Friday, September 20th
We took the morning to do some organizing and laundry then walked over to our old neighbothood to have breakfast at the City Diner. Did some window shopping then did the Scotland Museum—only fitting for this is the last thing we did before we left two years ago. Then we stopped into St. Giles Cathedral and sat to listen to the organist practicing. Then a wonderful lunch at Bella Italia—they don’t have my favorite salmon dish anymore, but the grilled salmon salad was delicious. Stop off at Sainsbury’s for treats then done for the day.
Interesting little guys on the Millenium Clock at the Scotland Museum:
I found some shelves for my new library--need to be a bit taller, but they're by Charles Rennie MacIntosh:
In Ghana, you get buried in something to show your riches--this person chose a model of a Mercedes Benz:
Tibetan Buddhist traveling monks carried these cases with them so people they met could venerate the deities depicted on little clay tsa-tsas inside:
Deadliest Catch in large form--Ray said it would be funny to put one of these Giant Spider Crabs in the crab pot and watch as Sig pulls it up--it was at least 6 feet across!
Ghost Minerals--one mineral inside another:
Photo of men cutting peat and storing it for winter fuel:
Snuff taking implements--amazingly my Grandmother used snuff!
Wooden Quaich drinking vessel used by coal miners in the 18th century:
Sir Walter Scott wrote about one of his relatives (and mine)--Wat o' Harden-- in his story of the Reivers Wedding. These are his actual spurs, worn on trips to steal English cattle. When the food was short, the story goes that his wife would put his spurs on his plate instead of dinner--hint, hint.
Bishop from the Lewis Chessmen made of walrus ivory and from the late 12th century:
Here are all his friends:
14th Century St. Giles Cathedral & its crown steeple with statue of Walter Francis Montagu Douglas Scott, the 5th Duke of Buccleuch--he's another of my ancestors & was educated at Eton & Cambridge
Photos I found online of the Winchester Bible from the other day:
Former Police Post box repainted PINK! and being used as a Frozen Yogurt stand:
Cool panorama photo of St. Giles I found online:
