Wonder. Awe. Reverence. Our trip to the Orkneys had a lot packed into a few days, much of which we're still processing. There were many moving parts and quick connections, but we were on a budget and knew there were some once-in-a-lifetime things that we wanted to see
I've never been to Glasgow. I've never even thought about going to Glasgow. I've only started actually spelling it right, instead of Glascow (sorry!). Nobody in Edinburgh even talks about Glasgow. I asked a man at a ceilidh, who answered "why wouldya?"
There are a lot of churches in Edinburgh, but most of them are now community centers, concert halls, office space. There are also castles in and around Edinburgh and, of course, many throughout Scotland. I've made some connections in my mind and I'll attempt, as best
Craig and I decided we wanted to start to explore some of the many quaint, small coastal-towns outside of Edinburgh along the North Sea. There are many you can get to by bus or train from Edinburgh, and North Berwick was recommended to us by several ladies at a ceilidh.
https://youtu.be/EfK-WX2pa8c Craig and I took the train to London for a four day holiday. The train was an easy five hour ride from Edinburgh, and I highly recommend the hotel we stayed in, The Sanctuary House Hotel. The city is amazing. Craig kept saying it was adult
I've fallen in love with the Botanical Gardens in Edinburgh. All my gardening friends, I wish you could be here with me experiencing the brilliance of the azalea copses in bloom. My pictures don't begin to capture it all (of course). Part of the magic, I
So, I'm going to start this post with the latest breaking news...our neighborhood is going all to heck. We thought we were in a nice, quiet, respectable neighborhood, until a couple of days ago when the First Minister ticked-off the Green Party, something you definitely do not
Staying someplace else for six months is much different than just going on vacation for a week or two. We're adjusting to things like remembering to look right rather than left when crossing the street, and crisps are potato chips and chips are fries. And, Edinburians aren'
Ahhh, Dean Village! Only a ten minute walk from our "flat" is the idyllic Leith River Walk and Dean Village. Not at all a stretch of the imagination to see Belle (Beauty and the Beast) waltzing through the village in her layered skirts and apron, one arm circling
I used to quite seriously love trees. I'm pretty good at identifying and naming trees: birch, black walnut, oak, maple, willow, poplar, and so on. When I was younger I saw trees as mostly silent, except in the fall when they would shine in a blazing glory of
We landed in Scotland Wednesday morning, April 3rd. As most of you know this is an adventure that Craig and I had spent over a year in the planning. (Craig also has a blog: https://auld-riecke.ghost.io/. His is very entertaining. We don't have competing blogs; you
I'm usually a creative person. But, a name for my blog...drew a blank. I'm not sure why; I just created my son's business name: Rivendell Masonry and Construction. For those of you who are JRR Tolkien fans, of course Rivendell is the "