Jean.....

.....75 years old. More of her in a moment.

Felt much cheerier when I awoke to bright sunshine this morning. A busy morning of food shopping for our visitors on Monday, Explore Learning and guitar lessons for Stig and then a brisk walk up to St Anthony's Chapel above St Margaret's Loch, to drop-off Stig at Carolina's birthday BBQ. The hollow in the rock face provided shelter from the light wind and radiated heat back on the party. Warm stuff.

Nancy and I pootled along to the first of two parties. First, Millers 64 for Louise and Shona's affair. Their garden is a natural sun trap and it wasn't long before I was feeling uncomfortable in my jacket in the bright sun. Nice chat but we weren't able to stay long as we had to collect Stig and head off to our next party.

Willow Brae for Audrey and Archie's party in honour of Jackie, Jordy and Derek being over from Oz. They'd gone to an amazing amount of work with great food (special mention to Audrey's red hot chilli). Superb fun topped-off with Nancy's conversation with Jean. She'd been in primary school with Liz (Nancy's mum). Isn't it a wee world?