tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74409033983288154702023-11-16T11:19:06.309+00:00Brownlee BanterThe Brownlees moved to Loughborough so they started a blog. Now they've moved to Stirling but this is still your opportunity to keep up with all their goings on...Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01025773948189020622noreply@blogger.comBlogger640125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7440903398328815470.post-21180138256620917812021-02-01T18:00:00.001+00:002021-02-01T18:00:00.353+00:00Brewing<p>We've always had in mind that we'd like to try a bit of home brewing. Both our Dads have made wine in the past, and we have an abundance of things like elder trees and bramble bushes nearby that are good for this kind of thing. I'd also heard that beer is fairly easy to make. We'd even got a few bits and pieces (some inherited from my Dad, and a couple of demijohns from a kirk shoppie in New Deer).</p><p>As seems to have been the case with many other people, lockdown presented an ideal opportunity to give this a go. So, armed with this <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/First-Steps-Winemaking-C-Berry/dp/1854861395#ace-g0979249316">classic book</a>, and this much simpler more <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Brew-Yourself-Cider-Other-Concoctions/dp/1848992270/ref=asc_df_1848992270/?tag=googshopuk-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=310842649900&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=18271356994526918297&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1007397&hvtargid=pla-563814334251&psc=1&th=1&psc=1">recent one</a> we got a starter kit from the local brewshop, including a fermenting bucket, a couple of tubes and a hydrometer (to add to the things we had already). Since then we got a bit carried away! A brief tour is below, but on the whole this all seems to have worked out pretty well. It's been good fun, and has resulted in some tasty additions to our cupboard. Well worth a go if you're thinking of it.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Off to pick some elderflowers...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyEubMjF-84tm_rsaG1fZZWjXznOyiCITGkBb8Q-PKAxLMD-BUwCv51ndOdYFWEkKHxIwCIjRkfIkXcfMiTd7yiYlSOOnJ4fgYNbZBKi8_pjngPOVg1jNnv2qsbsQU-ZK6N_bkdqG969c_/s2048/2020-05-09+12.27.32.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyEubMjF-84tm_rsaG1fZZWjXznOyiCITGkBb8Q-PKAxLMD-BUwCv51ndOdYFWEkKHxIwCIjRkfIkXcfMiTd7yiYlSOOnJ4fgYNbZBKi8_pjngPOVg1jNnv2qsbsQU-ZK6N_bkdqG969c_/s320/2020-05-09+12.27.32.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br style="text-align: left;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE3T79wjoaxrHV8MBBGEzVGM9IGaRwEWDui5TqleVDmsUrapoQ-Hjkl-z-ufuvT0Hq06s2ht-9Kzw20u85TmzgNc5Ttb2uMMo_-EMYzGqEzaFgLVMzOdhufn5cXCOO9pQxJ-GosmAzNH67/s2048/20200602_131310.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE3T79wjoaxrHV8MBBGEzVGM9IGaRwEWDui5TqleVDmsUrapoQ-Hjkl-z-ufuvT0Hq06s2ht-9Kzw20u85TmzgNc5Ttb2uMMo_-EMYzGqEzaFgLVMzOdhufn5cXCOO9pQxJ-GosmAzNH67/s320/20200602_131310.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div><br /></div>The first shot ended up being a rowan flower wine - this is it going on to brew.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQw07J7IYwWjcpa6OOd6PpgGJnddSa0OOFbA82rlMyJemzVLpT-5_vzWEkBjqMqxOh-IA2hfrsvCj8zq6LZ9JUyZila1_X3iKRvU8DLuKrj9nsqvmFpd-YPyfdQAF712kHftExKZ_GuGUT/s2048/2020-05-09+21.14.29.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQw07J7IYwWjcpa6OOd6PpgGJnddSa0OOFbA82rlMyJemzVLpT-5_vzWEkBjqMqxOh-IA2hfrsvCj8zq6LZ9JUyZila1_X3iKRvU8DLuKrj9nsqvmFpd-YPyfdQAF712kHftExKZ_GuGUT/s320/2020-05-09+21.14.29.jpg" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Careful stirring is very important.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTE8hIjFwMYbi_VgFG_g4cQNVG5PrhKLYGsBW0Ta_X-L_JF0WTWc9UQxqY7khmoESEJII4id6wh7HE-D_rFFixiWPg3J0sPuxh_0vC6YI6iDNaQA2OOen37f8p_wrKAQmqTO2oaV_j_FfY/s2048/2020-05-10+08.53.54.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTE8hIjFwMYbi_VgFG_g4cQNVG5PrhKLYGsBW0Ta_X-L_JF0WTWc9UQxqY7khmoESEJII4id6wh7HE-D_rFFixiWPg3J0sPuxh_0vC6YI6iDNaQA2OOen37f8p_wrKAQmqTO2oaV_j_FfY/s320/2020-05-10+08.53.54.jpg" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Not all of it is alcoholic! This is elder flower cordial. Our girls really like this stuff.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSnJiPgu5rBhOsJGyeMeUXXU7p1YMvGf_RqKtjKBWTnw43OtXsmyUL5xsBqrzQpBi40jyR1h5ilcl2qPEjO2YzFpPaJgZSC7UZYbxrbZ5THz7fjcBBe5LvQuiRt5AuKu-zQQ8tDr_f7oZ_/s2048/2020-05-10+14.21.47.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSnJiPgu5rBhOsJGyeMeUXXU7p1YMvGf_RqKtjKBWTnw43OtXsmyUL5xsBqrzQpBi40jyR1h5ilcl2qPEjO2YzFpPaJgZSC7UZYbxrbZ5THz7fjcBBe5LvQuiRt5AuKu-zQQ8tDr_f7oZ_/s320/2020-05-10+14.21.47.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRpoHvD0udz7hxqeIUBGDBFfIbiVcItVCxJG5AjdchmHW_1IFzIv1ujpeQ5sERnK8FRswPIxLUqYFbiFA896xuV1dcpKnTl2h1QNND2CzJCi8v6rEPNKhpz4jkWkVAzNwwjW79RebsqRtD/s2048/2020-05-10+21.05.23.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRpoHvD0udz7hxqeIUBGDBFfIbiVcItVCxJG5AjdchmHW_1IFzIv1ujpeQ5sERnK8FRswPIxLUqYFbiFA896xuV1dcpKnTl2h1QNND2CzJCi8v6rEPNKhpz4jkWkVAzNwwjW79RebsqRtD/s320/2020-05-10+21.05.23.jpg" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The very first wine beginning to ferment. That was an exciting moment. The chemistry and experimenting parts are one of the most appealing bits of the whole process.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHSqdjYOnrEIgnhHgF0S2GiLcEJInBlxZoV17JzIbZt8tawF-YVU13_BCV3IKyCny11c76ZLINiXiZplLpikl4EAtRhF7pqJp1v-q-jr3N4dorZPuNWtt-WtNtTZVlST09c8zPqXKZe9tJ/s2048/2020-05-11+09.54.12.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHSqdjYOnrEIgnhHgF0S2GiLcEJInBlxZoV17JzIbZt8tawF-YVU13_BCV3IKyCny11c76ZLINiXiZplLpikl4EAtRhF7pqJp1v-q-jr3N4dorZPuNWtt-WtNtTZVlST09c8zPqXKZe9tJ/s320/2020-05-11+09.54.12.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And of course, we can't do home brew without a bubbling airlock. Tremendous.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNjgtLsMomYrkwlRyoMNVvOufyiRvWU98rsX2v_XKocZ6stPv362qGtiEruoPodcSoy383HA-rs_srakttIKkxVTilnEClM_2Xknq5g8L8eOo9mVovnRhOrKycoNIt75U4-G_AORzWqmxV/s2048/2020-05-15+19.13.05.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNjgtLsMomYrkwlRyoMNVvOufyiRvWU98rsX2v_XKocZ6stPv362qGtiEruoPodcSoy383HA-rs_srakttIKkxVTilnEClM_2Xknq5g8L8eOo9mVovnRhOrKycoNIt75U4-G_AORzWqmxV/s320/2020-05-15+19.13.05.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This was my first go at a beer. A pale ale of sorts. Most of what I've been making has been a variation on this theme, with different kinds of hops.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiquwhq98OKvRp13W5XvlghZH746Xv_laXJ1xLtnq_-oXDBF3bZGnRo3qhLNwmh_K7J2-fFz8bOJouVdhzlN9QCKMJHzlcfelpuw_qHX0PkuNS3tQ2UUUL94i9xtVAm9L2sB9oxZmRdVaiT/s2048/2020-05-16+16.14.28.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiquwhq98OKvRp13W5XvlghZH746Xv_laXJ1xLtnq_-oXDBF3bZGnRo3qhLNwmh_K7J2-fFz8bOJouVdhzlN9QCKMJHzlcfelpuw_qHX0PkuNS3tQ2UUUL94i9xtVAm9L2sB9oxZmRdVaiT/s320/2020-05-16+16.14.28.jpg" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This view is often visible behind me on the various virtual meetings I'm in. Thanks to the computer (and my own hot air) the office is consistently warm enough to keep the fermentation going.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDnmmrQg7qiCUO29fpg7NjLf369mFoewadt34Lq0Rgq5ghyphenhyphenuRR6hhoFJyH0Du6_eN3fJqoqu1rKBjXb3uDuAcKjbCXKKmFJZlsK29O7HEb4XJRNiHf-SqO8gplVR8yLibDB0uHQC32RyFo/s2048/2020-05-16+19.33.29.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDnmmrQg7qiCUO29fpg7NjLf369mFoewadt34Lq0Rgq5ghyphenhyphenuRR6hhoFJyH0Du6_eN3fJqoqu1rKBjXb3uDuAcKjbCXKKmFJZlsK29O7HEb4XJRNiHf-SqO8gplVR8yLibDB0uHQC32RyFo/s320/2020-05-16+19.33.29.jpg" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Bottling time. Who doesn't appreciate a syphon?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzXnxDCrRV4i9isTuK7XH0AeAg8MmDIpnQqxw5nnHEbyOrOjXrgwhfmTkqimmBfy8uyVvZpbJZJyGIoRmlCdBN4rV2RoYZmC0rZFESx3PLu8lXN3zzXusVirGBvFTNNoWNMTdB-4n0vQfz/s2048/2020-05-23+09.03.45.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzXnxDCrRV4i9isTuK7XH0AeAg8MmDIpnQqxw5nnHEbyOrOjXrgwhfmTkqimmBfy8uyVvZpbJZJyGIoRmlCdBN4rV2RoYZmC0rZFESx3PLu8lXN3zzXusVirGBvFTNNoWNMTdB-4n0vQfz/s320/2020-05-23+09.03.45.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My first beer ready to go...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT-IVAb2t-tMmvFHJHo2WrB6BHPSmDs7DuYtiZMNqE-QFvNkaLOlPAfkD5gBuu6e3ddhpWbv7VBO8EfslH-J9-JUinFU7ATZoljwFcznHIOEtGddFjCj_84wbdL3oZ5VuFwqN7GmaLwUuS/s2048/2020-05-23+09.18.37.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT-IVAb2t-tMmvFHJHo2WrB6BHPSmDs7DuYtiZMNqE-QFvNkaLOlPAfkD5gBuu6e3ddhpWbv7VBO8EfslH-J9-JUinFU7ATZoljwFcznHIOEtGddFjCj_84wbdL3oZ5VuFwqN7GmaLwUuS/s320/2020-05-23+09.18.37.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">...it just had to stand a few days to fizz up.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWR_Yy8M8drW0aWdEqiK_qt0jH9EEIQcdsmxfkp8iU2313KAuo0eb77f34_-7cs0cS4z17Sdx4BuAJNA9pgKyMLtFnrcdD-B1neHrhK7RRuYKd9XAyiWdB7OKdlVjWFqHZaALocMskidGq/s2048/2020-05-23+09.42.18.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWR_Yy8M8drW0aWdEqiK_qt0jH9EEIQcdsmxfkp8iU2313KAuo0eb77f34_-7cs0cS4z17Sdx4BuAJNA9pgKyMLtFnrcdD-B1neHrhK7RRuYKd9XAyiWdB7OKdlVjWFqHZaALocMskidGq/s320/2020-05-23+09.42.18.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Yum. The first one was a bit rough, but quite tolerable.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxnSSQENn8FQXw4CZt-CRM6uZ7-wHk0qoLcrhEhEO6VNIZj8LujK2li1sOwM_OlBnG4TuK-xWWYQBRNUHI5yC34WDF-0f84hD-3T3jy_sC3lzJcHexxQe71QAAyKELnxSyi8IN6puscwAr/s2048/2020-07-15+20.41.54.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxnSSQENn8FQXw4CZt-CRM6uZ7-wHk0qoLcrhEhEO6VNIZj8LujK2li1sOwM_OlBnG4TuK-xWWYQBRNUHI5yC34WDF-0f84hD-3T3jy_sC3lzJcHexxQe71QAAyKELnxSyi8IN6puscwAr/s320/2020-07-15+20.41.54.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Rhubarb wine in preparation.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqiR2zladNm77Xe89FpMEMQgMkz5LfeVcO983gaw_J4VmOH9Ppo6ZLrBGzVU6unIRuVvqs5_egdyhmq78ZVRjKXl5kV8APSrjo_j6GV4y-HKGr5YZbdL-5gilDmzHwm5bPqdLQiFbbkQVk/s2048/2020-07-20+21.25.02.