Lerwick on the Shetland Islands, Scotland. Misty skies that turned to a downpour marked our wanderings through the town. In my reading of novels set in Scotland, I'd come across the word "dreich." It seemed to me that this was such a day, but I wanted to make certain. As I lined up to return to the ship, I asked one of the port workers if this was a dreich day. A big grin split his face and he agreed that it was indeed dreich. He thought it great fun that this Canadian would use a local word.
Today has been another dreich (wet, overcast, gloomy). Little Cora came for the morning and we walked to the park thinking to beat the rain. Alas, we came home with wet jackets and frizzy hair. After taking her to preschool, I changed my clothes and painted a bathroom. We've replaced all of the windows in the house over the past 18 months and a few rooms still need paint. It's good to be nearing the very end of this major house renovation, done in very large part by my husband. I come up with the ideas; he makes them real. Teamwork of the uneven sort.
On a sunny day I snapped this photo of the naturalized lawn now bright with cyclamen.
At our family birthday party a couple of weeks ago, we all visited a corn maze, tramping this way and that, turning around at dead ends, and playing a bit of hide and seek. In the middle was a pile of hay bales and pumpkins for picture taking. Here are our five darlings; 4 girls and a boy, all dearly loved and growing up so quickly!
A lovely photo of the Grands: you have only one boy, I have only one girl :) A lawn full of Cyclamen would be heavenly, such a pretty colour. You have set me dreaming again of Scotland, a land I have never seen but would very much like to go.
ReplyDeleteYes I love the expression dreich and use it often. A bit dreich here at the moment. Lovely photo of your grands. Sounds like a fun activity before the photo. Cyclamen everywhere here so pretty with the autumn leaves. Hope you have a sunnier day today. B x
ReplyDeleteDearest Lorrie,
ReplyDeleteA typical autumn dreich day indeed. It makes the world around you so intimate.
Love those cyclamen—what a carpet of naturalized beauty.
Tomorrow morning I hope the 9 windows in the veranda will get replaced by Renewal by Andersen and that is the end of a major project. Only WISH my Pieter had seen it in real life as in January of last year when we did our kitchen bay window, we were told that replacing the type of windows we have in the veranda was not possible. We have our collection of Delft blue houses on the ledge, half way and want to keep them there.
For all not replaced windows, my Pieter has changed the solid oak indoor shutters Our solid oak indoor shutters hung anew by Pieter in January 1995, after filling in the window casing with strips of wood, and having all mortise hinges professionally set in, not face–mounted as our contractor had done in 1990. This caused the handmade shutters not to close anymore so they also mutilated them by sawing off he excess on one panel. They now showed ugly gaps between all panels, causing furniture, rugs, to fade from sunshine and losing full privacy. Too bad that such craftsmanship got ruined by non-professionals!
That was another mega task done by Pieter... https://mariettesbacktobasics.blogspot.com/2021/02/solid-oak-shutters-redone-now.html
The Andersen windows have FibrexⓇ Energy–Efficient Glass to keep the heat out in summer and the cold in winter.
Hugs,
Mariette
They are growing up quickly indeed. You are well and truly blessed with these five lovelies.
ReplyDeleteThose beautiful pots of chrysanthemums would fill the village cemeteries in France. It is the flower most associated with death. The markets blaze with colour in this season.
ReplyDeleteLovely autumn dreich days. Love the pumpkin maze/patch grand photo. Your are blessed.
ReplyDeleteLovely Mums in many different colours abound!! When we chose some today DH wanted white ones. I was surprised at his choice. Great picture of your grandchildren. Fall seems to have the best options for interesting pictures.
ReplyDeleteI love Shetland islands Scotland is such a beautiful place! I have some little cyclamens in the garden but not as much as in your picture . Nice photo of your grandchildren.
ReplyDeleteI've never seen so many cyclamen in one place -- a glorious display! Also the grands all in one place are pretty wonderful <3
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