Portabello Beach, FHE, etc.

For our outing yesterday, we rode the bus (did I mention that I like riding the bus?) to Portabello Beach. We came to this dike-type thing that looked like we could walk around it pretty easily. but it was farther than it looked. The walk way was on the outside of a cement barrier. On the other side was a trail, then a fence with barbed wire at the top and things inside resembling a nuclear power plant. Once we got around to the front of it, we discovered it was a waste water treatment plant! 

The walk was a little farther than expected, but we eventually found a bus stop at the other end. We ended up taking three buses, but we made it home! 

On the beach, we saw these weird mounds of sand in the shape of worms or coils. There was nothing in them or under them, but I was intrigued, so I googled it, and found they are from lugworms, which are large worms that live deep down in the sand. They dig tunnels and somehow leave these "casings" behind.

As we looked for a bus stop to get home, we rested on a bench at this park called Leith Links. The sky was amazing, as usual.

The bus took us up the Royal Mile on the way to Princes Street, so I took a couple of pictures.

For FHE Monday with the Young Adults, we played Murder in the Dark. We didn't start out with a lot of people, so played Sardines first. It was funny seeing how people scrunched in together to hide.

Here is a picture of our great-grandson, Lincoln, sitting on his big dog. Ethan sent me some new photos. It's sweet of him to keep us updated.

Kelsey sent this painting she did of Madelyn, based on the photo of Jake holding her. I think it's really good.

She said it was her first attempt at painting with acrylics.