It has been an enjoyable but very busy time with daughter A and her family visiting the last couple of days.  Today they wanted to go shopping in Edinburgh to get ideas for birthdays and Christmas gifts as they normally have very little time in their hectic lives.   Before visiting the St James Centre they found some good bargains in charity shops where 10 year old O was delighted to find a pair of snowboots.  Blipping was low down in my thoughts until I noticed that today’s challenge for Mono Monday is “pare/pair/pear” so the blip was solved.