Bears and things

Here I am again with another series of old-lady activities. Another, even older, lady had a special weekend, when we celebrated her Platinum Jubilee. We didn't do a lot of celebrating ourselves but we did watch the Trooping of the Colour on Thursday, even though Her Maj didn't appear. I imagine she watched it on telly, just like us. She appeared from time to time over the weekend but she's looking very much thinner than she did a few months ago and I feel that this doesn't bode very well. Her little sketch with Paddington was good, though! 

Daughter 2 and Littlest Granddaughter came up from London on Thursday and then Son and his family on Friday, with the Edinburgh family making appearances too, so that was all very nice. They played in the garden (jumping/riding on Son quite a lot). (As Daughter 2 has pointed out, the above victim is actually Big Grandson.)

and also in a local park, 

and in the Botanics, 

where we admired the blue poppies

and ran around the rockery. 

Another day we went to another local park, where we had a long wait for coffees, so the older ones took their little ones and played In And Out The Dusty Bluebells, which proved surprisingly popular. 

It's allium time in that park. 

Son and family went home on Sunday, and on Monday, Daughter 2 worked at home while Littlest Granddaughter and I went to the museum, where we had a fine time. 

This bear is in Princes Street Gardens.

So it was lovely. But it was not restful. 

It's always difficult when they go away; much worse than before they come. But at least we can get the house tidy. 

When everyone had gone, we went out to East Lothian for a walk and a look at the Dunglass Collegiate Church, which we think we'll include in the walk that we're leading soon. It was built in about 1443 but was used as a barn in the 19th century so doesn't have anything much inside it apart from a few worn carvings. The building itself is intact, though, which is more than we'll be in 600 years.