Archive for August, 2006

With all this talk of liquid on aircraft…

Leave your suspicious green liquids at home and have fun with them instead… like this guy did:
Time Fountain
I’ve watched it about 3 times now and want one!!!
Via via.

August 11, 2006   Posted in: Uncategorized  3 Comments

Seasons….

The wind and rain are a sure sign that we’re nearly at (but not quite…) my favourite season, Autumn. From September, the trees start to come alive in their golden yellows, rusts, reds and browns. The air has a nip to it, and if you get a dry day with a blue sky and lots [...]

August 11, 2006   Posted in: Uncategorized  One Comment

Arthur’s Hot Seat

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Edinburgh July-August 042, originally uploaded by edinburghsteve.

I know. Weak joke. Apparently it was most likely started by kids. I have a friend who is a ranger at Holyrood Park, and she reports that most of these kind of [...]

August 8, 2006   Posted in: Uncategorized  One Comment

Just Stopped By…

Sods law.. there I am, complaining about the noise and the hussle and bussle of the festival, and who should pop into our venue (notice the switch to the possessive ‘our’) but Kylie Minogue.
I’ve just bumped into Peter, the vicar from upstairs (when it is actually used as a church), and he was grinning, clutching [...]

August 7, 2006   Posted in: Culture, Wibble  Comments Closed

The Audience

It has started again. That goldfish-bowl feeling. Every day people watch me. Every day children pull faces and rattle the bars until their parents tell them not to, and every day I leave with a headache from the thumping and drumming and singing that’s going on only a few feet from my head.
Yes, it’s [...]

August 4, 2006   Posted in: Culture, Work  2 Comments

One For The Tree Huggers

The Enchanted Forest 2006 Tickets are on sale now. I’ve been meaning to go to this for a couple of years now but never got round to checking for tickets before it was too late and they sold out.
This year I’ll be there!
Also worth a look at the Outdoor Diary for outdoors-y things in Edinburgh [...]

August 3, 2006   Posted in: Personal  3 Comments

Another Month

Oops. Another month down and still no regular blogging.
So, what have I been doing instead?
Entertaining:
K’s family were over for a week, then I had a friend staying with us for a few days as part of her trip back home from Australia. All very lovely. I do like having guests. It feels very grown-up. [...]

August 3, 2006   Posted in: Catch Up  5 Comments