2nd week of school hols

Yes - Luca's here again. Gary brought him over on Sunday and I'm taking him back tomorrow. Gary's Facebook post showed Luca's success at fishing on Saturday but what we didn't realise was that they were in Banchory doing it - at the fishery on Raemoir Road.

Luca enjoyed catching the fish but he didn't fancy either handling it or eating it afterwards. In fact, he jumped a mile when the fish twitched as it went through its death throes! I believe Gary ate one of the trout on Saturday and Luca brought the other one over to ours on Sunday - Jo cooked it and I had it for tea last night:

We didn't do much yesterday, other than a walk to the Co-op and a visit to the library, passing Luca's favourite little hill, which he has a routine of climbing every time he passes it:

Today (Tuesday), I drove Jo and Luca over to Morrison's and they walked back from there to Tease for a coffee/hot chocolate, while I went for my usual Tuesday morning coffee with some of my pals. One product of the visit to Morrison's was a game of Monopoly - Luca's now addicted to it and wants to play it non-stop.

I've finally been getting round to putting some stuff on the walls in the office/studio to make it a little bit more homely - the walls were a bit stark after the recent paint job. One new edition yet to be hung is this canvas which Tesco produced from a small photo I sent them:

I'm awaiting a frame for a poster I have and I'll then decide which one goes where.

Tonight I have a CAMRA committee meeting in town and then tomorrow night another show on River Dee Radio. We're also expecting Ross here tomorrow - he was due yesterday but was laid low by a bug.

The weather's been very mild - in fact, it was downright hot on Saturday afternoon when I was playing golf. Unseasonal they say. The clocks go back this Saturday which will help us in the mornings, which are getting increasingly dark, but, conversely, the evenings are going to be dark much quicker next week.