Fiona's Quiet Life

yes­ter­day .….……another scorch­ing day we all gathered at mug­dock park ( near the start of the west-highland way ] and fed the ducks, played in play area and picnic-ed under a huge tree.bothered only by the occa­sional hope­ful dog and an ori­enteer­ing leader who had lost two of his troupe. Nic­ola and her nephew plot­ted April fool tricks to play on his mum.….she threatened all sorts of retali­ation if spiders were involved.
by mid after­noon it was too hot to be out and we came home and hid in the coolth that was this lovely old sand­stone house.
this morn­ing Nic and Chris took a taxi to the air­port and flew to Paris for their 10^th wed­ding anniversary„,it was a sur­prise for Nic and i have had a nice text mes­sage from them. the two wee boys are here with me, the lit­tler one girned for the first hour then was fine and we had a great time .……though we did get soaked com­ing back from the play park. later we built a tent in the lounge with sheets and had a pic­nic meal in front of a dvd of mon­sters inc.
i sup­pose i should get an early night as they get up at an ungodly hour.….……oops it is already late.

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Lively time here, Two small boys and the upstairs dog, lots of water and a sand pit with lid, on

wheels impro­vised from an under the bed stor­age thingie.

upstairs dog loves being blas­ted by a hose full of cold water, so don’t worry about the photo, no dogs were hurt in the mak­ing etc

they arrived a three fif­teen a.m. and were instantly wide awake so we were a slightly sleepy lot all day but it was a nice day so they got to run riot in the garden . then yes­ter­day we went to the sci­ence centre where great fun was had by all of us but it got hot so we came home and had a BBQ.

even hot­ter today

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It is like play­ing musical beds here today.….…,the two adults and the two wee boys are arriv­ing early tomor­row and i had decided that the par­ents could have my bed as it is an Ikea one there­fore 8cm longer than an ordin­ary one and Chris is well over six feet tall so i moved into the spare room last week.….……it is like being on holiday.….….….…then i thought the wee boys could share the double bed-setee in the morn­ing room as they like to be together but i made it up tonight and it is reallly com­fort­able so i am in it watch­ing ‘would i lie to you ’ on telly.….….….but my brother and sis­ter in law arrive in a few days as well and i can’t expect them to sleep on mat­resses on the floor so per­haps the boys should do that from the start or they will be leap­ing into the wrong beds in the middle of the night.….….…..i give up .…i am going to build an extension.…..but not yet.….……i have a migrane and half my head is numb.….….…..had to sign Basil’s will today as at last it is nearly all sor­ted ‚it made me cry.

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I have a new cam­era, a grown up one, with the bit that sticks out at the front that you use to zoom in on things. my brother -in-law recom­men­ded it a Canon eos 450D.….….it is super i have been out pho­to­graph­ing pol­lock park­this even­ing instead of get­ting the house ready for all the vis­it­ors due to arrive at the week­end.
well actu­ally i have got it nearly ready all i need now is copius sup­plies of food and to make up the beds for the wee boys.….….……i won­der where the spare downies are.….….….ah well another trip into the attic.
i love mix­ing mor­tar it is just like the mud pies i made as a child except there are no bits of flower petal dec­or­at­ing it, instead i have been repoint­ing the garden wall because i want to plant some fruit bushes.……well i feed the garden so now it is time it fed me.….….….and the wall has lost a lot of its mor­tar so it seemed a good idea to do it while i could get at it, it does noth­ing to improve the state of my hands though.… they will never use me to advert­ize nail var­nish. oh well another career that i am not cut out for, it is about time i found one i was cut out for before i reach retire­ment age ( any minute now)

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Had such fun yes­ter­day that i was up at the crack of 10a.m. .……well it is Sunday.….…..to get to the open­ing this morn­ing, it was another beau­ti­ful day, this is not usual for the glas­gow fair hol­i­day, any­way, this time i got up the tower, even though i was early i still had to queue for 45 minutes but it was worth it, strangely i felt a little scared on the way up in the glass lift but once up in the view­ing plat­form i was enjoy­ing it hugely, being able to see for miles in all dir­ec­tion, Ben Lomond looked spec­tac­u­lar.
also vis­ited the tall ship and won a can of Iron bru in a raffle which i drank in the ‘sharp ’ end of the boat.
watched speed­boat racing and the res­cue of one racer, the res­cue was done very care­fully with a float­ing stretcher and a neck brace just in case.
then i sponsored a duck.
went home for after­noon tea as i had done it all but went back at 5 p.m. for the duck race.….…..so they launch ten thou­sand little yel­low plastic ducks into the Clyde.….….…the clyde is tidal.……the ducks set off in the wrong dir­ec­tion.
it was a grand day.….…..don’t know where my duck got to in the race , but they were all scooped up by large men in boats with big nets , a sight i found very funny.
then i was ser­en­aded by Chinese Elvis and came home

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