A Gift From Scotland

My husband came home yesterday, waving a package at us. I’ve been receiving quite the number of packages recently, everything from pinhole glasses to coupons for eca stack. The kids and I jumped outside to him, to see the words “Royal Mail” printed on the envelope. My gift from Scotland has arrived!

A few months ago, my dear friend Alison held her first Blogoversary and a contest at her blog, Eleanor Blog. This is a lovely blog about the interests of a young lady who operates a tour guide business for Castle Fraser, once of Scotland’s oldest preserved castles (1575 or so). I hope to see the castle someday. In the meantime, I visit her blog, and entered her contest. And I won, I won!

Top suggestion or comment will receive a guide, booklet, magnet and thimble plus some heather seeds, all purchased with my own fair hands.

This is what I received.

The thimble is beautiful. It’s made of bone china. I allowed the children to touch it, then I safely tucked it in my china cabinet alongside my plate from Ireland, my 1900 frosted tea glasses, and my 1884 family Bible. It’s in good company! I’ll pass it down as an heirloom when the children are older.

We oooed and ahhhed over the brochures. It is even more difficult now to wait until I can visit Scotland someday, *sigh*. When I told the kids I would not use the heather seeds, but preserve them, they frowned. So I changed my mind and decided we will plant some of the seeds, but keep the remainder for posterity.

Thank you, Alison. I will cherish these gifts always!

Long Aye-lander in Scotland

Here’s a great blog I stumbled upon a while ago. It’s a young lady from New York who has moved to Scotland, and blogs about it. I love this blog! I’m a Scot in New York (my descendants hail from the MacThomas clan), but who knows, maybe I’ll set foot on my ancestral land someday. In the meantime, I enjoy reading about Katie’s exploits.