Not exactly lockdown but certainly not quite normal - week 21 (is it?)

And the time with Daughter 2 and Littlest Granddaughter whizzes on - exhaustingly but happily. We went to Lauriston Castle Gardens - ten minutes away, which is just about as far as Littlest can go in a car without being sick. And she wasn't.

It was beautiful weather.

I took lots of photos like this to store in my memory bank (and my computer) till we see her the next time.

There's been a lot of playing in the garden (that lily's good this year)

and many more photos.

And here was a surprise! (Forgive my frankly inexcusable Granny-boasting.) When Daughter 1 and her family got back from visiting Son-in-Law's family down south, they found this book through the letter box. We knew nothing about this, but when he was in nursery - so when he was 3 - Big Grandson's nursery teachers said that they were writing a chapter of a book for early years practitioners and could they include him as a case study? So his parents said yes and the years passed (he's now 9).

And look - here he is! We were aware that he was reasonably bright but it's interesting to read someone else's opinion of him. How exciting! They had only one other case study and he was from 2019, which seems strange, since Big G's study was in 2013.

Daughter 2 and I went with three grandchildren to the (closed) gallery along the road yesterday. She organised them into races round that art installation. It was nice and exhausting for them - also her - there she is in the distance, bringing Littlest back to the rest of us. They earned their ice creams. It's sometimes useful being 70 and embracing old age by just watching all this energetic activity.

Sadly we haven't been able to see Son and family in case Daughter 2 had picked up something nasty in London or in the train, or in case Daughter 1 and family had, down south, and passed it on to them. We've missed them. Middle Granddaughter is now 4. Tempus fugit indeed.