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We went to a friend's wedding yesterday and it was marvellous. Weddings are wonderful things. What's not to like about food, wine, dancing, and funny speeches? But weddings in Scotland are even better because they have ceilidhs. The ceremony was in the winter gardens at Duthie Park which was perfect. Aberdeen put on a beautiful… Continue reading A beautiful wedding
Duthie Park was looking quite lovely yesterday. I took these photos on my run.
Yesterday was skiing on Deeside Way and today was ice-skating at Duthie Park. I feel like I'm living at an alpine sports village. It was -8C last night and the model boating pond at Duthie Park froze. Daniel, Scott, and I went down for a skate at lunch. A photographer from the Press & Journal… Continue reading Ice-skating at Duthie Park
It snowed a bit more overnight last night and Aberdeen put on a brilliantly crisp and sunny day for us. Rather than going for my usual run around the park I decided to try some cross-country skiing on Deeside Way. A few years ago we all got some cross-country skiing gear from the second-hand sale… Continue reading Cross-country skiing on Deeside Way
It has been snowing all day today and there's more to come tonight. I feel like I'm living in an alpine ski resort. Elizabeth and I went sledging again during a break today. It's good having kids because that gives me an excuse to sledge. I don't think I could go as an adult alone,… Continue reading New tourist attraction at Duthie Park: carnivorous snowmen
One of the ponds at Duthie Park has frozen, partly defrosted, and then refrozen over the past few days to create a strange effect where it looks like there's chunks of ice floating in the water but actually the entire surface is frozen solid. On our walk today we saw lots of children walking on… Continue reading Moonwalking on ice
I dreamt last night that it snowed and in my dream I woke up and looked out the window to see Santa skiing down a nearby hill. I got up - still in my dream - and had breakfast but by the time I'd finished eating all the snow had melted. When I really did… Continue reading Lebkuchen for lunch
My last blog post I wrote and published from my new phone when I was out and about in town. As I walked back home, tragedy struck when I dropped my phone, smashing the screen. I had bought a spigen phone case for it because these had always protected my iPhone very well but they… Continue reading I broke my phone and photos of the autumn colours
I ventured out for some exercise today. Mostly I stay in and just do The Body Coach live streaming in the morning followed by a trampoline bounce in the afternoon. It's a lovely spring day today and the daffodils are in full bloom so it must be time for a jumping shot. Here's a round-up… Continue reading Daffodils, jumping shot, and a roundup of the news
After a very mild Christmas the temperature has suddenly plunged. There were a few flakes of snow today and the pond at Duthie park is starting to freeze over. It's funny how enthralled the kids are by a bit of ice. It won't be cold enough to freeze the River Dee. I took this photo… Continue reading An almost frozen pond at Duthie Park
I took this photo of a rainbow in Duthie Park last night at around 7pm.
This afternoon I told the kids we were going to a vegetarian restaurant for dinner and there was an explosion of complaint. I thought I might have accidentally pulled off their finger nails one-by-one given the level of protest. But I checked their fingernails and they're all still intact. So then I offered an alternative: vegetarian restaurant… Continue reading Duthie Park in October
Last night I decided we were going to book a car today and drive in search of some snow. But when I woke up and looked out our bedroom window this is what I saw: Finally the snow has come to Aberdeen. Yay! The summer house in our backyard: I think the gnome in our… Continue reading Snow in Aberdeen!
The kids have been nagging me to take them on the pedal boats at Duthie Park for some time now. We finally did it this afternoon and it was really nice. The tiny bit of walking we did to get there and back was fraught with difficulty for Daniel who is engaged in an ongoing… Continue reading Pedal boats at Duthie Park
This morning I found Daniel sitting on his bed looking very forlorn and crying to himself. I immediately asked him what was wrong and he said, "I can't find a good mod". A mod is an add-on for the computer game, Minecraft. This is definitely a first-world kid problem 🙂 There was an event on… Continue reading First-world kid problems, owls, and cargo bikes
I took this photo of Duthie Park back in April this year just before all the buds on the trees opened up for spring: https://rachelsquirrel.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/img_0165.jpg?w=1020 Today I went for a run through the park and took some more photos. Here's how it looks now: I love watching the plants and trees change with the seasons. Duthie… Continue reading Duthie Park and buying a house
I took this photo of Duthie Park today. I love watching the plants change as we move deeper into spring. There's about to be an explosion of green there as all the buds on the trees open up probably in the next week or so. Duthie Park is a gorgeous place: great for running, walking,… Continue reading Duthie Park and ice shelves
In the interests of promoting gender equality in blogs, I thought I'd dedicate a blog post to plants that are longer than they are wide. I took these photos last weekend at the Duthie Park Winter Gardens:
We're in Aberdeen and still all a bit tired and jet-lagged but glad to have all the hard stuff over and done with. We ventured out for a walk in Duthie Park yesterday and it was wonderful. They have an enormous winter garden as well as some brilliant playgrounds. Can you judge a city by… Continue reading Duthie Park, Aberdeen
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