View from the Potting Shed

On Friday night Jane and I drove down to Edinburgh — a journey made all the more adventurous for our brief detour through Inverkeithing to unsuccessfully avoid the worst of the Forth Road Bridge traffic — for our brother-in-law Paul’s 40th birthday ceilidh.
I love getting together with my family-in-law, especially when there’s an excuse to […]

Remember the 24 game that Jane and I play while watching episodes of 24, and remember that Jane was the first to predict the exact times twice in a row? Well, we have a new game …
The new game
Don’t get us wrong, we’re still playing the old game, but the new game involves us trying […]

A photograph of lightning in Costesti
There was a lot of yawning going on in St Andrews today when I went out to buy birthday cards and sandwiches. I suspect that last night’s spectacular display of thunder and lightning had something to do with it.
Card shop
The lady who served me in the card shop told […]

Jane received a telephone call for me at home on Friday afternoon, which she passed on to me instantaneously using the wonders of Windows Live Messenger. I called him back straight away.
The call was from a friend of mine in Edinburgh: a retired priest looking for help to cover a couple of Sundays during […]

If you were from The Lighthouse Church and you started an outreach using a double decker bus then I imagine that you too would probably come to the conclusion that the best thing to call it would be … The Lighthouse Bus.
Before: a bus

After: The Lighthouse Bus

As well as The Lighthouse Bus website, there is […]

Here’s some news that we’ve had to sit on for quite a few weeks, until all was finalised: Jane has a new job beginning in August working in Kirkcaldy for Aberlour Child Care Trust.
Jane’s new job will be as Service Manager for the Victoria Family Centre in Kirkcaldy, where she’ll be responsible for providing support […]

I spotted this video on B3ta.com. The video shows a Rubens’ tube, also known as a “standing wave flame tube”, which appears to me to be the safest way to enjoy music and fire simultaneously.
Now, I imagine that there is at least one reader of this blog who is already familiar with such a device, […]