In this life

Us to Grandson: What does a dog say? Grandson: Woo-woof. Us to Grandson: What does a pussycat say? Grandson: Miaou-miaou. Us to Gra...

Mini Granddaughter, one and a half days old, gradually unsquashing herself. Mini and her mum and big brother. Sorry, Nanny and Gramp...

Thanks so much for the good wishes. Above, Grandson meets Volume 2 - who is still a bit pink and squashed and no wonder, since she was ...

2.30 am today. Haven't seen her yet. Can't wait!

Well, this morning - since there was nothing urgent to do (unfortunately) - Daughter 1 and I went to the garden centre to have coffee and...

Today we went for a walk with Grandson in Roseburn Park. In the background you can see the extremely unlovely Murrayfield Stadium. I...

Mr Life and I went for a walk this afternoon in Stockbridge. We inspected the flood works on the Water of Leith. It all looked very ...

Still waiting... . Poor old Cassie and Sirius have become more or less reconciled to Grandson. He really likes them and will trot up to ...

This is a completely irrelevant picture of flowers that my colleagues gave me as part of my retirement present. I found it while looking ...

This is the hall where we sang on Sunday. There was an audience by the evening, you understand. My photo was taken at the rehearsal. I...

There are definite signs of spring (though these are supermarket daffodils, not flowers from my garden, apart from the polyanthus) and I ...

Well, what's been going on around here for the past few days? Not a lot, really, or not much worth reporting. Cassie has adopted the ...

Daughter 2 and Sirius had a nice cuddle. He's always cooperative in such activities. We went out to lunch on Sunday. She decided...