The view from my window

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fog, postaday2016, Scotland, views

The view from my window makes me think of Scottish moors, I was fortunate enough to have visited Scotland when I was twenty and it was a trip I will never forget, it was so beautiful. My husband and I have been watching the series “Outlander” which is set in the Scottish highlands. The capital of the highlands is Inverness, my friends and I spent a four day weekend in Scotland with two days in Edinburgh and two days in Inverness and at the end of this season’s “Outlander”, the characters have just survived the Battle of Culloden, a few miles from Inverness. I always find it a little exciting to be familiar with a place when I’m watching a t.v show or a movie.

If ever you are lucky enough to find yourself with the opportunity to visit Scotland, jump at the chance, it’s incredibly beautiful and the people are some of the nicest you will ever meet.

The fog has overtaken Blandford

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fog, gardens, postaday2014

Hooray we are home! We missed our children, our Jack and I have missed my flowers. The instant that we got home, I made a beeline for the backyard with my trusty cell phone and started clicking away. The first thing that caught my eye was how big of a lilac bush got; it seemed to have doubled in size with all of the blooms front and center. My wild strawberries are ripe and still waiting to be plucked. I guess the bunnies, Jack and the chipmunks haven’t found them yet. The pool is still in the process of being prepped with the additives but the water is looking really good.
We are very happy to be home!

The gloom of Blandford

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Blandford, fireplaces, firewood, fog, gloom, postaday2012, rain

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Today was the first day that I broke down and went foraging in my closet for my lovely robe de chambre, a present from my hubby, it is more than a bathrobe, it is my fall and winter attire until it warms back up. The fog was heavy and dreary, our first wood delivery, which tomorrow I will put into the garage, was yet another signal that fall is here to stay. Why can’t I just accept this changing of seasons, I never spend so many days refusing to welcome fall, I am entering this season kicking and screaming, can’t explain it.

I am going to cuddle with Jack and use his hot little furnace of a body to warm my hands. He is a wonderful lap dog. Rex is way too large to be a lap dog, but he never minds when I stretch out next to him to leech his heat. Dogs are great that way, always willing to help.

Snow again in Blandford.

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dead vegetation, fog, forties, postaday2012, temperatures, winter wonderland

I woke up this morning and lo and behold snow, I feel as if I had forgotten what it looked like, it has been fairly rare this year. I drove down to town and the drive was so beautiful with the branches covered with snow and the surrounding fog making it seem unwordly.

The snow isn’t going to stay, by Monday the temperatures will be back up to the forties and our winter wonderland will melt away. We will be back to the depressing brown, dead vegetation look everywhere, spring hurry!