Bluebell season is really something special, and I know I posted recently of me frolicking in the bluebells but I know who the main focus is.... It's Hetty puppy's turn!  And doesn't she look majestic in royal purple? 

I absolutely love bluebell season - and love exploring new places (and particularly woodlands) with lots of bluebells.  One new place we found this year was particularly special and quite breathtaking was a wee island in Loch Lomond - Inchcaileach.I'll do a full post on Inchcaileach soon with a…

The thatched houses in the Gearrannan Blackhouse Village on the west coast of the Isle of Lewis are definitely worth seeing. Blackhouses are the traditional rural dwellings, with thatched roofs and packed earth floors - sometimes with space for animals inside.  They became abandoned over time, with…

Last of these beautiful cherry blossoms blooming recently - I love seeing these fluffy little blooms.  It makes my day every to see rows of cherry trees when I drive to and from work. At work there are a few blossom trees inside the site which are sheltered from the wind and when the petals fall th…

When we visited the Lewis and Harris last summer, we had plenty to see and do and one thing which appears on every "to-do" list is the standing stone circle at Calanais or Callanish. These Neolithic standing stones are really quite special and some of the more impressive standing stones I…