Reading time: < 1 min Given the events of the past few weeks our normally ‘minimal’ approach to having family photos on show has changed. Last night Louise and Susan went to IKEA and she came home with four lovely picture frames in a variety of styles. Tonight she picked out the photos, tomorrow I’ll print them out (after getting…
Reading time: < 1 min Movie info from IMDB Movie reviews from Metacritic Cracking! I should really leave it at that, shouldn’t I. After all if you don’t know who Wallace and Gromitt are then I have to ask where you’ve been hiding. Now, I’m pretty sure they are more popular in the UK, and given the focus on the…
Reading time: < 1 min … from outer space, I just walked in to find you here, with that sad look upon your face. Ohh how eerily apt. Yes, it’s November and yes, I’m back in blogland. Hello again. Remember me? I’ve not really been away completely, been reading and commenting occasionally but with a distinct lack of enthusiasm. The…
Reading time: < 1 min I stop myself using the phrase “my mother-in-law” because it comes with many negative connotations. You know the jokes, about how awful she is, but in truth I loved my wife’s mother like my own. She accepted me into the heart of her family, and it was a great shock when she left us so…
Reading time: 2 mins Back, bedraggled and very very damp. However us Scots are made of hardier stuff and didn’t let a few gallons of water put us off (not sure about the two Italian tourists though), so after a nice dinner of mince and tatties at Cafe Gandolfi, the McLean family (sadly minus Louise who has hurt her…
Reading time: 2 mins Last week was a struggle, this week and the blogging vista has opened up before me and lain all and any subject placid at my feet. My gaze falters across the landscape, flickering from topic to topic, each one as intriguing as the next. Bugger that though, here’s a some quick thoughts on a variety…