In honour of the absent guest of honour...

Playlist
Cloudland Blue Quartet - Twentynineteen
Emma Johnson - Encores
Scott Walker - Scott 3
The Beatles - Sgt Pepper (Mono)
Loudon Wainwright III - Unrequited
Neil Diamond - The Essential Neil Diamond
Cloudland Blue Quartet - Anthology 1977-2001 (5CD Set)
Susanne Kessel - Piano Portrait
Brahms - Symphonies
Shawn Colvin - Selected Hits
Billy Joel - The Ultimate Collection
The Bad Plus - Motel
Spock's Beard - Snow
Various Artists - 100 Huge Hits Of Reggae
Taylor Swift - Lover
David Reilly - Complete Back Catalogue

August gone...

Up early...

Podcast tracks selected and between track "banter" recorded downstairs while Anne slept..

Breakfast with the squirrel...

Down to the chemist for cream and pills re the bites and big painkillers re the bruised ribs which are making walking difficult, not to mention the painful ankle...

A walking disaster area...

Of course, I took the opportunity for a wee trawl among the charity shops and picked up a quartet of tasty treats (kind of)...

Much of the rest of the day was taken up with sourcing and splitting the WAV files I recorded a few months ago now of my early back catalogue, never dreaming anyone would want to release it, of course...

In the evening, we were off out to celebrate my mum's birthday - she was too ill to attend - just a wee bug we think - but we popped in for a visit on our way and will be going out again once she's back to what passes for "normal" for an 89 year old woman...

Senior too had opted out, so we were five at the Navaar House Hotel in Penicuik...

Haggis to start for me...

Pate for Anne...

and for Ali and Julie, Prawn Cocktail for sister Sheila...

Steaks all round for our mains, Sheila the only non steak...

Oh dear, those onion rings were huge...

...but I managed them and moved on to strawberries and ice cream, in honour of my mum, you understand...

Ali and Julie are off to the States tomorrow for their honeymoon, just over a year since their wedding...

We wished them all the best and headed home in the car, an accidental photo being taken as I climbed in...

Back home, Anne is working on a project...

Some more work on the back catalogue before calling it a night...

Stuffed...

Highlight of the Day : Mum's birthday meal...