Smouldering fires and impractical travel plans.

Another glorious morning. The sun is rising over the town while the moon sets over the golf course. Today the beach is already busy with dogs and their owners. Two adventurous Scotties in search of excitement  find a young couple who have spent a 'romantic' night in the shelter of the dunes. The couple have lit a small driftwood fire which has now burnt down and is gently smouldering. You have to admire the stamina of amorous student. The dogs bark and bark in delight until the young lovers reluctantly bestir themselves and wander off towards the golf course.

The barista at Starbucks provides visiting pooches with a small tub of whipped cream. It can safely be said that the barista at Starbucks has developed a large, adoring, canine fan base. The dog owners also seem pretty happy with this post-walk arrangement.

Later today we shall go down to see this new exhibition at the university museum.

Out here at the last wee house before Denmark all is quiet. Last night was a different matter. The airbase on the far side of the bay was busy with Typhoons taking off and big double engined helicopters doing mysterious things in the dark. On a clear night we can see the jets afterburners far out at sea.  Seems we are about to send one of our two aircraft carriers down to the Med to defend Cyprus. The old familiar phrase 'mission creep' drifts into the outer cortices of my mind where I can, for the moment,  ignore them . The American President has had another 'pop' at our mild mannered Prime Minister. Seems Iran isn't the only country where he'd like to see regime change.

The farmers younger son is working in the potato barns. Scotland beat France in the Six Nations so he's in an exceptionally good mood. He's aware that his sister is bringing her American boyfriend home for Easter. The boy has worked out that if he ( and his friends ) are invited to stay with his sisters boyfriend in Wyoming rather than pay exorbitant prices for hotels he and his brother could save a lot of money. 'The Font' tries to let him down gently and points out that America is a big country and that getting flights out of Jackson Hole to Foxborough and Miami might not be easy. This insight does nothing to dampen his enthusiasm for the idea. We wait to find out what the unsuspecting boyfriends view of this proposed arrangement will be. 

Another sign that the weather is fast improving. The camelias are out in bloom. This specimen is in a sunny spot outside the kitchen window. It's as if someone has flipped a switch and the dark part of the year has been replaced by the time of glorious light. 

Interesting insight into life in Tehran :https://ericwrandolph.substack.com/p/seeking-islam-in-the-islamic-republic

Eternal life if you have the money to pay for it ? :https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/medical-critical-thinking-health-and-nutrition/there-are-lots-longevity-regimens-one-stands-out-me

Birds and wind turbines :https://www.zmescience.com/feature-post/technology-articles/sustainability/renewable-energy/birds-and-wind-turbines/

Doesn't this look a bit .... Soviet ? :https://www.moremonuments.org/projects/the-colossus-of-george-washington

We have Outlander. Our neighbours to the left  have Leprechauns :https://sitarasgarden.substack.com/p/fantasy-writers-are-weird-about-ireland

Why Anthropic did the right thing :https://benn.substack.com/p/the-banality-of-surveillance