Thursday, August 04, 2011

Further Adventures

Glencoe
Glencoe, on a misty, mysterious day, much in keeping with it's history.
A beautiful ride into th Highlands, along Loch Ness, ending up in Inverness. We are in Edinburgh now, museums and castles, cathedrals and:
edinburgh dovecot
Dovecot Tapestry studio! Housed in a former baths, would this be the most fabulous studio space? Lucky weavers! There are tapestries to see, an exhibit currently of Indonesian batiks, and a nice cafe for lunch.

The Royal Museum (up the road from Dovecot) allows photos:
edinburgh spindles
I'll have to look closely at my notes for spindle materials (stone?) and whether the shafts are reproductions. The mind, she is sometimes not at my command.

I loved this tea set:
edinburgh 136
Thistles! In silver :).

It was a rainy day in Edinburgh, which meant All The People were visiting the Museum at once. It's a perfect museum for families: lots of variation in the exhibits from animals, to science, cars, boats and planes plus an intriguing
Scottish history section, where I spent most of my time. I sat often and watched as families navigated their way, pointing things out to their children, teaching, passing on the culture, pushing strollers and trying to cling to one another. I listened to the cacophony of languages, happy to be able to step out of traffic, and knitted for a while under another glass-domed central hall. It's city life, a far cry from my usual days, and a great change of pace for country mice.

Life goes on at home, too, with little people learning lots of new things, like how to kiss Mama:
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4 Comments:

Anonymous Alison said...

I have a replica of a Roman spindle that strongly resembles that centre one (you can see it here - the whorl on my reproduction is soapstone. Sadly, I have no documentation for it, so I can't say whether that's the same material as used in the original, or just a good approximation. Glad you're enjoying your trip!

1:06 AM  
Anonymous Alison said...

Durr- of course, I meant Viking spindle, not Roman. My fingers are typing, but my brain is not yet caffeinated...r

1:08 AM  
Blogger Marcy said...

Oh, what a wonderful trip! I wish I'd remembered to slip myself into your carryon bag, darn it!

Have you been sampling the lovely golden nectar as you move from region to region? Bringing home souvenirs?

12:56 PM  
Blogger woolydaisy said...

NESSIE!!!!!!!!

7:07 AM  

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