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqiR2zladNm77Xe89FpMEMQgMkz5LfeVcO983gaw_J4VmOH9Ppo6ZLrBGzVU6unIRuVvqs5_egdyhmq78ZVRjKXl5kV8APSrjo_j6GV4y-HKGr5YZbdL-5gilDmzHwm5bPqdLQiFbbkQVk/s320/2020-07-20+21.25.02.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A bottle of elderflower. This (and the fizzy version of it) has been the most successful wine so far. Lovely stuff.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAi9o_61GEUxel4xq2aCcF0oMfqOk0rrDDGcaflhi4bp3_r56ExBphoQj4uMztnaNpY8-4Yn1RlbBNbGo6hKXgzae-0u8cEeQ_OoXY-61mAS2Mx8T8Ept7c9l2HFJg3isfqmREligfhkbk/s2048/2020-08-07+21.22.54.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAi9o_61GEUxel4xq2aCcF0oMfqOk0rrDDGcaflhi4bp3_r56ExBphoQj4uMztnaNpY8-4Yn1RlbBNbGo6hKXgzae-0u8cEeQ_OoXY-61mAS2Mx8T8Ept7c9l2HFJg3isfqmREligfhkbk/s320/2020-08-07+21.22.54.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqNhF6spvDfDPapl7ujzOhMLZ35v6ztyeWNr3aMo1922HTXMAxovFD_-DkFnsFPOurkq5ZmSNaFSvAyvVR6ydPHYVe4z_US9hk-GqmTN8sUR9CsDxnakPPN8js4ILCbu1w5Iyta4MPSZEk/s2048/2020-08-07+21.30.29.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqNhF6spvDfDPapl7ujzOhMLZ35v6ztyeWNr3aMo1922HTXMAxovFD_-DkFnsFPOurkq5ZmSNaFSvAyvVR6ydPHYVe4z_US9hk-GqmTN8sUR9CsDxnakPPN8js4ILCbu1w5Iyta4MPSZEk/s320/2020-08-07+21.30.29.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Another batch of ale going on. I'm up to batch 11 at of now (each has been a few bottles, and slightly from the previous ones)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB7wuRdi-Iwbvp9I5SB6ANQAe8NgUYftPCTGOx4tHKbSzxVuWc9tQNQUI_u1ERhlP5pEM_EU5nYP6NwkDpB7A3MIWbqBmK08dPn5XvgNIe05m3insBLgnOlW5Qdho3NNN7Q4aPzaJzd5_e/s2048/2020-08-13+14.07.57.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB7wuRdi-Iwbvp9I5SB6ANQAe8NgUYftPCTGOx4tHKbSzxVuWc9tQNQUI_u1ERhlP5pEM_EU5nYP6NwkDpB7A3MIWbqBmK08dPn5XvgNIe05m3insBLgnOlW5Qdho3NNN7Q4aPzaJzd5_e/s320/2020-08-13+14.07.57.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A couple of times I've made two lots at once, to see the difference. This pair were looking at the difference between adding sugar and dry malt extract. (DME is easily the winner)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW-SkhDr3sKRXx0GD012hDDTpXdoPkmzZ2cvNJ64jZXwhveNJv2PPi1aD_72MNe0FyYXqbFJPM7E7mGV9af_qJwPduQgymNBGrDRtXnYZuLeX3F5sPyIrTZBHXPlLDp-6C1xGM33D-tjB-/s2048/2020-08-14+08.02.44.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW-SkhDr3sKRXx0GD012hDDTpXdoPkmzZ2cvNJ64jZXwhveNJv2PPi1aD_72MNe0FyYXqbFJPM7E7mGV9af_qJwPduQgymNBGrDRtXnYZuLeX3F5sPyIrTZBHXPlLDp-6C1xGM33D-tjB-/s320/2020-08-14+08.02.44.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Bramble wine incoming. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdYS19MGV8KjAGql5J7AkjHHW6LE3YMFttho2uEkdk2VQvA35nMfYZLSA-krLUJ7Gr3Jk5mZoxiLZMyKNtQfrA5hACuKfnxswSEeSlygcj-ByvlzqkHJUhGa_dV1nx1U5HRDmtYHzEzDQx/s2048/2020-08-22+17.09.56.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdYS19MGV8KjAGql5J7AkjHHW6LE3YMFttho2uEkdk2VQvA35nMfYZLSA-krLUJ7Gr3Jk5mZoxiLZMyKNtQfrA5hACuKfnxswSEeSlygcj-ByvlzqkHJUhGa_dV1nx1U5HRDmtYHzEzDQx/s320/2020-08-22+17.09.56.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">One chore - cleaning and sterilising a lot of bottles.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg44ykpi1A6MeSBKJHOrUzeb9JaD6-aGBnnksWe8FNYt22o2ZMdj9lZ3mAb-YZslGeIlEE9n9U_hfDknB_AJKdavP5y0MydJs-a7DB98jwDcAJR1eWe1cX2T9uL3Cew_Hhdm1VjOCX80oTe/s2048/2020-08-23+14.25.46.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg44ykpi1A6MeSBKJHOrUzeb9JaD6-aGBnnksWe8FNYt22o2ZMdj9lZ3mAb-YZslGeIlEE9n9U_hfDknB_AJKdavP5y0MydJs-a7DB98jwDcAJR1eWe1cX2T9uL3Cew_Hhdm1VjOCX80oTe/s320/2020-08-23+14.25.46.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I've tried harvesting yeast from previous batches a couple of times, rather than using packets.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here it is settling out.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiB4vO-ciqqjAMZ2v4mZFqkSzt5LZ4BZMS_687Sqf52G9zy94fjDtTUhU4XDBZwa7fSpLwJjdZF3751ub95yOqdWpHbdk2whxWGZduGdpzgtrKyzParR2QCjt5XqX3foN60I1JVc8FYE3S/s2048/2020-08-26+20.52.19.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiB4vO-ciqqjAMZ2v4mZFqkSzt5LZ4BZMS_687Sqf52G9zy94fjDtTUhU4XDBZwa7fSpLwJjdZF3751ub95yOqdWpHbdk2whxWGZduGdpzgtrKyzParR2QCjt5XqX3foN60I1JVc8FYE3S/s320/2020-08-26+20.52.19.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I was a bit optimistic with how much one demijohn could take here, so this brew spent the night in the shower.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVu66EPyw3zJgAl8jVHrIcRwyXwVrUNURF8m9IZ0Jqv8o0X2EquH2NRlnM9ZUK9DiuYNdPoc66eDdYNLFmgGKuqHglXU8OqcmR_9GAPh4lwZQiOE9wZw9WXyMRBDIpdlHXvomuqTmjZUCY/s2048/2020-08-27+07.38.06.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVu66EPyw3zJgAl8jVHrIcRwyXwVrUNURF8m9IZ0Jqv8o0X2EquH2NRlnM9ZUK9DiuYNdPoc66eDdYNLFmgGKuqHglXU8OqcmR_9GAPh4lwZQiOE9wZw9WXyMRBDIpdlHXvomuqTmjZUCY/s320/2020-08-27+07.38.06.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We've had a go at cider too, but using apple concentrate as that's a good it easier than mashing them.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs-nAxE5OmCm5Tb6shFNNdkbyPLlVA91WcWaPxVwBiTB354nIZsAYQuBFW7blr9fodxcrwXBoAvi1KuqP-ttvTmykEjpPRopeZhrEAygXVkwt7ouT17XoKjgGj5nO861BM1aIsLfLn3tF4/s2048/2020-08-29+20.06.05.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs-nAxE5OmCm5Tb6shFNNdkbyPLlVA91WcWaPxVwBiTB354nIZsAYQuBFW7blr9fodxcrwXBoAvi1KuqP-ttvTmykEjpPRopeZhrEAygXVkwt7ouT17XoKjgGj5nO861BM1aIsLfLn3tF4/s320/2020-08-29+20.06.05.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Using the kit does, however, mean a slightly larger batch. This is 40 pints.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHTWSAyqWV3LejIscJCArGilw6jmQOH7T1Ebz64gND7gkY70bj162BrQlc9JB0JEgodO37NIAZDRXTHY4H6D6XtVWLbgC980leobWfRXSxX2k7HOSzYJgC80Hj_qevjJpA9fXHOIg9NcG5/s2048/2020-08-29+20.32.17.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHTWSAyqWV3LejIscJCArGilw6jmQOH7T1Ebz64gND7gkY70bj162BrQlc9JB0JEgodO37NIAZDRXTHY4H6D6XtVWLbgC980leobWfRXSxX2k7HOSzYJgC80Hj_qevjJpA9fXHOIg9NcG5/s320/2020-08-29+20.32.17.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5vSDdVXnslP3O7lVahmKMefYjJ3VTy6UPXFnVt-OlYI_KJYds0A2ZCBAjChjVpLxCyjGQ-_kHFReyOkORbbFbwg-9j_4QR1YxRjWHpGio3cdHMh4q8cM2yCjC5fs9ilE0X5DkBw0k63c1/s2048/2020-09-07+21.23.56.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5vSDdVXnslP3O7lVahmKMefYjJ3VTy6UPXFnVt-OlYI_KJYds0A2ZCBAjChjVpLxCyjGQ-_kHFReyOkORbbFbwg-9j_4QR1YxRjWHpGio3cdHMh4q8cM2yCjC5fs9ilE0X5DkBw0k63c1/s320/2020-09-07+21.23.56.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Elderberry wine. A really nice red.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg42vJ4hEMKxs5cOOd-6lGe6iCO8PbmSQvJjINgTCWslgIr3HMwL_8-JGNNlBHGvZoCB0uB8UMaemmZ7Rcytj38GBknXsyn0mTGP4GiAikU5Ea1GXV5Khf_MYmE7H1k7EC6wR4QEUMikK_C/s2048/2020-10-17+09.02.08.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg42vJ4hEMKxs5cOOd-6lGe6iCO8PbmSQvJjINgTCWslgIr3HMwL_8-JGNNlBHGvZoCB0uB8UMaemmZ7Rcytj38GBknXsyn0mTGP4GiAikU5Ea1GXV5Khf_MYmE7H1k7EC6wR4QEUMikK_C/s320/2020-10-17+09.02.08.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I've had a couple of shots at using grains instead of malt extract for the beers. A bit more fiddly, but interesting seeing it coming out of the raw ingredients.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBm6VxMv3rL6KVVhqSJQ4btpWm5sowxdzkDxvnMrAu21SgRcHdjCTLg29djBUwDewANLm4ucF62MdHCQxrqOBfLFLYc62a2SU86zYAARRui8a3vYOWmvw7XRPJzSD0gLsgGqDd91lRzkVz/s2048/2020-10-19+14.18.49.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBm6VxMv3rL6KVVhqSJQ4btpWm5sowxdzkDxvnMrAu21SgRcHdjCTLg29djBUwDewANLm4ucF62MdHCQxrqOBfLFLYc62a2SU86zYAARRui8a3vYOWmvw7XRPJzSD0gLsgGqDd91lRzkVz/s320/2020-10-19+14.18.49.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here's the bramble wine. Not bad either (I prefer the elderberry though)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK8sevY2ci4r5SzBcKvR4RJzKzsc5Tz-ywlome0nVpIGFQjphCDRz9RPZbtgeKYwa4S3zb-O-JMoU3LaruI4bAzpHMv-r_QMI5v4EHpi_nXEAXYoA1509vwvaerA1R8bJNKWT3jZAw1otn/s2048/2020-12-11+20.52.09.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK8sevY2ci4r5SzBcKvR4RJzKzsc5Tz-ywlome0nVpIGFQjphCDRz9RPZbtgeKYwa4S3zb-O-JMoU3LaruI4bAzpHMv-r_QMI5v4EHpi_nXEAXYoA1509vwvaerA1R8bJNKWT3jZAw1otn/s320/2020-12-11+20.52.09.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">More elderflower.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDAeKof5KfCgp2Dlqj1DkymJUM7Wzwtf_GiS_gVFAi_qQaAL57Vb_5XqulAQiZMoqGDMwMAXLwDgnw6i6MKaukWDNnbShiStK_V3rHrvTF3n46x0dS_RlZ_onvuAUKNOLtR4-5NrKIgwel/s2048/2020-12-28+21.25.19.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDAeKof5KfCgp2Dlqj1DkymJUM7Wzwtf_GiS_gVFAi_qQaAL57Vb_5XqulAQiZMoqGDMwMAXLwDgnw6i6MKaukWDNnbShiStK_V3rHrvTF3n46x0dS_RlZ_onvuAUKNOLtR4-5NrKIgwel/s320/2020-12-28+21.25.19.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">You won't see this on camera, but this is usually the view around my feet in my office.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh42aUf7QJEjdXkjnLJOgDHInYrLcD8lpDoYuPf5itfDuKp3sA4A8YUEkoF9PgzJKeUzKkR7yDiydINsx1dN18er56go1cSlccYDzzVdqY3-tby1yw0obS6mW0YgwRr9-S6v0HdCgrEeY3S/s2048/20200627_104619.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh42aUf7QJEjdXkjnLJOgDHInYrLcD8lpDoYuPf5itfDuKp3sA4A8YUEkoF9PgzJKeUzKkR7yDiydINsx1dN18er56go1cSlccYDzzVdqY3-tby1yw0obS6mW0YgwRr9-S6v0HdCgrEeY3S/s320/20200627_104619.jpg" /></a></div><div><br /></div><p>All jolly good fun!</p>oldchaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12383226724085667887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7440903398328815470.post-23013776832733728472021-01-31T14:56:00.001+00:002021-01-31T14:56:02.345+00:00Miscellaneous catchup<p style="text-align: center;">Time to catch up on plenty of things from the past year or so that didn't really fit into a post of their own...</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">Miriam continues to make excellent creations out of Lego!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhyEb5fuOCvlnv-WXi_GwUlRjYBkLTyEUnzx7VM9IlmwIQ4Vf5-Wv8ONjCamK4HYZdH3nfxTDdODJ0XlqoiMQTU7nyopQ1UOJWPjRdapsUw7OGwU34K9IVBYvuVSpss93zZQA5WbqNduyN/s2048/2019-10-23+17.48.16.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhyEb5fuOCvlnv-WXi_GwUlRjYBkLTyEUnzx7VM9IlmwIQ4Vf5-Wv8ONjCamK4HYZdH3nfxTDdODJ0XlqoiMQTU7nyopQ1UOJWPjRdapsUw7OGwU34K9IVBYvuVSpss93zZQA5WbqNduyN/s320/2019-10-23+17.48.16.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This provides some inspiration for her little sisters</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXj0Hq9gqvSS4oSMCtQ2ZgZLXCcwm1Q85TX_KaKxpuQvs8NGhz6jWtNaz6upTs8dTjlTm5KOw0QB3H8INGSmGgGN0_QsaVglEF43bF2_9yKBQnw3vAXrX7GONLFlgqLs6zAYsnMacsvOoX/s2048/2019-11-16+10.32.25.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXj0Hq9gqvSS4oSMCtQ2ZgZLXCcwm1Q85TX_KaKxpuQvs8NGhz6jWtNaz6upTs8dTjlTm5KOw0QB3H8INGSmGgGN0_QsaVglEF43bF2_9yKBQnw3vAXrX7GONLFlgqLs6zAYsnMacsvOoX/s320/2019-11-16+10.32.25.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A couple of shots of the beautiful place we live. First, this was taken from my office window at the university. I zoomed in a bit to miss out the other buildings, but this is genuinely (normally) the view from my desk.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3TQe3LdWZCqrG-Jl-Hl4CvvY63IX4Ia4Vhx1hWyd5wPcOidPLyPTbX4Ez0M67MFLh1nKW22Lh1FvyJOPoL0NJ1BXe23xpzbm0Eu_PsgDoErqOGGAlezj0rkr3UA1KxOIpsDUSYnQqb9ww/s2048/2019-11-27+11.09.14.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3TQe3LdWZCqrG-Jl-Hl4CvvY63IX4Ia4Vhx1hWyd5wPcOidPLyPTbX4Ez0M67MFLh1nKW22Lh1FvyJOPoL0NJ1BXe23xpzbm0Eu_PsgDoErqOGGAlezj0rkr3UA1KxOIpsDUSYnQqb9ww/s320/2019-11-27+11.09.14.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is the River Forth, a few minutes' walk from our house. The "River Walk" is currently on our agenda most days. Just occasionally though, extra rain means that the path is blocked (as shown by the debris on the path)<br style="text-align: left;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjYdQKyJpaSsQy84c6C0CjZXBy5uAxziRAAIIBa2a6uI9o5P6R_Ld-i1iLLpIO4UR3WwwDT92i8u_nq-PCb80D8tPfvbYRUjTESkymcMotJgqiJ1em9FhbH4KcTqY7QfbA74vp2vyXCYA1/s2048/2020-10-22+12.27.05.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjYdQKyJpaSsQy84c6C0CjZXBy5uAxziRAAIIBa2a6uI9o5P6R_Ld-i1iLLpIO4UR3WwwDT92i8u_nq-PCb80D8tPfvbYRUjTESkymcMotJgqiJ1em9FhbH4KcTqY7QfbA74vp2vyXCYA1/s320/2020-10-22+12.27.05.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">We can go for a longer walk around the loch at the University...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY2ks06X0YatXCmihAYQtRyFgJLlLNtocy5eKRAk9D-mUEBFhKBETYLme1ZwP4zW2TSI9hYH-Qp3eCkJprsuCMBU48Tzd-9JC6tM8GecSYcqHfvN8qqTnglJlcfkzsV06x72UIHpcPa2pN/s2048/2020-07-11+14.18.09.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY2ks06X0YatXCmihAYQtRyFgJLlLNtocy5eKRAk9D-mUEBFhKBETYLme1ZwP4zW2TSI9hYH-Qp3eCkJprsuCMBU48Tzd-9JC6tM8GecSYcqHfvN8qqTnglJlcfkzsV06x72UIHpcPa2pN/s320/2020-07-11+14.18.09.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" />We also get some pretty good sunsets around here.<br style="text-align: left;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUSzjdVmkh7JFT84vINW93cOfAUgW9vBm_vkPrA2ptvyxtVMreAkqm497u9j3ET1s5BL1aqwvczrbl2GETSQYphtaYUe5spZuDvxaquF8RsDzfYoQbZRw_Yt5ZOhWNFprFVH0r-yOlBEgs/s2048/2021-01-05+15.54.36.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUSzjdVmkh7JFT84vINW93cOfAUgW9vBm_vkPrA2ptvyxtVMreAkqm497u9j3ET1s5BL1aqwvczrbl2GETSQYphtaYUe5spZuDvxaquF8RsDzfYoQbZRw_Yt5ZOhWNFprFVH0r-yOlBEgs/s320/2021-01-05+15.54.36.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Some pictures of our girls at play...</div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuu154d2Bam4HtJQfd6-XntJwzrGaMGw6kYdMULuYD0kYQAUvEiqUx7z9TBhf9zehUHRUANTCfxkj8A15SRfT9HwtcdZ1W2fhdsr4YtSWI2sc8WcIJjjv0V4IyXmATyLW3UhImzTNzQToi/s320/2020-05-25+13.05.07.jpg" /></a></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(Lydia said she wanted a sword when we were visiting Stirling Castle. So we made some...)<br style="text-align: left;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxKy49rFvAPC6k-UXfLEq6SSLJAi8SBTfu1ARWUIZEl8cTL0EWRYKLy89gt4z1vTX30AWa9ArYJjXLgi6p9-t4YgO7Jmx4W6ai67EyzigfjBWXzT-hRWOPdsr6IH5uNSs6BuaVlf3WQCwB/s2048/2020-03-14+13.56.07.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxKy49rFvAPC6k-UXfLEq6SSLJAi8SBTfu1ARWUIZEl8cTL0EWRYKLy89gt4z1vTX30AWa9ArYJjXLgi6p9-t4YgO7Jmx4W6ai67EyzigfjBWXzT-hRWOPdsr6IH5uNSs6BuaVlf3WQCwB/s320/2020-03-14+13.56.07.jpg" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Grandma came to visit in February last year, just before lockdown started. Happier times indeed.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVF1Y5PYdeUos-jfIY8_3Mdb9dde0-EevGB2-eYDZD0ynwBrnDrhezPGt_1QKZVhhBMGh7IgW5AnIU28UBIdVGUD_FE346vpZ7NGgNlv2X6_xW5uJ337eIif8tcTaFPwsQNl6mgcC8g9Uw/s2048/2020-02-22+19.43.47.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVF1Y5PYdeUos-jfIY8_3Mdb9dde0-EevGB2-eYDZD0ynwBrnDrhezPGt_1QKZVhhBMGh7IgW5AnIU28UBIdVGUD_FE346vpZ7NGgNlv2X6_xW5uJ337eIif8tcTaFPwsQNl6mgcC8g9Uw/s320/2020-02-22+19.43.47.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Jay was the last one to have a non-lockdown birthday</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiboNHx1iqayaXLw9gg2sWQRywoMrI_T4aAHXO22zQNtqKISsiLswIf-21Y1NdMrrFOd3cUUm7lYQIzzR3QLBo5VfnYmH9kxIxdDhiF4ZO4SUW6iewz2HOWcIrHjL6BDCXjCmfy6wjLUt1t/s2048/2020-03-22+08.41.53.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiboNHx1iqayaXLw9gg2sWQRywoMrI_T4aAHXO22zQNtqKISsiLswIf-21Y1NdMrrFOd3cUUm7lYQIzzR3QLBo5VfnYmH9kxIxdDhiF4ZO4SUW6iewz2HOWcIrHjL6BDCXjCmfy6wjLUt1t/s320/2020-03-22+08.41.53.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The next couple are from the day the parks reopened after the first lockdown.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Some excited girls that day!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYmqHwdX5H7OnttY73foX3QxVt2Tw6i_Rd49NtF7ok1keHkT5NVxpYDFPjinqV_fUmSV1sGwuzeZBia_TjJvLw92ciezhiVsGlxJlMbTHuVTEo7KPEmhhJ2Tjd7JI1doYc7-FxmPysSb98/s2048/2020-06-29+16.21.58.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYmqHwdX5H7OnttY73foX3QxVt2Tw6i_Rd49NtF7ok1keHkT5NVxpYDFPjinqV_fUmSV1sGwuzeZBia_TjJvLw92ciezhiVsGlxJlMbTHuVTEo7KPEmhhJ2Tjd7JI1doYc7-FxmPysSb98/s320/2020-06-29+16.21.58.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfDKdlNPiOxULb865sVGslfunxTDyX0uibfoqD3NLjax6AazeJ8kTFRUUBpYUytaVD20wfci9576lX5DE2PFz9GCV5vc87A_Uv_sFfMrMorU2CgvLsLPg_2VWK8eLt97OyZGMYLERUFEY0/s2048/2020-06-29+16.42.23.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfDKdlNPiOxULb865sVGslfunxTDyX0uibfoqD3NLjax6AazeJ8kTFRUUBpYUytaVD20wfci9576lX5DE2PFz9GCV5vc87A_Uv_sFfMrMorU2CgvLsLPg_2VWK8eLt97OyZGMYLERUFEY0/s320/2020-06-29+16.42.23.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is the "wobbly tree" on the way to the park in Bridge of Allan. The girls really like to play under its branches and have had a lot of fun here.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwoR3yQm5bPIu9PZDJbpASPvKpGcn_xbIxT3UmSieMCA3LcUOaDU_ct7q1BHGFXP__tWNP8yrBV1KHGzdfVJcoGBSG-G8B0sp5IBCQKLXFjO_dw2IyzoWIv6v0GGnZAOtD9q9PC7VTwEB4/s2048/2020-06-29+17.14.47.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwoR3yQm5bPIu9PZDJbpASPvKpGcn_xbIxT3UmSieMCA3LcUOaDU_ct7q1BHGFXP__tWNP8yrBV1KHGzdfVJcoGBSG-G8B0sp5IBCQKLXFjO_dw2IyzoWIv6v0GGnZAOtD9q9PC7VTwEB4/s320/2020-06-29+17.14.47.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Some more shots of messy church and Sunday School at home...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQR4VpcDql69TFf0hGzFt6MPsle3pqQR7G1bWn8f1lVJTzzgY6zUkjxyuh9umA2AQQdpthXcd7wxHeDOryofnzDdxf_C7gqhtNz9d5BTQ4gl8W8rKCaAMRavN_oZ6EpxERZsQPXqRqF0SP/s2048/2020-07-18+16.26.16.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQR4VpcDql69TFf0hGzFt6MPsle3pqQR7G1bWn8f1lVJTzzgY6zUkjxyuh9umA2AQQdpthXcd7wxHeDOryofnzDdxf_C7gqhtNz9d5BTQ4gl8W8rKCaAMRavN_oZ6EpxERZsQPXqRqF0SP/s320/2020-07-18+16.26.16.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnhZ-4zlFvXWxDm0ocQkWkYfhjKkl3McSJTV9CD1jO7KRuvsv9B0SRM_iTFjH_ARMENKSed_CLenc5Moe5ydEANoo-Zihi2718VU9eUBw46I6-Jaa2Zy9dG9nrdjjvf9hOcDKqqREpNqvp/s2048/2020-12-13+11.49.50.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnhZ-4zlFvXWxDm0ocQkWkYfhjKkl3McSJTV9CD1jO7KRuvsv9B0SRM_iTFjH_ARMENKSed_CLenc5Moe5ydEANoo-Zihi2718VU9eUBw46I6-Jaa2Zy9dG9nrdjjvf9hOcDKqqREpNqvp/s320/2020-12-13+11.49.50.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8GvduDvSWidAoO6pG3Df90FCqmlFYPcmhepJ5eFHEkJV5ZCUhck34trpJzyPEu8c5vjHin9VEJ6uK7eizTMXnF15vwo1fiz4M2k9K7NWkgKiDkh8Pi53RMbXZ4eHueRiP4dbLMNVWtL5w/s2048/2020-12-13+16.56.56.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8GvduDvSWidAoO6pG3Df90FCqmlFYPcmhepJ5eFHEkJV5ZCUhck34trpJzyPEu8c5vjHin9VEJ6uK7eizTMXnF15vwo1fiz4M2k9K7NWkgKiDkh8Pi53RMbXZ4eHueRiP4dbLMNVWtL5w/s320/2020-12-13+16.56.56.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOSjnJ4sxd8-HWWrK5H45JiFbwnmU8ZCRU-OEGIkt2fm9SNX1ToY01SdP5d75IyrnVo3f2YZdq1RMQ4fB0DZCL3c-uZ51Rf_RuinEpXedaj4KgAqunTEsTr2pWPag1PN6QbziP5qDJeFXF/s2048/2020-12-13+17.18.08.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOSjnJ4sxd8-HWWrK5H45JiFbwnmU8ZCRU-OEGIkt2fm9SNX1ToY01SdP5d75IyrnVo3f2YZdq1RMQ4fB0DZCL3c-uZ51Rf_RuinEpXedaj4KgAqunTEsTr2pWPag1PN6QbziP5qDJeFXF/s320/2020-12-13+17.18.08.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Lydia is now getting some big teeth. Here she is proudly sporting a "gap".</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0U4cFkZD125WVspi6-VU5Yu4xqpsfvLR1D97TNO9bSTYq0QOWX6b1cpv4D2rbCpxwZNpiWW6Usbab6ahipQnxviTnrey-fl0myYyP3Px4cxt4YAWqc86FFtrXQ0D4MLD7-8Zr7EWABcqz/s2048/2020-07-19+09.36.20.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0U4cFkZD125WVspi6-VU5Yu4xqpsfvLR1D97TNO9bSTYq0QOWX6b1cpv4D2rbCpxwZNpiWW6Usbab6ahipQnxviTnrey-fl0myYyP3Px4cxt4YAWqc86FFtrXQ0D4MLD7-8Zr7EWABcqz/s320/2020-07-19+09.36.20.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">In t he summer Naomi and he friend wanted to raise money to help the snow leopards, so the set up a stall in the street selling various wares. They made a decent amount too.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKbZDFLSyHR3P5DY2nhCcRfjJA4TBDoajgTaX1SXbfRQgRQ0yrFKcCQeLHWDJC-Sy29npiU_qoBOTQ01YQQMDDgprQwCZZDbwmbzCnnIuyU_ehnW8nUOcOIz6Af7qRzG0fj_ZUAZtpyDQD/s2048/2020-07-25+12.51.22.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKbZDFLSyHR3P5DY2nhCcRfjJA4TBDoajgTaX1SXbfRQgRQ0yrFKcCQeLHWDJC-Sy29npiU_qoBOTQ01YQQMDDgprQwCZZDbwmbzCnnIuyU_ehnW8nUOcOIz6Af7qRzG0fj_ZUAZtpyDQD/s320/2020-07-25+12.51.22.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Naomi really likes the band Little Mix. In the summer the had an online concert via YouTube, so Naomi and Miriam got to invite their friends around and enjoy a big night of entertainment.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl8io5XiQRHPgKx-CnnmbuK9C863YP2A4-zfQ0CI71ffiUUthRIv5dBofSC84UF-qgk4l5WsBhUfyMx7K8TPapqYrqenChx32vfbOwJuLwUpwNp7FtlC9Z78APHIPAxHDZEAI8Qw3EoebA/s2048/2020-08-21+20.00.25.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl8io5XiQRHPgKx-CnnmbuK9C863YP2A4-zfQ0CI71ffiUUthRIv5dBofSC84UF-qgk4l5WsBhUfyMx7K8TPapqYrqenChx32vfbOwJuLwUpwNp7FtlC9Z78APHIPAxHDZEAI8Qw3EoebA/s320/2020-08-21+20.00.25.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Lydia can now ride a bike!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4ZrO_2YZwMj9w5NGnc_LipTeDd254rPPyOW_v7knzlCgmpDDKWbzC7jkdrqp2eefW1SvNTHrnVgTSrS9KUJNVbn_w4fNV2KFjXh1xuoWC1FLaHOieuLAVbhCiZ30FzxdGDFkKxtezMkgE/s2048/2020-09-06+15.44.00.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4ZrO_2YZwMj9w5NGnc_LipTeDd254rPPyOW_v7knzlCgmpDDKWbzC7jkdrqp2eefW1SvNTHrnVgTSrS9KUJNVbn_w4fNV2KFjXh1xuoWC1FLaHOieuLAVbhCiZ30FzxdGDFkKxtezMkgE/s320/2020-09-06+15.44.00.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We had a little bump in our car a few months back. The major perk was that our insurance was good enough to get us a really shiny hire car while ours was getting fixed. Every trip was a big day out that week!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNDvQk9QCjt9Sta_Lwar909Zyoma9R3TyZyKwYr8IS9aufw1rirD1WBPSKVpq2wBdzmFx6E7TzIkYUtFWcDGilUKSzYfTTI8Cugzxf1oCwsTxDu9R0Q4xnb1Enfz_8NRoO1-pKz4aNOkGU/s2048/2020-10-24+14.33.11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNDvQk9QCjt9Sta_Lwar909Zyoma9R3TyZyKwYr8IS9aufw1rirD1WBPSKVpq2wBdzmFx6E7TzIkYUtFWcDGilUKSzYfTTI8Cugzxf1oCwsTxDu9R0Q4xnb1Enfz_8NRoO1-pKz4aNOkGU/s320/2020-10-24+14.33.11.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This swing/climbing frame had been able to absorb a lot of the excess lockdown energy.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2TZFippLTw2D6Jab3fimffDRDpwjqzotwVVHwblyWaYn949wQdhUO4vow2e_EwHPOiQV06kDo8ySNhah4IchgOAv7yeuE8h68CiAp_e5nLE0uhTFh1izJXEEcAW9WSMwqR0LuCI0_ps8S/s2048/2020-10-29+18.01.51.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2TZFippLTw2D6Jab3fimffDRDpwjqzotwVVHwblyWaYn949wQdhUO4vow2e_EwHPOiQV06kDo8ySNhah4IchgOAv7yeuE8h68CiAp_e5nLE0uhTFh1izJXEEcAW9WSMwqR0LuCI0_ps8S/s320/2020-10-29+18.01.51.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Naomi made a portable speaker...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD17x3-3-8F_XQpCyoh3rHwH0eAip6uJJXyBcsk2DfPG8fKsgwD7w39aTRFVgkUt2tteuFwgPaT3WB4TyQqAdwnhOYX4PVS6EWqpEc-xnUpOveNVXCrkz7vEzrrTEnTE4sYdkqIrwHMJJQ/s2048/2020-12-19+11.00.36.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD17x3-3-8F_XQpCyoh3rHwH0eAip6uJJXyBcsk2DfPG8fKsgwD7w39aTRFVgkUt2tteuFwgPaT3WB4TyQqAdwnhOYX4PVS6EWqpEc-xnUpOveNVXCrkz7vEzrrTEnTE4sYdkqIrwHMJJQ/s320/2020-12-19+11.00.36.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Ice is also fascinating!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR1i4pmrOn-z1pylwgI_oO1CYWDTUQd5GH7jn8nUHe5sFAUc1jfqdQtbnq9iEq_oluSIMuotKo2_l1UTgBV4GWwr8PD1Fu6RbKAGyIJ-ekBuvP0CgwaYYmSM1txZe_IlzwzwT94izUy2ch/s2048/2020-12-24+13.26.44.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR1i4pmrOn-z1pylwgI_oO1CYWDTUQd5GH7jn8nUHe5sFAUc1jfqdQtbnq9iEq_oluSIMuotKo2_l1UTgBV4GWwr8PD1Fu6RbKAGyIJ-ekBuvP0CgwaYYmSM1txZe_IlzwzwT94izUy2ch/s320/2020-12-24+13.26.44.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Naomi has been doing some painting with the watercolour set she got at Christmas.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As you might expect, she's really good.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij-IeWlP86FmKINdhrmRJyca2RqY59DA_4SFZkik8gkjkYQ0yhetkM7bCJ_emvYpaGCYvh01RSfz3zkVUcpy8yRfjxNeqaQRlqMHOJ82U3JqabtqgXWHcyBcPImP7bsSnJgkCtr7wL6ICJ/s2048/2021-01-05+14.27.35.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij-IeWlP86FmKINdhrmRJyca2RqY59DA_4SFZkik8gkjkYQ0yhetkM7bCJ_emvYpaGCYvh01RSfz3zkVUcpy8yRfjxNeqaQRlqMHOJ82U3JqabtqgXWHcyBcPImP7bsSnJgkCtr7wL6ICJ/s320/2021-01-05+14.27.35.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Naomi has also volunteered to help make dinner a couple of times...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTSi0oUph7BUgtx0jWGk97-55behvLMSNQjCZhzco9cYp488V9fhb4g3NihoozpMqWE3ELCxFu2OpchTWrDjkz9vwyqA1uwrL2Q95VRZRNcQJqCH8dZNfpRg3L3BjZCwvr3UFbwL6n2rWB/s2048/20200516_174229.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTSi0oUph7BUgtx0jWGk97-55behvLMSNQjCZhzco9cYp488V9fhb4g3NihoozpMqWE3ELCxFu2OpchTWrDjkz9vwyqA1uwrL2Q95VRZRNcQJqCH8dZNfpRg3L3BjZCwvr3UFbwL6n2rWB/s320/20200516_174229.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Finally - the girls said they wanted a pinball machine. I don't know where they got the idea from.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It turns out that all those amazon boxes from the past few months can make a really good one! Hours of fun.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipWwZEpuRNGW5_VwtR2nbbzi_eFSraW97LvbNcZ52SOMqbpPEZ2d48tqH1tH6FdaJ1mOBG6FtUWNexdW-rCk5ULPjRQoSko5cnEFody9hqOFubcJ8PEnOPDYWUlMR9h1dRb8wW4_4uckGZ/s2048/20200606_144946.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipWwZEpuRNGW5_VwtR2nbbzi_eFSraW97LvbNcZ52SOMqbpPEZ2d48tqH1tH6FdaJ1mOBG6FtUWNexdW-rCk5ULPjRQoSko5cnEFody9hqOFubcJ8PEnOPDYWUlMR9h1dRb8wW4_4uckGZ/s320/20200606_144946.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>oldchaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12383226724085667887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7440903398328815470.post-72463726669545106172021-01-31T14:30:00.001+00:002021-01-31T14:30:04.676+00:00Garden 2020<p>Well, it's a bit late to be reporting on our gardening activities in 2020 - though we had plenty of time around the house for such things this year!</p><p>We managed a really decent crop of potatoes and carrots...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Enough to make a crumble, two bottles of wine, some sugary raw rhubarb sticks, and a bottle of juice:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh58kFCtFwNDCQ_AGOjLUiB6My3A7wX9IMtySqJKGLO2exdSPHizmTNJePzSmmIvek8XP3xcdlfx6gpITN65T0jIFmFf6ezux_i94OF734XEX77T16vFo3WV5ij_NwoJ5J_-Ihqa6S3vPAe/s2048/2020-07-19+13.59.37.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh58kFCtFwNDCQ_AGOjLUiB6My3A7wX9IMtySqJKGLO2exdSPHizmTNJePzSmmIvek8XP3xcdlfx6gpITN65T0jIFmFf6ezux_i94OF734XEX77T16vFo3WV5ij_NwoJ5J_-Ihqa6S3vPAe/s320/2020-07-19+13.59.37.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We also had a decent showing of flowers this year...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN2fFUSvkMfGBKqta-6jl-huwfKTWdEseTUlW3I8rN6iB145SVNq1meriv2FUaQb9_IRWzf4Q3ffDUDU1WG7_f5ofY0mcEFWkZ24XeQYprTnc2rvcU2FyoNDnY90VMeDPBqMRK2VHcHnwI/s2048/2020-07-31+11.49.16.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN2fFUSvkMfGBKqta-6jl-huwfKTWdEseTUlW3I8rN6iB145SVNq1meriv2FUaQb9_IRWzf4Q3ffDUDU1WG7_f5ofY0mcEFWkZ24XeQYprTnc2rvcU2FyoNDnY90VMeDPBqMRK2VHcHnwI/s320/2020-07-31+11.49.16.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">...but the star seems to have been the one sunflower that reached over 10 feet (and we hard about ten much shorter ones)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0LS5_-o8DksFZ2d-oOnhOCKGkF9H5U0yFY3x2nr5OvLgV9clds1fRkjsO5R1cdqJwTIrdv4z0JrtBZmGi3_kS6nv-nlmtHLFjB__Wil4s4ZDM-AIbmY6AmyXkUOwlnodURKAY65pO3L-d/s2048/2020-09-19+16.42.58.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0LS5_-o8DksFZ2d-oOnhOCKGkF9H5U0yFY3x2nr5OvLgV9clds1fRkjsO5R1cdqJwTIrdv4z0JrtBZmGi3_kS6nv-nlmtHLFjB__Wil4s4ZDM-AIbmY6AmyXkUOwlnodURKAY65pO3L-d/s320/2020-09-19+16.42.58.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtytgUtP0bzl5TByM-MZu4vWftRnUueX92VPzSwr-JWY-YFeJRNZSqHJitIGmE8wIQ2YI6voc1OXS-sF0t3aLmtHtCEo1kOpESpCFX2ySprFJqWOQZrrZ4ojkI3yd-Lm2gIVofMJR2n4C5/s2048/2020-10-24+10.02.50.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtytgUtP0bzl5TByM-MZu4vWftRnUueX92VPzSwr-JWY-YFeJRNZSqHJitIGmE8wIQ2YI6voc1OXS-sF0t3aLmtHtCEo1kOpESpCFX2ySprFJqWOQZrrZ4ojkI3yd-Lm2gIVofMJR2n4C5/s320/2020-10-24+10.02.50.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The girls made some bird feeders. You can possible make out a blue tit and a couple of sparrows here:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjryZutjYZq6XgZ_Hs7wPoFO2Akbq8JRDDJ77GdwkMbx8vxHnLnPeLBZUcpAv3e0mK0Eu7RI2jyYtT9GJEI4xNDDzS3Y6k26PqqVP70r99dXJ29VDRYND1b6MHFFVKycygPvOrMZFQfSn56/s2048/2020-11-23+11.07.26.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjryZutjYZq6XgZ_Hs7wPoFO2Akbq8JRDDJ77GdwkMbx8vxHnLnPeLBZUcpAv3e0mK0Eu7RI2jyYtT9GJEI4xNDDzS3Y6k26PqqVP70r99dXJ29VDRYND1b6MHFFVKycygPvOrMZFQfSn56/s320/2020-11-23+11.07.26.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I also though it worth sharing the diligent work of our estate's hedge trimming people....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB6dUCZCho37h9BPkyLZiHaoKILG37NCrAzClBqnN-CbgA9_1qYTjXQS2NVZOsUGLUXm28vgaBpb9JQNhg-X3EnTnoy_636E3CflJl4ul95q0FWD8gCP3ppOz42lKDoFqgqNyvA7RvaBiY/s2048/2020-12-05+10.53.20.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB6dUCZCho37h9BPkyLZiHaoKILG37NCrAzClBqnN-CbgA9_1qYTjXQS2NVZOsUGLUXm28vgaBpb9JQNhg-X3EnTnoy_636E3CflJl4ul95q0FWD8gCP3ppOz42lKDoFqgqNyvA7RvaBiY/s320/2020-12-05+10.53.20.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" />...and our fine haul of elderberries from near the river. These made some cordial and six bottles of reasonably nice wine. Hurray!<br style="text-align: left;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ5Ogzo7clesV5sze6Xka99PtsV3nH50wjiwaEIbHyxQ2O2AzKvnwxWrgpq2Cux-8ky22Cs04IpaCzhi2_9ysoMBobSovbWkfg_9vleTUKL12KR2-uI4CIFN7qgl4H2ShyphenhyphenqlPQsxTSMZfu/s2048/2020-09-13+15.44.49.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ5Ogzo7clesV5sze6Xka99PtsV3nH50wjiwaEIbHyxQ2O2AzKvnwxWrgpq2Cux-8ky22Cs04IpaCzhi2_9ysoMBobSovbWkfg_9vleTUKL12KR2-uI4CIFN7qgl4H2ShyphenhyphenqlPQsxTSMZfu/s320/2020-09-13+15.44.49.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></div><br /><p><br /></p>oldchaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12383226724085667887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7440903398328815470.post-10710624238826321682021-01-31T14:00:00.001+00:002021-01-31T14:00:03.951+00:00Doune Castle<p>Pre n-th lockdown, we managed to squeeze in a visit to Doune Castle, one of the many nice places we've been meaning to visit for ages without ever getting round to it. It's a nice place - a "proper" castle (rather than just a big house) with some indoor and some outdoor bits. You can see most of it in a couple of hours, but it's well worth a visit. I think the girls liked it.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEceTdjoZKXwLU4Bhi7m_ml4seuLZvQMqPJ4HdvSzIEsonJWbGt089QP1r5177MbrNomKaoZ8Y8Cly4TKUUYVZMd30DxQOFC9jZeKa0617SzmYj924T1I1DU1H7sO8rwpkSmfc_3y7_6oU/s2048/2020-10-19+11.02.28.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEceTdjoZKXwLU4Bhi7m_ml4seuLZvQMqPJ4HdvSzIEsonJWbGt089QP1r5177MbrNomKaoZ8Y8Cly4TKUUYVZMd30DxQOFC9jZeKa0617SzmYj924T1I1DU1H7sO8rwpkSmfc_3y7_6oU/s320/2020-10-19+11.02.28.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn_6f2uclTt_GwUoGBgmm1BXqmKGL5UEM-SdYCcwbQNdA_An7gsyeRly4iJk1FA-w6OkjVZujzCneOnRkmHBbZVEMCS0uShR7Vq8Sn-In2G8a8-AuX_RVqcmrUOiT7xmds5lhIysD4EMqm/s2048/2020-10-19+11.07.54.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn_6f2uclTt_GwUoGBgmm1BXqmKGL5UEM-SdYCcwbQNdA_An7gsyeRly4iJk1FA-w6OkjVZujzCneOnRkmHBbZVEMCS0uShR7Vq8Sn-In2G8a8-AuX_RVqcmrUOiT7xmds5lhIysD4EMqm/s320/2020-10-19+11.07.54.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAhXgP6cLipFCGYe9njKB5SOy3vaoMJumRNWPtGHNmq-4ZYfgYXSKHXN6BaFSWqeMFSXMmnOtRU73an7YbuYnRnq9FHLuZcjSsMfgFJJc-jLuFM_kPnCjgteGyP6gjzdbTCyvO3wAcmz6A/s2048/2020-10-19+11.30.20.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAhXgP6cLipFCGYe9njKB5SOy3vaoMJumRNWPtGHNmq-4ZYfgYXSKHXN6BaFSWqeMFSXMmnOtRU73an7YbuYnRnq9FHLuZcjSsMfgFJJc-jLuFM_kPnCjgteGyP6gjzdbTCyvO3wAcmz6A/s320/2020-10-19+11.30.20.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm1CIMlAxnFN4QEJp_trPmX1Y0PHrCpmMjmZBnQORzLWrHDtSs26OZTG5k2MQbZ0ce9CnzhiD8ahcrdn4qoUCKhimBFTnWYEspncwdtsUDmlLL99JXe0v-OondtQFEtIKIZPusCI3IlrI0/s2048/2020-10-19+11.30.27.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm1CIMlAxnFN4QEJp_trPmX1Y0PHrCpmMjmZBnQORzLWrHDtSs26OZTG5k2MQbZ0ce9CnzhiD8ahcrdn4qoUCKhimBFTnWYEspncwdtsUDmlLL99JXe0v-OondtQFEtIKIZPusCI3IlrI0/s320/2020-10-19+11.30.27.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We also stopped off at a monument on the way back (The David Stirling Memorial) - we've seen it a few times and had also meant to take a look. Now we have.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLH46vnIlkwEEig_An0fJQjxbDFbve5mDFY1pMuco2MQ5ovvUMFdh81qZepgdtmz75ESY5yoKiJtw7xFZmAsj_BCVOIvBKJUT5N2LYJgOnl8B-I3VfuF0Bie5QoIy2hDbRNj6KNyyNhJhv/s2048/2020-10-19+12.10.13.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLH46vnIlkwEEig_An0fJQjxbDFbve5mDFY1pMuco2MQ5ovvUMFdh81qZepgdtmz75ESY5yoKiJtw7xFZmAsj_BCVOIvBKJUT5N2LYJgOnl8B-I3VfuF0Bie5QoIy2hDbRNj6KNyyNhJhv/s320/2020-10-19+12.10.13.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>oldchaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12383226724085667887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7440903398328815470.post-27708313507520010212021-01-31T09:00:00.001+00:002021-01-31T09:00:00.354+00:00Science Kits<p>Lydia got a science kit as a present a little while back, and for Christmas, all the girls got a sweet making kit (with a strong science vibe to it). Here they are learning about pH indicator, yeast, and jelly sweets.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8M13QO2y2sRwr3UVbFxQTY7xsaJ0ZsmHKyA8wInJVlYxUMSIIvGIvLi7RJzqK2vmCQUJZV0G97xvfm_pwOVMbCost6tM3NmyUVmwDpvCZeLNvuBd7auhC-8TN8_KsfIDgDgtca3M2T1_I/s2048/2020-12-23+16.57.22.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8M13QO2y2sRwr3UVbFxQTY7xsaJ0ZsmHKyA8wInJVlYxUMSIIvGIvLi7RJzqK2vmCQUJZV0G97xvfm_pwOVMbCost6tM3NmyUVmwDpvCZeLNvuBd7auhC-8TN8_KsfIDgDgtca3M2T1_I/s320/2020-12-23+16.57.22.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii5frRW4wrURfRyhuNNrFrVIdi-K9N85H96XTsa4rzAnqg5XvCSFw9XbyxKHfAYFoZxy5e0rFjGy0au0n81Yyvm67h8-lei0Qs6n34AnFdUtaFPhf4KyECEQOND4zjhIFOJA9vWKcBqt-P/s2048/2020-12-24+16.37.22.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii5frRW4wrURfRyhuNNrFrVIdi-K9N85H96XTsa4rzAnqg5XvCSFw9XbyxKHfAYFoZxy5e0rFjGy0au0n81Yyvm67h8-lei0Qs6n34AnFdUtaFPhf4KyECEQOND4zjhIFOJA9vWKcBqt-P/s320/2020-12-24+16.37.22.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVIqxFKw5r90Kq4nmvMlvW1TJjyvuzRIkrZj-Kn8GD1HB75szubIMUVvV8JEp2W7f1heIJMq4qYxO99K-q4uJLuoQqjnv9VDR5OaZZa2u91kIMV6_ws_PsJb3_iPO1DC2xuGF56esCevKM/s2048/2020-12-24+17.48.56.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVIqxFKw5r90Kq4nmvMlvW1TJjyvuzRIkrZj-Kn8GD1HB75szubIMUVvV8JEp2W7f1heIJMq4qYxO99K-q4uJLuoQqjnv9VDR5OaZZa2u91kIMV6_ws_PsJb3_iPO1DC2xuGF56esCevKM/s320/2020-12-24+17.48.56.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI2_0b3suMWeJRiQH1f8EWTbTcw81O1GHB0_i1YJ5lEKZ72BD-5h8j38mkjSZPxf172zfzRcNemP0JubllsjA6paReNq1ACAZyUQo5jvH3mRKpfYJDzdR3wrgNapnISAZ0Y6xlzggdAw92/s2048/2020-12-31+13.03.07.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI2_0b3suMWeJRiQH1f8EWTbTcw81O1GHB0_i1YJ5lEKZ72BD-5h8j38mkjSZPxf172zfzRcNemP0JubllsjA6paReNq1ACAZyUQo5jvH3mRKpfYJDzdR3wrgNapnISAZ0Y6xlzggdAw92/s320/2020-12-31+13.03.07.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh41kqWFgBWSkNb343QSbDdoeqpHm1G7BiKtK5IIe1tujaMaZ8hmneXbSNIgjmg3LPmrJue0Jxz0ijuGQU63J8Lx4h52LU0npMzp2KLiQTavaj4khjMIGzkB4PUyOFC46a2Q6jiMBUE6fSI/s2048/2020-12-31+16.40.33.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh41kqWFgBWSkNb343QSbDdoeqpHm1G7BiKtK5IIe1tujaMaZ8hmneXbSNIgjmg3LPmrJue0Jxz0ijuGQU63J8Lx4h52LU0npMzp2KLiQTavaj4khjMIGzkB4PUyOFC46a2Q6jiMBUE6fSI/s320/2020-12-31+16.40.33.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>oldchaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12383226724085667887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7440903398328815470.post-64926004110801994272021-01-30T11:27:00.001+00:002021-01-30T11:27:12.657+00:00Snow<p>We don't get much snow in Stirling (plenty on the surrounding hills - but we're too close to sea level to get much), so when it comes we try to make the best of it.</p><p>The first photo is after we'd had a light dusting (at best) and Esther really wanted to build a snowman. You can just about make out our effort on the table.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMni3o6PB2iPy-9eZMP24LCmbJPiXFZahslLNCWcSsDsV-4iAdQY48uaqATN-6vAhcdQqEvwZGGeE-aqu2b-NWGPPhJTzwJ39sR92g6GRb45ptNadDDguxMPNsc9zGKFXF1nry7E4Lz_OK/s2048/2020-12-29+12.24.37.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMni3o6PB2iPy-9eZMP24LCmbJPiXFZahslLNCWcSsDsV-4iAdQY48uaqATN-6vAhcdQqEvwZGGeE-aqu2b-NWGPPhJTzwJ39sR92g6GRb45ptNadDDguxMPNsc9zGKFXF1nry7E4Lz_OK/s320/2020-12-29+12.24.37.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>A week later (early January) we had a bit more snow...</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidXdPTlS6zZ573uPb1Dxn0cFnbY_KJUPBBnrEu9IqtOzrsHzAv5xrhyphenhyphenb54BduQo524WcNrs2mEFd3xnHetngLzEWwmLh-xTF6M6GYyDfHVohK13r8uUoC3wuwFS2YcyVFcUs2gHCQlfEw0/s2048/2021-01-07+10.05.36.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidXdPTlS6zZ573uPb1Dxn0cFnbY_KJUPBBnrEu9IqtOzrsHzAv5xrhyphenhyphenb54BduQo524WcNrs2mEFd3xnHetngLzEWwmLh-xTF6M6GYyDfHVohK13r8uUoC3wuwFS2YcyVFcUs2gHCQlfEw0/s320/2021-01-07+10.05.36.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9DWMaYN0RaJgnB5ZnJnTnpQZwQDbhIw8kQDOYKCtgl1k9RrZm6FvOGkzL8mFKaXGbkcDCqiPHOZzOilQuqs7-lnuOygLHlicmkmOz1VUKNBJ3HchZf-Nm_0t7BNK0_4Vpr9u5cn9VJ8-u/s2048/2021-01-07+10.09.35.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9DWMaYN0RaJgnB5ZnJnTnpQZwQDbhIw8kQDOYKCtgl1k9RrZm6FvOGkzL8mFKaXGbkcDCqiPHOZzOilQuqs7-lnuOygLHlicmkmOz1VUKNBJ3HchZf-Nm_0t7BNK0_4Vpr9u5cn9VJ8-u/s320/2021-01-07+10.09.35.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSVUUX51TlRETS0TiA6PGptFRO5x1_h5rzAprwRKYp7FCpy1MW1e1y8ZRafohngYm1FHkBWharjfo2qOSSxWGMgtL6I5trE87ceAkG1AsRHVe58ogY428PZ_KJAm_VaCYc-s6OHdoOqlHm/s2048/2021-01-07+10.09.40.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSVUUX51TlRETS0TiA6PGptFRO5x1_h5rzAprwRKYp7FCpy1MW1e1y8ZRafohngYm1FHkBWharjfo2qOSSxWGMgtL6I5trE87ceAkG1AsRHVe58ogY428PZ_KJAm_VaCYc-s6OHdoOqlHm/s320/2021-01-07+10.09.40.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHXrC1ph94W7DvDt02afCClHdhyN42vyLZnnBk4r9nb4QVoL8yuOL6AMyTH-gTAWY-JQqxmYD2-C_rE5WSK18Ap_dfiKKmVnR5JhbvxAeCubAU_vypKAsMYbgbwwCyysckMPuASorK0M8X/s2048/2021-01-07+12.56.19.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHXrC1ph94W7DvDt02afCClHdhyN42vyLZnnBk4r9nb4QVoL8yuOL6AMyTH-gTAWY-JQqxmYD2-C_rE5WSK18Ap_dfiKKmVnR5JhbvxAeCubAU_vypKAsMYbgbwwCyysckMPuASorK0M8X/s320/2021-01-07+12.56.19.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>oldchaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12383226724085667887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7440903398328815470.post-38206760780437670342021-01-30T11:24:00.002+00:002021-01-30T11:24:28.601+00:00Esther Art II<p> Another picture from Esther! She's getting really good.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicZ954u5-hdjkVC6Y0Ynv8KHcjB1XAnmpoZCKvd0OB4oWbwqX9sATpGzBVszcXvY2w3CPmx9lwSN6UWhkPsEQBiMgU4dksNFxdnP2T46JS1dz1tjzEslSL2Pm65pQVhEBhfWKDse5QKED8/s2048/2020-12-30+09.30.30.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicZ954u5-hdjkVC6Y0Ynv8KHcjB1XAnmpoZCKvd0OB4oWbwqX9sATpGzBVszcXvY2w3CPmx9lwSN6UWhkPsEQBiMgU4dksNFxdnP2T46JS1dz1tjzEslSL2Pm65pQVhEBhfWKDse5QKED8/s320/2020-12-30+09.30.30.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>oldchaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12383226724085667887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7440903398328815470.post-11516854505497073582021-01-30T11:23:00.000+00:002021-01-30T11:23:05.700+00:00Christmas<p>This was, for obvious reasons, the first time the six of us were at home with just us at Christmas. This did mean we could do things in a bit more of a relaxed way: no piling all our stuff into cars, long trips, or any of that - but also no grandparents or cousins or any of those things we look forward to. Jay and I were able to go to a watchnight service for the first time in years as church is all online just now, and we were able to join (still virtually) some of our own church's activities over the holidays.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Santa came to visit some very excited children!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhap1utUUSTTicvp-_055UHNJJnROLYkwZ7WjYZrIzBF-g91mdtozca1ztfsspiMV44WcA2mdG6OAZD1uZz5aYiIDGhYlTxskXSpMeMaVBslK1hMg9QUhs8sl3xpb8JbgoJAopKUiF1yRye/s2048/2020-12-18+19.20.38.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhap1utUUSTTicvp-_055UHNJJnROLYkwZ7WjYZrIzBF-g91mdtozca1ztfsspiMV44WcA2mdG6OAZD1uZz5aYiIDGhYlTxskXSpMeMaVBslK1hMg9QUhs8sl3xpb8JbgoJAopKUiF1yRye/s320/2020-12-18+19.20.38.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsYfKLuPXaaAofVLKIhlD2YSJBDDmeCVce87HAYGqOg91yTNZdmrFRk-46O3h2NfOYLZJTVKPTPsHUS_-7vn0donOgxuP6O0plM0ErEDm8s8xrNCJzvIS9oTavXTDJOJ0sOKhEXcHlMCxq/s2048/2020-12-18+19.21.00.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsYfKLuPXaaAofVLKIhlD2YSJBDDmeCVce87HAYGqOg91yTNZdmrFRk-46O3h2NfOYLZJTVKPTPsHUS_-7vn0donOgxuP6O0plM0ErEDm8s8xrNCJzvIS9oTavXTDJOJ0sOKhEXcHlMCxq/s320/2020-12-18+19.21.00.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg47Q0Ejdn8V_kVRr17ic4YmFMb2YrFQX_L4nlqncK3A6GjXgdXYRCwPy26uS_gmeGxSCTD9Sx4jqYpvjsngmypDiCH7t27Qzrco9dLU2MBqiIAvW-ElcaAvkUPLzUz86Z4-KtAYKtxkT1q/s2048/2020-12-18+19.21.28.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg47Q0Ejdn8V_kVRr17ic4YmFMb2YrFQX_L4nlqncK3A6GjXgdXYRCwPy26uS_gmeGxSCTD9Sx4jqYpvjsngmypDiCH7t27Qzrco9dLU2MBqiIAvW-ElcaAvkUPLzUz86Z4-KtAYKtxkT1q/s320/2020-12-18+19.21.28.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Miriam made a decoration for us</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMUrGya2TQ1rqlSkHwlyaLxpQm4VaA-u5gGDUZJ1dxUOdlQ4cACcN_Az6RuDDQ2eEEpW1oZk-J897WjIqHyjz7KsNKLkpptgERwCbGBjt7df4t1iQ5-bP4WMGtyct2aEzNXwe7lsahp6dt/s2048/2020-12-22+18.14.52.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMUrGya2TQ1rqlSkHwlyaLxpQm4VaA-u5gGDUZJ1dxUOdlQ4cACcN_Az6RuDDQ2eEEpW1oZk-J897WjIqHyjz7KsNKLkpptgERwCbGBjt7df4t1iQ5-bP4WMGtyct2aEzNXwe7lsahp6dt/s320/2020-12-22+18.14.52.jpg" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The girls were very excited to have all our presents under the tree. Usually we keep them in a box ready to go in the car for the big trip...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAwTNjBEUuvp_fcV2Nqm_wn_83lRmBcpsdjyZfCCnfRMM4vJghQNf59N29lh4JoULv8Q5oy_1hgSwCCuYDT0dwWeAX5VpDyy22TvquJR_g91lU5CEizK5oh0wrXKpbZFLO1VrQq0ULC1Vu/s2048/2020-12-24+10.17.49.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAwTNjBEUuvp_fcV2Nqm_wn_83lRmBcpsdjyZfCCnfRMM4vJghQNf59N29lh4JoULv8Q5oy_1hgSwCCuYDT0dwWeAX5VpDyy22TvquJR_g91lU5CEizK5oh0wrXKpbZFLO1VrQq0ULC1Vu/s320/2020-12-24+10.17.49.jpg" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Christmas day involved a lot of virtual family visiting.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjted_k3QufDIKrsih0jXyEX5oQElbw4w5IMYk8I_LzTIPdx9ean_P1wJG0QG65dDS9YBpDaAkGEKkHfLHHYZOo8nx5mZigGihKm46-tCTzM8vJ17scLn2wdLfcfvel6hYZL0YOybXvnm93/s2048/2020-12-25+14.36.06.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjted_k3QufDIKrsih0jXyEX5oQElbw4w5IMYk8I_LzTIPdx9ean_P1wJG0QG65dDS9YBpDaAkGEKkHfLHHYZOo8nx5mZigGihKm46-tCTzM8vJ17scLn2wdLfcfvel6hYZL0YOybXvnm93/s320/2020-12-25+14.36.06.jpg" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Lydia and Esther got some bath foam for their Christmas. Left unattended for about half a minute, they released the whole can!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpZWEBDrroQGKqulpqWfFofxnnrdWJz8RGm8sBipqRGOwY5AxE3NPh8IYgERUlQKZsxDIxnhsQX5Lo7DmkaZ7pFPuXKAorYXGdfy9gWEMXOaH8hVr2s6Uap80ZyiHAgFx7UkDq3uelVFqd/s2048/2020-12-25+18.21.58.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpZWEBDrroQGKqulpqWfFofxnnrdWJz8RGm8sBipqRGOwY5AxE3NPh8IYgERUlQKZsxDIxnhsQX5Lo7DmkaZ7pFPuXKAorYXGdfy9gWEMXOaH8hVr2s6Uap80ZyiHAgFx7UkDq3uelVFqd/s320/2020-12-25+18.21.58.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Esther is really in to puzzles and got some nice new ones.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY8RSeL3fYC_erNslyAte4d1OuHhnYpKaHNQ0Io0dyZCTlkMSNLwtMPB4suOlKt3Hf_DQd5YO3C4NJXV7voIWXpr3FfeaHg98-J01Bu1cM0eLkEBcnj3wNoXOO5rcl6uhq4KJUiGXPLc9D/s2048/2020-12-26+12.36.09.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY8RSeL3fYC_erNslyAte4d1OuHhnYpKaHNQ0Io0dyZCTlkMSNLwtMPB4suOlKt3Hf_DQd5YO3C4NJXV7voIWXpr3FfeaHg98-J01Bu1cM0eLkEBcnj3wNoXOO5rcl6uhq4KJUiGXPLc9D/s320/2020-12-26+12.36.09.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWUr-ZVjpznbge5C_whYg-qJ2TzBJxhGlRH6amIvDqz5L4NlRqonbLMKIB3VeDXdwNZpzZS0evbLqIS75PSExALu3TutN_GD1d7eh12NFv_2z0k4h3eI5F8RSD4y8guQ_YnzcyUeDYOQ07/s2048/2021-01-04+13.46.48.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWUr-ZVjpznbge5C_whYg-qJ2TzBJxhGlRH6amIvDqz5L4NlRqonbLMKIB3VeDXdwNZpzZS0evbLqIS75PSExALu3TutN_GD1d7eh12NFv_2z0k4h3eI5F8RSD4y8guQ_YnzcyUeDYOQ07/s320/2021-01-04+13.46.48.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Thank you letters begin! Home schooling had an additional writing activity...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZYf6_eDt90d7LsQ8DUQc2PvAJP8gDdrlCCLEQOiSIhtSBk58qgAyQSrIiNTwyUTFYGu6nEptxUhsiRsXYYyJJcU_BBsvBbkdsIMZNoXSNXYP6MKOyHYc4nXCUUoiA7FujdM21HMdWDPrU/s2048/2021-01-09+17.36.31.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZYf6_eDt90d7LsQ8DUQc2PvAJP8gDdrlCCLEQOiSIhtSBk58qgAyQSrIiNTwyUTFYGu6nEptxUhsiRsXYYyJJcU_BBsvBbkdsIMZNoXSNXYP6MKOyHYc4nXCUUoiA7FujdM21HMdWDPrU/s320/2021-01-09+17.36.31.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>oldchaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12383226724085667887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7440903398328815470.post-34947156215611852292020-12-15T19:00:00.000+00:002020-12-15T19:00:03.118+00:00Esther's art<p> Esther has suddenly become very good at pictures! Here are a few of her creations.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglS3qpWAPW5ga9iTyclVi_MFHqqZdsmvZ-WO68_IXDl8QLBb4LZ0m985EokL3B1m2Vrh7y9oR3QXuNMMrkTCvaaa-6VlUcqpm3Ayfnl8WF1dNJzj24TUcB0OYFwdG5L2rysQhv4xOSsX97/s2048/2020-11-21+20.46.37.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglS3qpWAPW5ga9iTyclVi_MFHqqZdsmvZ-WO68_IXDl8QLBb4LZ0m985EokL3B1m2Vrh7y9oR3QXuNMMrkTCvaaa-6VlUcqpm3Ayfnl8WF1dNJzj24TUcB0OYFwdG5L2rysQhv4xOSsX97/s320/2020-11-21+20.46.37.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKJ7kMAFIFTAN-QOM42V5R5m61PiMTUeqkZctZ6UGKGu6AAh6KsJDo-o_sa5wOeKhCXDtrE5xxkm9kJmxbsdB8NllUU-YUkvKeF8cfhhydx9dppO9YtiOs4OZsfvxTp77rvlHp1VtLNQ9k/s2048/2020-12-02+12.52.05.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKJ7kMAFIFTAN-QOM42V5R5m61PiMTUeqkZctZ6UGKGu6AAh6KsJDo-o_sa5wOeKhCXDtrE5xxkm9kJmxbsdB8NllUU-YUkvKeF8cfhhydx9dppO9YtiOs4OZsfvxTp77rvlHp1VtLNQ9k/s320/2020-12-02+12.52.05.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjya5nJObK-ovjx_saSyg1Re1kd8fNj1ifbBCyp_8nbMG_427S4dksXQQd_mPDWU8wrhdLprdOH58TOBsug5BRAM_FhnQAxspv3H36QvGTYIT-X7K1UNVsz71DA_socwuEHtLccP4fIuEHC/s2048/2020-12-02+19.11.43.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjya5nJObK-ovjx_saSyg1Re1kd8fNj1ifbBCyp_8nbMG_427S4dksXQQd_mPDWU8wrhdLprdOH58TOBsug5BRAM_FhnQAxspv3H36QvGTYIT-X7K1UNVsz71DA_socwuEHtLccP4fIuEHC/s320/2020-12-02+19.11.43.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>oldchaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12383226724085667887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7440903398328815470.post-45503354368465007082020-12-14T19:00:00.001+00:002020-12-14T19:00:02.005+00:00Brownie Camp<p> Naomi and Miriam were meant to be on Brownie camp this year, but of course, that hasn't happened. Instead we had a weekend of Zoom meetings and activities, with a "camp" setup in their bedrooms. I think it still worked pretty well. They had fun, anyway...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0BUbREMNCaeiYO9QDuvT_baNV7JetSvZWSnLrT8DvOn-UT3iEwzJidZroCjhJuPF9G0axNmoRd33tJTyPBv1Nnukrb69nZVU2sdjKMc-o2Fe51xrIei6uVZKMbQLh7gSYAGo7i1aVKR8L/s2048/2020-11-21+19.43.04.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0BUbREMNCaeiYO9QDuvT_baNV7JetSvZWSnLrT8DvOn-UT3iEwzJidZroCjhJuPF9G0axNmoRd33tJTyPBv1Nnukrb69nZVU2sdjKMc-o2Fe51xrIei6uVZKMbQLh7gSYAGo7i1aVKR8L/s320/2020-11-21+19.43.04.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhQkDoQhI4Afvqv36cEp9-szlhhkeoFeUXEZA8EgggN5CWIZ-vmjy-DzxihKSy_PgjeQR-ghGTIt2-NJ5QMn5q8C0HmStO_FifdFgTyeodHmb7Rca0wWOPmqCtRSxcZzL5woh0pJhp1xUd/s2048/2020-11-21+19.42.55.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhQkDoQhI4Afvqv36cEp9-szlhhkeoFeUXEZA8EgggN5CWIZ-vmjy-DzxihKSy_PgjeQR-ghGTIt2-NJ5QMn5q8C0HmStO_FifdFgTyeodHmb7Rca0wWOPmqCtRSxcZzL5woh0pJhp1xUd/s320/2020-11-21+19.42.55.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The little two were very keen to not be left out, so they got a camp too.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p>oldchaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12383226724085667887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7440903398328815470.post-76531917939704432012020-12-13T16:23:00.007+00:002020-12-13T16:26:14.229+00:00Christmas Prep<p> It'll be an "at home" Christmas this year, for the first time ever without grandparents or cousins or anything like that. We have, at least, got the first part ready: our very unique tree decorations.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0mQrjvdlapfuLHhnGVEGWRQ1KHS-RlsJ2OUTTgl5MVTGdgTztfKKhOhBZgyzfDmhy332VcU4mKvcN09dR1lON8Kg7p5w7bmI_Lv-ki1QKwBX4l4oU8RL97kzfEiYEDv0r8fxD3mW4IGc3/s2048/2020-12-06+15.35.07.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0mQrjvdlapfuLHhnGVEGWRQ1KHS-RlsJ2OUTTgl5MVTGdgTztfKKhOhBZgyzfDmhy332VcU4mKvcN09dR1lON8Kg7p5w7bmI_Lv-ki1QKwBX4l4oU8RL97kzfEiYEDv0r8fxD3mW4IGc3/s320/2020-12-06+15.35.07.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI6z7kc4eBdeZT05Ikn2HEJMP9656rZATOPP0q0jzZ0suUN532TtAkLOrgOZeSyDhN_jQGSdDH-78iVOkfgzWvEdGHCIYBpE13ap3-Q91XbZ9WFlT1c9ePL_L3HLwlys0uFiG0ootn59bV/s2048/2020-12-06+15.47.35.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI6z7kc4eBdeZT05Ikn2HEJMP9656rZATOPP0q0jzZ0suUN532TtAkLOrgOZeSyDhN_jQGSdDH-78iVOkfgzWvEdGHCIYBpE13ap3-Q91XbZ9WFlT1c9ePL_L3HLwlys0uFiG0ootn59bV/s320/2020-12-06+15.47.35.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Naomi has made a santa's grotto as part of the tree decorations. That gold tinsel surrounds it.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFphbOER0rUanjAFrHMuGS8sS6sNntYfw1TOZ5ZGAIThgOIyEGh7JVJL4ekE83CGh9wu6Q1iZWnfkV2r-BxHQPHi2vHBNnpxXGTm0zgP9WaK9h-dacVlotXxlUb9_NxAzS0tPi2AXd3t8_/s2048/2020-12-06+15.48.25.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFphbOER0rUanjAFrHMuGS8sS6sNntYfw1TOZ5ZGAIThgOIyEGh7JVJL4ekE83CGh9wu6Q1iZWnfkV2r-BxHQPHi2vHBNnpxXGTm0zgP9WaK9h-dacVlotXxlUb9_NxAzS0tPi2AXd3t8_/s320/2020-12-06+15.48.25.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS_DqH85BdKUaxkvz0F2YLQkQT6nyM8eAGvLsdEXTcISrlcteL7ZC9slslBDC_HywHyzKmuj-Lh4cORHThm4PZGDDL5y0J-SzjKeWIaKHBwB2WDHxgQFX2HpMBBOUMhEXiDn-Qhp7RO5DE/s2048/2020-12-06+15.57.11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS_DqH85BdKUaxkvz0F2YLQkQT6nyM8eAGvLsdEXTcISrlcteL7ZC9slslBDC_HywHyzKmuj-Lh4cORHThm4PZGDDL5y0J-SzjKeWIaKHBwB2WDHxgQFX2HpMBBOUMhEXiDn-Qhp7RO5DE/s320/2020-12-06+15.57.11.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /><p></p>oldchaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12383226724085667887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7440903398328815470.post-20982196256041520652020-12-13T16:15:00.001+00:002020-12-13T16:15:03.033+00:00Miriam's 8th Birthday<p> Similarly, Miriam's birthday also needed some outdoor fun, but in her case she just wanted to play Minecraft on the tablet with her friend. So, a little bit easier. Spot the theme with the case too!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqNIzIaCDudFuyKqEoqXYCg-cOA8Z5WUFkwlmezIEuEubTGyKY-hfHHhsS_u0JJ3MoyS_5HOMLPfJv2p0A0VMqAhYpoE_LSUTAHfQ4zODN75DvlB91xzwTx50-bDQ8aU8_CIjGr_JjZg3a/s2048/2020-11-09+07.26.36.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqNIzIaCDudFuyKqEoqXYCg-cOA8Z5WUFkwlmezIEuEubTGyKY-hfHHhsS_u0JJ3MoyS_5HOMLPfJv2p0A0VMqAhYpoE_LSUTAHfQ4zODN75DvlB91xzwTx50-bDQ8aU8_CIjGr_JjZg3a/s320/2020-11-09+07.26.36.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Pre-school presents. Miriam is really there somewhere!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjBaftq0sW9tlVNT2fDmmtamqxTaTcNJ_-_jkwO7KvUHcCYTAkIxo1BbBiUtgAMJfmc0OZ98NRMWr7sKmChCPaF-ppPJ_KZn9NFDCRqWY_bDnRnIpnH5DuAqNaYqOtnQCFEntKtFsVvG75/s2048/2020-11-09+07.43.11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjBaftq0sW9tlVNT2fDmmtamqxTaTcNJ_-_jkwO7KvUHcCYTAkIxo1BbBiUtgAMJfmc0OZ98NRMWr7sKmChCPaF-ppPJ_KZn9NFDCRqWY_bDnRnIpnH5DuAqNaYqOtnQCFEntKtFsVvG75/s320/2020-11-09+07.43.11.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Her camera was a popular present</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDprcezF0BCYhTSiZBwPnBMGKuJPFymDTPrFVLQDZr8DIU2seyOsqaPf7gIppYLD2S7gszhsEDERvkqO_p3zunwshlEPOiA_eNi9NLtVuc79Rf85PYliyUkxGFqSclBCcjN8n3jTtfgCgU/s2048/2020-11-09+15.24.36-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDprcezF0BCYhTSiZBwPnBMGKuJPFymDTPrFVLQDZr8DIU2seyOsqaPf7gIppYLD2S7gszhsEDERvkqO_p3zunwshlEPOiA_eNi9NLtVuc79Rf85PYliyUkxGFqSclBCcjN8n3jTtfgCgU/s320/2020-11-09+15.24.36-1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>oldchaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12383226724085667887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7440903398328815470.post-36151305321868820722020-12-13T16:12:00.002+00:002020-12-13T16:12:17.583+00:00Lydia's 6th Birthday<p> ...was a bit different this year! Not being able to do an inside party, we were able to do an outside one. Lots of blankets and a gazebo, and we have an outdoor home cinema where our best friends could come too! A lot of fun indeed.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgba16P4lJtlziZ3Alfw16r7RtCN9Y9kGW2TrAjBn97dRzQ-9it_bOTuGJwX5XJFLqDcTbdSinfiWLJAqqxPi_7rZaBYz9GiXEX1DzrIUUD-o5nnHl1RE-wsJc51rZWvAM8sA3_zYzxohPN/s2048/2020-10-30+07.18.51.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgba16P4lJtlziZ3Alfw16r7RtCN9Y9kGW2TrAjBn97dRzQ-9it_bOTuGJwX5XJFLqDcTbdSinfiWLJAqqxPi_7rZaBYz9GiXEX1DzrIUUD-o5nnHl1RE-wsJc51rZWvAM8sA3_zYzxohPN/s320/2020-10-30+07.18.51.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Presents before school</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgNOjYvWIwqpLtiGQZ-zi6EQZtn8UduRbAm6Tcm608z02eR7GfMHNPEflEBt10rld7-Gd2J4urejDsMK3Blby84MmNS9tyi_BaDcCiiDphp7JF8C81ekAfBUig5sp4RErr9tjPp8fS0ZpI/s2048/2020-10-30+07.20.19.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgNOjYvWIwqpLtiGQZ-zi6EQZtn8UduRbAm6Tcm608z02eR7GfMHNPEflEBt10rld7-Gd2J4urejDsMK3Blby84MmNS9tyi_BaDcCiiDphp7JF8C81ekAfBUig5sp4RErr9tjPp8fS0ZpI/w240-h320/2020-10-30+07.20.19.jpg" title="Naomi's cards are getting ever more impressive." width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Naomi's cards are getting ever more impressive.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdlFmplLkGQYpkmvXI4WYlhmc39O0ozsedbsycnqB9Vl__YBFIKmip6D9p_0ZIx-0jPO6xWzjICFujceUrRHPqpPQbG6kFa0CnFJfsFXAMo8RyhralfVCwdFL7rpDNTy-W7yTXNRcdT5Cx/s2048/2020-10-30+17.12.29.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdlFmplLkGQYpkmvXI4WYlhmc39O0ozsedbsycnqB9Vl__YBFIKmip6D9p_0ZIx-0jPO6xWzjICFujceUrRHPqpPQbG6kFa0CnFJfsFXAMo8RyhralfVCwdFL7rpDNTy-W7yTXNRcdT5Cx/s320/2020-10-30+17.12.29.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>oldchaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12383226724085667887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7440903398328815470.post-15131487273706110202020-11-14T17:14:00.002+00:002020-11-14T17:14:36.562+00:00Precious Lydia<p>First an apology, many years ago I started this tradition of writing a letter on your birthday and I have to confess the last few years I haven't quite managed. I should have and I am really sorry. Life got a bit overwhelming and it never quite made it to "paper". This is nothing to with you, mummy should have planned a bit better.</p><p>But here you are, having just turned 6! And I want to re-instigate the letter writing tradition.</p><p>Lydia, you are a beautiful girl and you know what you love.</p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>You love purple (I think I have conditioned you given your namesake sold purple cloth).</li><li>You love your sisters.</li><li>You love Elise and Erin.</li><li>You love making mischief.</li><li>You love an adventure.</li><li>You love a bit of dressing up (come as you please day at school and you were adament you would be a unicorn!) <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCrPuih8LffTasTxzNRi2RbrovH32rJANruFm-tt499tto8pdxoTbmwsRI5WMa7bUY5p-ZZaOFNCoQTFNwV-4TJd6-Wp5kOG9P9Nn_6e9x7Lhu9SMMXjHu51fY7X21dhQ9IH4rtrA7E84/s960/123174353_10158122737612961_1810166053382675795_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="528" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCrPuih8LffTasTxzNRi2RbrovH32rJANruFm-tt499tto8pdxoTbmwsRI5WMa7bUY5p-ZZaOFNCoQTFNwV-4TJd6-Wp5kOG9P9Nn_6e9x7Lhu9SMMXjHu51fY7X21dhQ9IH4rtrA7E84/s320/123174353_10158122737612961_1810166053382675795_n.jpg" /></a></div><br /></li></ul><div>You love a good role play game, like Mummies and babies, or cats and dogs, or pincesses and unicorns. You and Esther can while away many an hour lost in a wee imaginary world.</div><div><br /></div><div>Last year you started school and after lockdown meant that you had an unconventional first year, you are loving school again this year. You love learning, mainly just now you are learning about words and how to read them and write them. You are getting so good. You have an awesome smile when you get something write. Your happiness is infectious. You make other people happy too.</div><div><br /></div><div>You are kind (when you want to be) would always make sure that everything is fair. You look after people. I am proud of you for this.</div><div><br /></div><div>You are desperate to be seen as a big girl. I have to remind myself that just because you are one of the "little two" doesn't mean you're little (I am sorry for when I get that wrong). You are turning into a beautiful big girl. Full of adventure and a desire to push yourself. You are currently working incredibly hard to learn to do a hand stand. I know you will manage.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">You love to throw yourself wholeheartedly into something, as this muddy trip to the park can attest. Yours are the middle legs and you were absolutely the first to go in...</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8SnQTZm7xX-j2IS0Ngd5RKBnlvH78xy7JSETo5lplwsCaYSVMiJKXdJ3UIss_D1JvyNHvyCZPRPytnWG-8qw_mxkjDxTSSmXt8eiQ9KBjMJ1dpd4Ieju6QexZ0fJiS9Gem5QpQg8eUjk/s1440/122152680_10158105130842961_1046676927076941483_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="810" data-original-width="1440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8SnQTZm7xX-j2IS0Ngd5RKBnlvH78xy7JSETo5lplwsCaYSVMiJKXdJ3UIss_D1JvyNHvyCZPRPytnWG-8qw_mxkjDxTSSmXt8eiQ9KBjMJ1dpd4Ieju6QexZ0fJiS9Gem5QpQg8eUjk/s320/122152680_10158105130842961_1046676927076941483_o.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>You find joy in the smallest things, I pray this will never leave you</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcLQDefr9kvFQdgVKotuS9hoIee3Je1F1ZMGD5h7BEbmArQogmbKlp-KL8GHoLie8BuOZLHA8WAuJM7fJ6lLfRy9xomHezAxUQKh5DC5-QlpcD7I6Y1SflbgvFZ6iuFs_GADOX34f0540/s1440/122007600_10158095263572961_3424825508342474981_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcLQDefr9kvFQdgVKotuS9hoIee3Je1F1ZMGD5h7BEbmArQogmbKlp-KL8GHoLie8BuOZLHA8WAuJM7fJ6lLfRy9xomHezAxUQKh5DC5-QlpcD7I6Y1SflbgvFZ6iuFs_GADOX34f0540/s320/122007600_10158095263572961_3424825508342474981_o.jpg" /></a></div><p><br /></p>You also find joy in the biggest things<p></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVimRuUO8vqtfFmHHhEGRleuP1st3LHE40GZ_8UA6jIGKLY6R0ckUaFoTe6VJo1lzwtui8msBid6VlQp9wPUNajSGNO786_AoMAYguolR-s2Yqib43TthHO2j7iholAMq_qrDTlzC9rLQ/s1440/121077981_10158075214527961_3308254125342361638_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVimRuUO8vqtfFmHHhEGRleuP1st3LHE40GZ_8UA6jIGKLY6R0ckUaFoTe6VJo1lzwtui8msBid6VlQp9wPUNajSGNO786_AoMAYguolR-s2Yqib43TthHO2j7iholAMq_qrDTlzC9rLQ/s320/121077981_10158075214527961_3308254125342361638_o.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div>Mummy loves you. I love you so much.</div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">My prayer for this year in many ways is a prayer for me. I pray we can help you come to know God more, Jesus better and the Holy Spirit as a real friend.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #001320; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><blockquote>Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it. Proverbs 22:6</blockquote></span></span></div><p></p>Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01025773948189020622noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7440903398328815470.post-80942677809400919762020-10-17T17:42:00.004+01:002020-10-17T17:42:33.502+01:00Tech stuff<p> A couple of slightly techie things to catch up on too...</p><p>First, several years ago I was given a rack mount cabinet for some of my technology things. 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I'm involved in teaching a course that has always been planned for "online" (rather than the webcam lectures I've been doing the past few weeks). My bit goes live in January, so I was in the film studio last week. 