The nights are fair drawing in!

My God! It only seems like aboot ten minutes since Burns Night and here the Bairns are gaun back tae the school. FFS! Ah've been that busy this is the first chance ah've hud tae catch ye up wi what's happenin'! My Grandchildren have got to the stage where I have the unadulterated privilege of communicating with them by email. Every other day there is a golden nugget of info about school, sleepovers, Minecraft (I am learning but have yet to reach the stage where we can "join worlds". Life gets more puzzling by the hour! Are there any children left who just sit out in the garden and play with a stick?