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Tag: statues, monuments, and memorials

Posted on26 August 201729 July 2021Travels, Adventures & Explorations

Caching up with Parker and Haden

by Just Frances2 Comments on Caching up with Parker and Haden

Holidays to the Homeland means time with my nieces and nephews. I treasure that time as it allows me to catch up with what everyone is…

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Posted on20 July 201729 July 2021Travels, Adventures & Explorations

Falkirk for a fortnight

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I have just returned home after two weeks in Falkirk where I was house sitting (whilst taking orders from the resident cat, Phoebe). It was a nice…

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Posted on2 August 201527 July 2021Travels, Adventures & Explorations

From Roslyn to Roslin to Rosslyn

by Just Frances2 Comments on From Roslyn to Roslin to Rosslyn

I grew up a couple of miles down the road from Roslyn, Washington. So when I first moved to Edinburgh in 2001, I was excited to learn…

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Posted on6 April 201525 July 2021Travels, Adventures & Explorations

Carving out time

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I carved out time in my Easter weekend to travel to Stirling for lunch with friends today. Afterwards, we went for a wee wander around…

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Posted on21 October 201424 July 2021Everyday Life

It’s parliamentary, my dear

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When I first arrived in Scotland in 2001, the new Scottish Parliament was quite new. In fact, they didn’t even have a permanent building! But finally, in 2004, the…

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Posted on15 September 201424 July 2021Travels, Adventures & Explorations

Perambulating in Perth

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I had a wonderfully fun weekend in Perth, where I did a lot of perambulating. (But you could probably guess that from the title of this…

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Posted on15 March 201423 July 2021Fitness & Exercise, Travels, Adventures & Explorations

Castles in the glen

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I’ve had yet another lovely day wandering around the Roslin area near my home and am feeling energised with the switch from rainy winter weather to the…

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Posted on9 September 201321 July 2021Widow Life

Grave digging

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I went to the cemetery to see Paul today and ended up digging away under his headstone. I hadn’t really planned on that, or I’d have…

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Posted on11 June 20119 July 2021Everyday Life

Horsin’ around

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Like many girls her age, my foster daughter is a horse freak. I mean, she gets really, really, really, excited about the idea of horses.…

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Posted on27 October 20105 July 2021Crafting & Creating

Blue hearts

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So there is was a great big, blue 2,800-pound bronze heart sculpture on campus that I totally love. I noticed it on my first trip…

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Posted on30 July 20103 July 2021Widow Life

Set in stone

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I struggled with how to start this post, or if I would even write it at all because it’s hard to know how to “announce”…

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Posted on16 June 20102 July 2021Widow Life

Stone crosses; Part two

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It’s been about six months since I started working with the monument company on Paul’s headstone and I’ve finally seen the first photos of the…

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Posted on30 May 20102 July 2021Fitness & Exercise, Health & Wellness, Widow Life

Taming wild horses

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For a few months now I’ve promised myself that I would finally tame the desire to hike to the top of the Wild Horses Monument…

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Posted on27 January 201027 June 2021Musings & Ramblings, Widow Life

Finding the words

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I wrote not long ago about finally getting around to making arrangements for Paul’s headstone. At the time, I was maybe a little sad because…

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Posted on21 December 200927 June 2021Widow Life

Stone crosses

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For nearly eight months, I’ve been putting off ordering a headstone for Paul. Even after I knew what I wanted, I still couldn’t bring myself…

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