11 weeks, and Little Bryson is dancing a jig in mummy’s tummy. We adore you, Little Bryson!
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Edinburgh storm
The weather is being particuarly random in Edinburgh this week. Caught a little but of this out-of-the-blue (literally) hail storm:
Japanese house, Portobello
Also part of the city open weekend was a chance to look around an award-winning Japanese-style house in Portobello. Hidden away in the narrow backstreets, wedged between more traditional houses, this new build took 9 months construct. The British architect and his Japanese wife have … Read More →
Japanese care package
Those who know me or Sirin will understand the depth and breadth of our obsession with all things Japan, as demonstrated by my excited tearing open (and subsequent slicing of my thumb) of our latest ‘care package’ courtesy of the excellent Japan Centre.
Water of Leith stroll
While much of the UK is snowed in, we decided to take a stroll up the Water of Leith on Saturday (rather than risk a trip outside of the city). Gorgeous and bitingly cold morning, but the river was really pretty. Much of the lower … Read More →
Happy New Year!
2010 is here, the year of flying cars, spaceships, alien worlds… or was that 2000? Anyway we saw the night in from the top of Calton Hill, Edinburgh, with a fantastic view of the castle and Princes Street. Really great atmosphere, and a brilliant way … Read More →
Edinburgh Hogmanay: Fire & Light
Last night we trekked up to the Royal Mile, Edinburgh, to check out the Fire and Light installation. Sadly the weather was awful, with high winds meaning most of the planned show was canceled. But we were treated to some cool street installations, and a … Read More →
St. Andrews
Trying to clear out some of the mountain of partly-used video tapes and came across some footage from St. Andrews mid-2009. So I slapped together a quick edit. Sadly it wasn’t a particularly nice day weather-wise, and not being a huge golf fan we weren’t … Read More →
Bonenkai
Yesterday we had the pleasure of meeting up with some of the local Japanese community for a “Bonenkai”, a sort of ‘forget the year party’ at Bonsai restaurant across town. We met some interesting folks, drank plenty of sake and had a rather good time! … Read More →
12 weeks
12th week scan of Little Bryson, all fingers and toes and dancing a jig. S/he’s amazing!