Sam and Max and some borrowed easels

The ill health trundles through the household, capturing Sam and rendering him unfit for School. He prides himself on his attendance record so he was gutted.

Quick trip to Inverurie for Bubble Wrap and oldy worldy lanterns for Dave's NEOS exhibition, then back to indulge in a day of Max, which I've been very much looking forward to after all is said and done. After a door closed yesterday, I felt surprisingly lighter today, maybe it had been weighing on my mind a bit too much.

Sam and Max's bromance is developing nicely as is Max's biting, which is more infrequent. And tonight Dave headed off into the dark, full of anxieties, with easels and crates and felled tree trunks to oldMeldrum distillery to set up his photographs alongside the other Meldrum Makers. Exhibition opens tomorrow. It's going to look wonderful in the setting.

As I turn into a complete puppy bore and annoy the pants off everyone, Max added tongue sticking outing and pear stealing to his skilllzzzz list today. Also had his first walk up in the lane, in my arms. And the breaking news is that he and thumper sniffed noses. For about 1 second, but still, that's progress.