Flo's Halloween drawings

 A little off season but pretty good all the same

(From left, black cat, witch, ghost, pumpkin)

Florence's latest art work

 Can you tell what they are?  Clue:  Animals you might find in a zoo, number 2 is tricky.

Answers: 1 Lama, 2 Giraffe, 3 Elephant, 4 Lion

Highlight the line black line above to reveal the answers. I think 1 and 4 are quite good and not sure if I could have bettered them.

Are we a little stressed?

 This is one of Flo's latest pictures 

Me on the left, April on the right

I think it's a really good likeness and pleased with the level of detail, especially with the addition of lines on both of our foreheads.  She's asked me about them a few times recently,  I just tell her it's because i'm old.  But are we more stressed than usual?  

I don't think so.  We've got a lot on, 2 kids at different ages / needs, a new puppy, lockdown and not seeing friends, building work issues with next door, extension, large remortgage, moving pensions etc. but I don't think things are bad.  We've got a lovely house, we're all healthy, there's plenty of money coming in (more than going out).  So maybe that's all it is.  We are just getting old.

Last stupid purchase

I've been thinking about getting a new tablet / laptop for the last few months now.  I finally splashed out and did it.

My laptop is 4.25 years old but still chugs along nicely due to it's beefy processor, certainly enough for my Football Manager addiction.  My tablet is still decent after nearly 3 years but unfortunately i've recently added an addition crack on the screen.  It still works fine for what I need it to do however which is a bit of internet surfing and watching movies on my commute.

Anyway.  Despite that, i've decided to splash out on one last silly purchase before our new arrival arrives in October.

I've bought myself a rather swish Surface Pro with a rather hefty price tag to boot.

This is just the beginning of what I can do with it...

Now the important part.  Try not to smash it.  My track record could be better as I've damaged my phone again, the camera glass smashed whilst on holiday.  It works fine but it does need fixing.  iSmash have quoted £30 so hopefully they can sort that out today.