Author: Jude Tulloch
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Smelling the Sweet Peas and Rose in Dingwall
I picked the sweet scented Rose on our walk with the dogs through Dingwall along the Peffer River to add to the Sweet Peas that Irene placed on the windowsill of our bedroom. Lovely to spend time with Col’s cousin Ali and Irene.
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Kirkwell: home of discreet street art
The Orkney Islands are known for their archaeology – and I will get to that – not their street art. Graffiti is very much an urban art form in my mind, part of the gritty jumble of cities where built environments create ‘canvases’ in alley ways, underpasses, overpasses, abandoned buildings, and on unadorned walls. I…
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Projecting myself into the Neolithic Era
A Neolithic vessel, on display at the Kirkwell Museum,Orkney Islands.
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And what do you do on your holidays?
Col crawling out of the narrow entrance to the Cuween Hill Chambered Cairn, a neolithic burial site on the Orkney Islands
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Milk delivery Edinburgh style
Even in Summer it’s cold enough to have milk delivered to the doorstep in Edinburgh. Remember the horrible sun warmed milk they used to give school kids in Australia. By recess the cream congealed . I’m so glad you and I had a note from home exempting us from drinking it Helen. My stomach churns…
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Tourist shopping around Edinburgh Castle
We are totally going with the flow here, being open to whatever presents itself. I snapped this shot on the Royal Mile near Edinburgh Castle while on a mug mission for a friend. We did visit Edinburgh Castle too. Don’t worry Deb looking for the elusive mug is part of the fun. I’m a kid…