The end of term

Simon finishes Primary School for the second time today. He's adopting the high ground position which comes from experience, guiding some of his 'first time' friends through the day, avoiding the tearful mothers and making sure he gets every signature on his t-shirt this time.

It's also our first summer school holiday since January 2008 and very welcome for all that. The weather is warm, the landscape is green, the midges are biting.

I have two theatre projects planned for the summer holiday, both at the Eastgate Theatre. They're dependent on bookings, so time will tell, but I collected a pile of costumes and props the other day in anticipation. Richard and I drove back from Traquair with the Odyssey full of bags of costumes and with two rigged ships masts riding high out of the sunroof. We got some looks driving down the High Street, Richard hanging on white-knuckled to the ends of the masts, though many will have assumed we were just left over from last week's Beltane parades. More on the Beltane festival week once I've processed the photos.

Today I have two appointments with computer tuition clients; a growing band of mainly pensioners and older people who responded to my little advert in the local magazine. It's fun helping people get to grips with their computers and I have Jenny in New Zealand to thank for getting me started on the computer training thing.

Tonight we have a progressive supper with friends to mark the end of term and to give Simon and three friends another opportunity to cook a meal for us all. They're catering for 19 of us tonight, with each course at a different house. The highlight might be flaming the 19 creme brulee dishes with Andrew's blowtorch !