Good and not so good

I'm a bit discouraged – nothing new or drastic, but much too busy, rather worried about various insoluble things and generally feeling that life is hard work. So here are some pictures of some pleasant things from the last couple of weeks. As you can see, our son washed "his" car the weekend before last, which the catlets found very interesting.

Hello. Do you like our bells and magnets?

We then went to the Botanic Gardens, one of our favourite places. There's still a lot of colour even though it's nearly autumn. Rudbeckias make a wonderful splash of sunshine.

These colours aren't exactly subtle but they're cheerful.

This Sunday, we took the family to lunch at the Goblin Ha' at Gifford, in East Lothian. It was mild and actually quite sunny, though not when I took the photos.

Gifford is a pretty little place, though not improved by all those cars. There are two nice pub/restaurants, so quite a few people come at weekends.

Here's the village hall: quite impressive for a two-street village.

Then we went home.

My garden isn't quite the Botanics, but it's still reasonably colourful. Begonias...

... sweet peas...

... some beautiful roses...

... and lots of fuchsias.

And then it was Monday again.