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This time we made some indicator using red cabbage. We really didn't expect much from this, but the range of colours with different alkalies and acids was really quite impressive!</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">The foul-smelling indicator itself...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRoL2plR7clv648RV5gdPI4ecikwarsbGtYY5gRqlDk7m7AzUIS7TY-URX-0t5WR1Ayw0yslHSprKWp-LXTespdreygW21DkJkXGhUJ6LtigHGsJTKI0WrxE0_aVIl5YWM0PzN2lJxNvY4/s2048/2020-09-06+17.36.39.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRoL2plR7clv648RV5gdPI4ecikwarsbGtYY5gRqlDk7m7AzUIS7TY-URX-0t5WR1Ayw0yslHSprKWp-LXTespdreygW21DkJkXGhUJ6LtigHGsJTKI0WrxE0_aVIl5YWM0PzN2lJxNvY4/w240-h320/2020-09-06+17.36.39.jpg" title="The foul-smelling indicator" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">And how it looked after mixing with soaps, vinegars, fruit juice, bleach and several other things...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZo8pcYUts8kIamqMd4loz69T9cPHN82MGe0b4Pj7MRHSVsI2MMDKzeEb_IuTTv3_UR4ZJ15dtg3BO9ro_TXRjutt9oyf-ftZDG1EG95PGbCrYiZZyCmUBOSUPbOyz26KDtgs5f44GNV9q/s2048/2020-09-13+14.10.08.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZo8pcYUts8kIamqMd4loz69T9cPHN82MGe0b4Pj7MRHSVsI2MMDKzeEb_IuTTv3_UR4ZJ15dtg3BO9ro_TXRjutt9oyf-ftZDG1EG95PGbCrYiZZyCmUBOSUPbOyz26KDtgs5f44GNV9q/s320/2020-09-13+14.10.08.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>oldchaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12383226724085667887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7440903398328815470.post-17150763237720366992020-10-17T12:05:00.002+01:002020-10-17T12:05:18.203+01:00Messy church at homeAmong the many things folk have adapted to the present situation, both our church and North Parish (the one we go to messy church at) have been very good at providing home versions of their usual children's activities. Our Sunday school now usually has a Veggietales video and an appropriate craft; we usually have a kids song to dance to as well.<div><br /></div><div>Messy Church revolves around parents and their children doing the activities together - and it's been really helpful to get a bag of materials and instructions for activities each month. 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The biggest thing is just the lack of people - often we don't see who else is in the same "session" - and you can't easily lean to the person next to you to ask if they understood what was just said... On top of that it's all on Mexican time, so the days run from about 3pm to 1:30am. My other conference in a couple of weeks (<a href="https://wcci2020.org/">WCCI</a>) is at least in Glasgow, but for some reason it's not quite on local time and runs from 11am to 10pm each day. I do have a paper to present at that one but I expect I'll not be the most coherent by then!</div>
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The food is definitely better than conference provisions, I can get a decent sleep in a non-hotel-bed, and I can see all the family in my breaks.<br />
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In short - virtual conferences aren't as good from the work perspective - but personally they are pretty good.oldchaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12383226724085667887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7440903398328815470.post-79570655749486090172020-06-27T11:24:00.000+01:002020-06-27T11:24:06.561+01:00ButterfliesOne of our learning activities was to get some caterpillars and watch them grow. Overall a pretty successful exercise, though I think parents got more out of it than children! Having now released them, the girls see a butterfly on many of our walks that must be one of ours...<br />
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<br />oldchaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12383226724085667887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7440903398328815470.post-57677248680828651002020-06-27T11:08:00.001+01:002020-06-27T11:08:45.531+01:00Summer holidays, and sports dayWell, I was thinking it's be hard to tell when the summer holidays started, but right on cue, day 1 of "no school" had some serious rain!<br />
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Nevertheless, this was most welcome for those of us still working at home as my office is on the southern side of the house and gets very warm in the sunshine. (I'm averaging about 6 meetings a day on Microsoft Teams - and a bit of fresh air really helps with the concentration too)<br />
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So, home schooling is more or less over, unless we do this all again in August! It's looking promising that won't happen though. We'll catch up on some more home school activities in a while, but on of the last things in the year was sports day. The school did a really good job of providing some potted sports for the children to do at home, and we submitted their scores so winning classes could be determined (Lydia's P1 class were the winners in P1-3)<br />
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Normally I'd take the morning off work to see the girls doing their sports, so I did the same thing this time...<br />
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<br />oldchaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12383226724085667887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7440903398328815470.post-72858911596990735072020-05-23T16:49:00.000+01:002020-05-23T16:49:25.848+01:00Lockdown Fun<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lydia is missing her P1 class and teacher. We've run in to her teacher a couple of times when we've been out walking, but as she's a probationer she won't be in the school when school resumes after the summer. Meanwhile, she is reading a story for the class each week - here is Lydia enjoying that.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">We still get to jump in muddy puddles sometimes though. (Esther LOVES her dinosaur coat!)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">As well as exciting indoor challenges like making the tallest Lego tower.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And this was Easter Sunday's egg rolling. The slide was most helpful.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I couldn't find Lydia one morning. It turns out she was looking for clothes!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The girls get sent Sunday School activities each week. Here they are learning about Goliath. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Of course, without a physical school to go to the girls often play schools. (yes, we do schoolwork with them in the mornings too - but they are much less willing to do that!)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">...and why not just go the full distance and wear our school uniforms too? (this was genuinely one of the days that Lydia say her teacher out on the walk)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Work, of course, involves a lot of video calls for me. Sadly one of the meetings usually has bacon sandwiches provided, so I had to bring my own this time. Still good!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The lack of groups and activities means we can do a lot more with our weekends, including clearing some odd jobs. Lydia and Esther needed some new under-bed storage, so I got a chance to make some decent boxes. Great!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The older two have been promised more colours in their bedroom for months. So, here we go!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wednesday evening Kids Club is still on, but the crafts and dances are all a bit in-house.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The girls have enjoyed a couple of Andrew Lloyd Webber's musicals on YouTube. Joseph was the best! This is them enjoying Cats.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Naomi took it upon herself to make dinner last weekend. Jay provided instructions, then she took care of it all herself. Great job!</td></tr>
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<br />oldchaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12383226724085667887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7440903398328815470.post-28989273415124679592020-04-18T21:39:00.001+01:002020-04-18T21:39:24.545+01:00DNAIn the name of entertaining things to do while cooped up in the house, we are trying some science experiments. The most recent (and I thought most impressive) was extracting DNA from an onion: you break down the onion's cells and, when poured into an alcohol-based solution, the strands of DNA combine into threads that you can see with just your naked eye. I heard about this one from one of my work chums who had successfully done it with his children: he sent me scans of the book he used but the gist of the experiment can also be found <a href="https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/ac/broomhill2016r22/2017/01/30/extracting-dna-from-onions/">here</a>.<br />
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Needless to say I think the girls were a bit underwhelmed with this one: not as good as the water rocket anyway. Plenty more stuff to try yet though!<br />
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<br />oldchaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12383226724085667887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7440903398328815470.post-44038676909577835092020-03-29T21:05:00.000+01:002020-03-29T21:05:13.846+01:00GardenA nice day today, and some much-needed time outside. Jay managed to get to the garden centre before the lock-down began, so we had a load of seeds and plants to get out. All the girls pitched in!<br />
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Not long and we'll have peas, potatoes, carrots, lettuce, sweet peas, nasturtiums, sunflowers, pansies and petunias (as well as courgettes and butternut squash - we'll see how they turn out).<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Lydia, count me out four piles of potatoes"</td></tr>
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