We were up in Edinburgh at the weekend. DorkySon and I have been back once since we left, and DorkyDad has been up a couple of times for work, but this was the first time we’d all been back together. It was only a quick visit for a family wedding, but we packed in as much as time and the weather would allow.
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Category Archives: Family
Dad
Whenever the lovely Donna at Mummy Central asks me to do something, I find it hard to say no… so I’ve been walking around all week trying to compose a post about Fathers Day. I’m bending the rules slightly – it doesn’t feel right to write it in the style of a letter – perhaps because I’m actually going to be seeing my Dad this weekend for the first time in about eight months, so I want to keep all my news for then! But it has given me an excuse to revisit some lovely memories, and look back at some old photos.
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Remembering
I have a wedding to go to this weekend.
It’s just a small one, but there will be a handsome groom and a beautiful bride, standing together in a wee room in Scotland that is just busting with love.
There is a reasonable chance I will be the only one there with a camera, and I want to try and capture some of that love. So tonight I am reminding myself that I have more than one lens for my camera.
This shot has reminded me to focus on the details.
A Very Dorky Dictionary
A friend and her daughter came round to visit the other day, and as the wee girl was standing in our kitchen I smiled at her and asked, “Would you like a fruitie? We’ve got pink or orange.”
She gave me a bemused look.
I laughed. “A smoothie, I mean, sorry! Not a fruitie!”
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Socks and Sandals
There are certain clothing combinations that even a fashion Luddite like me knows are a no-no.
Socks and sandals is one of them.
Unfortunately, as I was getting DorkySon ready for nursery this morning, I was left with no other option than to send him out dressed like this.
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