Time waits for no one or no thing, it is something we will all run out of. For us, every second of every minute of every hour of every day, time ticks away. This sounds a bit morbid but it is true, and as the saying goes cherish your time and spent it wisely...

We can't turn back time but we can have wonderful memories from times gone by and also we can appreciate heritage from our past which still stands the test of time.

Tea....  in lovely china and floral tea cups with delicate handles and tiny teaspoons, lots of milk and a good chat with a friend... Bliss! Anyone that knows me will know how much I love tea.

On my visit to Edinburgh my friends brought me to a place they knew I would love. It was called Clarinda's Tearoom on the Royal Mile. It was like my grans kitchen :o) We had breakfast and some lovely fairy cakes- yes I know those who indulge bulge, however it was more of a balanced diet of good and bad! Here are a few photographs to share with you. Sorry they are not the best of photographs as I was trying tp avoid the other customers.

Oh so many to choose from, all so beautiful, all so different, have you any favourites of your own??

AVOCA

Have any of you heard of the Avoca Range??? Avoca is an Irish family-run business and is one of the world's oldest surviving manufacturing companies and Ireland's most exciting stores. They export clothing ranges to boutiques around the world and have their own food label with dozens of delicious products. There are Avoca perfumes, glassware, ceramics, clothing, garden range, to name but a few. The handweaving mill was established in a rural Irish village over 280 years ago. Avoca remains a family business with a mission to create joy and have fun!

To find out more and check out the AVOCA range, visit their website, it really is worth a visit!

Are any of you looking for the perfect coffee table, kitchen table or other solid wood items???

Well I came across something unique and hand crafted using the best of local solid timber-
Hannah Avery Furniture

As you are aware of my passion of all things local, rural and handmade, I thought I'd share this with you. Hannah Avery is a bespoke furniture maker and designer based in Bristol, England.  Her designs are a combination of contemporary style and classic elegance. Each piece is custom made using beautiful hand sourced hardwoods and traditional wood working techniques.  Hannah was  awarded the 'people's choice award' at the New Forest show for her walnut Sideboard, which can be found on the website. I love her work and each piece is unique, stylish and will last the test of time!

{Avery Furniture}

Hope you like these blue rooms? I do and my new home will have blue in it for sure!! The sun has just started to shine again :) Not feeling blue any longer but still love these blue rooms :)

Can you smell the lovely flowers in my garden??? I sure can :-)

Here are some photographs I took of Stirling when we visited last week, the old town is very picturesque, hope you like them. Have any of you been to Stirling before? I know one of my blog followers lives near it. It is the gateway to the Highlands of Scotland. Here are some of the wonderful sites we visited...

Hi everyone, I'm home from my flying visit to Scotland, had a lovely time catching up with my friends. We went to Rosslyn the first day as we have already been to the main attractions in the city. Here are a few of my photographs to share with you.

The first day we went to Rosslyn Village by bus, it is a quaint little place, the weather wasn't great when we arrived so we went for lunch in this lovely old hotel, it was full of character and cosy too..

When we were all full and ready to get going, we headed down the hill towards Rosslyn Chapel, passing this lovely house on the way...

So here we are at Rosslyn, we couldn't get photographs of the whole chapel outside as restoration work in ongoing, here are just two photographs of it, if you would like to find out more about it you can visit the official website. It really is a wonderful place, the tour was excellent and the architecture and carvings are amazing! No photographs were allowed inside the chapel.

Once finished in the Chapel we headed back up to the village, passing this wonderful cottage on the way... Some colourful flowers would look lovely outside it I thought...

And then we caught our bus back to the city... the sky was getting very dull looking so we headed back to my friends' apartment passing these views along the way...

So that was day one of my break, we went out for dinner and drinks that night in the dome and bar one.. I'll share some more photographs of the rest of my trip soon too...