Highland Prayer for Protection     BHO is tu is Buachiaill thar an treuid Iomain fein shin do chleidh ’s do chaimir, Seun sinn fo do bhrot riomhach reidh; A Sgeith dhidinn, dion ri ’r mairionn. Bi-sa do chlaidheamh cruaidh, cosgarra, Chon sinne dhion a irinn arrais, Bho fhigeirich is bho fheadaine frinne fuara, ’S […]

It’s a sad fact of life but we all need the sunshine AND the rain. Without both, beautiful things don’t happen. Like my roses. Freshly picked this morning…with only minor injuries. Bloody thorns  :o)

I’ve always loved Edmund Dulac images. I have a few on my walls His Arabian Nights are gorgeous. Kinda understand why now :o)                

Paul’s Himalayan Musk covering the front of my house…smelling Divine. I’m a Simple Soul :o)

I was wrong! Very wrong :o( For years and exaggerating etc…. I Refused to watch Benedict Cucumberpatch in Sherlock. Nope. Never. It’ll be crap. The books or Basil Rathbone. Go away new, false, wannabe Sherlock. Earlier this year (Feb) I watched 15 minutes of A Study in Pink. A week later…. I’d watched the whole […]

The lawn is mown…mowed (?!) Anyhoo – Lawn cut. Sun out. I looooooove that smell. Freshly Cut Grass.  

From previous post: “Alans were in close military, economic and cultural interaction   with the Volga Bulgars.”   Oh! Would that be the Volga Bulgars who were also called Cathars in France, Italy and England? Note to Self—-Must remember :o)