Category: General

Carpe per diem – seize the check.
Robin Williams

Goodnight everyone,sleep well.

Lusty Springboard – If you go away

I’ve been meaning to post a picture of my car’s cobweb laden mirror for some time now, Val’s picture post  on flowers titled ‘Find the cobweb’ (or similar) and her more recent ‘mirror image’ effort made me finally do something about it!

A little history to begin with, spiders for some reason or another have always held a high position in the hierarchy of the Soutie household, (possibly one tier lower than the cat, but as the cat’s position is self proclaimed rather than bestowed perhaps that doesn’t count!), they are obviously eating something and that has to be good for my environment,  I’ve never killed them.

You would be hard pressed to find Continue reading “A cobweb for Val”

It is easier to go down a hill than up, but the view is from the top.
Arnold Bennett

Goodnight everyone, sleep well.

A boy named Sue – Johnny Cash

JM and the Royalist:

I don’t know about anyone else, but I am having trouble following your game. I’ve drawn up the following table. If you like I can put two copies in your post, John, which you can edit – and then we can all see what is happening. 🙂

Continue reading “Battleships Two – Just A Thought”

Having George W. Bush giving a lecture on business ethics is like having a leper give you a facial, it just doesn’t work!
Robin Williams

Goodnight everyone, sleep well.

This story must be irrefutable evidence of global warming. Naked on an Aberdeen rooftop, even in July!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-10818168

I remember my wedding day in Aberdeen in July many years ago. The wind and rain were awful. Things have changed.  Of course it could also be a good advert for the anaesthetic properties of  Scotch!

Johnny Cash – Man In Black

The road to Artists Point is finally open, the machines and bulldozers got there two days ago. A good week later than usual, it was reported that they still had at least 20′ of snow on the car park.  Never said I, lets go and look!

So we did.

And there was!

Continue reading “The Road is Open”