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!

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)

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

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!

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.

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

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.

How nice to go for a balloon flight down the River Don on a sunny spring evening. Lucky folks!

Sunset sky

The end of a gloriously sunny February afternoon in Kembhill Park, Kemnay

Happy birthday Sam

Hi.. May name is SAM, and I am THREE already! Whoopee!

(...and my mum's getting good at using Photoshop!)

New Year 2008 - and a super wee visit from Alex, Sharon, Skye and Gaia. Alex - thanks for all the great meals! (Paul took these pics)