Hogmanay

Torchlit procession and stuff before fireworks at midnight.

bauble

December sky

green

Bob

Bagpuss, O Bagpuss

Practising portraits.

Summer Reading Challenge

Miss M completed the Summer Reading Challenge.

An ancestor of Lego

Up the glen

Went for a longish walk with the Boy :-).

At Ruthven Barracks

Chillier than it looked because there was a strong wind blowing.  It's a very exposed spot so I can't imagine it was very pleasant living there in the olden days!

A quick trip north

Mixed weather

Something for everyone!

Tracks

Tiles

Tiles in a tenement close in the West End of Glasgow.

heron

a sign of summer

buzzing around

splish splash

In Xanadu did Kubla Khan..

 .. a stately Pleasure Dough-m decree.

Pizza night!

a stealthy paw

playing with the camera

Messing around with different settings on the camera.

raindrops

There was very heavy rain earlier but clear sky now.

Glitter 'tattoo'

Meadowish

hot day

Disgustingly hot and muggy in fact (26.8°C, which is what counts as tropical round here), but owing to heavy cloud all my pictures look grey, cold and dreich as usual!

more stripes

summer stripes

piggies

woolly goodness

Need some colour!

big grey sky

raindrops

Honesty seedhead

odd

I'm sure I've posted pictures of this before. Still no idea what it is, but it's fun to photograph.

old

Another thing on M's 'fun things to do' list was 'bake a cake', so we made my belated birthday cake, with chocolate buttons naturally.

making 'perfume'

This along with the den-building was part of M's 'homework' - fun things to do.

post-dentist beauty

'Cos you need to look for beauty in your surroundings when your face is half numb.

den

greenness

Silver

Child 2 got a silver in a being bendy and climbing on somebody competition (i.e. gymnastics).

warmth

busy intersection

Nuisance though they are in the garden, the snails do amuse me.

The Outdoors being Great

Ah, the smell of line-dried washing...

Contour lines

An old map, but in that part of the world I doubt much has changed!

Honesty

Love this plant, but it does unfortunately get Billy Joel into my head.

snooze time

Apparently he'd had a busy day. Or not, as the case may be.

twelve

Finally got round to making the Boy's birthday cake..

a bit blossomy

Ahem, it's actually the 23rd of June and I have a backlog of pictures to upload!

Fortress of slugitude

The slugs and snails love this little plant, so I have been forced to Take Steps.

new keyboard

Retro chic.

authenticity, we haz it

Miss M's Egyptian tomb project.