Iseabail is still in hospital in Edinburgh. She has had a stroke and her condition is causing concern.
She is in the stroke unit in the Royal Edinburgh Hospital and it looks like she is going to be there for awhile. Friends and relations continue to visit. Lovely cards are arriving by post.
We travel through by train and then take the 20 minute bus journey to the south-west outskirts of the city. We tend to visit in the afternoon and start to head back to the city centre about 4 pm. Above is the afternoon sun catching the steeple of this church as seen out the bus window.
* * * AND THEN WE HAVE THE LITTLE PEOPLE * * *
While Mairi and John were through visiting Iseabail we held on to the 2 Munchkins. Harriet is now 4 and a half and Ellie is 3 years old.
On my list of 'What To Do' for a long afternoon, I hit on the idea of setting the table for dinner. (I can really spin this out!)
I taught them how to fold a tablecloth, i.e. how to fold something when there are 2 of you. (I have on quite a few occasions found myself about to do this say with a piano cover, a church or community hall tablecloth ... when without saying a word, a woman - and it always a woman! - simply walks up to me, bends down and takes an end, fold and fold again. Now you know that is either a nurse or someone who made a lot of beds!)
Fold in half and then in half again....
Fold in half and then in half again....
Little helpers lending a hand. Harriet then went on to set out the knives and forks, plates, napkins and she doesn't have to be told twice!
Meanwhile Ellie helped me make Scalloped Potatoes. She is going to be left-handed ... which reminds me I must buy some left-handed scissors for her.
* * * ALASTAIR IS 10 YEARS OLD * * *
* * * * * * * * WEE ISH AND IAIN * * * * * * *
Mosshead Primary held a Burns Night Supper last week. Ish, 11 years old, in her last year now, was there with Iain who helped her to tuck into the haggis and neeps!
* * * * * * * * BIG ALASTAIR AND INDY * * * * * * *
Indy, 6 and a half years old and Alastair having a Sunday outing on the indoor climbing wall
Indy's school picture at December 2017. Six years old.
Indy's school picture at December 2017. Six years old.
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