Louis' reading and writing is coming along - last week he helped Helen and I with a few tricky clues in the i crossword...
Sunday, November 25, 2012
Saturday, November 24, 2012
Light Blue Touchpaper
We had a lovely evening with the Stirlings and Paula and Dave at a fireworks event in aid of SLA, held at George Watsons' playing fields at Myreside. The school pipe band played, some Glee-types sang some songs, there were fire twirlers and - best of all - a cracking firework show. I didn't get any decent pictures of that, so you'll have to make do with the kids.
Chilly at the Gym
Another combined day out; Louis on his bike, both at our local BMX track and at the short mountain bike trail at Hailes Quarry Park, where there's also (slightly bizarrely) an outdoor "gym" area with machines for lifting, stretching, bending and so on. Holly loved it, but most of the pictures seem to be of Louis. I won't tell her if you don't...
Magic Numbers
Helen's firm have been working on the volunteering website for Glasgow 2014. One of the features there is a countdown clock made up of various people holding numbers; they needed some to get the ball rolling so Holly, Louis and I spent an entertaining hour in the garden mucking about with numbers. Some of them came out quite nicely.
Autumnal Hues
Don't be fooled; this isn't one outing but a combination of three - we made a tree swing in D Mains Park, we visited the Fitness Trail in Inverleith Park, and we walked along the Water of Leith to Stockbridge, there to visit Dick's, the new shop opened by cousin Andrew and Uli. It's very cool indeed - drop in if you get a chance.
Lochore Meadows
Well, it's been a while. There was an unfortunate incident with a laptop, a daughter and a glass of water, and the poor electronic device has only just been brought back from the dead. Here's some snaps of a lovely day we had at Lochore Meadows across the water in the Kingdom of Fife, it's a cracking spot and will merit further investigation. It was the first outing both for my newly-operated-on hernia, and for my shiny new zoom lens. Both survived the day without incident.
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