I took Friday off as we were taking the kids for the weekend (Friday and Saturday, anyway) as Jenny and Andy went off to Stobo Castle which is a luxury spa place... I think it was Andy's b-day present ( Read more... )

Four day week at work, as Monday was a holiday.  We went to the Dino Park with the kids and Jenny.  Had lunch there and a little tray bake or two.  The weather has been pretty good lately.  Warm, like almost summer ( Read more... )

We stopped to search for dinosaur footprints which have been found near where we were on Skye... only found sheep footprints, tho.

Here's one we didn't find (from the internet):


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Back to last weekend.....

After the Fairy Glen, we took a wee road across the Trotternish peninsula towards the Quiraing.  Here's a pic I took:


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Ayla is in a school Christmas play today... I'll miss it, tho, as I'm at work (no learners here this week, so catching up with marking papers).  Anyway, yeah, at St. Andrews nursery she's an angel this year.  Adam also had a part in his play at Calside a couple days ago.  Amelie is very nearly able to walk now.  She goes a few steps sometimes.  She ( Read more... )

For the Song List...  "She Talks to Rainbows" by the Ramones

A slow, sad Joey Ramone song from their last album.

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I scanned a few pages of my journal from 30 years ago that have a couple pictures and description of a trip with a friend, Kevin, to California during Spring Break March 1986....    The pictures nor the description are all that great...  we didn't take a lot of pictures in those days...  Maybe I'll try to write down my recollections of that trip to ( Read more... )

Adam and I have talked about meteors in the past, but last night we had an interesting conversation while Linda and I were driving him and Ayla home.  I guess they've been talking about dinosaurs and meteors at school ( Read more... )

We went to the Dino Park today with Adam and Ayla. First time for Ayla, and she was a bit scared. The dinosaurs were making a lot more noise than I remember the last time I was there. There was also a nice play area there and an enchanted woodland with fairy villages... it was a nice day out.

Adam climbed up on a giant gorilla and I told him to ( Read more... )

We went to the Dino Park today. Some pix from my old iphone:


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