Category Scotland
Dunnottar Castle #Scotland
Last week, I had a half day free of work in the middle of a working trip. While driving between venues, I decided to take a little side trip to visit a castle I have always wanted to see: Dunnottar Castle at Stonehaven, near Aberdeen, Scotland. The photos I’ve seen make it look like the […]
Spring has sprung! #Garden #dogs
We’ve had a few really nice days of sunshine and no wind here in the Highlands. I still laugh that so many people asked my why I wanted to move up here, because the weather was so awful. Well guess what, I think with global warming, I moved north at exactly the right time! England […]
February #funnies #Scotland
It’s a busy week with teaching and judging at the Scottish Regional Dressage Championships, so rather than miss out on a post this week, I thought I would do another collection of funnies – it’s been a while, and funny is always good! Thought I would share some Scottish themed memes this time… And to […]
#BookReveiw – A HEIST AT HARVEST by R.B. Marshall #CozyMystery #Scotland
A cozy mystery about a dressage-riding computer geek who lives in Scotland – how could I resist? To be fair, the author and I connected some years ago after I read one of her fantasy novels, and it turned out she knew of me as a dressage trainer – dressage being her passion. So of […]
#TradPub latest, and the #vegetablegarden
The good news is that we have FINALLY agreed all the diagram corrections for the new equestrian book. Oh boy, this has taken up FAR more of my time than I anticipated when I agreed to write it. I only hope the finished product will be up to scratch. I still have no idea about […]
A bit more of the #garden
Last week I shared photos from the big beds. This week it’s a snapshot of the hanging baskets and planters. A friend saw these posted on Facebook and asked if we are running a garden centre. Looking at it, I can see why! They weren’t all at their best when I took the photos, but […]
#Garden update
As I’ve said before, at this time of year the garden takes up a great deal of my time, which unfortunately curtails my writing time. It seems appropriate at this point in the year to share with you the last few months in pictures, before autumn sets in and the evenings get dark again. Living […]
Have you heard of #EcoFantasy?
Ages ago I set out to write an urban fantasy novel, which became DESPRITE MEASURES. Yes, you read that right – it’s a story about a water sprite and I do love a pun. I wanted to write a type of character no one had done before, and settled on an elemental. Many books have […]
Book Week Scotland, and how small is that type???
Last week was Book Week Scotland – something I’ve only been vaguely aware of before, but this year I became involved slightly by accident. What, exactly, IS Book Week Scotland? Here is what the website says: “Book Week Scotland – now in its eleventh year – is an annual celebration of books and reading that […]
The Writer’s Museum #Edinburgh
It doesn’t matter how many times I visit Edinburgh, I never tire of wandering up and down the Royal Mile, which stretches from Holyrood Palace to Edinburgh Castle. The shops are eclectic, and the architecture fascinating. Some of the buildings have been used recently in the filming of the popular TV series of the OUTLANDER […]
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