Now, where was I?

Oh, yes, having a nice few days off with my sister in law & uncle in law (SIL & UIL !) This is rather a long post so either make yourself a coffee or just flick thru quickly!

But first, thanks so much for all those kind comments about my debut as a cat walk user! There probably won't be a second time but it was a great experience & I now realise why a model won't get out of bed for less than £10k, they're worth every penny! My boys are often in the back pages of the local rag as they're all sporty but hey, I hit the front page!!!! I'm in a group photo & luckily I'm wearing the white outfit & NOT revealing all!

I got featured by a home decor shop (?) in return for adding this link...well ok I guess!

Lazy Boy Recliners

Forgot to add this pic of a bank from our last walk.

I can definately see a panel in stitch from this - on my list...!

We then went on a trek up the west coast of the Island as there is good fishing from the rocks below Neist Point Lighthouse according to my Middlest - we've had the pleasure of eating the fish he caught - pollock & macrel.

A very different coastline to the south end of the island.

You can stay here at Neist Point lighthouse.

I tried to capture the gannets while not being blown off the cliff edge

& the boys  fishing down below

See them right down there? Bear in mind my UIL is 84 next week!

me away from the edge - I have slight vertigo! (that & the wind made this crooked ;)

The other side of the lighthouse

where there are these amazing sculptures made by many visitors - we always have to change something, leave our mark; I did.

My SIL by the hoist

wire (I can't spell hawsers!) beneath the hoist

Some wonderful textures & rock formations

a decaying door at the top of the path that runs up such a big hill, but we made it! 

A beautiful gate to the lighthouse I forgot to add earlier (I get frustrated trying to move pics about!)

On the way up to Neist Point we passed these turbines - a young lad was up recently doing a dissertation on these in the landscape & was interested  the artistic point of view from, my  DH really, as a landscape painter.

I wonder if they can hear them?

I love this shed

If you're still here, thank you for letting me share my day with you.

More pics & a piece of sculpture

More holiday pics ;)

Our friend on the right & his music buddy at our friends friends festival. Wonderful setting in a woodland but it must have been 35 degrees in the shade! They were helping so we were there 11 hours, no taxis in that part of the world.....!

These jazz performers were fabulous

I should have taken a rubbing of this  on a visit to Luze the next day but it was rather high up!

revisiting my youth drooling over these beautiful bikes. I really don't want one anymore but love the memory of my sister & I helping our friend bring his bike into the kitchen when the parents were out. I looked round this bike gathereing/brocante & so wanted to find an affordable part from a Harley to keep as an objet d'art, now that really is showing my age!

I can feel a sculpture coming on! I found one or 2 bits & pieces on the stalls, I'll photograph them later.

Speaking of sculptures, I went to the opening of the Sculpture Trail at Armadale Castle & Gardens & photographed one on the way in by James Adams  'Feller' - love his work. This exhibition was based on 'Scale' & I think his piece really fits it.

Unfortunately the guy doing the opening speech said what a wonderful thing this was, yada, yada, fabulous funding etc & said the one they'd had in '07 wasn't as good quality. I was part of that, as was an artist showing this time so it wasn't just me who could be offended. There were a couple of my friends there who tried to pull me back, no, no, just kidding! But I was somewhat miffed, didn't really want to stay around for the tour  & drinks. I did quietly ask him if he'd seen the previous  exhibition & he said it was excellent, & when I said I'd been involved he apologised after a good bit of mumbling. I wouldn't say I was a pretentious premadonna, but my ego certainly took a small bruise! We'll see what the write up says, as there was no 'public' apology - I didn't expect one.

This is it, I was/am proud of my first sculpture. It was described as 'enigmatic', I was delighted ;). It is simply a collection of pieces off the shore.It gave my family a laugh the few weeks we built it in the back garden (my D helped loads) & that is it's biggest value. They didn't think I was so off the wall when they saw the 10 others!