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29 August 2009

Amanda's adventures in Aberdeenshire

We had a great day out - lunch at Gaddie's restaurant, Oyne, followed by a visit to Huntly Castle and the shortbread factory. Click the pic to enlarge, or click the link to >view the album<.

22 August 2009

My living room, August 2009. Clck the pic to enlarge.

21 August 2009

I've had dozens of butterflies visit my buddlea, and fortunately managed to snap some of them during an idle moment in the garden this morning. Click here to see more pics

17 August 2009

T in the Pleasure Park

Kemnay kirk yoof eating. Nothing new there then!

15 August 2009

2 August 2009

6 July 2009

The boys are back in town

New Isle of Wight photos, taken June 2009.

3 June 2009

21 today!

Happy birthday Paul... you've got such a good future in front of you... go for it!

12 May 2009

5 May 2009

Springtime in Kembhill Park

Outside the house. The River Don is visible behind the tree. Click the photo for a fantastic enlarged view.

This one's from my front bedroom window, May 2nd.

There's more new shots of springtime in the park in my photo album.

4 May 2009

Skye and Gaia, spring 2009

30 April 2009

28 April 2009

Well hey ho indeed! The icing on the cake says it all really. D-day was officially 21st April. Thanks for the cake, Julie-Ann, and thanks to all my fantastic colleagues at Aker Solutions for making my day. Every day, that is! What a hoot!

24 December 2008

Esau Wood

Esau Wood saw a woodsaw saw wood like no other woodsaw would saw wood. In fact, of all the woodsaws Wood ever saw saw wood, Wood never saw a woodsaw that would saw wood like the woodsaw Wood saw would saw wood. Would Esau Wood saw wood in the wood with the woodsaw Wood saw saw wood? Yes, Wood would!

17 December 2008

Bollards!

These workmen are installing bollards to stop nurses from parking on the pavement outside the Aberdeen Royal Infirmary. They are cleaning up at the end of the day.

How long do you think it will be before they realise that they can't go home?

This is a real photograph..!

(photo:anon)

23 November 2008

Isle of Wight update

Well, there we all were for Gary's 40th birthday. It was great to see him looking so good, and I noticed that he's inherited the Yates family trait of early gret hair. His silver streaks make him look very distinguished.

It was superb, too, to be able to show Jan and Ge around some parts of the Island that they hadn't seen before. We had a brisk, and very windy, walk along Ventnor front, before tucking in to a full English at a seafront caff, and a mellow walk around the botanic gardens. I'm looking forward to the next time, perhaps when it's just a wee bit warmer!

I've uploaded some new photos to this year's Isle of Wight album

15 September 2008

I've uploaded some pictures from Frances's sixtieth birthday famuily weekend at Gardoussel on my web albums site. Thank you Alex, Sharon and Frances (and the girls) for a great weekend and following week. See you next year!

1 August 2008

Phew! What a scorcher!

The old cheesy Sun headline is quite appropriate as the Isle of Wight basked in a July heatwave. Latest holiday photos are online here, and you can click the photo above for an enlarged view.

14 July 2008

Bedecked!

I've been experimenting with some container gardeing this year, and I've adorned my front porch with some colourful pots. Rather pretty, don't you think?

See more garden pics online

26 May 2008

At the Old Man of Hoy. Dorene and I went on one of those "Ranger Guided Walks" that the Highland Council organises. This involved taking the John O'Groats ferry over to Hoy, bus to Rackwick Bay, then a walk over the cliffs to the Old Man. The colours in the steep rocky cliffs - different hues of deep reds and browns. Birds skimming across the sea as we headed back to the mainland on the wee JOG ferry.