Friday Smiles

Evening Everyone,

It's been a week full of smiles and the hot weather we've been having has a lot to do with it so here I am again joining in with Annie's smiles meme on A Stitch In Time.

First up are some of my roses.

This is just a small selection from our ever-expanding collection but they are all gorgeous and most are perfumed too. Just going to the bin at the back door is a pleasure at the moment because the air is so heavily scented from this climbing rose called Susie.

Also making me smile is Alfie here.

We took a trip down to Creetown in Galloway by way of the coastal road and could not resist the opportunity to pop into Ballantrae's garden centre to say hello to Alfie. He can never resist a mint humbug.

Our trip to Creetown was to visit the Heritage Museum there.

And what an interesting heritage the little village has too. Here's just a wee selection of photos taken inside.

This really caught my eye and made me laugh. A vacuum cleaner stowed in a table!

The Table

Inside the vacuum table.

And here's the Wicker Man.

No, not my husband in front! Creetown was the location for some scenes in the 1973 horror film, The Wicker Man, starring Edward Woodward. It was also famous for the high quality granite mined from nearby quarries. Some of which was used to build Liverpool Docks.

Finally a photo of the beautiful quilted wallhanging the ladies of Creetown have made to celebrate their village's history.

Our time in the museum was altogether fascinating and entertaining and well worth the visit. There's also a Gem Rock Museum there but we ran out of time so we will have to go back for another visit soon.

It's a very photo-heavy post this week but, believe me, I've left out many more photos than I have shared. You would be here forever if I included them all but I hope you've enjoyed those I've selected.

Take care and have a wonderful weekend.