Adventures in the Orkney Islands

~ JodiLea

The sweet calming scene below was what I saw yesterday for a 30-minute bus ride to Kirkwall, Scotland.  It was a sunny day, for Scotland, meaning clouds but no rain. Each field was a slightly different shade of green and some were quite brilliant.  I have seen farmland before, but this was perfect.

Our bus then stopped for a photo op at a formation of stones  called “The Ring of Brodgar.”

This ancient ring of stones pre-dates Stonehenge and the Pyramids.  This fact startled me!  A lot of things startled me about the British Isles, but I will save that for another post…

Brodgar is protected by a “moat” of soggy swampish ground. We could stare and take pix of them, even walk around them, but we could not touch.

We saw a few long-haired cows on the ride home who had partially shed their coats.  They looked so pitiful they were cute. Initially, we thought they had mange.

This cow was shy, so I could not photograph her rear where the long shaggy hair was remaining.

Compare her front and back legs and her south end.  You can almost see it.

♥  TTFN  ♥

Adventures in Inverness Scotland

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I learned something important today.  Maybe I should say I re-learned it because I learned this lesson several times prior to today.  Grrrr!  Never assume. Never assume that hubby understands what you are wanting him to do.  Specifically.  Exactly.

This afternoon while everyone was napping, I transferred photos off my camera and organized them by port, because I am OCD like that.  To my dismay, I discovered that the photos I asked him to take were missing something.  Something that made them make sense along with the copy I planned to write.  Unless you are familiar with this area I’m sure the joke is lost.  It really wasn’t that hilarious in the first place and now it is useless.NessieSpottedMeAtTheRiverNess

The sign my hubby forgot to get in the photo said: ‘River Ness’.

Adventures in Liverpool

~ JodiLea

The Bronze Statues of The Fab Four in front of Town Hall.  I have no idea who the two chicks are, but they would not move and hubby became impatient.

Our tour guide in Liverpool was a Beatles fan, so we got to see some famous sights, besides churches and castles.

On the right is a photo of St. Lukes Cathedral – it made me think of my family in St. Louis, MO. Hi y’all!  Miss you!

 

Everyone got to have a photo taken of them on Penny Lane. Even better, was the musical accompaniment as our bus rolled down the street.  “Penny Lane” by the Beatles of course!

Everyone enjoyed that – even those who pretended not to.  You could just tell.

♥  TTFN  ♥