Family cards

I finally got around to finishing off my cards for family birthdays before we go off on holiday in two weeks time. Here are a few and will post some more later.







Haste ye back...........

First of the Month

First day of September and first day of my new regime with my diabetic medicines. I now have to inject myself twice a day on top of all the different medicines I have to take so here's hoping the side effects mentioned don't last too long.
On a more lighthearted subject I have made a couple of cards but need to finish them off so will post them when they are ready.
Meantime here are a couple of photos taken while on holiday - the first one is the sun going down outside our holiday cottage in Appleby Magna and some lovely old houses in Market Bosworth



The third and fourth are photos taken while on a trip down the Avon while in Stratford.

Holidays

My last blog for a couple of weeks am off tomorrow on holiday and really looking forward to it. We are going down towards Leicestershire where I have never been before and quite a drive for us but we will take it in easy stages. Bought OH a Sat/Nav so hopefully that will help us a lot getting there without pouring over maps. Praying for good weather and less rain so until I come back be good.
Oh by the way the scrapbook went down well she loved it.

B ank Holiday Monday

Bank Holiday Monday but not here in Scotland - in my neck of the woods anyway! Still not feeling up to scratch but my friend came down to visit for the weekend so that was fantastic. The first time I have seen her this year as she was in Australia visiting her daughter until the end of March and then she has been ill herself. What a pair we are, but it was so lovely to see her and catch up on all her news. Sadly she went home early this morning, OH gave her a lift back to Aberdeen.
Been catching up on my favourite blogs and everyone seems to have been real busy with their crafting so I will have to get my backside in gear and get on with some soon.
That's all for now folks, so haste ye back and have a good week.

Holiday

We are back from our weeks holidays in and around Ayr and had a lovely peaceful time. The weather stayed fine for us apart from some drizzle and fog on the Monday. The sun shone and it was quite warm on Tuesday and Thursday. The highlight of our hols must be our visit to Burns country. We saw the cottage where he was born, visited the Tam O' Shanter centre, the Brig O'Doon which was lovely and finally Kirk Alloway [where the ghosties and ghouls resided in the poem].
Here is a couple of photos I took...


Burns Cottage & Burns Monument

Brig O' Doon

Our Trip

Well here it is Sunday already and am back from our short holiday with grandchildren. We had mixed weather on the Tuesday and unfortunately on Wednesday, the day we went on the Jacobite train it poured and when we got off at Mallaig the heavens opened. It did kinda spoil it but the views were still amazing and the Glenfinnan Viaduct was something else!
On Thursday, we stopped off at a Fairy Glen inland from Benavie near the shores of Loch Lochy which the girls loved and then we went on to Spean Bridge and Inverness. We decided to show the girls Culloden Moor on our way home and saw the brand new visitor's centre which is certainly worth a visit if you are up that way. The atmosphere is tinged with sadness and to see the final fate of the clans and those who were tortured and executed and others survived but sent to the colonies as punishment for rising up against the English King. It brings history alive so much more than reading books or being taught in the classroom!
Friday, we didn't do much just chilled out and caught up with some washing and shopping. Had a lovely lunch at the local 'Bakehouse' which is under new management and the food is gorgeous.
Yesterday we had lunch out again but at Sugar & Spice a lovely little oldfashioned sweet shop and tearoom in Arbroath. Then drove down to visit Louise at her shop for a while before heading off to see 'Mamma Mia' at the cinema in Dundee. Absolutely brilliant film would recommend it to anyone who hasn't seen it yet. [The girls had the CD so we were singing the music in the car while we drove all over the highlands!]
Today is the girls last day with us and we will really miss them as they certainly keep us on our toes and of course, being biased they are two lovely girls and we just loved our week with them. Here are some photos.......

Neptune's staircase/Caledonian Canal

Jacobite Monument/Glenfinnan

Ben Nevis under clouds

Naomi with Jacobite soldier [they fought with highland clans]

Laura at Culloden monument

Holiday

Off on holiday tomorrow with our two grandchildren to Fort William where we are hoping to get the Jacobite train to Mallaig. It passes over the Glenfinnan Viaduct which is used in the Harry Potter films and the scenery is said to be beautiful. Keep your fingers crossed that the weather stays fine and that we manage to get tickets. Will be away until Friday so everyone take care and haste ye back..........

Holiday

Here I am back from holiday after a pleasant break around the centre and west coast of Scotland. The weather was very mixed but it did not stop us enjoying ourselves. Here are one or two photos of the area's we visited.



Loch Linnhe and The Falls of Dochart




Mike at very windy
Nairn Beach and Commando Memorial
at Spean Bridge


Hopefully I will be back into the swing of crafting again soon!