Look at all the boats! This is the Commonwealth Flotilla of over 250 boats which sailed up the Clyde today to celebrate the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. We didn't get to see the boats coming up the river as we were having a whale of the time at the rugby sevens, however we went down to Pacific Quay to see them afterwards. They looked ( Read more... )

Many thanks for all the very kind birthday wishes! We've been away camping by the beach for a few days so I've been out of range of t'internet. We had several days of glorious weather but our luck ran out yesterday and it started pouring, so I spent most of my birthday packing up wet camping gear and washing sandy clothes :} We're now holed up at ( Read more... )

Not my pics this time. I came across these striking pictures of the Collingwood Memorial on twitter recently. They were tweeted by an account called @turnipheadpic whose "pupose on twitter is to share peoples memories of Whitley Bay & Newcastle." Sadly the original photographer is not credited.


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Last weekend we went for a spin down to Culzean. I know I've posted dozens of pictures of Culzean before but it really is such a beautiful place that it's impossible not to post more. We spent most of the day in the walled garden which is a part of the estate I haven't visited for a while. The weather was gorgeous, the gardens were filled with ( Read more... )

I adore wild flowers, always have done. When I was wee my mother taught me the names of all the wild flowers on the island and I used to spend hours and hours collecting, pressing and drawing them. In the park beside where I live there is a "bee meadow", a patch of grass left uncut and sown with native wild flowers to attract bees. It's ( Read more... )

Two pictures of the Clyde this morning. Busy week this week, busy weekend and busy week next week :}


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