don't you love a cushioned seat

My living room is sorely lacking in the throw cushion department. Actually, it's not that I don't have cushions, it's just that I'm not thrilled with the ones I do have. At least I'm not thrilled with them in my living room.

So I'm on the hunt. 

How do you like your throw pillows? Matching pairs, carefully coordinated, lined up just so? One-of-a-kinds, tossed casually here and there? Perhaps you're a purist, preferring your soft furnishings naked? 

Show me your favorite looks, will you, thank you, please?

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Don't you stay at home of evenings?

Don't you love a cushioned seat in a corner, by the fireside, with your slippers on your feet?

~Oliver Wendell Holmes

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no end to the adventures

We took the ferry from Berneray to the Isle of Skye, where we spent a few days in the capital Portree (population: 2491.)

From the pastel painted houses along the harbor, to the tiny square in the center of town, Portree is  picturesque straight-off-a-postcard lovely.

  

We walked, and shopped, and ate, and laughed. We laughed a lot. (Shopped plenty, too!)

 

View of the harbor, from the hostel kitchen.

Every time we passed this restaurant I chuckled. Every time.

You can only buy this delicious perfume on Skye, or pay the Queen's ransom in shipping to have it posted.  Did I purchase a bottle there, while I was standing in The Tartan Company, inhaling and moaning? No. Of course not. Is it worth the postage to order it online? Oh yes. Definitely yes.

Too soon it was time to leave. The route across "The Misty Isle" to Edinburgh was breathtaking.

 

 

 I know - so beautiful, it's hard to believe it's real!

“We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure. 

There is no end to the adventures we can have 

if only we seek them with our eyes open.” 

–Jawaharial Nehru

Ahead - final stop: Edinburgh.

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Tartan Tuesday

Is it time for another tartan post?

I think so, yes.

 

   

 

 

 

 

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This highland confection, below, (actually one just like it) will soon be mine. From prettystanley's etsy shop.

Now the summer's in prime 

Wi' the flowers richly blooming, 

And the wild mountain thyme 

A' the moorlands perfuming. 

To own dear native scenes 

Let us journey together, 

Where glad innocence reigns 

'Mang the braes o' Balquhither. 
 Robert Tannahill
The Braes o' Balquhither

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there he kept her, very well

Happy October, peeps! 


You know what that means, yes? It means it's officially PUMPKIN TIME! Some years (most, actually) Pumpkin Time starts in September, but this year was obscenely hot, leaving me to whimper limply in the heavy air, and not in the mood for pumpkins. Finally, though, the nighttime temperatures are dropping into the seriously chilly range, and pumpkins look - and taste - seasonally appropriate.


I love all things pumpkin...the color, the shape, the fragrance, the flavor...

Have you tried Starbucks Pumpkin Spice Latte? It's a warm, fragrant cup of bliss, and with soy milk and lite whipped cream it's not too bad calorie-wise (if you count it as a meal!)

I want this house, tucked into the woods here on Moss Hill. 

In a weird way, it kind of reminds me of  River House...

IHOP's Pumpkin Pie Pancakes are back. You have through Christmas to try them, and TRUST ME, you do want to try them. MMMMM, so good you know they're bad for you, but so worth it!

 

 

 

Another seasonal treat to try - DQ's Pumpkin Pie Blizzard. Holy cannoli it's delicious, a cool shivery cup of creamy pumpkin pie flavored goodness, complete with bits of flaky crust, whipped cream (a recurring theme!), and nutmeg. 

Before the season's over, you can enjoy pumpkin kisses, pumpkin ale, pumpkin ice cream, pumpkin donuts and muffins, Godiva pumpkin patch truffles, and even pumpkin flavored lip balm. 

If I've missed anything, you'll be sure to let me know, right?

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Edited to add the cutest pumpkin of all: :

Thanks for the reminder Boops - how could I forget this sweetheart?!)

Peter, Peter pumpkin-eater

Had a wife, and couldn't keep her.

Put her in a pumpkin shell

and there he kept her, very well!

~ Mother Goose

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