Little Ted has a bit of a cold; actually he sounds like a dog barking when he coughs so his mother kept him out of Playgroup today and took him to town to buy a truck with the money his Aunt Kathy and Uncle Bob sent him for his birthday. The theraputic value of trucks to a young man should not be underestimated - just look at the expression on his face.
Also, this other picture is from a different day but comes under the same heading of "things that endear", Little Ted likes to have his friends with him whilst watching TV. He placed the tiger on the table so that he could share his favorite programme with someone.
As for the third picture:
This is what the children of Biggar enjoy as an evening pastime; lurking in the graveyard until an unsuspecting motorist drives by and gets half a dozen eggs thrown at them. I've had this before although on that occassion it was a water filled balloon. Still as frightening but a whole lot easier to clean up! I did call into the local police station on the way home to report the incident but, alas for the state of public services in the UK today, there was no-one home, only a voice on a telephone from somewhere in Glasgow to advise me that the nearest policeman was 12 miles away in Lanark and would I like to be put through to them? Would I diddl-ey. Best to get home quickly and save my paint job with copious amounts of soap and water.
Yesterday, Eddy and Daddy were looking at the Loaningdale webcam when Karen drove into the picture. So we called her on her cell phone and Eddy got a real kick out of talking to her and getting a wave from her, live, on the webcam.
This is how much snow fell in 4 hours, about an inch an hour. Pretty impressive and apparently totally un-noticed by the South Lanarkshire roads department which did not manage to field a snow plough or a gritter until some considerable time after they were needed. Maybe all the appliances were involved in freeing up the M74 at Abington which was brought to a complete halt by the weather conditions. Who knows. Much more likely it was just an almighty administrative mess.
Loaningdale webcam at 11.05 this morning.
Loaningdale webcam snapshot 9.40 this morning.
This is a snapshot taken from the Loaningdale webcam at 10.45 this morning. Maybe the weather forecast will be proved right by the evening but in the mean time we can bask in the sunshine and appreciate the relatively high temperature compared to recent days.
On Saturday night we went to the Skirling village bonfire and fireworks display. The weather was ideal being dry and fairly windless so the display was a great success.
I don't often get out of the office but today was different; I visited the River Clyde at Abington and found, amongst other things, some lichen and some stencilled wood panelling.
Little Ted examines the stash of goodies he received during his expedition around the neighbourhood with his sister and their friends. We won't need to buy any candy for weeks!
