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.

Friday Smile

Good Morning,

I hope you have had a very good week with plenty to smile about and share with Annie at A Stitch In Time. My husband's health hasn't been so good, necessitating a trip to the doctor, but despite that it's not been such a bad week. Here's a few photos showing what helped us smile this week.

Warning, yet another photo heavy post.

On Saturday we took a trip to Ballantrae to see Alfie at Craigiemains Garden Centre. He looked as pleased as any donkey could to see us ... the carrots helped :)

After Ballantrae we carried on down to Portpatrick where himself cosied up to this very fierce looking gorilla. Eat your heart out David Attenborough!

Also at Portpatrick was this display put on by the Dumfries & Galloway Blood Bikes. It's a charitable organisation set up by local volunteers to deliver essential blood and urgent medical supplies, in and out of hours, between hospitals and healthcare sites in South West Scotland and sometimes beyond. They were an impressive bunch, enthusiastic about what they do, and all for free!

This is my youngest grandson looking very sheepish as he shows me his sunburned arms, face and neck. This was after a walk with his college mates - they just didn't realise that you could get so burned while simply walking and not sunbathing. They are Sport and Fitness students!

Last photo. I just love this happy photo of grandson William and great-grandson Callum having fun in the sunshine. 

And finally - this sums up my spending habits perfectly :)

Hop you have a fabulously smiley week,