Baby it's cold outside (and snowy!)

Unless you've been hiding and on the run for the past week for smuggling cases of cheap Centrum Silver across the border from Canada, you are probably as sick as the rest of us of hearing about (and seeing) snow.

It is for this reason that I unashamedly give you yet more pictures of snow :)

+5 Nerd Points for Eli :)

Last year sometime on my way to work I came upon a Chevy Malibu with all this electronic equip hanging off the top. My Spider(pig) senses started tingling right away and as soon as I got a little closer I knew it was the Google Street View car taking pictures of the middle of nowhere (i.e. home).

Seizing the opportunity I made all kinds of faces out of the windshield and hung out the window/sunroof.

Sadly the wide-angle lens, my desire not to tailgate the dude too badly and the glare from my windshield conspired to leave most of it un-documented.

This single frame is all that remains of my proof, and thus my claim nerd-fame :)

Ireland/UK 2009 - Days 9 & 10 Edinburgh Scotland

We arrived in Edinburgh on Friday night (day 8) and promptly crashed. Earlye the next morning we took the train (within walking distance from the hotel) into the city centre. It was a short walk from there to Holyrood Park where the Gathering 2009 was being held. You can see just behind us in the first picture Arthurs Seat (a local landmark) and the surrounding hills, remember them for later.







One unexpected yet very cool thing was that HRH Prince Charles made an appearance and officially opened the gathering with a short speach. We were actually so close to the stand where he was speaking (<25 feet) that we couldnt see him cause of all those next to us :) Nonetheless it was cool to see royalty. This pic was from about 10ft away as he strolled along post-speach.



Remember those huge hills from earlier? Eden is perched on the edge of one of those in this shot. Thats where she was when she called you Mom/Dad/Leah!



Claire was a little mountain climber too.



Oh yeah, and there were actually some games too :)





The much fabled Caber Toss.







One of the few shots we took of Edinburgh city :(



Not even Wensleydale?





This is Eden and her friend that she met at the swimming pool in the Hotel in Edinburgh (an Irish family on holiday).