Scotlands tourism is enjoying an Easter boost. The great and the good are in Edinburgh. Not everyone approves: :https://www.tmz.com/2026/04/01/taxpayers-sponsor-congress-scotland-vacation/?adid=social-tw Tonight some of them may be at the bar by the 16th hole on the Old Course. What a small world.
Janan Ganesh in the Financial Times is always worth reading. This morning his column contains a psychological take on the man who gave a speech last night. The opening paragraph sets the tone .
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The American boyfriend of the farmers daughter has arrived for Easter. The two of them travelled up from Oxford yesterday and were met at the airport by the farmers wife. The Range Rover was due to be washed for the occasion but the youngest son - who is now on his Easter school holidays - never got round to it. The farmers wife seems satisfied with the guest. He's apparently 'very tall , very polite and has short hair and an American accent'. The dogs have accepted him which is a major plus. I'm guessing the poor lad is absolutely petrified . The farmer has a certain Presbyterian dourness at the best of times. What he must be like with his daughters 'boyfriend' doesn't bear thinking about.
Down on the beach three metal detectorists are beavering away. Every so often we pass a small pile of disturbed sand where they've dug down to find something. What is it they unearth ? Small change ? Bottle caps ? Or, do they unearth unexpected treasures from far away ?
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Rats thrive on cooperation :https://bigthink.com/science-tech/how-rats-conquered-earth/
Expensive Easter fun :https://birleybakery.com/collections/easter/products/mother-hen-family-1
A former President on humility :https://inpursuit.substack.com/p/george-washington-by-george-w-bush
How cool is this ? :https://x.com/TheNationalMall/status/2039475914623352894
8 comments:
Hari OM
Now, Angus, I can feel my dear departed friend, Gail, turning uncomfortably at your calling Limestone as White Sandstone! One might as well call chalk as cheese... That aside, interesting to see the damage caused by the plough, and intrigued by what this means about the soil levels, if this is only appearing now... YAM xx
I so enjoy your photos of the beach on your morning walks - a calming way to start my day. Thanks.
Maybe you will meet the boyfriend over the holiday.
Bush's piece is good. I actually voted for him the first time around in part because of his promise to carry out a "humble" foreign policy. That didn't work out so well, but maybe he's been rethinking?
Your "Presbyterian dourness" comment immediately carried me back to 1972, when my future husband arrived at my parents' home and encountered my Dad in the front yard. He approached my Dad and asked if I was at home; my father walked away from him! Poor 21 year old future husband took it in stride and calmly knocked on the door, continuing on as if nothing had happened.
Nina
The Serpent Mound is 1.5 hours from where I live. It has always been a mystery, kind of like Stonehenge. People visit the Serpent Mound during the equinoxes and solstices. The sun aligns with the serpent's head during the summer solstice sunset and with the serpent's tail for the winter solstice sunrise. Thanks for the article. It's time for a visit again.
Best wishes for the Farmer’s daughter and the lad from the US. A good sign that the dogs have accepted him!
JoAnn in Maryland
If the dogs have accepted him that's a good start. That first paragraph is a gem.
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