and I am still trying to work out what I think about last week’s Election result. So, yesterday we hied to the Lyceum in Edinburgh for the final play in the 2014 -15 season. The was The Venetian Twins, relocated…
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Provenance
For my family:- Double click to enlarge all pictures. Hallforest Croft, Kintore, beside Hallforest itself and a castle. From Kathleen Hosie “… family day out at Halforest Kintore – know to us as the Hill – it was the day everyone met up with their relations as none had cars then, we has to walk…
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Wading right in
Went to Vane Farm aka RSPB Loch Leven this afternoon, just to stretch legs and breathe the Fife air. Rewarded with a rare glimpse of a female garganey. A very knowledgeable lady in the Carden hide, on the flood, had never seen one this far north, so there was much excitement. Also saw shoveler,…
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Downtime Abbey
Well, it’s been unusually quiet here in Camp Chandler, Paul has had the cold from hell for the past 2 – 3 weeks and we didn’t manage to join the chums in Blairgowrie for the annual Folk Club getaway weekend, which was very disappointing but sometimes you just have to acknowledge when it would be…
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Continuity
Thanks to everyone who managed to come to see us on Friday, we had a lovely afternoon and if anyone is feeling aggrieved due to lack of chocolate cakes, please pop over right now, any time, day or night, no need to dress up, although wearing clothes in some format would be appreciated. Happy Easter…
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Addendum
With the frankly wonderful Lars Juel Kjeldsen, who steered us to a clear view of totality.
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In the Hall of the Mountain King
Back home from our epic eclipse cruise on Boudicca, to Norway and the Faeroes. We saw the Aurora Borealis and the total solar eclipse. We lined up in the ocean beside two other ships from the Fred. Olsen fleet, Braemar and Black Watch. We went to a concert in the Ishavskatedralen in Tromsø which was…
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Si vis pacem, para bellum.*
A maxim which applies to all areas of life, not just the battle field, IMHO. Jings, where to start? Where did I leave off? February 4th, apparently. Since that time we were made aware that the Russian Consul General in Scotland was to award Dad with the Ushakov medal, at home, in honour of his…
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Wintry discontent
A Slumber did my Spirit Seal By William Wordsworth A slumber did my spirit seal; I had no human fears: She seemed a thing that could not feel The touch of earthly years. No motion has she now, no force; She neither hears nor sees; Rolled round in earth’s diurnal course, With rocks, and…
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7 deadly things
Current thing on Facebook is to tell folk 7 things they might not know about you. I don’t want to post that on FB particularly. 1. The first record I owned was “You Don’t Have to be a Baby to Cry” by The Caravelles. 2. I am ridiculously intolerant of grammatical errors and misplaced apostrophes,…