a year already? wow.

happy first birthday to baby jude, daughter of annie and helen.

yay for their beautiful fambly and their love. their building of a home filled with love is an example to everyone. they continue to be harbingers of hope and it always leaves me feeling gratitude.

and yesterday’s minor storm in a teacup has led to some fruitful dialogue. for that too i am grateful. where there was anger, there is peace being sown. and i haven’t had to let go of my conscience to be a part of it. which is important to me.

so, i’m moving on. and amen to it all.

LB

then and now

then…

now. before…

and after:

forget about your worries and your strife…

LB

snapshots from Edinburgh

my aunt Morag (on left) enjoying her 60th birthday dinner…as did everyone else. that’s 8:30pm, and the sun was beaming…

dinner started with Stornoway black pudding… the best i’ve ever tasted…
and ended with party favours… tablet. from DiRollo’s. yum.

a glorious 2 hour dander through the botanical gardens…

i found a little piece of AZ in the glasshouse…

and hugged a tree in honour of my niece…

perfect haddock from Armstrongs of Stockbridge in The Orchard…

a grand couple of days was had…

LB