Inverurie Garden Centre ....
10th August 2016 (Wednesday)
..... 09.30 Jings .... we have a ‘wall to wall’ blue
sky this morning.... and it is warm; I
could get to like this. We’ll be setting
off for Inverurie shortly, to have a cuppa with Helen and Ethel; I am looking
forward to catching up with all
their ‘news. ‘M’ is ensconced in the
front porch with her book just now ...
enjoying the warm sun. I’d best go and give her a poke and remind
her we’re leaving for Inverurie soon.
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| Helen, Albert (me) and Ethel |
20.00 I had no problem recognising Helen and Ethel
at Inverurie garden Centre this
morning; I just waited until two young
looking ’wifies’, with ever so slightly greying hair, came through the door ...
then waved. Two coffee/teas/scones ...
and two hours later, having browsed some photographs with young looking folk in
them, we ‘updated’ the collection by taking a few modern photos.... of young(ish) folk . The hair might be grey but our outlook is
still young .... er ‘ish’. We had a lovely time reminiscing ... on
times, and loved ones, gone but never to be forgotten as long as we are around. It is 31 years since we last saw and spoke
to each other; now we can keep in touch electronically, and hopefully will
meet up again to take some more pictures of the ‘youngsters’ of yesteryear.
Iain,
(we’d travelled to Inverurie in his car) and Catriona, spent the time in
Inverurie sightseeing .... and browsing in the garden centre. |Then again maybe they were
looking for
Pokemon ‘things’.
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| A 36 year old 'me'. |
In
the afternoon ‘M’ and I went to Maud , a picturesque wee village with a lovely
petrol station; and an even lovelier
Cafe. Why did we go to Maud? Oh aye ... I wanted to fill up both ‘Sooper
Buggy, and “Puku”; though “Puku” (bless
his new six pack look), wisnae really needing filled. From Maud we went to the Garden Centre at
Mintlaw but didn’t find what we hoped to find; I can’t even remember what we went looking
for, but I know that we took the wrong
road out of Mintlaw... any more than two roads to choose from is not good when
I’m driving.... and were promptly ‘lost’. We eventually arrived in Ellon, .... where
I could have got the petrol cheaper, however, I may be in a state of ‘being in love’
with the lassie in the petrol station in Maud;
so nae expense spared when it comes to ‘love’. After
a busy afternoon, we ultimately arrived at Backhill of Inkhorn, stocked up with
chocolate biscuits .... needed to replace Iain’s rapidly diminishing stockpile.
We even found, and bought, some kind of vegan biscuits for Jackie,
Martin and Catriona.
The
weather has turned distinctly wet .... it’s raining! In fact if it wasn’t rainin it
would be a
lovely evening, however it is so it isn’t!
We intend poodling our way down to Ivy sometime tomorrow; I had hoped to go back via the Cairn o’ Mount, but the inclement weather
might put that off. Cones all over
the place on the A90, narrows the choice of route down to the ‘Slug Road’ ....maybe.
We’ll see what the weather is like in ‘ra morning’.
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| Catriona sightseeing at Fittie |
Photographs
: Top - Helen, ‘the Boy (that’s ‘me’) and Ethel, Middle – a 36 year old ‘me’
and, (Jings .... it would be easy to put
a lead on me and take me for a walk!) and, Bottom – Catriona, sightseeing, down
at “Fittie” yesterday.
