About this blog
"There are two seasons in Scotland: June and winter."- Billy Connolly.
In 2012 I moved back to Canada, and I'm no longer updating this blog. Thanks for visiting.
In 2012 I moved back to Canada, and I'm no longer updating this blog. Thanks for visiting.
Popular Posts
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It was one of those days that seemed to create itself moment by moment, like tracks being laid down before an approaching train. With the we...
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There should be a word for a saga which time has faded into myth and obscurity. It has taken more than 400 years, but the details of the li...
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Well, the addresses are coming in and it looks like the Great Tablet Giveaway will be a success. Mailing begins Friday = exciting times. ...
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Dearest, lovely wee clutch of readers, My flat is filled with smoke. This was my attempt to toast oats for my planned "build your own c...
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We will begin with an excerpt of Mick Jackson's glorious novel, The Underground Man , which highlights the life of a reclusive and eccen...
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When the day arrives that you visit Edinburgh (and that day will arrive, lest you be haunted by these cobbled streets and gorgeous stones f...
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Something has become vividly clear to me since starting this blog. Simply put, there are many people in the world who ache for Scotland. Eve...
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I am slowly making my way back into reality following the holidays. This Christmas I received some fabulous gifts, including a one-year Hist...
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After a long, long day at work, it is nice to come home and pick a name from the hat of treats. Actually, I didn’t really pick a name. Requi...
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It was a day of green, blue, and white. And green, and green, and green...
Favourite Scotland Blogs & Sites
- Allotment 2 Kitchen
- Autofocused Photo blog
- Blue sky Scotland
- Cairn in the Mist
- CraftyGreenPoet
- Craigwell Cottage blog
- Dancing Beastie
- Dave Gifford in Shetland
- Edinburgh City Libraries blog
- Edinburgh Day by Day
- Edinburgh Spotlight
- Edinburgh Whisky Blog
- Edinburgh's Dark Side
- Elgol: Photo Hebrides
- Fergie & Fife
- Five Precious Things
- Gavin Macfie's highland adventures
- Glasgow Daily Photo
- GlenTrek
- Gone to Scotland
- Green Isle of the Great Deep
- Highland Happenings
- Islay Blog
- Journeys to Scotland
- Life on a Small Island (Orkneys)
- Life on the Hill
- Light and Dark
- Linda Mellor's Photographic Blog
- Love of Scotland
- Must Visit Scotland
- Natural Scotland
- Nordic Blackbird
- North Light
- Occasional Scotland
- Painting on the Edge
- Pebble Heart
- Photo Hebrides
- Photogenic Scotland
- Photographer Kim Ayres
- Raw Food in Scotland
- Scotland in the Gloaming
- Scotland Landscapes
- Scottish Ancenstry
- Scottish Borders
- Scottish Poetry Library
- Scottish Roundup
- The Edinburgh Blog
- The Good Soup Guide
- The Scottish Lemon
- Trampy and the Tramp (Curry!)
- Traveling Savage
- Uist Lady
- Wandering Gecko
- Wee bit of cooking
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May
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- Touching the sky at Stirling Castle
- Smoke up my kilt
- A drive through the Scottish Borders
- Balnakeil: Death of a Highwayman
- The tablet has landed
- The bleak beauty of the far north
- Be free, my pretties, FREE!
- Get it on, Bang a Gong (or not)
- Lauriston Castle Part 1: The Gardens
- In which I begin the great Scottish tablet giveaway
- A magical life in the Faerie Glen
- New lamb waking up, feeding
- Storm brewing at Polin Beach
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