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Reflections – January 2022
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We started off our year with some New Year’s Day fun – little did we know that poor youngest child was already coming down with tonsillitis at this point.
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Just some of the gorgeous Christmas decorations around Edinburgh that were still up in January. After all, the 12 Days of Christmas do run in to January!
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Winter walk around Holyrood Park with a picnic by Dunsapie Loch. That’s right, picnics are for any time of year!
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Blessing our house on Epiphany.
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A visit to the Museum of Scotland, one of our favourite spots in Edinburgh, with oldest child while the little one was still at home recovering from tonsillitis.
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Great views over Edinburgh from the rooftop of the museum!
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Youngest child was finally feeling better, so we headed out for a run around the local playground after over a week in bed. A winter playground outing wouldn’t be complete without a flask of hot chocolate – and I threw in some home baked cinnamon rolls as an extra treat.
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Totally addicted to sunsets, and Edinburgh always delivers some stunning ones at this time of year.
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Also in January…
I watched…
I watched about a dozen movies in January, mostly over the holidays and then whilst sitting next to a sleeping, poorly child. The one that really stood out for me, was Adult Life Skills (2016) – easily my favourite movie I’ve watched recently. It’s a quirky little indie movie that’s funny and sad in equal measures, and wonderfully British in all the right ways. Jodie Whittaker puts on a great performance, actually the whole cast is great, but I think the little boy absolutely steals the show. Watch it, you won’t regret it (though be prepared to cry). Trigger warning: movie contains themes of twin death and parent death.
For TV shows, The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window was good for a laugh (the reviews were a bit split on this, people either hated it or thought it was great spoof – I’m in the latter camp), and my husband and I watched Queer Eye (Season 6) together, which was brilliant as always. I would totally let Bobby Berk give my house a makeover, his style is almost always spot on.
I also finally introduced my kids to The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005), though my eldest had already read the book.
I listened to…
The Gaslighter album by the Dixie Chicks (now known as ‘The Chicks’). Still one of my all time favourite bands. After Roxette, of course.
I visited…
The National Museum of Scotland, Braidburn Valley Park, Harrison Park West, Holyrood Park, the Hermitage of Braid.