I met up with a friend from high school yesterday...in Edinburgh! Susan and her family have come for a visit with her husbands side of the family and decided to have a couple days in Scotland (with very little arm twisting on my part). I had planned taking them 'oot an aboot' the countryside and over the Trossachs to Loch Lomondd. But, they had only a couple hours in Eburgh the first day and decided they wanted to stay and see more of the city and not go galivanting in the car in the countryside, fine with me. So we walked over to Holyrood House and did the tour, really nice. I have never been able to do it before as I have always had the dog with me. then, we went back up the Royal Mile and toured the Mary King's Close, the most haunted spot in E'burgh. Anohter good sight, not overly scary, but the historical stuff was quite interesting. A good time was had by all and it was super catching up with an old friend!

The weather has been so cold, ice all over up at the yard, but at least it's been fairly dry. Arran is covered up on the mountains and Goat Fell is all white. Most of the year the sun sets behind Arran and we goet some gorgeous sunsets. Last Sunday I was up at 7 a.m. (don't ask)and the sun was rising behid Arran! I took this photo, we'll call it: WINTER SUNRISE. There was a pink halo...lovely...

I have been riding a bit, but the cold puts me right off! Remy has been really good when I have been up.

We are going to get the house tidied up and put up some Christmas decorations later today. The tree won't go up until a bit later though, it's get boring if it's up too soon. We did a bit of shopping yesterday, no pressies though, just cards, the older we get, the harder it gets to buy for everyone...ugh.

Enough for now, more later.