1.0Welcome to Scottys Bloghttps://scottysblog.com/homeScottyhttps://scottysblog.com/home/author/scotty/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="5zcQsn7OLC"><a href="https://scottysblog.com/home/creeping-towards-spring/">Creeping towards Spring</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://scottysblog.com/home/creeping-towards-spring/embed/#?secret=5zcQsn7OLC" width="600" height="338" title="“Creeping towards Spring” — Welcome to Scottys Blog" data-secret="5zcQsn7OLC" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://scottysblog.com/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> https://scottysblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Screenshot-2026-03-01-at-9.57.24-AM-1024x607.png1024607This week’s highlight after getting back from France was getting together with the AV5 for Clare G’s birthday. Which we celebrated, for the first time ever for any of the five of us, on her actual birthday. Kicked off with cocktails at The Escapologist in Seven Dials, where luckily it was another table’s drinks that […]