It's been a beautiful autumn, which is just as well for the surprising numbers of tourists who still seem to be visiting Edinburgh. I can't quite imagine how their travel agents sold them the idea of visiting Scotland in November. In fact they've been lucky, but it could have been cold, dark and rainy. (And not just in November... .) Still, we've all been basking in sunshine quite a lot. I wonder if they realise how fortunate they've been?
We had the Edinburgh family visiting as usual today.
Granddaughter beamed.
For pudding at lunch time we had vanilla slices and raspberries. I don't know if vanilla slices are known overseas, but they're pastry, custardy stuff and icing - in rectangles. Delicious! Grandson had eaten his main course (avoiding the broccoli) and was keen to get back to his toys but when he was promised cake, he decided to stay at the table.
However, when a chopped-up half vanilla slice with raspberries was put in front of him, he clearly didn't recognise this as cake and his little face crumpled in disappointment.
"It's nice," said his mum. "You'll like it. Mind you," she conceded, "that's what I said about the broccoli."
He did like the vanilla slice once he'd taken a bite. Another tiny piece of his education in the variety of cake is now successfully completed.
This was nearly a very nice picture of the pair of them.
PS I think I might be just slightly on the mend. Fingers crossed.
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