What is the best thing that has happened to you today.

When DD1 was that age I drank out of a plastic camping mug. Saved a lot of stress

Lovely photos, elegran Nice idea about sprinkling the ashes.

jeni save the vodka

Don't tell me!

You will run out of high shelves to put things on, Jeni

Lovely photography!

I have DD and DGD staying overnight! I had forgotten how wearing 11/12 month olds were!
Nothing is safe! My glasses (spectacles) and my glass (vodka)

I'm going to have to rearrange my house before the next visit?

Beautiful pics Elegran. You've really captured a special moment there.

I did bin the duds and chose the best ones, but he really was gorgeous, difficult not to get good shots when he stood still for ages. Two swans came ashore right beside him and he just ignored them - and they ignored him.

Those are wonderful, Elegran - I am impressed!

He's beautiful, Elegran!

Oh good shots!

wow what a beauty, it looks idyllic.

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I don't fancy roast heron, though I believe it was a delicacy at Tudor royal courts.

jess

Elegran - I can feel the peace.

Glad you enjoyed that quiet moment elegran.
We saw some herons too, in our local country park. They have raised 26 young this season and the rangers had set up an excellent scope trained on the nests (which about the size of dinner tables - a bunch of them in the top of some scots pines) and a "heron cam". We were a bit bemused by the signs saying "Heron Festival" but all became clear when we saw the baby herons. Quite different to the Woburn Oyster Festival up the road, where you eat the creatures in question

elegran sound so peaceful, Heron are my favourite bird

It sounds idyllic, Elegran.

Today I spent half an hour watching a heron preening its feathers in the sunshine.

On Thursday I had collected DHs ashes and had to think where to scatter them. I decided to take a little at a time to each of the places where we used to walk when he was well. First one was the Gogar Burn where it has been landscaped to flow past the office blocks in Edinburgh Park. It widens into a pool fringed on one side with rushes, with a paved path down the other in front of the offices. The heron was at the edge of the rushes. It is very quiet there at the weekend. I took some photographs, which I shall try to upload

A bonus and a lovely peaceful scene.

Really exciting Maniac and jeni - glad you enjoyed yourselves today.

Today is our middle daughter's hen do, organised by her best friend and chief bridesmaid. This afternoon all the attendees went to a recording studio as part of the experience. All three daughters have already posted photos on FB of them singing together, grinning their heads off.

We/they have had a trying few years with evasive pregnancies, unfinished pregnancies, unexpected pregnancies and a few hospital stays so to see them all so happy did me the power of good.

Had a lovely lunch with an Italian flavour -thank you*jeni*. a foretaste of our cruise.I wore one of her hats and she lent me travel guides of the wonderful places we will be visiting-So-o-o exciting.

A twig?

Could make a wee one for him, Gally!

Well he'll be tossing summat, but I dinae ken if it'll be the caber yet awhile!!

Och aye, Hamish will be tossing the caber in no time, Gally. Try telling that to my big Hamish!

Hearing that Hamish has put on 8oz having lost a wopping 1lb in his first week and also hearing that a friends' early born grandson is out of intensive care and in his own wee cot - Hurrah