Bevor ich heiratete, hatte ich sechs Theorien über Kindererziehung. Jetzt habe ich sechs Kinder und keine Theorie.

Lynn Morag posted a photo:

All my past life is mine no more;
The flying hours are gone,
Like transitory dreams given o'er,
Whose images are kept in store
By memory alone.

~John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester, 1647–1680~
"Love and Life"

A brief history of St. Andrews, Scotland. From the website:

"The rumbustious nature of Scottish medieval politics made it necessary for the Bishops of St Andrews to have a strong residence. This is witnessed today by the remains of St Andrews castle. The first castle was probably built on the existing site around 1200 and in its time the castle suffered many sieges and deeds of infamy. It changed hands several times. On 28th May 1546 a small group of Protestants took the castle by subterfuge and then murdered Cardinal David Beaton, Archbishop of St Andrews. The Protestants then held the castle for a year or so with the help of Henry VIII. The castle was besieged by the 2nd Earl of Arran and subsequently taken. During this siege the castle was severely damaged by cannon fire from guns mounted on the towers of the Cathedral and St Salvator's church. The famous mine and countermine, open to inspection today, date from this period. Arran cut a passageway through the rock under the castle with the intention of breaching the castle's foundations. The defenders cut a countermine to intercept this mine. Although the castle was rebuilt after the siege it was back in the hands of the Protestant reformers at the end of 1559."

~ Raymond Lamont-Brown and Frank G. Riddell ~