Food, a cuppa and bit of history.

Hello everyone  stopping by to see me today,

 this  post has  all kinds of everything,

 it is a real mixture of subjects.

I'll mention my journal spread first, last week as a few of you know we were away in the caravan in the Scottish borders.

One of the places  we wanted to visit was this Smokery

A lovely destination if the weather had  been kind. This particular day it.....snowed.

 We didn't get  walk around the  gardens or see the aquatic center. However I did buy some delicious smoked cheese  and salmon.

The pages are my way of remembering this outing

all cut outs from the advertising booklet, The label from the cheese I carefully  peeled off to use on the left  side of the spread..

All the extra  pieces I used  were scraps, so I will join the folk over at

 Art Journal Journey

and Alison's theme

Recycle/collage.

With all this talk of food it does need a  cuppa to  go with it, so
I am happy to be off to join friends over at
Bleubeard and Elizabeths 
where we are welcome each Tuesday with a drinks related post.
Penny the hen is flapping her wings and saying hello.

Abbotsford........continues
[another link I found with  some tourist type information]

By coincidence my hubby took the same photo outside the house

 as one of the paintings shown inside.

Sir Walter Scott came from quite a humble background and according to one of the house guides was an avid collector, the rooms we were able to see were packed with     interesting items.
A down side was that only rooms on the ground floor were open to the public and I do feel I would have liked to see what was on the upper floors.

[My first post is here]

A few photos in the  entrance  hall

The Library

A room full of guns and swords.

I did like the these wall figures, every one was different.

At this point a coach trip arrived and taking  'people free photos' was impossible,

but I think you can see from these few, how full of interesting things this house is.

Though the arch was the entrance to the family chapel

I was taken with the fact there was a fireplace,  lit  to keep the family warm  on cold days.

All this history  and today's children who visit Abbotsford can play in this
modern futuristic play garden.

Thank you for stopping by. I hope you all have a good Tuesday.