Love

I'm back in Edinburgh, without Ben and the boys, as my dad will be in Denmark for several days, and my mum needs the company and support - she's been unwell for a long time. I brought the camera but forgot my card reader, so there will be a short pause on the new photos until I get to the right kind of shop!

Fortunately I have photos from my last vist to Edinburgh stored on my parents' computer, so I've included a selection of paintings my mum has given me to accompany this post.

Both Victoria from Florence and Mary and Felicty of Joshy and Belle have tagged me. Thank you, ladies!

Here are the rules of this one.
Pick 6 unimportant things you love.
Mention & link to the person who tagged you.
Tag 6 of your favourite bloggers to play along (don't forget to comment on their blog to let them know they've been tagged!)

Well, it's nice to be limited to unimportant things. Here goes:

1 Buttons, buttons, buttons!

2 The nightingale that sings outside our window at this time of year (between 11.30pm and midnight).

3 Murder 'Lite' novels - I like this way of describing them. How murder can truly be 'light' I don't know but what I mean is that I like the people, places and mysteries more than the gruesome details.

4 The West Wing - every series. Ben and I wanted to vote for President Bartlett but now we've more or less got President Santos in the Oval Office! (He was genuinely inspired by Senator Obama, apparantly.)

5 Singing. It embarrasses Son 1.

6 Chocolate.

I thought Victoria's way of choosing people to tag was clever, so I'll do something similar. The first six people who are signed up for my garden party are tagged:

Elizabethd from French Village Life

Jayne from Country Cottage Chic

Sal, from Sal's Snippets

Carol from Katherine's Dream

oops, Melanie's already been tagged, so I have to skip her,

Valerie from Dotty Dotty

and oh no, help, Lululiz! Last time I tagged her she mentioned an 80s pop song which has been haunting me ever since. This is a risky thing I do...And if you haven't signed your name on my party guestlist, yet, you are invited!