Rainy Day Roast

We had a rainy day, so the obvious thing to do was go out for a walk. Ada is suited up and ready to go.

 Arthur, not so ready.

 Ready to walk up the hill to Tyntesfield, for Sunday roast. (The rest of us came by car...)

The roast was very good. Ada, in the Horn tradition, is hiding from the camera. Mark is coming down with a cold.

Tyntesfield is an 18th century estate that is now a National Trust site. The house and grounds are available for touring, and the 'show barn' is used as a cafe and gift store. It is about half a mile from J&M's house, up a steep hill.

Around the House

Ada shows off her Clemson outfit.

On Saturday, we were pleased that Nanny came to visit. We all did Grammie things together.

 Mark and Arthur ate breakfast.

 Mark's Dad worked on remodeling the garden greenhouse which is becoming Mark's home office.

 Arthur played with drawers. Thankfully, he has learned to keep his fingers clear.

 Arthur got a traditional basket ride.

 He operates the radio controlled car. For some reason, he can get it to go. Pa cannot.

Arthur likes the  former doggy door opening in the door between the kitchen and sunroom.

A Day At The Beach

We met Grandad Carl and Grammy Kate at the pier in Weston-Super-Mare.

First up - a donkey ride!

 Running under the pier with cousin Lola.

 Arcade fun.

 Ada and Dad played Grammy Kate a game of air hockey.

 The arcade had this crazy ride built on a full-size industrial robot.

 It was crazy! (The girl in the ride is upside down and spinning at this moment...)

 Snack.

 Ice cream!

 Arthur didn't get to go to the beach, so he did dishes.

 Wheel barrow ride. Arthur seemed a bit unsure about the idea.

 Ada got a ride, too.

 "Something is up there... I'm sure of it!"

Ada and Arthur

Arthur likes to point at things... Mostly airplanes, but a bird or tree will do.

Before bedtime, Ada raced against the clock to run to the pinwheel at the end of the garden, and back.

Ada and her Mum played "catch the Aerobee on your arm".

Arthur likes to point at things.

A lot.

Arthur and Ada

Arthur likes to be wherever everyone else is.

Ada's Dad brought her a fireman's outfit when he came home from his business trip. She rescued her Mum's rabbit which was stuck up in a tree.

Mimi is enjoying being with Arthur, needless to say.

We got to watch Farmer Hugh combining his field next to the back yard (barley, we think), and bailing the straw.

Over Here

Chlly this morning - high 72F today. (Just sayin' -- not trying to rub it in! :)

Beautiful sunset this evening.

The Rest of the Party

Great Grandad's actual day-of-birthday party was pretty low-key. It started with a cup of coffee.

We had lunch. (Ham.)

His big present was a microwave. (To re-heat his extra ham.)

Happy Birthday, Dad/Grandad/Great-Grandad!
Keep up the good work!

Birthday Party For The 8/4's

Waiting for the party to start. Hooray for electronics!

Pretty good range of ages!

All parties begin with blowing something out...or up.

What a nice-looking birthday pair.

Birthday cards often have a nice surprise inside...

Presents are good, too - especially a chapter book about a Hamster!

Great Grandad did pretty well, too.

A great celebration. Ready for next year!

What's Inside That Micro-SD Card?

I had a non-working micro-SC card, and decided to look inside.

Couldn't peel off the plastic cover, so I broke it in half.

Nothing much to see - just some shiny bits, which I take to be the edge of a silicon integrated circuit chip.

Oh, well.

It's Really Difficult...

To get all the toothpaste cleaned out of a toothpaste tube.

Toothpaste doesn't really dissolve in water. It kind of sticks like paste, and you have to really scrub (like with a toothpick) and rinse and shake a lot to get it all out.
Why do that, you ask?
Well, I need a small tube to take with me on a trip, and I don't like the minty stuff that comes in the small tubes, and the baking soda toothpaste doesn't come in small tubes. So, I emptied one out, and refilled it with the good stuff.
It turns out that the small tube holds a surprising portion of the contents of a big tube...