Another week, another birthday!

Last week it was Kelly and this week it's Lucy. Unlike her younger sister, it wasn't a notable "big" birthday for Lucy, but there was a significant change in her family circumstances this week - our eldest grandson has left home. Boy, that's another thing that makes Jo and I feel old.

Cade has rented a property in Grants Pass and he and his girlfriend Mel have now moved in, leaving poor Shelby behind. I guess that means that Scott and Lucy have now officially "adopted" her - Shelby that is, not Mel! They'll make sure that Cade and Shelby still see each other, however, even if it means driving Shelby out to Cade's work:

Anyway, happy birthday Lucy. We always remember with affection this photo of our chubby little one in her early days, resplendent in gingham:

Nothing much else to report now. We're going to St. Columba's on Saturday night for the French Night (which used to be the Malaysian Night). The organisers either weren't football fans or probably didn't realise it would clash with one of the biggest dates in the football calendar for a while - the meeting of two English teams in the Champions League final - Liverpool v Spurs.

Next week I've got my local visit to the Cardio Clinic. It used to be annual but they've stretched it out to at least 18 months now - and they've cut back on what they check - no cholesterol, liver count, PSA etc any more. I'll always attend any check-up anyone wants to do on me but there's no doubt the usefulness of the clinic has been diminished. Still, I've got my (private) cardiologist to see early August. I've kept this going even although I don't have any private health insurance now that I'm retired.

We're getting nearer the more intense period of the golf season now - June tends to be the busiest month and I don't think it will be any exception this year. So far I've only been playing once - maybe twice - each week and my knee has been coping OK. I stopped doing the intensive overseas holidays (6 days in a row) over a year ago and I seemed to cope at Boat of Garten recently when we played 2 days in a row, but, coming up soon - June 10th-12th - I've agreed to go on our Summer Tour to the Highlands and that means 3 days' golf in a row. Wonder how I'll manage then.

Wish the weather would heat up a bit though - it's been pretty cool and mixed so far this year. This is our first full summer in Banchory for a couple of decades and we were kind of hoping it might be a repeat of last year's scorcher, but no sign of it so far.