Welcome back to the fill ins which are hosted by Ellen at 15andmeowing.com and Lorianne at Four-Legged Furballs who provide the prompts in bold and the rest is by me.1.Happiness is being married to my best friend.2. Ten years ago, I never would have pictured all the changes that have happened in our lives including leaving the NHS and … Continue reading Friday’s Happy Fill Ins
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Top Ten Thursday – The Circus
It's top ten Thursday time and we're going to the circus - thanks to Tamara at Part-time Working Hockey Mom for hosting this blog hop. As I haven't been to a circus since I was a child, I've decided to write about how our life is a circus, especially this week.Let's consider the essential components of … Continue reading Top Ten Thursday – The Circus
Top Ten Thursday – Spring
It's May and the A to Z blogging challenge that took over April is done so it's back to normal blogging for all of us crazies that took part. It's time for top ten Thursday and today we're looking at all the things we love about spring. The top ten is hosted by Tamara at Part-time … Continue reading Top Ten Thursday – Spring
Exploring Glenfiddich Whisky Distillery
Today we finally, after two years of living in the Highlands, went and did a tour of a whisky distillery. We'd been to Glenfiddich distillery before, just to wander around the grounds and have coffee and cake in their cafe so that was the distillery we chose.The tour took roughly an hour and a half … Continue reading Exploring Glenfiddich Whisky Distillery
Friday’s Friendly Ramblings
It's the end of another week and time for some fill ins that are set by Annie at McGuffy's Reader and Ellen at 15andmeowing.com - why don't you come and join us. The words in purple are the prompts that are provided and then the rest is me.1. My favorite president is Nelson Mandela because despite his 27 years in prison he was a … Continue reading Friday’s Friendly Ramblings
A Balanced Hodgepodge
Middle of the week so it's time for the hodgepodge with the questions set by Joyce at the blog From This Side of the Pond. This is a great prompt based blog hop with differently themed questions every week.1. Where do you go when you need some inspiration?I love browsing through Pinterest, sometimes with an actual purpose … Continue reading A Balanced Hodgepodge
Friday’s Romantic Fill Ins
It's the end of another week and time for some fill ins that are set by Annie at McGuffy's Reader and Joyce at 15andmeowing.com - why don't you come and join us. The words in purple are the prompts that are provided and then the rest is me.1. The Winter Olympics is underway and lets hope that the sport is what … Continue reading Friday’s Romantic Fill Ins
A Snowy Birthday in the Cairngorms
I recently celebrated a birthday and my beloved took me to the Mountain Cafe in Aviemore for their breakfast which we'd wanted to try for a while. Thankfully they serve breakfast until 11:30am which meant I didn't have to get out of bed too early - Aviemore is 53 miles away so with the snow and ice … Continue reading A Snowy Birthday in the Cairngorms
Farewell 2017, and Welcome 2018
It's only a few hours until we wave goodbye to the old year and welcome in the new, so time to be a little reflective on how the year has been. In January I wrote this post, My wishes for 2017, and I think all of these still apply for the coming year.We've had lots of … Continue reading Farewell 2017, and Welcome 2018
Happy Christmas Sparks
Sparks is hosted by Annie at McGuffy's Reader (visit to see everyone else's sparks) and her words are the best to use to explain:"I believe we are meant to be lights in this world. If we allow our light to shine, we can see where we are going. It is then that we can begin to truly see each other … Continue reading Happy Christmas Sparks