More photos from our holiday in Tain

We had a lovely holiday - the weather ranged from grey to glorious - and here's the photo to prove it. This is the main shopping street in Tain which was bathed in sunshine on Saturday morning as we got ready to leave for home.

Holiday in the north of Scotland

We had a quick escape to a self-catering cottage in Tain. A lovely, golden October week in the north of Scotland. OK, the weather wasn't terrific every day but even on the grey days we could get out and explore. It was marvellous.

This image shows Keiss harbour - we called in here late one evening and spent a few minutes having a look around.

I'll publish more photos shortly - but I should really get down to some work!

Cheers for now
M

Two-piece Toddler Pajamas - Thor Motocross fans

Toddler Two-Piece Pajamas


Cool - it's great what you can find for the little petrolheads in your life! What's more, there are other styles available.

I love this one!

Smell My Exhaust MX Romper


Definitely not for the faint-hearted!

Enjoy

Antique Stained Glass Windows by Tiffany

Tiffany lamps I had heard of - but I didn't know that there is an active market in tiffany stained glass windows.

When I did a little reading on this, I realised that Louis Comfort Tiffany designed stained glass windows and then, noticing that the glass offcuts were still usable, found a way of setting the glass in channel settings which could be formed into shapes such as lampshades. This thrifty approach to business led to the evolution of stunning interior decorative pieces which are also collected today.

Billy Elliot

My sister keeps nagging me to book a holiday to New York. She found a rental apartment somewhere and thinks it would make an ideal Easter break - and you don't know just how tempting this is. What would make it even more tempting is if we could book the Billy Elliot Tickets
right now! Then I'd have to make the travel arrangements. This is one show I'd love to see.

We haven't been to the theatre for ages - the last production which we saw was a local school concert in Helensburgh - and the last outing to a theatre proper was to the Glasgow Concert hall. That was a lovely Viennese night at New Year. .... Hmm - that just gets me thinking!

M

Pam Carter original for sale on eBay

I just love Pam Carter's Scottish paintings - her work is colorful, fresh and captures the essence of Scottish scenery. This picture is for sale on eBay and seems like a bargain to me. Pam Carter's paintings have become very collectible.

This auction ends on 16 September so don't delay - and please note the time which is GMT (ie it's a UK auction!)

Murder Wrote She

Just imagine this; you buy a new house and move in to it. One day, you decide to check out the contents of one of the upstairs rooms and you find a cardboard box which holds exercise books. When you check through the notebooks, you find that these books contain Agatha Christie's notes, plot outlines and drafts of many of Christie's novels. That's what happened to John Curran when he bought Greenway, which had been Christie's holiday home in Devon. Even more exciting was the realisation that there was a completely unknown Poirot story in these books (it had been rejected by Christie's publishers because it was about a Hitler figure) John Curran has published Agatha Christie's Secret Notebooks which should be a great read for students of Christie's work.


If you're looking for some great reading, check out some of Christie's books here.

Murder Wrote She