You may be getting sick of my flower updates by now, but when we're all stuck with what feels like lockdown number 12 my hobby horizons have definitely shrunk. And I'm okay with flowers now being a central hobby for me - especially when they are beauties from Arena Flowers.  I'm also tr…

One of the things I was adamant I wanted to try and fit into our Faroe Islands trip was a helicopter ride as I had never been on a helicopter before. The trip to the island of Mykines was the perfect time to go on the helicopter - and I vlogged our day there.  You can watch my full vlog of the heli…

When we eloped to Glencoe in October we decided to stay in a cottage rather than a hotel.  We find cottages suit us more - with a separate living and sleeping area, and the option to cook our own meals.  So, when it came to Glencoe we scoured Air BnB and decided to book Kentra Cottage.  Kentra Cott…

When it came to wedding planning, Matt was sure that he wanted a tweed suit and we decided to go to local tailors Livingston in Castle Douglas for it. Although the home base for Livingston is in Castle Douglas, Dumfries and Galloway - its high calibre tailoring is internationally renowned, with a s…

As you might know, in October 2020 we got married!  In the midst of the global pandemic we had a lovely elopement in the Scottish Highlands near Glencoe. We were pretty brave and got married outside, focussing on a wedding that was about us and for us.  One priority of ours was lovely photographs, …

I must admit that hydrangeas had always previously flown under my flower-radar, that was until I received them as part of my Arena Flowers Subscription. As I've posted about previously, since moving into our Glasgow Flat I have been getting a regular flower subscription (because I'm bougie …

Modern Art Oxford is a kind of weird and "out-there" art museum in the centre of Oxford, but I suppose that is what you expect from modern art museums. You never know what you are going to get when you visit, and if you will even "get" it.  However, I would say it's definite…

Some painting progress pictures... We took these back in March when our holiday had been cancelled due to COVID and we were still living down in Oxford with no Scottish jobs yet.  We spent the week sleeping on a blow-up bed, and beginning to make the house ours.  Starting with painting the living r…

This post is a little different from my usual, as I haven't actually done a Winter Mountain Skills course (yet) however my husband completed one in the Cairngorms in February during Storm Ciara! He took some really cool photos while he was on it, and said that I could share them here with a rem…