Category: Journal

Elizabeth danced her own choreography at the Forfar annual choreography competition yesterday. She chose the song Colours by Elephant Sessions who are a Scottish indie folk band from the highlands and who we’ve seen play live a couple of times now. We’re planning to see them again next month. Her dance had to be less…

As regular readers will know we had Peggy the pigeon living in our laundry for about a week and a half. Initially I thought she had a head injury and just needed a quiet space to recover but I turned out to be quite wrong. I contacted New Arc Wildlife Rescue just north of Aberdeen…

Elizabeth joined the SC&T Youth performance group at the start of this year and my only regret is I wish we’d discovered them sooner because they’ve provided so many fantastic opportunities for her to perform. Over the summer she played at the music hall with Capercaillie, last week she played with SC&T as the supporting…

When Ben and I were walking down to feed the foxes last Tuesday night – yes we’re still feeding foxes – we found a pigeon sitting in the middle of pavement next to a busy road. Pigeons are usually up high on a perch somewhere at night time so this was a clear sign something…

Last month we installed a log burner. I know what you’re going to say: “They’re horrible things that pollute the air!” and to that I say I know, I largely agree. But we got the cleanest one on the market, it replaced an old gas fire, and it’s not our main source of heating. It’s…

Friday nights are our salad + roast potatoes night as I make a tabouleh and rainbow salad every week. The rainbow salad is proving so popular that I’ve started making it a couple of times a week and leaving a bowl in the fridge so people can help themselves. Elizabeth in particular loves it. It’s…

Yesterday we marched with Aberdeen Cycle Forum in the Celebrate Aberdeen Parade which recognises the many charities and community organisations in our city. It was a fun event with lots thousands turning out to participate or watch the procession. I took Hoss. Today we went for a walk at Drum Castle. And Elizabeth did some…

It’s Elizabeth’s turn to do amazingly well in her iGCSE results which came out today. She totally blitzed it getting straight As: 6 x A* and 1 x A. She was also awarded a Cambridge International Certificate in Education (ICE) distinction. Distinction is the highest level of the ICE program and students must get a…

We did a litter pick on Saturday with volunteers from Aberdeen Cycle Forum and collected a huge amount of rubbish along the banks of the River Dee. Some of us were assaulted by stinging nettle and bramble so next year we might do it in winter or early spring before the vegetation returns. It was…

Elizabeth and I went to see Six on Friday night at His Majesty’s Theatre which was completely packed with a full house and queues out the door. Six is a musical about Henry VIII’s six wives who tell their own stories in song, competing for who had it the toughest. I enjoyed it. It was…