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Another Mapominoes game
Chris was over for dinner so this normally means one thing. Mapominoes. We did all ours sets. Europe, The Americas, Asia & Australasia, and Africa. A wild Iceland appears Chris won, even unexpectedly for him. I still think starting with a third of four combined packs we need more than 5 Transit cards each. And…
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LEGO Police station
Here, didn’t post this amazing police station that Benj & I made on Monday! We built it ground up. He is almost accepting my explanation of brick placement to ensure walls are secure. “Dad, the colours don’t match!” Also, the backdoor at the top – “people can just walk up like this…and then…weeee fall in!”…
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Window is broken
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No more No Ball Games
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Lava song
Most nights, small person wants a song. We have the Lava Song from Lava, which I think is the short which came with Moana, or Over The Rainbow by Israel “IZ” Kamakawiwo There are times when I wish we were doing something on my phone and I could record B’s reaction or what he’s doing.…
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Strawberry Bank
I posted this yesterday on Twitter but I’m uploading here with some context. Although it isn’t filled with as many lanes and back alleys as Glasgow or Edinburgh, there are some really old parts of Dundee like this. Strawberry Bank is a lane which passes from Perth Road to Magdalen Yard Road (Windsor Place). It…
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Fancy
Borrowed shirt, jacket, and bowtie off a mate as it’s the Education & Social Work Society Ball. It’s a black tie event, which is the first fail since fancy events just aren’t me. I feel stuffy but I like Ian’s…maroon (?) bowtie.
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Trimming the hedge
At the weekend, my neighbour came round to say he’d cut it as he has the tools and mentioned it before. I’ve posted the odd photo of it before but suffice to say the hedge needed a good trim. Keith went to it like a man possessed and I started piling the branches. This is…
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Bookshelf
Just spent at least 15 minutes sorting this out. By tomorrow it’ll be torn out again.
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The Dundee Beano statues
It is fitting that on the 65th anniversary of the Bash St Kids, I was instructed to take himself to the “dog statue”. (The HEIC version of this is funnier cos his foot is tapping) “I’m on his nose hahaha” no comment that he is hugging the one called Minx who is a trouble maker.…
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