Scotland – a country of magical history and beauty of nature. But, what I was mostly looking forward to on my trip this summer was the chance to meet Seonaid of breathofgreenair. She is one of the bloggers on WordPress who I first followed. Amazing photography and a mindful poet in soul and words. Her posts speak directly to my heart.
Seonaid’s family consists of two other people, husband and son, and three ladies – bearded collies – and two distinguished cats. I will not reveal their names…as I would like you to visit her blog and find out yourselves…you will not regret it!
This was a magic evening. We met and talked, walked in her evening garden, and she and her husband had cooked a delicious dinner, which we enjoyed at their beautiful home.
Sitting under the parasol in the lovely garden, watching the ladies play and the Bengal sunning himself in the last rays…life was good. As good as it can be when you are happy.
I had to promise the ladies that I would only use photos showing them at their most advantageous angles…and I think I have kept my promise. They were not that easy to photograph – only Seonaid can master that…
Another promise is to come back to Scotland again – soon. I want to thank you again, Seonaid, and your lovely family, for taking the trouble of having us that evening! For me, this will be a precious memory, and my dream is still that we will have the opportunity of a walk together on the beach or in the forest where you usually walk with pleasure. I would love that.
My love to you all, and to the long haired ladies who all remind me of my Amanda – a beardie I once owned, and who will never be forgotten.
Leya 
You have had such a lovely time there…beautiful! In every way!
I did! I will return as soon as possible – we had so little time to talk and walk…
The dog images won my heart.
🙂 They were very sweet.
They are really gorgeous!Friendly and cosy.
What an awesome place – love the garden views and lovely dogs. But most was your beautiful writings of this special time w/a fellow blogger.
Mary – it’s wonderful to meet up with lovely people you have got to know over time. It doesn’t matter if it’s a short time – you just feel you have known each other for years!
what sweet dogs these are… i loved each photo. it looks like a magical place. how lucky you were able to spend some time there. thank you for sharing the magic!!
A meeting like that is so precious. It’s not very often you get to know new friends at my age…
Oh, how lovely to meet up with Seonaid! The garden and animals looks so peaceful, which is just as I would expect them to be. 🙂
This was such a precious visit to me – and Seonaid is just as lovely as I had expected – and as you say – peaceful!
What a beautiful evening in so many ways!
Yes, it was!
We never went to Scotland; and I have regretted that more times than I can recall. You are very lucky, Ann Christine. But I’m sure you deserve to be. 🙂
Now that…was special. Maybe we all are lucky in different ways – and we all deserve to be lucky some time in life! You live so far away – but I would have loved to visit you, or if you could visit me! I have never been to Australia! But indeed we visit each other virtually here on WP. That is something to be grateful for. I’ll drink to that.
Cheers, Ann Christine !! 🙂
Cheers – Skål!
What a wonderful meeting in such beautiful company. 🙂
Everything was beautiful that evening!
Det där är en resa jag verkligen avundas dig ! … Så fint du skriver och bilderna du lagt in är jättefina ! …
Att få träffa en bloggkompis ” irl ” är en fantastisk upplevelse … Som jag fått dela med dig och som både du och jag varmt kan rekommendera till andra … // Maria 🙂
Absolut! Jag har aldrig trott att jag skulle träffa så många fantastiska människor som vuxen – i min ålder. WP är inte fel forum ändå. Till våren måste du komma ner! Det ska bli underbart kul!
What a delightful surprise to open up my reader and see my garden and beloved dogs. You caught that feeling of the long summer light so beautifully, and I’m already looking forward to your next visit when we will walk with the dogs in nature, and talk 🙂 The time flew so fast that evening….
So lovely to see such well known sights through another’s lens!
I’m only sorry that I didn’t get more photos of them! And yes, it’s interesting to see through the eyes or lens of another person. Sometimes you see other things than you usually do.
Hope you had a great time away – looking forward to your new posts.
And that talk and walk.
Awesome place!
It really was! A great evening for me.