{"id":11706,"date":"2014-06-27T09:00:37","date_gmt":"2014-06-26T23:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/?p=11706"},"modified":"2014-06-04T22:33:19","modified_gmt":"2014-06-04T12:33:19","slug":"bus-dice-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/bus-dice-games\/","title":{"rendered":"a bus &#038; dice games"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/DSCF67141.jpg?resize=665%2C443\" alt=\"DSCF6714\" width=\"665\" height=\"443\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/DSCF67141.jpg?w=900&amp;ssl=1 900w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/DSCF67141.jpg?resize=441%2C294&amp;ssl=1 441w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/DSCF67141.jpg?resize=624%2C416&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 665px) 100vw, 665px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/DSCF6637.jpg?resize=665%2C443\" alt=\"DSCF6637\" width=\"665\" height=\"443\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12269\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/DSCF6637.jpg?w=900&amp;ssl=1 900w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/DSCF6637.jpg?resize=441%2C294&amp;ssl=1 441w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/DSCF6637.jpg?resize=624%2C416&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 665px) 100vw, 665px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"AL\">\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/DSCF6641.jpg?w=441\" alt=\"DSCF6641\"  class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12268\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/DSCF6641.jpg?w=900&amp;ssl=1 900w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/DSCF6641.jpg?resize=441%2C294&amp;ssl=1 441w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/DSCF6641.jpg?resize=624%2C416&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 665px) 100vw, 665px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/DSCF6645.jpg?resize=441%2C294\" alt=\"DSCF6645\" width=\"441\" height=\"294\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11703\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/DSCF6645.jpg?resize=441%2C294&amp;ssl=1 441w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/DSCF6645.jpg?resize=624%2C416&amp;ssl=1 624w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/DSCF6645.jpg?w=900&amp;ssl=1 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 441px) 100vw, 441px\" \/><\/p>\n<h6>\n<\/h6>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"AR\">\n<div class=\"txt\">\n<fancyletter>T<\/fancyletter>he time has come for a wee break. Since we touched down in Hawaii in February I have documented everyday on this blog, capturing the exciting moments and reflecting in the quieter ones. It&#8217;s wonderful to be able to look back at all these small moments like pearls on a string, that help me remember the places and people we have met. It&#8217;s exhausting though, the pressure of always doing something to document, no one wants to read about me sitting watching a movie or sleeping in, and that&#8217;s what I need a bit of to recharge the batteries.<\/p>\n<p>So we&#8217;re staying in Ardross for a week, in a tired old retrofitted bus. The people here are great, there are sculptures all over the garden, Susan&#8217;s mother is a knitting sculptor and she has shown us a knitted car complete with knitted engine the dying Scotsman. John&#8217;s mun is staying in the Steading and she is a riot, she does a great lighthearted grumble about her sons telling her she is visiting without asking and having to cancel all her newspaper subscriptions and doctor&#8217;s appointments. Tonight we were invited to play dice games with the family that involved home drawn board and their own made up rules. It&#8217;s nice to have a routine for a while.\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br style=\"clear: both\"><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/DSCF6706.jpg?resize=665%2C443\" alt=\"DSCF6706\" width=\"665\" height=\"443\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12265\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/DSCF6706.jpg?w=900&amp;ssl=1 900w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/DSCF6706.jpg?resize=441%2C294&amp;ssl=1 441w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/DSCF6706.jpg?resize=624%2C416&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 665px) 100vw, 665px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/DSCF6710.jpg?resize=665%2C443\" alt=\"DSCF6710\" width=\"665\" height=\"443\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/DSCF6710.jpg?w=900&amp;ssl=1 900w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/DSCF6710.jpg?resize=441%2C294&amp;ssl=1 441w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/DSCF6710.jpg?resize=624%2C416&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 665px) 100vw, 665px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/DSCF6709.jpg?resize=665%2C443\" alt=\"DSCF6709\" width=\"665\" height=\"443\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/DSCF6709.jpg?w=900&amp;ssl=1 900w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/DSCF6709.jpg?resize=441%2C294&amp;ssl=1 441w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/DSCF6709.jpg?resize=624%2C416&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 665px) 100vw, 665px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The time has come for a wee break. 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