Great things happen when you don't have your camera

Today I discovered a new vintage store!!!! full of lovely clothes, hats, shoes, bags and bits of glass and china...was lovely, I chatted to the owner and she has been there for 14 weeks! (must get into town more) she has some great genuine vintage pieces and I asked if I could take some pictures for my blog. she said yes and I then discovered I did not have my camera. (blood ran cold) It was on my dining table when I got home. Oh well a gem to look forward to!

I then went to M&S and saw an amazing Christmas biscuit tin...... It is musical and lovely.....

so frustrating, pictures to follow....

ok, so lets find some nice random photo's from my holiday....

This was a tornado (I think) fighter jet taken as I stood on the beach in Lossiemouth. 

Ice House at Findhorn. 

Glasgow film set (this will have its own post)

I love signs, (Glasgow again)

(Huntley)

Glass ended whisky Barrel. 

this weekend will be wet and windy on the bike.....happy weekend everyone, going to tuck into grilled fish and some oven chips.....yum. 

post holiday blues.......

Today, I have the post holiday blues.

I looked at my leave sheet and after my charity cycle I only have 3 days leave left to take me through till April 2012. What with us having a late holiday this year it feels like its not very evenly spread.

The weather is turning and as much as I love the winter the shortening days and the list of winter jobs to do gets longer.

1. dogs need their pre winter trim
2. get the chimney's swept.
3 reblacken the fire
4. order a half trailer of split logs
5 get the doors painted and fitted.
6. get the grass cut,
7. empty the lawnmower for the winter
8. weed
9. plant spring bulbs
10. cover the garden furniture
11. trim the conifers (now the sap is not rising)
12. finally finish decorating the dining room prior to Christmas.
13 finish the hallway once the doors have been done.
14. bake Christmas cakes
15.....everything else that needs doing that I can no longer think of.

Christmas shopping is nearly finished, I just need to start wrapping it all. I like to have all of the shopping done and wrapped by December. While we were on holiday, I wrapped up all of the presents my mother in law has bought for people. (MIL likes to be organised as well.)

I wish I was still on holiday :(

Scottish Skies

hmm, so we have had, windows. and animals... today Sky! Scotland has a lot of sky and the weather changes so much you have some very impressive ones!

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1, Glasgow dawn, 2 amazing clouds, 3 north east coast, 4 cloud over forest, 5 &6 Findhorn bay, 7 John O'Grots, 8 Lossiemouth, 9 lossiemouth, 10 &11 Spynie Palace, 12 & 13 North Coast, 14 Inverness, 15 nr Elgin, 16 Pluscarden Abbey, 17 M6. 

These were all photographed over 10 days on our Holiday. (there were lots of grey skies as well) I am showing the photo's as they were taken, no photoshop or effects used. 

Animals I met on holiday!

Well yesterday was window's.

Today, Animals....mostly Pets of people we were visiting.

Cast in order of appearance, 1, the deer, well not the actual deer, but a representation of the deer that jumped in front of the car late at night on the 2nd night of our holiday, 2, the beautiful Daisy, 3 Holly, 4 Daisy, 5 Holly, 6 Daisy. 7 Bono the goat (yes his name is Bono), 8 fergus, the laso apso scottie cross, 9&10   miniature ducks, 11, Bono again, 12, Molly the chocolate lab puppy, 13 The gorgeous Oscar, Laso Apso puppy. 14-18 Highland cows, 19 Megs, 20 chickens, 21 Megs again, (I love this photo) 22 chicken, 23 & 24 Eva on the prowl. 

I miss cats.....I loved spending time with my friends cats on holiday, was like kitty therapy. just to play with them, watch them and stroke them was great. We have decided not to have cats till me move as the road is so busy near us I could not bear to lose another cat to the road. (we only had 1 run down) So I love meeting  other cats. All cats have their own personality these 4 are particularly gorgeous.

Bono the goat, he is only a baby. he is a pygmy goat and very cute, we took him for a walk.... now walking a goat is very different to walking a dog. The goat will go where it wants to go not where you want it to go. We had Bono on a long leash in his garden but there were times he would decide to go no further! Also when he wants to leap on the table he will jump on the table! 

Ducks, this was my first time I met some bantam ducks, They are too cute like real ducks, only smaller! 

Oscar, He was amazing, I love dogs but not little ones, Oscar has changed my mind. he was so good, happy to curl up and go to sleep and equally happy to play! 

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Miss them all.