Lockdown week 13 - Sunday - Lauriston

Father's Day, but no visits from family because, apart from anything else, rain was forecast and they're not allowed to come into the house. In fact, the morning was sunny, but in the afternoon, when we set off for our walk, it was slightly wet. We walked round the grounds of Lauriston Castle,

It's a sixteenth century tower house, but with extensive nineteenth century additions. It ended up being owned by people with no children. In 1926 they left it to Scotland on condition that the inside was unchanged, so it still has their furniture, ornaments and pictures. You can see round it, though not at the moment.

And the garden, though slightly unkempt at the moment like all our public gardens, is pretty.

At the bottom of the garden is the sea,

or rather the tidal estuary, with Fife on the other side. Over that way are our son and his family.

Here you can see the old tower on the right, surrounded by the relatively new (1820s) extension.

This is the Japanese Garden - the Edinburgh-Kyoto Garden, opened in 2002.

Then we came home and the sun shone again.

And then I did some more sorting of old stuff, such as this photo of Son. Isn't he cute?

And the daughters, on holiday in Ibiza.

This made me feel wistful. Ah well. Feeling wistful will not, as my mother used to say, buy the baby a new bonnet. On, on.