Time passes pleasantly

The other grandparents have been visiting the Edinburgh family this week so we didn't see them yesterday as we usually do. We've had a week of doing bits and pieces - the garden, getting the air conditioning in the car refilled, that sort of thing. One day we climbed the hill in hot (for Scotland) sunny weather. 

Can you see the sea? Not the Mediterranean, no, but just as blue. 

And then we sat on the handy bench to catch our breath, and looked down over the golf course towards the unmistakable skyline of the city, 

before proceeding down the other side of the hill. 

The foxgloves

are beautiful

at this time of year.

 

Mind you, my peonies aren't bad either. 

The middle bit of this was an experiment for a quilt. I later decided on yellow stars. Biggest Granddaughter decided to use this patch as a bedcover for her toy guinea pig. So I said I'd put borders on it and make it into a little quilt. 

Which I did, yesterday, when the Edinburgh Two would normally be with us. There seemed to be lots of extra time in the week. Of course I expected the mini-quilt to take a couple of hours and it took, probably, four. But that was fine. 

And then today, Daughter 2 and this little person came up from London. I got such a lovely greeting from her at the station - she ran and flung herself into my arms. Love her!