Scotiana

 
Every year, it comes as a surprise.
The leaves flare, for a time, to crimson and butter yellow,
the air shifts, in the early morning,
from te damp greens of late summer to soft graphites and an occasional miraculous quail grey.
(John Burnside – A Lie About My Father)
Hi everybody,
Leaves fall in the garden and it’s [...]

 
 
 
Hi everybody!
Without our last message from Iain and Margaret, it would certainly have escaped us that today was the anniversary of the death of Frédéric Chopin, nor would we  have known that this genial composer owed so much to a Scottish lady who, in the last and painful years of his short life, looked after [...]

Hi Mairiuna!
I’m happy to learn, inside your latest article touring us around Arcachon’s ‘less known heights’, that old villas of the area had a Scottish link!
Great discovery my friend .
And I just love the black & white postcards you showcased, as they romantically travel us back into time …
The following excerpt from your [...]

 
 
Hi everybody,
Summer is lingering this year, with October already here and temperatures still close to 30° Celsius. But we are not going to complain as we can take advantage of this nice weather to visit some places we try to avoid during the touristic season.
 
We’ve spent hours following the sunny sandy paths which wind between [...]