Whatsoever Is Lovely Challenge – Travelling With My Husband and Date Nights

thanks to Xingfu Mama for hosting Whatsoever is Lovely…https://xingfumama.blog/2024/06/09/whatsoever-is-lovely-challenge-2024-week-23/

We’re coming up to our 49th wedding anniversary and I still get a thrill of going out on dates and travelling with Kevin.

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No. 60 bistro close to our Airbnb in London
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A very fancy Indian restaurant in Edinburgh
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Soaking in the sun in Dundee, Scotland
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Enjoying the photo exhibit at the V&A Dundee
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Sharing a laugh at Brendan’s flat
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At the market close to London Bridge
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Lunch at the oldest pub in London
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Last day in London, sharing an ice-cream with Sevin

The Bread is Better Than Ever

thanks to Debbie for hosting Six Word Saturday https://travelwithintent.com/2024/06/08/old-radar-station-now-strikingly-decorated/?blogid=45569860&blogsub=subscribed#subscribe-blog

The premise is simple….come up with a title for a post using only six words.

For over a year now we’ve been back to bread baking at Montgomery’s Inn. It’s all run by volunteers. On Thursday three of us go in and warm up the outdoor oven for the next day’s bake and prepare four to five batches of bread dough. On Wednesday, five of us do a variety of jobs to get ready for the afternoon Farmers’ Market where the bread is sold. We make two batches of sour dough bread and sometimes focaccia, get fire started to heat up the oven, shape the bread, let it rise and then put it into the oven to bake.

All the money that is made from the sales goes back into buying more supplies and funding projects at the Inn.

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Sculpture Saturday – More Fun Sculptures from Dundee

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Desperate Dan Statue
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Mr. Jamieson the Draper and the Polar Bear by David Annand (2021)
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Commemorating the 1878 escape and recapture of Bruin, the polar bear, brought to Dundee by a whaling ship for an exhibition….he barged into a clothing store and was tempted out by a piece of beef
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A row of Penguins by Angela Hunter, running along a parish church wall
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Because of an Antarctic connection, Dundee has an affinity with penguins
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One of three Lemmings scrambling up a stone pillar
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Created by Alison Conway and situated in Seabraes gardens
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Dundee is the gaming capital of Scotland and these Lemmings were subjects of a worldwide gaming blockbuster
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Admiral Adam Duncan who defeated a Dutch fleet in 1797…considered one of the most significant actions in naval history

Water, Water Everywhere….The Thames

thanks to Jez for hosting Water, Water Everywhere https://jezbraithwaite.blog/2024/06/08/spiers-wharf-for-water-water-everywhere-222-2/

In London you can’t help but see the Thames if you travel south to the downtown area and if you’re crossing a bridge it is more than likely across the Thames.

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Taken from the bus, crossing London Bridge….The Tower Bridge
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Taken close to the Tower Bridge
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Taken from Greenwich

Weekly Prompts Wednesday Challenge – Sunsets

thanks to Sue W and GC for hosting Weekly Prompts https://weeklyprompts.com/2024/06/05/weekly-prompts-wednesday-challenge-sunset/

Over the years I’ve taken numerous photos of sunsets but the most spectacular have almost always been at my cottage, overlooking the bay.

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Tuesday Textures – From the Barbican

art made with textiles has the most amazing textures

On our recent trip to London, we stopped at the Barbican to see the show, Unravel: The Power of Politics of Textiles in Art. The first thing we saw was the exterior of the gallery cloaked in fabric.

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Inside the gallery over 100 artists had works of textile art on display. Many of the pieces were very textural which was quite evident from a distance and others made for wonderful close-up shots of the detail in the pieces.

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The Numbers Game – #145

thanks to Judy for hosting the Numbers Game https://judydykstrabrown.com/2024/06/02/the-numbers-game-24-june-3-2024-come-play-along/

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Meal in a restaurant (outside of course) during COVID
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Shawl that I had just finished knitting
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View of the city from Centre Island
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View of the dock at Centre Island from the ferry
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Home on the Island
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Weekly Prompts – the Colour Blue

thanks to Sue W and GC for hosting Weekly Prompts https://weeklyprompts.com/2024/06/01/weekly-prompts-colour-challenge-blue-2/

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