I think it might almost be Spring. It has not arrived with a fanfare but there is a subtle change in temperature and the last of the snow has gone. Yesterday we waved David off to study camp. As his bus left from Buchanan bus station I re-enacted a hilarious scene from a film (Billy Elliot I think) where I pretended to get something out of my pocket and as David watched from the bus I produced a V sign! James was standing beside me with his hankie out pretending to cry. After all that David looked really glad to be leaving! We then took Ally to the Outdoor Experience and got him trail shoes for his birthday; he wants them for his South East Asia holiday in the summer. With Jamie being home there has been the usual gathering of his Glasgow friends - last night there were about a dozen of them partying downstairs after we had gone to bed. I liked hearing their laughter and chatting as I drifted off to sleep.
Today Bill, Katy and Abigail came for lunch bringing a visitor for Jamie - the family skeleton! This skeleton, known in the family as Jimmy Smith, belonged to Katy's grandfather and is more than a hundred years old. It has been borrowed by various medics in Katy's family but has been stored in its box for many years. After lunch Jamie opened the old wooden box to find the constituent parts of not one but two skeletons! This was a surprise and prompted much speculation about a possible murder in the family! We wondered if we should contact Crimewatch! It would be very interesting to do DNA testing on the skeletons to find out their dates and origins. Jamie sat playing with the bones the way he used to play with Lego! He was showing us how all the joints work. After a very pleasant and convivial afternoon our guests left and we went for a slightly chilly but refreshing walk round the Heritage Park with Ally and Cat.
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